Gunfight at Kindertown

  The doctor came up to the marshal. He told the marshal of a conversation he overheard at the saloon. It seemed four cowboys approached  the bank owner, asking if he would open the bank as they had a large amount of cash from a cattle sale. They had to head north to buy some more cows, but didn't want to bring such a large amount with them. The banker said that it was too late, he was waiting for his dinner. He did, however agree to open the bank earlier than normal so the cowboys to get on the trail early. The doctor said that they didn't seem like your normal cowboys; they didn't  smell like cows.

  The marshal said that he would keep an eye them. The marshal gathered four men and early the next morning the posse spread out to watch the bank.

The four cowboys walk down to the bank with the banker.

The marshals' posse wait in ambush.

The cowboy in the red coat sees the marshal and open fires.

The posse comes out and returns fire.

The Red cowboy takes a hit.

The man on the roof across from the bank gets hit, but he manages to hit one of the cowboys. Meanwhile, one of the cowboys force the banker to open the bank, and pushes the banker through the open door. 

The Red cowboy shoots and kills the marshal. Meanwhile the wounded cowboy is killed.

One of the townsmen moves forward and gets a clean shot of the red cowboy, who is shot down.

The second cowboy enters the bank.

The posse now starts firing into the bank. One lucky shot  hits one of the cowboys, who staggers out of the bank and drops in the street.

The solo surviving cowboy pushes the banker out in front of him, and surrenders 

Marking the wounds, I first used rings, then small dice. I figure with these 10mm figures, I think I might switch to a roster system. The rules I found on YouTube under Grey Army Gaming, the rules being called Basic Battles.

R.I.P. Jerry: Return of the Black Dog

     Last Friday we had to put down Jerry, our little Jack Russell Terrier. We got him from a rescue 8 years ago. He turned out to be a therapy dog in the last 4 years, seeing my wife through some truly hard times. 

     With my wife's health improving, Jerry's  took a turn for the worse. His condition went downhill fast, and my wife couldn't stand seeing him suffer.

   I normally don't  like using my blog for anything besides my gaming, but Jerry deserves to be remembered.

My last picture of Jerry

We notified Jack's Galore Rescue, where we got Jerry from. Patricia, who runs the rescue, wrote these kind words, which sums up how I feel about Jerry. Truly a remarkable little dog.

Kinder Buildings: Part 2

     This week I painted some of the Kinder Mediterranean building. I am happy with the result. They need a few finishing touches,  but for $8.00 for 5 buildings, if one isn't too serious about scenery  or scale, they are a good buy. And while I plan to use them for 10mm, I think 15mm figures don't look too much out of place.

Some of the Kinder building painted.

A French patrol in the village. They haven't  spotted the rifleman at the left of the picture.

A 15mm figure for scale. I think they will work with the buildings.

The models before painting.

Kinder Building

     I have done little with wargaming in the past few months.  I have been following Wargame  Miscellany's narrow gauge railroad build. It inspired me to get out my narrow gauge  trains and do some work with them. 

   That doesn't mean that I gave up completely on wargames. I have been leaning towards skirmish games as they take up less room. And while most rules use 3 feet by 3 feet areas, by using smaller figures smaller boards can be used.

  A while back I bought Kinder castles and cottages. I assembled and painted a couple of the castles, but that's  about all I have done with them.   Some of my model trains are American western style trains. I saw some Kinder western building and thought that perhaps they could be used on a railroad layout. While ordering some of the buildings I saw more of the castles, and other building that looked Spanish or Mediterranean that could be used in Penansula wargames.

   I placed my order and just received them. The western building are too small for the railroad, unless I use them for far background scenery. However, the building could be used in games using 10mm figures. The Mediterranean  building are also small, but I dug out some 10mm figures and they look decent with the building. I can see these building being used in 10mm skirmish games 

The Mediterranean buildings. I bought 2 sets of them.

A couple of 10mm stands of miniatures for scale. I have started painting a couple of the buildings.

The western town.

Once again, 10mm minis for scale. I bought three sets of these buildings.

Two painted castles and a painted tower. The other tower shows an unpainted copy. The castles came in colorful blue and yellow.