Here are 10 random battles. Can you name the two sides (roughly). e.g Gettysburg = rebs and union. No need to say Meade and Lee etc. Rough answers are just fine. But not "those guys and some other ugly chaps".
Do not look them up on the internet, that is not so good :(. No need to be too clever with "there were two battles there"
1. 96
2. Bastogne
3. Gaugamela
4. Edgcote
5. Stirling bridge
6. Amiens
7. Bir hakem
8. Austerlitz
9. Dien Bien Phu
10. Beersheba
11. Ginnis
12. Peleliu
13. Alton
14.Crecy
15. Chalons
16. Coral sea
2 points per question (1 for each protagonist)
Thus 32 points available.
Scores
1-6= Probably does not paint his own figures :(
7-12=Can roll a 6 when needed. :)
13-17=Use acrylic paint from more than one source. ;D
18-22= owns four or more RFCM rule sets. 8)
23-27= owns a book with "wargaming " in the title. ::)
28+ =Is able to say "all i need is 10,11 or 12 on 2D6" and then does it. :-*
PS
Don't give the answers, or it will spoil it for the others.
Just give your score.
You can cheat if you wish.
18 for me, need to do better
18, also....
11, not really arsed about post 1925.
20, but I might be wrong, as I've not looked up the answers :)
Stewart and Martin obviously copied each other :)
Of course you can just look at the outcomes and decide what score you should have gotten. Thus if you own 4 RFCM sets you can give yourself 19 surely?
20... but I only own 1 rule set...
Quote from: Hman on July 16, 2019, 10:07:55 PM
20... but I only own 1 rule set...
Maybe you need to buy 3 more? I think Martin has a special offer running at the moment...
Quote from: Leman on July 16, 2019, 07:49:49 PM
11, not really arsed about post 1925.
Turns out that should be 22, but would have been penalised in an exam for not reading the question properly. Never heard of some of those battles. What on earth was the battle of 96? ???
Quote from: Leman on July 17, 2019, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: Leman on July 16, 2019, 07:49:49 PM
What on earth was the battle of 96? ???
I think it might have been a siege. Martin has forbidden us from sharing our exam questions here, but that should give you enough to Google?
I'm baffled by 96 as well, otherwise feeling rather smug (and surprised) by my score. ::)
Try googling "The Siege of Ninety-Six".
And no, I'd never heard of it either, but apparently the right side won :)
Thanks Colonel - interesting read
96 was a small but important battle. it mattered as much as Cowpens, but the Americans said little about it because they lost. As part of the research for Washington's army I dragged the family down to 96 and found it all in very good condition. Well worth a visit. Nice small visitor centre too. Jolly hot though.
20 - some were correct period but incorrect participants
A marvellous quiz (?) enjoyed by all.