Some new miniatures arrive

Camera issues mean I only have one group snap to share but I intend to add more soon

These are a mix of figures painted by Keith Tait who has painted a fair few of my other miniatures.

These include some Musketeers and Cardinal guard along with some notables to enable a nice skirmish game.

Some swashbucklers that are technically a different period but I think they can mix without too many raised eyebrows if need be!

Two Fagans and their gang of urchins for a idea I have to run a pickpocket game.

Lastly the B-Team whom I will no doubt manage to field in random scenarios at some point

I have been looking at what's next on my table to get game ready and I am definitely looking at my gangs both near and future time periods

I also have 4 news teams that I like the idea of having roam around a hive trying to film the gangs with each gang trying to show off to their news crew whilst taking out the other gangs chance of fame

Firebrand Campaign setting

Campaign setting

I decided to set out my solo campaign setting here to help keep me focused on it :-)
This will largely be campaigned using Firebrand.

Whilst Firebrand has its own setting I like generating my own backgrounds for solo gaming - I find it can be a fun exercise in its own right.

As a result my setting is not specifically based within the world set out in Firebrand but nor is it set in any other.

The key setting here is a realm in turmoil. The Monarch passed without declaring a heir and the Council of Ten rule in the absence of a ruler.

Out with these ten there are a large number of powerful and influential people some of whom support one of the council, one of their own or are undecided as to who should rule the realm.

There is twenty Electors who can vote along with the council of Ten to select the next ruler.

This uncertainty is pushing them towards civil war, whilst there are large armies within the realm my campaign will at least to start with focus on the opening skirmishes before full scale war erupts.

I have calculated the total wealth and number of troops that could be called upon by the top 13 candidates for the throne plus those still undecided.
However the majority of these are not directly pledged to one person or another but rather are pledged to someone who in turn puts their support behind another and so on.

I have decided against having a map as such to allow me to create interesting scenarios without worrying about distance and too much detail which I think would bog me down and stop me getting any games in!

Row Labels	Sum of Crowns in vault	Sum of Troops
Undecided	195,485	641,837
Lord Inquisitor Neil Larch-Bac	130,688	485,788
Pirate Captain Kylah Levere	74,253	223,687
First Lord Igor Riggert	58,849	121,385
Lord Governor Forest Glassford-Cirne	14,974	119,125
Lord Forestanus Brasier	78,158	99,398
Prince Manpreet Clerici-Blumreich	729	91,810
General Saman Yaron	62,744	74,678
Cpt-General Gianna Beville-Pridmore	96,011	65,256
Arch-Bishop Valentino Debias	29,680	41,151
Viscount Beibhinn Kadlecik	8,865	40,365
Lord Governor Deo Ratz	6,513	38,356
Lord Inquisitor Monaldus Diquattro	62,708	32,397
Lord Governor Alinuswe Klettke-Kenter	31	8
Grand Total	819,688	2,075,241

Firebrand - skirmish

This will be my first game using the new Firebrand set of rules adapted from the SOBH rules by Ganesh games.
http://www.ganeshagames.net/

Also well worth a look is:

http://towercap.blogspot.com.au/

Has a list of official amendments to the rules and some nice battle reports.