Marston Moor players needed

Field of Glory players are needed for a Marston Moor re-fight in Scarborough in June2012.

As part of the Wartorn show at Scarborough Spa on 30 June and 1 July 2012, Scarborough Wargames Club is putting on a 25mm recreation of Marston Moor 1644.

Around 1400 figures will be used on a 24ft x 6ft table and each regiment will be specifically represented. That’s 22  Royalist foot regiments and 28 Allied foot regiments (totalling 1000+ figures) and approx 18 bodies of Royalist horse and 20 regiments of Allied horse (totalling 300+ figures). There are also the dragoons plus some artillery.  

I am looking for generals to join in the game, ideally on both days, but, either the Saturday or Sunday would be ok. Knowing the rules would help lots but just a general interest to push some figures around and recreate history is fine too.

Info about Wartorn is on www.wartornuk.com  including an accommodation guide.

However, feel free to contact me on paul@navigatorpr.com or 07974 686 556

Updates are also placed on

http://pauljohnstonrhb.blogspot.com/

Thanks

Paul Johnston

Bayfog 2012 confirmed as 20/21 october

Bayfog 2012
20 and 21st October 2012 at Fylingdales Village Hall in Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire
900pts Field of Glory ancients, singles competition, 15mm

A fun event with a theme to be based around 'average joes'  but to be confirmed

Bring the wife/partner/boyfriend/other for a romantic weekend and let them wander the beaches of Bay and the trinket shops of Whitby- whilst you play toy soldiers.

Parade of champions on first morning also (Bob Amey, Paul Dawson, Robert Taylor)

contact me for more details
paul@navigatorpr.com
07974 686 556

Bayfog results 2011

Well a great weekend was had by all- so i tell them

 

Results are below and I would like to say thank you to all the sponsors of this year's event. The prizes were really appreciated and made the event that little bit more special; and meant all players went home with something rather than just the top achievers. It's great to be able to reward those in mid or lower table with prizes as they make the tournaments happen but often get forgotten in the rush for glory...

 

see you and maybe others next year on the weekend of 20th October

 

Sporting awards.

Overall best sportsman

Jon Smith and Nick Hewitt

 

Players player of the tournament

Nick Hewitt and Paul Dawson

 

Player's nominated best army of the tournaments

Paul Dawson’s Alex Macedonians

 

 

Competition results

 

1. Robert Taylor, Principate Roman 72pts     £15 minifigs/matchlock miniatures voucher from caliver books

 

2. Jon Smith, Ancient British 69         Free entry to bayfog 2012

 

3. Dave Redhead, Late republican Roman 63     £10 of bases from East riding miniatures

 

4. Neil Howard, Kushan 58         Osprey quiz book

 

5. Paul Dawson, Alex Macedonian 49     Six month subscription to wargames illustrated

 

6. Paul Johnston Early Archemenid Persian 47     Legio heroica armenian army

 

7. Bob Amey, Parthian 47     bauda roman camp

 

8. Roger Greenwood, Middle Assyrian 45     £25 museum miniatures voucher

 

9. Dave Morrison, Late Macedonian 44         Saladin book-osprey

 

10. Ian Mackay, Spartan 35        free entry to wartorn 2012 scarborough 

 

11. Marco Baroni, Selucid 35     testudo army pack 

   

12. George Dick, Spartan 33     £20 stonewall figures voucher

 

13. John Muir, Selucid 31     osprey hannibal book

 

14. Nick Hewitt, Ancient British 7         £20 Colonel Bill voucher/henry V osprey book

trophies arrived and ready

bayfog draw up on bayfog page

Any complaints do let me know......

bayfog draw focuses world attention

The Bayfog supercomputer was pressed into service to conduct the first round draw. Robert Taylor was plucked first from the centre of the earth. And his opponent was........

pre weekend rankings

Well chaps, all army lists are in. The draw will take place shortly and will be posted on here at some point.

Below is the fifth and final sportsman round before the weekend. A prize is of course up for grabs ! Rules for the sportsman prize over the weekend will be announced on here this week too.

Fifth round based on miscellaneous comments by players over the last few weeks....

jon smith 2+34=36
ofsted inspection hinders his banter..

roger greenwood 10+26=36

besides offering to umpire he recommended Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged. Excellent taste 

marco baroni 4+31=34

offered a lift to ian mackay

 

Nick Hewitt 0+31=31

hindered by lack of internet access

Ian mackay 4+26=30

spontaneously offered to bring cloth for tabletop

john muir 0+28=28

too quiet by half

paul dawson 1+26=27

deserves a point for a series of emailed comments; mainly trying too hard to be sporting now the britcon crown has faded... keep trying tho

George Dick 1+24=25

Some engagement over lists and his new spartan army will hopefully be painted in time

David Morrison 5+16=21

bringing the missus for the weekend!

Neil Howard 2+17=19

Sporting let Nick practice against me last week..

Dave Redhead 0+ 16=16

eerily quiet for this time of year..

