Some of you will have seen that the "Anything but a 1" lads had a big Samurai bash this weekend.
14 clans took to the table and there were still some in the boxes for reinforcements.
I spent some time making up walls for the castle that Ken provided, as it turned out we only used the castle and walls for a scenic backdrop. My camera played up a bit so there are not that many pics. Suffice to say that SaxonDog, JP and myself held off the Imperialist attack on our table on day one but our allies were beaten on the other table. Some fun moments by all. Night fell and off to the bar and restaurant we went. Afterwards a few SAGA games were held with more fun and ale.
Next morning JP,Ikko Ikki, SaxonDog, Kikawa, and myself, Konishi, were pitted against 3 other Imperialists, Ishida, Ii and Oda. JP deployed my Ikko Ikki promptly rolled a blunder and went off the table. SaxonDog and I were under the cosh at this point but failed command rolls by Ishida, who had changed sides overnight, meant that his cavalry were unable to exploit our weakness. Our opponents Ii and Oda were reinforced by another Oda clan, then SaxonDog went mad and attacked. The day started to get better when the Ikko Ikki returned and more reinforcements, Fujiwara, sallied from the castle. However all was really lost when out commander blundered and changed sides in the middle of the battle. His face turned as bright as his red dice. Despite being offered a spoon to commit Seppuku he disengaged from the Tokugawa clan and turned on the Mori and Satsuma clans on his right. This left Tokugawa free to support the remnants of 2 Oda clans against my Konishi. Kikawa and Ikko Ikki had been fought to a standstill against Ishida and Ii, and the Fujiwara were still moving into position, but were now also threatened by Tokugawa's cavalry.
Rules were Black Powder with the Gleaming Katana add-on by Rich Jones, BP Forum files section, We have made some additions to make them more clan specific. Each player had a 25 point clan to start with.
Most of the minis were Perry. A standard unit was an Impetus base, but 60mm deep for the infantry. Large units made by adding on a half size base.
Castle walls made from 50mm insulation board covered in embossed doll's house wallpaper. Firing port section laser cut for me by Warbases, 240mm long 40mm high and 3mm deep, thanks Martin. Tiles just some corrugated card I had.
Day 1 deployment on our table.
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3 comments:
Nice game, I have come interested in Samurai myself and am basing or Impetus. I play BP for Napoleonics and the Samurai variation looks quite interesting. Keep posting!
John
Thanks John. There are some better pics on SaxonDog's blog
Nice looking game!
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