Good vs Evil : Midgard

Midgard is all the rage at the moment and this game saw the forces of Evil (Skeletons and Orcs) defend the heights against the forces of Good (Humans and Elves). The Skeletons looked as if they were about to be swept from the high ground, but their ability to regenerate helped them remain in position just long enough for the Orc reserves to arrive to save the day. The humans deployed unfavourably, which delayed their ability to charge home with their cavalry. The climax of the game came when the enslaved war trolls (already damaged by the fall of a towering Dragon upon them) finally ran out of steam, and were butchered, along with the Elven C-in-C.

Italian Wars and some Napoleonics

On Monday we had saw some Saxons and French take on The British in a Napoleonics game. We also saw an Italian Wars game, with some Germans and Spanish, defeating the French and Italians.

A 1ft x 1ft Game squeezed onto a 6ft x 4ft table

In this somewhat unusual scenario, a force of WWII Russians, spearheaded by 2 T34/85s, had to 'escape' off the opposite side of the table. To complicate their objective, a German force had to try and stop them.

Bizarrely, the Germans seemed to have more troops and equipment than the Russians, despite the nature of the Russian objective. Indeed, a number of German units didn't even get into action, they were so numerous. Also, the availability of a road block and barbed wire entanglements forced the Soviets into attempting to leave the table at the only point available to them - the far top corner of the board.

This resulted in practically the entire game being played in the top corner 1ft x 1ft square, leave the rest of the 6' x 4' table free from any combat whatsoever!

At one point this looked like 'shooting fish in a barrel at a turkey shoot' for the Germans, but, to everyone's surprise, when the Victory Points were calculated, the Russians had won by 16 to 14 points. So go figure!

T'au Make an Appearance

The Tau Empire make their first appearance on this 40K battlefield, pitted, as they were, against the ruthless Death Guard. Tau fire power eventually wasted enough of the Death Guard units away to secure a couple of convincing wins in these 1,500 point match-ups.