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The adventures begin

Posted on April 23, 2014 by hurcheon

Fort Mawrcant guards the mouth of a tributary of the Black River, keeping watch on the Picts but also serving as a trading post. The fort is built of stone and timber, but trading happens outside and away from the … Continue reading →

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Back to the Past

Posted on April 18, 2014 by hurcheon

Many, many years ago I played Dungeons and Dragons, then Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Those were what are called “Class and level role-playing games”. The players picked characters who had professions (classes that defined their skills and abilities and those … Continue reading →

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Review: “Royal Armies of the Hyborian Age” – A Wargamers Guide to the Age of Conan – Lin Carter & Scott Bizar

Posted on December 30, 2013 by hurcheon

That these fantasy wargames rules, first published in 1975, are still in print, or at least available in PDF, is less a testament to these rules and much more about the strange business habits of Scott Bizar, who kept products … Continue reading →

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Foldable Project – The Battle of Langside

Posted on November 20, 2013 by hurcheon

(for the genesis of this project to use a Noteboard as a folding portable game table for figure wargames using cardboard counters for units see earlier blog entries marked Foldable Project) May, 1568. There is tension in the realm of … Continue reading →

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Foldable Project, ready to deploy

Posted on October 29, 2013 by hurcheon

I have a map, I have decided on the rules (Basic Impetus) and I finally have my order of battle and counters. Although I thought 3cm frontage would look fine on the map, I also scaled them to 2cm and … Continue reading →

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Foldable Project – not forgotten

Posted on October 14, 2013 by hurcheon

The travelling has impacted severely on my time. Even the days I am not working in Edinburgh, my lunchtimes are usually taken up out doing errands. Nonetheless, the actual counters are done. I am partway through putting them onto a … Continue reading →

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Foldable Project scales again

Posted on September 1, 2013 by hurcheon

My battlefield works out at about 1/3the size of the standard Impetus battlefield. The standard frontage is 12cm per unit. So I am looking at at four cm unit width. Seems a bit big for this battle. The Basic Impetus … Continue reading →

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Foldable Project – a matter of scale

Posted on August 31, 2013 by hurcheon

I now have aboard I am fairly happy with. A little larger than the action, so it can accompdate the starting position of the Regent’s forces. I now need to work out the scale for the unit counter sizes and … Continue reading →

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Foldable Project – Sliiiiiight setback

Posted on August 27, 2013 by hurcheon

Drew the first attempt at the battlefield. Looking from the Queen’s point of view, I defined the left of the board as the White Cart, and then I put in the roads, to let me see the scale. Too big … Continue reading →

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Foldable Project

Posted on August 26, 2013 by hurcheon

My place of work is being shifted 42 miles and four hours round trip travel away. This is going to leave even less time for hobby type projects. So, what to do. I had done a bit of playtesting using … Continue reading →

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