Mantic Games meets Games Workshop - A Sci Fi "Wargames Fusion"

In this game we bring together a perfect 'fusion' of Mantic Games' Firefight rules and Games Workshop 40K miniatures (scenery coming from both of these Nottingham-based companies).

Orcs/Marauders take on Space Marines/Enforcers/GCPS in this mix-and-match clash. We prefer 'Firefight' Rules to 40K, but have quite a few 40K figures, so why not merge them together?

This game was tense from the start and actually ended in a dead heat - both sides racking up 8 Victory Points by the end of the 5th turn, which confirmed our views that Mantic rules are more fun and better suited to a relaxed, informal week night game than Warhammer 40,000.

Defeat of The Heavenly Kingdom - Taiping Rebellion

Incompetent Imperial Chinese forces, supported by the 'Ever Victorious Army', somehow managed to defeat waves of fanatical Taiping Brethren. Ultimately, better firepower from the EVA decimated the ranks of assaulting brave Taiping rebels to deliver a reasonable victory.

'Chinese Gordon' was appalled to witness the wilful ignorance of the Qing Dynasty military in every single aspect of warfare. 

Ferniehirst Castle - Scots vs English 16th Century Clash

This castle, located in the Scottish Lowlands, was a frequent scene of clashes between English and Scottish protagonists. In this wargame, the English saw the best of the day, defeating the Scottish infantry and silencing the gun aloft the castle.

Peninsular War - Battle of Gamonol, 1808

In this game, loosely based on the Battle of Gamonal, the French, under Soult, repeated history and broke the Spanish line. The Spanish flanks held well, but the French - despite being held up by Spanish light infantry and guerrillas hidden amongst the light woods, located in the middle of the battlefield - concentrated their assault on the centre of the line, breaking a number of weaker Spanish battalions. 

The Spanish commander, Conde de Belvedere, shamefully left the field as his army crumbled. It was said of the Spanish general that he was "... a rash and headstrong young aristocrat with no military experience whatever. His family influence had made him a general at an age when he might reasonably have expected to lead a company and he found himself by chance the interim commander of an army: hence came the astonishing series of blunders that led to the combat of Gamonal."