WW1 Western Front

On August 23rd 2010 Mal Taylor and Andy Hamilton set out the WW1 terrain boards with their figures on so that Mal Johnston could take photos of them for the new Grimsby Wargames Society Official Website at http://grimsbywargamessociety.webs.com. Andy and Mal were good enough to let me take photos of the terrain again which I had not done so for ages.

Below are some of my favourite photos that I took of the terrain. Clicking on any of the photos will enlarge it and take you to the rest of the collection on Flickr.

All German figures and vehicles were owned and painted by Malcolm Taylor. All British figures and vehicles were owned by Andy Hamilton. The terrain was made by both Andy Hamilton and Malcolm Taylor.

Big Bertha!

 

 

 

 

9.2mm Mortar otherwise known as the “Flying pig”

 

 

 

The Relief of Vilnius and much more

In returning to the club tonight it is time I reported on my previous monday night visit. The games that night - 29th June 2009 - were WW1 and WW2.

As you can tell by the title of this post a scenario based on the Relief of Vilnius was used for one of the games, specifically the WW2 game on the big table downstairs.

Playing in this game were Dave Tuck, Steve Mercer and Tim. Dave Tuck and Tim were the Germans whilst Steve was the Russians.

That nice chap with the beard watching the game is Martin Buck.

The view from Vilnius. The scenario came from the light blue Russian Front Rapid Fire! book by Richard Marsh however the rules they were using for this game were Blitzkrieg Commander.
The Germans had to relieve Vilnius and go back again. The scenario got harder as time went by as the Russians were also getting reinforcements to fight back.

Mike Barnatt (left) and Ron Skeet (right) prepare to do battle using Blitzkrieg Commander rules. Mike as the Russians with Ron as the Germans.

Ron's Germans on the loose.

Mike Barnatt's newly repainted "Tankettes"

Our fantastic WW1 terrain boards before gameplay.

John Ogden (left) and Andy Hamilton (right) in deep discussion over the rules. In front of Andy are command and control sheets, to be used in conjunction with the Schwerpunkt rules. The command and control sheets for attacker and defender differ slightly.

With Paul Robinson unable to make it and therefore no Americans, the game carried on using just Mark Alcock's Germans. John Ogden using the Germans in the trenches whilst Mark Alcock and Andy Hamilton were the other attacking Germans - standing in for the Americans. All the Germans in this game belonged to Mark Alcock.



German field gun and crew.

Attacking Germans.

More attacking Germans. Photo taken at F12

Anyone for a Tecklenberger?

They are nice with cheese apparently. Only joking. Last monday there were 2 games: WW1 Trench Warfare and a War of the Spanish Succession game between the Austrians and Tecklenbergers.

Playing as the Germans, which belonged to Mark, were Mark Alcock and John Ogden. Playing with the Doughboys were Paul Robinson and his son James. The Doughboys belonged to Paul.

Close up of the Germans in the trenches.

Some of the Doughboys

Andy Hamilton's Austrians begin entering the Battlefield

The Austrians General coming over the bridge..

These Austrian Dragoons are really nice, aren't they?

Mike Barnatt's Tecklenbergers

A nice line of Austrian Infantry facing the Tecklenbergers at the bottom of the bridge. All of Andy Hamilton's Austrians are Front Rank.

Mike Barnatt's Tecklenbergers comprised of various makes including Spencer Smith Miniatures, Irregular Miniatures and some from Steve Mercer, other Grimsby Club member.

Wargames at the Club 15th June 2009

Martin Buck and Steve Walker playing WW2 Desert. They played 2 games. The first using the club's rules before they were developed into the original Rapid Fire! rules. The 2nd game was using Blitzkrieg Commander rules. At this point they were using the Blitzkrieg Commander rules. All figures and vehicles belonged to Steve Walker.

Steve's German's attacking the village.

A slightly unusual shot from the spare table looking towards the other games, one being WW2 and the other WW1.

This was actually my "test shot" taken in auto mode on my camera, ISO 200. Came out better than my manual shots.

As you can see on the left the British were playing: Andy Hamilton, John Ogden and Mark Alcock against the Germans who were Paul Robinson and his son James.

The British onslaught in progress..

In this Battle Of Agordat in Eritrea, East Africa, between Commonwealth and British and Italian and Colonial Troops! game were Ron Skeet, Dave Hewins and Mike Barnatt as the British. Dave Hewins providing the forces. On the other side were Dave Tuck and Tim with Dave T providing the forces.

Dave Tuck's side of the battlefield.

The remainder of Mike Barnatt's forces. Mike did have some forces on the hill above previously but rather annoyingly they came to a sticky end.




Close up of the Orca Bomber belonging to Dave Hewins.

Anglo-Dutch Wars, The Great War and The Boer War...all at the same time!

Last Monday there were a nice selection of games going on. I'm saving the Anglo-Dutch Wars till last so you can all those fantastic ships properly.

First up, Boer Wars. Between Mark Alcock (left) as the British and Dave Tuck as the Boers using rules created and developed by both.

The Boer Trenches which the British were slowly making their way up to...

and didn't quite get there before the game finished. These are Mark's British (left). Unfortunately neither side got to see how a firefight at the Boer trenches would have turned out!

Paul Robinson's WW1 Germans attacking the town where Andy Hamilton's British were lurking

As you can see there are 5 Germans attacking this house where there are 2 British in the attic..

2 of Andy Hamilton's British looking out in the town in hard cover..

Anglo-Dutch Wars. All ships in this game belonged to Steve Mercer. Playing with Steve was Mike Barnatt.

Some of the Dutch fleet.

Close up of some Dutch ships.

These English ships are new. Steve had not long finished them.

More of the new English fleet.