tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post5588158804988190254..comments2024-03-28T09:55:48.460+00:00Comments on <p align="right">Steve's Random <br>Musings on Wargaming <br>and other stuff...</p>: "Marston Moor" - a reviewSteve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-54772231870249241712015-10-30T13:42:10.329+00:002015-10-30T13:42:10.329+00:00I just want to command some small dapper chaps wit...I just want to command some small dapper chaps with feathery hats :-)Paul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-2508610995097649922015-10-30T09:05:13.999+00:002015-10-30T09:05:13.999+00:00Pal No never found any unless it was Malignant pro...Pal No never found any unless it was Malignant propaganda.... seriously though it was all said by Sellers and Yateman- Royalists Wrong but Romantic Roundheads right but repulsive. Had charles won we'd be speaking French or Spanish and all being Catholics. There would never have been an industrial revolution- well not like the one we did have and the Civil War would have been in 1789 like the French.<br /> Even Queen Victoria knew Charlie was a pillock ! <br /> and no I'm not a republicanBig Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-56642171294826365752015-10-30T07:35:28.569+00:002015-10-30T07:35:28.569+00:00Nigel J - yes indeed on those short stories.. I r...Nigel J - yes indeed on those short stories.. I read the Winged Hussars one earlier this year, but I have the other on my "Christmas List"..Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-498140083127395542015-10-30T01:52:55.973+00:002015-10-30T01:52:55.973+00:00This book is next on my reading list as I am half ...This book is next on my reading list as I am half way through Book 5 at the moment. I can really recommend the two short stories you can get as Ebooks for 99p or so. The first is a prequal set 15 or so years earlier when Stryker iis a raw young recruit and meets 'Winged Hussars'. If you bought this as a 'real' book rather than on Kindle you might be unaware of themNigel Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08853441120202228852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-50823749884921133252015-10-29T15:31:25.304+00:002015-10-29T15:31:25.304+00:00PS Polemos are the rules by Baccus, whose figures ...PS Polemos are the rules by Baccus, whose figures we are using.<br />Beautiful little chaps they are too - pics posted on our blogPaul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-13994663814088101162015-10-29T15:25:34.058+00:002015-10-29T15:25:34.058+00:00A Pox on your Parliament Big Andy! Long live the ...A Pox on your Parliament Big Andy! Long live the King!<br />:-)<br /><br />Do you have any ECW fiction to recommend that you did enjoy?Paul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-69454749444059808912015-10-29T15:23:36.856+00:002015-10-29T15:23:36.856+00:00We are thinking Polemos to start with and see how ...We are thinking Polemos to start with and see how we like those. <br /><br />We are going with 6mm rather than our more usual larger figure scales so we can play with the larger 'army' aspects of the forces. We have designs on playing some linked games and a campaign once we have a feel for the period and the rules.Paul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-41972296570625115912015-10-29T14:47:47.680+00:002015-10-29T14:47:47.680+00:00Andy - you'm excused... :o) I enjoy the boo...Andy - you'm excused... :o) I enjoy the books immensely, I even got to meet the author last year (http://steve-the-wargamer.blogspot.sk/2014/09/a-very-interesting-evening.html), he writes well, the only (very small) fly in the ointment is a slightly Dickensian melodramatic flavour to his major characters - he doesn't need to as the stories are good enough, and as a layman his history seems sound as well.. it's why I like Forrester as a character, basically because he's "normal"... Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-52970315301798111652015-10-29T14:42:44.631+00:002015-10-29T14:42:44.631+00:00Paul - I'm on my way.... I am SO close to sta...Paul - I'm on my way.... I am SO close to starting another project..... what rules are you going to use?Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-61196717401526485712015-10-29T14:42:05.458+00:002015-10-29T14:42:05.458+00:00Ray - well worth a read - it's quite interesti...Ray - well worth a read - it's quite interesting to see how his style has developed over the series, and how Stryker has become more "exaggerated"....Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-27984079341625027912015-10-29T14:41:06.616+00:002015-10-29T14:41:06.616+00:00Thanks Jonathan...Thanks Jonathan...Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-27922989861773213592015-10-29T14:11:07.121+00:002015-10-29T14:11:07.121+00:00Despite being an ECW nut these have not -so far ta...Despite being an ECW nut these have not -so far taken my imagination (or perhaps its because I'm and ECW nut!) the heros silly name puts me off......and the fact that it is a series where you can never find 'em all Oh and he's a malignant too !!Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-80310107685625139372015-10-29T14:07:24.930+00:002015-10-29T14:07:24.930+00:00Thanks Steve - I'm just up to this one now act...Thanks Steve - I'm just up to this one now actually<br />While I too am a bit over the Sharpe comparison, I've quite enjoyed the series overall.<br />I jotted a few quick notes on my nascent ECW project blog here:<br /><br />http://declaresir.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-adventures-of-captain-innocent.htmlPaul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-2400050491582283382015-10-29T13:58:08.362+00:002015-10-29T13:58:08.362+00:00This series of books seem to have passed me by??? ...This series of books seem to have passed me by??? I'll be getting busy with my kindle no doubt. Thanks for the heads-up Steve!!Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-51004946852790707652015-10-29T13:18:24.989+00:002015-10-29T13:18:24.989+00:00Looks great! Appreciate the review.Looks great! Appreciate the review.Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-36253619438550323752015-10-29T13:16:59.528+00:002015-10-29T13:16:59.528+00:00Fran - well wprth a dip of your toes I'd say.....Fran - well wprth a dip of your toes I'd say... careful though - could be the start of a whole new period... :o)Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-43494309835361283582015-10-29T13:13:38.971+00:002015-10-29T13:13:38.971+00:00Not my period of interest at the moment but it doe...Not my period of interest at the moment but it does sound good!The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.com