Very Civile Actions

English Civil War, Very Civile Actions, 28mm Unlike the previous week’s “Very British Civil War” game, this was the proper Civil War – a small clash between a couple of Parliamentarian and Royalist regiments, supported by a small body of horse. We hadn’t played with these rules for a while, and the prospect of plastic

The English Civil War, Very Civile Actions, 28mm For a while we’ve been intermittently fighting an English Civil War campaign, using the “Tinker Fox” system produced by The Perfect Captain. This engagement came about as a result of the latest round of activity, which saw the Royalists launch an attack against the Parliamentarian-held town of

English  Civil War, Very Civile Actions, 28mm Well, at least it looked pretty. The idea for this game came from a scenario in Charles S. Grant’s Scenarios for Wargames (1981) entitled “Fighting in Built-up Areas”. In our game, the defenders were Dougie Trail’s Royalists, all from the Northern Association, who were outnumbered, but held a

English Civil War, Very Civile Actions / Tinker Fox, 28mm For a week or so we’ve been running an English Civil War campaign, using the “Tinker Fox” system. This skirmish came about due to an event in the campaign – a Royalist raid on the fortified Parliamentarian outpost at Bracknell Church. Actually, in our game

English Civil War, Very Civile Actions, 28mm  I don’t know why we don’t game the English Civil War more often. As a period It offers spectacle, colour and excitement, and we always seem to enjoy ourselves into the bargain. The premise of this game was that the a small Royalist garrison was penned up around

English Civil War, Very Civile Actions, 28mm We suddenly realised that we hadn’t played an English Civil War game for over a year. Therefore the forces were rallied, the toys came out and we had a small game. This set-up involved a small Royalist garrison comprising Dave O’Brien’s “munchkins” (they’re mostly 1970’s Minifigs) defending against

English Civil War, Very Civile Actions, 28mm First up was another English Civil War game, fought using Dave Imrie’s Covenanters (supported by some of my Parlaimentarian horse) and Dave O’Brien’s “munchkin” Royalists. I do Dave something of a disservice by calling them “munchkins”. They were the first wargame army he ever painted, and still look

English Civil War, Very Civile Actions, 28mm Next up was an English Civil War game, a stunning affair involving some custom-built scenery provided by Dave Imrie. It was designed as another test vehicle for Very Civile Actions, the ECW version of the Perfect Captain’s Spanish Fury – Actions rules.The battle was set some time in

English Civil War , Very Civile Actions, 28mm As we’ll be playing an English Civil War demonstration game at the Claymore show this year, we decided to run another game, just to iron out any last-minute problems with the rules. Actually I have a confession. I can’t read wargame rules. Even the best-written ones make me nod off

English Civil War, Very Civile Actions, 28mm Next came an English Civil War game. Dougie Trail and I wanted to try out the Very Civile Actions from the Perfect Captain before we played a larger game the following week. the result was a small skirmish involving horse and foot on both sides, where my Parliamentarians