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Eumelus Supporting Member of TMP13 Jul 2020 1:04 p.m. PST

After purchasing my pdf copy of the new edition of "The Bloody Barons" by Peter Pig, I am quite pleased with the approach of the authors to the period, the mechanisms of the game, and the clarity and completeness of the presentation. Although I have not yet had a chance to play them, I plan on using them in a game with my club in late August or September. To that end, I'm in the process of re-basing my 28mm WotR figures, using the following scheme: three infantry or two cavalry to a 1.5" wide base, depth 1.5" for infantry, 3" for cavalry. Bases are of six types:

Command: A full-armored lord, a well-armored bodyguard, and a standard-bearer.
Men-At-Arms: 3 foot MaA
Liveried Bills: 3 billmen, at least 2 in livery jackets
Liveried Bows
Unliveried Bills
Unliveried Bows

Using four bases (a command base, a MaA base, and two liveried bows) for a "household" unit, the same but with a liveried bill base replacing the MaA for a "retinue" unit, and two bills and two bows bases (either unliveried or with unmatched liveries – note no banner) for "Levy" units.

I've currently finished eight Retinue units with the above scheme, plus 4 MaA bases. As noted, we should be able to fight a 22-point battle soon.

I hope the authors won't be too put out if I change some of the game's terminology for our club battles, to "ring more true" to my ears. In our club, we'll be replacing "general" with "Commander", and the traits of those Commanders will be "Puissant", "Stalwart", "Uncertain", and "Dauntless" (replacing "Assaulter", "Target", "Unreliable" and "Morale"). And I also beg the author's pardon as our pre-battle set up will involve a "Vantage Chase" rather than a "Piggy Chase"…

Bede1900214 Jul 2020 5:53 a.m. PST

I expect they won't be put out.

martin goddard Sponsoring Member of TMP14 Jul 2020 9:34 a.m. PST

All fine by me old chap.
Hope the games go well for you.


martin

sixlasers10 Aug 2020 5:45 a.m. PST

Are you intending to play on a 4ft by 3ft board or will you increase the zone sizes?

Eumelus Supporting Member of TMP10 Aug 2020 7:11 a.m. PST

We'll be using a 6'x4' field (zones will therefore be 1.5'x1' (45cm x 30cm)).

This week I'll be finishing the 17th foot unit (all out of old Foundry figs to rebase, now I'm painting Perry plastics) which is the last one I need for the 22-point battle later this month. Still need to paint up some markers (foot officers for Puissant/Assautler, pavises for Stalwart/Target, treasure chests for Uncertain/Unreliable, and trumpeters for Dauntless/Morale).

sixlasers10 Aug 2020 7:17 a.m. PST

I've just bought these rules and am pretty enthused about them. I find 15mm too small to paint these days so was thinking of putting 3 28mm on a 30mm x 40mm base with 40mm being the depth, so I'll have the same unit frontage as given in the rules. Do you think this might work using 1ft zones?

Eumelus Supporting Member of TMP10 Aug 2020 8:26 a.m. PST

I'm sure it would work for the 28mm figures that I have (Foundry, Perry, Old Glory); it is my understanding that Front Rank are a bit larger so I couldn't say. You would
probably have to go perhaps 60mm deep for cavalry bases.

For my Gettysburg project (tested at Cold Wars, was supposed to be showcased this year at GenCon alas) I fit three of the Perry 28mm plastics on 1.5"x1" (37mm x 25mm) bases, so I'm pretty sure that if the bases were rotated 90 degrees you could fit three WotR figs.

sixlasers10 Aug 2020 11:12 a.m. PST

Thanks. I would be using Perry figs. I'm pretty sure 2 foot figures will fit on a 30mm frontage with one behind. For cavalry I'm thinking of 2 60mm x 50mm bases with 3 figures, and using markers etc to record casualties.

Bosworth on a 4ft x 3ft table with 28mm? Bring it on!

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