Slitherine

Ok then who is going to godendag? Who'se using what? Anybody found a supremely wacky army choice to catch everyone out.


I hear Slaves mentioned by Hammy.

Terry and I will be appearing as Astrix and Obelix (ia meating pies at present to bulk up for the role!)

Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Si

I wish I could be wacky, but my partners army...

So, Republican Roman

Simon

Hey its a classic ...

Didn't we get a nose bleed from such a civil war last year

Si

I'm going a touch romantic and wheeling out Mithridates and his Pontic rag-bag for my first full FoG comp.

See you on the lower tables

Didn't we get a nose bleed from such a civil war last year

We did play Matthew with his War of the Roses. I still remember it taking 2 legions to chop down the king and his retinue. Some horrible elite heavt weapons

very nasty

Simon

Ah yes I remember that last stand of the king with his H Arm Sup H W billmen.

Si

Lynda and I are going ,Bosporans are our choice,anyone there Friday evening ,we got a cheap travel lodge offer so making a long weekend of it
David

Martin Wilkinson and I along with Martin's son Philip and his partner Bob and Dave Ruddock and Martin Buxton should all be arriving on Friday evening. We aren't in the travel lodge though but will be looking to exploit the late opening of Usk hostelries.

Me and Bob playing with Late Hungarian is there anybody else out there playing in the Rise of the Ottomans everybody talking about the Roman period.

Andy.

I think that Mr Ruddock and Mr Buxton are taking Serbian, at least Dave has asked me to lend him a ludicrous number of knights

I understand that Rise of Rome has the majority of entrants - so better chance for a prize if in the Ottoman period

Terry and i will be there Friday night. Arriving about 7pm. Staying at the hotel. Maybe fun for all to meet. Where be the travel lodge?

Last I heard there was roughly speaking 8 teams in the ottomans and 16 in the the Rome period. Give or take a few. Richard the official voice on that though so don't hold me to it precisely.

Richard in the Ottoman period and Terry and I attempting to sack rome with our Gauls

Si

We'll be there before 7,I don't work Friday pm's,I think the lodge is near the next junction past the Usk turn ,north from M4,
I think Terry has Lyndas mobile number (don't ask )give us a call when you get in and we'll pop down
David

Any chance of runners and riders Richard ?
David

Godendag Runners and Riders

9 different armies out of 16 teams in the popular Rise of Rome section. A bit less variety in the Rise of the Ottomans (5), but the player pool is smaller (8 ), and I suspect the narrow range of armies reflects the armies that people have already. There are plenty of other viable armies in the book.

Rise of Rome
Simon Hall & Terry Shaw Gallic
Wayne Charlton & Simon Clarke Late Republican Roman
Philip Wilkinson and Bob Middlemist Late Republican Roman
Robert Medcraft Later Seleucid
James Hamilton & Martin Wilkinson Slave Revolt
Peter Gregory & Jon Phipps Late Republican Roman
Paul Freeman & Dene Green Later Seleucid
Nik Gaukroger & John Calvert Pontic
David & Lynda Fairhurst Bosporan
Jon Martin Later Carthaginian
Bruce Brown & Andy Bascombe Later Seleucid
Simon Green & Roger Randell Parthian
Don McHugh & Steve Hacker Later Seleucid
Phil Giles & Stephen Finn Late Republican Roman
Nigel Phillips & Clive Vaughan Early Armenian
Tim Porter & Adam Worsdale Later Carthaginian

Rise of the Ottomans
Richard & Thomas Bodley Scott Later Polish
Andy Whitby & Brian O'Dea Later Hungarian
Martin Hayes & Roger Draper Later Hungarian
Dave Ruddock & Martin Buxton Later Serbian
Andy Claxton & Steve Taylor Later Ottoman
Andy Ellis & Bob Amey Later Hungarian
Kevin Fisher & Dave Allen Later Serbian
Jason Dawson & Colin Marsden Tatar

Lets hope for a gallic Slave Revolt battle - that should be a real hoot

SI

Simon and Terry win the best barbarian army title by default!

Our theory was take an army with a bit of everything in it as that might be a good way to learn the rules

Sounds like other people are somewhat beyond that stage

I think that Mr Ruddock and Mr Buxton are taking Serbian, at least Dave has asked me to lend him a ludicrous number of knights

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Don't give the game away. Nobody will equate Serbian with knights....

I think that Mr Ruddock and Mr Buxton are taking Serbian, at least Dave has asked me to lend him a ludicrous number of knights

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Don't give the game away. Nobody will equate Serbian with knights....