For years I think my luck on the gaming table has been quite reasonable. I can think of several times when a game plan has been rescued by some fortuitous dice rolling or when a unit that should have been defeated has become the victor, However since Christmas my luck has just disappeared ...with the exception of our refight of the battle of Stamford Briodge when it was a forgone conclusion as to who would win I have been on the losing side in every game.
I don't think my tactics have been bad just my dice rolling. Monday just gone was no exception. Five of us fought a ficticious ECW encounter battle with evenly matched sides. We were using Pike & Shotte.
In virtually every combat my troops lost - and my command rolls were not much better. To cap it off my opponent virtually scored hits 80% of the time. It was perhaps the biggest one sided game I have played for a long time. The last was Hastings and that was only a few weeks ago.
All I can say is I hope its going to change very soon.
Any bets on the National are off and I'll be buying some new dice at Salute at the weekend...
No AAR this week as I am still hurting just a very few pictures
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| First Cannon Shot on my Cuirassiers - they never recovered |
More soon including an update on both my new projects
Have fun at Salute if you are going
As Peter Gilder used to say, "it's all swings and roundabouts." Your luck will change for the better soon, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteHope the gods of dice start to favour you soon.
ReplyDeleteThe dice gods demand a sacrifice it seems!
ReplyDeleteWell it happens to us all sometime......just keep enjoying the game 🙂
ReplyDeleteTry new dice. I now have many varieties bought after each defeat. Ive also found that defeats become pleasurable after a while.
ReplyDeleteI find sometimes with all the effort of putting the game on that my mind wanders and I make bad decisions....
ReplyDeleteI think your bad luck rubbed off on me in Monday's game. Don't worry...I'm sure you'll be back to normal soon:)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like your luck is evening nout with a vengence
ReplyDeleteThe luck may be against you, but you still get to play on some of the best tables out there. Fingers crossed for next time.
ReplyDeleteThe dice gods can be both fickle and jealous at the same time. I suspect they are envious of your wonderful wargaming shed and extracting what vengeance they can
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