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Reviews from the Past 4 – Hammer of the Scots (1st edition)

Posted on May 8, 2014 by hurcheon

Jerry Taylor and Tom Dalgliesh Columbia Games SKU 3215 $49.98 This goal of this strategic level simulation of the Scots Wars of Independence, best known through the historically illiterate film Braveheart, is to control the majority of Scots nobles by … Continue reading →

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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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