Yes, that was the vote.

Tom

All, discussions at the event yesterday have confirmed the details in my posting of 10th September with one change; the Army List book used for one of the 15mm events (to test whether the approach of using the books to define the theme works) will be Cities of Gold. Dates are currently under negotia...

Following round 4 the VL scores are now:-

7 Tom
19 Ray
9 Jerry
20 Dene
9 Bob
4 Chris
6 David B
21 Paddy
0 David F
0 Bruce
8 Paul
16 Keith
8 Andy
11 David E

It is now very tight between Paddy, Dene and Ray with Keith following strongly.

Tom

All, results of round 4 as follows. Some excellent games. Ray 59.5 Dene 54 Paddy 50 Paul 40 Dave 37 Keith 29 Jerry 25.5 Tom 7 As you can all see I struggled and have concluded, for the future, that I will choose armies with max possible number of superior troops and the maximum possible number of ge...

Yes, albeit not yet committed.

T

David,

Thanks but probably not available before November.

Tom

All, as promised ideas for next year. Proposals for 2026 comps 15mm -3 events, 650 points, 5x3 table o Army List book Wars of Religion – any army from this book o Italian War of 1499-1505, fought between: France, Papal States, Venice, Milan, Naples, Spain o War of the Grand Alliance (Nine Years War)...

Correction to the Draw. I put Keith playing Dene but should have put Keith to play me and Chris to play Dene.

Sorry

Tom

A trial run, one of the events next year, has been suggested for the army list idea. I guess that should be 15mm for maximum flexibility. Any more thoughts before I assemble a proposal to put to the group on Sunday 14th? We shall need to make a decision in principle then with details to be discussed...

The Draw follows. We have the Mughals versus a Portuguese/Rajput alliance. The draw is otherwise by date but keeping club players apart. Opening Draw – round 4 Sept 14 David E Colonial Portuguese 1530 versus Jerry Mughal 1510 Tom Colonial Portuguese 1526 Versus Chris Mughal 1562 Paul Rajput 1601 Ver...

Another vote for 3x15mm and 2x25mm rounds. Also a liking for tight themes, probably geographical but with narrow time periods.

Also a suggestion of using each of the army list books as the theme for a round. This is new, so any comments on this?

Tom

A reminder of where VL things stand with two rounds to go. Currently Paddy is in the lead with 14 points, Dene and Keith are equal second with 12 and Ray is fourth with 10 points. Andy is on 8, Bob is on 7, Jerry, David B, David E and I are on 6 and Chris on 4. It looks like10 players in round 4, so...

Voting is going in favour of tight themes with clearly defined and limited parameters. I have one vote in favour of two 25mm sessions.

Tom

Update!

Paddy will come after all. That makes 10. Two more places.

Tom

So far I have received one vote for tight themes as in Bob’s lists combined with a request for early Italian Wars.

Tom

All, As it is now end of August it seems timely to begin to think about next year. All is up for grabs as the club meets one Sunday every month and we can take our pick of both which months and how many. The limiting factor is that we cannot, in fairness to other club members have more than 12 playe...

Another update. David Elks will join us, so we are now 9.

It would be great to have one more player. Or, even better, three more to reach our max of twelve.

So, are any more of you intending to enter?

Tom

Updates to latest player list

Keith
Ray
Chris
Bob
Jerry
Paul
Dene
Me.

Tom

Updates to latest player list

Keith
Ray
Chris
Bob
Jerry
Paul
Me.

Tom

Thanks David.

I have a practice game with Jerry tomorrow so, for the benefit of all, I had best announce that my army will be Portuguese Colonial.

Tom