Lord Walton succeeds to command.

It's not been an easy time for Jon over the last few months, but he has kept up with what gaming he could fit in as it all helped him cope. He came over on Thursday evening for our monthly game here in GHQ despite all he was dealing with. As the AWI armies were still out on the table, I reconfigured the terrain and disposition of the forces to reflect an American follow up attack on the British after Lord Rawnsley's recent defeat.
The new commander of the Crown's forces must rally his disorganised forces and dispirited senior officers and beat off the rebel's attack. To reflect their situation the CinC may only try to reroll three failed command rolls during the game. I usually take a few pictures to reflect the game in a  photomontage and give a flavour of the unfolding battle, however I failed to do that for this game. You are entitled to ask me why of course. The game was just too intense really, drawing us both fully in to the table top action. The game swung first one way, then the other in an intense fire fight all along the front. In the end it was the Americans, who despite having their dander up, finally wavered and then broke to end almost three hours of intense fighting. I did manage one picture, right at the end of Turn 2 ~

On the broader hobby front I've put aside starting my two new AWI units, other than fixing the figures temporarily to their MDF bases and sorting out their flags from my stock. I have some Eagle Miniatures SYW artillery I've decided to work on next. The French are finished now and the British begun. I mention this now as the disparity in size between the two nationality's gun crew is extremely noticeable. The British crew scale in well with my Foundry figures but the French; well, they are so small by comparison they look like children! I can't help but think it odd that the owner hasn't corrected this. When I finish the British I'll post some pictures and you can judge for yourselves.