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The game was played on the 26th July using the Sharp Practice rules. I
played the role of the Putpari Bandits and Umpire, while Dave played the English.
Dave did a great job of holding off the bandits, although the English did suffer quite a few casualties. The funniest moment was when Mr. Lovejoy sped off with his daughter to the safety of the farm, but realised they did not have any soldiers with them and had to leave again.
In an attempt to lessen the lengthy writeup that usually accompanies an Indostan game, I have replaced the text with a lengthy string of images instead, "comic-book" style.I have had some comments that the stories were too long, so I'd love to hear what people's opinions are about the change of format. Hope you enjoy it!
Previous scenario here.
Previous scenario here.
Wow! Very interesting read, and dare I say quite exciting!
ReplyDeleteVery good and I like the comic book style - what software do you use?
ReplyDeleteWonderful. Love the sound effects.
ReplyDeleteFMB
Fantastic stuff. So happy to have some Indostan action here again. It was quite a thrill - first with the unknown enemy approaching and then the very intense fight. It felt like it could have gone either way. Keen was very heroic, not afraid to get stuck in that man.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful set up aswell. All those additions over time with walls, baggage etc really pays off.
Can't wait for the next installment!
/Mattias
Oh, and the new format works really well. Sometimes comic book formats get too "in your face" and "crowded", taking over the pictures of miniatures and table, but this way just the right amount. In my view less is more. Easy to follow and very enjoyable!
DeleteWow! What every AAR should aspire to. Clear, colourful and gripping! I like the format. A picture paints a thousand words, so really all that's needed is a caption.
ReplyDeleteI like the comic format, and your terrain and figures look great! And excellent illustrated pictorial of the action, quite easy to follow and fun to look at.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant stuff. Love the presentation
ReplyDeleteGreate stuff!!! I'm realy impressed by your AAR, one of the best ever in My book!
ReplyDeleteBest regards Michael
Really like the comic book style write up, though I think I spent longer over it than a straight up text write up :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat AAR, and the comic book format is brilliant, lots of eye-candy and just enough text to explain the scenario and action.
ReplyDeleteCreative, beautiful and colorful...an excellent AAR, love this fantastic work!
ReplyDeleteThanks all. Your comments are always appreciated.
ReplyDelete@Steve-the-Wargamer - I used Photoshop. It has the comic "bubbles" and scrolls etc built in.
An excellent looking game! The comic book presentation gets a bit much though after a while, at least for me.
ReplyDeleteThat was a fantastic read! Great game.
ReplyDeleteFurt- Brilliant- I want to second you to do my blog reports!
ReplyDeleteQuestion- Crack vs Paw- hit and miss?
Cheers
Thomas
Great looking game and well narrated.
ReplyDeleteGareth
Thanks again all.
ReplyDelete@Foss1066 - nothing that sophisticated unfortunately mate. I have an 18th century graphic novel series, called the Scorpion, which uses both Paws! and Cracks! for musket fire.
As a battle report I think you are right, it speeds up and makes it a lot easier for the reader to follow the action but I imagine there must be a lot of hard work for you to do this kind of thing.
ReplyDeleteThe terrain and painted figures are superb.
Very enjoyable read mate. Love the comic book style
ReplyDeleteVery interesting post. Thanks for sharing it! It is always a joy to learn something that I didn't know. I have you to thank for teaching me something new.
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ReplyDeleteAshok
Wow! That was really impressive. Great looking game and love the story board. SP rules are a perfect match for scenarios like this. The figures andterrain are fantastic.
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