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Over the years, we have played a lot of Contemptible Little Armies<\/em> in the Back of Beyond at the Wessex Wargamers Winchester club, including three large multiplayer campaigns. The Contemptible Little Armies<\/em> rules have been around for a long time and, whilst not everyone’s cup of tea, they are ideal for the ‘semi-skirmish’ Back of Beyond setting. We haven’t found an alternative we like, or indeed bothered to look that much anyway!<\/p>\n The various members of the club, past and present, have fielded a wide range of armies in these multiplayer campaigns including\u00a0a Red Shock Brigade,\u00a0a Red Propaganda Detachment, the Whites, a British-Indian Field Force, a couple of Chinese Warlord factions, a French Trans-Asia exploration, some\u00a0Texan Oil prospectors,\u00a0the Japanese, a Cossack Warlord, the Czech Legion, a British Museum archaeological expedition and last, but not least, the Mad Baron, Ungern Von Sternberg himself.<\/p>\n We all have suitably\u00a0silly\u00a0‘nom de guerre’<\/em> and there is an element of tongue in cheek\u00a0roleplaying to the whole campaign set up including such colourful characters as\u00a0Kommissar Tchestikov, Colonel Rubachek, Wei Phat Mac, Henri Lostagaine, Comrade Colonel Igor Tubugerov, Brigadier Cholmondely-Warner, Wei Tsu Phat and Major Short-Cummins, to name but a few.\u00a0 Whilst some have\u00a0met a sticky end\u00a0\u00a0many of these characters are still to be found wandering through the\u00a0Gobi Desert for occasional club games.<\/p>\n We\u00a0still play the occasional one off game using the Second Edition of the Contemptible Little Armies<\/em> rules. These are always good fun and frequently end up in a fast moving and enjoyable skirmish. We have devised a number of special club rules and have adapted the campaign system to our way of doing things but otherwise the rules are off the shelf (we have tried the Third Edition rules but didn’t like them much). The Second Edition rules are currently out of print but still pop up on eBay now and then.<\/p>\n You can read more about some of these club\u00a0games and the campaigns over at Jim’s blog:<\/p>\n http:\/\/jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.co.uk\/search\/label\/Back%20of%20Beyond<\/a><\/p>\n A fourth Back of Beyond campaign is planned for late 2016-early 2017 and there are half a dozen players already involved. If you’d like to join in, have a word with Jim when he’s at the club or contact him via the\u00a0Contact Tab above or the\u00a0Wessex Wargamers Winchester Yahoo Group.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the years, we have played a lot of Contemptible Little Armies in the Back of Beyond at the Wessex Wargamers Winchester club, including three large multiplayer campaigns. The Contemptible Little Armies rules have been around for a long time and, whilst not everyone’s cup of tea, they are ideal for the ‘semi-skirmish’ Back of … Continue reading Back of Beyond Battles<\/span> ![\"img_4961\"](\"http:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_4961-300x169.jpg\")
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