Campaign 2016

[urbanbunny1]

woot!

now to find a team.

cheers for the dates Don

[Paulkit0]

Just checking the MKWS website do we have definitive periods / army lists yet (acknowledging that one of the subsets will be 25mm)?

[madlemmey]

Hope we find out soon, then I can get on with painting the 'Wooden Spoons'!

Oh, I've still got yours Paul...

[viking123]

There will be a Forlorn Hope team again to charge the breach in everyone's defences and win victory.

[viking123]

I see that the FOG AM players are voting on the themes for Campaign. When will we see the options for FOG R.

Bob

[madlemmey]

As a club member since 1999, you must remember that MKWS run surely on one-man-one-vote, this year Don is the man, he gets the vote!

[urbanbunny1]

I vote for Cthulu

[madlemmey]

I'm voting for The Allosaurus!

http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/specia ... aurus.html

[quackstheking]

Hi Guys,

1st stab at the themes for Campaign. As ever, I have tried to keep the themes tight in each period. The period I would liked to have added would have been a Central/South America but I'm not sure on the appetite and availability of armies for such a period.

The usual current restrictions on Artillery (1 gun per 6 bases; no fire into flank on deployment) and superior/average (No more superior bases than average/poor for both Foot and Horse BG's) will apply.

Period 1:25mm - The English English Civil War (1641-1646) : - Early ECW Royalist, ECW Parliamentarian, Later ECW Royalist, New Model Army.
• 40mm MUs for Movement, Command Distances and Shooting,
• 1 inch MUs for Terrain, Deployment and Threatened Flank Sectors

Period 2: 15mm - Armies, Allies and enemies of France 1485-1529 – Maximillian Imperial, Trastamara Spanish, Italian States, Italian Wars Venetian, Italian Wars French, Early Henrician English, Scottish, Swiss.

Period 3: 15mm – Elephant Curry : Armies of South East Asia 1500 – 1644: - Muslim Indian, Hindu Indian, Rajputs, Indonesian or Malaccan; Thai, Burmese and Khmer; Vietnamese; Mughal. (i) All lists must feature at least 1BG of Elephants (ii) European Allies allowed – no more than 4 BG’s

Feedbaclk/suggestions and amendments?

Don

[kevinj]

Period 1: The dates look a bit off for the English Civil War.

Period 2: There is no French army.

Period 3: Extra spicy with a Garlic and Coriander Naan please!

[madlemmey]

Sounds great! Up for any or all of those.
1) Dates for ecw need a jig, but sounds fun!
2) Think the lack of French in a French themed competition is brilliant and should be encouraged!
3) Oh no, not trunkies again!!! Can't we have The Halls of Montezuma and an Aztec theme?

[viking123]

We had period 3 last year. Happy to have a refight but it is likely everyone will take Indonesian or Malaccan.

[madlemmey]

Well I'm definitely NOT taking Sri Lankans again!

[steads]

We had period 3 last year. Happy to have a refight but it is likely everyone will take Indonesian or Malaccan.

So just remove them from the permitted armies list

[viking123]

It would not be the wars of the elephants if you removed them.

Also Ray would be unhappy. He wants to reclaim his crown as Sultan!!!!

[Paulkit0]

So simply rename the period `Sultanates of India' and drop the Indonesians . There are anyway 9 lists there which is unusually generous for the MKWS comp

[viking123]

Are we any closer to finalising the three pools?

Also how much do we have to send to Neil for our entry?

Bob

[quackstheking]

Hi Bob,

The entry fee for this event is £20 per player (£60 per team of 3) - the same as 2015!

Entries for the FOG R competition at Campaign 2016 including a cheque made out to MKWS (by 25 April 2015) are to go to

Neil Sutherland
7 Horton Gate
Giffard Park
Milton Keynes
Bucks
MK14 5JQ

Neil's email address is chairman@mkws.org.uk

Please specify what period each player is entering. Can you also let me know who is entering - don.avis@ntlworld.com


As regards the themes, I'm relatively happy with Periods 1 & 2 but not having played last year, I didn't realise that an elephant theme had already been played. Personally I would loved to have done a Central/South American theme but I doubt there are enough Armies out there to manage this.

Therefore we have 2 choices (unless there is a big voice for Aztecs and Inca's):-

• 1. Stick as is with the difference against last year being the restrictions on Guns and Superiors
  2. Reduce the period to the struggle for India 1500 - 1625 (avoids the non nellied Maharatha's and the Portuguese Muskets) keeping the Hindu's (except Sinhalese), Muslim, Mughals but adding in the Colonial Portuguese with compulsory Hindu Allies (3 BG's minimum)- still gives us nellies but does away with the Malay's

Thoughts quickly please!

Don

[steads]

Despite not having the lists with me I would like to try option 2 but I suspect it might be a lot of civil wars.
Stephen

[madlemmey]

Option 2