The Chronicles Of Will

Hi all, So recently I saw a post online that featured some amazing Shinsengumi minis. I was instantly enamoured as these minis were exactly what I were looking for to represent a Koryu sword school in Ronin or a Renegade list in Test of Honour. After some research I found that they were available from Bac Ninh Minatures based in Portugal. Web: http://bacninhminiatures.blogspot.com / These 28mm minis come in three sets and are priced as 8.50€ for a pack of 4 and 3€ for a single character. Pretty good prices I thought for what seems to be a very small supplier. The models work out to be just over two euros per model! I ended up buying one pack of the basic Shinsengumi members and one pack of the heroes. My knowledge on the Shinsengumi is somewhat limited but they were a force of ultra conservative Samurai who were drawn from sword schools in Edo. They existed for a short period at the end of the Samurai's rein and were instrumental in some battles during the Bos...

Another game of Ronin by Osprey! We were using the normal rules with the inclusion of the latest FAQ, which modified some of the weapons. Samurai Buntai lead by Darth Vader San & Sohei "totally not-ninja" school  William: (Samurai) 2 Ashigaru with yari, 1 Ashigaru with Yumi, 1 Ashigaru Sargent Neil: (Kohei sword school) 1 x Sensei, 1 x Novice, 4 x Initate, 1 x Kohai Scum - Peasant rabble & dishonoured Samurai Paul & James  Paul (Ikko Ikki) Sohei monks armed with naginata + 1 Teppo) James (Samuri) 4 Samurai armed with Katana and + 1 Yumi The scenario was to gain control of the central objective by turn 6. We took alternating turns for the setup, which involved placing terrain in accordance to the randomised procedure set out in the rulebook.  The opposing team henceforth named "Scum" had quite a few archers in their team and in Ronin they have a surprisingly long range. I was keen to not be shot up so deployed to maximise the cover...

For this game, we used the Ronin ruleset by Osprey. Honourable Sohei monks and Samurai Aris & Neil (Also known as Vanquisher of Peasants and Obliterator of the Dishonourably Surrendered) Sohei monks armed with naginata + 1 Teppo) 4 Samurai armed with Katana and + 1 Yumi Scum - Peasant rabble & dishnoured Samurai William, Paul & James Ikko ikki peasant rabble with improvised weapons, spears and one unarmoured samurai/leader 4 Samurai armed with Katana and one with katana bujitsu We took alternating turns for the setup with no grand tactical plan in mind. My team split up and rushed forward.   We had the idea to rush a few of our samurai into the Dojo for a sneaky flanking maneuver. However our opponents had been operating their crystal ball and beat us to it by rushing two of their samurai into the Dojo before us. With our plan foiled, we had to quickly came up with a new plan where we would still try to engage the samurai on ...