Added Firepower

While browsing the Wargames Foundry stand at Partizan last month I came across this Askari gun & crew pack featuring a mountain gun and four crew. I must have had this set before at some point, because the crouching figure is already amongst my remaining figures from the original collection based along with some small statuettes. The bugler comes from the Askari Characters pack I also got at Partizan. He will muster into the ranks of the Queen's Own SCEA Rifles in due course.

Phil and I are planning a trial game next Tuesday across the tabletop battlefield here in GHQ. Hopefully he will bring his collection along too, once he's swept the cobwebs off it, to swell the numbers. We'll be using our 'Frankenrules' I first tried out with Paul earlier in the year. They combine Bolt Action Order Dice and Movement rates with Black Powder Firing and Hail Caesar Hand-to-Hand combat. We used the Stamina checks from Black Powder, along with Disorder and Shaken for Morale status. Paul and I thought they worked really well for a first try so I think that I might add in some Special Abilities for the second run through. More on all this I'd hope towards the end of next week after Tuesday's game.