Indian Mutiny - Gentlemen Volunteers' 'Daring-Do'

A British force consisting of the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Foot, the 1st Punjabis and 2nd Gurkhas, along with some irregular cavalry, supporting artillery and an unusual unit of 'Gentlemen Volunteers', was given the task of clearing an area of marauding Mutineers.

On the left flank the Gurkhas and Punjabis met with stiff resistance and accurate musketry from some Mutineers ensconced on top of a ridge line, which checked their advance. On the right flank, Probyn's Horse managed to overcome some angry Sowars, despite losing quite a number of their own horsemen.

Eventually the Mutineers' morale started to crack and a few units left the firing line, leading to a general disorganised retreat. In the closing minutes of the drama, a group of religiously inspired Ghazis sallied out form the village; the Gentlemen Volunteers were given the task of dispersing them. This, they embarrassingly failed to do as their charge bounced off the swirling swarm of fanatical swordsmen. That said, the Gentlemen thoroughly enjoyed their afternoon of 'daring-do'. The task of removing the Ghazis from the field of play fell to the artillery which, by this time was really starting to make every shot count.

All in all a successful action, although casualties amongst the 52nd Foot and the Gurkhas was worryingly high.

An Orc Waaagh! is (not) Declared

A vast horde of unkempt, unwashed, gasping, belching, sickening Orcs went full throttle against the rotting, putrefied, pox-ridden, and highly contagious, XIVth Legion - The Plague Marines of the Death Guard. 

The awesome firepower of the XIVth proved too much for the Orcs who died in their thousands, but they don't care as they enjoyed themselves immensely. Unfortunately there wasn't even time to declare a Waaagh! Next time the Orc horde won't be so reckless....

Monday Games - WWII, Medieval and Napoleonics

Four games were hosted on Monday night, three of which are posted here, representing a huge span of military history from Medievals to WWII (the fourth one - sci fi - is covered in the next post).

These match-ups included Byzantines vs Normans, French vs Spanish and British vs Germans.

Three Bridges Too Far? WWII Eastern Front Action

In this highly enjoyable game scenario, a rag-tag German battle group had to make a fighting withdrawal across a river via several bridges, as a large number of Soviet tanks and infantry bore down upon them.

The fun aspect to this was that, as the Germans attempted to cross each of the bridges, they found them in various states of repair. Indeed one was completely destroyed.

The initial bravado of the Germans evaporated once they realised that the scenario was more difficult than thought at first and the game devolved into a mad scramble to escape the oncoming Russian horde. In the end the Germans did manage to successfully evacuate the heavy armour - a Panther and a Tiger, whilst some other units were left to their grizzly fate on the wrong side of the river.....