tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985121092777596782.post3102728423693513..comments2024-03-26T08:09:21.773+01:00Comments on Tiny Tin Men: Memorable gaming momentsBart Vettershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13113805481100294725noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985121092777596782.post-17413794518720915642007-02-22T20:35:10.000+01:002007-02-22T20:35:10.000+01:00Hi BartIt was a big Napoleonics game, set in 1814....Hi Bart<br>It was a big Napoleonics game, set in 1814. You had a Russian corps in the centre of the battlefield, facing a tough French defence. Your reaction, understandably enough was the full frontal charge. It was glorious but, alas, not a great success as I remember.<br>This game was also notable for a friendly fire incident, involving players on the French side. We had set up the game with early morning mist. This meant limited visibility and problems seeing anything at a distance. One french player started to advance his troops and deploy. Another French player, commanding a grand battery, received intelligence that there was troop movement ahead of him. "What do you want to do? Open fire?" asked the umpires innocently. "You bet" replied the Marechal. The sad but inevitable result was of course that he fired on his own side. It wasn't terribly important, but was quite funny, at least for everyone observing and, to be fair, even Graham K., commanding the recipients of this barrage, chuckled at hearing the outcome.<br>Alan<br>Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985121092777596782.post-32089730304116999682007-02-15T09:41:03.000+01:002007-02-15T09:41:03.000+01:00mmm. I don't recall that charge... Did they ma...mmm. I don't recall that charge... Did they make it to the battery or were they cut down?<br>I do remember the game (7 years war?) where my co-general (Graham?) almost trampled my infantry when he wanted to steal my moment of glory from under me! The swine!<br>Or the juggernaut DBM Andrionople game, where I, as Emperor, was cunningly assasinated through DBM millimeter skulldudgery (my esteemed collegue moved a one of his supposedly friendly units behind my general so when recoiled he'd die. (The position of Emperor (and accompanying curtain/toga-I won't go into how the Barbarian chief was dressed)changed hands another 3? times in that game IIRC)<br>BartDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985121092777596782.post-28451314117520245842007-02-12T22:39:22.000+01:002007-02-12T22:39:22.000+01:00BartI'm tempted to recall the Great Gotha bomb...Bart<br>I'm tempted to recall the Great Gotha bomber moment, but we have discussed that here before.<br>I also remember your glorious charge of Russian cavalry into Bonaparte's mass battery. You were forever 'Mad Dog Bart' from that moment on.<br>Alan<br>Alannoreply@blogger.com