tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426751056939510820.post8026713508380586927..comments2024-02-09T20:34:26.008-08:00Comments on The Minstrel Boy: What did you do on a snow day? (aka I created a monster!)Grenzer Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294380876807418037noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426751056939510820.post-59949564787834308952014-02-05T14:52:58.609-08:002014-02-05T14:52:58.609-08:00I'm up for that. I could put together a TYW Im...I'm up for that. I could put together a TYW Imperialist/Catholic League army... including Croats. But now you've got Russians to worry about as well! Mwahahahahaha!Grenzer Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294380876807418037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426751056939510820.post-27451033607173468952014-02-05T10:42:01.888-08:002014-02-05T10:42:01.888-08:00One more convert. :-)
Can't wait to field to...One more convert. :-)<br /><br />Can't wait to field to put my TYW French (fast pike and shot with superior pistoles) or my TYW German Catholics (The standard on which all other armies are graded for the period) soon,<br /><br />MartinThe Northern Gamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908403912113309151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426751056939510820.post-13645709461910917002014-02-03T20:32:52.641-08:002014-02-03T20:32:52.641-08:00Sounds like a great game! I have the figs to do Im...Sounds like a great game! I have the figs to do Imperialists including Croat light horse. I'd certainly enjoy a game with you, if we lived closer.<br />Yes, my wife is quite aggressive as a table-top gamer. I don't buy the "masculine side" stuff either. She was quite pleased to do up the Russians and came to realize that a pure Cossack army would not survive. She DID keep some extra Cossacks for an allied contingent when I began to rebase the bulk of the the huge Cossack force she had to make them into Boyars.Grenzer Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294380876807418037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426751056939510820.post-50388563498843460212014-02-03T14:40:43.585-08:002014-02-03T14:40:43.585-08:00One of my favorite armies in the DBM list was Otto...One of my favorite armies in the DBM list was Ottoman Turks, the later the better. But it did have a problem of survival against later 17th Century armies on the list. With earlier Ottomans I could beat up Hungarians handily enough, but imagine an army with 'Fast' and 'Inferior' Spahi, and your solidest troops are your Janissaries: 'Fast' Shot.<br /><br />Their greatest victory was over a 30YW Imperialist army. Of course I couldn't even dent it to begin with. But as the battle continued, my sipahi bouncing arop\und all over the place (fortunately without losing many stands), and the Janissaries' flanks being pressed back, the Imperialists began to lose their cohesion. Then Wallenstein charged an isolated stand - and died - whereat the Imperialists in their next PIP roll rolled Double-1 (he had two commands).<br /><br />Well, it was all over, pretty much, eh? The sipahi and light horse scampered through the widening gaps in the enemy line, beat back the Croats on the open Imperial right flank, and the Imperialists were in no shape to reorganise or retaliate. <br /><br />It was a classsic Turk vs European battle, though it has to be said, the Turks had a whole lotta luck!<br /><br />Women, if they war game at all, are apt to be uber-aggressive, get-tore-in maniacs. One might suppose that is due to their getting in touch with their masculine side. I don't believe that for a moment!<br /><br />Cheers,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426751056939510820.post-28911146480701675722014-02-03T14:36:15.542-08:002014-02-03T14:36:15.542-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426751056939510820.post-60008451610623170342014-02-03T12:54:21.596-08:002014-02-03T12:54:21.596-08:00Thanks for the mention of my blood-thirsty nature....Thanks for the mention of my blood-thirsty nature. But did you mention that my former-Cossack figures were painted by me. Yes - I do my own painting as well as killing.Oldstudenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15820053280870845903noreply@blogger.com