Quar Bash!

 

Hi there, I got a question for you:

What do you call a post that has SOME painted Quar and SOME Quar gaming and argues that Quar gaming is cool? 

A Quarrelsome Post.

....

Yeah, I know it wasn't funny.  But in the strongest tradition of Dad Jokes, it doesn't need to be funny.

Some Painted Quar

To make it up to you I now present a SmorgasQuar of painted miniatures.  Or should that be a Quargasbord?  Either way, that joke is wearing thin and still not funny.

First up we have a Quar civilian: the mechanic.
Proving that even in the Quar world; all overalls are blue.

With him are 2 pygmy elephant looking creature things.
Those are for the eventual farm that I shall be doing.

Next up we have some Crusader Trench Raiders.

These guys have special rules that make them especially good at being sneaky and clobbering the enemy at close range.

For too long the enemy has felt safe in his trenches.
Knowing full well that the raiders were not present.
The enemy has grown slow and complacent.
Now is the time to strike.

As ever I'm showing close ups of the miniatures so that you can actually see them, not because the painting is any good.

Not to be outdone, Next up is a pair of Royalist Trench Raiders.

Which are cooler than the crusader ones because these guys
have an awesome metal mask.

Because a metal mask is totally a sensible thing to wear while sneaking around in the dark...

And speaking of sensible head gear, my latest faction joins the ranks of the painted.  These are the Rhyflers that hail from the land of Gwynt. 

And as you can see these dudes are all wearing Bicorn Hats. 

Which is Hi-lar-rious.  

closer view.

The guy on the right is supposed to be smoking a pipe.

Anyway, these are Scattergunners.
What's a Scattergun?  Exactly as it sounds.

And the Leadership of the patrol.
Guy with sword and guy pointing finger.
Standard really.

And that rounds out the latest painted Quar.  Into the storage box they go...

All Quar painted to date.
The box is getting kinda full.

But then take them out of the storage box because it was gaming time!

Some Quar Gaming

Last Saturday, ...which turns out would be a great day to avoid the watching the news, avoiding military parades, and protests of all kinds... I had some folks over to play my new favorite game. 

Game in progress! 

Once again I annexed my children's playroom for my own uses.  I told them it was my turn to play my games with my friends and if they didn't like it then tough!  It was Father's Day Weekend and today would be for me, while tomorrow would also be for me. 

The game would be a 3x3 using my stunning (if I doi say so myself) trench terrain table, because with some many players it seemed to be a crime to not use it.   

Ain't she a pretty table?

Overall Wearin' Dude and a buddy watch on...

We did a meeting engagement where both sides were attempting to reclaim the giant trench.  You won the scenario by getting your dudes over to the opposite side.

I was busy playing and teaching and hosting and eating pizza that no real AAR is possible, not that you would read it anyway.  So, enjoy some pretty pictures with minimal context:

My dudes (in the middle) getting over the trench and pushing into the enemy.

One player brought a little howitzer to the field.

It was maybe one of the best games of my whole life.  

Convincing

My fiend Mr PC came to game.  He's not big on the look of Quar.  They just look odd to him.  And he keeps calling them penguins when they are clearly anteaters.  (Actually, they do look like penguins, but I'll never admit it). 

But he's not a barbarian, and he can appreciate a nice-looking terrain and painted miniatures.  Plus, last time I played what he wanted so now it was MY TURN.  

But at the end he said that he liked the rules a lot, that the rules had a lot of tactical nuances, and with minimal effort could be used to play all manner of serious sci-fy games.  He then sent me this short video...

And it wasn't so Quarrelsome after all. 

Thanks for reading.
Double Thanks for writing a comment.
Till next time.

Brigade Fire and Fury

It can't be Quar all the time.  

So what else could it be?

The best CW.

Sing it! 

OOOHHHHH

The ACW, is the Best CW!

Come on, and think it through,

with the glory and the history

and uniforms of grey and blue.

Oh Yes, 

the ACW, is the Best CW,

nothing else will do!

for horse and musket battles,

There is no better view.

Ha!

The ACW is the best CW,

step-up, right-on cue!

It's that time again, 

time for ACW with Stew.

---Thats Me.

Brigade Fire and Fury

Recall, several years ago...Holy Crap!  Has it been that long?  Yes, the original post was 2021 (Here).  Then I doubt very much that you recall as why would you remember a post of mine several years back about a game that didn't happen?  You wouldn't of course.  I mean you might because every post I write is a certified GOLD MINE of content.  Written in a style that is both relatable and transcendent.

Well, the hard work of placing that scenario into On-Line Blog Storage has paid off.  For last weekend I made a rare club appearance and hosted some good ACW action and had this scenario all prepped and ready to go.  Yay Me.  

Quick refresher from the 2021 post: The Wilderness Battle starts off like:

There are Clearings shown in yellow. Every else is the tangling-snarling-pant leg ripping-Wilderness.

The idea is that there is a big fight in the middle for the big clearing and then some bonus points for each side at the crossroads.  Go read the old blog page if interested.  Just skip my ranting about the sun because you hate entertainment.  

The day of the game there were 4 players all set to go, but the scenario plays best with 5 players (each controlling 2 divisions).  Hmm. what is a GM supposed to do?.... Oh I have a radical and interesting idea. Maybe I could play as well?  So that worked out nicely.

Game set up was an easy affair.  Just set out the clearings.  Add in some fences and buildings and many trees (even though they all just get piled in the corner during game play) just to have something else to look at, and play on. 

That's me in the pizza pac-man shirt.  
I'm obviously explaining something very important.  

table shot.

GMing and playing is lots of fun, but you do get kinda busy.  And I don't like AARs anyway so what you get are a bunch of random table shots taken throughout the day.  

I was a little unsure about the scenario.  It's kinda just a giant fire fight in the middle, like this:

Union Blue on the left,
Confederate Grey (and Butternut) on the right.

But turns out players like Big fire fights.  so that worked out.

This was my second outing with Brigade Fire and Fury.  While I do love the Regimental version, I was really feeling the Bridge level rules as they are a tad simpler.  And therefore quicker.  because time is always a factor. 

In the end the Confederates won.  But it was close.  there's something about the ACW.  When playing the Union players automatically become more cautious; and when playing the Confederates get more aggressive.  

I was really overdue for an ACW game.  Glad my troops made it out on the table again.

I do love the way the miniatures look.

Thanks for reading

Double thanks for writing a comment.

Till next time.