I collected the latest issue of THE NUGGET (N315) from the printer yesterday, and posted it out to UK members yesterday afternoon and to EU and Overseas members this morning. It has also been uploaded to the website so that it can be read online.
IMPORTANT: Please note that this is the sixth issue of THE NUGGET to be published for the 2018-2019 subscription year. If you have not yet re-subscribed, a reminder was sent to you when the last issue of THE NUGGET for 2017-2018 was posted out. If you wish to re-subscribe using the PayPal option on the relevant page of the website, you can use the existing buttons as the subscription cost has not changed.
IMPORTANT: Please note that this is the sixth issue of THE NUGGET to be published for the 2018-2019 subscription year. If you have not yet re-subscribed, a reminder was sent to you when the last issue of THE NUGGET for 2017-2018 was posted out. If you wish to re-subscribe using the PayPal option on the relevant page of the website, you can use the existing buttons as the subscription cost has not changed.
Good issue - couldn't wait for the posted version so I went online
ReplyDeleteAh the Indian Mutiny .. what's not to like about Colonials!
Hope to see more on-side reports coming in soon
There was certainly plenty to talk about!
Geordie an Exile FoG,
DeleteIt was an excellent game, and it's not a war that is often refought on the tabletop.
I hope that you enjoy the rest of the issue.
All the best,
Bob
Yes, sorry was focusing selfishly on the game I played, it was another goof issue
ReplyDeletePersonally I found the Somme was a hard one to read with references to "The Pals", but don't get me wrong it was played in good taste and respective reverence. I believe [at least it was passed down through my parents as thus] my Grandfather fought with the DLI on the Somme and took a stomach wound [light duties thereafter but did managed to get gassed twice] so that made me somehow averse from participating [plus there was a timetable clash]. Must get involved with one of Tim's lawn games next year.
I will have to try the "Buckle with your Swash" skirmish rules - more Film than historical ;)
Although I didn't make John Curry's talk I managed to hear his Connections UK 2018 version So I can catch up with you at next CoW to discuss.
Geordie an Exiled FoG,
DeleteWhat lawn battles like the Somme one make you realise is just how difficult - nay almost impossible - it is to capture a heavily defended enemy trench line without suffering very high casualties. If - as H G Wells suggested in LITTLE WARS - generals and politicians had seen how difficult and wasteful such attacks were by fighting tabletop wargames, perhaps they would not have thought such tactics were such a good idea.
My grandfather also served on the Western Front and lost relatives at Gallipoli. I only heard him speak about his experiences once ... and that was to say that it was f**king awful.
Next year's lawn game will be set during the SCW, and I expect to see lots of political infighting amongst the players, with some naturally gravitating to one side or the other.
All the best,
Bob
Cheers Bob
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to it
I shall try and sign up for that (or the "Space Spider?")
Geordie an Exile FoG,
DeleteIt's actually not that long before COW2019; just a mere four months.
All the best,
Bob