a frightful suggestion

From time to time, folks here have sent a special figure or two to another one of our bloggers to be photographed for their story lines. Having been honored with such a request, I found it really fun to see my figures featured (cleverly shot so that their clunkiest features are hidden ... I'm not that good a painter!!). I noticed it happening with a few other folks too.
So, it occurred to me that this could become a friendly EvE tradition!
:)
Now I'd suggest that folks actually share two figures for each personality ... a 25+ - 30+ mm "personality figure" for diaramas, etc. and a figure - possibly mounted - in the gaming scale of the host for battlefield participation (especially as a few of these figures would represent various characters with minor guest commands!).
Now obviously, we all are tons behind on our individual painting schedules, but it struck me that this just might be a nice touch to invigorate our brushes?
What do you all think?
:)
Arthur (Frankszonia)

A formal ball at Krajak Palace

Duke Kristjan the II extends an invitation to all who wish to join in the festivities at Krajak Palace.

Another blogger who would like to join ...

http://theduchyofindur.blogspot.com/
The Duchy of Indur has found us inspiring and wishes to join our Imperial or Elect company!
:)
Frankszonia

Spring in Unkerlant

Winter is finally over in Unkerlant, and with its passing the roads and passes have opened. Soon, armies will criss-cross the countryside, and set the kingdom once again aflame.

Prince Ruprect of Borogravia is in the best place for victory. He has managed to unite 6 other territories under his banner, and present a wide front across the south, from which to launch his offensive.
In the northwest, the Arch Duchess of Volborg has found only two allies to stop the Borogravian juggernaut.
Zlobenia and Franistover are perhaps in the worst shape. Before winter they captured each other's capitals, and refused to budge. As a consequence, neither was able to collect taxes, recruit or recoup losses to their existing units.
Unless these three factions can present a united front, Unkerlant will fall to a foreign invader from the south.

Thunk!

French Revolutionary forces occupying the town of Bruckewasser have announced the execution of one Seamus O'Malley a notorious counter-revolutionary of noble birth captured while serving with the notorious Frundsberg Freihussaren.


Unconfirmed rumours are that this was a propaganda event and that the younger son of Baron O'Malley of Ballyfoole has escaped the clutches of Madame Guillotine.

More details over on the Frundsberg blog

The Duchess Requests...

That any Gentleman who has an interest in the military style would check upon the uniform designs for her new Legion, which are available in the Duchy office.  The designs are now approaching their final form and will be sent to the tailor within the week. Any final insights from the most learned readers is most welcome.

Peace breaks out

His Excellency the Elector and Prince of Kruppfalz wishes to announce that peace is made with the Emperor, contingent only upon the yielding of all provinces and treasuries to the Electoral possession, a modest requirement that is expected to be acceptable to all.

Let the campaining begin

Herzog Fredrick von Harzburg proclaims his intention to renue hostilities with Schwabia and stands ready to counter any move by those seeking to provide them aid.

A Worthy Opponent...

Hear ye, hear ye! His Majesty Louis Philippe of St. Maurice wishes it to be made known that he will in fact declare war on any imagi-nation which might actually be deemed worthy of facing the might of St. Maurice on the field of battle. It must also be noted that His Majesty considers all french-speaking opponents to, of course, be worthy by default.

Any Declarations of War?

Fellow Rulers,

We have a number of volunteers to fight "proxy battles" for any Imagi-Nations who don't have a handy opponent . . . but what we don't have is any wars for them to fight . . . at least not yet.

Who wishes to attack someone else?  Who needs someone to fight a table top battle between his own two traditional opponents?

It is time to plan some campaigns.  It can be as simple as what Stokes and I did last year when we fought one of the Grant "Table Top Teasers" when those vile Stagonians attacked the Sawmill in the Grand Duchy of Stollen.  By the way, the Grant "Table Top Teasers" make for excellent games . . . well worth using in the proxy battle context.

Or it can be a more complex campaign like the "three-cornered" conflict that the Reich Duchy of Beerstein found itself in a while back.  It can even be a massive affair like the defense of Tippelbruder of a few years back that involved almost ten of our Imagi-Nations.

So, who would like to attack someone?  The good news is that you don't have to have all of your troops painted . . . one of the proxy hosts will use their collections . . . you can even check out the volunteer hosts to see who you'd like to have fight your battles.

So does anyone want to declare war?  Or even just go on a border raid?

-- Jeff

March Forth!

This is the time of year when the snows begin to recede, flowers begin to bloom and our thoughts turn to campaigning.

This is the one day of the year (March 4th) when the day is a "command".  Today is the day that your armies should "march forth" to do battle upon the table top.

Alas, many of us do not have an opponent handy . . . but one of the advantages of our Imagi-Nations is that we have online compatriots who will gladly fight a "proxy battle" for us.

For example, one of us in the UK might have an Imagi-Nation who wishes to fight against an Imagi-Nation whose controller lives in Canada . . . and a gamer in the US might be where a battle is actually played . . . the two combative Imagi-Nations communicating with the US players as to their forces and goals.


The beauty of this is that a 28mm army set up for one set of rules can fight another army in 6mm with a different set of rules in mind . . . and the actual battle could be in 15mm or 40mm or whatever with whatever rules are used locally.


Of course the players fighting this "proxy battle" will want to win for their side . . . and have no preconceived notion of who should win (unless one side is those vile Stagonians, of course).


So . . . who wants to attack who? . . . Who has the means to fight the proxy battle for our fellow Imagi-Nationeers? . . .  Who will follow the orders of the date and March Forth?


Please use the comments (or your own posts) to volunteer.  Let us march to war, gentlemen.  Let us fight!

-- Jeff

 

An announcement

If I may ask the indulgence of the mess for a moment,
I have an announcement to make.
The University of Hetzenberg Press has released
the first of three volumes recounting the adventures of
Mary Amadeus and Ursula Reitzell in
the War on the Eisenwasser.
Further details may be found
over at the Hetzenberg Chronicles blog.

God Save Duke Karl!