Wargames 1st November 2010

On the 1st November 2010 the club’s ACW Campaign began though I will save those details for another post. After both sides in the campaign had discussed and decided their first moves, separately of course, a little game of ACW was put on using the Black Powder rules for those interested.

Mark Alcock and Paul Robinson with his son James were playing a WW1 game between Mark’s Germans and Paul’s “Doughboy’s”

 

 

 

 

Some of Paul Robinson’s “Doughboy’s” with their Field Guns.

 

 

 

 

Some of Mark’s Germans in Soft Cover. These were painted by Joe Dunn, a club member and professional figure painter.

Paul and Mark were playtesting some WW1 rules they were developing based on a discussion they had several months back. The result was that the Germans won, but not by much. It was hardly an overwhelming victory.

 

In this game which was intended for all those interested, was just to bring us up to speed with the Black Powder rules which the club is using in the ACW Campaign. Playing in this game were myself, Mal Taylor, Tony Walmsley (Union side) with Andy Hamilton and Jason Whitfield (Confederates).

 

I was manning the left flank which was under attack from Andy’s Reb’s whilst Mal Taylor attacked the Confederate forces in the middle. Tony was the right flank.

 

 

 

Unable to hold the right flank, as I ended up having to withdraw all my forces, with the centre and left collapsing, the Union side unfortunately lost.

Before the game ended Andy’s Reb Cavalry had entered the battlefield and were heading for Mal’s men. Good fun game. Thanks to Dave Tuck for his refereeing and use of his figures.

Cavalry Encounter 20th September 2010

Mike Barnatt and Tony Waumsley had a 7 years War game using Tony’s 15mm figures. Tony was French whilst Mike was the Prussians.

They were in fact playing a Scenario called Cavalry Encounter from a recent issue of Battlegames.

In this the French had to enter from one side of the table (bottom right in the photo) whilst the Prussians had to enter from the other end. The French had to keep the road clear so that they could move their forces through.
Unfortunately as the French did not achieve their objective they lost the game. There was lots of rallying and plenty of melees but ultimately the Prussian forces stopped them.

At the same time John Ogden, Paul Robinson of the Grimsby Wargaming blog and Mark Alcock were having an extremely lengthy discussion on WW1 rules. I was hoping they would get their figures out and play a game but they were so engrossed in the discussion it never happened. To hand they had the rulesets To the Last Man, Through the Mud and the Blood and Schwerpunkt, which our own WW1 club rules are loosely based upon.

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”

 

 

 

Wargames at Club 25th January 2010

A couple of games for that night. Unfortunately I arrived too late to join in one of the games. My own fault. Will join in next time. Haha!!

A Napoleonic game between Mark Alcock (army on the right) and John Ogden. My digital camera had died at the time so took this photo and the one below with my Nokia 6303.

Another shot of the table. Sorry as the pics are a little darker than normal.

Taken with my digital camera. A shot of Andy Hamilton's British WW1 figures. Andy was playing a game against Paul Robinson's Germans.

Paul Robinson's Germans. Unfortunately Paul wasnt feeling too good so he left early.

A game between the Romans and Barbarians. Playing in it were Dave Tuck, Ashley, Ron Skeet and Mal Johnston. Each side had an objective....

The objective for the Barbarians, sorry, Germans.

The objective for the Romans. A concubine is, of course, always extremely important. In a wagon train full of supplies, she will make sure you get your oats.

WW1 Wargame at the Club 17th August 2009

Sorry all. This post is ever so slightly overdue...by just over a month. On my last visit to Monday nights - I am returning next week - There was a WW1 game going on.

Testing out some of John Ogden's rules, as John was there also, were Mal Taylor with his Germans and Andy Hamilton with his British. As always, the figures produced by both members are a joy to look at.

Andy Hamilton's British HQ

Mal's Germans occupying a building

Mal's Germans ready and lying in wait..

This lovely German plane belongs to Mal. Sadly I'm not sure what the name of the plane is called.

A better shot of the German WW1 plane.