4 July 2014

A quick update

 
Egyptian garrison troops move through a small village on their way to a new deployment outside Halfa - Connoissuer figures
with a lovely Cannon Fodder Miniatures Egyptian mounted Colonel with an arm missing and his sleeve pinned.  Very nice.

Just a quick apology or the lack of recent posts as the end of financial year pressures on the real job start to take their toll in terms of spare time.  Thankfully within the next few weeks this will be much more stable and some weekend time can be devoted to a return to the sands of our beloved Sudan...at least on the table!


Slightly elevated view of the same battalion.
The rules have now been given to the graphics designer (a good mate) who has volunteered to tart them up for me and get them ready for printing.  The plan is to have a soft cover 48pp full colour rule set with quick reference guides, die cut random event cards, roster sheets etc. available for purchase by August, just in time for northern hemisphere holidays with a stroke of luck.


The main town in my Sudan engagements - working on some additional vignettes as I type!
If you know of anyone interested in the rule set, tell them to swing by and drop me a line.  At this stage the cost will be about 20 quid plus postage at cost so I hope to make it a worthwhile investment for gamers out there.  The intent as mentioned previously is to also include a scenario book down the track plus some variants to use in other theatres and all supported by its own forum linked to this site.  All the plans of "mice and men" so far...lets keep our fingers crossed.

Until next time - cheers!

14 comments:

  1. Hi,

    I'm definitely interested - thanks for your efforts in getting it all together. And work is a pain in the backside sometimes ! Cheers Paul

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    1. Thanks Paul - its getting quite exciting really as the project nearscompletion...sort of...i terms of a single copy of a book you can physically flick through. Should be a bit of a lark! Cheers for the support.

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  2. Count me in on these as well - your hard work on this is much appreciated, simon

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    1. Thanks Simon - not long to go now! Hopefully it all goes smoothly down the hone straight.

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  3. Carlo,

    I'd love a set thanks old boy

    Regards

    Nathan

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  4. That's a marvellous looking town Carlo. I'm presuming that it is a commercially produced piece?

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  5. Hi James - no scratch built by former NWS friend Troy K. Very nice on the table mate.

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  6. Nice figures and models! Good luck with the publishing project. Getting the classic rules out there again is a worthy cause.

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    1. Thanks AJ - you may like the game turn explanation in the back of the book BTW! Keep you posted for sure.

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  7. I´m very interested in the ruleset so count with me!

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    1. Thanks Juan - you've been a great support from the start of this project. Cheers

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  8. Hi Carlo

    Any further news on a release date? I want to send you some hard-earned cash!

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  9. Hi Simon - at the printers tomorrow morning. We are putting a few new back and front cover photographs, QRS is now finalised and random Event Cards are sized and ready to be diecut. I hope to be taking orders and mailing out exactly a week from tomorrow. Very exciting. If I do say so myself I think the final product is going to be a fitting dedication to a wonderful wargaming period and a great old legendary wargamer like Peter Gilder.

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