Nottingham Wargame Club will again be supporting this year's 'highly successful 'Britcon'. We will be hosting a Franco Prussian War display game on the Saturday 10th August. Come along and say 'hello'.
The website link for the event:
Britcon - The BHGS' Biggest Event of the Year - British Historical Games Society
This was a fun scenario from Osprey' skirmish level rules, Pikeman's Lament. The Parliamentarians had to capture a Royalist skonce before the Cavalier relief party arrived. Despite the Roundheads' storming parties managing to successfully enter the fortification, neutralising the gun and some commanded shot, the Royalist relieving force arrived in time to save the day.
This was a scenario taken from the Lion Rampant 2nd Edition rule book. The figures are mostly from the excellent Fire Forge range.
Napoleonics dominated this evening. In the main scenario, the French cavalry managed to charge across the bridge and rout their Prussian counterparts. The Prussians had difficulty in deploying their infantry, due to congestion on the road, providing the French with more time to ford the river and drive the Germans from the field.
In this well-balanced scenario, a Canadian force had to defend a number of villages against Germans who were attempting a counter attack some days after D-Day. The scenario comes form the Rapid Fire! website, which provides a number of freely downloadable scenarios. These have clearly been well play tested, as they always seem to provide a close game.
In the end, the Germans managed to secure a win. Principally this was because an entire battalion of Canadians defending one of the villages failed a morale test - after their HQ was KO'd - and desert their posts, leaving the village to the Germans! That said, the arrival of 5 Panthers also helped decide the day.
