Chalons sure Marne 4000 pts a side at the Challenge
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You can probably take my place as I'm am now doubtful about making it down on Friday.ValentinianVictor wrote:Gah!
Belay that last missive of mine.
It seems I'm on duty Friday until midday. I probably wont get down to Ascot until at least 3.30pm now.
From what others have posted, you should expect to participate if you can get there approx 3 ish.
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General Background
The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (or Fields), also called the Battle of Châlons (also spelled Chalons or Chalon) or Battle of the Campus Mauriacus, took place in 451 between a coalition led by the Roman general Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I on one side and the Huns and their allies commanded by Attila on the other. It was one of the last major military operations of the Western Roman Empire and marks the apex of the career of Flavius Aetius.
What, When and Where ?
As a prelude to the BHGS Challenge we are running a massive Field of Glory game on the Friday, with co-author Simon Hall organising and umpiring the game.
4000 points a side – so the equivalent of 10 FOG singles armies on a single battlefield. The game will be played in Ascot at the BHGS Challenge venue – thanks to the BHGS team for the use of the facilities. The table will be roughly 20 feet wide and the game is likely to feature 15 or more players.
The game will start around 3pm on Friday April 3rd and is likely to run well into the evening. Feel free to come and spectate and the players will be more than happy to have a few more dice-rollers join in the fun.
Will Attila or Flavius Eutius carry the day? Below is some information – thanks to wikipedia – about the actual battle in 451AD.
The Players so far
Roman ~4000 pts
Roman 1 Dave Fairhurst (Flavius Aetius)
Roman 2 Spike
Visigoth 1 Lynda Fairhurst
Visigoth 2 Gordon Jupp
Goth Tim Childs
Frank
Alan/Germanic Dave Ruddock
Hun ~4000pts
Hun 1 James Hamilton (Atilla)
Hun 2 Dave Madigan
Gepid Phil Powell
Rugians Tim Porter
Thuringians Steve Munton (Rays figures)
Burgundians
The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (or Fields), also called the Battle of Châlons (also spelled Chalons or Chalon) or Battle of the Campus Mauriacus, took place in 451 between a coalition led by the Roman general Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I on one side and the Huns and their allies commanded by Attila on the other. It was one of the last major military operations of the Western Roman Empire and marks the apex of the career of Flavius Aetius.
What, When and Where ?
As a prelude to the BHGS Challenge we are running a massive Field of Glory game on the Friday, with co-author Simon Hall organising and umpiring the game.
4000 points a side – so the equivalent of 10 FOG singles armies on a single battlefield. The game will be played in Ascot at the BHGS Challenge venue – thanks to the BHGS team for the use of the facilities. The table will be roughly 20 feet wide and the game is likely to feature 15 or more players.
The game will start around 3pm on Friday April 3rd and is likely to run well into the evening. Feel free to come and spectate and the players will be more than happy to have a few more dice-rollers join in the fun.
Will Attila or Flavius Eutius carry the day? Below is some information – thanks to wikipedia – about the actual battle in 451AD.
The Players so far
Roman ~4000 pts
Roman 1 Dave Fairhurst (Flavius Aetius)
Roman 2 Spike
Visigoth 1 Lynda Fairhurst
Visigoth 2 Gordon Jupp
Goth Tim Childs
Frank
Alan/Germanic Dave Ruddock
Hun ~4000pts
Hun 1 James Hamilton (Atilla)
Hun 2 Dave Madigan
Gepid Phil Powell
Rugians Tim Porter
Thuringians Steve Munton (Rays figures)
Burgundians
Simon Hall
"May your dice roll 6s (unless ye be poor)"
"May your dice roll 6s (unless ye be poor)"
Now we are in the final run up I believe the current status is as above. We ideally need a couple more players, but as I am sure we will have people joining in on the day as long as we have figures I propose to go ahead with the game as planned even if a couple short (and I can cover for 1 anyway).
Please could
Spike
Gordon
Valentinian
Send me an e-mail titled CHALONS to
siathedgecroft@aol.com
So I can put a mailing list together for the game to use over the next 10 days.
Si
Please could
Spike
Gordon
Valentinian
Send me an e-mail titled CHALONS to
siathedgecroft@aol.com
So I can put a mailing list together for the game to use over the next 10 days.
Si
Simon Hall
"May your dice roll 6s (unless ye be poor)"
"May your dice roll 6s (unless ye be poor)"
I will sending a short B&W report to Slingshot and doing a longer one with colour photos to go into one of the Mags ideally.
So Tim ....
1st and short
2nd Slingshot
3rd Full report
0th .... very very short ... the huns won (just) the Romans being finally surrounded and dying to a man in true Roman style as the light faded.
Si
So Tim ....
1st and short
2nd Slingshot
3rd Full report
0th .... very very short ... the huns won (just) the Romans being finally surrounded and dying to a man in true Roman style as the light faded.
Si
Simon Hall
"May your dice roll 6s (unless ye be poor)"
"May your dice roll 6s (unless ye be poor)"