Morning Gents/Ladies,
I have already contacted a few fellow bloggers and got a good response so thought I would just put this out there and see what I get back. Since the blogger meet up at Salute I have had an idea flitting around my brian. If we are happy to meet up why not meet up with a purpose. I am thinking that we could have a blogger Demo game at Tripples 2014, but we would also try and raise money for charity. The idea is that we put on a big game of Musket and Tomahawk but as a twist, we as a community paint up the opposing forces and run a raffle (on blogger and at the show) the winner of the raffle wins the painted figures used in the demo.
I have been looking at battles to fight using Musket and Tomahawk that gives us a good mix of units and figures and fallen upon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_La_Belle-Famille or as we should call it The Battle of La Blogger-Family,in this battle a smaller British force with Indian and American allies ambushed a larger French relief column containing regular french and lights plus plenty of Indians. Using M&T points we are looking at about 600pts of Brits and 1000pts of French.
Brits:
46th Foot -12
44th Foot -12
60th Foot -12
New York Regt -12
Light company -8
Rangers -8
Iroquois -6
French:
5 Line Companies - 5x12
1 Grenadier Company -12
1 De La Marine -12
6 Indian units -6x6
I think we should be able to cover terrain between all bloggers that join in. The lead costs would be spread between all taking part, I am thinking we get as many people involved as possible. Some might just paint a General or one unit of Indians while other can churn out Reg units, we have 12 months so no rush. Some bloggers might just want to attend the show and play the game one day or both. Also we might have bloggers with other skills like creating great posters and IT. I will put myself forward as the quartermaster I will distribute the figures for painting and make sure all gets done. What I need for now is for you all to spread the word around the blogasphere and get back to me if you want to get involved.
Peace James
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I have already contacted a few fellow bloggers and got a good response so thought I would just put this out there and see what I get back. Since the blogger meet up at Salute I have had an idea flitting around my brian. If we are happy to meet up why not meet up with a purpose. I am thinking that we could have a blogger Demo game at Tripples 2014, but we would also try and raise money for charity. The idea is that we put on a big game of Musket and Tomahawk but as a twist, we as a community paint up the opposing forces and run a raffle (on blogger and at the show) the winner of the raffle wins the painted figures used in the demo.
I have been looking at battles to fight using Musket and Tomahawk that gives us a good mix of units and figures and fallen upon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_La_Belle-Famille or as we should call it The Battle of La Blogger-Family,in this battle a smaller British force with Indian and American allies ambushed a larger French relief column containing regular french and lights plus plenty of Indians. Using M&T points we are looking at about 600pts of Brits and 1000pts of French.
Brits:
46th Foot -12
44th Foot -12
60th Foot -12
New York Regt -12
Light company -8
Rangers -8
Iroquois -6
French:
5 Line Companies - 5x12
1 Grenadier Company -12
1 De La Marine -12
6 Indian units -6x6
I think we should be able to cover terrain between all bloggers that join in. The lead costs would be spread between all taking part, I am thinking we get as many people involved as possible. Some might just paint a General or one unit of Indians while other can churn out Reg units, we have 12 months so no rush. Some bloggers might just want to attend the show and play the game one day or both. Also we might have bloggers with other skills like creating great posters and IT. I will put myself forward as the quartermaster I will distribute the figures for painting and make sure all gets done. What I need for now is for you all to spread the word around the blogasphere and get back to me if you want to get involved.
Peace James
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