AWI 4th March 2008

There were 2 games on Monday night: Napoleonic Naval game using the Close Signal Action Rules between Steve Mercer, Andy Hamilton and Mal Taylor;

25mm American War of Independence on the large table downstairs between Dave Tuck as the Yankees assisted by Pete, a new player, whose surname escapes me and Mark Alcock as the Hessians ably assisted by "Devildice" Jase Whitfield. Of course the Yanks belonged to Dave Tuck and the Hessians to Mark Alcock. Photos were taken of both games on both my main camera and my mobile camera.

I'm packing a lot of pics into this post including some of the mobile photos as the result of those photos was actually quite good.

Beginning with the Naval game first:



Mark Alcock's Hessians in the AWI game:



Some of Dave Tuck's Yanks:



Overall shot of the game:



And now for some mobile photos of the AWI game taken with my Sony Ericsson K800i and downloaded to the pc:




Unfortunately for Mark the Hessians lost after suffering a substantial amount of casualties leaving them with a battle they could not win. Not sure who won the Naval game.

That night was also when I was trying out my new digital camera a Samsung L730. My previous camera had developed a fault leaving me to return it for refund or replacement. Using the refund I got another one which cost me slightly more, no more than £9. This one is a 7.2 megapixel whereas the previous was a 7.1. Minor difference I know. Had not adjusted to its new settings or learnt my way round the camera at the time these pics were taken. Since then I have found the best optimal settings for taking photos of figures on it though settings be slightly different to other one.

HUGE AWI Game on Fireworks Night!

We had a great game at the club on Fireworks night at the club on November 5th 2007. Sorry it took so long to report back on it. Along with other things recently on my mind, my continuing course at Franklin College on Wednesdays and the fact that I've been getting out recently having some late nights/early mornings drinking at cleethorpes followed by a subsequent hungover meant that I did not get anything on the blog for some time. The photos from the AWI game were posted on the website within a few days in our AWI album, though I will still preview some of them here. The AWI album can be found here:
http://www.gywargames.co.uk/pics/thumbnails.php?album=13

Rules used were the All the Kings Men rules which can be found here:
http://allthekingsmentoysoldiers.com/ which are designed for 54mm. We adapted the rules for 25mm/28mm figures as you can tell in our game. It was the 2nd time at the club we had played with these rules.

Participating in the game which was using figures belonging to Dave Tuck were:
Dave Tuck, myself (American right flank); Andy Hamilton, Ron Skeet (American left flank);
Joe Dunn, Mark Alcock (British left flank); Paul Robinson, Dave Hewins (British right flank).

General Dave or one of Dave Tuck's American Generals. As always, I love the detail on these figures.

Some more American's under Dave Tuck's command on the right flank.


British Cavalry then commanded by Joe Dunn.

British Infantry then commanded by Paul Robinson.

Cavalry Melee on the American right flank.

View of the game over half way through from center to left flanks on both sides. Each flank was played independently of one another which is why each side had its own deck of cards. Each red card meant it was the Americans go, Black meant it was the British go. Using all the cards up meant 1 turn had passed. Each card also had its own set of instructions on it.
The result: The Americans won but only because the British had suffered several more units of casualties than the Americans had. My dice throwing was decent for once though I was just throwing average scores. Makes a change as my dice throwing is usually below average. For quite some time it meant we didnt get any casualties on my men.
Dropping by to watch during the game were: John Ogden, Jase Whitfield and Andy Sharpe. Think they've got another ww1 game planned next week. If you've been reading my blog and especially Paul's blog at http://grimsbywargaming.blogspot.com you'll know that WW1 is very popular at the club at the moment since just after Partizan in May.

Referring to my course at Franklin college on Wednesdays, we have a "mock" exam coming soon for our CLAIT course. We were given some homework to do though we don't have to. A few things are still catching me out, only minor things that practice can put right so I am going to do some of it. Our exam is on November 28th. Bought a flash drive from Argos for a £10 mainly for the course but its good for anything really. £10 for a 1GB. Not bad.

World War 1 and The AWI

2 good games last night: 25mm American War of Independence and another Great War game downstairs. I joined in the AWI game. Took photos of both which came out quite well.
In the AWI game there was myself and Ron Skeet as the Yanks while Dave Tuck and Jason Whitfield were the British. All figures belonging to Dave Tuck.
Downstairs in the World War 1 game there was Andy Sharp, Joe Dunn, Mark Alcock on one side with Paul Robinson, Andy Hamilton and John Ogden on the other. I only knew what I was told and some bits I read from Paul's blog, being busy with my game. Apparently the plane in the game belonged to Andy Sharp, the French to Joe Dunn, The British also belonged to Andy Sharp on his side of the table. Paul had brought his figures - the Doughboys - though when I saw Paul's figures they were all occupying a wood and it was mighty dark in there. The wood I mean. Many of the British on Andy Hamilton's side belonged to him though some of the figures were also John's. As usual, they were playing the Schwerpunkt rules. The British Tank on the table belonged to Andy Hamilton. Mark had brought his German's which had been painted by Joe Dunn.
As for my AWI game, we were just managing to hold out by the time the game ended but we were losing. The Yanks were in defence. Losing our Cavalry early on although we did kill 2 british was not great. I was mainly under Ron's command. We did do some attacking which mostly did a little damage at a time. Ron was holding out better on the left flank most of the game though his position had begun severely weakening before the end with nothing to stop the British in the center. I was starting to feel a little overwhelmed as the game neared to its end with very few of my forces left whilst the British marched forward towards me with very little to stop them. It was a good fun game using the All the King's Men Rules. What surprised me most was the amount of dice I was throwing in 1 go - mainly 16 most of the time! Even more shocking I was throwing a decent amount of 6's.

Andy Hamilton's British WW1 Tank. What a great model, don't you think?

One of either Andy Hamilton's or John Ogden's men. Mortar crew and very nice figures they are too.

Some of Andy Hamilton's British sneaking in.

British Soldiers in the Undergrowth. Andy Hamilton and John Ogden's men. Andy's Tank in the background.

Some of the British, sorry, scottish. Notice the soldier with bagpipes on the left.

Some of the British under Dave Tuck's command. It's unusually rather dark on this photo but it does make a good black background to put the figures against.

British under Jase Whitfield's command.

Some Yanks under Ron's command in their defensive position behind a fence.

Yanks under my command grouped or clumped together on a hill standing by for action.

Ron's Artillery. Yes Ron had the big guns and they did get some use. These are really nice figures.

All in all, both games were good and the club night belonged totally to the British.