Yes, a great fun day and I would be happy to support it next year.

This is despite my worst ever performance in a HoTT performance in a
competition 1 - 3

Game 1
Faced with an army of Dinosaurs I got stomped. Barney and his mates first
chewed up my right flank - including Sharpe himself - and then dispatched
both my rocket battery and most of the South Essex. 0 - 1

Game 2
Facing Tim's Daleks - who bravely refused to advance against my shooters - I
dispatched the water lurker 3 times before forcing the river crossing. Again
Sharpe and his chosen men died - this time to the firepower of the
robo-men - before his line of Daleks ground the South Essex into submission.
0 - 2

Game 3
Facing a Star Wars (Hoth) army produced my only high spot. A solid advance
of Rebel infantry and Heroes gave Wellington (Mg) time to dispatch both
Flyers before the opposing lines closed. Again the chosen men were more
useful as barricades than fighting troops, but when Han and his pet monkey
fell to the solid musketry of the South Essex it was game over. 1 -2

Game 4
Finally a crack at Sharpe's and the South Essex traditional enemy - the
French ! 23rd C French with airboats and lasers, but French nonetheless.

The initial turn went badly with monsters leaping out of the tar pits. I
managed to shoot them off, but things got worse as I lost Sharpe, the Chosen
Men, 1 unit of the South Essex and the Rocket troop - again. 11 points to 2
down things were desperate until Wellington managed to ensorcel the aerial
hero. Still, despite frantic bespelling and musketry, a final run by the two
airboats killed more of the gallant South Essex and it was game over. 1 - 3

I finished 10th, but will certainly be back again next year.

Many thanks to the organisers and my opponents and I hope to see some of you
again later in the year.

Pete


----- Original Message -----
From: "renegade_dalek" <timjmoore@...>
To: <HOTT@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:11 PM
Subject: [HOTT] Re: HOTT Barn 2009


I would like to add my thanks to the organisers for the HoTTBarn
event and would like to see this as an annual event. It was an
excellent day out.

Tim Moore

--- In HOTT@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Thomas" <athomas@...> wrote:
>
> May I say thank you to the organisers of the Lincombe Barn HOTT event
> for a very enjoyable day. I met some new people and saw some very nice
> armies. I do hope that the competition runs again next year.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy