tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15828823174444195272024-03-01T17:06:37.750-08:00Emperor vs ElectorBeing in the nature of a genial location for imaginary nations of the Eighteenth Century to carry out diplomatic affairs . . . (not the place for rule discussions, miniature manufacturers, painting reports, history of your country or other things that belong on your personal blogs).MurdocKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comBlogger1586125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-80481170888961625032023-03-26T05:00:00.005-07:002023-03-26T05:02:25.099-07:00March Madness<p> To some extent, I am feeling like we are in middle of the long decline of the personal blog, but that might be just because I am having trouble getting anything posted lately …</p><p><br /></p><p>March has actually been a good month for some gaming. I met with my brother at Cincy Con the first weekend of the month, and had the opportunity to play in several historical miniatures games as well as a big game of Ral Partha’s <i>Chaos Wars</i>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxttsCs_KscDBnIwuXhdXak5aixRfw7D_dU5XnWRVldlvbZwS6Q881TrwDooPE6VqJFsGuurKtn72RbVqXX7BHMa8UVcWyMYA8cl7Jvl1yTjyvclFWG9QREJMQb6qA_JuvVa05Nskwai5sui5i_WIKc66t1AHvzYmXwCRofAxNPpwMGESsy40CQISfg/s4032/E16B0817-D3D0-4497-A0A1-6A3DDD5423FB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxttsCs_KscDBnIwuXhdXak5aixRfw7D_dU5XnWRVldlvbZwS6Q881TrwDooPE6VqJFsGuurKtn72RbVqXX7BHMa8UVcWyMYA8cl7Jvl1yTjyvclFWG9QREJMQb6qA_JuvVa05Nskwai5sui5i_WIKc66t1AHvzYmXwCRofAxNPpwMGESsy40CQISfg/s320/E16B0817-D3D0-4497-A0A1-6A3DDD5423FB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chaos Wars on Sunday morning</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTL4rQcbA68MFpuYCT6fK9RtVvWFTOyb11tb5dN5x8Nz8tn0KMt71n_X36i7xLDpFIIaw4ShI3BqGnFZblSyH9JMCqDN8k6zi07oLsek0k8azApDVj1ynmfgoPexTYvmubvs-77EYd1FBOtYH8rQSbZm8GnQnwbku4r9WumasY0UoEwq1ovj1lLekg8g/s4032/E820BD23-EE1E-4890-BBCC-B3BCF4C30E99.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTL4rQcbA68MFpuYCT6fK9RtVvWFTOyb11tb5dN5x8Nz8tn0KMt71n_X36i7xLDpFIIaw4ShI3BqGnFZblSyH9JMCqDN8k6zi07oLsek0k8azApDVj1ynmfgoPexTYvmubvs-77EYd1FBOtYH8rQSbZm8GnQnwbku4r9WumasY0UoEwq1ovj1lLekg8g/s320/E820BD23-EE1E-4890-BBCC-B3BCF4C30E99.jpeg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Philistines against Israelites</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Scrum Con in Silver Spring, Maryland, is coming up on the 8th of April. I volunteered to run a 40mm Renaissance game with Leonardo da Vinci-style war machines, from my collection of stuff that hasn’t been on the table at a convention too recently. However, I had been uncertain about the rules I was going to us, so I arranged to meet with my sons on the 11th for another game day. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKDFrTjlMS4ia1dqBZcRWu9K-JTJpQH4nYaWtHZ18LmVViZ2KO1_5qUoumNvxwfGrj7ymCQlpkHLcZUGPx9oI41FF73nM-wVmyYNtaf4tPEBE7lg0ZIOSBEEkJgyq1gmvGLYdDmD3RfN1rLmSs5lUiyJTa6NOMEj4QXi6vWf-jr3KkP8M84lLAQOJMQ/s1280/030643AC-AB72-4D59-A80D-223A64738337.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKDFrTjlMS4ia1dqBZcRWu9K-JTJpQH4nYaWtHZ18LmVViZ2KO1_5qUoumNvxwfGrj7ymCQlpkHLcZUGPx9oI41FF73nM-wVmyYNtaf4tPEBE7lg0ZIOSBEEkJgyq1gmvGLYdDmD3RfN1rLmSs5lUiyJTa6NOMEj4QXi6vWf-jr3KkP8M84lLAQOJMQ/s320/030643AC-AB72-4D59-A80D-223A64738337.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Landships and Landsknechts for the first time in over 20 years</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXTY5TTDMIkistCWy16x0Nq9xKdTL4QpEEyA38_GTzSohiiER6-asbbZHHwcfC0No-biQXvIaAFPP4EsXnaOYgHKYlp0BIMfBKUomwlW9QPGgds9MjM7edlue-7Hbbx3C5Jc5RrDwgGIaqEbbVkrv5jsihjYAlq_EHwAB4lFSwW2d5kO0n_oXCXWhSw/s1280/48BED537-8219-4CA7-B0EA-92C9828823A1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXTY5TTDMIkistCWy16x0Nq9xKdTL4QpEEyA38_GTzSohiiER6-asbbZHHwcfC0No-biQXvIaAFPP4EsXnaOYgHKYlp0BIMfBKUomwlW9QPGgds9MjM7edlue-7Hbbx3C5Jc5RrDwgGIaqEbbVkrv5jsihjYAlq_EHwAB4lFSwW2d5kO0n_oXCXWhSw/s320/48BED537-8219-4CA7-B0EA-92C9828823A1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The DBA tournament continues</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We continued the