WWII Burma - "The Race to Rangoon"

The XIVth Army race to clear the battlefield of diehard Japanese defenders and make their way to Rangoon, for a well deserved Scotch and Soda, before closing time at the bar of the Strand Hotel (if the Japanese haven't destroyed the famous hostelry during their dastardly occupation!).

Despite losing a Lee tank to a well dug-in Chi-Ha, and an India Pattern Carrier to a well placed 47mm A/T gun, the British kept their cool and winkled out the Japanese defenders, helped by the fact that the Japanese were prone to launching suicidal Banzai charges, rather than holding their defensive their positions.

Wild West Shoot Out

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.

Monday Games - Napoleonics and WWII

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.

Mantic Games meets Games Workshop - A Sci Fi "Wargames Fusion"

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.