Dropfleet Commander - Nightime Assault

This system has definately proven to be a surporse hit. A really quiet exciting game, which can be visually striking onve set up.

Never Mind the Matchlocks - ECW

A new set of rules (to the club, anyway) were trialed on Monday night - Never Mind the Matchlocks. They seemed to work well and generated positive feedback from the players.

Don’t Fire ‘Til You See The Whites of Their Eyes! - Sudan, 1884

Some Colonial fun this evening. A British force attempts to investigate an abandonded village where Mahdist activity has been reported. In fact, they stumbled upon a hornets nest of Ansar fanaticism. Despite taking some casualties, the British line held, delivering punishing volley fire into the masses of screaming Dervish fanatics. In end the battlefield was littered with piles of Mahdist corpses. All the 'mad' Mahdi could do was look on as his army was decimated, although with a bit less luck (and pluck) on the British side, it could all have ended very differently indeed.....

Rules used were Osprey's 'The Men Who Would be Kings', which work very well for these sorts of games.

And Now for Something Completely Different....Dropfleet Commander

A side project comes to life. Some futuristic Orbital Combat with big space ships battling it out to land troops on a contested planet. After having undertaked some research into spaceship wargames, Dropfleet Commander came highly recommended. The ship range is fantastic and the rules do deliver an exciting fun and often cinematic game.

This game showcases the 2 fleets that come in the starter box - the United Colonies of Man (UCM) vs the Bioficers.

1939 Fun

Rampaging German panzers race across Poland in this early war WWII game. This was a significant victory for the invaders. Apparently the Polish player suffered from 'bad dice syndrome'. Time to invest in some new dice, it would seem.