Blunders on the Danube

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Historicon 2021: Random Friday Games

Friday, I once again ran my game in the morning, so i was free to roam the convention in the afternoon and evening...

Setting up the phenomenal battle of la Bicocca - great Italian Wars, 1522..

Rules were Pike and Shotte, I believe.

54 mm ? plastic American Civil War

All the King's Men ? rules

Along the Mekong River in Vietnam, I think.

Carnage and Glory, computer moderated rules.

C&G also, I think ?

More C&G - ECW Battle of Newbury, I think.

How the West was Fun...

Big flags, tiny troops!

Triumph rules

Greg and the Little Wars guys - Viking raid on Saxons

7YW - Mollwitz, with modified General d'Armee.

The sensational Rorke's Drift game.

Sharpe Practice rules.

I spent some time at the Flea Market sessions (Wally's Basement), nothing notable acquired, really. Bought some trees from Battlefield Terrain Concepts, a bit of paint, and a 28 mm Obelisk at the dealer's area. Loot Tally such as it was, in a later post. Food was limited to the food court in the evening and AM on Thursday; I wound up going out to shop[ at at Wegman's a few miles away and bought all my food for the week there. I really didn't want to be eating with my mask off around others anyway, so I just ate in my room. Not as personable as I would have liked like, but safer!

Friday, November 19, 2021

Historicon 2021: Ramses II, Episode 1: Foes East and West

Bright and early, at 9 AM on Thursday, I ran the first of my three Ramses II Trilogy games. We had a full slate of 8 players, with about half having played To the Strongest previously, and about half not having done so.

View from the West side of the Nile (running down the center of the table). Near are the Libyans, with a few Numidian allies, opposed by Egyptian Divisions Ptah (green) and Set (blue). On the East side of the Nile are Egyptian Divisions Amun (red) and Re (yellow), opposed by a mostly band of Canaanites, many of which were rated as "Raw".

Veteran TTS! gamer and freind Jeff Grein (red shirt) helped the game on the East side running smoothly, while I mostly assisted the players on the West side.

The Egyptians advanced boldly against the Canaanites.

Egyptian Chariots gaini9ng the upper hand to the South, but giving ground to the North.

Another view of the Canaanite - Egyptian combat.

Ramses and his chariotry threatens to sweep around the Libyan right.

A tremor evidently caused one of the villages to collapse!

The Libyans to the North (top of picture) pressed ahead vigorously, seeking to sack the Egyptian camp. The came close twice, but never succeeded.

Egyptian archers of Division re pepper the Canaanites with arrows.

Canaanite guardsmen are flanked!

Egyptian light chariots poised to take a Canaanite camp!

Charging an open flank, Ramses is in turn hit from the flank. Double hit cards...and the Pharaoh is hit; it is a serious wound, and he is whisked off the field, but will return to fight another day.

Canaanite chariots fail to take the camp from the defending Egyptian archers!

The Egyptians lining the Nile are all casualties.

In the end, the Canaanites prevailed to the East, whilst the Egyptians prevailed to the West of the Nile; we called it a draw, but with Ramses lucky to survive, barely!

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

November Historicon, 2021 - Random Thursday pictures

Well, I had a balst at Hiostoericon last week. As so many have commented, is was so much fun to be back gaming together, even with the masks (which I hardly noticed myself, having worn one so much of the past 18 months!

Quret a number of computer moderated (Carnage and Glory) games. Not my thing at all, but so what?

Nice looking table, awaiting troops.

Part of a huge Waterloo game. Impressive, but I thought the odd ground color , exceptionally high troop density, and the many labels detracted somewhat from the look. Still, as a fellow gaming megalomaniac, I appreciate the huge efforty it takes to do something like this!