tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68468497311526009012024-03-28T08:51:56.654+10:30Toy Soldiers for Old Gits!Welcome to “Toy Soldiers for Old Gits” or what we call TSOG! This is a place where A handful of regular guys henceforth known as the Old Gits will ramble on about all scales of Toy Soldiers, various War Game Rules, record their AAR’s and comment on all manner of other war gaming stuff in general. Should be fun for every war gamer on the Inter Web...hmmm do people still say that? Anyway read on and enjoy!Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-65570502273763954142024-03-28T08:51:00.000+10:302024-03-28T08:51:19.907+10:30Wings of Glory (or War) Balloon Busting Session<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well two things; first we are getting way behind on posting our fortnightly gaming reports and secondly here is one!</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">On March 18 we unpacked an old friend the box of WW I Wings of Glory/War models! This session we thought we'd try our hands at a bit of balloon busting it turns out it is not as much fun as regular dogfighting but still well worth the time spent, we managed three games before sitting down to shoot the breeze!</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Game 1; Al and I took on a Nieuport and a Spad XIII respectively and Dave and George both had Albatross Vs but with the task of guarding the balloon! I tried to flank the balloon and took a shot from Dave's Albatross at long range, I drew the explosion card! Al went straight at the balloon armed with rockets and with his first shot using both sets available blew the balloon to bits, he then turned and exited the play field being chased by Dave and Georges Albatrosses. George didn't even get a shot in!</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Game 2; Again Al and I took on the Nieuport and a Spad XIII respectively, Dave had an Albatross V and George ran the Trench cards again they had the task of guarding the balloon! Again I went to flank the balloon and shot Dave in his Albatross down getting a Pilot kill, Al was shot down by ground fire then I made repeated sweeps and took Balloon out while everyone else sat around, a bit of a boring solitaire end to the game!</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Game 3; We dumped the balloon and went for a dogfight 2 Fokker Triplanes vs two Sopwith Camels, it was fun with 'twisty turny' Dogfighting! Both the Fokkers were shot down in the end.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Some Pictures</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Game 1 Lt Copley takes a deadly blast from Ritter Von Neudegg!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoF_q78KGjsu5W4OAynFwpR-c39Iv5Yk_FXXIwqFWa9t6nnGuRlMzUCWri26qyn_MUSQURdEMkk84-SF4euNG-LFK7XTOms-pyKHoiucCdDwjmbOb-7W1GMRjAzfiFFE4a2sUvzc7U0DIUBRTsozBFY_yJdZWuNfejSJNxJ7ndlVeLcN4lNmQ_B8BvXA/s1806/20240318_190654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1806" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoF_q78KGjsu5W4OAynFwpR-c39Iv5Yk_FXXIwqFWa9t6nnGuRlMzUCWri26qyn_MUSQURdEMkk84-SF4euNG-LFK7XTOms-pyKHoiucCdDwjmbOb-7W1GMRjAzfiFFE4a2sUvzc7U0DIUBRTsozBFY_yJdZWuNfejSJNxJ7ndlVeLcN4lNmQ_B8BvXA/w400-h354/20240318_190654.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Game 1 Cpt Harrison's rocket blast the balloon from the sky...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2fm5Ji_fUwXkuLJpVl5aACyOUVmWq4VJzluPpNAzsSFSIa8cm20a_OCd2i6gfLjkv6V0NkTH17sEekrlT2gHRUQ6K4ZriGeS2kY3hl31JEj2yZKLnwkUaTvyWlOU6p4-5t2hUiCdntCe5v9JPLjy4FxLs4Yv_-EAbOmSCJetHidK-18SKnk0wIC2l6g/s1896/20240318_190954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1896" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2fm5Ji_fUwXkuLJpVl5aACyOUVmWq4VJzluPpNAzsSFSIa8cm20a_OCd2i6gfLjkv6V0NkTH17sEekrlT2gHRUQ6K4ZriGeS2kY3hl31JEj2yZKLnwkUaTvyWlOU6p4-5t2hUiCdntCe5v9JPLjy4FxLs4Yv_-EAbOmSCJetHidK-18SKnk0wIC2l6g/w400-h338/20240318_190954.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...<span style="font-family: arial;">he survives to tell the tale!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRZ5ibouYJMMmWwh6MXjsbof4OfDf-PJVdKIQ5ieif5l2an_xvvvVGU0offDEuWDSgTltXKgxm64VFEgmEnNVfpLNmdNVe03mgrhqcSjUcU5130-pHSwfvhTXBTV7FjJDrSHS3P6AiVOvlxqVx625yQcuo9cOUdK7miUebY50djfP2EW8oYLPqeBfLLM/s1882/20240318_191753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1882" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRZ5ibouYJMMmWwh6MXjsbof4OfDf-PJVdKIQ5ieif5l2an_xvvvVGU0offDEuWDSgTltXKgxm64VFEgmEnNVfpLNmdNVe03mgrhqcSjUcU5130-pHSwfvhTXBTV7FjJDrSHS3P6AiVOvlxqVx625yQcuo9cOUdK7miUebY50djfP2EW8oYLPqeBfLLM/w400-h340/20240318_191753.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Game 2 Lt Harrison is not so lucky and gets taken out by ground fire!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKowwWnF0YzPjlfLMfDktLN9xcg1lzwB8rlrZ_K3ql5q_7VYIK-mBaksJXXwChjSQem8AQmxCSP8rv0I_F6K2QhyLsxRHCYg4f39pBq1bVqG09vg1o6SXciagygigzpSjx0bmsn2G0FaYxjZGYUH5O-g3uvaihiVY15SR517sTOR4GPyfRTW6CjGyQmI/s2029/20240318_195609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2029" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKowwWnF0YzPjlfLMfDktLN9xcg1lzwB8rlrZ_K3ql5q_7VYIK-mBaksJXXwChjSQem8AQmxCSP8rv0I_F6K2QhyLsxRHCYg4f39pBq1bVqG09vg1o6SXciagygigzpSjx0bmsn2G0FaYxjZGYUH5O-g3uvaihiVY15SR517sTOR4GPyfRTW6CjGyQmI/w400-h315/20240318_195609.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Game 2 and Lt Copley survives ground fire to take down the balloon...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSasI5Pzxi7JqtReRM0NGZe34HalK5CiGo-1tNygsG5y-tNF7zYqP8xw2aLb4rERjI96qIn5WkuYsTYsKxOKFN05727otwC1iIUUnLMNGvbM2sWQJvH4QJLyM7YYgUjZnfh1bXjNL5KC4GP1Nofk8M53k7dtRk2WZS8tbGBtBPAmYU4zEvcNUQcHrDAT8/s1898/20240318_200803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1898" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSasI5Pzxi7JqtReRM0NGZe34HalK5CiGo-1tNygsG5y-tNF7zYqP8xw2aLb4rERjI96qIn5WkuYsTYsKxOKFN05727otwC1iIUUnLMNGvbM2sWQJvH4QJLyM7YYgUjZnfh1bXjNL5KC4GP1Nofk8M53k7dtRk2WZS8tbGBtBPAmYU4zEvcNUQcHrDAT8/w400-h338/20240318_200803.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Game 3 lots of dogfighting! Ritter Von Neudegg 'buys it!'...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQx-aW1wZfzhAkEWdA3Fxb-ju_YGcwWrdseqYv97lgGmFsNLTB6SiQoLi0IVEI97IzRlD8IcJhjH2vhUfnJ_zWPZz5EKWT-FmpvDwNg1wHEACXPFRrTTtnV220qniEER_UU31USyGfK9Rysy73P_20jS7Dnyl39V5acVU6I8LjwQOQL-ToLgOXdnYq6g/s1828/20240318_204333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1828" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQx-aW1wZfzhAkEWdA3Fxb-ju_YGcwWrdseqYv97lgGmFsNLTB6SiQoLi0IVEI97IzRlD8IcJhjH2vhUfnJ_zWPZz5EKWT-FmpvDwNg1wHEACXPFRrTTtnV220qniEER_UU31USyGfK9Rysy73P_20jS7Dnyl39V5acVU6I8LjwQOQL-ToLgOXdnYq6g/w400-h350/20240318_204333.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Game 3 LT Copley is shot down by the Brit Fighters!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKzHEezYDL1J3dLb2NY7-dwd1U1uVSsWDa62vDPruOGoCAAtZ7rDMpH2ovdMiBQ0qz77S8aqMjVFhTUTRjOb2CBVHgqNjx3HQG8dnacZxsAMZWxHcLMyl5Ko7CaTSKzwqPfzQEX1TxQhtiHxjh6sz_zvLBDrk9OqbGAe9hHf6Clh5ooH9bI2lPK53Ye9A/s1759/20240318_204840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1759" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKzHEezYDL1J3dLb2NY7-dwd1U1uVSsWDa62vDPruOGoCAAtZ7rDMpH2ovdMiBQ0qz77S8aqMjVFhTUTRjOb2CBVHgqNjx3HQG8dnacZxsAMZWxHcLMyl5Ko7CaTSKzwqPfzQEX1TxQhtiHxjh6sz_zvLBDrk9OqbGAe9hHf6Clh5ooH9bI2lPK53Ye9A/w400-h364/20240318_204840.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">A good night as usual with these rules! More catchup AARs to come!</div></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-83562902995107227732024-02-05T15:24:00.004+10:302024-02-05T15:24:35.780+10:30Saxon sv Vikings battle AAR - Impetus Rules<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Last Monday Maurice hosted an Impetus game for us, more importantly he also laid on some neat dinner!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Dave took command of the Vikings and I led the Saxons! It was quite a large battle and Maurice's figures and terrain were excellent.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a grinding action. The Saxons in the village which was the Vikings main object held out long enough for their right flank to defeat the Vikings facing them and bear down on the rear of the Vikings right!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some pictures...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Saxon right advances! 11 Units faced 5 Viking ones, but the latter were of better quality and included 2 units of vaunted Berserkers</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNoU3EoODMNP5R2Sthfu2QIgGtypaUYs2H-9lQh7ZpIsnywgO9KJ6V4LuZ4GrtXXqL3BkV8IjbCjxftJBAHreGMcBt-Ua-MQyEwA99mTN7o6kT9MfQV9qw6jQjC0G7YJHGqDEyCz6ych8zKZq0XA77tiFhw69KOrTe0K_uS8AJ9FTHvluxFq3ZHEe0dHo/s1600/20240129_191609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNoU3EoODMNP5R2Sthfu2QIgGtypaUYs2H-9lQh7ZpIsnywgO9KJ6V4LuZ4GrtXXqL3BkV8IjbCjxftJBAHreGMcBt-Ua-MQyEwA99mTN7o6kT9MfQV9qw6jQjC0G7YJHGqDEyCz6ych8zKZq0XA77tiFhw69KOrTe0K_uS8AJ9FTHvluxFq3ZHEe0dHo/w400-h300/20240129_191609.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Viking Berserkers charged but were repelled and then overrun by the Saxons...hmmm...<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjQhEFFh-hreE7MoO7eNm89f9Llq2XzjO2fLiBI-hEyOo12YHPFPAu9nlB1XyEiXqWMbcPdUVdh-c-NX2TBgD8AspaHbLd41I2ql_vdvg5c0d6zODK6HaZm5041-6r4ewOt3Cro0RGch7wgMO-_MkWQC2Nzc5Tl_C1VpJZ22Pi5tcqLH_R_pZ2KDe-M4/s1950/20240129_191634.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="1950" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjQhEFFh-hreE7MoO7eNm89f9Llq2XzjO2fLiBI-hEyOo12YHPFPAu9nlB1XyEiXqWMbcPdUVdh-c-NX2TBgD8AspaHbLd41I2ql_vdvg5c0d6zODK6HaZm5041-6r4ewOt3Cro0RGch7wgMO-_MkWQC2Nzc5Tl_C1VpJZ22Pi5tcqLH_R_pZ2KDe-M4/w400-h320/20240129_191634.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The terrifying Vikings warriors then followed up the Berserkers and attacked and they too were repulsed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy9csWN6amQ2TvrjGAe01zvCypKFWyj9m3oP-4pO6MesjK_XNgt1vrOinENOPoJM1Dgp-zoAFt-a_d2pzTgxJ8ZTzSVDAcEL0iZJsbxosDurrESdgSV1tOaw3cGgKZCXdvQ_WV3I44BIevZxpmEB_rFo-hDwLrH4dkqvIGPDzLql4M9W0PGDED069kJE/s1263/20240129_2036561.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1263" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy9csWN6amQ2TvrjGAe01zvCypKFWyj9m3oP-4pO6MesjK_XNgt1vrOinENOPoJM1Dgp-zoAFt-a_d2pzTgxJ8ZTzSVDAcEL0iZJsbxosDurrESdgSV1tOaw3cGgKZCXdvQ_WV3I44BIevZxpmEB_rFo-hDwLrH4dkqvIGPDzLql4M9W0PGDED069kJE/w400-h289/20240129_2036561.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On their other flank the majority of the Viking Army advanced on the village...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUFlkA8dhWMy4LkPCgi44abAOlzbCatsZE7C6UGeTCA97bMzP3ggyp6oyDG76UhI7jnker9vUAoQ-kEPCIXJreVTUwIfLUDgz3BITKz3icJpyVgugkeEGWYoc79Ju3cHskQr64ay_Z224ZvL7L4IznwsAYR5ww-UJUX6aWBcFrIeAB-FDb3VQ1LjHd2Y/s1419/IMG_9989.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1419" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUFlkA8dhWMy4LkPCgi44abAOlzbCatsZE7C6UGeTCA97bMzP3ggyp6oyDG76UhI7jnker9vUAoQ-kEPCIXJreVTUwIfLUDgz3BITKz3icJpyVgugkeEGWYoc79Ju3cHskQr64ay_Z224ZvL7L4IznwsAYR5ww-UJUX6aWBcFrIeAB-FDb3VQ1LjHd2Y/w400-h283/IMG_9989.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The defenders were out numbered but the Saxons in the village were the best the Army had to offer up!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HJENsh0tXTuE2xNqItJw3gIvWISlRa-8NrTMVMcDnySh7-2pPEToFea0BeH2Sc-J-fv3HRFEtPGevH-mAmMBG8C2-kIpMB38bBb4v3Z1tWVz3k_JEFwFCnlE9-OFg8rn_f1fp_IJw_vhylGBzyl1s3W6vqV3lb_jzI9veK1ZW8hT60vHLmfQg5hDRSE/s1260/20240129_200853.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1260" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HJENsh0tXTuE2xNqItJw3gIvWISlRa-8NrTMVMcDnySh7-2pPEToFea0BeH2Sc-J-fv3HRFEtPGevH-mAmMBG8C2-kIpMB38bBb4v3Z1tWVz3k_JEFwFCnlE9-OFg8rn_f1fp_IJw_vhylGBzyl1s3W6vqV3lb_jzI9veK1ZW8hT60vHLmfQg5hDRSE/w400-h318/20240129_200853.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Saxons counter charged the main Viking force!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HkbC7ge696dEz1bSkSy0k7iTnfTDT3FagPFjh7-pMq9G4XgCNx9gvoqMsENpVkEpQeJAoLPMOXdeWrW82S-elW4pIDtsl_0ViRGmo8osGsioIfe7TX-R59sOCPOHZYSxtOoZUAAVWMHh_9Yibcj-cHuxAiFcJ-mLUBEwIhzykRKjdF7U3TDTkqI2zNk/s1441/20240129_200839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1441" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HkbC7ge696dEz1bSkSy0k7iTnfTDT3FagPFjh7-pMq9G4XgCNx9gvoqMsENpVkEpQeJAoLPMOXdeWrW82S-elW4pIDtsl_0ViRGmo8osGsioIfe7TX-R59sOCPOHZYSxtOoZUAAVWMHh_9Yibcj-cHuxAiFcJ-mLUBEwIhzykRKjdF7U3TDTkqI2zNk/w400-h278/20240129_200839.