Gentlemen, a thought exercise for you.

Leon has lent his second best motor cruiser, the SS Pendraken to Techno who has cheerfully invited forum members of long and good standing on a voyage around the Isle of Wight. As I waved you all off I couldn't help thinking that Techno shouldn't have turned to port instead of starboard.

Several weeks later, you are caught in a tropical storm somewhere in Micronesia. The SS Pendraken is going down. Fortunately the lifeboat is well supplied with dice, rulers, rulesets and enough Vallejo products to last for 12 years.

However, you have only enough to to grab 8 medium sized armies before the ship turns turtle. Which do you take?



I picked ... British armour 1944, German PzGren 1944, Union 1861, Confederate 1861, Anglo-Portuguese 1813, French 1813, Late Greek Hoplite, early Republican Roman

Define "medium sized"

Not big ... not small.

Whatever you think of as medium sized. For me, that means my British 1944 can't have Paratroopers or Commandos.

The British Peninsula force probably can't have all the Household cavalry and a proper amount of light cavalry.

So, medium sized ... the army of Shurrupak at 1:1 scale but not the army of Lagash, Ur or Agade to the same scale?

Meanwhile, the ship sinks further into the briny. 

.... gurgle .....

[btw: is the ship well-stocked?]

Oh yes.

Plenty of good Scottish beers.

Now you're distracting me!   

[meanwhile, I bags one Williamite and one Jacobite 1690'ish army ... now .... what beers have we got .... gurgle ....]

Four Prussian 1870, four French 1870!

I've just had a horrible thought. What if we get washed ashore and find out that's where Fiercekitty lives? 

[meanwhile, I bags one Union 1862 and one Confederate 1862 army ..... gurgle ....]

[swimming madly to catch up]

wait! [sputter!]  I've got sun block........[pant!] .......and brushes!....I've got the brushes!!

[splash! splash! sputter!]

Did find an entire Elizabethan army floating in bubble wrap and a bunch of Aztecs! No - wait - what the hell are these things!?

Ok easy then:

1944 british armour, infantry and paras (that's 3)
1944 german armour and infantry (2 more)
my small soviet battlegroup  (1 more)
Union and confederate ACW armies (bringing the total to

SYW Prussians, Austrians.
Republican Romans, Seleucids.
Renaissance French, Spanish.
17th century Poles, Muscovites.

I'd rescue

Sumerians x 2
Old Kingdom Egyptians
Amurru
Gutians/ Lullubi
Meluhhans
Elamites
Eblaites

Quote from: Ithoriel on 03 October 2016, 11:23:52 PM
I'd rescue

Sumerians x 2
Old Kingdom Egyptians
Amurru
Gutians/ Lullubi
Meluhhans
Elamites
Eblaites

You're making 'em up as you go along! Btw, how many of those could be proxied from existing ranges?