More Mongol Madness!

As a break from the last couple of weeks of work and military duty, I went down to the RAP Gamers this past Wednesday for a game of ADLG and some much needed mental floss.

With the upcoming tournament at COLD BARRAGE, we decided to run another night of games. I was paired up with Steve T. who brought an Italian Condotta army to face my Golden Horde Mongols. 

His Milanese, or maybe Florentines, possibly Genovese were commanded by Fredo Sforza, with brothers Michael and Sonny as sub commanders. There were a bunch of Heavy Knight Impact and some naughty LMI Crossbows, and some other bits and bobs. Most importantly, he had a fortified camp, which meant my Light Horse Bow couldn't raid the bugger. I needed my Medium Cavalry at a minimum to sack the thing. 

I brought the army I'm using for the tourney, Chaka Khan as my general in chief with four Heavy Cavalry Bow, two Light Horse Bow, and one unit of Levy set in ambush. His brother, Jenga Khan, with two Heavy Cavalry Bow Impact, two Heavy Cavalry Bow, and two Light Horse Bow. And his other brother, Iffya Khan, with four Medium Cavalry Bow and three Light Horse Bow. All the Heavy Cavalry are rated "Elite"... 

At the start of the game, when all hope burned bright...

Steve surging bodily across the board pushing me back

Almost at the end...little clusters of Italians and Mongols beating each other senseless...

We played to the end, almost 10PM, and it was a nearer run thing than I figured it would be. I lost...again...18 to 14, but had there been enough time to play another turn, I might have managed to even things up. I did manage to kill Fredo in melee, he fumbled drawing his sword, so I hear Michael Sforza is now head of the family... 

I still need to get comfortable with playing Mongols in a more chaotic manner than I have been. The water feature on my left flank didn't help me spread out to flank Steve. I almost, ALMOST, managed to get a couple of flank attacks in this time. 

Still, another good time and a great evening out. On to COLD BARRAGE! 

Weekend Update

A quiet Sunday here in the Duchy with some time to play at my hobby before getting back to work om my thesis. Hard to believe a first draft is due in two weeks. 

Yesterday, I drove out to Carlisle, PA, to the Army Heritage and Education Center (AHEC) for a Re-enactor Recruitment Day. There were quite a few units and periods represented. I went at the behest of my American Civil War group, the 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. 

Free piece of hardtack with every enlistment...

There were some Green Jackets and some Crapauds there are well looking for new recruits

The "great" Lynn Otto, and his Pennsylvania Regiment from the FIW was there. With some lovely John Jenkins Design figures holding down a map... 

Veteran re-enactor and wargamer Tom Flynn on the left and a buddy from Lee's Company of Rangers, also an FIW unit. The drum belongs to a Highland Grenadier company that does FIW and AWI

Various other ACW units, in this case, the 93rd Pennsylvania and the 1st Minnesota

Some of the ladies from the 39th New York (Garibaldi Guard) and their presentation

Finally, some young folks doing "Modern" impressions...pretty depressing to think I was issued and wore some of the kit they were displaying and wearing... 

There was quite a diverse collection of periods. And this was the first time since COVID they have held this event. I enjoyed it immensely, even if I did not manage to convince anyone to sign up and enjoy a piece of hardtack. 

On the wargame front, things are slowly moving along with my Mongols for ADLG. I managed a game two weeks ago against Bruce P. and his Order of St. John Army. That was a close game he managed to squeak out a very narrow victory on points alone. But I'll leave off pictures for another time. 

Finally, Happy St. David's Day to all the Taffys out there in Blog-Land! Have a leek for me. My last batch of potato and leek soup was quite good actually...time to get some chowder on for lunch.