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Meanwhile the Viking left was overwhelmed, not a good day for the Norsemen!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYosKrf1q979bmKgM2GpF1j2g4HzarXLmaHUAyzUaGvzixUjtjYvmSIgK4aGjQkMrq1zowKRNicgD9fb7-z0Uwdq5gU52iTh6cafWEnCygqA6izfyUU4ngCkEfgGwY9gwV9mTzqqueX2TEBWrX1LDr8q-uQriwHt9_pPH8Z2LIVPrlvSmelyWM6ID3zQ/s1599/20240129_205908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1599" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYosKrf1q979bmKgM2GpF1j2g4HzarXLmaHUAyzUaGvzixUjtjYvmSIgK4aGjQkMrq1zowKRNicgD9fb7-z0Uwdq5gU52iTh6cafWEnCygqA6izfyUU4ngCkEfgGwY9gwV9mTzqqueX2TEBWrX1LDr8q-uQriwHt9_pPH8Z2LIVPrlvSmelyWM6ID3zQ/w400-h250/20240129_205908.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Vikings were held by the village defenders!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here we found the fact units get locked in combat until one side or the other is defeated made it hard to deploy fresh second line units into the fray to beat worn defenders!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28nMbFGF2_TWI94lZ-oaCUpC-Sf_Oo8OMgx2fQJ0UTTUHA8MjWNtAU7hAifsDbKoiEX31F6SIZhV1kuCEmxo28bvkuSoiqq9L7dDNdJ4I31pP_vLt7u-0Xnb8LSA61WM2nxpSA8Vh-jgQkXkcjts7Qp6srwmeBPNuquKFQMrtcglF4l72ZRFgezS2KCU/s1000/20240129_211144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="987" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28nMbFGF2_TWI94lZ-oaCUpC-Sf_Oo8OMgx2fQJ0UTTUHA8MjWNtAU7hAifsDbKoiEX31F6SIZhV1kuCEmxo28bvkuSoiqq9L7dDNdJ4I31pP_vLt7u-0Xnb8LSA61WM2nxpSA8Vh-jgQkXkcjts7Qp6srwmeBPNuquKFQMrtcglF4l72ZRFgezS2KCU/w395-h400/20240129_211144.jpg" width="395" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Another view of the fight for the village...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnu-cIZSOsM1Lvnaw7eoR7luqFQKcRwqOOob1P5MuoFmRTSKnQ0YX-xcvgOSKY21yH97JCA9Rury0kXthGriEl2Lw9tFt2wNzPPJVQY2mxEUYMpa2zU571AUFe5fZVszSlT47gvq78W3HUW-Obp3tNQdzPGWvTLqsFktl73MFGohqRsZHzoL0LYm5LvZ0/s1058/20240129_211258.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1058" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnu-cIZSOsM1Lvnaw7eoR7luqFQKcRwqOOob1P5MuoFmRTSKnQ0YX-xcvgOSKY21yH97JCA9Rury0kXthGriEl2Lw9tFt2wNzPPJVQY2mxEUYMpa2zU571AUFe5fZVszSlT47gvq78W3HUW-Obp3tNQdzPGWvTLqsFktl73MFGohqRsZHzoL0LYm5LvZ0/w400-h378/20240129_211258.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Close up of some of Maurice's excellent figures!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaq9XZmBh8vQtgAm0db9xnbHOCkWOSEU3tpVSiA2w__s90UCub2wlUgMbbfprh4YILWhZj8q-_zh8gk4U0iQe6GUqZF276sZlMCnGqwYiWlHHnbIoJkcEtdkCHaGtwWAn1q3V3HfQjZiiqZB3xk9yKlnPbPN8eOSMsYR3XecarQRB3AsYo05TNEra6V6A/s1800/IMG_9990.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1800" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaq9XZmBh8vQtgAm0db9xnbHOCkWOSEU3tpVSiA2w__s90UCub2wlUgMbbfprh4YILWhZj8q-_zh8gk4U0iQe6GUqZF276sZlMCnGqwYiWlHHnbIoJkcEtdkCHaGtwWAn1q3V3HfQjZiiqZB3xk9yKlnPbPN8eOSMsYR3XecarQRB3AsYo05TNEra6V6A/w400-h223/IMG_9990.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a close battle. We like the Impetus rule set, the combat takes getting your head around but once that is done it gives us a good fight that can be completed in an evening!</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-64667131802531008592023-12-10T12:04:00.001+10:302023-12-10T21:06:13.621+10:30Second Franco-Mexican War - Song of Drums & Kepis AAR<div><span style="font-family: arial;">In October we played a Song of Drums and Kepis game using the Convoy Scenario, we set the game in the period on the Second French Intervention in Mexico circa 1862.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Al and Maurice commanded the French and were in charge of the convoy, Dave and George led the locals.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Mexicans line up before the Action Captain Martinez and Sharpshooter Paulo up front!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbcnGlq84tiajLj4uZ0hSEAXKZBcnnbC2t439y0RsCIKepHWCdal5ZNB0xD3K21t0aOVdzSoveb98S9xqqyPmDt5T8teVX48atBZJ7D37WKRaMu7XBFnhh9ilZFK7CbxbT3Rc3s-d7Ns2AMCjIBjIbrSEBklPMRTSN04YGFS9EP4Y7evOlDuyvb6NWyw/s1444/20231028_173544.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1444" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbcnGlq84tiajLj4uZ0hSEAXKZBcnnbC2t439y0RsCIKepHWCdal5ZNB0xD3K21t0aOVdzSoveb98S9xqqyPmDt5T8teVX48atBZJ7D37WKRaMu7XBFnhh9ilZFK7CbxbT3Rc3s-d7Ns2AMCjIBjIbrSEBklPMRTSN04YGFS9EP4Y7evOlDuyvb6NWyw/w400-h246/20231028_173544.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The 'Armies'</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The French</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Officer Lt Dreyfus </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Sergeant Sgt Depp</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">7 x Elite Legionnaires</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Supply Cart and Civilian Driver 'Bob'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Mexicans</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Officer - Captain Martinez</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Crack Shot - Paulo</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">10 x Regular Infantry</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The AAR</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Turns one and two, the French got off to a good start the convoy moving along with a couple of successful activations and with no Mexicans appearing on the horizon, it was looking like a walk in the park thought Lieutenant Dreyfus.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Turn three a group of Mexicans appeared in the woods to the right of the road, Lieutenant Dreyfus allocated 4 Legionnaires to deal with them! Simultaneously Mexican Captain Martinez had sprung his trap he ordered his men to take carefully aimed shots at the French opposite them, every shot missed!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Turn four while Bob led the convey the escorts to the right of the road charged the Mexicans facing them! Martinez seeing the French advancing barked orders to his men to reload and fire as a group, they failed to heed his command thanks to a poor activation roll, he started to shake in his boots! Due to this poor command performance the second group of Mexicans including a crack shot known only as Paulo failed to move into action!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Turn five and Captain Martinez was hit by a bullet rendering hors de combat and his men were overrun by the rampaging Legionnaires! The second group of Mexicans failed their first activation again causing a turnover ending the hapless Mexican involvement in the turn!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Turn six and Bob, Sgt Depp and the convoy exited the table whilst one Mexican out of a group of five managed to activate, too little too late!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A decisive French victory! Well done Al and Maurice.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Some Pictures</u> (I didn't take many was watching how the action played out!)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The French Legionnaires escorting vital supplies enter the fray...</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAj4mG8M0tMZblXf0qBcmu9PvoF3TUbZNlIVPzJgi-sPojhRG7LR441fR8VV0QCXAozDxJZbqNkllLIcmFEHNd4FelvP50ILq7e1Skt6iqpnd6E9KgIdq_6tmBLTmVq_Cide_pZicZ-_S-Y__dIyVc9G1tB5_eCzP1Y65dC-WRadLnajqqJ2jkUr-CU4U/s1585/20231028_173501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1585" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAj4mG8M0tMZblXf0qBcmu9PvoF3TUbZNlIVPzJgi-sPojhRG7LR441fR8VV0QCXAozDxJZbqNkllLIcmFEHNd4FelvP50ILq7e1Skt6iqpnd6E9KgIdq_6tmBLTmVq_Cide_pZicZ-_S-Y__dIyVc9G1tB5_eCzP1Y65dC-WRadLnajqqJ2jkUr-CU4U/w400-h253/20231028_173501.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All seems ominously quiet!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAy97LJZFV_ICBztPD5WQpcD7kvQE7HkLUxDc85ixEqhQocEiI7qI71pFrC5iUJwRTy7nNKLCVepZtmrZW7s2uDTeKlQf35bNyqIlIRY47kgiNG2lpigwQo3gouFsOtI0sWWcQ7ZbHxJ4A5eBcqCZyh5jRsni9enQtZC_CDii16Z0jVYZmOUtyVkbSsmU/s1513/20231030_181001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1513" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAy97LJZFV_ICBztPD5WQpcD7kvQE7HkLUxDc85ixEqhQocEiI7qI71pFrC5iUJwRTy7nNKLCVepZtmrZW7s2uDTeKlQf35bNyqIlIRY47kgiNG2lpigwQo3gouFsOtI0sWWcQ7ZbHxJ4A5eBcqCZyh5jRsni9enQtZC_CDii16Z0jVYZmOUtyVkbSsmU/w400-h251/20231030_181001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">A volley of shots rings out breaking deadly silence at the order of Captain Martinez!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyzgJAhzgLtcx9iowQP0cVBIfCJcXli1MbQIfjV4kCSDFf_x7THBVYlEBNUx8Wm9LVX693Pk7ST97R2vfLfSqoLZZWBbC3o5A7_PuuTdTbiaD3LT6DFcSGkoRKx0bRYQZABHex3q8LDSFamHvEZued22u-LLHQywTTAEfSNYQPKEiW44uUI0gELisPl0/s1188/20231030_191251.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1188" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyzgJAhzgLtcx9iowQP0cVBIfCJcXli1MbQIfjV4kCSDFf_x7THBVYlEBNUx8Wm9LVX693Pk7ST97R2vfLfSqoLZZWBbC3o5A7_PuuTdTbiaD3LT6DFcSGkoRKx0bRYQZABHex3q8LDSFamHvEZued22u-LLHQywTTAEfSNYQPKEiW44uUI0gELisPl0/w400-h275/20231030_191251.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Under pressure the Mexicans try a Group Action to prepare a second volley to meet the oncoming Frenchies...they roll disastrously...no actions, plus this being the first try to activate this phase/turn that means that no other Mexicans get a chance to activate! Oh dear!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiymAlVc3Un786tt6GGKKJlnxfPeiGNFSGdq5HrFJHxo2uJp9U_S_wYxaESRFekJc45RuH8_UOeIFRSFFHnPzlsV5bBZAW35yeWUpGd4oJCSJs9GkHsIqCNBHqcEKG8K32E6EaVdTX7bkOhsNDs6wJXEUOeCMa_hyphenhyphenR-Wpn1Qes0Ne5rSx9LsaCGvM9E_Q/s1505/20231030_192913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1505" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiymAlVc3Un786tt6GGKKJlnxfPeiGNFSGdq5HrFJHxo2uJp9U_S_wYxaESRFekJc45RuH8_UOeIFRSFFHnPzlsV5bBZAW35yeWUpGd4oJCSJs9GkHsIqCNBHqcEKG8K32E6EaVdTX7bkOhsNDs6wJXEUOeCMa_hyphenhyphenR-Wpn1Qes0Ne5rSx9LsaCGvM9E_Q/w400-h266/20231030_192913.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Legionnaires reach the Mexicans at the tree line and decimate them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8FpZlGAIhQEgj7AANo5SIRN0ods1C1cqCg-qxm2Jo0U6izHbKgwR4exzXMtpwll8V8c9dwk4AglqCh6TPrib7e96Y0Zd__d_GZc-sb1mICLQ9c7G7GXGhBbiGx6HExcLqLkwbXylV0cgyF6LpfWqHHkau9M5VsB_C_-lM1-1_K7vYcR9jTkSdLj3hFs/s1234/20231030_200612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1234" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8FpZlGAIhQEgj7AANo5SIRN0ods1C1cqCg-qxm2Jo0U6izHbKgwR4exzXMtpwll8V8c9dwk4AglqCh6TPrib7e96Y0Zd__d_GZc-sb1mICLQ9c7G7GXGhBbiGx6HExcLqLkwbXylV0cgyF6LpfWqHHkau9M5VsB_C_-lM1-1_K7vYcR9jTkSdLj3hFs/w400-h324/20231030_200612.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A sole Mexican stands firm defeating three attacks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPa7FDSdmYnwsQQcDJsVwNzn89Q-96vH6bCaLl5AHADp-m-Kb_6wGenAGG4ATpwt_F8i7rDuwmGZeO5ufnUIBxf6eJBiqXdmzgJiIQ598r1NFxmXqqNatzb40OVmGBuHfbVCpM3svS159D68dL3irpYEkSExC6EkBy5qEUBSsfjhgIMIBSaRF635BZwA/s1987/20231030_200555.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1607" data-original-width="1987" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPa7FDSdmYnwsQQcDJsVwNzn89Q-96vH6bCaLl5AHADp-m-Kb_6wGenAGG4ATpwt_F8i7rDuwmGZeO5ufnUIBxf6eJBiqXdmzgJiIQ598r1NFxmXqqNatzb40OVmGBuHfbVCpM3svS159D68dL3irpYEkSExC6EkBy5qEUBSsfjhgIMIBSaRF635BZwA/w400-h324/20231030_200555.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Bob and his Escort safely cross the required ground...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbeKFkLNlcwQ6AvthbO8LZ2zF163j0ytw6-0-tTzM00lu6MndEG6tcybnZVZDlDTbrlTEq_VdP3Wwk7qMO_wbcH5nEhln0K1p2J3_8niMK5wrNyGX809KTTU-VGqVtFPwNDjyrFpG7yYVnnuw0HuPWXMgt7VA9UYEZS1DjrLtQCdBayNqEfCsy9QmmwI/s1409/20231030_200637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1409" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbeKFkLNlcwQ6AvthbO8LZ2zF163j0ytw6-0-tTzM00lu6MndEG6tcybnZVZDlDTbrlTEq_VdP3Wwk7qMO_wbcH5nEhln0K1p2J3_8niMK5wrNyGX809KTTU-VGqVtFPwNDjyrFpG7yYVnnuw0HuPWXMgt7VA9UYEZS1DjrLtQCdBayNqEfCsy9QmmwI/w400-h284/20231030_200637.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><u style="font-family: arial;">After Game Stuff</u></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A convincing victory to the French Foreign Legionnaires!