ge2002bill  | 28 Sep 2020 9:04 p.m. PST |
Here is my story Gentlemen, Battling Back to Khartoum: link Our annual BIG Colonial game was played on 26 September 1884 (2020). It is told as you probably know by now with briefly captioned and character-driven dialogued photos. See remarkable 54-60mm miniatures and the amazing city just built by Der Alte Fritz. Seeing is believing. Seeing is enjoying. Seeing is imagining. Respectfully,
Bill P.
Chronicler for the Adventures of General Pettygree |
 Florida Tory | 29 Sep 2020 3:55 a.m. PST |
A grand adventure in grand style, indeed! Rick |
| Tom Reed | 29 Sep 2020 6:13 a.m. PST |
I love this stuff. A great time indeed! |
| 79thPA | 29 Sep 2020 8:24 a.m. PST |
The AiP figures paint up nicely. |
 PaulCollins | 29 Sep 2020 8:59 a.m. PST |
Thank you very much for this. Your battle reports never fail to raise my spirits. |
| Frederick | 29 Sep 2020 9:06 a.m. PST |
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| Doug MSC | 29 Sep 2020 10:02 a.m. PST |
Great Story and photos!!! I love reading the adventure. I have amassed a collection of 60mm Romans, Celts and Germanic tribesmen. Over 1,000 figures at latest count. Am also working on Persians and Macedonians. I love this scale. So much easier to see and paint the details on the figures. Loads of fun to play with also. |
| Legionarius | 29 Sep 2020 10:07 a.m. PST |
Magnificent! Delightful! Epic! |
| Legionarius | 29 Sep 2020 10:09 a.m. PST |
We should all have at least a small collection of 54mm Old Time figures among our thousands of 15mm and 28mm miniatures. It is a great change of pace and truly brings the child out in us! |
| AICUSV | 29 Sep 2020 4:56 p.m. PST |
What great fun, love the table and figures. |
| von Schwartz | 29 Sep 2020 7:27 p.m. PST |
Great report, love your AARs, three cheers for General Pettygree. One burning question though:
What happened inside the wall to drive off the Devishes? You left us hanging!! |
| ge2002bill | 29 Sep 2020 8:42 p.m. PST |
Attrition forced morale checks for being below 50% of original #s. The Dervishes failed and routed out of the city.
Respectfully,
Bill P.
Chronicler for The Adventures of General Pettygree |
 Der Alte Fritz  | 29 Sep 2020 10:29 p.m. PST |
What's not to like? Combining Colonial war gaming, scaling ladders and toy soldier figures is a recipe for fun. And the figures are easy to paint. Next year: perhaps Rorke's Drift in 54mm? Purky Pasha
Defender of Khartoum |
 Parzival | 01 Oct 2020 1:27 p.m. PST |
I don't know the system you used, so I wondered if the rout was the result of an actual draw of an ace! Great write up with terrific pictures, as always. I am delighted every time I see another Pettygree story appear on TMP! |
| Der Alte Fritz | 02 Oct 2020 6:19 a.m. PST |
When a unit's casualties exceed 50% then it must take a morale test. |
| SgtGuinness | 06 Oct 2020 5:14 p.m. PST |
Always a pleasure to read the exciting tales of General Pettygree! These games totally portray what I love about this awesome hobby. The friendships, common love of history, exciting tales of daring do, and of course, beautiful toy soldiers fighting over exotic terrain. Well done sir, keep entertaining and motivating us. |
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