ongoing DBA preliminary elimination tournament with a few games, then set up the 40mm Renaissance (enhanced) using Nic Wright’s <i>Fantastic Battles</i> rules. Unfortunately, despite having provisions for Renaissance troop types, and customizable war machines, as well as being designed for troops on 60mm square bases, the rules were not going to work for the convention game that I need to run. I would like to try them again with something closer to their intended purpose before I say too much more about them. However, vis-a-vis Scrum Con, it was back to the drawing board …</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I missed a HAWKs meeting on the 3rd while I was at Cincy Con, but I made it out to the meeting on the 17th. Duncan Adams was running one of the legendary “Space Station Accipiter” games, using the HAWKs collection of 54mm semi-flat Buck Rogers figures cast from vintage molds sold for home use in the 1930s.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCXH16XE5YUvwFkSx7GiJxnY98YYjEJFvn2MiUcfqTXyoumnkjYehXg_qdDPpxl6Xg3CffBDy9flBic5PbP-lAaZ2QqnYw4FfF-lK_t6ItQyDJZnNMIQg9i22kPsk6K3KI2F9qviRvExUK3OFd8k10adIdXXsc8HFdaRm9DIiiHML5JgfvpQj9GQgdg/s1280/18437C43-A031-49E0-A2DF-37C5FD02324A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCXH16XE5YUvwFkSx7GiJxnY98YYjEJFvn2MiUcfqTXyoumnkjYehXg_qdDPpxl6Xg3CffBDy9flBic5PbP-lAaZ2QqnYw4FfF-lK_t6ItQyDJZnNMIQg9i22kPsk6K3KI2F9qviRvExUK3OFd8k10adIdXXsc8HFdaRm9DIiiHML5JgfvpQj9GQgdg/s320/18437C43-A031-49E0-A2DF-37C5FD02324A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>That send me down a nostalgia trail, and I spent some time the next day reorganizing my Buck Rogers figures.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbh4DtYE0v5pgmdTlYqm_PRLQpi4OkRwo2rx-3C5jx_kzVDzhWZb54ZlXCB9lVTI0lAjE2rfFf7ubl4kfkf3bPvpFC6bLdDoSP-037kJz0LYu28rLeNAdCl615QYQqAInsHaPx69_08VBD9EoRhDuM1-26u-XykemxabKnrdf0yFuvm86yAqr0mEklg/s1280/A315325F-B837-4FE5-857B-2F4D9807F85C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbh4DtYE0v5pgmdTlYqm_PRLQpi4OkRwo2rx-3C5jx_kzVDzhWZb54ZlXCB9lVTI0lAjE2rfFf7ubl4kfkf3bPvpFC6bLdDoSP-037kJz0LYu28rLeNAdCl615QYQqAInsHaPx69_08VBD9EoRhDuM1-26u-XykemxabKnrdf0yFuvm86yAqr0mEklg/s320/A315325F-B837-4FE5-857B-2F4D9807F85C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Possibly there will be more about that, too …<div><br /></div><div>My brother and I have volunteered to run several games of <i>Burrows and Badgers</i> for Gen Con in August, so we decided to take a little time on the 19th to set up a remote game (using his table and figures) to remind ourselves of the rules.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qQ2eXljWMX0AJNwn-y7xUAI-tz_9VcihWBch-FOw6C1zdHEt__X9-kvANhrx0qJaQWnYwjfBB2elkyZwMoBHC9G31U-vtvEzVOWwFZwwvWp6Id_R5ZoAEG56jMsY7m5hJ78oEdTjgjaiDZ4ObVCYEyEAYALedyjL1ZLeBihaBASF0mjNOJJ74xbYOg/s2388/1F2DA5A8-33CE-4B09-A0DC-BB9B9F4CB9E0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="2388" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qQ2eXljWMX0AJNwn-y7xUAI-tz_9VcihWBch-FOw6C1zdHEt__X9-kvANhrx0qJaQWnYwjfBB2elkyZwMoBHC9G31U-vtvEzVOWwFZwwvWp6Id_R5ZoAEG56jMsY7m5hJ78oEdTjgjaiDZ4ObVCYEyEAYALedyjL1ZLeBihaBASF0mjNOJJ74xbYOg/s320/1F2DA5A8-33CE-4B09-A0DC-BB9B9F4CB9E0.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Screen shot from the game in progress</div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, I rounded out the month by meeting with Chris Palmer on the 25th for another try at the Renaissance game. Chris had built all of the amazing war machines back in the late 1990s. We ran at least one game at a Cold Wars using home rules, after which that project went off (for me) in a different direction. <br /><div><br /></div><div>For this game, I decided to use the usual Rough Wooing, Ross Macfarlane’s home rules, with some war machine rules improvised from what I remembered of what we had done in 1997. We also set it up on a full 6x10 table to see how things fit.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTo_qEYWJXEbLJsgWMisIiQpzX1RsgvzN1dxNVdhy4mBNtoGfSmHJEv1jPfHyf90iHyi-DkWmnhnNyfvTlk2FmsI76fFnsQLSeSKBuLkfi3jXam7rght9m-8bxF3WXoelRIH2HxU5ORk5x894HLJFKqRXd6v7jGyzqowZyanpy0qK1AqbVeXS1emkOLw/s1280/83FF8306-9B40-4981-98F6-58867CD34D03.