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Until recently and since day one we have been playing Song of Drums and Shakos wrongly (all my fault), we had full turns and allowed all miniatures a chance to activate and then move onto the next turn BUT apparently every ‘turnover’ resets all the miniatures to ‘ready to activate’ status. Wow has this changed the feel of the games played, from one of my favourite sets of rules it’s tumbled to ‘Ah Song of Drums again…’ status! Now unless you play with forces with balanced Quality (read Activation) Numbers it turns into a one sided affair just like this game was. Then if you have two elite sides it is virtually IGOUGO with only a double one causing a turnover and lastly if you have two sides of poor quality troops playing it’s painful with turnover followed by turnover resetting all miniatures often resulting in IGOUGO by miniature. Now effectively Units have two Levels of Activation; a test using their Quality Number and the Turnover excluding a chance for dice rolls 😳!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As an aside we played Fistful of Lead recently and I am thinking of using that for skirmish games now, a couple more trial games to follow!</div></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-51002649585761175412023-12-07T16:31:00.001+10:302023-12-07T16:31:24.114+10:30Dead Man's Hand AAR "There's Gold In that Thar Town!" or "Trouble Out West"...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In September we played a game of Dead Mans Hand, there were three gangs heading into the Town, they could gain or lose Victory Points by killing others Gang’s Characters or Townsfolk and there was also loot to be 'recovered'! </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Okay so basically there was Gold "In that thar Town!" but who would get it?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Ex Confederate Cavalry (George)</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They ran into a couple of armed locals whom they quickly dispatched!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With the Outlaws and Ranchers now spent forces the Ex Rebs took control of the Town’s Main Street where they were in a position to ransack the Town un opposed!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A win to the Ex Reb Cavalrymen, well done George!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Some Pictures</u></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Ranchers (five figures in the foreground) enter town and find the Wells Fargo building full of Outlaws, the shooting’ begins!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwn1jYgk3mMxd75u8nGTphvHnme5HUVKiVvSsXDtkhMhD2J4nSkR9rV9YMaFqqLcgggoFseQfZObh7CSbw6-wZ-XuhT3iYoMeLygmr4NJhNwEQ-HsNjCxTc10QvDQBzNtwE_uR4TrSe2ghBn_E4impPL8oI26i7AfH5bXD5dG4to5hVYinplrMzfH1n9U/s2183/20230904_200901.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="2183" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwn1jYgk3mMxd75u8nGTphvHnme5HUVKiVvSsXDtkhMhD2J4nSkR9rV9YMaFqqLcgggoFseQfZObh7CSbw6-wZ-XuhT3iYoMeLygmr4NJhNwEQ-HsNjCxTc10QvDQBzNtwE_uR4TrSe2ghBn_E4impPL8oI26i7AfH5bXD5dG4to5hVYinplrMzfH1n9U/w400-h228/20230904_200901.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile the Cavalrymen gun down a Townsperson out front of the Haberdashery! They then continue to make their way down Main Street…</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aMwzcyim87xFjFav9dT2J-6yyxZXvbqYIwXJa9_D5iWUbxFv9s_IJJXdnQmcB_CSp8U4LlpXrkFG7-OmfmfE4bi77cuDoqN8m9URFlfgdosSn8ouroUyiAMduYvtNUs0UF7UQO0jEIE4h7qIc1w8ORyTtRwq9GZznycIHY39IU1y54JNyfmeDkUROes/s1430/20230904_200911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="1430" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aMwzcyim87xFjFav9dT2J-6yyxZXvbqYIwXJa9_D5iWUbxFv9s_IJJXdnQmcB_CSp8U4LlpXrkFG7-OmfmfE4bi77cuDoqN8m9URFlfgdosSn8ouroUyiAMduYvtNUs0UF7UQO0jEIE4h7qIc1w8ORyTtRwq9GZznycIHY39IU1y54JNyfmeDkUROes/w400-h275/20230904_200911.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Ex Confederates view of the Town’s Main Street, Ranchers and Outlaws can be seen in the distance! The farm folk were in the process of putting the bad guys to flight, we were down to just the badly battered Ranchers and the fresh Cavalrymen (play onimous sounding music 😉).</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrsGiqpAKEIDSdGXjeoM46cxbMRrKibuSfP6tPuFi9Rji4B3S_0ctP5jQtWA7d4c4yFqBXuGWvHqAKVSb-p500FKIgsAs9x1LR4l3FreWg4CgaEVZqmH5T9B3fuCW70FdBweJzhcIu23AL1D-m78UpYQlXpRiHE7p3gMU5PGVwgWtAkDcziSLpfM69eQ/s1600/20230904_200920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrsGiqpAKEIDSdGXjeoM46cxbMRrKibuSfP6tPuFi9Rji4B3S_0ctP5jQtWA7d4c4yFqBXuGWvHqAKVSb-p500FKIgsAs9x1LR4l3FreWg4CgaEVZqmH5T9B3fuCW70FdBweJzhcIu23AL1D-m78UpYQlXpRiHE7p3gMU5PGVwgWtAkDcziSLpfM69eQ/w400-h300/20230904_200920.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">An overview of the Town, all the buildings except the ones in the top right with the small corral are scratch built…</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPW_bzNmJd15Ui2AV3XT-dMisFO4Bklx2UOqqwwyeBpHfrfYsSt8VzvHbXJW5ATbHBUVBFqazYtxKDRXsuY29m1QgZAYlxM8_OYRZL92ztQOBq2pokq-67ZkeqG0mqSkM_N_LI2WKr4itID36rKrrnmLER_fRV8_bSrhhB_KYM_bmUmHyLji7Fwr-qRa4/s2633/20230914_075118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2633" data-original-width="2178" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPW_bzNmJd15Ui2AV3XT-dMisFO4Bklx2UOqqwwyeBpHfrfYsSt8VzvHbXJW5ATbHBUVBFqazYtxKDRXsuY29m1QgZAYlxM8_OYRZL92ztQOBq2pokq-67ZkeqG0mqSkM_N_LI2WKr4itID36rKrrnmLER_fRV8_bSrhhB_KYM_bmUmHyLji7Fwr-qRa4/w331-h400/20230914_075118.jpg" width="331" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Afterwards Stuff</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Using the players points accumulation at the end of the game the Ranchers and Outlaws both had higher totals than the Ex Rebs but given they could the recover anything they wanted from the Bank etc they were the winners on the night!</span></div></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-53978142032784203332023-11-27T16:23:00.003+10:302023-11-28T07:35:13.027+10:30TSOG Revisit the Sudan Circa 188something!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Last Monday we were caught short for a game so I quickly pulled out TMWWBK rules and a bucket full of Sudan figures!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">We selected Scenario C called 'To the Last Bullet' and went with 25 points vs 19, the British would be on the defensive.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The British<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Fierce Highland Unit<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">4 x Egyptian Units</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The Mahdi<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Camelry Unit<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Poor Artillery Unit<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">6 x Tribal Infantry Units</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Okay briefly the game went like this, the Mahdi swept forward and swamped the Egyptians then hurled themselves at the Highlanders defending the fortified village and after taking enormous casualties overwhelmed the 'men in skirts'!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The reason for such a short AAR is we stuffed up rather royally with the rules and 'Moving at the Double' was moving at the double instead of using the variable D6 roll, enough said Dave and I now hang our heads in shame winning in such an ungentlemanly fashion! Next time we play a set of rules we will reread them instead of going off the top of our heads. This said the British and Egyptians did very well in the circumstances!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some pictures then we'll move on...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Impressive Imperial Force started a prompt withdraw on turn 1!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGNsGARP_lby7ii4fmHiG2ZsfBKDcqn9JGVmmChzeLgoqrm94LlF6h3MXlqZtC6WnWiJAvoxEIA33w7y_HvwY5h5Kk0xC00IfD82L4ZoO-MLrXrP-0Ouxj04_orShBK0GPGsXFY0CKhviU9P_BlPWdhXm0nyxITRhVR12CIukZCnbtk1iFE8udEYSqXo/s1765/20231113_191602.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1765" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGNsGARP_lby7ii4fmHiG2ZsfBKDcqn9JGVmmChzeLgoqrm94LlF6h3MXlqZtC6WnWiJAvoxEIA33w7y_HvwY5h5Kk0xC00IfD82L4ZoO-MLrXrP-0Ouxj04_orShBK0GPGsXFY0CKhviU9P_BlPWdhXm0nyxITRhVR12CIukZCnbtk1iFE8udEYSqXo/w400-h272/20231113_191602.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to their super human movement abilities the Mahdi were quickly amongst the Egyptians...here a band of warriors race past Colonel Goodhope as he covered the rear of his retiring troops (mainly because of poor activation rolls!)</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2158" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVbGXeCYvg9w3J3wsQoZEu9hpt5ZzcbYjvebeKJDK4G7EPIhz9HzMSyMBIiIgJKXceToNfzILYEcx5KY4O0AL74ucUDQ-iWvmcAqdfJDAzyEJsmjY3ptCGLPsI78tCEo3epWtyCSlYLl5TJ203yb-wWv8I8Ao2tksEv3ekBEbHruG4fy0mnsKD3Hfrg08/w400-h223/20231113_195128.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Egyptians looked splendid...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyy-DtRPXiYqb8rI0Xm6asUBF-6Kr_XjI0NV5VMXEj_MtC9bQUk0VmENmxrYaAI6vyafU-DktZfjx2yZFmJ3WxZhBld0TeDA3BY8JLuGeeu-QlZjMiqlMW9N9333I33HwM6Z4P-gdSE200aBY50e52weHEKq9lM67MzOvV0oeJ79zTmckECrwWasn_RTA/s1494/20231113_195153.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1494" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyy-DtRPXiYqb8rI0Xm6asUBF-6Kr_XjI0NV5VMXEj_MtC9bQUk0VmENmxrYaAI6vyafU-DktZfjx2yZFmJ3WxZhBld0TeDA3BY8JLuGeeu-QlZjMiqlMW9N9333I33HwM6Z4P-gdSE200aBY50e52weHEKq9lM67MzOvV0oeJ79zTmckECrwWasn_RTA/w400-h321/20231113_195153.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Until they were engaged at close quarters by the rampaging Mahdi!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSwDLQ4kbpAoA81vuLCh4v8dbdhcr35hqyRhu31naiM6sFYy1_O56Cb25J37ysZo78yM4EP0Ry38Gs-F3JrBfsRqtxkjNOf_Jv5crgyxf8BPMrkjwZE9BfAU_Ni1DmbWbhBy5kU0eVM98M0itv4L3P1GFDd0luLoF_9iXoGgYGBLM3cJJeDRBFI3bDo8/s1539/20231113_203726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1539" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSwDLQ4kbpAoA81vuLCh4v8dbdhcr35hqyRhu31naiM6sFYy1_O56Cb25J37ysZo78yM4EP0Ry38Gs-F3JrBfsRqtxkjNOf_Jv5crgyxf8BPMrkjwZE9BfAU_Ni1DmbWbhBy5kU0eVM98M0itv4L3P1GFDd0luLoF_9iXoGgYGBLM3cJJeDRBFI3bDo8/w400-h313/20231113_203726.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Highlanders got to cover in the village/farm and prepared to receive their foes...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHgAVLZD67kWOHT2nKam212qIyJpo-qnk0oWY0RQO30bRgJM5M3ynQTqKiAt3SK6-T6DJaTajuLJsJcW_iA9Gw6Mg8xLMyzefE10od7vAovY6jFYdM5PBIc2e3Pt80RcJ6okfZWo8yEEAMn_rVPZikTLJ0v_nWjaky6e30si0wYQX1QwzHXYl0NqS64r0/s1811/20231113_201516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1811" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHgAVLZD67kWOHT2nKam212qIyJpo-qnk0oWY0RQO30bRgJM5M3ynQTqKiAt3SK6-T6DJaTajuLJsJcW_iA9Gw6Mg8xLMyzefE10od7vAovY6jFYdM5PBIc2e3Pt80RcJ6okfZWo8yEEAMn_rVPZikTLJ0v_nWjaky6e30si0wYQX1QwzHXYl0NqS64r0/w400-h265/20231113_201516.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Mahdi charged the 'men in skirts' repeatedly taking heavy losses but wearing them down!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJirOjZXpAmSM4nSsHlpMDA0Hz51tx1_bMlYbuCxQjanYGr0kV8jrT1nuZu0lZXDSnBf6xYB9Yz23mr6AurbqXrg5as0Ki4R8S5avEuzCM9M0WLhj6uNyJshj0Q7j4B8v0dDkWOxxrV8CBrgzL7c4a447lUcOZXsoGooWZRlgkcyLYbB8x6tf3ApawdBs/s2009/20231113_211004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2009" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJirOjZXpAmSM4nSsHlpMDA0Hz51tx1_bMlYbuCxQjanYGr0kV8jrT1nuZu0lZXDSnBf6xYB9Yz23mr6AurbqXrg5as0Ki4R8S5avEuzCM9M0WLhj6uNyJshj0Q7j4B8v0dDkWOxxrV8CBrgzL7c4a447lUcOZXsoGooWZRlgkcyLYbB8x6tf3ApawdBs/w400-h239/20231113_211004.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">...and the Highlanders were overcome!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIiJBu-k7tWjV0Iir_uizQmVU2cUNTHUD0QqGJBW9uZQ4moyPPjBCyTXwtcbdxpLMsVhdj6u0Q47JVlcl6NWnDCh2lWwOKbxOaemmPuSC_QTksrLbAe0zlhmeJc0PEcZsD1nYFtHdaTps0ZtGKILEZvXfCFihLiW0mda_BwfFFXeoTrsOMsSDUyFbmLAQ/s1372/20231113_211831.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1372" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIiJBu-k7tWjV0Iir_uizQmVU2cUNTHUD0QqGJBW9uZQ4moyPPjBCyTXwtcbdxpLMsVhdj6u0Q47JVlcl6NWnDCh2lWwOKbxOaemmPuSC_QTksrLbAe0zlhmeJc0PEcZsD1nYFtHdaTps0ZtGKILEZvXfCFihLiW0mda_BwfFFXeoTrsOMsSDUyFbmLAQ/w400-h350/20231113_211831.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">At least the game looked spectacular!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PS some would say the British succumbed on the night to a dirty low handed Mahdi trickery!