Many of you will remember that I have an interest in early Victoriana. Belltop shakos and 1830 Woolwich Pattern muskets. Well, I was slowly collecting the figures and it was going nowhere to be frank with you. Then Maff became highly excitable about In Her Majesty's Name and was trumpeting it's praise.
I picked up a brand new copy on eBay for around £7, not expecting much but wanting to support Maff and have to say that I was quietly impressed. IHMN was the first set of rules to fire my imagination in some time. The rules themselves are short, elegant and let's be honest wouldn't be out of place as a stand alone feature in Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy.
The upshot is that my mind returned once more to Victoriana and where The Winter of 1839 had started to morph into a Sharp Practice proxy for Napoleonics, IHMN lifted my thinking, reducing the overall number of figures required for any individual faction, allowing me to indulge in some of my favourite Victorian episodes for very little effort and cost. Whilst all along maintaining a strong 'fun' element. All lessons that I've been quick to reapply to Winter of '79.
Cheers
Mark
I would be interested in Seeing some of those those redcoats posted on your blog.
ReplyDeleteWe've begun a new blog dedicated to Victorian mayhem and not limited to IHMN. Game orientated it's really meant to be a diversion for Maff and myself but I'll pop some photos up and share with you all in order to keep Winter of 79 focused going forward.
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Mark
HI Mark, I got those rules as well but to be honest prefer using the Legends of the Old West.Nice pictures and fluff though. Very much a focus on the late Victorian era though. I find the earlier period more interesting but there you go. Have had a Gangs of New York game that was quite fun and hoping to do another game next week. Just need a big barricade.
ReplyDeleteHi Mike! Sounds fun. I picked up some B'hoys figs to use as Chartists and thrown in some Perrys and Foundry Dickensian odds and sods. Gangs could easily be on the cards in the future. I find IHMN light but flexible enough for the whole Victorian spectrum and beyond.
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Mark
Great to see people playing outside of the box :) Why not drop into the IHMN board on Lead Adventure and tell us how you are going to go about it.
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Craig.
Hi Craig
DeleteThanks for stopping by W'79.
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Mark