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.

Club Wargames 13th September 2010

On this occasion that I paid a flying visit to the Club I had, most unusually, forgotten to charge up my digital camera so took photos with my Nokia 6303 instead. There were 2 games plus a historical boardgame being played:

Steve Walker, Malc Johnston, Martin Buck and Dave Tuck were all playing at WW1 Dogfights using a ruleset based on the Knights of the Sky rules. All the planes used were Dave Tuck’s.

 

 

 

One of the German planes: The Gotha Bomber….

 

 

 

 

Mark Alcock overseeing the historical Boardgame “2 de Mayo” being played by Ashley Mann and Jason Whitfield. “2 de Mayo” is based on the terrible incidents of May 2nd 1808 in Madrid when civilians in Madrid, along with some Spanish army units, rebelled against the occupation force of Napoleon’s troops. More information on the game can be found here:

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36522/2-de-mayo

Mike Barnatt (left) playing with Tony Waumsley in a Scottish Civil War game. Tony’s forces are the Covenanters whilst Mike’s forces were those commanded under the 1st Marquess of Montrose with some Irish forces to help.

Historically this battle would have taken place between 1644-45 when Montrose’s forces won a series of battles over the Covenanters.

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.

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.