</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-6216795268870581332023-10-05T14:47:00.001+10:302023-10-05T14:53:03.661+10:30Iron Cross Rules - 1944 NW Europe Game<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Monday we played a scenario from the Iron Cross Rulebook, set in North West France in 1944 with the Germans on the attack and British on the back foot! The scenario was the Breakthrough one. Dave played the Germans George the British, re the special rules Dave selected the Command Point bonus of an Aggressive Force against having a Pre-Game Bombardment of the defenders.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With no infantry support (!) a Pz IV advances on the British line...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaOVBqGGLEbLAErRIrbeeP26glxvOnxNl5RELJ5IKN1f1IjGlQj4bjzXP5gqQTXiqJXIBjAaFr5ap2GL_snIjc-e12z8dXI648gWRW5QtBfMFmdPIGl4u0IS0YRyEmY_srqE5IJyiTw5igMMCm7VkRdF0SaQ3uTgY2gyoCSfHeniCqxXLnv6Ivo2xa2ic/s1800/20231002_192331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1800" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaOVBqGGLEbLAErRIrbeeP26glxvOnxNl5RELJ5IKN1f1IjGlQj4bjzXP5gqQTXiqJXIBjAaFr5ap2GL_snIjc-e12z8dXI648gWRW5QtBfMFmdPIGl4u0IS0YRyEmY_srqE5IJyiTw5igMMCm7VkRdF0SaQ3uTgY2gyoCSfHeniCqxXLnv6Ivo2xa2ic/w400-h299/20231002_192331.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Forces</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">German Attackers 415pts</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Foot HQ</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">4 x Infantry Sections two with ATW</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x HMG Section</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Mortar Sections</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">3 x Pz IV Late Models</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Stug III Late Model</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">British 401pts</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Foot HQ</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">6 x Infantry Sections two with ATW</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x HMG Sections</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Mortar Section</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x 6lber ATG with Truck</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Shermans with 76mm Gun</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The AAR</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Germans massed near the centre and right of the battlefield from their perspective advanced rapidly taking advantage of the sparse terrain of north eastern France! The British held fire to keep their concealment in the trees and villages while concentrating their spread out force.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Turn two and the British opened fire on the attackers and also counterattacked, on their right infantry advanced on the open German flank while on their left a Sherman advanced to take on the German armour!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Quickly the Germans were in trouble even though they destroyed both the British tanks they had lost two of their own and two sections of infantry! Then to top it all off for them a British section advanced into a position with a line of sight of the Germans HQ and Mortar sections and started directing indirect fire onto them!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A last lung forward by the Germans cost them another Pz IV and foot section they were now too weak to achieve the victory condition of getting a third of their Break Point value into the British defensive zone in the allowed time. We complete 5 of the 7 allocated turns (an eighth turn was in the offing).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A good British Victory!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Some Pictures</u> (not many unfortunately was busy umpiring!)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">British anti-tank gunners await a suspected German attack!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikklktkQcJSPmO6huT8lOPF6v48BYvG4qdFLjEIq5CijxXLN0DexSJq_ZI7Xt5u8p5I57h9_utScAPIz2QmsM27BW64pApymqzaYjcNepfj1_cJzkcoPTk0wQbZNQBq3T9Xb8csyDDV80lRbIZYZ41sprVfSlc9ehpPfZPrf5wh5N1knhn2M7WuZErEuE/s1489/20231002_192306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1489" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikklktkQcJSPmO6huT8lOPF6v48BYvG4qdFLjEIq5CijxXLN0DexSJq_ZI7Xt5u8p5I57h9_utScAPIz2QmsM27BW64pApymqzaYjcNepfj1_cJzkcoPTk0wQbZNQBq3T9Xb8csyDDV80lRbIZYZ41sprVfSlc9ehpPfZPrf5wh5N1knhn2M7WuZErEuE/w400-h299/20231002_192306.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The German force advances with their HQ and Mortar Sections in the foreground</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCocj3lFoIYQG_Zs6LEA4_U_t824hCAG8DbJUqeE8Fj_zYcKKvH7IeRf-OSa7dhskI8qSo9ue2CweDatI8FqnmVoM72ofLWwQQUVbzZpZYeeTM8JQjxb6SvXxz26OwuldjBLFsmJlll9STQS9ogBmWGpKWb1jJKyfZ6ZtoEOKmHdeqXXPW9LxsY3OPWps/s1800/20231002_192326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="1800" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCocj3lFoIYQG_Zs6LEA4_U_t824hCAG8DbJUqeE8Fj_zYcKKvH7IeRf-OSa7dhskI8qSo9ue2CweDatI8FqnmVoM72ofLWwQQUVbzZpZYeeTM8JQjxb6SvXxz26OwuldjBLFsmJlll9STQS9ogBmWGpKWb1jJKyfZ6ZtoEOKmHdeqXXPW9LxsY3OPWps/w400-h309/20231002_192326.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The British launch a counter attack!?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKhNItxE4lwkPmejz7B6mDsefV7t7D0IAfMihPh_azokq7foXUIHyR7Hh-aRiyTMgzSs25wKM3WRvF4r8Ja9DCx280sPRjWLLDpwYS_wWPJfnHC0MU9L3p1HhwCoceJWRB6KhHo5bKQYLPq9E1kqQGEcKVQCgyFsUEzWjXSdDjoUtXudAlOWp_c0Lbmc/s1911/20231002_192312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1911" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKhNItxE4lwkPmejz7B6mDsefV7t7D0IAfMihPh_azokq7foXUIHyR7Hh-aRiyTMgzSs25wKM3WRvF4r8Ja9DCx280sPRjWLLDpwYS_wWPJfnHC0MU9L3p1HhwCoceJWRB6KhHo5bKQYLPq9E1kqQGEcKVQCgyFsUEzWjXSdDjoUtXudAlOWp_c0Lbmc/w400-h376/20231002_192312.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The main British defensive position was strong on a forested hilltop...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvX0HtuBbgCWJoiJPqgzOvmaAp8XKh-0xyz6YKt5tXfqkjBOvhqQih9vxC7SHTB1NcKOs9fO8tUWMrfl60zxfs3PInJ1jTBO_6MMFHLikUZy8_g2HGexwEGwNO3IDzYMVm_XlkFYV86if00A8U_72lz2ippFHioJ1NQ6LWNsByIQqzma0HvYvszHqlYU/s1800/20231002_201316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1800" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvX0HtuBbgCWJoiJPqgzOvmaAp8XKh-0xyz6YKt5tXfqkjBOvhqQih9vxC7SHTB1NcKOs9fO8tUWMrfl60zxfs3PInJ1jTBO_6MMFHLikUZy8_g2HGexwEGwNO3IDzYMVm_XlkFYV86if00A8U_72lz2ippFHioJ1NQ6LWNsByIQqzma0HvYvszHqlYU/w400-h249/20231002_201316.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The lead German Pz IV brews up!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_l_sYr02wD2lUhHTw3IxXwkrz_py6zITwrvMwaL0vlBNR6MWGxESIPKE-71-6xiAdB3DaVf4gBC5H9Ih9insADQjVAvLkuLA3XVDV_XQNcNCEAKX2tFAexdupHv8etd1tbTqQYZS0Q0tSrpz-rR8ZG79FIlQEkWYNFaUkZ0DAVMilgvyJRQ6g7VF2a88/s1800/20231002_201343.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="1800" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_l_sYr02wD2lUhHTw3IxXwkrz_py6zITwrvMwaL0vlBNR6MWGxESIPKE-71-6xiAdB3DaVf4gBC5H9Ih9insADQjVAvLkuLA3XVDV_XQNcNCEAKX2tFAexdupHv8etd1tbTqQYZS0Q0tSrpz-rR8ZG79FIlQEkWYNFaUkZ0DAVMilgvyJRQ6g7VF2a88/w400-h271/20231002_201343.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The battlefield at the games end, the British defensive line in the foreground...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7NhHmOUREQjRqrl18KVpamuXk2vdgYpQzSC_8LaPbJ6IvkH2HbUYQJiaGNpQTbWUEqphcXxXhCKxl9OzHjIIDK4AfTqlXEjIoVgiWtLxjyAK0fMWpN1xExaR3HNYydMDRPDGShD66oacVayHJON-FAyyKuT20nPGmbfupfkdL_DLfZxnzwz4iFjN51b4/s1800/20231002_203715.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1800" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7NhHmOUREQjRqrl18KVpamuXk2vdgYpQzSC_8LaPbJ6IvkH2HbUYQJiaGNpQTbWUEqphcXxXhCKxl9OzHjIIDK4AfTqlXEjIoVgiWtLxjyAK0fMWpN1xExaR3HNYydMDRPDGShD66oacVayHJON-FAyyKuT20nPGmbfupfkdL_DLfZxnzwz4iFjN51b4/w400-h235/20231002_203715.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>After Game Stuff</u><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A good game to get back into the rules but we forgot we had played this scenario before and it is an uphill battle for the attacker! We played the rules as written but in four weeks will play them again with our house rules.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dave did make a serious mistake and did not take advantage of being second to set up, he placed his main attack facing the deployed British ATG instead of facing the weaker British flank! Given that it we believe this is a hard scenario to win as written.</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-49490093327056715472023-09-15T08:37:00.001+09:302023-09-15T08:37:27.618+09:30Wings of War WW II Night!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">Monday July 18 two brave TSGOGgers</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">donned their flight gear climb aboard their kites and hit the air! Over to Dave...</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">FLt 'Whizzo' Al in his trusty Hurricane did battle with Leutnant 'Schmutzy' von N in the Me109 over the green fields of Kent. Through head on passes and deflection shooting from interlocking S-Turns the Hurrys multiple 303s delivered the goods. In the first sortie the 109 carried 16 out of the required 17 hits for a few turns before disintegrating. Undeterred; Schmutzy eluded the home guard and swam back to Calais for sortie 2 where the first burst of Whizzos 303s gave 8 hits (ach these Englanders fight like madmen!) and the 2nd burst had one of those darn explosion chits. For Schmutzy it's PoW life with incessant rain, bad plumbing, bread and dripping...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of pics from the night!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbG5dBiwKXjuiqr11w-7sibTdRx01fQy4-1k63BKUrnbYqQMvtDlkkKo0CTyKerOuay8XSEf6P30V4tKe4Bu7_JPP0bFKbFvnA_leTGh-gr2OBGQuTYVoX5SFjNOeF59ijepHQFEHamiV5mMqfdfQNNNkOmkOOnCldUW8i5hw4QF3FjBZ94s-6IcvJm8/s1280/20230731_192436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbG5dBiwKXjuiqr11w-7sibTdRx01fQy4-1k63BKUrnbYqQMvtDlkkKo0CTyKerOuay8XSEf6P30V4tKe4Bu7_JPP0bFKbFvnA_leTGh-gr2OBGQuTYVoX5SFjNOeF59ijepHQFEHamiV5mMqfdfQNNNkOmkOOnCldUW8i5hw4QF3FjBZ94s-6IcvJm8/w400-h400/20230731_192436.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqybKsjSiQbbKtooHvmyOWyxXhJBp2NWoc-RCdumJBHV9BA8uj-ecKG4KCrq8KtRtU9k-wQxwuVp8BdDv7Nd9Cv3mOjuLuYoC3-KRa8CNLE-Ae1DBAZnfYFalHpd00gYyKzZapEx_Vf3aJ_0YE_Php5g-C5uqMIe-LTTMav1G4e2D1otfxW5hiyO1hYk/s1280/20230731_200401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqybKsjSiQbbKtooHvmyOWyxXhJBp2NWoc-RCdumJBHV9BA8uj-ecKG4KCrq8KtRtU9k-wQxwuVp8BdDv7Nd9Cv3mOjuLuYoC3-KRa8CNLE-Ae1DBAZnfYFalHpd00gYyKzZapEx_Vf3aJ_0YE_Php5g-C5uqMIe-LTTMav1G4e2D1otfxW5hiyO1hYk/w400-h400/20230731_200401.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;" /></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-65308739871039451962023-06-25T11:01:00.013+09:302023-06-25T21:42:38.279+09:30CoC AAR - PTO Tulagi Beach Blue 1942<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">2nd of May Dave hosted a CoC PTO game for us, turning over to Dave...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">The first US offensive in the Pacific was in August 1942 in the Solomon Islands and the initial landings were on Tulagi, the administrative centre of the island chain. Tulagi is a small island north of Guadalcanal, nestled below the larger Florida Island. Unlike the landings on Guadalcanal, which met no initial resistance, Tulagi was contested strongly by Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF) troops of the IJN. The USMC landing force under Merrit Edson consisted of Carlson's Raider Battalion and 5th Battalion of 2nd Marine Regiment. </span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1b0xDW3l4pEHsfZCUU3pfNMWdUSvpXQOePJi5MipJm_lEKMjqgtlpNCTbJDcM8NlhE570Cff0S3ETFuDcFcVSKn0cSU7KGO1bE0-oc-2CwqoN4v2vnQ1cBiHmKEB-IXROzGo49oPo67hAUE52tfybIjdcA2gW2zEQnS8EzLnHPhKL3PihQKO46bXGRJA/s1026/Dave%20PTO%20Map.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="1026" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1b0xDW3l4pEHsfZCUU3pfNMWdUSvpXQOePJi5MipJm_lEKMjqgtlpNCTbJDcM8NlhE570Cff0S3ETFuDcFcVSKn0cSU7KGO1bE0-oc-2CwqoN4v2vnQ1cBiHmKEB-IXROzGo49oPo67hAUE52tfybIjdcA2gW2zEQnS8EzLnHPhKL3PihQKO46bXGRJA/w400-h340/Dave%20PTO%20Map.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">This Chain of Command (CoC) game focussed on a platoon of 5/2 landing on Beach Blue on the mid-southern edge of the island and probing inland, heading towards ridge in the centre of Tulagi in their drive to capture the NW end of the NW-SE oriented island. As a probe scenario, the USMC needed to exit one team from the far end of the board for victory. