King Arthur at Uncle Bob’s
BY David Raybin
For our first game of the new year, Bob put on an "historical" game of Arthur, post-Roman. The game is based on a battle from Bernard Cornwell’s trilogy about Arthur. Here is the intro from the Amazon review of the books:
The third novel in the Warlords Chronicle, Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur immerses the reader in the Britain of the Dark Ages. Merlin, the greatest of the Druids, believes that the ancient gods are deserting Britain, and that the invading Saxons can't be defeated without the gods' help. Mordred reigns with a brutal hand, and Arthur sees his dreams of peace evaporate. The author provides exciting descriptions of swordplay and battles, interspersed with somewhat gruesome depictions of ordinary life in those days--greasy, waist-length beards serving as napkins, lambs bloodily sacrificed before festivals, and rampant lice.
Duncan provided everything but the lice. The Saxon’s ( with me in partial command) were hot after Arthur. We attacked his shield wall and I killed Arthur in man-to-man combat. Not really. A darn trick by Merlin. Wasn’t really Arthur. He attacked our rear causing us to split our troops and failing our objective.
GREAT rules made up by Friar Duncan. A mixture of 28mm troops in the man cave as part of our monthly wargame retreat in mid-Tennessee.
Dogs of War !!!!
The Shield WALL ~~~~~~~
Gerrald Swick is Merlin.
The pensive fellow in mustache, glasses, and goatee is Bryant Williams.
The handsome fellow in mustache and ball cap in a single photo is Uncle Bob Duncan himself.
Our wargame group grew by three members. In the group shot above you will see from your left to right: Albert Domm, Tony Staggs and Tom Price. Seated in the center of the photograph (in glasses) is our grandfather: Major Bill Harting.
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