Anyone interested in a 25mm 1 day FOG-R competition

[MarcP]

And then there where 16.

Unfortunately Chris Besely and Tim Wickens have pulled out. I'll recast the drawer slightly -otherwise Richard Jeffrey Cook and I would face each other round 1.

Times - If you can aim to be there ready to start playing for 09:00. I should hopefully have got a key and got tables set up earlier than that.

For those who don''t know the Elles Hall, we are in Room 2 upstairs.

You will need to pay for parking I'm afraid,bring some change for the day.

Supermarkets, shops and burger places within 10 minutes walk for food. Nearest pub is probably a drive and not much use to you unless you win or lose fast !

[nigelemsen]

Parking.. Around how much for day... Just so I have enough change... Cheers

[nigelemsen]

On the draw: If it makes it easier, I haven't played any of the oxford club... Or actually seen their lists/armies...

Then don can't beat my army in the first round

[MarcP]

£3-£4 I think -I'll check on Friday.

I'll hold off on the draw till Saturday = just in case

[MarcP]

Parking costs £3.60 for the day. They are quite hot on checking I'm afraid.

Revised Draw :-

Mark Fry (New Model Army) vs Marc Priest (Russians) - clash of the Marks ....
Alan Brown (Covenanters) vs Andrew Urwin (Montrose)
Don Avis (Anglo Dutch) vs Nigel Emsen (Jacobite)
Ray Boyles(Later Hapsburg Austrian) vs Tom Elsworth (Louis XIV)
Jim Gibson (Later Imperial Spanish) vs Byron Emsen (30 Years war French )
Pete Dalby (30 YW Swedish) vs Tim Porter (30 YW German)
Richard Jeffrey Cook (30 YW German) vs Chris Beesley (30 YW Danes or German)
Ben Jones (30 YW French) vs Michael Shepherd (early Louis XIV) - pretend its the Fronde
Richard Jeffrey-Cook (30 YW German) vs Dave Allen (30 YW French)

Keeps historical match ups where possible and club members apart for Round 1

Rough Timings :-

08:30-09:00 Arrive (any earlier and you help lug tables)

09:00-11:50 Game 1

12:10-14:50 Game 2

15:00-17:45 game 3

17:45 - 18:00 Argue/Decide who won - - present prizes,ask if it is worth doing again next year

[timmy1]

I know that RJ-C is good but asking him to play both Dave Allen and Chris Beesley in the first round is a little unfair...

[MarcP]

Corrected draw - Chris Beesely is on one of the two dropouts

Mark Fry (New Model Army) vs Marc Priest (Russians) - clash of the Marks ....
Alan Brown (Covenanters) vs Andrew Urwin (Montrose)
Don Avis (Anglo Dutch) vs Nigel Emsen (Jacobite)
Ray Boyles(Later Hapsburg Austrian) vs Tom Elsworth (Louis XIV)
Jim Gibson (Later Imperial Spanish) vs Byron Emsen (30 Years war French )
Pete Dalby (30 YW Swedish) vs Tim Porter (30 YW German)
Ben Jones (30 YW French) vs Michael Shepherd (early Louis XIV) - pretend its the Fronde
Richard Jeffrey-Cook (30 YW German) vs Dave Allen (30 YW French)

[nigelemsen]

No practice game against byron for me this evening... Still painting... Something's dont change

[nigelemsen]

All done and looking mighty fine if I say so myself.... 9hrs to go to clash of dice with a Don... Mmmm.. Time to squeeze in two practice games... . Byron wake up

[MarcP]

Practice is for wimps

Having siad that I have used my army a few times, just not in the exact configuration I'm using...

[MarcP]

High level results below. Detailed results to follwo :-

I think everyone enjoyed themselves. Thanks to everyone for keeping it running smoothly,in particular Richard and Alan for helping with set up.

1st - Ben Jones - 30 YW French 64
2nd Jim Gibson Late Imperial Spanish 59
3rd Pete Dalby 30 YW Swedes 52
4th Tim Porter 30 YW Catholic 50
5th Don Avis 45
6th equal Ray Boyles (Late Austrian Hapsburg) and Richard J-c (30 YW German) 44
8th Andrew Unwin Scots Montrose 38
9th equal Tom Elsworth (early Louis XIV) /Mike Shepherd (Early Louis XIV) 32
11th Marc Priest Later Russians 31
12th Mark Fry New Model Army 24
13th Byron Emson 30 YW French 18
14th Alan Brown Scots Covenanter 17
15th Dave Allen 30 YW French 15
16th Nigel Emson Scots Jacobite 10

I'm willing to go any again next year - any comments on format, terrain, timings, period (has to let me use Russians or Poles as that is what I have)

[MarcP]

Raw Results and who you played .

