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Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:51 am
by list_lurker
Anyone else ready to offer up outrageously simple clues about their intentions?
I'll be starting to paint mine tonight, so it will be on my blog - is that obvious enough? you could propbably guess it before hand anyway!
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 3:27 pm
by alasdair2204
daveallen wrote:alasdair2204 wrote: I feel another scarey extremely large Dave Allen army coming out...
Double entendres from the master, what joy!
Despite Alasdair's lurid imagination, the reality is more prosaic - I suspect that with only 10 BGs I will be fielding one of the smaller armies.
"Can you guess what it is yet?"
Dave
Depends how you define smaller, with 1/2 your battlegroups 2-3 times as large as most battlegroups and grand battlegroups at that athough you might be narrow not sure about small.
Can't wait to play
see you
Alasdair
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 3:30 pm
by alasdair2204
marshalney2000 wrote:If I could make up my mind as to what I was using I would only be too happy to give a clue. Unlikely to involve camels though.
Might have a better idea after my game with Hunter Hope tonight. He has definitely made up his mind. He has followed his usual regime of intensive army research before copying someone else's army composition exactly.Aye Tim Porter's site has a lot to answer for!!
John
Come on then Hunter give us a clue, especially as its looking like it could be Perthshires year
Cheers
Alasdair
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:30 pm
by list_lurker
My army fought in Perthshire, does that count?
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:36 pm
by alasdair2204
list_lurker wrote:My army fought in Perthshire, does that count?
I reckon so, Hunter or Simon then
cheers
Alasdair
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:49 pm
by list_lurker
I reckon so, Hunter or Simon then
Oh I doubt it... Well For my part anyway. Deffo straight C army
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:53 pm
by quackstheking
So that's the later Jacobite army then with only 4 horse bases allowed. Yet again Simon shows his love for "the Poor Bloody Infantry"!!!
Still should be good against foot armies with the musket*, Impact foot and Swordsman. However if Alasdair has 39 horsey bases that's an army to miss!!!
Don
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:16 pm
by list_lurker
viewtopic.php?f=112&t=43641
Started my blog diary here.. 30 days to go
As for horses .. I can take my licks, been there done that.
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:26 pm
by quackstheking
list_lurker wrote:
As for horses .. I can take my licks, been there done that.
Ikko Ikki and Buccaneers in open competitions - you have my respect especially with Jacobite!
Don
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:32 pm
by marshalney2000
I quite like the Jacobites and was tempted to take them myself especially if there are a lot of foot based armies out there. Warriors although not having divisional moves can fairly eat up the ground especially non open ground. Really looking forward to seeing the Lurkio Jacobite figures in the flesh so to speak.
John
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:36 am
by alasdair2204
quackstheking wrote:So that's the later Jacobite army then with only 4 horse bases allowed. Yet again Simon shows his love for "the Poor Bloody Infantry"!!!
Still should be good against foot armies with the musket*, Impact foot and Swordsman. However if Alasdair has 39 horsey bases that's an army to miss!!!
Don
No, See earlier post, lots of dragoons at least 10 so only 20-30 superior horse / determined horse.
Cheers
Alasdair
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:44 am
by list_lurker
its no good Alastair, we all know what it is!

Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:13 am
by alasdair2204
list_lurker wrote:its no good Alastair, we all know what it is!

Do you
I have Determined Horse which is new to me
Cheers
Alasdair
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:19 am
by list_lurker
We've spoken about it several times! (if its the one I think it is)
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:27 am
by quackstheking
list_lurker wrote:its no good Alastair, we all know what it is!

Stop pussyfooting about! My prediction is Later Louis XIV French!
(Ducks and runs for cover!)
Don
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:31 am
by list_lurker
with 5 BGs of Dragoons

Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 12:57 pm
by alasdair2204
Interesting Louis XIV French ( I am far to obvious) made the cut down to my last 2 choices
and then would you believe it I flipped a coin, I wasn't bothered either way as both had lots of mounted, lots of dragoons and artillery, French more dragoons and better artillery other list more varieties of horse which one came up tails as basically I couldn't make up my mind, all will be revealed soon (well when a few more lists are in, though to be fair everyone knows whats in the army)
Cheers
Alasdair
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:47 pm
by nigelemsen
sugar: I was thinking jacobite for my self as well.... but went for size with scots and protected against mounted... although if i maintain my usual scoring level, i should quite easily avoid alasdiars mounted

although byron might not...
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:57 pm
by quackstheking
If you want to win Britcon, with 6 games you have to face Alasdair at some point.
However the dice gods may favour you!
Don
Re: Britcon 2013
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:03 pm
by nigelemsen
arr... there is the flaw in your assumption... me win a comp.... nah.. i leave silly things like that to my son...