Another test game

The good news is, I played a more complete game than my long-ago first trial run. This one has multiple battalias, some terrain, and a little bit of artillery. Unfortunately, I rolled absolute garbage for both sides' command tests, so the game itself was super lame. That's where there's no proper battle report this time. Just a few of the better pics, and some random thoughts.

I lost my own D6s a while back, so I borrowed the dice from a housemate's Farkel set. This gives me a dozen flag-themed dice per army, with another dozen (green and black) for casualty counts.

My table is only about 3'5" by 5', so I halved all distances (movement, ranges, etc.)

I used my own Cossack list, available here. I guess Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy just published a Cossack list, I'll have to check that out some time.

While I blamed my luck for the dullness of this game, I also could have played better, remembered to use initiative moves, and maybe included some Cossack horse for a more dynamic game. Oh well, live and learn.

Wintry Witchfinder

My original plan was to reveal these models over the course of a gameplay post, but the tables here are still cluttered with holiday stuff, I still haven't remembered to print out the witchfinder tokens, and I'm just generally impatient.

So here is the most powerful witch of all, with a pair of summonable minions:

"Do you wanna build a snowman?"

"Hi Sven's family! It's nice to meet you!"

"Hi everyone, I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs!"

And here's a quick WiP shot. I built the snowmen from unpopped popcorn kernels, foam scraps and Warhammer dryad arms.

Merry Christmas!

No abominations today!

Except this one:

assorted Vile Abominations

Here are four evil spellcasters for Witchfinder General. I haven't gotten around to buying actual witch miniatures yet, so these are all necromancers from my preexisting fantasy collection. Fortunately for my half-assed attempts at thematic consistency, witch trials in Eastern Europe tended to persecute men at a higher rate than women, unlike the stereotypical Western trials.

And here are two more ghouls, of a slightly different breed than the last batch.

The ghouls (originally grimlocks) and the scythe-bearing witch are from the Reaper miniatures line that accompanied 3rd edition, I think. The other witch guys are all GW.

The Eternal Conflict

"Whoever wins... we lose."

-20th Century Fox

Nice Lady

"He chose... poorly."

-Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Ghoulsies

"The night was black, was no use holding back

'Cos I just had to see was someone watching me

In the mist dark figures move and twist

Was this all for real or some kind of hell"

-Iron Maiden