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The extra points available to the sides were spent by the SNLF on entrenchments and barbed wire. The USMC 5/2 added a .30 cal LMG and 60cm medium </span><span style="font-family: arial;">mortar teams. Both sides rolled high on morale to start on 11. The patrol phase developed into the SNLF moving as far forward as possible with three Jump </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Off Points (JOPs) evenly across the board in the jungle and the 5/2 deploying three JOPs, two on the left flank either side of the cemetery and the other on the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">far right flank on the edge of the golf course. The nature of the jungle cover meant that JOPs could be deployed at only 6" back from patrol markers so the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">opposing JOPs were relatively close compared with open terrain.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The USMC landing didn't open well with confusion allowing only one squad and the Sarge landing on the left flank and moving to the edge of the jungle from </span><span style="font-family: arial;">the cemetery. The SNLF began rapidly deploying units from the JOPs and an attack was immediately mounted on their right flank against the recently landed </span><span style="font-family: arial;">USMC squad. The units didn't get to hand-to-hand but settled into a prolonged firefight at close range. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some of the less than well coordinated USMC landings may be attributed to Major Clarence E Pitts taking personal command of the landings. The SNLF </span><span style="font-family: arial;">rapidly established their whole platoon well forward and began to infiltrate towards the beach before the full USMC platoon was ashore. Most of the USMC </span><span style="font-family: arial;">strength consisting the three rifle quads and one BAR squad were deployed on the left flank around the cemetery as it seemed like a good idea at the time. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Another firefight developed at medium range near the centre between several squads. To ensure the right flank JOP would not be overrun, the mortar and </span><span style="font-family: arial;">LMG teams were deployed from there to the nearby golf course. This turned out to be a problem later due to the intervening jungle between them and the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">rest of the platoon on the right flank, so they were not mutually supporting.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The firefight in the centre was going against the 5/2, due to some units being in lighter cover in the cemetery compared with SNLF, and some lousy shooting </span><span style="font-family: arial;">manifested by lousy rolling. The firefight at close range on the 5/2 left and SNLF right was swinging towards the USMC due to the high number of SMGs in </span><span style="font-family: arial;">the squad and most of its members growing up on Jimmy Cagney movies in the 1930s "Take that you doity rats...dakadaka...daka". A counter-battery duel </span><span style="font-family: arial;">developed on the SE side between the SNLF type 89 grenade launcher squad and the USMC mortar and LMG teams from the edge of the golf course. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the centre the 5/2 BAR team moved obliquely onto an exposed small hill in what seemed like a sensible flanking move by Corporal 'Machine Gun' Kelly. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">However the firepower of SNLF quads soon reduced the squad to just Kelly and two comrades who yelled 'Semper Fi you SoBs!' and headed inland into the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">jungle with shots whizzing at their heels. A fierce hand-to-hand struggle depleted another USMC squad, who retreated towards the cemetery. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">On the NW edge, Mr Thomsons inventions deadly effectiveness at short range had wiped out most of the opposing SNLF and the jarheads began to </span><span style="font-family: arial;">advance. SNLF Lt Imashita and his trusty flag bearer were not too far behind this squad, and suddenly felt exposed as an enemy squad approached </span><span style="font-family: arial;">from their right and Cpl Kelly chomping his cigar from the left, so they hotfooted it inland up the ridge. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The USMC had taken very heavy losses in the centre and the remaining squads began moving towards the breakthrough on the left, concentrating almost </span><span style="font-family: arial;">the entire platoon infantry strength along the left flank. Just them Clarence E Pitts rolled the statistically improbable five 6s initiating a random event. This </span><span style="font-family: arial;">was an errant indirect fire barrage, courtesy of a USN destroyer sailing close to shore, onto the left flank affecting only one SNLF squad but all of the USMC </span><span style="font-family: arial;">infantry. Amazingly, minimal casualties were suffered by all thanks to USN gunnery. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The USMC got lucky with many 6s on command dice, resulting in extra moves, and the advance on the left surged forward. As the USMC centre was now </span><span style="font-family: arial;">open the SNLF sensed a way to split the landing force, the aim of every Japanese island defence by driving straight for the beach across the golf course. Nor </span><span style="font-family: arial;">being distracted by the imperialist game of golf, they swung right towards the left flanks of the hapless LMG and mortar teams who were engaged in the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">firefight with the SNLF grenade launchers and infantry up the hill. The USMC support weapon teams were easily overrun and the SE end of Beach Blue was in </span><span style="font-family: arial;">SNLF hands. Meanwhile on the NW end inland up the hill, Lt Imashita had managed to outrun Machine Gun Kelly and join up with one of his squads to </span><span style="font-family: arial;">direct fire into the flanks of the USMC advancing inland. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The USMC had suffered so many casualties on both flanks, but particularly the support teams on the gold course, that their morale was lowered </span><span style="font-family: arial;">considerably, and they lost a command dice. The advance began to falter but one mauled squad reached the far side of the board up the hill and victory was </span><span style="font-family: arial;">achieved. But at what cost? Pyrrhic indeed. For a probe to assess enemy strength for a following multi-company assault, it stirred up a hornets nest and lost </span><span style="font-family: arial;">most of the platoon. The SNLF held most of Beach Blue making follow on landings difficult. The USN destroyer captain received the Navy Cross, Maj Pitts was </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> given commendations, posted to the Rangers training for Europe and then posted to the UK near the town of Studley Constable in Norfolk. Lt Imashita </span><span style="font-family: arial;">received a personal commendation from Admiral Yamamoto but him and all of his men were overwhelmed by US firepower in the next two days. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Overall this showed how precarious these beach landings could be if the defender skilfully defended forward with aggressive moves to the beach to divide </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">the landing force, something that was not achieved in reality in the Pacific. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">First contact, SNLF troops bravely attack the invaders for the Emperor!</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfP5uBSkZ7EwHmJhovpRlWms8-nzpZ8-TGYqCZJMKGyJkaOxDKvuoYr9DyJZ9SGKbYa-2dLHH_rlPTj8nvGpHPpYDVa5d0B3NF-aMOx8nRLH7U5K5Sal8ftxSd3kVglrYvOxPV4PEKsmQQ8K0VWak2KGTlAcGzygDgnZV4CEi3G7BCH7lM03xMU4ar/s922/20230522_190820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="922" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfP5uBSkZ7EwHmJhovpRlWms8-nzpZ8-TGYqCZJMKGyJkaOxDKvuoYr9DyJZ9SGKbYa-2dLHH_rlPTj8nvGpHPpYDVa5d0B3NF-aMOx8nRLH7U5K5Sal8ftxSd3kVglrYvOxPV4PEKsmQQ8K0VWak2KGTlAcGzygDgnZV4CEi3G7BCH7lM03xMU4ar/w400-h283/20230522_190820.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The beachhead!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPlBkSq8stVeW5LapU1A6VWiXygvuxbmBXsseboBxhSeapgDUs5dpriYwqUIe5eAfInfzjUZonG0zXGdnshBn2JQryDaOaO8kJc6uhAe8xIySeT_2pncWhvviWA6gpgYuGzAbBSx9Jn0vRTs7BmrRtqz8Anrm1n7XphFNOUiBQeHZ7voXVzpuzLJT/s909/20230522_192731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="909" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPlBkSq8stVeW5LapU1A6VWiXygvuxbmBXsseboBxhSeapgDUs5dpriYwqUIe5eAfInfzjUZonG0zXGdnshBn2JQryDaOaO8kJc6uhAe8xIySeT_2pncWhvviWA6gpgYuGzAbBSx9Jn0vRTs7BmrRtqz8Anrm1n7XphFNOUiBQeHZ7voXVzpuzLJT/w400-h245/20230522_192731.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">Yank view of the very nice terrain!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgmLeYd9b5H9tPYMrJEDI9VBcC2I7v5gjCg4zz6EGiIl6BLu3VueiEwAgoYZaT9X5LUhdaVBOcRCv7LlqDqpELCaxQbyCMI13X2PNYlYrPUmugFia4nam2XoGEqUbUSaUg4aHF91vQ1BIOqmRp7A6oa9KcYN5ceaNOeWjNn2GSKM-W6uhmlDL3S1t/s787/20230522_192756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="787" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgmLeYd9b5H9tPYMrJEDI9VBcC2I7v5gjCg4zz6EGiIl6BLu3VueiEwAgoYZaT9X5LUhdaVBOcRCv7LlqDqpELCaxQbyCMI13X2PNYlYrPUmugFia4nam2XoGEqUbUSaUg4aHF91vQ1BIOqmRp7A6oa9KcYN5ceaNOeWjNn2GSKM-W6uhmlDL3S1t/w400-h350/20230522_192756.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Marines hammer the Japs, but the resilient SNLF troops just soak up the losses and return fire! This is not good for the SNLF but they buy time with lives while they attempt to redeploy!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvH15pLRUN3Vwx6KXcLccfZw0fhcLlCdFm205wlQ5R7HnxqXP_SBwk-5gBfI9dy2NT2tHtLsoK8lcgTUPfCR6510S7wbPUFDDEXb7v7HlsPMswPrBsYa2oJb_-2px9F6BnYvu0oeZDhUhUQVTNTWxrhbLD5zB77yhTP89_fznYHholethjCMLDrg_/s924/20230522_194432.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="924" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvH15pLRUN3Vwx6KXcLccfZw0fhcLlCdFm205wlQ5R7HnxqXP_SBwk-5gBfI9dy2NT2tHtLsoK8lcgTUPfCR6510S7wbPUFDDEXb7v7HlsPMswPrBsYa2oJb_-2px9F6BnYvu0oeZDhUhUQVTNTWxrhbLD5zB77yhTP89_fznYHholethjCMLDrg_/w400-h300/20230522_194432.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">View from the Jap perspective as more and more Marines well equiped with automatic weapons appear on the edge of the jungle!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wm66lfzsoAVjvEGRfQiuxsnhECCsfXwpWSb-6suYkYjnQZNq76F3d4cj5C1dlnJiR7aQsOikbqn-QR-BtKYpWBkvclMR-qdI5_aDzaM5PS7_JJwg1lLiBGQyodcv3pbReiafRt9mZcV6qFXW8rHlpK61IVVGmFRXvy_0FYJBETlRgqEXC4b7hopo/s924/20230522_194441.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="924" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wm66lfzsoAVjvEGRfQiuxsnhECCsfXwpWSb-6suYkYjnQZNq76F3d4cj5C1dlnJiR7aQsOikbqn-QR-BtKYpWBkvclMR-qdI5_aDzaM5PS7_JJwg1lLiBGQyodcv3pbReiafRt9mZcV6qFXW8rHlpK61IVVGmFRXvy_0FYJBETlRgqEXC4b7hopo/w400-h269/20230522_194441.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Marines deploy all their resources save their MG and Mortar team on their right flank, The Jap Commander is concerned!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gHNr2PkRY-Ui7P3_v6gocYBDnRenzzvqa6BychxaUgQtXNa33r4uW6yf1lDDN_x7VHt7z00cnIUFZXOUX-vgAkToMFKxfySThQ8UvXC2kg9VwGcO_cILA6si-j38TcFTZzP8p8knDoLRlm_pOrfjKSzL1snPdcHxpV03xWYBUQ3s0kFxII1_LoU9/s902/20230522_195939.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="902" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gHNr2PkRY-Ui7P3_v6gocYBDnRenzzvqa6BychxaUgQtXNa33r4uW6yf1lDDN_x7VHt7z00cnIUFZXOUX-vgAkToMFKxfySThQ8UvXC2kg9VwGcO_cILA6si-j38TcFTZzP8p8knDoLRlm_pOrfjKSzL1snPdcHxpV03xWYBUQ3s0kFxII1_LoU9/w400-h283/20230522_195939.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">But the Japanese surprise the USMC attackers and attack themselves they quickly capture an American Jump of Point! After initial firefights the battle now starts to become mobile!