So Hotlead is over and done with for another year. Had a great time. The first game I played was Rise of the Runesmiths. I came across this by chance as the game I wanted to play was a 28mm WW1 game. But the guy with the terrain didn't show. I'm glad I got to try this game. The game designers were a bunch of great guy's and the other players were a lot of fun. The game was/is still in development, so there was a lot of discussion on game play. This game was a lot of fun and I wish them the best of luck.
The next game I played was Charlie Company a Vietnam 28mm skirmish game. An interesting game as the Vietcong/NVA player is the referee and follows set guidelines on how they react based on the scenario. My section was moving up the left flank to secure that building at the top of the river. On my way up a bunch of heavy machine guns popped up from their hiding places near the centre of the table. I tried to run towards them as quick as I could but my orders were superseded by my CO. Sometimes I get little reckless in games like these because I know there is a time limit.
These pictures aren't from my game but they show the table we used.
We never got to use the plane either.
The next game I played was Dux Britanniarum. This game is a lot of fun, quick and easy rules. I believe this game was run by one of the guy's from KEGS. Great miniatures and table. The Game Master built the dice rolling towers, he also built a kind of reverse periscope. You look down through it, then with a series of mirrors you see what the minis on the table see, real cool.
These are my units.
Here is the tax collector running away after he dropped his loot. I wanted to kill him.
My brave Saxon cavalry about to charge some English
This dice tower sitting in a field.
Some of the Saxons holding the left flank.
