Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Tuesday 4 August 2020

Bootleggers - A first game

Finally managed a face to face game this week. Martin C popped over to the cave . We had decided to try and actually do something with the  Bootlegger collection. I have all the figures painted for that and have done for 6 years. I don’t though have enough city terrain pieces - mind I do have them in the MDF mountain o’ shame - so they will get some attention this winter now. 

We set up the location for the “still” and the stock of booze - out in the woods. The police and G-Men were out to enforce the Volstead Act. I broke out a scratch built farmstead building that also hasn’t seen much use from  the Old West collection .


We used the basic rules from Old West system , with some tweaks for automatic weapons and Tommy Guns . And less granular detail on wounds . It did play really well . I will get the tweaks written up for another run out. I have ordered a couple of bespoke card decks from Artscow to create stuff specifically for this collection


We ended engrossed with the games I forgot to take more pictures . We played two games with Martin winning both as the Police and then the Bootleggers. So at least it proved it was balanced for a thrown together scenario . 


And just a reminder of some of the city stuff I have ..




 




10 comments:

  1. What a cracking looking set up Dave and a mouthwatering prospect of more to come - excellent news.

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    1. Thanks Michael, well I need a bit a new “old” project !

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  2. It was a blast and great to see you both. Going to try and build some terrain, picked up a load of card

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  3. What a wonderful looking set-up Dave. You really are an innovative gamer and collector that is most certain mate. Always wonderful popping in to see what you have been up to hobby wise.

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    1. Thanks Carlo ... this lot will have some nice looking stuff when it’s done!

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  4. Fantastic looking scenario Dave. Delighted to hear that you and Martin got together for a bit of fun. Love the B&W shot of the coppers on the beat.

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