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1rvvlsrCc-82K7ZG8iEc6qh3Bu4ploOJVloEsQ3Bd5SaY4bWHOdr7JOZMCGasOR0ZKPLS6fkA-hvuUSM0aSy_1uT52qGkDpPpQc4wQe7SI_7PAAPZi8y4YWlBD5T6wCce_jyikRJJODmDr8X23G2WZTsA8h9yZCPkwYSMBx8RraG6oKVmKaWCfKf/s795/20230522_195942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="795" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1rvvlsrCc-82K7ZG8iEc6qh3Bu4ploOJVloEsQ3Bd5SaY4bWHOdr7JOZMCGasOR0ZKPLS6fkA-hvuUSM0aSy_1uT52qGkDpPpQc4wQe7SI_7PAAPZi8y4YWlBD5T6wCce_jyikRJJODmDr8X23G2WZTsA8h9yZCPkwYSMBx8RraG6oKVmKaWCfKf/w400-h333/20230522_195942.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">SNLF Lt Imashita and his standard bearer put some distance between themselves and Marine Sergeant Machine Gun Kelly who can be made out in the background, note the Lieutenant's</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> report back to his superiors described this movement as a ‘</span><span style="font-family: arial;">redeployment</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> to more favourable ground' rather than a case of fleeing for their lives!</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIA4w9Jg0FWYKy3zS8FYYUfncx8hH3pWFsCILXcDEXGjHQSNo__uVeXxBJEJv9Fd6w3O8XvGKDa-zgUcKVl3OulbV8FLG5Khi3brW5KRhrW-MNoFOt_ZDhk42cqy23jckTkIe0Y9BFQ1kb9uGQMeO6JlCf_67FBE2x6snT9zVK26rQg-hvNTQ5354X/s924/20230522_202212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="924" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIA4w9Jg0FWYKy3zS8FYYUfncx8hH3pWFsCILXcDEXGjHQSNo__uVeXxBJEJv9Fd6w3O8XvGKDa-zgUcKVl3OulbV8FLG5Khi3brW5KRhrW-MNoFOt_ZDhk42cqy23jckTkIe0Y9BFQ1kb9uGQMeO6JlCf_67FBE2x6snT9zVK26rQg-hvNTQ5354X/w400-h300/20230522_202212.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Despite their success in the centre and on their left the Japanese right flank crumbles, in a firefight against the well armed USMC the SNLF struggled and then succumbed!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg628NLwyf_bcwziUxb00nOD9wfXpsXH2n8wzz6sCx5WT67xCqULwjtt_6uXV-CIscC7I5ILZbHFAjnGNccUbP0ILJtloeoUadMOHqItP4E0TAXVZV-XGVaMt_6FyzAjlWhkDn8KiCSF6m3yVMpxWRSthvMT9274TJ9kSiqwvr2ysCUm7RSsTPUDOaI/s884/20230522_202215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="884" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg628NLwyf_bcwziUxb00nOD9wfXpsXH2n8wzz6sCx5WT67xCqULwjtt_6uXV-CIscC7I5ILZbHFAjnGNccUbP0ILJtloeoUadMOHqItP4E0TAXVZV-XGVaMt_6FyzAjlWhkDn8KiCSF6m3yVMpxWRSthvMT9274TJ9kSiqwvr2ysCUm7RSsTPUDOaI/w400-h284/20230522_202215.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">The Marines 30 Cal MG Team keep up fire despite a hail of knee mortar bombs landing all around and ON them!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcOz6fQw9TeYG7cuR8l5L2u0QIdWqnlFeMWS_vS9dRuu0gCa2Y2iiirN153YFlrb25w66CP01k0wMukce74t_ePNSige2bWPhSYBuJCFTjUMHuZpR1a_bmp1S1LLgjQ3CC4M7j_JT2OCpHmv5VezyLGudZ02eq9lchaHuyoX8vw2A88CWij3TnQNn/s844/20230522_202238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="844" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcOz6fQw9TeYG7cuR8l5L2u0QIdWqnlFeMWS_vS9dRuu0gCa2Y2iiirN153YFlrb25w66CP01k0wMukce74t_ePNSige2bWPhSYBuJCFTjUMHuZpR1a_bmp1S1LLgjQ3CC4M7j_JT2OCpHmv5VezyLGudZ02eq9lchaHuyoX8vw2A88CWij3TnQNn/w400-h285/20230522_202238.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Then 5 sixes were rolled by the USMC player an EVENT, first time we have had this in CoC...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSIdwjANowekUmRMYzxPjUj0XT82TZSSeVzQvlji04Eoz2TKl01Kok-OQ_Vz3O_mh5OaLlUl5IaVVF4jzRQRTt24ilVtqWznQLyaEuShLblY-M-mKM0e8B9zmjrSuXPlf5r4_NpFxBOjnOxN8Ha8od73S73U-dkZOq3SEtH7r1Ekns8E4_0uc6rU0p/s725/20230522_203156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="725" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSIdwjANowekUmRMYzxPjUj0XT82TZSSeVzQvlji04Eoz2TKl01Kok-OQ_Vz3O_mh5OaLlUl5IaVVF4jzRQRTt24ilVtqWznQLyaEuShLblY-M-mKM0e8B9zmjrSuXPlf5r4_NpFxBOjnOxN8Ha8od73S73U-dkZOq3SEtH7r1Ekns8E4_0uc6rU0p/w400-h315/20230522_203156.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">...turned out to be a barrage which targeted mainly their own troops! Turned out to be a fizzer with little effect...good overall picture sows the USMC about o capture a Japanese Jump of Point and turn their right flank!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8vxX1qC-Hctl9y8GaEkZcjsYcGdUBIwzRmlv1eN7qdW72M9pW8KqNaJS_SjarjuknyY8_eDf-K4qAUgK76Ou3PVVHhCN4KjFfPc34PcaBXKOftRrW0CUkUMgiu0qng99yc5CgTs2siWEzOew39GlAWms5g7kiqueS_TVJYqCFImzckiqeJxHNyLk/s924/20230522_203202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="924" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8vxX1qC-Hctl9y8GaEkZcjsYcGdUBIwzRmlv1eN7qdW72M9pW8KqNaJS_SjarjuknyY8_eDf-K4qAUgK76Ou3PVVHhCN4KjFfPc34PcaBXKOftRrW0CUkUMgiu0qng99yc5CgTs2siWEzOew39GlAWms5g7kiqueS_TVJYqCFImzckiqeJxHNyLk/w400-h300/20230522_203202.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Japanese rampant behind the USMC lines...bravely the Marines commander pushes on for their objective rather than be distracted!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtBFk3qbxsjY-Rkre1m0QboLdH5Waa9J4pbshpaPRSjQruCvUybiCmOwpr8ui4viYccWzyjHqgInTzbDxEHEl6BjGSRDfRKsZuDyVaD3Z_XWYRC7UTrfBOgVdoDxM1t0aF6T38l6Dt1NB9ETgKlQAVRH8xo1DWbOSPKG-shbJvVIfQ88FeiL6e6Xi/s791/20230522_204706.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="791" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtBFk3qbxsjY-Rkre1m0QboLdH5Waa9J4pbshpaPRSjQruCvUybiCmOwpr8ui4viYccWzyjHqgInTzbDxEHEl6BjGSRDfRKsZuDyVaD3Z_XWYRC7UTrfBOgVdoDxM1t0aF6T38l6Dt1NB9ETgKlQAVRH8xo1DWbOSPKG-shbJvVIfQ88FeiL6e6Xi/w400-h250/20230522_204706.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">The SNLF overruns the Marines Mortar support...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgaVgwR79PHlahjvmwt-vc7rG-m5H2pt2tD84QRcsE5mzU5hmRZStRY9tRJ_seaMhA4wb-_edMyak2G-J448QJBhRpLePVot3c2AYGcPe7u61wNtwzIDn9IHttLcnQVbuMZ-h2uZucIlO4MPBRbK9gh1GiUe6NAReaeBJAo-rsDkLVobAaOR551v3/s841/20230522_205524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="841" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgaVgwR79PHlahjvmwt-vc7rG-m5H2pt2tD84QRcsE5mzU5hmRZStRY9tRJ_seaMhA4wb-_edMyak2G-J448QJBhRpLePVot3c2AYGcPe7u61wNtwzIDn9IHttLcnQVbuMZ-h2uZucIlO4MPBRbK9gh1GiUe6NAReaeBJAo-rsDkLVobAaOR551v3/w400-h259/20230522_205524.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">...and the a second Marine Jump off Point, the Yanks morale is teetering...</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTExVCUbHM_Q__lqcLUneeAYXfRCMCQGs4goH-nfiNkvy7-DOYPYiM12hKLCsVp-09ZsEgGIqHQzT0wxC-mU8cxEEIYvzxxuv0U-bdx4DGavIytbO4LPtBR5qT-d816L2BZ-EwR3ZHu0ysFx_44LQ7sS8Q_YAok2WcjcDOfHcVgZmaGh5Bg7r8dAli/s844/20230522_205528.jpg"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="844" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTExVCUbHM_Q__lqcLUneeAYXfRCMCQGs4goH-nfiNkvy7-DOYPYiM12hKLCsVp-09ZsEgGIqHQzT0wxC-mU8cxEEIYvzxxuv0U-bdx4DGavIytbO4LPtBR5qT-d816L2BZ-EwR3ZHu0ysFx_44LQ7sS8Q_YAok2WcjcDOfHcVgZmaGh5Bg7r8dAli/w400-h285/20230522_205528.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">US Morale is further tested as the Japs take out the 30 Cal MG Team but still they hang in!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-75358940617375269032023-06-13T22:15:00.001+09:302023-06-13T22:17:56.057+09:30Yet Another ECW AAR - Baroque Rules<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Monday night we stepped into the ECW with a scenario based upon the Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold, we used Baroque Rules. Dave and I commanded the Parliamentarians and George donned an outrageous plumed hat (not really) and took charge of the Royalists!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This game was delayed a week so the figures sat for a week on the table for a full seven days gathering dust and apparently straining!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBPJks18WCZvd0Dcr7paytZ3G02VHugOW22PjafYovvxScUMc5QoeG5DEe77RA5wLGIv9C-AqPD-i2zgklLee28b07ITJmUkHLC5TVyQHnr7lKrehSp-Qm8pj-LmS2L6r774rkUdnyeq6zh4PlyButk6mpvNKg2SaZZMmMqeagfxRJQH_y9N5h0Sa/s594/Delay%20Picture.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="594" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBPJks18WCZvd0Dcr7paytZ3G02VHugOW22PjafYovvxScUMc5QoeG5DEe77RA5wLGIv9C-AqPD-i2zgklLee28b07ITJmUkHLC5TVyQHnr7lKrehSp-Qm8pj-LmS2L6r774rkUdnyeq6zh4PlyButk6mpvNKg2SaZZMmMqeagfxRJQH_y9N5h0Sa/w400-h268/Delay%20Picture.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To balance the scenario I balanced both of the forces point wise but kept them in true to history resulting in a slightly smaller and better quality Parliamentarian Army whilst the Royalist force was bigger but lacked quality.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The OOB's</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Royalists</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Reliable Leaders both with 6BU Command Range</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x B </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Discipline </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pike & Musket Regiment</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4 x C Discipline</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pike & Musket Regiments</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Forlorn Hope Unit</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Light Guns</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x B Discipline Galloper Regiments</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x C Discipline Galloper Regiment</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Parliamentarians</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Reliable Leader with 6BU Command Range</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Reliable Leader with 2BU Command Range</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">3 x B </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Discipline </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pike & Musket Regiments</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x C Discipline</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pike & Musket Regiment</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Forlorn Hope Unit</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Light Guns</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x B Discipline Trotter Regiments</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x C Discipline Reiter Regiment</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The Battle</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Royalists were deployed in a line covering two thirds of the table, facing them was the main Parliamentary force with about a third of their number entering the table top behind the Royalists left flank.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Roundheads gained the initial move and their line advanced! The other Roundheads advancing on the Royalists flank units were horrified by this they were quite away from the fray! By advancing the Roundheads exposed themselves to possible combat with the Royalists before the flanking Units could engage.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Taking up the challenge the Royalists advanced all but two cavalry regiments to engage the main Parliamentarian force! The Horsemen moved to cover the Army's' left.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The first shots were exchanged between the Royalists Forlorn Hope and two Regiments of Roundhead Pike and Musket, the Forlorn Hope was blown away during the brief shooting match! The rest of the Royalist Army drew up to their opponents and a brisk firefight ensued the Parliamentarians getting better of the action. On the far flank the Cavalier and Roundhead horse deployed there engaged in a charge and counter charge in which the Royalist horse were soundly defeated, Roundhead Cavalry were loose in the rear of the Royalist Army!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Roundhead flank force raced toward the action and engaged the King's horse that were screening their Army's Flank, again the Parliamentarians got the better of the fight destroying both the Royalist Horse Regiments for the loss a Foot Unit.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Meanwhile in the centre of the battlefield the Royalists still stubbornly attacked! Two of their Pike and Musket Regiments advanced and despite their heroic efforts the Parliamentarian Foot held them off!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The better disciplined Parliamentarian Foot at this point broke the centre of the Royalist attack and the Morale of the King's troops collapsed, they turned and fled from the field followed by the cheers of the Government's New Model Army.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a close run thing but a Victory to the Roundheads.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Some Pictures</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Royalists at the ready!