Ancient Britons Vs Early Germans

Keith · Post by **Keith** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:05 pm

Had a game at Ingleburn Castle against Rod the Barbarian

The opening moves

The Ancient Britons have cunningly sent their chariots on a flank march.

The Early Germans think they will have an easy time invading Castle Ingleburn with thier puny warriors !

Boudicca urges the light horse forward to slow down the invading hordes.

Smelly Germans

Even Smellier Germans

Don't get down wind of these boys

The lines about to clash.
But Boudicca's trap is about to be sprung , the Chariots will leap onto the German flank and destroy them utterly !

Charge !

The end result , the brave Britons could hold on no longer, the Chariots seem to have taken a wrong turn or got the days mixed up. o.O

A good game and fun was had by all.
Still waiting for the Chariots to turn up :-/

I love the Ancient Britons , but I need to rethink my list , perhaps more warriors and less slingers/chariots.

Blathergut · Post by **Blathergut** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:24 pm

Fun game to follow through. Ya, we've kinda come to the conclusion here that we'd rather have the BGs on the battlefield than have them not show up because some twit commander said go left and they should have gone right.

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:54 pm

One would like to ask what historical reference you used to accuse the Germans of being of more offensive body odour than your Britons were.

Perhaps next time you might want to get your chariots some of those Road maps before you send them off table. I have never tried a flank march for that specific reason, perhaps you need to find luckier dice for your flank march arrival or get boudiccia to pick a battle ground that is not so close to the local brothel in the village somwhere off that table edge.

Keith · Post by **Keith** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:14 pm

If only , if only ...

I roll 2 dice when the game was finished , a 10 and then a 9 , why couldn't I roll that during the game.... Arghhh

No more flank marching with 120 points of troops and a General!

Well I might give it another go

Skullzgrinda · Post by **Skullzgrinda** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:08 pm

deadtorius wrote:One would like to ask what historical reference you used to accuse the Germans of being of more offensive body odour than your Britons were.

...

In fairness, he did not say his own troops were not smelly, or were less smelly, he just said that the Germans were smelly. Also, he did not say they smelled bad and indeed they came up smelling like roses.

Looks like a lush venue with beautiful armies! Thanks for the report!

Who makes the Boudicca figure?

mbsparta · Post by **mbsparta** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:21 pm

Great looking miniatures! Caesar loves it when barbarians fight among themselves.

Mike B

Keith · Post by **Keith** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:25 pm

The Boudicca figure is from Corvis Belli.
It's a nice figure for your CinC

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:04 am

In fairness, he did not say his own troops were not smelly, or were less smelly, he just said that the Germans were smelly. Also, he did not say they smelled bad and indeed they came up smelling like roses.

Curses foiled by intelligence and double talking. Guess they both must have been somewhat odorus

better luck on the flank march next time.

Blathergut · Post by **Blathergut** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:44 am

Now....if we talk Seleucids....

Skullzgrinda · Post by **Skullzgrinda** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:10 am

deadtorius wrote:
In fairness, he did not say his own troops were not smelly, or were less smelly, he just said that the Germans were smelly. Also, he did not say they smelled bad and indeed they came up smelling like roses.
Curses foiled by intelligence and double talking. Guess they both must have been somewhat odorus

better luck on the flank march next time.

Jesuit legal training . . .

Skullzgrinda · Post by **Skullzgrinda** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:14 am

Keith wrote:The Boudicca figure is from Corvis Belli.
It's a nice figure for your CinC

Thanks for the info. She is splendid. Beautiful armies, very nice venue, crashing barbarian warbands. Perfect!

flamingpig0 · Post by **flamingpig0** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:06 pm

deadtorius wrote:One would like to ask what historical reference you used to accuse the Germans of being of more offensive body odour than your Britons were.

I believe it is the testimony of one Phil Barker, although he only claims that they were slightly smelly.

Germans mainly blonde, shaggy and slightly smelly, and in dull colours, navy blue being very popular.

http://www.wrg.me.uk/WRG/Wrg-A1/Page11.html

Scrumpy · Post by **Scrumpy** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:51 pm

Did it not go to penalties, with the Germans winning ?

Barbarian39 · Post by **Barbarian39** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:45 am

Awesome looking well painted armies guys

Bravo...

rbodleyscott · Post by **rbodleyscott** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:48 am

flamingpig0 wrote:
deadtorius wrote:One would like to ask what historical reference you used to accuse the Germans of being of more offensive body odour than your Britons were.
I believe it is the testimony of one Phil Barker, although he only claims that they were slightly smelly.

Germans mainly blonde, shaggy and slightly smelly, and in dull colours, navy blue being very popular.

So is one supposed to paint the figures with "eau de cochon" before each game, or can one rely on the player to provide the authentic whiff of unwashed barbarian?

Strategos69 · Post by **Strategos69** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:53 am

Very nice report. It is easy to follow and well coloured. Your both armies look awesome. Regarding the plan, I have been told by my "grandma" not to put all the eggs in the same basket. Maybe a flank march could be good, but a smaller one!

pease1 · Post by **pease1** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:52 pm

Thanks for the report. The Germans are very good looking for smelly barbarians. I wish mine looked half as good.