I spent the weekend repainting a dozen or so Warlord Games plastic 17th century figures. They looked pretty good for a random purchase a couple of years back. This time they were to be the tester for a few games of Flashing blades, and a try at using What a Cowboy rules for some 17th Century swashbuckling.
I am a huge fan of the (frankly dreadful) kids Saturday morning TV series "The Flashing Blade." I know it all makes no sense, i know the acting is dreadful and I well remember that the BBC failed to show the last twenty minutes when it aired. Its still magnificent!
My hero is then the Chevalier de Recci, who can best be described as "impetuous." He revels in the title "the Flashing Blade," although his enemies are less kind. The period is the War of the Mantuan Succession. Recci fights for Savoy, and the French, against the dastardly Spaniards.
The games
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| Somewhere in Turin the Flashing Blade confronts a group of Spaniards. |
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| Recci and his manservant stand their ground. |
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| The manservant doesn't look keen |
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| The Brawl. I was so into this game I forgot to take photos, suffice it to say Recci ran away, again. What a Cowboy worked well! |
Game Two
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| My newly printed cobblestone effect. Four euro! |
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| The Spaniards appear |
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| The three Savvoyard swordsmen, and Recci's manservant |
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| Game on. |
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| A great deal of slashing, thrusting and riposting followed. |
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| Recci takes on the Spanish Captain. Let's hope its not Vigo, as Recci is cut up and down. |
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| As ever the Blade's manservant takes over and beats the Spaniard back. |
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| Recci re-enters the fight and the Spaniard legs it. A victory for flashers everywhere. |
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