Impudent Mortal: A Loss of a Friend.

   
      Life has a way to remind us that it is shorter than it seems. In this case, it left a dark cloudy ending to a fun Siege of Augusta Convention. Our friend, Walter Langhans, Jr. passed away in at the hotel it was held at by an accident. We knew him as Walt and by his wife, Michelle that Kalissa and I would hang out with at conventions. We would share ideas and brainstorm how their business could make more money and just cool designs in general. Walt would support all of our Bolt Action Tournaments by giving us prize support, plus he designed some of the only MDF buildings I like. I don't them in a normal sense. That day he gave support for my Historicon 2020 game that I am running. In normal fashion, I usually try to advertise my support as a counter offer. I just did not expect to have to a more a memorial for a game. Kalissa and I found out about the accident after we got to my sister's house in Savannah, GA. The only blessing we found is that his wife, Michelle did not find him first. We discovered this at the funeral when Kalissa and I travelling to Atlanta for it the next week.
      Even though, this is a sad post I could not have posted earlier, this is a "Hats off" moment for a great all-around guy. I hope that some comfort will come quickly for his wife, Michelle. Though, there were not many gamers at the funeral, we were informed that she was going to head up to Cold Wars 2020 for a wargaming "Viking Funeral" He would have really liked that. Below are some of the designs we have that made gaming that more. He will be greatly missed by us and our hobby.

If you have seen this Barn, this was one of my favorite buildings we use at tournaments. We rule it that you can drive through it, if you vehicle can fit! Players got a kick out of that!

This board was made to showcase Impudent Mortal Buildings.

The Historical Line he created.

 

One of Walt's historical designs in action for an ACW Game. They were really nice and easy to build!

AAR: Black Powder: Jacobite Rising: Battle of Prestonpans 1745

   This is a game that my friend, Eric was playtesting for a future convention game. It just happened that we tested this game out at a convention. This was based on the Battle of Prestonpans 1745 during the Jacobite Rebellion. I decided to play as the Dragoons on the British side versus the Jacobites. I had another guy named Mike who ran the rest of the British against three other players: Alan, Eric's son, and Robert (I believe). Eric was running the game as the empire in typical fashion buy forgetting some key information. My wife, Kalissa pointed this out in the few walk bys to keep us in check. Example, my Dragoons suck! A great need to know information!
     Though the historical battle took 30 minutes, we happily extended it a few more hours. Like the last time I played Black Powder, I was told that my Dragoons would most likely leave the field first. However, they stayed! I was able to roll a "six" at the last moment to disorder Murray's force to make the Jacobites to abandon the field. This was the opposite of what happened. The British being "green" troops that ran! It was still fun.

Siege Of Augusta 2020 Bolt Action Singles Tournament

     These are the photos of my wife, Kalissa's Bolt Action Singles Tournament. It was a 1250 points and had 14 players. Again, I did not have to play, since we had an even amount of player which left me to my own devices. This led to me forgetting to photo round two of the tournament, so I am sure I missed some good moments. Anyway, enjoy!