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdUnDXdazsVC5J_CbIyORtUVQmqdXHrzkd_6xLEuPp4PVZZEgjjWx8WIKhoefLIO2cvba_fAzY1P3kNC5llf2ZIyOXnr8YxTckCFspB7d36ER5ycMmk9FB-9RElxJJAGrfgEaylFhk7A_StK66-4LLYTT_D7BajIBrDC0z_TAOfbN4tA3-s8BWXlD/s1800/20230606_085655.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="1800" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdUnDXdazsVC5J_CbIyORtUVQmqdXHrzkd_6xLEuPp4PVZZEgjjWx8WIKhoefLIO2cvba_fAzY1P3kNC5llf2ZIyOXnr8YxTckCFspB7d36ER5ycMmk9FB-9RElxJJAGrfgEaylFhk7A_StK66-4LLYTT_D7BajIBrDC0z_TAOfbN4tA3-s8BWXlD/w400-h288/20230606_085655.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As were the men of the new Model Army!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHUGdgGubQuiCxK5pH2cfJeeauTSFauH5sG3ZKdN2-b8znFiLlrhOJAaN06gNRA5ya4p5zj5HfuPNWF3d4jHIMysg8dg0vGVISRKxjmYrFcW4GGJe9sN9ikVJsvd7AvY-muR7WNHSqmKcwXJawS5dk5fOimFGLE-WBftME9duqd6JJuHIs01eCkK_/s1600/20230613_163217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="1600" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHUGdgGubQuiCxK5pH2cfJeeauTSFauH5sG3ZKdN2-b8znFiLlrhOJAaN06gNRA5ya4p5zj5HfuPNWF3d4jHIMysg8dg0vGVISRKxjmYrFcW4GGJe9sN9ikVJsvd7AvY-muR7WNHSqmKcwXJawS5dk5fOimFGLE-WBftME9duqd6JJuHIs01eCkK_/w400-h293/20230613_163217.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first shots are fired as both battle lines close, a good but costly tactic from the Royalists, their Forlorn Hope were wiped out as they advanced but they did use up up several of the Roundheads Regiments bonus first fire!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXioXpo27WDpstqVJp8f8ckixIqj7shIFW_dw38WKiFb10uNedFzQXefhK3bvKh0mDz8EXp-3FS_AiEGg4oz43RXyoh5uEv8pfkywzhM-_NCcdjDEKKeBMAb0-UZuqygf9An3p2y3gts5gGi6n4Iy5q7KnoHQOHtD-iYNA5UZpT0mR48ih1qQhjMO/s1560/20230612_185709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1560" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXioXpo27WDpstqVJp8f8ckixIqj7shIFW_dw38WKiFb10uNedFzQXefhK3bvKh0mDz8EXp-3FS_AiEGg4oz43RXyoh5uEv8pfkywzhM-_NCcdjDEKKeBMAb0-UZuqygf9An3p2y3gts5gGi6n4Iy5q7KnoHQOHtD-iYNA5UZpT0mR48ih1qQhjMO/w400-h270/20230612_185709.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Both Armies continue to approach each other! The Royalist's Forlorn Hope can be seen in the centre of the battlefield shrouded in smoke as they fired on the Roundheads!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSuMdgv3ZkTkMs177r0nNvr3wsbSK6dFMWPcGB3RhZNHMU0eYbxhPlDFKzA64ag4IuXf4tdaurbqe_EolgOJO1Wiiu4oVvXTVDAiy7LaRG74PoZFWT7IYXUeIAr8LFo9Fz4qixMyVVGjDY4kWC6kiLwkluny3qHqmPRZgT6RApuWjv8sEE7w1LwUr/s1530/20230612_185721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1530" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSuMdgv3ZkTkMs177r0nNvr3wsbSK6dFMWPcGB3RhZNHMU0eYbxhPlDFKzA64ag4IuXf4tdaurbqe_EolgOJO1Wiiu4oVvXTVDAiy7LaRG74PoZFWT7IYXUeIAr8LFo9Fz4qixMyVVGjDY4kWC6kiLwkluny3qHqmPRZgT6RApuWjv8sEE7w1LwUr/w400-h297/20230612_185721.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Roundheads flanking force arrive!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYpEMBA9ugxkb0dDBuJRJbt9aP37ZXCfQaiHwrLTNycXQZT3-mApsb1qkbcjHytZjWT5x7eD_PY8Ac0psekdytlLVjJPoRobNXQrkENB6Qg2GXcu6GTYnJ1g5C_VhQj3AvTf8z30xz6oJpxUwodwfhfmLmNci0HP6K14Fd8S2dpSC0dMA89VazHwC/s1552/20230612_191312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1552" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYpEMBA9ugxkb0dDBuJRJbt9aP37ZXCfQaiHwrLTNycXQZT3-mApsb1qkbcjHytZjWT5x7eD_PY8Ac0psekdytlLVjJPoRobNXQrkENB6Qg2GXcu6GTYnJ1g5C_VhQj3AvTf8z30xz6oJpxUwodwfhfmLmNci0HP6K14Fd8S2dpSC0dMA89VazHwC/w400-h198/20230612_191312.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The battle lines face off, the Parliamentarians are in the foreground...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskfgbClkj51LuLyDOWkSIKQG_NdKjwadXcJ1tWc8XEtIo5n3FscXVdQy3zDrkx75IS4xiXZuO8OOpHWgWDzkSggtfk920G3qZSNvvv1x77Iq11XNvqjgZqy0TudsCbK7ERnVYGioap2wAbVpDoH6KxE2yTpsvfv8fYWfkl6I1Mznofj5Xh2lAlozF/s1578/20230612_210126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1578" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskfgbClkj51LuLyDOWkSIKQG_NdKjwadXcJ1tWc8XEtIo5n3FscXVdQy3zDrkx75IS4xiXZuO8OOpHWgWDzkSggtfk920G3qZSNvvv1x77Iq11XNvqjgZqy0TudsCbK7ERnVYGioap2wAbVpDoH6KxE2yTpsvfv8fYWfkl6I1Mznofj5Xh2lAlozF/w400-h304/20230612_210126.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I just love these Essex figures, en masse they capture what<b><u> I </u></b>imagine ECW Pike and Shotte Regiments looked like!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cMOEF35JF6JvZ2Gs1oQVLk-IUkOHaPVNSUCzjqFMzTBqO9JKahdgYHtOmeWRz05Sw5c_WTh2schbo-KilyCVVBR-NDSPFdzuNJLinO_DYBK-2ph1jafSZM5ZP1GyA-0G0XZUTnR-9PwSp9SFyKRBHyaOd1wdxTkr_-ZPvByMxSKFqqcata9MD96y/s1570/20230613_163017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="1570" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cMOEF35JF6JvZ2Gs1oQVLk-IUkOHaPVNSUCzjqFMzTBqO9JKahdgYHtOmeWRz05Sw5c_WTh2schbo-KilyCVVBR-NDSPFdzuNJLinO_DYBK-2ph1jafSZM5ZP1GyA-0G0XZUTnR-9PwSp9SFyKRBHyaOd1wdxTkr_-ZPvByMxSKFqqcata9MD96y/w400-h289/20230613_163017.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Afterwards Stuff</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well it was a great game! A good victory to the Parliamentarians, but in no way a certain one. The Royalists were in an interesting position at the start of the game with several</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">tactical</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> options to pick from, full defence, all out attack to the front, attack to the front and screen the flank, they chose the last one. The force balancing worked well and both sides could have won.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Two questions regarding the rules came up during game play I will pose to the authors they were;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Do Cavalry require a 'rally discipline test' to not not keep charging (from the tabletop) after destroying an opponent? We played it right as we read the rules and one wasn't required but some thought it could be worth ruling for certain horse units as it was a known occurrence.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Does a Unit that has fired in the current turn during its 'phase' have a option to conduct Defensive or O</span><span style="font-family: arial;">pportunity fire in the same turn? From our reading of the rules all units can attempt to react once per turn despite their 'status' so played it that way.</span></li></ol></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-12686811567356672622023-05-02T23:36:00.000+09:302023-05-02T23:36:37.480+09:30King David AAR - Battle Of Abdju<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well we have another game using the King David ruleset under our belts! Dave commanded Prince Snafu this time and John Prince Khungfu, I umpired!</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After the Battle on the Plain of the Dead between the rival Princes Snafu sent his chariots in pursuit of Khungfu’s defeated army whilst Khungfu withdrew into seclusion to have his injuries treated! Both knew another action was in the offing to decide the Pharaohship.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The bulk of Prince Snafu’s army moved north and made camp in the shadows of a ruined, half buried Pyramid to await the arrival of their errant charioteers. Little did Prince Snafu know as his troops built their camp but Prince Khungfu had rallied his chariot reserves and descended onto the plain outside of Abdju and insight of the ruined Pyramid to again face off against him! The true Heir’s men rallied to their banners as Khungfu’s army deployed the battle was afoot!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prince Khungfu, his heavily bandaged right shoulder, thigh and leg hidden by his robes orders his Army to charge his brothers defensive position!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenz1xW9i84WNVVOktvD8Hiqh-U8zLqpEh1wnNKQPQxyvda_IkNH2rqHGhcXUa5ic0PYfPyP2iFSgwhCkRtr8lSv-Y_sbyooLX3vSNZpVPcridTSUgJAd3zgDVWnbKjooqovmoiSzFeJZWNHGgZ8SSIg6sE2I2y3FHDgtaKkRyBlLrYD497LDJJkGT/s6880/000%20Header%2020230429_152239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4726" data-original-width="6880" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenz1xW9i84WNVVOktvD8Hiqh-U8zLqpEh1wnNKQPQxyvda_IkNH2rqHGhcXUa5ic0PYfPyP2iFSgwhCkRtr8lSv-Y_sbyooLX3vSNZpVPcridTSUgJAd3zgDVWnbKjooqovmoiSzFeJZWNHGgZ8SSIg6sE2I2y3FHDgtaKkRyBlLrYD497LDJJkGT/w400-h275/000%20Header%2020230429_152239.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><u style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><u style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>The OOBs</u></div></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prince Snafu</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(19 Points)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3 x Chariots</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6 x Heavy Infantry Units</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4 x Archer Units 2 with Falcon Warrior Hero Trait</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Sacrificial Lamb</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8 x Favours</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8 x Disfavours</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Prince Khungfu (Good Quality Command)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(20 Points)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">7 x Chariots</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Heavy Infantry Units</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Skirmisher Units</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Sacrificial Lamb</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">8 x Favours</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">5 x Disfavours</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Victory Conditions for Both Sides</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY78PjVf30llpsKYpJx7tCWlbkFugufhWSwIIM5M3jQ6-vpaSp8LI3TxtN3pbSyr4DZpYvFQXakM7_XQdMgueZy7bZy8japNHy1omQIW-PF97UBwoLg-zEKh3hbYhl9t09ad4eUmHitwed9McieKdYFLbCjnDTNQ0SYOiUW4Lexc0w8GP8kq_5JeAt/s746/Victory%20Conditions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY78PjVf30llpsKYpJx7tCWlbkFugufhWSwIIM5M3jQ6-vpaSp8LI3TxtN3pbSyr4DZpYvFQXakM7_XQdMgueZy7bZy8japNHy1omQIW-PF97UBwoLg-zEKh3hbYhl9t09ad4eUmHitwed9McieKdYFLbCjnDTNQ0SYOiUW4Lexc0w8GP8kq_5JeAt/w241-h400/Victory%20Conditions.jpg" width="241" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The Game</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">This was going to be interesting with two such different armies one of mass and one of manoeuvre!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prince Khungfu launched his wings forward and instead of trying to envelope his slow foe used one Chariot Unit on each flank to pin Snafu's numerically inferior chariots while trying to crush the foot with a withering frontal assault!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Usurper was successful tying up his enemies mobile units but suffered horrendous reverses as his elite charioteers proved totally unable to drive in Snafu's lowly archers and then trample the infantry! Attack after attack bounced, the Gods were fighting on the side of the bowmen it seemed!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Despairing</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> at these reversals Prince Khungfu advanced </span><span style="font-family: arial;">to rally his chariots </span><span style="font-family: arial;">but it was as if he was cursed by the Gods on this day as his chariot crashed! Horrified his Body Guard closed ranks and successfully got him into the hands of his physicians yet again!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Finding themselves leaderless for a second time Khungfu's Army stalled! The last organised Chariot Units ignoring the setback flung themselves into the fray and charged the Heir's Armies centre and finally scored a belated success! Snafu's vaunted Falcon Warriors retired with losses and a Unit of Heavy Infantry was trampled. It was too little too late as everywhere else on the battlefield the Usurper's soldiers were retiring with Prince Snafu's men hot on their heels.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A second victory to Prince Snafu!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Pictures</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Princes armies line up, Snafu's...