Wot I did on my holiday

[Techno]

"on autopilot" means "thank you" in Welch? Cool! I love this forum. I guess it doesn't pronounce as it looks?

No, no, no, no, no.......

'Thank you' sounds like "Deeochhhh" if you try and say it in Welsh. (I probably needed to put an 'L' somewhere in there, to make it 'sound right'. )

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

Anwyay ... Welsh lessons aide, I thought I'd share my latest innovation. I say "innovation", but this may be used across tables everywhere and I'm just coming late to the party in which case I apologise and my only defence is that I came up with it independently.

I like artillery. I like big guns and I cannot lie ... but they aren't really practical on the table. A humble 25pdr if used in an artillery sort of role, could lob a shell about 90 yards in Pendraken scale. I really, really like the 5.5" gun, but I really, really don't want it on the table. Thus, I created the "FSN Created Off the Table Artillery Box for Artillery to be on the Table" (or FCOTTABFATBOTT). In short, it is a piece of foamboard with the edge painted red and a bit of scenics on the top.

Here, safe in the FCOTTABFATBOTT, heavy artillery can be present, and make their presence felt but be safe from on-table enemies.

Here is a 5.5" snug in a FCOTTABFATBOTT.

[paulr]

Didn't the WRG rules have a small section at the rear of the table marked off, usually with coloured thread, as the artillery park
I think I recall seeing a few games in the early 80s with them 

[fsn]

Knew I wasn't inventing something. 

[Ithoriel]

We had off-table artillery "boxes" .... which were actually light wooden box lids from some rather posh chocolates. They were parked in a convenient corner on each side of the table.

Sadly, a helpful family member recently recycled them for me.

I need to get some more chocs!

[fsn]

But I did think of it independently.    Honest. I haven't read a rule set since ... since ... well the most modern set of rules I have is probably Bruce Quarrie's Napoleonic Wargaming.

[paulr]

I'm sure you did come up with it independently

The fact multiple others did as well suggests that it might have been a good idea

[Orcs]

Just an observation.  

Nobby has been telling great porkies, Fibs of an enormous size, even possibly lying!!!!!

THE BIG LIE  - He always said he could not paint figures very well..

Having looked through the photos on this post I fail to see even one figure or vehicle that could even be called "slightly dodgy".

They all look great


 

[Techno]

Just an observation. 
Nobby has been telling great porkies, Fibs of an enormous size, even possibly lying!!!!!
THS BIG LIE  - He always said he could not paint figures very well..
Having looked through the photos on this post I fail to see even one figure or vehicle that could even be called "slightly dodgy".
They all look great

Yep !......Nobby paints far, far better than he's ever admitted.

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

Thanks Chaps!