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTo_qEYWJXEbLJsgWMisIiQpzX1RsgvzN1dxNVdhy4mBNtoGfSmHJEv1jPfHyf90iHyi-DkWmnhnNyfvTlk2FmsI76fFnsQLSeSKBuLkfi3jXam7rght9m-8bxF3WXoelRIH2HxU5ORk5x894HLJFKqRXd6v7jGyzqowZyanpy0qK1AqbVeXS1emkOLw/s320/83FF8306-9B40-4981-98F6-58867CD34D03.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiak8sHa_ft_3qoltpwj0SuQcCKgQEY6ZUnLsNmeiMkXSsV4RtlJaOxYyj0CMDGfvnzh05tBDl9fCRbDYAIPNy7kmeZtGOZ5DgX_uj51XF5NZVucEhNAMBkgLgkyiG1HRZa73QTaJcYsg3q806ZUGMbnoFIFEJtnS1DzNhqEve6eP_GF40sREtuXue5NA/s1280/C97B8771-A604-47D5-B62A-40631E436608.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiak8sHa_ft_3qoltpwj0SuQcCKgQEY6ZUnLsNmeiMkXSsV4RtlJaOxYyj0CMDGfvnzh05tBDl9fCRbDYAIPNy7kmeZtGOZ5DgX_uj51XF5NZVucEhNAMBkgLgkyiG1HRZa73QTaJcYsg3q806ZUGMbnoFIFEJtnS1DzNhqEve6eP_GF40sREtuXue5NA/s320/C97B8771-A604-47D5-B62A-40631E436608.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>It worked well enough, so I just need to type up the Rough Wooing modifications into something neat enough to use with players on the 8th.</div><div><br /></div><div>I was amazed, though, to find that Chris still had a folder of rules and handouts from 1997 through the convention game we did in 1999. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiflrhkxU4u6lw7h__alHU14zeCTThrSIx62bUnJryEKDV7f9u8N79r2eIiBu5m4oN-MMF5zW7i5Rzyp-7XC7QV_DqViNPCUPdRo85TTdrHGWShL30sJXShEjmZ2bb-ApNzqwzwVBR9cfKQu7aGZuR333QqqTmrKdrBvdXyke3CISasjAYfgHs1jtpSlA/s1280/4F798B8F-48D2-492A-80C2-CC202D225EAD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiflrhkxU4u6lw7h__alHU14zeCTThrSIx62bUnJryEKDV7f9u8N79r2eIiBu5m4oN-MMF5zW7i5Rzyp-7XC7QV_DqViNPCUPdRo85TTdrHGWShL30sJXShEjmZ2bb-ApNzqwzwVBR9cfKQu7aGZuR333QqqTmrKdrBvdXyke3CISasjAYfgHs1jtpSlA/s320/4F798B8F-48D2-492A-80C2-CC202D225EAD.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegtEz4TJngZeIEXzRpi2vQ44W__XHtRn_6AaHENg48bq3VjaWEWemZc3KEwJch4BX1qtdzcxpUYIf4SoRXf2d9oOqCcGebLPnk4V37qaizJWKchYg7DkOqUQgrNN9K2JZ3ITmYez3pOiji9bkuHYoBPVUBxWg1PTkGUDz5-n1kaPNM3ILOn-8XJWF7A/s1280/7FAEBA9D-EF9E-44F4-8FAF-B9A3B70E1B6F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegtEz4TJngZeIEXzRpi2vQ44W__XHtRn_6AaHENg48bq3VjaWEWemZc3KEwJch4BX1qtdzcxpUYIf4SoRXf2d9oOqCcGebLPnk4V37qaizJWKchYg7DkOqUQgrNN9K2JZ3ITmYez3pOiji9bkuHYoBPVUBxWg1PTkGUDz5-n1kaPNM3ILOn-8XJWF7A/s320/7FAEBA9D-EF9E-44F4-8FAF-B9A3B70E1B6F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>That included a copy of the page from my notebooks of record with the basics of the rules, so I was able to pull the appropriate notebook off my shelf and see what else was occupying my mind in late 1997.</div><div><br /></div><div>Not much painting has been getting done, but I have no complaints about the gaming this month …<br /><div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></blockquote></div></div>Rob Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705547374834785174noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-73138777299266142272021-07-15T16:00:00.001-07:002021-07-15T16:00:00.243-07:00In the Glen<p> Today I caught up with old friends in the Glen. To get there I passed the palace and other historical sites. I thought some of the readers of this blog might enjoy seeing the photos l took. 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There is a new imagi-nation gamer who just posted on <a href="http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=550359" target="_blank">The Miniatures Page</a>. If the moderator of this blog could make a post on that TMP thread, I'm sure not only Johann Margrave von Gluhwein but others might like to know.<div><br /></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br /></div><div>Jim (Col Campbell)</div>ColCampbell50http://www.blogger.com/profile/15910423749022189030noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-2194295802084232712021-02-23T09:22:00.003-08:002021-02-23T09:22:54.178-08:00The Passing of Richard Ansell<p><br /></p><p>I just saw the announcement on The Miniatures Page that sculptor and wargamer Richard Ansell passed on Feb 11 due to a heart attack. You can read more about the sad event on the <a href="http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=8076" target="_blank">Two Fat Lardies blog</a> .</p><p>Many of us have figures sculpted by Richard and his passing will leave a huge hole in the miniature gaming world.</p><p>Jim</p>ColCampbell50http://www.blogger.com/profile/15910423749022189030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-29770767811340960992020-04-14T21:10:00.002-07:002020-04-14T21:10:28.638-07:00Command Zone VIRTUAL online liveA weekend of tabletop escape.<br />
