Two, one day, three game, comps in Manchester 1st/2nd Nov

[david53]

Hi There
Just wondered if we have any more players for the weekend, Dave getting nervous again.
Dave

[hammy]

We have more than enough players for a viable comp on both days, just not (the last time I saw) ehough to fill all the space we have allocated which is a pity

Still I have lots of nice prizes from Osprey to give away and with less players there will be more per player.

[david53]

We have more than enough players for a viable comp on both days, just not (the last time I saw) ehough to fill all the space we have allocated which is a pity

Still I have lots of nice prizes from Osprey to give away and with less players there will be more per player.

Maybe there will be people who turn up in the morning and those coming I'm sure will be looking forward to a chance to play using the smaller table size and time frame. Any chance to play is good for me.
Dave

[squiggie]

hi hammy

is there any chance of a runners and riders for the comp

neil

[hammy]

hi hammy

is there any chance of a runners and riders for the comp

neil

To be honest I still don't have a final list of entries If I can arrange one I will post it.

[hammy]

Going off the army lists I have had submited and the last set of entry information I have seen then we have the following runners and riders.

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Matt Poole	   Saturday	Medival Crown of Aragon
Neil Howard     Saturday	Later Hungarian
Paul Dawson     Saturday	Kushan
Robert Taylor   Saturday	Late Republican Roman
Adrian Steer    Saturday	Hungarian
Dave Redhead    Saturday	Swiss
Alan Gilbert    Saturday	Pontic
Roger Greenwood Saturday	Hussite
Steve Clarke    Saturday	Classical Greek
Adrian Stubbs   Saturday	Sassanid Persian
Wendy Clark?		

Grahame Finney  Sunday	Middle Hungarian
Matt Poole      Sunday	Principate Roman
Neil Howard     Sunday	Later Hungarian
Dave Redhead    Sunday	Swiss
Roger Greenwood Sunday	Hussite
Steve Clarke    Sunday	Palmyran

Not as many players as I had hoped but I have a feeling that the proximity to Roll Call and Warfare could have been an issue. Also the MAWS FoG bootcamp being the weekend after the comp doesn't help

Still enough players for a comp on both days and I will ensure that Sunday players don't play the same person twice over the weekend. If we end up with odd numbers through extra players joining or people not turning up I will play to even things up.

I have a stack of books from Osprey and am just about sorted.

[Robert241167]

Hi guys

Thanks for a great day yesterday in this competition.

Thanks to Hammy for setting the day up and loaning me his LRR legionaries. They performed well but wish I could say the same for their support troops.

Thanks to my opponents, Paul Dawson, Dave Redhead and Adrian Stubbs, for very enjoyable games played in very good spirits.

I may have lost 2 games but hey I managed to win 1..............my first ever victory in FOG.

I look forward to further competitions.

Rob.

P.S. For 2.5 hours the 650 AP on 5 ft by 3 ft seems perfect !!

[david53]

Hi guys

Thanks for a great day yesterday in this competition.

Thanks to Hammy for setting the day up and loaning me his LRR legionaries. They performed well but wish I could say the same for their support troops.

Thanks to my opponents, Paul Dawson, Dave Redhead and Adrian Stubbs, for very enjoyable games played in very good spirits.

I may have lost 2 games but hey I managed to win 1..............my first ever victory in FOG.

I look forward to further competitions.

Rob.

P.S. For 2.5 hours the 650 AP on 5 ft by 3 ft seems perfect !!

Glad to have played you Rob glad you won your first game, pity it was against the Swiss! no joking aside I would like to thank all the players who turned up in a cold hall even for us Scots who had to fight with a hat on(softey yes I know I am) I would like to thank my oppenents who put up with my lack of knowledge of the small details of the rules well most of the details that is. On this point I would like to thank Hammy who had to put up with my numerious calls on Saturday 'Hammy got a minute over here, what happens here' I for one had a great time and won my second only ever FOG game, might be on a roll here only another ten more games and I might win my third game. So if your my eleventh opponent would'd better watch out. Hope to see you soon somewere in the future.
Dave

[rogerg]

A very good weekend. Thanks for organising the event Hammy. I enjoyed it, despite the miserable performance of the Hussites. With hindsight, not a good choice at 650 points.
For anyone reading this who has not tried 650 points on a 5' by 3' table it is a nice change. Two and a half hours was enough time to play a game through. Even the less experienced players were getting through the game at a good pace.

[david53]

A very good weekend. Thanks for organising the event Hammy. I enjoyed it, despite the miserable performance of the Hussites. With hindsight, not a good choice at 650 points.
For anyone reading this who has not tried 650 points on a 5' by 3' table it is a nice change. Two and a half hours was enough time to play a game through. Even the less experienced players were getting through the game at a good pace.

I don't know I liked your army you handled it well I have never fought one before and your knights looked well hard. I think there'll be quite a few armies like this in future as I said at the time it would be a good 25mm army just for all those wagons.
Dave

[rogerg]

Ours was cetainly an unusual game Dave. Hussites versus Swiss, with a battlefield of three steep hills and two impassable terrain pieces on a small table. I haven't yet decided whether my decision to avoid the pikes by driving my wagons down a gully was genius or madness.

[david53]

Ours was cetainly an unusual game Dave. Hussites versus Swiss, with a battlefield of three steep hills and two impassable terrain pieces on a small table. I haven't yet decided whether my decision to avoid the pikes by driving my wagons down a gully was genius or madness.

A bit of both cause i had'nt a clue how to deal with them so just lucky dice with the halberds, I enjoyed the game we had lots of fun with all that lovely mountain stuff, its strange cause Switzerland has large areas of completely flat long valleys, but being all foot its the only way to survive a Cavalry Army lots of terrian. Still I talked to Ian at Iregular today about your well painted wagons, very good paint work on them as well those Knights. Maybe next year I'll try and start a 25mm Hussite Army its one on the list at least. Hope to see you around soon.
Dave

[Robert241167]

Hi Hammy

Any news on the scores for Saturday and Sunday?

Cheers

Rob

[hammy]

Hi Hammy

Any news on the scores for Saturday and Sunday?

Cheers

Rob

That would be a good idea wouldn't it ....

I will get them into the hall of honour in the next day or two.