Regiment of Foote game.

[Sean Clark]

Indulge me, if you will, with a link to my rekindled blog where I talk about a Regiment of Foote game at the club on Friday using an old boardgame to create a campaign.

https://seanswargames.blogspot.com/2022/07/english-civil-war-shenanigans.html

[Panzer21]

Very nice!
Neil

[Colonel Kilgore]

That's a nice little campaign there, Sean. I like having such a context for the battle: whether to keep slogging on or making a tactical withdrawal to live to fight another day can be a tough decision to make!

Simon

[Leman (Andy)]

That is indeed a good looking game.

[Smiley Miley 66]

Must Thank Sean as I spent £43 on buying a copy of the board game "The English Civil War"
Hopefully I can get to play it in a week or two over a few beers ?
Miles

[mellis1644]

I had that game as a teenager and we played it quite a bit. Even the included battle system works. Note, it is hard for the royalists to win the game - not impossible but you need to take Bristol quick and get a little lucky in the early game. The Scots are a big deciding factor. I think like history.

Ah good memories of those games. That game plus 'by the sword divided' TV show got me started on a life long fascination with the civil war.

[Colonel Kilgore]

"By the Sword Divided" was great (at the time anyway). I very much enjoyed that!

Simon

[Sean Clark]

Its still okay if you ignore the wobbly sets!

[Smoking gun]

Its still okay if you ignore the wobbly sets!

That's true of almost every BBC series of that era. 

Best wishes,
Martin Buck

[Leman (Andy)]

I am sure the Grand Meister of King's Landing was in that as his much younger self.

[Sean Clark]

I think you're  right Andy!