Printed, cutout and blutacked the updated labels

I think I am now ready for the demo game on Saturday  

I will spend the next couple of days pondering what I have forgotten
Which of course will be obvious within the first 10 minutes on Saturday

Dice, tape measures, OB's, paper and pencil, markers if used, terrain, objectives as part of scenario if you write it up.

Thanks kipt, I have all those

I will also have my camera, as suggested in my Trench thread

I managed to only forget my water bottle today 

We played the scenario twice, both games were interesting and enjoyable

We got a lot of interest from both other gamers and the public

Pictures and AAR to follow in the week, once I have had a chance to process the pictures and recover from a weekend gaming

The Cowpens AAR are here http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,13578.0.html

Last night I realised it is just over four weeks till 15 March, 235^th anniversary of Guilford Courthouse

A quick check showed I have a bit left to do:

• complete the map
• write the scenario
• sort the troops and remove temporary labels from Cowpens
• make the required fields
• decide which hills to show and cut them out of foam

Quote from: paulr on 11 February 2016, 06:55:47 PM

Last night I realised it is just over four weeks till 15 March, 235^th anniversary of Guilford Courthouse

Looks like Cornwallis and Tarleton will have their work cut out for this one - outnumbered 2:1 by Greene with at least 3000 militia plus another 1900 Maryland and Virginian regulars........should be another very interesting game 

Or a very short game!

I've made some progress

To do:

• complete the map - just units left to label
• write the scenario - came up with some victory conditions that seem to work
• sort the troops and remove temporary labels from Cowpens
• make the required fields - bought the felt yesterday
• decide which hills to show and cut them out of foam - decided now just need to buy foam and cut out

To do:

• make the required fields - bought the felt yesterday

Cut the felt up into the required fields and started making them look like ploughed fields.

I need 3 lots of felt to do the bottomland west of the Courthouse, I have one lot of felt left

I will finish the fields and hopefully get some more felt on Tuesday

To do:

• complete the map - labelled the British, Americans to do
• write the scenario - background and terrain description left
• make the required fields - finished  
• make the bottomland - buy more felt on Tuesday
• hills - buy foam (Tuesday) and cut out

So...We'll see something by Wednesday, then ? 
Cheers - Phil

 

I think I'll save it all for the big reveal after we have played the game, probably at Easter or maybe a fortnight before

To do:

• complete the map - labelled the British, Americans now done
• ...

To do:

• write the scenario - started on background , terrain description done
• make the bottomland - done
• hills - buy foam and cut out, done and done

So...

• double check of map
• finish the scenario background
• sort the troops and remove temporary labels from Cowpens

left to do

Written the scenario background
I will come back to it in a couple of days and "tighten" it up

QuoteI made this [letter] very long only because I have not had the leisure to make it shorter. Blaise Pascal

I sorted the troops and removed the temporary labels from Cowpens while I had the figures out for my marathon photo shoot for the competition

I've also "tightened" the background, I limit myself to one page so people will actually read it

Printed it all so I can proof read it

Looks like there might be a couple of extra players interested in taking part

Proofed the scenario, nearly ready to share with Pierre the Shy as a fresh set of eyes

Four weeks to go

Good feedback from Pierre the Shy so all ready to go for Easter weekend

Just need to print off the various bits and pieces and cut out the one remaining hill

Everything printed out and sorted for the Guilford Courthouse game

Just got the last hill to cut out and then ready for Easter

Really looking forward to this.....Cornwallis and Co will need to be at the top of their game to win this one.

Unless someone wishes to run a particular side or command we normally dice to see who gets what, so you could end up running anything from a Militia Brigade to the Brigade of Guards