On a flying visit to Bob’s he showed me his preparations for
our next game. It’s based on an old WRG scenario for use with the Renaissance
rules. Portuguese troops have landed in Japan and must establish a base, whilst
the local Japanese Lord must drive them off with his own forces.
The table is clear off terrain save a hill which both sides
know is crucial to holding the area, so this is the main victory condition.
The WRG rules use different systems to the Pike & Shotte
rules we play with and so Bob has modified the scenario, hopefully keeping the
interest and style but adding some extra elements. In the original the sea is just present but
plays not part. Bob has changed this to a dock, with the Portuguese ship docked
there. This will allow me to have 2 guns
which can be manhandled off the ship, and a unit of sailors if required. To
counter these Bob has added a unit of Monks to his Japanese. There was no cavalry in the original but both
sides now have 1 unit each.
The Portuguese are taken from the P&S early Renaissance
lists, whilst the Japanese can be found on the Warlord’s Pike & Shotte
forums. This will be the first time we have tried these two protagonists and
hope it’s going to be fun and successful. We’ll keep you informed.
Detailed lists of both forces to come when we work out how
we are to deploy them.
The Portuguese
The Japanese
It will be interesting to see how the rules cope with this mix. I'll take some pictures of the actual game in the follow-up AAR and give details of the various figures we used to make up the Portuguese.
Wonderful scenery and fantastic figures, an unusual (for me!) Japanese army, a project we have but nly a project so far...Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteHi Phil, glad you liked the initial thoughts and scenery. We have discussed this many times as a way of using ECW and Samurai figures in a different way. Many thanks for taking the time to comment. I am in the throws of editing the pictures and writing up the game. Hope you will enjoy it as well.
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