Fondly remembering a teenage scenario

[Norm]

>Rather an unhistorical number of Bismarks as I recall

You can never have too many Bismarks in your encounter

Whenever I played a napoleonic game - the Old Guard' were always there, in good numbers and always the 'first in'.

For what might be thought of as my first proper armies, as opposed to stacks of Airfix boxes of figures from every period, I had been collecting and painting Airfix Napoleonics and proudly painted an entire British Army and French Army in a couple of days with Humbrols - I doubt even the humble 'dip' could have saved them.

They were glued to strips of hardboard and kept in two biscuit tins between layers of cotton wool. I also had the farmhouse. Our neighbour found out that I wargamed and she said her nephew did and arrangements were made for him to call around. I set the game up (longways down the family table!) and he came with his contribution of a nicely painted metal infantry battalion and an artillery piece - I think my world changed again that evening.

[Leman]

One day Xxcam you will have a job and decide to jump in feet first and splash out on terrain. There ius some pretty amazing stuff out there.

[Subedai]

We used painted pine cones as trees to start with, then graduated to the plastic rounded style that were probably made for the old Minitanks range and the large Britains oak trees, then I started making my own with lichen covered twigs and so on.

Polystyrene ceiling tiles cut and painted to start with, then cut, chamfered, painted and layered mdf.

Airfix railway buildings before the advent of polyfilla as a wall covering for home made.

Lichen, lichen and more lichen. We got through packets of the stuff!

[Westmarcher]

using Fletcher Pratt's naval wargames rules from Don Featherstones Naval Wargames book

Fletcher Pratt's - so difficult to calculate the points values(!) and DF's Naval Wargames - my first book (courtesy of the local library) on 'proper' wargaming (always wanted to play the Schwein Lake game so when drawing maps for a campaign, always included a lake - but no-one ever marched that way so never got a chance to fight it - d'oh!)

Xxcam - hang on to these guys. Do not sell (like I did). Their day will come!

[Hertsblue]

Now I'm at university slowly painting up figures for a napoleonics army for whom I have no opposing army myself, and I know nobody to oppose it. I have no terrain. One day though... The army will see battle!

Have you tried looking around for a club? Most clubs I know are desperate for new members. The local library usually has a directory of local clubs.

[getagrip]

Have you tried looking around for a club? Most clubs I know are desperate for new members. The local library usually has a directory of local clubs.

Do we still have a "local clubs" thread on here?

[Fenton]

My first experience with wargaming was nowhere near as impressive as some of the stories told by you guys. 2004, year 7 after school in a history classroom playing warhammer 40k on some tables pushed together with books as hills and no other terrain.

With such little terrain anyone not playing a shooty army was pretty much obliterated.


Now I'm at university slowly painting up figures for a napoleonics army for whom I have no opposing army myself, and I know nobody to oppose it. I have no terrain. One day though... The army will see battle!

Whereabouts are you?

[xccam]

Have you tried looking around for a club? Most clubs I know are desperate for new members. The local library usually has a directory of local clubs.

I will do when my army is ready to play battles.

Whereabouts are you?

At uni, Canterbury, at home, Farnborough.

[Leman]

Dahn Sarff den. Should have gone to Liverpool Uni. The Liverpool club has lots of scenery.

[Vamboozle]

So am I the only one who saw the thread title and had a very different sort of "Fondly remembering a teenage scenario" in mind?

(A purely fictional one of course - didn't actually talk to girls as a teenager)

Anyhow for me it was old WW2 Airfix rules, blanket on the floor and the old plastic tanks / soldiers - happy days

[Westmarcher]

So am I the only one who saw the thread title and had a very different sort of "Fondly remembering a teenage scenario" in mind?

No* (and I am sure there are others). But isn't it telling that we chose to fondly recall wargaming memories?


* and she was a cracker. Phwaw!

[getagrip]

No* (and I am sure there are others). But isn't it telling that we chose to fondly recall wargaming memories?


* and she was a cracker. Phwaw!

They're the only ones we can share

[Leman]

Bad luck old chap. As a 14 year old a double love bite from a set of twins is a scenario I shall never forget.

[Norm]

It's probably then wearing a polo neck jumper in the middle of summer for the next five days that you remember most

[Leman]

Tried to convince everyone I had been experimenting with shaving.