Hi folks. After an enforced absence, due to taking care of my wife, I was actually at the club last week. We played Battlefront, a WW2 game. It went down quite well and we all agreed it deserved a couple more outings. Sandy seemed extremely impressed by them, despite not actually playing. This may have… Continue reading 22/03/2018
Hi folks. Turn 2 of the WW!! campaign I’m running produced 3 engagements. 2 of these are between Peter and Neil again, 1 with basically the same forces. The other was between Sandy and Campbell, and it was this one we fought at the club. Sandy had ordered XXXXIV Corps to advance towards Maikop, while… Continue reading 15/02/2018
Hi folks. As promised, we have the first of our campaign encounters this week. It’s a WWII Eastern Front campaign for the Caucasus oil fields. The Germans (Sandy, Peter and Doug) have to capture the Russian oil refineries at Maikop, Grozny and Baku. The Russians (Neil and Campbell) have to stop them and push them… Continue reading 08/02/2018
Hi folks. We were doing the AWI again this week. After the humiliation of the last instalment, I was eager for revenge and Neil had a scenario he was keen to play. So, it was off to “Harlem Heights” and a chance for me to redeem myself! The terrain…without any troops… British troops were added… Continue reading 01/02/2018
Hi folks. Sorry for the delay in writing this blog, but I had other things to do first. We were having an AWI encounter this week, using Loose Files. These are/were a free set of rules printed in Wargames Illustrated, back in the 1980s. They are a nice little set, if somewhat ‘quirky’ at times.… Continue reading 11/01/2018
Hi folks. Happy New Year. As promised, this week we had another ‘play test’ of March Attack, the latest offering in our quest for a decent set of Napoleonic rules. Last week we had our first attempt with them and decided they were worthy of a second outing. This time we concentrated on infantry, as… Continue reading 04/01/2018
Hi folks. My daughter had a party to attend last Thursday, and I had to take her there. Family comes before the club, so missed last week. Last club night of 2017 saw the next chapter in the quest for a set of Napoleonic rules that everybody can get along with. Next up was a… Continue reading 28/12/2017
Hi folks. We had a game arranged for tonight: Rommel, a game Sandy keeps advocating, but we’ve yet to get round to actually playing. And still haven’t. Sandy cancelled this afternoon, he had work commitments. Neil suggested we have another try at Soldiers of God, but this time I take a 300 point army. So,… Continue reading 14/12/2017
Hi folks. After last week’s AGM, Neil and I had a few games of DBA (a game I had never played) and I got tanked 3 times in a row. We then joined Malcolm and Chris (and Douglas) in their card game: The Kaiser’s Pirates. It was quite enjoyable, even though I discovered that Chris… Continue reading 07/12/2017
Hi folks. I’ve been a bit lazy recently and neglected my weekly reports. But I’m back now and ready to go! This week was a bit strange: Sandy said he couldn’t make it, so Neil and I agreed to arrange something later in the week. I texted Neil to suggest a Seven Years War game,… Continue reading 23/11/2017
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