{"id":168,"date":"2016-10-04T19:04:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T18:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/?p=168"},"modified":"2016-10-04T22:39:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T21:39:53","slug":"back-of-beyond-club-campaign-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/2016\/10\/04\/back-of-beyond-club-campaign-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Back of Beyond Club Campaign Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-170 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2109-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"img_2109\" width=\"408\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2109-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2109-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2109-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2109.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The fourth club <strong>Back of Beyond<\/strong> multiplayer club campaign will soon be starting and we have seven players ready to march across the Gobi Desert in search of fame, fortune and the nearest Mongolian watering hole.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign will start in November 2016 and will run for SIX turns and\/or until a player wins. If there is no clear winner by the end of the campaign, the front runner will be declared the victor. There will be a final big battle to round off the campaign with all of the various factions taking part. This is always\u00a0lots of\u00a0fun and pretty spectacular!<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is set in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. It is semi-historical and includes a briefing for each of the commanders to explain how and why they are involved. The individual players\u00a0will be\u00a0encouraged to take these motives into consideration, in order to give the campaign and the battles a degree of colour and narrative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Major Players<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the current list of participating players.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Chinese Warlord<\/strong> \u2013 Wei Phat Mac (Alan)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bolsheviks <\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Third Peasants and Workers Shock Brigade Colonel Igor Tubugerov \/ Peoples Commissar Nasti Tchestikov (Jim)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The French Trans Asia\u00a0 Citroen Kegresse Expedition<\/strong> &#8211; Commandant Henri Lostagaine (Colin B.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The British Museum<\/strong> &#8211; Brigadier Henry Winstanley Arbuthnot Cholmoneley-Warner (Andy)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mad Baron! <\/strong>\u2013 Baron Ungern Von Sternberg (Chris)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Whites <\/strong>\u2013 Colonel I.P.Addreski (Colin N.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Japanese \u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 General Sushi Miyagi (Gary)<\/p>\n<p>The player campaign briefings, house rules and explanatory campaign notes will be dispatched soon, but there is plenty of time for a few <em>Contemptible Little Armies\u00a0<\/em>practice games before the campaign begins.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a questions ask Jim and he&#8217;ll try to work it out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth club Back of Beyond multiplayer club campaign will soon be starting and we have seven players ready to march across the Gobi Desert in search of fame, fortune and the nearest Mongolian watering hole. The campaign will start in November 2016 and will run for SIX turns and\/or until a player wins. 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