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Quote from: Smiley Miley 66 on October 04, 2021, 04:53:17 PM
I remember winning the Best terrain a couple of years in a row, when I took one table which was purpose build but actually correct,(witH all the terrain features in it ?- as described in the rules) I wasn't allowed to win it that year ? But I did use it in the PBI weekend at the St John's Ambulance place In Weymouth later that summer. Had the Dried Riverbed, 2 Bridges, African Village etc.
The unfortunate thing is I ve lost most of my pictures from that period.
That was the same year I got Food poisoning from the "Bakery" after eating a Burger from there as well.
Miles

I have no recollection of that at all! As the saying goes "I've been to sleep since then". Intrigued as to which "Bakery" you bought a burger from...

Quote from: Sean Clark on October 04, 2021, 04:13:20 PM
Useful though Graham, as version 1 still has its fans and is available to buy as a PDF.

Well, most of the v1 applicable stuff is in the Brixcon 2008 which I uploaded with the last post.

Quote from: Sean Clark on October 04, 2021, 09:53:49 AM
Graham,

Do you have any of the files from your old Brixcon webpage? It was a lovely resource back in the day.

Alas no. Although it was a free hosting site, after it had sat idle for a year or so the hoster took it down. I have most of the information still, and probably the actual webpages although not in a format I can open(!). Most of the info is obsolete, being rule clarifications and new army lists for AK47 Original. Oh, and instructions on how to find Brixworth Village Hall. And probably the results.

BTW If you didn't know, the Red Lion pub, where we used to meet on the Friday night or nip in for lunch / beer afterwards is now no more. It lost its landlord, and in the absence of a replacement has been knocked down to build a new supermarket.

Quote from: Sean Clark on October 03, 2021, 09:12:52 PM
Was this a pun, or a spelling mistake on a certificate?

It wasn't a typo on the certificate. I can't comment on whether it was a typo in the original e-mail, however.

Quote from: Bankinista on September 26, 2021, 11:34:53 AM


I don't think 8 can be Chris Kemp (it's his terrain and one of the "rules" was you weren't allowed a home advantage). As far as I know there's no copyright on "Loin King" for the winner (don't even know who invented this title) so Sean should feel free to revive it.

Thanks again
Derek

It is Chris Kemp, and it isn't his terrain. That picture you posted in late August is his terrain. Martin G came up with the Loin King title.

When I ran Brixcon I had all of the tables set up by participants before the game started, and then tables were allocated at random, subject to the proviso that you couldn't paly on your own table. Of course this was old rules, so there was no moving the pieces about, but we did have some tables that provided challenges - like the volcano that emitted smoke, and the dam that took up half the table. I, personally, do not like most scenery placement rules that you see in most sets these days and I'm probably in a minority in that respect. It's probably heresy, but I'd have suggested that tables were laid out with the terrain and just then played on. When I play a game I'm more interested in pushing the lead than pushing the scenery, and I like to leave as much time for that as possible.

"Loin King"... I wonder if anyone has still got the T shirts I made one year.

With a week to go, can I just wish all the best to those of you going to Daventry next Saturday, and applaud Sean for organising the day although I won't be there. Looking back at the posts I sympathise with all of the issues you've dealt with. I really loved organising Brixcon back in the day, but the constant worry about whether players would turn up in even numbers was a headache.

I see some familiar names in the list of participants, and some notable omissions - sadly in some cases as the guys are no longer with us. I met some great people through the organising of the event. It also helped fund my daughter and her friends on the "Team Challenge" expedition to Africa. She went back after graduating and spent 4 months teaching maths in a secondary school in the Tanzanian bush. I like to think that in a small way we did make things a little bit better in that corner of Africa, if only vicariously.

Have fun. And thanks for keeping Northamptonshire the home of Modern African Wargaming!

Graham

Can't be Hemingway, unless you have no intention of putting it anywhere near the fighting.

LBT: What mortars and crew are you using? I've got Italian mortars from the WW2 range, and some Soviet ones as well, but they aren't exactly right and there are no Asalto or suitable Beret mortar crews in any ranges. If there was suitable stuff in other ranges it'd be helpful if there were notes at the bottom of the SCW figure listing on the site.

Sean,

I've been off doing other things, although I did a lot of SCW at the start of the year, having finally acquired a load of Italians. I have mostly been working on my own rules, rather than using commercially available stuff so there hasn't been much reason for me to be here. Prior to the SCW project I was doing the Taiping Rebellion and the 1879 Peru-Chile War, neither of which Martin really covers.

But then you'd know that if you followed the blog 

Graham

Are there any plans for mortar packs? I know in the past i've been a broken record on this, but they are in the original BAIT rules, and even assault guards had them in their standard TOE.

Cheers,

Graham