Oxford FOGR Sundays 2024

[tjelsworth]

All,

Following an excellent 2023 in which we increased the number of rounds to 5 and a new player joined us, Paul Mace, the following sets out what we have agreed for 2024.

Rules for the 2024 Rounds of the Oxford FOG R Southern League
Wolvercote Village Hall, Wolvercote Green, Oxford, Oxon, OX2 8BD

The number of entries is limited to 12, first come first served, entries by email to t.elsworth@btopenworld.com . Please send all army lists to t.elsworth@btopenworld.com not later than 2 weeks before the event
As last year, we shall total scores over the whole year so that as well as a winner for each event we get a victor ludorum (chosen only from amongst those present at the final event of the year). Score totals will be posted on the Forum as we go through the year.

Schedule of events 2024

14 April, War of the League of Cambrian – 15mm games
Fought between: Papal States, France, Holy Roman Empire, Spain against Venice (1508 – 1510)
Fought between: France, Duchy of Ferrara against Papal States, Venice (1510 – 1511)
Fought between: France, Duchy of Ferrara, Florence, Scotland against Papal States, Venice, Spain, England, Holy Roman Empire, Swiss Confederacy (1511 – 1513)
Fought between: France, Duchy of Ferrara, Venice against Papal States, Spain, England, Holy Roman Empire, Swiss Confederacy, Milan (1513 – 1516)


9 June, Fifth Ottoman Venetian War, 1570 to March 1573- 15 mm games,
Fought between: Ottoman Empire against Venice, Spain, Italian States


10th September, ECW – 25mm games
Confederate Irish, Early Royalist, Later Royalist, Scots Royalist, Parliamentarian,
New Model Army, Scots Covenanter,
13 October, War of the Grand Alliance, 1688 to September 1697 – 25m games,
Fought between: Dutch Republic, England, Holy Roman Empire, Scotland, Spain, Sweden against France, Jacobite Scotland and Ireland

8 December, Wars in North America including Caribbean and South America, 1622 to 1700 – 15mm games
Fought between Colonial Spanish, Colonial Dutch, Colonial English, Colonial French,
Buccaneer, Timucan, Eastern Woodland Culture, Plains Culture, Pacific North West
Culture, Pueblo Culture, Chichimec, Natchez, South Eastern Woodland Culture, English
West Indies Expedition, Tupi etc.



Format of the day and the games.
Deployment on 5X3 tables for 15mm games
Flank zone will be 10MU wide, rear zone will be 4 MU deep.
Deployment depth will be 10MU for battle troops and 15MU for light troops

Terrain:
Players create terrain using the normal rules but number of extra pieces is reduced to a maximum of 3.

Deployment on 6X4 tables for 25mm games is standard I.e. use 15mm MUs for deployment (but not for anything else) except that camps are reduced to half normal depth

Timetable for the games: -
1st Round 9.00am to 11.30am
30-minute break
2nd Round 12.00 am to 2.30pm
30 -minute break
3rd Round 3.00 pm to 5.30pm (we only have the hall until 6.00pm)

Rules additions to main set
• Army lists may exceed 650 points by the cost of the cheapest base used.
• Any heavy artillery used must be the first battlegroup(s) deployed, followed immediately by any medium artillery used.
• Dragoons making any move including an evade starting or ending within 6MU of the enemy, may make a full dragoon mounted move if they pass a CMT. If they make a move which would be longer than that allowed to dragoons on foot they may shoot, but as Carbines (in range and effect) not as Muskets.
• Cavalry that pass a CMT can either move 2MU and turn 180 or turn 180 and move 2MU or turn 180 move 2MU and turnback 180.
• For foot, other than LF or dragoons, to enter the flank sector at all a CMT will be required. To make any movement other than those required by the rules while in the flank sector, even if only partly in or to leave the sector, will require a CMT. Once a CMT has been failed in a given bound no further CMTs may be attempted that bound.

Game schedules if numbers of entrants low:
If there are 4 players the event will be a round robin using the existing schedule above.
1st round 0900 to 1130: 1vs2, 3vs4,
2nd round 1200 to 1430: 1vs3, 2vs4,
3rd round 1500 to 1730: 1vs4, 2vs3,
If there are 5 players the event will be a round robin of 5 rounds as follows. Games will be reduced to 600 points
1st round 0900 to 1030: 1vs2, 83vs4, 5 bye
2nd round 1045 to 1215: 1vs3, 2vs5, 4 bye
3rd round 1230 to 1400: 1vs5, 2vs4, 3 bye
74th round 1415 to 1545: 1vs4, 3vs5, 2 bye
Ò5th round 1600 to 1730: 2vs3, 4vs5, 1 bye
Fees
These meetings are being held on regular Oxford club Sundays (hence limited spaces). Price for the day, to include tea, coffee etc and to fund prizes is £10 payable on the day.


Any questions, comments or observations welcome.

Tom

[rayd]

Tom, I have 10th September (ECW – 25mm game) as a Tuesday. Do you mean Sept 8 or 15?

[tjelsworth]

Ray,

Thanks. Yes that is right. I intended the 8th September 2024!

Tom

[tjelsworth]

Dear all,

I have made a change to the running order so as to keep numbers up as much as possible at our 25mm events.

The War of the Grand alliance 25mm event will now take place on 8 December and the Wars in North America event will move to 13October.

Tom

[Buzz0000]

Hi Tom

Please put me down for the 14 April and 9 June;

I cannot make 8 Sept or 13 Oct (shame as I would have loved to get my Buccaneers on the table again!);

I am provisional for 8 Dec (would also need to borrow a suitable 25mm army - could field them all in 15mm!).

thanks
David (B)

[tjelsworth]

Great thanks David.

Tom

[tjelsworth]

All,

A question has arisen around the lists allowed in round 2. It seems they would be the following:

Ottoman Empire = Early Ottoman Turks from Clash of Empires
Venice = Early Venetian Colonial from Clash of Empires
Spain = Early Imperial Spanish from Trade and Treachery
Italian States = from Trade & Treachery (list finishes at 1555)

The last is not ideal but OK I guess. Any comments or suggestions?

Tom

[Buzz0000]

Makes sense to me!

David(B)

[donm2]

I am hoping to make an appearance at the 25mm ECW on 10th September.
I will confirm near the date.

Don

[tjelsworth]

Don,

That would be excellent.

Tom

[tjelsworth]

Great day at Round 1 (see specific post for results).

We discussed the idea of moving to 700 points experimentally. It was agreed that we would do this for the 25mm games as the periods for these this year are not mounted heavy - so ECW in September and War of The Grand Alliance in December. The idea being somewhat to ease the army selection problems that can be experienced with the 650 limit. It will also make the format for our 25mm events the same as Campaign.


Tom