Tried to attach as spreadsheet but not allowed ...

Nr Name Club Army Year Player Score Player Score Player Score Score
1 David Allen Central London 30YW French 1635 15 7 11 0 5 85 92
2 Don Avis MKWS Anglo Dutch 1691 9 16 8 19 4 10 45
4 Ray Boyles October Late Hapsburg Austrian 1690 7 24 17 10 2 10 44
5 Alan Brown Farnborough Scots Covenanter 1642 17 0 13 0 1 17 17
6 Pete Dalby N/A TYW Swedish 1633 13 25 12 5 14 22 52
7 Tom Elsworth Oxford Louis XIV French 1660 ? 4 1 16 9 9 22 32
8 Bryon Emsen Oxford 30 YW French 1632 11 8 2 6 16 4 18
9 Nigel Emsen Oxford Scottish Jacobite 1690 2 4 10 3 7 3 10
10 Mark Fry Malmesbury NMA 1646 14 2 9 22 13 0 24
11 Jim Gibson MKWS Later Imperial Spanish 1635 8 12 1 25 17 22 59
12 Ben Jones Oxford Thirty Years war French 1642 16 25 16 20 15 19 64
13 Tim Porter Central London Thity Years War GermansYes 1632 6 0 5 25 10 25 50
14 Marc Priest Farnbrough Later Russians 1645 10 23 15 5 6 3 31
15 Richard Jeffrey-Cook Farnborough Thity Years War GermansYes 1636 1 18 14 20 12 6 44
16 Michael Shepherd Berkeley Early Louis XIV 1650 12 0 7 11 8 21 32
17 Andrew Unwin Berkeley Scots Montrose 1645 5 25 4 10 11 3 38

[petedalby]

Thanks very much for organising the event Marc.

I really liked the format and appreciated the time and effort that you put into the pre-set terrain.

I had 3 very enjoyable games vs Tim, Ben and yourself - and of course a big thank you to Richard J-C for lending me the figures.

If you run it again next year I would certainly try and attend.

[nigelemsen]

Firstly a big thank you Marc for running the event... Looking forward to more next year.

Also to my opponents for three enjoyable games. And not to make the three following mistakes again.
1. When disrupted against shooty 5+1s, don't stand and take another round of shooting waiting for more support , go in and you may have chance of damaging their unit.
2. Read the rules. Pike in 4+2s don't not get a factor in melee against warriors. Genuine mistake by us both. Outcome would have been similar for our game. (DH v warriors... Mumble mumble )
3. Don't think you can take a disrupted french p+s unit up hill with your warrior block. Remember the warriors still throw out a reasonable amount of shooty dice when in 8s.

Positives:
The units of 2 horse are really worth the money... Ask Tom
8s of superior warriors really work. Amend list to include upgrading the 6 to an 8.
Based on this comp, bringing more warriors over the LF unit was the correct move.

See you again in tne Rollcall 25mms...

[gibby]

Yep, A most enjoyable day. Thanks Marc.

Thanks also to my opponents Byron,Dave and Andy.
Thanks also must go to my army....."Point and go and don't stop until you get to the enemy baseline"
Thanks to my Driver "Don" whose fault it is. His constructive feedback to be more direct is proving to be rather good advice.
Bet he's regretting that feedback now

Oh and yes Big boys toys is the way forward.

cheers
Jim

[nikgaukroger]

Oh and yes Big boys toys is the way forward.

Seems to be a lot of positive from the 25mm games - might have to unearth the Warlord plastic stuff I bought a couple of years ago. Something to fill the long winter nights I guess

[daveallen]

Woohoo - 92 points from three games! Who's the daddy?

Sadly, my last game against Alan only netted me 8 point, not 85.

Ya gotta love those spreadsheets

Dave

[madaxeman]

Getting the big toys out was certainly excellent.

And my scores are correct as reported, no matter how odd that might actually look after a closer inspection... !

[MarcP]

Thanks all for the feeback

I learnt that it is better not to get closer to a Swedish Brigade even if tempted. I had 2 P+S shooting at one Swede, so closed to short range. Pete then charges and 2 turns later I'm down 2 units ..

Now to go and practice some DBMM for Warfare - I'm doing 25mm , but different rules set ...

[viking123]

Marc - you could do 25mm FOG AM at Warfare. Not so much of a change.

Bob