Dave Broadfoot's (aka Sgt. Renfrew's) Birthday - December 5th and Pulp Royal Mounted Police figures

Dave Broadfoot: aka Sergeant Renfrew, Bobby Clobber, MP from Kicking Horse Pass, member of the Royal Canadian Air Farce and much more.

December 5, 2019 would have been Canadian comedian Dave Broadfoot's 94th Birthday (1925-2016).

https://www.northernstars.ca/dave-broadfoot/

Of his many character's Sergeant (Sgt). Renfrew and his Incredible Dog Cuddles who worked out of their "lonely log cabin on the 14th Floor of RCMP Headquarters in Ottawa"was my favourites. Initially he was Corporal Renfrew, but he was promoted to Sgt. later on.

Last week I ran a SAGA Age of Magic (AoM) game involving some recently painted Pulp 28mm Royal Mounted Police figures and of course the lead Mountie  character was named after Sgt. Renfrew (a name Dave Broadfoot borrowed from a fictitious Mounted Police officer in a series of 1930s movies).

Dave Broadfoot as Corporal Renfrew

Sgt. Renfrew and Cuddles by Pulp Figures
 in a SAGA AoM game

Dave Broadfoot as Sgt. Renfrew

Lobby card for Renfrew of the Mounted, 1937

My squad of Royal Mounted Police below.

Royal Mounted Police squad, Sgt. Renfrew, Cuddles 
and the Moose

 Here are some of the images from Bob Murch's Pulp Figures webpage of his excellent Yukon Peril line of Mounted Police 28mm figures:

The Scarlet Patrol

Sgt. Prestown of the Yukon
along with his ever faithful dog, Yukon Prince

Mighty Canadian Moose

Website to buy the figures at:

 https://pulpfigures.com/products/category/9


So I can hear you asking how did a Mounted Police squad end up in a SAGA age of Magic game?  It was a Christmas themed game and Santa's league needed a squad of shooting characters and I thought who better than the RCMP to protect Santa. Besides I did not have enough rifle armed Elves!

Royal Mounted Police  miniatures by Pulp Figures
 in my SAGA AoM game

SAGA AoM game with RCMP figures.

SAGA AoM game with RCMP figures

No doubt Sgt. Renfrew and his fellow RCMP officers will be appearing in my future Pulp games, or perhaps in my Doctor Who the Miniatures Game annual Christmas game or another appearance in SAGA AoM.