Romania 1944

The Romanians went from neutrality, to an alliance with the Axis, through to  switching sides to join the allies, during the course of the war. This battle represented the point at which the Romanians turned on their German and Hungarian allies and stood in the way of their attempted retreat form the oncoming Soviet hordes.

In our battle, the Axis commanders were confused as to whether they should try to break through the Romanian lines, or defeat them in open battle. The Romains managed to hold back their former allies (using some of their gifted armour and equipment!) through clever use of AT guns, and a certain degree of defence in depth.

Midgard - Goths vs Orcs

In this 'Battle in the Mists' scenario, the Goths achieved victory by depleting the Orcs reputation points to zero, despite the fact that the Orcs still had their best units untested and undamaged at the close of the game, to the point that I suspect that if the game had continued for another turn, the Orcs would have been in the ascendency.

We have noticed that the standard Orc Warriors are a bit under powered, as they only have an armour rating of '2'. Indeed the difference between armour rating of '2' and '3' is massive when it comes to losing stamina. This makes the Orcs very brittle. As they loose units, their reputation points begin to nose-dive.

Some more images form a recent game:

September 1939

A dismounted Polish cavalry formation desperately defend a treeline against the surging German panzers. Towards the end of the game, the Poles had lost most of their anti-tank capability and their infantry defending the village were hard pressed.

Two players were left to finish the game as the rest of us left the club for the evening, so we are unsure of the final result. Either way, some great early war armour on display!

Taiping Rebellion - Imperials Triumph over the Heavenly Kingdom

Another fun game set in the Taiping Rebellion. This time, in the face of heavy artillery fire, the Imperial forces managed to successfully and frontally assault Taiping positions putting the 'God Worshipers' to flight.