Club meeting October

A small club meeting this month with four games running, two games of rapid fire 'Normandy Battlegroups' in 20mm  with four players, one 28mm really nice Russian front winter game with four players and John and I playing a 500 point game of impetus Romans vs Pontics.

My Pontics went well until I released my impetuous infantry and cavalry who managed to all get killed along with my General, which broke that command! Not sure how the other games went.

Just before it went pear shaped for me!

Rapid fire game

Ww2 Winter game

The “Bonnie Blue Flag” ACW weekend in July

 July is our clubs annual ACW and mid-19^th century bash where a few of us roll out our games for two days of gaming in the period.

Boyd, Rich, John, Dave, Mat and I played two games of 28mm ACW using Jonny Reb III rules over the two days.

On the First day we played a little round top scenario by Scott Mingus. Boyd and Richard commanded the Union, the confederates were commanded by John and I.  The Confederate attack had early success when John’s long range shooting caused a number of casualties on the unit beside the 20^th Maine, who fell back in disorder, the confederates moved forward and received and gave moving fires for two turns, the union sharpshooters commanded by Richard really whittled down the confederates so much that one Confederate Regt failed morale and ran off the table leaving the others to continue the assault, mostly cracking rolling by Richard (by the 20^th Maine) seen another off triggering a Brigade Morale test which I promptly failed….1s pick up remainder  of brigade….the follow up brigade fared no better and the game ended around 2pm, time to set up for the next day!

sorry about the pics they were taken with my i phone

The second day Boyd, Richard and Dave commanded the Union against, the confederate commanders John, Mat and I.

The game was a fictional game based on a counterattack by the union against the tired Confederate centre around the Wheatfield’s along Plum Run on the second day of Gettysburg.

The Confederates had a +1 disadvantage to all morale rolls, which is ok early but once the casualties start…….. The Union had a +1 firing modifier which really tolled if they rolled well. The Union  were a little worried as they advanced but their artillery done great damage on a number of units, one battery actually rolled all sixes and all but wiped out a small 12 figure batn, who promptly routed and took one other with them in the process, leaving a gaping hole between two brigades. The union advance on the right was extremely successful with two confederate batns totally destroyed and two others routing leaving a gaping hole in the line, the union were finally blunted and Johns troops counterattacked which was quite good to see, whoever the entire left flank of the confederates collapsed after two batns routed and the remainder of the brigade become shaken and then finally routed, this caused morale rolls all through my brigade which became shaken and finally routed leaving the hill and the fields to the union troops…….must get myself some new dice I think!

The Union assault begins

The confederate right starts to fold

the left folds

the centre folds

On Sunday a second game ran behind us with around ten players playing a Kriegspiel wild west game, that always seemed on the edge of anarchy! The town was aptly named “Profanity.”   My favourite recollections coming from that general direction;

Cowboy Player “ I’m going for a long range snap shot”

Gamemaster “ well it is extreme range and there are Mexican civilians in the way”

Cowboy player “ that’s ok”

Gamemaster rolls dice

Mexican cowboy “ok, who shot the women and baby, now my gang of Mexicans will be very angry”

Cowboy player “I cannot see anything to shoot, can I shoot the sheep?”

Cowboy Player “I am going to hide in this building”

Gamemaster “it’s on fire”

Cowboy Player “that’s fine”

Gamemaster “OK, now you do know that you have a bag of the tnt with you…….oh shit (boom)”

Player “damn Pinkertons, how come they shoot so well”

Gamemaster “well they aim, they are using rifles, and you are on you galloping horse, with a pair of pistols trying to shoot up to a two story window with a verandah in the way”

It was as funny as it sounds…….

Cheers

Matt

June Club Meeting

Another great day for the bys with three games running, two Rapid Fire and one ww1 game, and the normal bring and buy stall to tempt looney collectors of lead like myself............ I will post all of the WW1 here and  the other Rapid Fire games I will post on my ww2 blog.


Pics from Johns WW1 game
The British end of the table towards the turk positions

Entrenched Turkish positions

Jonny Turk (Woodbine design and Copplestone)

Turk MG

French

British Arty and MMGs they done all of the damage!

The game underway

May Club Meeting at GVS

The May meeting was a good mix of Rapid Fire ww2, Maurice 7yw and two Impetus games.

I have a few Images to share of the games

Rapid Fire Polish s Russians 1939, My Polish got a run and the Russians ended up with a minor victory. Played by Ian, Leigh, Greg, Matt C, and myself.

A full report and scenario of the WW2 Polish vs Russians Rapid fire game
http://kampfgruppewillow.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/battle-of-kodziowce-sopockinie-22-sept.html

7YW Maurice game, played by the two Daves

Rex and Rhino played a blood thirtsy Dark Ages Impetus game, Rhino broke at 50% cas, Rex had 48%

Tartty, Ralph and Richard played a supurb Impetus Renaissance game.

Cheers

Matt