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Online LIVE games that you may join in or just watch on:<br />
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Starting on 17 April: Victory Without Quarter: Alpian Wars, 7 pm Pacific Time (same as LA, USA)<br />
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Continuing on 18 April: Ripple Field, English Civil War, 11 am start, with a potential to run the game twice with different players (depending on time and performance)<br />
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Ending on 19 April: Napoleonic battle, SHAKO II rules set: 11 am start with a gentle paced battle between Austro-Russians and Italian-French forces.<br />
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If you are keen to join in, as an active player, contact Murdock via blogger mail and get the connection code. Otherwise feel free to drop by on<br />
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<br />MurdocKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-15606745207433171922019-12-24T01:19:00.000-08:002019-12-24T01:19:08.527-08:00Merry Christmas from the Duke of Tradgardland Father Christmas has enlisted some help in delivering the presents this year in the Duchy. I do hope these fellows can be relied upon..<br />
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Merry Christmas to you and yours from me and mine. Remembering Blue Bear Jeff without whom the hobby would be so much less for so many of us.<br />tradgardmastarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-4804959787955436262016-10-14T16:29:00.000-07:002016-10-14T16:30:08.296-07:00The Great Blue Bear now on his way to the summerlands.Emperor vs Elector readers, one of the originators of this group blog, Jeff aka Blue Bear of <a href="http://saxe-bearstein.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Saxe-Bearstein</a> has passed away.<br />
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Jeff had been in hospital since July and moved to Hospice care in late September.<br />
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October 2, 2016 at 7:52 pm Pacific time, Jeff started on his journey to the summerlands.<br />
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On October 13, 2016 there was a celebration of life for Jeff and we all recounted many tales from the past 20 years.<br />
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<a href="http://saxe-bearstein.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Saxe-Bearstein</a> shall be going silent as was Jeff's desire. There is no reason to stop posting here and continuing a game-filled conversation.MurdocKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-66905017602098919852016-10-14T05:25:00.000-07:002016-10-14T05:25:39.570-07:00Regiment Bauer BarRegiment Bauer Bar ,in Tradgardland service, on parade in the forests of the Duchy of Tradgardland.<br />
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Rest in Peace Jeff and thanks for everything.tradgardmastarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-62559730596377732532016-08-05T00:37:00.001-07:002016-08-05T00:37:17.835-07:00London war room North West Pacific tribesmen figures?Does anyone know if the range of tribesmen and Russian fur traders are still available?<br />
Thanks<br />
Alantradgardmastarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-84178338682433335102016-05-29T14:38:00.001-07:002016-05-29T14:39:48.688-07:00Building scale ships<p style="text-align: justify;">Some hopefully refreshing pictures of my first ever <I>serious</I> painted sailships:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><A HREF="http://what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com/2016/05/building-scale-fleet.html" TARGET="_blank"><IMG