Bob amey 10+5=15

Trying to reedem himself with umpire duties, bringing the missus and staying for a week. Maybe there's a sportsman in there trying to get out after all

robert taylor 16+-1=15

Bless him. he is too cuddly to be on minus points. And robert brings a keen sportsman's approach to each competition. His fourth year here so deserves points for loyalty

Wartorn competitions in Scarborough 30 june and 1 july 2012

Advance warning for Wartorn at Scarborough Spa next year. There will be competitions including

sat 30 june Fog am 15mm 650pt one day competition
sun 1 july fog am/dbmm northern league doubles

all weekend
25mm fog-r wars of religion (the uk's first 25mm comp so far)
flames of war late war
warhammer/40k/warmachine/hordes

watch this space and the interworldwidenet for more details.....
also see http://www.wartornuk.com/

4th round of sportsmanship rankings

note Jon Smith is now using ancient british after he was called a wuss for not taking it in the first place... 

This round is based on submission of army list and its accuracy. And takes into account the time wasted by the list checker in trying to sort things out/understand the list submitted. Players scored 5 points if the army list was correct, other scores are explained below.

jon smith 5+bonus for bring ancient brits 4+25=34

marco baroni 5+ 26=31

nick Hewitt 5+ 26=31

john muir 5+23=28

 Ian mackay 5+ 21=26

roger greenwood 5+21=26 

paul dawson 5+ 21=26

george Dick -2+26=24 slight sporting error and just needs to work out which is earlier 460bc or 490bc

neil Howard 5+ 12=17

David Morrison -2+18=16

slight sporting error..... but nevertheless

Dave Redhead 5+11= 16

Bob amey -5+10=5

Too experienced to make the schoolboy errors he did...

robert taylor -10 + 9 = -1

He attempted to sneak in a dominate roman army list simply by putting the word principate at the top of the list! Then tried to blame the event organiser for rushing him. Time wasted by list checker on a friday night .....

more round updates in the coming days....

bayfog sportsman's points

See the Bayfog page for current sportman's rankings ahead of next week. No more spurious awarding of sportsmans prizes, this will be the most scientific approach to this prize in any competition in the UK- making it the most coveted trophy around !!

Bayfog nets £300 worth of sponsorship

Thanks to a superb response from the wargames trading community Bayfog entrants are promised a mouthwatering feast of prizes next week.

I am really grateful to the event's sponsors and would encourage all readers of this blog to order whenever possible from the sponsors and mention how their support for Bayfog made a difference.

Prizes up for grabs include

East Riding Miniatures -  £10worth (8 bags) of pre cut bases
Osprey Books - A selection of reference books on famous leaders in history
Bauda- A Roman marching encampment £15
Testudo - An army pack; probably of their new highlanders £56
Minifigs/Matchlock Miniatures - £15voucher
Museum Miniatures - £25 voucher
Legio Heroica - A mini Armenian Crusader army (approx £35)
Wargames Illustrated subscription - £25
Stonewall Figures - £20 voucher
Colonel Bills - £20 voucher
Free Entry to Bayfog in 2012 - £15
Free Entry to a Wartorn competition in Scarborough 30June/1 July 2012 - upto £35 (see http://www.wartornuk.com/ for more details in November)

sponsorship and prizes for Bayfog

Have had a wondeful response from the wargaming trading community and we are really fortunatel to have got some great sponsorship for the event- lots of high quality prizes . Am really impressed by the support given by wargames manufacturers and other related traders and hope the entrants will be too.

Sponsors and prizes will be announced early next week... just need one more player to even up numbers now...

Bayfog runners and riders

A full list up along with sportmans points gained after two rounds is on the Bayfog update page

covenanters on the way

Bayfog 22/23rd oct now taking bookings

For full details of the 900pt Field of Glory ancients competition see the Bayfog updates page on the right handside. But current entries are

Entrant no1. Roger Greenwood.
Entrant no.2 Robert Taylor
no.3 Bob Amey
no.4 Dave Redhead
no.5 Neil 'surfer' Howard (national champion 2011)
no. 6 Frenchie
no.7 Paul Dawson
no .8 Paul Johnston
no 9. Ian Mackay
no 10 Marco Baroni

fog on the toon

Home's red coats

Ballie on the rebase

Tillier's test

newcastle commands

marston moor

For what its worth, figures have now been ordered!. Perry Miniatures are supplying approximately 1300 figures to complement my existing collection. Painting will start as soon as they arrive.

I had a quick tour round the battlefield again this week, noting all the wreaths laid by the Sealed Knot on the memorial- with it being 2 July just passed!

Terrain making starts in August, followed by sorting the unit characteristics out. A call for volunteer participants will follow in the Autumn.

marston moor 2012

The project for 2012 is to recreate Marston Moor 1644 in 25/28mm, with every regiment present, using Field of Glory rules.This means a figure scale of approx 1:30 for foot and 1:50 for cavalry. The aim is to demonstrate the battle at the Scarborough Wartorn show next June (weekend of the 30th June). Figures are about to be purchased and painting is due to start soon too on some existing figures. I will be looking for people to come and join in the battle on both the saturday and sunday.  

Bayfog competition in October

Field of Glory 15mm ancient competition confirmed for 22 and 23 October in Robin Hoods Bay near whitby in yorkshire.

15mm singles competition but 900 points and classical theme with any army between 500bc and 50ad

4 games, 2 on saturday and 2 on the sunday

location will be grosvenor hotel as last year - YO22 4RA

grosvenor has food and beer on tap all day

accommodation can be provided free for a few lucky souls fcfs! Otherwise the grosvenor will help and also see the rhb tourism web site

entries to paul@navigatorpr.com
07974 686 556

cost to be confirmed