Monday Night Games - Dark Ages in Wales, Napoleonics, Flames of War

Normans vs Welsh

Some atmospheric Welsh terrain on display in this Dark Ages game. A Norman Lord leads his forces into the Welsh Marches, only for the cunning Welshmen to rebut them, showing them who's boss. The scenario was taken form the Wargames Soldiers and Strategy magazine.

Napoleonics

A Prusso-Austrian army narrowly defeat a French force in a classic river crossing based scenario.

WWII - Flames of War

A T34/85 Tank Battalion is massacred by a British army from the new 'Bulge' Book, raising further questions as to the ability of Soviet armies to compete against their Western counterparts, in points terms. That, or very poor table top generalship! Some interesting British units made an appearance, including 'Land Mattresses' and a jeep-born SAS unit.

Fantastic Fantastical Fantasy Battles - Kings of War

I think we have mastered the basics of the game, game play and combat mechanisms of this system now. It's al pretty logical really and you can run an online army builder for your force, which will collate all of the unit stats on one sheet, which you can then print off for ease of access.

In this 2,000 point encounter, the rancid Orcs defeated the blue Ogres by concentrating their force in the centre and punching through in dramatic fashion. The Ogres wasted troops on the flanks that didn't really achieve anything.

All in all, Kings of War is a good fun game that provides the ability to try out different tactical ideas, with enough randomness to make battles suitably unpredictable to generate some excitement.

Kings Of War Wargame

Napoleonics - Saxons are blooded for the first time

Napoleonic Saxons made their debut on the gaming table on Monday night, only to suffer a bloody rebuff. They occupied a village, only to be ousted by determined Austrian infantry, then were harried in their retreat by enveloping Austrian hussars and dragoons to both flanks.

A sorry spectacle for these mere novices, but now they have been blooded, I’m sure they can redeem themselves in future tabletop battles.

 Gggh