BAYFOG competition - Yorkshire, UK, November 28-29

[navigator]

Hi chaps here is the list - let me know if you wish to know the first round draw.

we will play a minimum of 10 bounds per game and blitz will apply

paul johnston - rajput 1200ad -northern hindu indian
adrian stubbs swiss 1476ad
tony robinson fatamid egyptian 1167ad
neil howard tupi 1450ad
Frenchie ancient british 1ad
paul crozier mamluk egyptian 1250ad
robert taylor santa hermandad nueva castilian 1483ad
bob amey later ottoman turkish 1435ad

[Robert241167]

Hi Paul

I'm happy to know the first round draw but have been looking in my crystal ball and expect to play Swiss!

Have you plans to keep the York players apart for any rounds?

Cheers

Rob

[squiggie]

ooops

looks im in trouble with all this cavalry about. still should be fun

neil

[titanu]

ooops
looks im in trouble with all this cavalry about. still should be fun
neil

Tupi or not Tupi that is the question!

[titanu]

Hi chaps here is the list - let me know if you wish to know the first round draw.

Frenchie ancient british 1ad

Knowing the draw is fine for me.
Isn't Frenchie a bit non-PC?

[BrigPaul]

"we will play a minimum of 10 bounds per game and blitz will apply "

Blitz rules for FoG... never seen or heard of them before, what are they?

IMHO 10 is too low to be used as an acceptable number of completed bounds to be used in FoG.

[navigator]

hi

frenchie is the name of the chap on his form !

blitz -no idea just making it up as i go along - i think we should aim to play a certain number of bounds thats all to encourage making a game of it. But main thing is to have fun and as long as all games are played ok then its fine.

will put draw up some time soon or tomorrow
p

[nikgaukroger]

hi

frenchie is the name of the chap on his form !

You could change it to Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey I suppose, would that be more PC?

[titanu]

hi
frenchie is the name of the chap on his form !

Oh in that case:-
An officer in the U.S. Naval reserve was attending a conference of officers from the U.S. navy and the French navy. At a cocktail reception, he found himself in a small group that included personnel from both navies. A French admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans learned many languages, Americans learned only English. He then asked: ‘Why is it that we have to speak English at these conferences rather than speak French?’ Without hesitating, an American admiral replied: ‘Maybe it’s because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn’t have to speak German.’

[navigator]

moving on swiftly..........................

first prize is the coveted 'robin hood on a champagne cork' trophy and £10 voucher from Essex miniatures

2nd and last place have prizes donated by Magister Militum

the draw is

Bob Amey ottoman v neil howard tupi
robert taylor fancy dan castilians v adrian stubbs swiss
paul crozier mamluks v paul johnston rajputs
Tony Robinson fatamids v Frenchie's ancient british

paul
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[titanu]

Tony Robinson fatamids

Is this a comment on his expanding waist line?
Draw looks interesting Mamluks v Rajputs looks an exciting match.
Mine is a historic clash of the little known Ottoman invasion up the Amazon where Suliman the Slimey came a cropper. Let's hope history does not repeat itself!
It depends on the Friday night festivities I find the formula:
Performance inversley propostional to ale drunk the night before to be true!!
looking forwatrd to it.

[BrigPaul]

Rajputs...! oo r they???

[nikgaukroger]

The Hindu Indians in Umpires of Dagon.

[david53]

Well done Robert taking Knights and fighting the only Pike army there. You did'nt want to fight the Tupi Protected medium foot did you.
Dave
See you the week after.

[Robert241167]

Don't worry Dave, I am the nemesis of the Swiss.

Faced them twice in my wargaming career and beat them well both times.

Rob

[david53]

Don't worry Dave, I am the nemesis of the Swiss.

Faced them twice in my wargaming career and beat them well both times.

Rob

Beat them well if I remember correct they seemed to be chasing some run away romans

Good luck with the weeked PM me on Sunday if you have time.

[navigator]

hi
thanks to all participants. Its been a fun weekend and played in a relaxed and friendly spirit
Thanks to essex and magister militum for their support and prizes

winner was bob amey with his all conquering ottomans -4 wins 88pts
2. neil howard's elephant and horse eating tupi cannibals 62pts
3. robert taylor shm castilians 51
4. paul johnston rapjputs 49
5. paul crozier mamluk 43
6. adrian stubbs swiss 34
7. tony robinson fatamids 34
8. frenchie 19

bob was a worthy winner and interestingly all but 3 games (out of 16) were finished within the allotted time

we will do it again next year between oct and dec if people are interested -suitable dates that dont clash with other competitions welcome
thanks to all
paul j

thanks t

[Robert241167]

Thanks for putting me and my son up Paul.

Thanks to the rest of the guys for a friendly and relaxed weekend.

Rob

[Robert241167]

Oh and I ended up down that nasty lane again. I tried going through a raging torrent but after the water started going over my bonnet before halfway I decided to reverse out. Thank goodness my engine didn't give out! I ended up with a 30 minute detour but at least home in one piece!

Rob

[navigator]

and my last words were... dont trust the sat nav - i presume you didnt go via whitby
cheers
p