Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles: Warlord Games Ranter

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Warlord Games Ranter - Not!

When I purchased Warlord Games' Fire and Brimstone pack for the English Civil War, frankly, I had no idea of what I could do with the Ranter, or Political Agitator. With his political pamphlet tucked in his hat, I knew that he might cause problems in the ranks of my forces. No dissent allowed in my forces!

The rules I am using, Victory Without Quarter, uses element basing and markers for casualties. By bending the Ranter carefully back and adding a partizan to his open hand, he is now a valiant Sergeant being felled by a musket ball. Instant casualty marker for Jones' Regiment of Foot.

For more on Victory Without Quarter please visit the Quindia Studios site at: http://www.quindia.com/studiointro.htm

Neil

I'm a retired Colonel of Infantry (Regulars by God!) and Military Historian who likes to play with toy soldiers. I've been married to the love of my life since 1986, I have 5 honorable sons (my geeks in training), 4 daughters-in-law, a beautiful grandson, 1 dog and a gazillion miniatures. Hobbies include . . . wait for it . . . Toy Soldiers, Reading, Wargaming, Reading about Toy Soldiers, History, Reading about Wargaming, Gardening, Reading about History and Reading.

3 comments:

MikeSeptember 11, 2013 at 9:28 AM
Nice one. So do you have to have a casualty marker for each unit?
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NeilSeptember 13, 2013 at 6:37 PM
Mike - I'm planning on doing 2 casualty markers per unit. Once a unit takes 3 casualties, it is removed from the game. The casualty system is similar to Warmaster; 3 hits equals a casualty.
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ScheckSeptember 23, 2013 at 4:03 PM
He is too beautiful to die - poor soldier! You paint that figure so marvellously - great!!
_Peter
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