SRC="http://wargames.cat/soldadets/naval/p_flota_esp_02.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="277" BORDER="0" VSPACE="2" HSPACE="8"></A></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If curious to see some pictures else, please click on the caption above.<BR>
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Lluís<BR>
<A HREF="http://what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com/" TARGET="_blank">what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com</A></p>Soldadetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15287249675712055860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-9912636505538662792016-05-20T04:56:00.002-07:002016-05-20T05:45:38.087-07:00Wars of Stagonian AggessionFinally after years of painting <span style="color: #666666;"><i>(and not playing enough)</i></span>, my friend Rob and I have begun a series of early 18th century battles between the vile Stagonians <span style="color: #666666;"><i>(Rob)</i></span> and those much-beloved Saxe-Bearstein troops <span style="color: #666666;"><i>(me)</i></span>.<br />
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We are trying out the "Black Powder" rules <span style="color: #666666;"><i>(and making mistakes of course)</i></span>. So far we have fought two battles:<br />
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The Battle at <a href="http://jeffswsa.blogspot.ca/2016/05/battle-of-bittewasser-our-first-try.html">Bittewasser (<i>clicky</i>)</a> and <a href="http://jeffswsa.blogspot.ca/2016/05/the-bridge-at-kronstadt.html">The Bridge at Kronstadt (<i>clicky</i>)</a>.<br />
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And a bit to my surprise, I have been liking the "Black Powder" rules . . . so we hope to fight more battles as my health permits.<br />
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Future encounters can be found at "<a href="http://jeffswsa.blogspot.ca/">The Wars of Stagonian Aggression</a>" blog <span style="color: #666666;"><i>(so you might want to bookmark it)</i></span>. <br />
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<b>-- Jeff</b></div>
<br />Bluebear Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-39656300952659851372016-04-25T13:46:00.003-07:002021-06-11T13:18:28.843-07:00New Sovereign takes Oath<p style="text-align: center;"><A HREF="https://wargames.cat/defiant/institucions/g_Corts_01.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><IMG
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Today 6<SUP>th</SUP> March 1714, <B>Princess Elisenda</B> has just taken oath on the <A HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_constitutions" TARGET="_blank">Defiant Principality Constitutions</A> as customary (not without previous harsh negotiations with the Commons, as it can be read <A HREF="http://what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com/2016/04/constitutions-oath.html" TARGET="_blank">here</A>). Chancelleries of all around Europa are invited to the Coronation Ceremony event, which is due to be held on next 21<SUP>st</SUP> March at <I>Saló de Sant Jordi</I> (=Saint George Hall) in Catalonia's Generality Palace.</p>
Soldadetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15287249675712055860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-80267773337254049302016-04-20T03:50:00.000-07:002016-04-20T03:51:38.030-07:00How to downsize an already small army, and other musings<p style="text-align: justify;">Sure that I would reveal no secret if I stated that Gibraltar was taken in 1704 by an Anglo-Dutch fleet on behalf of Archduke Charles Habsburg. By virtue of Utrecht Treaty (1713) it was agreed the enclave to come under British sovereignty, as most already know for sure.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">OK so far. But, did you know that <I>Gibraltar kept being ruled by an Austro-Catalan governor until 1719</I>, when he was finally substituted? Besides, I've recently learnt that right after the rock conquest, a group of Catalan businessmen created there a <I>West Indies trading company</I> in 1709, that was christened as "Companyia Nova de Gibraltar" (=Gibraltar New Company).