A infrequently updated set of nonsensical ramblings to keep myself focused on my many wargaming tasks at ... OH! Shiny!
Yep, Ray is doing a giveaway on his blog and it is grand. I really would like the Peter Pig lot but give it a look. There is not a bad item there. The cowboy offerings are nice as is...well everything.
Take a look: http://onelover-ray.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/500-posts-mega-blog-giveaway.html
What I have been doing is listening to more of the Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell. Once I strip out his hatred of all things Christian, its a fun book series. This has prompted me to reevaluate my Dux Britannarium forces. I really only have the basic troops. I don't really have enough to expand those forces in a campaign. I guess the sensible thing would be to remind myself that I have never played more than 2 games in a campaign yet so why worry about it. But I am not feeling sensible. I have cast my covetous eyes on Khurasan's Late German figures. I am thinking of getting a pack of their Follower Cavalry for the Saxon Light Cavalry reinforcements and a pack of their Western Infantry. They would provide a nice contrast to my Splintered Light figures to differentiate them as later followers.
I also started to think about how these would be represented in a campaign. The basic starting Saxon Force is about 34 troops and four leaders including the champion. That works out to about one ship's crew. Now the Dux B campaign system assumes a larger ratio in that you are a budding warlord about to take over province. 34 guys are not really much of a force at 1 to 1. Unless you consider them as smaller pieces to a larger campaign. Your noble starts out with a single ship's crew and attempts to build a larger force as he gains reputation.
Anyway, that is what was running through my head while sitting in the hospital the past week.
In order to celebrate the weekend, I am going to put all of my books on sale for 50% off from now until the end of the month (3/31/2015). Now, if you want to take an additional $1.00 off the price, mention the sale on your blog and post the link to the article here. Now even if you don't take advantage of this deal, please post a reference to this on your page as someone else may want to. (Pretty please)
The prices end up being:
| Book | Original Price | Sale Price | Link Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Falcon and the Gladiator | $10.00 | $5.00 | $4.00 |
| The Coming Thunder | $10.00 | $5.00 | $4.00 |
| In the Name of Roma | $11.00 | $5.50 | $4.50 |
| CSS Appomattox* | $2.99 | $1.49 | $0.49 |
| Air Campaign for the Western Desert | $4.00 | $2.00 | $1.00 |
* - This is a Kindle Book. Let me know and I will send you either the Mobi file or an ePub file (your preference).
How do you get this deal? First, Do NOT click on the buy now links. Instead, post the money to my paypal account and make note of the books that you are interested in. I will e-mail you the files you are interested in.
Regardless, Have a great weekend folks.
I am getting a little bit of reading in. I received a book from the Depressive Diplomatist a while back that is sitting on my bedside table. It is an excellent book covering the Soviet view of Operation Barbarossa in 1941. Its slow progress as it is mixed in with other stuff I am reading.
Anyway, thanks for hanging in there with me despite the slow updates.
It is very depressing. So far I have one M113 that has been painted this year. I have played 0 games. I have two games to play test and have done neither. And I have done no work on my ACW scenario supplement.
But it is still early march. It can be fixed. Once I am back from dealing with some family issues, I am going to make every effort to do something. Afterall, life is short.