Dave Everett, late of the Parish of Central London, now a resident of Cardiff, and a gamer of some repute (ill repute to be precise) was the original master. Beneath a (a fairly thick) veneer of incompetence we were sure did beat the heart and soul of potentially a pretty decent wargamer, but for Dave more often than most there was a flaw (or two) in this scenario.
Essentially Dave suffered throughout the back end of 1999 and the early part of 2000 from an amazing compulsion to get himself into game winning situations, and then to throw them away with moves, tactics, and especially deployment errors that can only be described as
"The Burton Masterclass Deployment" was the all-time classic, and the starting point for this page. So, gird your loins and .... Welcome to the World of Pants
Here is a picture of a fairly typical wargames table:
The blue bit is a river - all other irrelevant terrain has been ignored.
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Beginners Question No1 Where do you deploy your baggage? Position "A" or Position "B"? |
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Beginners Question No 2 If you chose "A", where do you deploy your army? Position "A" or Position "B"? |
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Beginners Question No 3 If you chose "B", where does the enemy put 1 Light Horse? "A", Unopposed, into your baggage, or "B" with his army on the other side of the river? |
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Beginners Question No 4 8 Elements of baggage lost in Combat is "A" - enough to demoralize your army, or "B" insufficient? |
A "PANTS" MOMENT DIRECT FROM MR PANTS HIMSELF!!
Dave being turned over by Bw (I) shocker!!!
