Southern League - Clevedon round - Take away - Sun 24 March

[alasdair2204]

Don't worry about it

publish anyway

can't wait

cheers

Alasdair

[donm]

Well here we all are, thank you all for getting your army lists in on time.

Steve Hacker Clevedon Mughal 1529
Andy Claxton Clevedon Mughal 1565
Andy Whitby Clevedon Tibetain
Mark Fry Bristol Mughal pre 1512
Gordon Malcolm Berkley Hindu Indian pre 1519
Mike Shepherd Berkley Mughal 1565
Roy Boss Bristol Mughal post 1526
Ray Boyles October Mughal 1511
Tim Porter London Maratha 1666
Alasdair Harley Oxford Rajput 1600
Bob Medcraft Oxford Korean 1604
Richard Bodley-Scott Newport Mongol 1645
Don Avis Milton Keynes Hawaiian 1642
Dave Allen London Japanese 1548
Keith McGlynn Berkley Aztec 1521
Pete Dalby Portsmouth Later Jin 1623
Lee Fisher Portsmouth Hindu Indian 1540
Paddy Bray Oxford Chinese Qing 1628
Tom Elsworth Oxford Japanese 1529
Marc Priest Farnborough Mughal 1572
Andy Scott Portsmouth Japanese 1529
Jimmy Walton Berkley Mallacan 1624
Chris Beesley London Quing post 1628
Brian Holmes London Mughal 1565
Jerry Bray Oxford Hindu Indian 1601

The club names are so that I can keep club members apart were possible.

If I have to play I will be using a Maratha after 1660.

For the pre-set terrain I have given one table to each type avaliable to all the lists and averaged out the balance.

So there will be;
3 x agricultural,
3 x Hilly
2 x Tropical
1 x Mountains
2 x woodland
1 x steppes

Look forward to seeing you all next Sunday.

Don

[alasdair2204]

Andy Scott is Portsmouth if it helps not Oxford

[alasdair2204]

WE are the Pratagarh-Deoliya

not you common garden Rajput State

we believe in heroic death defying charges (it says so in all the books, and to be honest what else can you do with Lance armed cavalry)

so expected to be charged and charged at speed and one of us will die (in the following order disrupt, fragment and then break)

looking forward to seeing you all next week

cheers

Alasdair

[quackstheking]

And I for my sins am Milton Keynes

(was tempted to say Oxford so as to avoid Alasdair! )

Don

[viking123]

I picked my army to fight piles of Japanese and there are hardly any. I should have stayed with the Qing.

Bob

[timmy1]

I tried that at Britcon 2011 and he entered as Andover or something...

[donm]

Thanks guys, have ammended those.

You won't avoid your own club members if you are at the top of the draw.

Don

[quackstheking]

Interesting Army choices with a clear favourite, a couple of the "more than one" variety but quite a lot of sole picks (8). The make up is

Mughal 8
Japanese 3
Hindu Indian 3
Qing 2
then one each of Hawaiian, Mongol, Mallacca, Aztec, Later Jin, Maratha, Korean and Tibetan

Clearly Indian in all it's flavours is the most popular (but will we see any nellies!), with 3 chinese, 3 sushi eaters and lots of obscure takeaways - seems just like the eatery scene in Brixton!

So what will win - one of the Mughals, a Hindu Indian (ridden by Alasdair) or a quirky choice!!

Here's to a great event!

Don

[MarcP]

For what it's worth I'm the sole Farnborough representative. Should be entertaining as Sunday at 9 will be the first time I get to use the army.

May whatever gods we are praying to have mercy on my armies souls

[quackstheking]

Same here with the Hawaiian - I've not been brave enough to put it on the table before!! I think this time, for the first time, I can guarantee that I'll have more BG's than "The Wizard" (aka Dave Allen!).

Don't worry about the Mughals Marc - they're quite a forgiving army with enough Superior Cavalry with a choice of either bows or light lance, to survive most things and in this period and they can always run away! Also there will not be huge amounts of shot to keep causing them the extra -1 on CT's. The challenge is what to do with the light artillery and how to best use the nellies (if they're in your list) plus get the best out of the Heavy artillery.

Don

[viking123]

Don,

I would be happy to have you in the Oxford team. As Not only would I miss Alasdair, Paddy and Tom but also you!

Bob

[alasdair2204]

Interesting Army choices with a clear favourite, a couple of the "more than one" variety but quite a lot of sole picks (8). The make up is

Mughal 8
Japanese 3
Hindu Indian 3
Qing 2
then one each of Hawaiian, Mongol, Mallacca, Aztec, Later Jin, Maratha, Korean and Tibetan

Clearly Indian in all it's flavours is the most popular (but will we see any nellies!), with 3 chinese, 3 sushi eaters and lots of obscure takeaways - seems just like the eatery scene in Brixton!

So what will win - one of the Mughals, a Hindu Indian (ridden by Alasdair) or a quirky choice!!

Here's to a great event!

Don

Yes their are definitely nellies and lots of them in fact more than I would want to see in the whole competition with all my mounted and that's only in the 1 list I have seen

Hopefully will avoid them

Cheers

Alasdair

How about a draw to build up the tension even more and allowing for cunning plans vs the Hawaiian which are then totally scuppered anyway when we draw the tropical terrain

can't wait

[donm]

I have decided against doing a draw, as I would like to get things moving and not have people standing around waiting for people to arrive.

I will sort the players in such a way as to keep club members apart.

I would also like to find a way for the infantry armies to get some favorable terrain in at least one game.

Don

[alasdair2204]

No problem at all

to be fair I don't think you have to worry about the terrain as the tables (woody tropical etc) seem to be infantry friendly, but I actually have infantry this time so don't mind either way

cheers

Alasdair

[rbodleyscott]

Please note, I did not lie about the naked women.

[alasdair2204]

We would never doubt you Richard

[stenic]

Don,

Not that it matters much as he'll not be bothered but Gordon Malcolm would be Berkeley along with Keith (and Mike Shepherd) rather than Bristol.

Have a good weekend, too bad I can't be there but as anticipated No 2 son's U13s team made it to the County Cup Semis and as he's in the squad I'd like to go watch.

[petedalby]

Please note, I did not lie about the naked women.

Did you just lie there or was there any movement?

[viking123]

Don,

Paddy's surname is Bray.

Bob