| Cacique Caribe | 23 Oct 2018 5:54 p.m. PST |
Has anyone ever thought of playing the gang fights, networks of thieves and old family feuds in Verona*, or Florence, or the Italian Renaissance city of your choice? Perhaps with clashes taking place around town squares, fountains, dark alleys, markets, and even down in the sewers. Ever been done? Just curious. Dan
* Where Romeo and Juliet is supposed to take place.
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| Cacique Caribe | 23 Oct 2018 6:14 p.m. PST |
Or the vendettas could take place in plazas, markets, alleys and sewers in Rome. :) And all the while, evading confrontation with the authorities. Dan
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| Thresher01 | 23 Oct 2018 6:19 p.m. PST |
I'll bet the latter footage inspired someone to help the high-ranking Chinese guy in Macau to the ground. |
| Nic Robson | 23 Oct 2018 6:27 p.m. PST |
Check our Brutal from Mana Press, coming very soon.
Eureka have figures awaiting release for them too.
Nic EUREKA MINIATURES |
 PaulCollins  | 23 Oct 2018 6:34 p.m. PST |
Dan, I think of doing this every time I read Romeo and Juliet with my freshmen. And seeing the new Eureka sculpts some time back has only fueled the desire. |
| advocate | 24 Oct 2018 3:35 a.m. PST |
Do you bite your thumb at me, sir? |
| bogdanwaz | 24 Oct 2018 5:46 a.m. PST |
No, sir. I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir. link |
| bogdanwaz | 24 Oct 2018 5:49 a.m. PST |
I haven't had the chance to game it yet but am planning on it. I have run a convention game set in Elizabethan London using the Frostgrave rules. link |
| FatherOfAllLogic | 24 Oct 2018 6:05 a.m. PST |
You can start with En Garde for sword combat. |
| Vigilant | 24 Oct 2018 6:31 a.m. PST |
Working on a Venice-esque local using 4 Ground buildings and insulating foam land masses. Just got the paving/walls for the land masses in the form of wallpaper. Need to cut up the foam to the right size, cad it and I'm set to go. Looking at using Ghost Archipelago and similar figures and Open Combat rules. |
| Zephyr1 | 24 Oct 2018 8:54 p.m. PST |
According to contemporary accounts, most of the action took place at night. And the favorite dumping ground for bodies was a river. So, lots of sneaking around and ambushes in the pursuit of private vendettas, feuds, & murder (carrying it out in the day time was frowned upon…) |
| poiter50 | 24 Oct 2018 9:28 p.m. PST |
The Carnevale LS will have a lot of suitable figures and buildings although set somewhat later. |
| advocate | 24 Oct 2018 11:29 p.m. PST |
Bogdanwaz, well played! And we'll painted. |
| Malatesta1500 | 25 Oct 2018 1:54 a.m. PST |
A great case study on such feuds at the start of the 16th Century: link
Definitely worth the read |
| Condottiere | 25 Oct 2018 11:47 a.m. PST |
A great case study on such feuds at the start of the 16th Century: I would agree. Written by one of my undergraduate professors of Renaissance History. |
 etotheipi  | 25 Oct 2018 4:15 p.m. PST |
We've played Montague vs Capulet guerilla wars. |
| Cacique Caribe | 26 Oct 2018 7:00 a.m. PST |
Etotheipi: "Montague vs Capulet guerilla wars" That's perfect. That's the starting point I was hoping would be the basis for the games, the literary examples, and then throw in a few "historical" ones 1) to temper them with realism and 2) to expand the gaming options/parameters even more. Did yours play out like a "campaign game", with the results of one clash setting the stage for the next one(s)? Dan
PS. Escalation of conflict, with spectators and other allies eventually becoming new participants, is always good in our hobby, even if it doesn't always fit historical record. :)
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| Bowman | 28 Oct 2018 7:31 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 29 Oct 2018 8:39 p.m. PST |
Wow! Beautifully played too. Thanks Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 31 Oct 2018 9:40 p.m. PST |
Nic Robson: "Check our Brutal from Mana Press, coming very soon." Congrats on the release today! TMP link Dan
PS. By the way, guys, I think this is one of the best and most focused stares in the entire film (R&J1968, Zeffirelli's):
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paints a Napoleonic caricature.
