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.

Forces of Evil Fight Back

The Forces of Evil, having lost the 'Battle for Evermore' a couple of weeks ago came back for even more. As they say "More is More", afterall! This time the Forces of Good were represented by an uneasy alliance between Dwarves and Elves. Their other allies - Men - were nowhere to be seen.

This was a scenario from the new Midgard book. Despite success on their left flank, the army of Orcs and Goblins failed to break the Dwarven shield wall on its right, and lost their toughest unit of trolls to Elf bow and spear units. 

This marks a low ebb for Orcs and Goblins, nevertheless we are sure that they will be back for yet more in the near future....