WWII Rapid Fire - Extreme Cowardice

In this well-balanced scenario, the Americans - represented by 2 infantry battalions, supported by a company of Shermans, and off-table 105mm howitzers - had to clear several villages of German defenders - represented by 2 understrength infantry battalions and a couple of Stugs.

The American infantry battalion on the left flank made steady progress in pushing towards their objectives, whilst the battalion on the right flank exhibited one of the most sickening acts of cowardice in the history of Nottingham Wargames Club, when they decided to hide behind cover and refuse to advance against the enemy! This left the Shermans to advance unsupported, resulting in two of them sustaining heavy damage. 

Despite this disgraceful display, the German morale eventually cracked and they retired from the battlefield, giving the Americans the win.

Early Italian Wars

An Italian Wars Renaissance game pitting Imperialists again an Italian state. The rules used was Lion Rampant, which provides a good 'beer and pretzels' game, although we didn't have any beer or pretzels (whatever 'pretzels' are!). Either way, Lion Rampant always seems to provide a good fun encounter, with the initiative switching from side to side several times in a game.

More Mid War WWII

Another Flames of War Game. This time 200 points on an 8'x6' table. This worked a bit better than the Team Yankee game we tried on the same sized table, although the infantry are pretty useless in that all they can really do is hold objectives.

The Soviets eventually won by KO'ing one Ferdinand, the second one failing its morale test, stripping the Germans of their best unit.

Napoleonics - Saxons Make Their Debut

A brand new army graced the table - The Saxons - in this Napoleonics encounter. The Saxons, supported by some French heavy cavalry, went toe-to-toe with a joint Austrian/Prussian force.

The respective centres never really grappled with each other properly before the end of the game, although the Austrian Grenadiers did make contact with some Saxon Guard. On the wings, the Austrian and Prussians had the better of the evening, although the action was gentlemanly deemed 'inconclusive'.

Great to see one of the more over-looked armies of the period make an appearance, with interesting uniforms, standards and command vignettes.