T H E C O V E N A N T E R
cookhouse food. I ended by saying that “Restructuring is a game of chance not
I was on duty for a purpose and not there logic. Thus moves are controlled by a dice.
in the role of an ornament. He nodded There are also two packs of hazard cards -
approval. I saluted and left. The next day
one civilian and one military. The civilian
an ACC WO1 was placed in the cookhouse
cards contain forfeits such as “Close ATR in
for a week. As the meals improved the
a marginal constituency - lose 50 points”
junior ranks passed me with the words
or, “You fail your income generation target
“thank you”.
- miss 3 turns”. The military hazard pack
Bill Coughlan
contains cards such as “Go to war without
any equipment”. There are also 2 wild
cards, labelled “Baldrick” and “Apache”.
The New Reality
Possession of these cards entitles you to 2
extra turns whilst all other participants
(A Board Game for 10,000 players)
have to recount bed spaces. There is also a
The game is based on a board depicting
joker in the military pack marked “Another
Land Command divided up into a number
Pointless Review” and whoever draws
of Divisions which vary from 4 to 10
this may completely re-write the rules in
depending on the weather, time of year, by-
mid-game. For instance, the joker might
elections, government in power; etc. Boards
decide to merge the Household Cavalry
showing BAOR as a District are faulty and
with the REME to form the Household
should be returned to the manufacturer.
Repair Service (4 bonus points for income
Boards showing India or Africa are antiques
generation potential), or amalgamate
and should be sent to Sotheby’s as part of
the Light Division with Combined
Services Entertainment to form a Light
the Unit’s Income Generation Plan. Also
Entertainment Division.
shown are a number of well-known ATRA
Any player who considers his is within 3
locations such as Glencorse, Pirbright,
moves of a solution must shout “Change!”
Larkhill and Bovington. Each location
He then circulates a paper giving details of
has a number of counters, depicting
his plan. All the other players then rubbish
activities such as Infantry Phase 1 training,
his plan. They may be as rude, personal and
Intelligence Corps Phase 2 training. Sapper
abusive as they like, providing they start
Phase 3 training etc, together with the
their diatribe with “Thank you for Reference
number of bed spaces required.
A. In General I suppose the principles laid
The aim of the game is to restructure
down . . . ” Comments should include
ATRA in such a way that all the Scotsmen
words such as “unacceptable”, “gravely
are trained in England, all recruits have
damaging to the Regimental System”,
a long train journey between phases 1 “Lowest common denominator”, “Equal
and 2 and that no activity takes place in opportunities”, “Health and Safety”, “North
its traditional location. Thus a solution of Watford”, “Over my dead body”, etc.
with a Cornishman joining REME, going Enjoy!!!!
to Glencorse for phase 1 training and
Crickhowell for phase 2 before being
posted to Norfolk would score maximum
Editors Note: I very much regret that I do not
points. Bonus points would be scored if
recall the source of this article
activities change location mid-course or
a huge delay is programme when moving
L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O R
between phases. There is no requirement
to worry about factors such as training
areas and facilities as these are all being
Sir,
sold off by civilian accountants under an
If it is not too late for the next edition of
“Asset Realisation Scheme”. Bed spaces are
the Covenanter, can you please include an
everything. Thus the training of all RAC
item to say that there is now on my website
Tank Drivers could be located at Edinburgh
a contemporary collection of photos of
Castle vice the Army School of Bagpipe
Elizabeth Barracks, Minden www.boyle.
Music providing that there are enough bed connectfree.co.uk/RAPC/Cameronians/
spaces. Bed space capacity may only be Cameronians.htm
exceeded in the case of chiefs and medics
who probably share beds anyway and Yours etc,
Scottish Infantry who sleep on the floor. Ed Boyle
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