Samurai Game

Well I finished the Peter Pig Samurai game but no photos I'm afraid as my camera battery failed just prior to the game and I did not want to postpone the final moves as I wanted the table clear for the next game. The rules worked well and having played PP's Wars of the Roses (Bloody Barons) I found a lot of the mechanisms were similar . The rules have little nuances that try to bring out Japanese warfare i.e. the use of a command centre for the senior general , messengers to help control the battle and personal challenges between generals and unit leaders. Altogether I was pleased with the experience and am tempted to buy and paint up some more figures and some 'Japanesey' scenery.

A Step Nearer

 

Well I have read 'Battles in the Age of War' the Peter Pig wargaming rules for Samurai warfare . Not as onerous as I first thought it would be as lots of the gaming mechanisms are similar to his other rules 'Regiment of Foot' for the ECW  . I have got the Japanese buildings done and a Torii gateway for a objective marker as well . I have also copied a couple of army lists sheets - so we are ready to go ! . However as I'm off on holiday at the weekend the game will have to wait a week till I return , I will take the rules with me to swot up on them again . Too be continued ........ (hopefully)

Peter Pig Samurai.

 

In reply to my last post Brummie asked for some close up shots . I'm afraid they are not very good photos , its a lot harder taking pictures of 15mm than larger figures.

 

 

 

 

 

I found that the Peter Pig figures paint up very quickly , I used a black undercoat and then blocked the solid colours in and then did a watered down brown ink wash over it . I then touched up the highlights .

 

 

The generals command centre , I like the way Peter Pig does complete ranges with nothing left out .

 

 

I spent a bit more effort on doing the bases than I normally do . I got the ideas for colour schemes from the Osprey books. Well I've started reading the rules so hopefully we will see a battle soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Wargaming Pledge (and a apology)

 

I came across these rules , been sat on my bookshelves for 4 years - unread . To make matters worse I bothered to paint two Samurai armies to go with them and so have not used them either !.

 

 

I bought two Peter Pig army boxes (think I had sold off some painted figures so I had come into money) and painted them up . I've always had a mental block about painting Samurai and believed them to be very complicated to paint so this was also a personal 'dragon slaying' project. In the end I greatly enjoyed painting them and was pleased to find that they were easier to paint than I thought !. However I  never got around to reading the rules , I even took them camping with me (for me usually a sure fire way of getting things read).

 

 

I was talking to 'S' about this and he said it was a shame not to use them , so I said 'I'll read them and have a game !' - some doubt was cast on this and he said 'Is it going on your blog?' - So I'm pledging to read the rules and have a game before the end of September !. Watch this space !..... Oh and the apology - 'A' called round and we had another game of Peter Pig ECW, so the game I had started had to be taken down and another set up and played - which I forgot to photograph AGAIN ! ,sorry about that .

 

 

 

 

An Old Favorite (Parte The First)

Been sorting out my wargaming room (my wife refers to it as 'The Toy Soldier Room' !?) and came across my boxes of Peter Pig 15mm ECW figures , I had already had a discussion with my wargaming colleague 'A' about the advantages of the Peter Pig rule sets so I decided to have a game as it's ages since I used them.

 

The first game I played was against 'A' but unfortunately I forgot to take any photos of the game - this is a common problem with me and the recording of 'live' games - I get carried away with the action and forget to take pictures , so I set up another game and will record it as it progresses.

 

 

I just love wargaming paraphernalia , here is the Peter Pig count down recorder . The game lasts potentialy 23 moves but a D6 is rolled at the end of each move and the score is deducted - when 0 is reached the game ends .

 

 

The first move - Montrose is on the left and the Covenenters on the right of the table. There is a clever prebattle campaign system in these rules that influence the resulting game , troops may be lost due to diseases or bad weather etc or may gain in experience . Montrose in this game was suprised by the Covenenters and only had part of his army on the table , the rest appear as reserves on a dice roll.

 

 

The Covenenter center mainly made up with conscript Foote and Highlanders . One of the advantages of the ECW is that you get to use words like Foote and Great Gunnes !

 

 

Montrose's right , a Irish Regt. of Foote moves down the hill to support some Mosstrooper Horse.

 

 

Montroses left flank is threatened by the advancing Covenenter Foote and dismounted Dragoons who are moving through the grounds of Glen Balochs House. Too be continued...