Back in Post 8 I mentioned a TooFatLardies day of gaming that
some local gamers had organised and was to be attended by
Richard Clarke of TooFatLardies. It was just the kind of incentive I
needed to get my WW1 project up and running. What was a
magnificent day of fun and games went ahead at the beginning of
June. I took along my Dilbar troops and terrain and put on a game.
Not everything was painted up and based as I would have wished
but nothing was a terrible eyesore either. The TooFatLardies’ rules
If the Lord Spares Us used for the game were written, as it turned
out, solely by Richard’s colleague Nick Skinner – so the rules
writer himself was not present to keep us straight.
Dilbar’s Day Out
LEFT Gerard, Kevin and Al
playing my Dilbar game at
the TooFatLardies games
day. Al’s experience and
knowledge of the If the
Lord Spares Us rules was
much appreciated.
RIGHT Without knowing
what actually happened,
the Imperial players
chose to make their base
camp at the same spot as
Major Wintle did. They
never managed to get as
far as New Dilbar and
the fort but cut down all
the date palms and
demolished what of
Old Dilbar the Royal
Navy had failed to
destroy previously.
They also gave the
Tagistanis a severe
bruising.
As far as gaming the operation in
Persia, the rules coped surprisingly
well. The main surprise was just how
well they handled a side made up
entirely of tribesmen. Something
niggled me, though, about the
effectiveness of the Royal Navy’s
contribution. I thought it was too
easy for the ships to pick their target. To correct
this, I planned to somehow modify the level of
communication between ship and shore in this scenario.
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