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We're going to combine and cook at will both curious stories as a starting point for an epic adventure in the Spanish Main, starred by an audacious band of Catalan settlers. Such campaign will be mostly RPG driven, with some wargaming sideshow around. If curious about this and other musings, please take a look into <a href="http://what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com/2016/04/post-war-and-4-next-game.html" target="_blank">our blog latest entry</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">While revamping that blog illustrations and broken links, I've taken advantage for posting a couple of early 18th century flag plates else. This time, some of the Holy Roman Empire states. Please enjoy them at will, if wished:<br>
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You can watch and download them from <a href="http://what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com/p/flags.html" target="_blank">this particular page</a>.</p>Soldadetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15287249675712055860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-71446290621891442632016-04-15T10:18:00.000-07:002016-04-15T10:20:03.356-07:0018 Cent. Flag plates<DIV ALIGN="justify"><p>Hi, just a short note to acknowledge to anyone eventually interested that, while in the process of refurbishing <a
href="http://what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Defiant Principality</a> blog, I'm taking advantage for restoring some flags and uniforms plates hosted there that went missing --whatever the reason why. Well, not just restoring them but rebuilding these at some extent. Besides of those plates directly related to the Principality itself, I have now online again a couple of plates else: for the <b>Kingdom of France</b> theone, and for the <b>Kingdom of Spain</b> the other. Just click on each to see it larger, if curious.</p>
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<DIV ALIGN="justify"><p>Plates themselves are a bit crude if compared to those professionally printed that can be found in market, but perhaps their uncommon subjects (land and state flags, as well as maritime ensigns) may be useful to someone. In any case, I'm getting a lot of fun at drawing them!</p>
<p>The whole flags collection will be posted on this particular page of my blog: <a href="http://what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com/p/flags.html" target="_blank">what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com/p/flags.html</a></p></DIV>Soldadetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15287249675712055860noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-49838938150164829292016-04-05T14:03:00.000-07:002016-04-05T14:04:09.314-07:00A battle to help explain a peace<DIV ALIGN="center"><a href="http://wargames.cat/defiant/batalles/El_Bruc_44.jpg" target="_blank"><img
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</DIV><DIV ALIGN="justify"><p>As announced a few days ago, I've already started to explain how <a href="http://what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Defiant Principality</a> manages to survive the War of Spanish Succession. A much needed piece of information on how and why it happens is the critical battle of <B>El Bruc</B>, fought between 8 and 14 December 1713 in a key pass in the route toward Barcelona City.</p>
<p>Well, we gamed it three years ago (some weeks before our will to keep gaming faded away) and was still pending an AAR. Now that we've happily agreed to resume the story, it becomes compulsory to tell what happened there, and how it affects our currently projected setting.</p>
<p>Wish you enjoy it, despite my poor English! <a href="http://what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com/2016/04/post-war-1-decisive-battle.html"
target="_blank">what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com/2016/04/post-war-1-decisive-battle.html</a></p></DIV>Soldadetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15287249675712055860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-19704609752403766022016-04-03T13:18:00.003-07:002016-04-11T11:51:20.193-07:00The Revenant Principality<DIV ALIGN="center"><a href="http://wargames.cat/defiant/mapes/P1714_Catalunya.png" target="_blank"><img
