 BigRedBat  | 13 Apr 2013 1:18 p.m. PST |
A fun day in Bletchley, today, for the SOA Battleday. I'm afraid I only really had time to take shots of the Comitatus, game, but I did get quite a few of them.
More on t'blog:- link Cheers, Simon |
| Schoie88 | 13 Apr 2013 1:38 p.m. PST |
Thanks for that. just got the rules and haven't played yet. What do you put under your baize to get hills? cheers David. |
| BigRedBat | 13 Apr 2013 2:38 p.m. PST |
I didn't see what Simon used, but the Armati game had foam and magnetic sheet, and magnets attached to their cloth…. Gloriously over engineered, I want to try that myself… |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 13 Apr 2013 11:05 p.m. PST |
Good AAR, and lots of neat troops. |
| Caliban | 14 Apr 2013 3:00 a.m. PST |
Thanks for posting – Chalons does seem to generate some rather furious combat! |
| Just Plain Chris | 14 Apr 2013 5:23 a.m. PST |
Simon,
Thanks very much for posting. I staged Chalons a couple of years ago. (Solo contest using Armati.) Your report and pics make my effort look ridiculous, but that's OK!
Did you happen to see or note if there was a Hail Caesar version of the battle among the tables? What about Vis Bellica or WAB or DBA?
Battle Day is on my bucket list, that's for sure. Thanks again.
Chris |
| Yesthatphil | 14 Apr 2013 5:50 a.m. PST |
Chris … The games were: … Armati 15mm (and 15mm Epic), DBA/BBDBA, Comitatus 15mm, Command and Colors: Ancients 20mm, DBA 3 15mm, DBMM 15mm (2), FoG 15mm, Hail Caesar 28mm, Impetus 15mm, Piquet Archon 15mm, The Die is Cast 6mm, War and Conquest 28mm, Warlord 15mm, Warmaster Ancients 6mm … No WAB or Vis Bellica, but most contemporary games represented. I am still editing photos, but managed to get a game in the morning in the Epic Armati – I killed Attila but my Alans lost heart immediately after, when news of Aetius's collapse reached the centre (and the field was left to the leaderless Huns …) … Phil |
| The Colonel | 14 Apr 2013 9:55 a.m. PST |
Excellent day. I joined in the War and Conquest game in the morning and had a good time. Must try out the rules again. The Colonel |
| BigRedBat | 15 Apr 2013 3:32 a.m. PST |
The Epic Armati game looked… epic; cast of thousands! I'm absolutely going to try to do something similar terrain-wise with some felt and magnets, myself. Cheers, Simon |
| smacdowall | 16 Apr 2013 7:59 a.m. PST |
My Comitatus battle report is now up and running
link
Simon |
| smacdowall | 16 Apr 2013 8:05 a.m. PST |
Thanks for that. just got the rules and haven't played yet. What do you put under your baize to get hills? I use dense insulation styrofoam which I cut to shape with a hot wire cutter – all from ebay.
Simon |
| The Colonel | 12 May 2013 2:21 a.m. PST |
I don't if Mr Macdowall will look at this thread again, but it would be great to have the OBs which were used for Chalons with the Comitatus rules. I would like to organise a re-fight. Thanks, The Colonel |
| smacdowall | 12 May 2013 2:51 a.m. PST |
Hi,
The orders of battle are in the scenario section of my website. at link That is pretty well what I used although I may hace made a few minor modifications. I will be re-doing the chalons scenario in the newer downloadable format available at link
Simon |
