Last club meet for 2018

Just a short post today...

Yesterday (Saturday here in NZ) was the last club day in 2018 for the Eastern Irregulars.

Depending on how you want to look at it, the weather gods were either in our favour (or not for those that had outdoor activities planned...) as it was a pretty crap day.

Hence a good turn out!

Flames of War, Saga and Chosen Men were the games on offer.

I would be playing Flames of War against Brent. My British rifle company vs. his Afrika Corp armoured force.

Guess I'll be defending... and Bridgehead was the mission rolled up.

I deployed my bridgehead defence forces. 6pdrs in ambush :-) The German armour prepared to trundle onto the board.

Brent spread his forces and amusingly forgot about the minefield I placed around the buildings - his Pioneers wandered straight into one of them!

I popped the ambush first turn to deal with some Panzers that were getting too close scaring the bejesus out of them (killing one to boot).

Brent tried in vain to dig out the guns with a single mortar, whilst using his Panzers with artillery capability to try and dig my infantry out. They just hunkered down and held on.

Time was ticking. My reserves arrived - porteed 6pdrs & Valentine II's. Aggressive (and somewhat suicidal) use of the Valentines stalled the German advance enough for a British win!

A combined focus on one flank by all of Brent's armour may have seen a different outcome.

Still, good to be back into Flames of War. Along with getting to gripes with V4.

A few shots of the other games...

Thanks for reading :-)

Gaming Post

A rare post in recent times... a gaming related one!

To be fair, since being back from my European adventure, there has been plenty of gaming.

But... I've been all photo'd out. Motivation levels on taking photos and posting were low - it was good to have a bit of a break from photo editing.

Until now that is!

And the game was Bolt Action. Something we haven't played in awhile.

We settled on 1250pts with Dallas and I combining on the German side, whilst Brent fielded his Brits.

Forces were something like this...

Germany
1st Lt. + friend
Reg Squad - 10 men
Volks Gren Squad - 10 men (all with assault rifles..)
Vet Squad - 8 men (loaded up with smg's)
Panzerschreck
StuH 42
Light Infantry Gun
Puma
251/10
251/1

British
1st Lt. + 2 friends
3x Vet Squads - 10 men
Medium Machine Gun
Medium Mortar + spotter
Vet Sniper Team
Comet
Daimler
6pdr + Carrier to tow
FAO
PIAT team

So we were going to outnumbered.

Mission was just a meeting engagement.

Glasses were drained and the game began -

The advance started...

With the Germans choosing the right flank for the concentrated schwerepunkt.

And the British FAO smiled. "Roger roger, old boy. Mike target, alpha, bravo, cup of tea". And with that the bombardment arrived. Although there must have been some rum in that cup of tea since it scattered.

But, luck was with the British - it scattered to the most opportune spot... especially when a 6 was rolled for barrage diameter.

7 German units pinned... :-(

Pretty much game over at that point.

Oh and then the British mortar ranged in on one of the half tracks first turn!?!?

But us Germans, we don't give up! The fight back was hard, but British timidness gave a chance.

It did require some aggressive moves and assaults, but overall it wasn't enough.

At least it wasn't a complete wupping in the end - 9 : 4 to the British.

Well played Brent - we are checking your dice closely next time!

Warhammer World!

A couple of mates and I have just come back from a European holiday. I'll post numerous times on this as I work through the various stops.

First post will be a gaming one though. Being in the UK for a few days meant it was a no brainer to pop up to Nottingham for a short visit.

Now, I've not been that interested in GW stuff for some time, but I have to admit... it was cool seeing the amazing displays and old skools models from back in the day when I used to peruse White Dwarfs.

With so much glass and light, it was difficult to photograph. Particularly to convey the scale of some of the dioramas. Still very cool.

Here's a number of photos...

And off course there was the obligatory stop at Bugman's for a beer or two...!

And a quick stop here :-)