src="http://wargames.cat/defiant/mapes/S1714_Catalunya.jpg" height="288" width="203" vspace="2" hspace="8" border="0" /></a>
</DIV><DIV ALIGN="justify"><p><b>The Defiant Principality</b> is going to ride again. Yes, I know --that's right what I said two years ago. "Let's re-take the story", I said. Sadly it didn't happen, due to incidences and problems in our lives –-such kind of random events no one expects.</p>
<p>However, now I'm confident enough to announce it publicly, for the original team of gamers have gathered once again and are excited to re-start the game, after some planning already done. If anyone willing to learn more, please check our latest post at <a href="http://what-if-catalonia.blogspot.com.es/2016/04/the-revenant-principality.html" target="_blank">The Defiant Principality</a> blog.</p></DIV>Soldadetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15287249675712055860noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-67914961853828698012016-01-03T10:09:00.000-08:002016-01-19T14:22:58.306-08:00Which (if any) state did you base your Imagi-Nation on?Was wondering about how y'all decided how big/what type of troops/etc your Imagi-Nations would comprise of? Was it a consciously planned structure or did you just start painting, or a bit of both?<br />
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For what its worth <a href="http://novobyzantium.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Saxe-M%C3%A4rchen">mine</a> was roughly based on the idea of providing a Reichsarmee Brigade sized force + a few cavalry, light infantry etc units for my French army, and calculating a state & population size to maintain that. I found the state of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel fitted the bill as a model", with a small Garde du Corps, 4 Infantry, 1 Fusilier & 1 Jager battalions, and for cavalry a Dragoon and a Hussar regiment. (It also had the rather interesting "<a href="http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Volontaires_auxiliaires">Voluntaire Auxiliaires</a>" which I'm finally getting round to recruiting for myself in my own Imagi-Narrative.)<br />
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*though my Imagi-Nation only has 1 battalion per regiment, not 2 as it is 1/2 the size of Brunswick population & land wisefreecloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02733549306046954628noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-56720877103892570052015-09-16T13:49:00.002-07:002015-09-16T13:49:59.548-07:00In Patagonia<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">The history of Aurikania and
Pathagounia <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">The complete unabridged
history in four volumes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">With copious notes on the
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Excerpt from Treachery
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">There
is treachery in house Patagonia. The
house guard has been struck down with the death of all five standard bearers. The dead bodies of several house Aurikanian
Officer corp from Prince Blake’s retinue were found on the palace grounds. This was not immediately brought to the
attention of neither the king nor his counsel but in due time it was discovered
that a gruesome scene had unfolded on the parade grounds of the royal palace. The Patagonian house standard-bearers were
found dismembered with their regalia torn from their command stands. Upon
further investigation it appears that insurgents from house Prince Blake’s
entourage had killed the entire Patagonian
standard-bearer core. Replacements were immediately found and put in place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Marching
to the sound of the guns the Patagonian army formed up and gave battle to Aracania
in a battle that lasted a full evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Patagonia on the frontier
1762. This is the story of two imagi-nations Set in a time long ago.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Table
