Retreat from Moscow, 1812 and 1940 WWII

In the first game, a new set of skirmish rules, designed for the Retreat from Moscow in 1812, were trialed.

In the second, the French counter attacked German invaders in an early WWII scenario.

1940

Midgard - Dwarves v Vikings

In this scenario, the Dwarves were tasked with holding a stockade against marauding Vikings. They put up a brave fight, depending on their 'boomin' blasters' (artillery), 'shootists' (crossbowmen) and arquebusiers (fancy shootists) to hold back the Norsemen. Unfortunately the Vikings broke into their defences and managed to kill the Dwarven king - King Maudlin 'The Tall'. Despite the remainder holding out bravely, they were overwhelmed and defeated, the survivors running away as fast as their tiny little dwarf legs could carry then. The Vikings were left holding the battlefield, strewn as it was with four-foot-nothing corpses.

(Partly Based on) The Fighting Around Sokolnitz at the battle of Austerlitz

An impressive display of massed rank Napoleonics in 20mm, featuring the French, Austrians and some wandering Cossack 'swarms'. The game was partially based on the figting around Sokolnitz during the battle of Austerlitz.

6mm WWII

6mm has fallen out of favour with club members, mainly due to the emergence of modestly priced 28mm miniatures in hard plastic. Nevertheless, 6mm collections have been sat in boxes, unopened, for many years, and indeed many decades! Some of these tanks were acquired 30+ years ago and are only now seeing some action on the battlefield.

Rules used were Rapid Fire Reloaded, with measurements converted from inches to centimetres. Infantry were multi-based, using small dice to indicate casualties.

I suspect that we may see some other long forgotten collections of 6mm making an appearance again over the next few months, not least because they are easy to transport and only require a smaller sized gaming board.