Sunday 22 April 2012

The battle of Salutesville, 1862

I was today at the Rejects after Ray called me to act as a substitute for a game of Fire and Fury. On my way there, I met Tamsin, who was also invited. After some talks with the local police (erm), we arrived at Postie's, and there we met Jack, Postie (obiviously), Lee, Fran (who was actually cooking, by god the pasta were good, I need you to give me the recipe, simple yet effective, Fran), And Curt. Yup, a real convention, full of celebrities hehe. Once in Postie's shack, I must say I was impressed by the sheer size of the gaming table. 

It was supposed to represent the battle of Salutesville (pun), in 1862. Each one of us played a corps. If I recall, I had the 12th, with some troops from Pennsylvania and Ohio. I won't talk about it much, except it was good, fun, full of swearing from Fran ( and myself sometimes). Quite a lot of head banging because of the numerous ones we all threw. Yep, that was a good game. I can't report much because iI had to leave rather early. My corps, on the far left, had to move forward, push Jeb Stuart's cavalry, and assist the center by sending some troops on the other side of the fordable river. Easier said than done.

I'll just show you some pics and then you'll see a slide. Enjoy mates. To conclude, I had a really good, even though I didn't speak that much. Sorry guys, I'm not very talkative, but then you just can't compete against Fran and Ray :) It was really nice finally meeting you all, and Postie, thanks for the game. In the end, I was given the status of honorary member, French chapter, which I accepted proudly. And Tamsin gave me my well-deserved pize for winning the draw ;)  Anytime for a new game guys.

My favorite pictures:

Come on, not a one!

Pom pom pom, more troops for us

I'm broken, we should concede the draw guys ( before their center broke ours...)





Salut a tous. Aujourd'hui j'etais invite chez les Rejects pour une mega partie guerre de secession sur Fire and Fury. Ce fut l'occasion de rencontrer des celebrites parmi les bloggueurs, et croyez-moi, je ne fus pas decu. Nous avons joue un scenario sur un affrontement hypothetique a Saluteville. J'etais du cote nordiste, sur le flanc gauche avec mon 12e corps. Comme vous pouvez le voir, il y avait de la fig et de la bonne humeur, et des jurons. Franchement, entre les 1 au de, et les deroutes, c'etait que du bon. Je laisserai mes confreres s'occuper du rapport de bataille car j'ai du partir avant la fin. une chose est sure, je reviendrai, car on sait recevoir chez les Rejects.

11 comments:

  1. Great post Seb! well done for getting it up so quick!!! Afraid the gale didn't go our way in the end, far too many bad die rolls!!!!
    I'm glad you enjoyed yourself at Reject HQ, and I'll look forward to our next meeting. Like you said, I'm not surprised you didn't talk much, everyone has a hard job doing that when Fran's around!!

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  2. Great post Seb! I think I was the only one who actually did head banging (gently, on the table) but others had heads in hands at various times.

    A great day out

    ps - the Yankees lost! ;)

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  3. Glad you enjoyed the game Seb. I enjoy Fire and Fury with the ebb and flow of battle represented well. At one point I though the Union were about to sweep the Confederates away but the boys in grey kept pushing back and clinched a victory in the end.

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  4. Ca avait l'air très sympa en effet! Et un pont extraordinaire!

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  5. It was a good game and Curt and Ray screwed it up after you left, as I said it was great to meet you and put a face to the blogger!

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  6. Sounds like a great day was had by all although the look on Fran's face in the 3rd picture suggests it just wasn't his game this time!

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    1. well, actually it was. They won...

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    2. Fran was about to give up the game, it wasn't going their way at all, then it swung back and the rest was history.....

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  7. Cetainly looked a good one!

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  8. It was great meeting you, Seb! It looked like it would go our way (Fran pretty much had thrown in the towel at one point) but the lower quality of the Yankiy troops began to tell over the long run. (...and that bloody river was a b*tch for you to get across...).. Ah well, such is war (and playing with toy soldiers).
    -Curt

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    1. Great meeting you too, Curt. I may have made a mistake trying to cross the river too soon. I should have come in force to the bridge and then crossed it, or try to cross the river upstream. i don't know

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