Britcon 2014 Thread

[nigelemsen]

Samurai against a TYW mounted army is dead meat! Trust me having used one against Alasdair last year I thought I did well to take even 2pts off him. Those horse are up on impact and if they don't disrupt the foot T impact they just break off in the JAP! All the while artillery and dragoonz are making a mess of them and horse getting around the flanks.

If Nigel gets more than 2pts he'll have done better than me!

Don

Challenge accepted... And if I do... You will so know about it

[nigelemsen]

Down to 3 lists now

and only 1 has cuirassiers in it, what am I thinking

we'll see, I feel the need for a cunning plan

Alasdair

Cunning plan... Go foot

[nigelemsen]

Not even close to what I'm taking although like you I can't make my mind up.

Although I'm not sure it matters anymore given that you now have 25 points in the bag so everyone playing catch-up all weekend.

I was thinking that anyone invoking or accepting a nemesis challenge should drop their best score instead of their worst score.

cheers
Jim

IIRC Alasdair dropped 18 points last year so a couple of flesh wounds administered by doctor Nigel will equal the best any of the rest of us could do last year

IMHO thats more than just possbile as Nigels army looks like it could be quite handy against a mounted army. Hmmmm - has Alasdair just been roped in?

I think I'm the one been roped in... He challenged me, nothing to do with me being driver and we get down town sooner

Of course in the unlikely event I beat him... He may be able to drop that score so technically, I didn't

We can all pick on the Aussie as paddy's clearly going to beat him anyway...

remember my version is not the sensible "Ben" version

[nigelemsen]

Down to 3 lists now

and only 1 has cuirassiers in it, what am I thinking

we'll see, I feel the need for a cunning plan

Alasdair

let me guess at the three since everyone is playing their army list cards so close to their chests

Later TYW Germans
Caucasian States
Later Louis

Close?

Hunter

Well. My bid is its polish hussars with various mounted options in support...

[kevinj]

For those from the same club, you definitely won't play each other in the first two games. After that I'll try to avoid it if possible for the next two, but if there's a clump of people from the same club in the overall standings there's no real alternative. For example, if the four Scotties were 1-4, that would mean involving everyone down to 8th in the fix, which is OK for round 2, but starts to get really messy after as you also have to keep people apart who have played before.

[nigelemsen]

"For the record" so to speak and ties in with Kevin's comments: Alasdair is oxford, I am Southampton and live local. I haven't been a member of oxford for about 2yrs now. So that's that ticked. Alasdair has mentioned off line that my army will not be walk over for him. So where there are concerns of a nememis game causing a 25-0 easily, people had better make sure a they get 25pts so they aren't playing catch up against me

[alasdair2204]

Down to 3 lists now

and only 1 has cuirassiers in it, what am I thinking

we'll see, I feel the need for a cunning plan

Alasdair

let me guess at the three since everyone is playing their army list cards so close to their chests

Later TYW Germans
Caucasian States
Later Louis

Close?


Two out of three

not bad Hunter

Alasdair

Hunter

[quackstheking]

Alasdair,

Must be:

TYW Later Germans
Later Louis XIV French
Tatars!

Don

[alasdair2204]

HI Don

again 2 out of 3 and the wild card is looking most likely at present only one of my lists has full fat cuirassiers in it

Alasdair

[spotteddog]

For those from the same club, you definitely won't play each other in the first two games. After that I'll try to avoid it if possible for the next two, but if there's a clump of people from the same club in the overall standings there's no real alternative. For example, if the four Scotties were 1-4, that would mean involving everyone down to 8th in the fix, which is OK for round 2, but starts to get really messy after as you also have to keep people apart who have played before.

That sounds good to me Kevin. Don't worry about the 4 Scots being 1 to 4 after 3/4 rounds. More likely 1 (the master of foot) will be in the top 4 and the other 3 in the bottom 4

Hunter

[spotteddog]

HI Don

again 2 out of 3 and the wild card is looking most likely at present only one of my lists has full fat cuirassiers in it

Alasdair

How many guesses do we get MOTHman?

Hunter

[spotteddog]

"For the record" so to speak and ties in with Kevin's comments: Alasdair is oxford, I am Southampton and live local. I haven't been a member of oxford for about 2yrs now. So that's that ticked. Alasdair has mentioned off line that my army will not be walk over for him. So where there are concerns of a nememis game causing a 25-0 easily, people had better make sure a they get 25pts so they aren't playing catch up against me

Didn't even know you were an exoxfordian Nigel. I for one do not have any concerns regarding your nemesis game. I am sure you and Alasdair will have a great game and I reckon you will do as well as any of us (and better than me, 0-25 in the game I played him) against the horned devil.

Hunter

[nigelemsen]

Enjoyed a practice run out against paddy's army... Very interesting to see the samurai on the board... Yes paddy did win in the end, but a few very good pointers picked up

[nigelemsen]

HI Don

again 2 out of 3 and the wild card is looking most likely at present only one of my lists has full fat cuirassiers in it

Alasdair

How many guesses do we get MOTHman?

Hunter

Neh neh neh neh... I know what alasdair is very likely to bring... (Bribe paddy and you might get to find out) Oh the power

[spotteddog]

How about Gerries, French and Sudanese?
HH

[alasdair2204]

Sudanese made it to the last 8

Gerries is still in one of the 3

TYW FRENCH that's full of foot and regt guns why would want anything to do with that sort of army or do you mean Louis XIV French now that's more interesting

Alasdair

[marshalney2000]

Right, I will play guess the army.
TYW German
Later Spanish Imperial
Louis Xiv French

[alasdair2204]

Like the Sudanese the Spanish made it to the final 8 but with the changes to the German allied list decided against

other 2 are in the final 3

[spotteddog]

Like the Sudanese the Spanish made it to the final 8 but with the changes to the German allied list decided against

other 2 are in the final 3

By process of elimination the 3rd army in the frame must then be Tatar!

SD

[daveallen]

By process of elimination the 3rd army in the frame must then be Tatar!

SD

Nah, Tatars were eliminated early on.

Its gotta be

EARLY THIRTY YEARS WAR GERMAN CATHOLIC
LATER THIRTY YEARS WAR GERMAN
LATER LOUIS XIV FRENCH

Unless someone's been fibbing [sorry, spreading disinformation]

Dave