of Contents Volume I-III:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">I The foundation of the territories and the
naming of the provinces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";"> A. Ancient Times, see The Island of
Marnon and other historical fables.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";"> B. The War and the division of
Auricania and Patagonia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">II
Early Naval Architecture<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">III The Royal families: Prominent Families and
Individuals <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">IV
The Lineage of the House of Patagonia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">V The Armies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">VI
The Armies Part the Second<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">VII The Rules of Warfare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">VIII The Naval Atlas of the Western Sea and the
colonies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">IX The Island of Marnon and early histories
including fantastic stories and myths from long ago<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">X The solar calendar of the Auricanian and
Patagonian hemisphere<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Illustrations:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Plate
1: Maps<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Plate
2 Illustrations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Plate
3 Photographic engravings <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Gr33nw00d11http://www.blogger.com/profile/06898964744673446544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-17215772128738190922015-03-24T15:03:00.001-07:002015-03-24T15:03:52.132-07:00Generating Families & Personalities?Several months ago someone posted a system for generating Families and
Personalities for the major families in an imaginary country.<br />
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It was different from the Tony Bath version (which I have) but I do not
recall who posted it. Would someone please direct me to it?<br />
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<b>-- Jeff</b></div>
Bluebear Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-66232815218040379992015-03-14T08:47:00.001-07:002015-03-14T08:53:05.895-07:00Jacdaw30 figuresAssembled Kings, Queens, Electors, Lechers, Despots and Ne'er do Wells, for those of you that have been wondering.<br />
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Izzak Grimnebulinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08280359056920252717noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-20981561805317248132015-02-28T18:52:00.000-08:002015-02-28T18:52:11.943-08:00The Velikye Byelgorodniya Court CircularThe Grand Prince of Velikye Byelgorodniya, Dmitry IV Dmitrovich of the House of Mikhailov, Duke of Kapusta Zemlya, Count of Novi Byelgorod, Hereditary Hetman of the Cassock Horde, and Grand Master of the Order of the Golden Cockerel, wishes to apprise his fellow sovereigns of his wedding anniversary gift to his beloved wife, Her Royal Highness Grand Princess Olga Anastasia Nikolayevna of Velikye Byelgorodniya, Duchess of Kapusta Zemlya, and Pfalzgräfin of the County Palatinate of Standarten-Pudel.<br />
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Let it be known that our Most Noble Grand Prince has bestowed upon the Grand Princess the Honorary Colonelcy-in-Chief of the 1st Novi Byelgorod Grenadiers, a title in his gift.<br />
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May Our Friends Take Heart and Our Enemies Tremble!Evan Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107866906860803155noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-57713550767918423452015-02-06T09:14:00.002-08:002015-02-06T09:14:43.643-08:00London Waroom Spanish soughtAnyone out there willing to sell me a few Spanish leather soldiers mounted and or dismounted?<br />
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Alan<br />
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