tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post4260141713173449387..comments2024-01-24T04:43:10.142-08:00Comments on ANYTHING BUT A ONE!: How to lose a campaign part 3Clinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02351729764098750618noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-7358614814631039842015-03-09T22:58:07.471-07:002015-03-09T22:58:07.471-07:00Yeah I know. Cheers mate.Yeah I know. Cheers mate.Clinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351729764098750618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-7132626719352970122015-03-09T15:39:52.617-07:002015-03-09T15:39:52.617-07:00Chin up old boy! Once more into the breach!! Chin up old boy! Once more into the breach!! Simon Quinton https://www.blogger.com/profile/18001946192905517180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-11998369598353309462015-03-09T13:58:51.481-07:002015-03-09T13:58:51.481-07:00Thanks C6. Yeah there is about as much chance of m...Thanks C6. Yeah there is about as much chance of me winning the campaign as the "Old Ash Tree public house " football team winning the FA cup this year! It would be slightly easier to get hit by a comet!Clinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351729764098750618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-56631907441502036662015-03-09T13:54:52.939-07:002015-03-09T13:54:52.939-07:00Thanks Robert. The new banner is because I am doin...Thanks Robert. The new banner is because I am doing some battletech reading and wanted a change. <br /><br />As for the cavalry that was entirely my mistake. I was reckless.Clinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351729764098750618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-40907218727962738452015-03-09T13:42:14.998-07:002015-03-09T13:42:14.998-07:00Well, it's just not good enough, I say. We...Well, it's just not good enough, I say. We're all counting on you to pull a brilliant victory from the jaws of almost-certain defeat, Clint. Never give up, never surrender!Colgar6https://www.blogger.com/profile/07636662295301222390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-36011094384859999502015-03-09T13:23:14.777-07:002015-03-09T13:23:14.777-07:00Oh I like the new banner.Oh I like the new banner.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04802420094217299660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-871192070127519032015-03-09T13:22:46.473-07:002015-03-09T13:22:46.473-07:00Admirable spirit there Clint. All tings considered...Admirable spirit there Clint. All tings considered I'd say based on the constraints you are under you did rather well in getting most of your troops out in good order, save those poor cavalry chaps. But then those boys are always running ahead then losing their heads.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04802420094217299660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-78607112954766073602015-03-09T09:21:00.359-07:002015-03-09T09:21:00.359-07:00I do hear what you are saying. But it is not just ...I do hear what you are saying. But it is not just up to me. WE can't win we can only delay the inevitable. I know the campaign administrator will say that we still can win and maybe technically we still can. But I think I have more chance of being selected to play football for England. And besides even loosing is fun with these guys. So I am not really complaining. <br /><br />Cheers Joe.Clinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351729764098750618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-71349466767784097072015-03-09T08:16:35.967-07:002015-03-09T08:16:35.967-07:00Oh dear, being morally obliged (blackmailed?) into...Oh dear, being morally obliged (blackmailed?) into continuing with this seems inhuman to me. The campaign is obviously flawed and any further play seemingly pointless so much so that I personally would throw the towel in and explain why, despite any disappointment your mate has. This hobby should be about fun and when it ceases to be fun .... well.<br />Surely the bottom line is that the campaign in over ?<br />Zabadakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649765350412145174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-87663270438669061782015-03-09T06:47:24.196-07:002015-03-09T06:47:24.196-07:00Thanks Roy. That sounds like a very good idea to m...Thanks Roy. That sounds like a very good idea to me.Clinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351729764098750618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-74245499966135351032015-03-09T06:46:50.194-07:002015-03-09T06:46:50.194-07:00Thanks Bob. I think there is only 2 maybe 3 games ...Thanks Bob. I think there is only 2 maybe 3 games left in the campaign. If I loose any 2 of them that is the campaign over. But as I said from the way the campaign was set up it was always going to be like that. Still it's only a game.Clinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351729764098750618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-48481367686934782532015-03-09T06:36:30.408-07:002015-03-09T06:36:30.408-07:00I can honestly that say reading the report has mad...I can honestly that say reading the report has made me want to dust off the 10mm acw figures and crack on painting some and getting in a game :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-3648088357927138502015-03-09T06:21:41.030-07:002015-03-09T06:21:41.030-07:00Looks like a tough road ahead Clint. I'm sure ...Looks like a tough road ahead Clint. I'm sure every battle teaches you something. I always learnt more from defeat than victory. Maybe, just maybe, there is a chance for the odd moral victory. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11616664689882136444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-78443168762741262942015-03-09T05:40:06.779-07:002015-03-09T05:40:06.779-07:00Thanks Adam I shall look into Longstreet. As I hav...Thanks Adam I shall look into Longstreet. As I have said the rules work very well for a one off game and I would also feel confident that they will work for a campaign. Just not the way this one was set up. The real downside is that after this campaign I will steer clear of Peter Pig rules for 6 months or so.Clinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351729764098750618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-21141225626409860702015-03-09T05:36:30.209-07:002015-03-09T05:36:30.209-07:00One of the things I liked with the Longstreet Camp...One of the things I liked with the Longstreet Campaign I did with JohnM is the system more or less "reset" your army to a minimum size regardless of your losses. You didn't exactly start each game "even" but you never faced what you seem to have here... the necessity of taking the field with little to no chance. John and I both lost badly in one game or another but we were back in fighting trim (more or less) two weeks latter when we met again. I can't recommend Longstreet enough. AdamC1776https://www.blogger.com/profile/02279351293614637287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-16576089828270066352015-03-09T04:28:45.047-07:002015-03-09T04:28:45.047-07:00Thanks Mate. I knew how the campaign would go so I...Thanks Mate. I knew how the campaign would go so I can't say I am at all surprised. It was all about who won the first game as you were never in a position to fully recover after that so would always be on the back foot and the ledge you were standing on would get thinner and thinner.Clinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351729764098750618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-88229414057343610752015-03-09T04:01:43.617-07:002015-03-09T04:01:43.617-07:00I do sympathise with you, Clint. You are clearly o...I do sympathise with you, Clint. You are clearly on a hiding to nothing. I do admire you for carrying on as I know a few of my former wargamers would have thrown in the towel by now. Vampifanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318241813130102121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-53510216191931919042015-03-09T03:29:48.104-07:002015-03-09T03:29:48.104-07:00Yeah but they are a great bunch of guys so |I am h...Yeah but they are a great bunch of guys so |I am happy to play knowing that I have no option but to loose. And Graham will insist that I can still win the whole campaign. So If I quit early he will not learn that he had set the campaign up wrongly in my opinion and will forever insist that I should have played on. The worse part is I know even when I loose the entire campaign he will not admit his mistake no matter what the outcome. <br /><br />Still they are friends and wargaming is not all about winning. Imagine if this was real life and that you were the commander and that knowing you could not win what else could you do but to carry on.<br /><br />Thanks Kyle. (I may be a bit down after that game)Clinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351729764098750618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430216265579762068.post-65671124072188856362015-03-09T03:11:26.404-07:002015-03-09T03:11:26.404-07:00Mmm kinda hard to continue playing in such a campa...Mmm kinda hard to continue playing in such a campaign if that is the case.. mentality wise... MrLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564055436566237661noreply@blogger.com