A brutal battle in a destroyed desert city saw a desperate, last minute switch to defence by the Dire Wolf and Kodiak player, to win the game in the tightest of circumstances:
02 June 2022
BattleTech Mech Frenzy
28 May 2022
Dutch Courage
The Dutchmen scored a victory on their debut against the Soviets in this WWIII Team Yankee encounter. The Leopard 2s had a great game and Hollander morale held up well.
The Soviets had a poor game. The T80s couldn’t hit anything and didn’t score a single KO all game. Their AA did manage to sweep the NATO Tornados from the skies very effectively, but this success couldn’t be equaled on the ground.
24 May 2022
IS-2s - All bark and no bite
IS-2s made a
rare appearance in this late war WWII Flames of War game (they are generally
considered too expensive in points to bother with). Let’s just say that they didn’t
fail to disappoint! The lumbering monsters advanced to try to clear away some
well dug-in and expertly commanded AT guns, but they failed to hit once in two turns of firing. The German
AT guns were ruthlessly effective, knocking out three of them. The remaining
IS-2 then failed its morale check and ran away.
In FoW, the
IS-2 has a worse rate of fire than German equivalents and counts as ‘slow
firing’. Furthermore, its gun has a shorter range. Despite the heavy armour, the
tank is destined to underperform, as it seems to have done historically. The lovely models (Model Soldier Company) will probably go back into their box until such
time as the point values are reduced by the gate keepers at Battlefront.
17 May 2022
Victory from the Jaws of Defeat
Some Flames of War Action. Late War Germans v Soviets. The
Soviets, spearheaded by twelve T34/85s found it hard work to tackle a
Panzergrenadier army, with lots of AT guns, supported by three SS Tiger Is. The
Russians were on the verge of defeat, when an objective was left open by the
Germans, only for the two remaining T34s to use their faster speed to race
through to take the objective marker, snatching victory form the jaws of
defeat.
ECW - A Cavalier Attitude
Tonight we ran an English Civil War game. ECW is always
popular – it looks great on tabletop, there is usually an exciting push of pike
or clash of horse to keep the punters entertained and, for us, there are always
battlefields and/or siege locations nearby to visit. It’s as if it only
happened just yesterday…..
In this game the Royalists saw off the less experienced
Roundheads with aggressive use of their more confident and cavalier Cavaliers!
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Ok, first off, I’m an old ‘ historical miniatures hand’ . I’ve never done ‘fantasy’ wargaming, as it were. My son has been interested in s...
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A couple of games were hosted on Monday night, In a Napoleonics battle, a Prussian army narrowly defeated a French force by holding out agai...
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Three games at the club on Monday night. Two Flames of War and a very interesting game set in the French Revolutionary Wars - French vs Russ...
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A brand new army graced the table - The Saxons - in this Napoleonics encounter. The Saxons, supported by some French heavy cavalry, went toe...
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At the club, a refight of the Battle of The clouds during the American War of Independence was hosted. The British seemed to have the unenvi...
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In this well-balanced scenario, the Americans - represented by 2 infantry battalions, supported by a company of Shermans, and off-table 105m...