A couple of high rollin', hard drinkin', gun slingin' gangs of assorted desperados and ne'er-do-wells, fight it out for the dubious prize of being the quickest gun hands in the West.
Rules used were 'Dead Man's Hand', which seemed to provide a fun narrative game, which I am sure we will be playing again soon.
A couple of games were hosted on Monday night,
In a Napoleonics battle, a Prussian army narrowly defeated a French force by holding out against a number of surging French attack columns.
In the WWII Flames of War game, a British Comet Squadron was badly beaten by a German force consisting of Panthers and Jagdpanthers. Nevertheless, a game highlight was when a Piat team broke cover, ran out and KO’d a Jagdpanther with a side shot in a ‘Hail Mary’ attempt to win the game in the final turn - ultimately to no avail.
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.
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.