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOb89CzoCRroa2chxt6zYwOJrWveAN6EU0ntrwai02DcROXYxs3x9JdHCziDzoL7mbK8RmNmHVwmtxH090m1K194kvPsYbKWQjsxGKTS1UKDN2uuuVR3kpZTec9wPZGiPeIQIpM2_mcymR35SoJsBKKIwn7Zkcs3jXou96tXQe7cp5Ej_AfVAlsAz/s1600/001%2020230501_182217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="1600" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOb89CzoCRroa2chxt6zYwOJrWveAN6EU0ntrwai02DcROXYxs3x9JdHCziDzoL7mbK8RmNmHVwmtxH090m1K194kvPsYbKWQjsxGKTS1UKDN2uuuVR3kpZTec9wPZGiPeIQIpM2_mcymR35SoJsBKKIwn7Zkcs3jXou96tXQe7cp5Ej_AfVAlsAz/w400-h226/001%2020230501_182217.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">...and Khungfu's...<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35wgnYK_20JugL9jUtPZgo5DRV55gGIuA4MFHaHGFPP4YqAHimP8Ux4FeOShij84x0R3HfMtGDYQn0XZj496BhDC45zB8eg0vpzrcbB51Nf_7ZCe4OMnuuDhRJhRj3m72pDhMappqikyA4ack5syLQq_H5BiezbXQ2y5nGRsru4JhZNcFVkd_kBnJ/s1598/002%2020230501_182227.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="881" data-original-width="1598" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35wgnYK_20JugL9jUtPZgo5DRV55gGIuA4MFHaHGFPP4YqAHimP8Ux4FeOShij84x0R3HfMtGDYQn0XZj496BhDC45zB8eg0vpzrcbB51Nf_7ZCe4OMnuuDhRJhRj3m72pDhMappqikyA4ack5syLQq_H5BiezbXQ2y5nGRsru4JhZNcFVkd_kBnJ/w400-h220/002%2020230501_182227.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Khugfu's aggression shows as his whole army advances (with a cunning plan in mind) while Snafu's foot sloggers creep forward. Snafu surprises his foes as he reveals some Heroic Falcon warriors amongst his army's number, these archers have improved firepower but are poor in melee combat!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBEWrreigOzN5QJTyDMSPOSfuzPMGvUmX8LvU2g3K46_srV-PlhKQ3rbW1fcH4vhBhBXNH41sVlz6xagoX6oKyzdEqufXwv9m3D64BTBuZSv5nN6Ly4wUwuD40NUnVOLOXqV8s5U63YWoF0_4_aEy_PslYI7dNmNRuVrxKmFO9Djlr_dNCxmcrv8t/s1584/003%2020230501_192630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="1584" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBEWrreigOzN5QJTyDMSPOSfuzPMGvUmX8LvU2g3K46_srV-PlhKQ3rbW1fcH4vhBhBXNH41sVlz6xagoX6oKyzdEqufXwv9m3D64BTBuZSv5nN6Ly4wUwuD40NUnVOLOXqV8s5U63YWoF0_4_aEy_PslYI7dNmNRuVrxKmFO9Djlr_dNCxmcrv8t/w400-h296/003%2020230501_192630.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Then the Usurper's charioteers launch themselves at Snafu's screen of Archers and chariots! Khungfu is shocked as his elite warriors are easily repulsed by mere peasant bowmen!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dave rolled some magic dice at this point and helped by some favours of the Gods he embarrassed the mighty Charioteers!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgymIvKxOY8NgNG4mPkucO6WpMCWQLH3TAJh0M5iy8gjyvAW_Gbpz4lpP0CA41b_wAVb0gIqRgqQVXsjaYsFW5ZSMurGZcrUauHqrgM9uuUtEg_9LW6POVYgE6VQlxTVgASkmzzs2b_w4pEzwg_M7xRWTyc27CsIHhKiRPmdCb67yJO0uuFa8ktJUS/s1521/004%2020230501_200515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1521" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgymIvKxOY8NgNG4mPkucO6WpMCWQLH3TAJh0M5iy8gjyvAW_Gbpz4lpP0CA41b_wAVb0gIqRgqQVXsjaYsFW5ZSMurGZcrUauHqrgM9uuUtEg_9LW6POVYgE6VQlxTVgASkmzzs2b_w4pEzwg_M7xRWTyc27CsIHhKiRPmdCb67yJO0uuFa8ktJUS/w400-h296/004%2020230501_200515.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">With his left wing attack repulsed Khungfu unleashed the chariots of his right wing! The embarrassment continued, the first charge at the exposed archers was fought off...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMbdKA9SJXE65BPQg3DkmuG_kAhiolNFoAxYCyLGYWdsani0RvXb3NJw2w8Ql8wNuXrmg8DVqZXmVMiAHS6wAWWexInxbx7YD_6AMJvY2MN9pl5gDARoK4Fj-KnvZP_7oj4rMs0LQcdskhO1YdI28H1cRf5PI5VIQIMWidegYHDAw6m-Eiife23yc/s1339/005%2020230501_200935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1339" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMbdKA9SJXE65BPQg3DkmuG_kAhiolNFoAxYCyLGYWdsani0RvXb3NJw2w8Ql8wNuXrmg8DVqZXmVMiAHS6wAWWexInxbx7YD_6AMJvY2MN9pl5gDARoK4Fj-KnvZP_7oj4rMs0LQcdskhO1YdI28H1cRf5PI5VIQIMWidegYHDAw6m-Eiife23yc/w400-h310/005%2020230501_200935.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />...as was the second when aided by the Gods!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John had to reroll his '6' a got a '1'<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_Kwmdve86CbkpmfC-dky3WG5pzdifiOLkc51JUKBDOYS_8NbYd02UfbztLSs0V91RCEKJ0zj2dCJ3duyk-xVKiq05J1HUMLzP8Oewr9rQcTRDCDCL_mzPUUQYWFleteaCo2UxQ_4O3RZJfWk9Q_LWu39pQXTocj-GRSDONFLa9wgKDUMJi6U7o1z/s1349/006%2020230501_201126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1349" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_Kwmdve86CbkpmfC-dky3WG5pzdifiOLkc51JUKBDOYS_8NbYd02UfbztLSs0V91RCEKJ0zj2dCJ3duyk-xVKiq05J1HUMLzP8Oewr9rQcTRDCDCL_mzPUUQYWFleteaCo2UxQ_4O3RZJfWk9Q_LWu39pQXTocj-GRSDONFLa9wgKDUMJi6U7o1z/w400-h314/006%2020230501_201126.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not daunted Khungfu launched a second wave of attacks while Snafu found it hard to deploy his densely packed Heavy infantry!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Again the archers repelled the charioteers this time assisted by the Priests offering up a Sacrificial Lamb to the Gods, Mighty Horus responded! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpIOXJh1LW57PdbgLJ1Fk3SgL_sljHBzd2F8_Y3SM0x4k45UJJPZ4HZASDxxm9RtDzUHCnc0AK0W-2AuWgf0NKMglIWtV38CRgovosvmqjteDcxIzvaaN4EOCPne3vCTjYHqaQc1X0BEwyhO7dlJstjDJOEC8KmRDT_1Pt3Z_KBtxeucOuOiyz29i/s1553/008%2020230501_200120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1087" data-original-width="1553" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpIOXJh1LW57PdbgLJ1Fk3SgL_sljHBzd2F8_Y3SM0x4k45UJJPZ4HZASDxxm9RtDzUHCnc0AK0W-2AuWgf0NKMglIWtV38CRgovosvmqjteDcxIzvaaN4EOCPne3vCTjYHqaQc1X0BEwyhO7dlJstjDJOEC8KmRDT_1Pt3Z_KBtxeucOuOiyz29i/w400-h280/008%2020230501_200120.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Snafu's close ties to the Dice Gods continued to help his foot units hold off the fierce charioteers!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGtZ4TKYdV7ObsflJW8JKcQ2EHsvbYp3aZSkMInUmmCxkwxaVbVWRr5Nlbptcyud9Nd6kTfgQZDLsP9C_4PHAgE_-sMo0otELlhK3OhhNLwHv2uWR4atjY5j4VmKZnOKfOvtjuaxnhjMC33Wv7-XbNpm1ow1xTDiHYOfaKYL3clBUOyg11ILs1g3V/s1302/008a%2020230501_203312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1302" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGtZ4TKYdV7ObsflJW8JKcQ2EHsvbYp3aZSkMInUmmCxkwxaVbVWRr5Nlbptcyud9Nd6kTfgQZDLsP9C_4PHAgE_-sMo0otELlhK3OhhNLwHv2uWR4atjY5j4VmKZnOKfOvtjuaxnhjMC33Wv7-XbNpm1ow1xTDiHYOfaKYL3clBUOyg11ILs1g3V/w400-h311/008a%2020230501_203312.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Khungfu's Chariot Units were demoralised at their inability to penetrate even the lighter troops of Snafu's army!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70oZnW35SptcqhSyDYqUBR5m4XIIpJQsjZOZ8DuafwFouTZNNVmCqy4oCkn9fp0CruUVzp9rkJwPpzM0op7lyqxwZ3IKoU-O49I3o6lsg0EsjGCNBVe9J4llDBmna59s_Bv0_DiUta7rXgHV_YBWPnSCpxsI4JIUpH00hnDeyOhWWFoB3HTdpJFVD/s1290/008c%2020230501_201617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1290" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70oZnW35SptcqhSyDYqUBR5m4XIIpJQsjZOZ8DuafwFouTZNNVmCqy4oCkn9fp0CruUVzp9rkJwPpzM0op7lyqxwZ3IKoU-O49I3o6lsg0EsjGCNBVe9J4llDBmna59s_Bv0_DiUta7rXgHV_YBWPnSCpxsI4JIUpH00hnDeyOhWWFoB3HTdpJFVD/w400-h275/008c%2020230501_201617.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Then history repeated itself (and this was NOT a set up) Khungfu 'came a cropper' for a second time! His chariot crashed and again his retinue had to escort him from the field of battle! <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZGW_wl3aw9dKdGbaZV9zvfpFjA6FHFkPFg3qWl7Z9odMYAh5QJ0aeSdRegyt-n_DOWwMHuFNWBNPRp4w3aHQ8Ejky-boy0CzNlMjcfQNAdteelHV920QVvnhay3CTbWi0q9mlOIYotitTspOkA1SdUxQlTkqlZK_WFoTTeAkZ8oOxuSZ096G6GfS/s993/009a%20Khungfo%20A%20Cropper%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="993" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZGW_wl3aw9dKdGbaZV9zvfpFjA6FHFkPFg3qWl7Z9odMYAh5QJ0aeSdRegyt-n_DOWwMHuFNWBNPRp4w3aHQ8Ejky-boy0CzNlMjcfQNAdteelHV920QVvnhay3CTbWi0q9mlOIYotitTspOkA1SdUxQlTkqlZK_WFoTTeAkZ8oOxuSZ096G6GfS/w400-h288/009a%20Khungfo%20A%20Cropper%202.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Overcome at their bad luck two of Khungfu's Army started to crumble but the last organised Chariot Units hurled themselves one last time at Snafu's Army and scored success, damaged the central units of archers fled and a Heavy Infantry Unit unable to retire was trampled!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This was Khungfu's plan from the beginning seeing how packed Snafu's troops were he figured a few success could result in units being destroyed due to the deployment.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3M90DBPKy54GZwYabKKZ87MzUCW7yIfuj7Bcu-mDvVFMZq1AR3C1d7i_032zdIH2ooTATS1WSY1nEcNc10SbSuKlR2e6ZTnygtytHvsf_9A-vV1wylzH9ysW7MwJK-u2cjXFLbIMS8ZiBFz6JnfxABOQJKQx1s85B63cLKXTGX42t0JQtmyAZkn_M/s1243/010%2020230501_203803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1243" data-original-width="1169" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3M90DBPKy54GZwYabKKZ87MzUCW7yIfuj7Bcu-mDvVFMZq1AR3C1d7i_032zdIH2ooTATS1WSY1nEcNc10SbSuKlR2e6ZTnygtytHvsf_9A-vV1wylzH9ysW7MwJK-u2cjXFLbIMS8ZiBFz6JnfxABOQJKQx1s85B63cLKXTGX42t0JQtmyAZkn_M/w376-h400/010%2020230501_203803.jpg" width="376" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately it was too little too late, Snafu's troops elated at seeing Prince Khungfu fall took on their foes and smite them!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PSXctoW-OI22qVW_-AebblCdnPCAceyDK4oaJXSLZUQqSjeazabWTnaHD3h3TG1Btgkb4HhoqCNgHaE22qwVkVr5UK3PdGj9zul1wiUcaVLUXlzw8-ouP36OD2MInnTP9zvKA_IWjZLu-u2MDwf1CGtwmfcKe79RVusamPWyu0sdRYsdtVY-z1QI/s1394/11%2020230501_205637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1007" data-original-width="1394" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PSXctoW-OI22qVW_-AebblCdnPCAceyDK4oaJXSLZUQqSjeazabWTnaHD3h3TG1Btgkb4HhoqCNgHaE22qwVkVr5UK3PdGj9zul1wiUcaVLUXlzw8-ouP36OD2MInnTP9zvKA_IWjZLu-u2MDwf1CGtwmfcKe79RVusamPWyu0sdRYsdtVY-z1QI/w400-h289/11%2020230501_205637.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Discretion was the better part of valour at this point and the remains of Khungfu's army retired!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFiMj4efafooxN4gnLwTQ3_ZxV4U6SiT3twv93wQNfcZlrGVVyRhICMS0J5ohs-yoTXgF9XZcnNJe0Exjpm8jOGpg5HY1RPjGFH0hWpfuTV4PIruopRiCTiX_fjbm5ytyTa_hxNGb16VxU-PDbzn6ldfrtHSYAQc1sUG64azwXPFPl0X6LxUBIx9dV/s1311/18%2020230501_204808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1311" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFiMj4efafooxN4gnLwTQ3_ZxV4U6SiT3twv93wQNfcZlrGVVyRhICMS0J5ohs-yoTXgF9XZcnNJe0Exjpm8jOGpg5HY1RPjGFH0hWpfuTV4PIruopRiCTiX_fjbm5ytyTa_hxNGb16VxU-PDbzn6ldfrtHSYAQc1sUG64azwXPFPl0X6LxUBIx9dV/w400-h349/18%2020230501_204808.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Battlefield at the end of play!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6FaCSlyThtgE2R-pzIgroKcEdmKTtnDjeYytH49cJVpa3GtKaiD6GPK83LZGW35s4RRCrueYNfWW9vzB_nWaBHZCpNzKPYspGT59iuQcf4o4DYvKrMr7VZAYcbIqdMOl4_Bv0AznrHJhmayFPxUHQv8MJCwBEPMrgjPDNO8kyaPT5bNG2RZp4Uqb/s1600/20230501_200511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6FaCSlyThtgE2R-pzIgroKcEdmKTtnDjeYytH49cJVpa3GtKaiD6GPK83LZGW35s4RRCrueYNfWW9vzB_nWaBHZCpNzKPYspGT59iuQcf4o4DYvKrMr7VZAYcbIqdMOl4_Bv0AznrHJhmayFPxUHQv8MJCwBEPMrgjPDNO8kyaPT5bNG2RZp4Uqb/w400-h300/20230501_200511.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Coffee and Afterwards Stuff!</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well a good evening was had yet again with some Biblical gaming, why haven't we played with chariots before we asked ourselves they are almost as much fun as ECW Cavalry! The rules tweaking has reached a sweet spot and we spent more time thinking about the situation than the rules! Tweaking aside these rules again have all we need for a good evening of gaming; the initiative system is superb, overall the rules are relatively simple so easy to get (harder to master) and the era flavouring rules add to the excitement. Both sides could have manoeuvred better on the night but the telling event was Khungfu crashing his chariot for a second game in a row ("What a knob!" we hear the rank and file roar!), once leaderless his army's reduced commands made it an uphill struggle plus the loss of just this one unit pushed it halfway to its breaking point! General consensus was next game Khungfu should be on foot if not replaced by his elder twin brother Prince Phubar!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Oh and for this TSOG session we had our fellow gamer and blogger John drop in for the evening! You can follow him on his blog; <a href="http://wargamingwithbarks.blogspot.com/">Wargaming with Barks Blogspot</a></span></div></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-60513198743236401582023-04-25T11:44:00.002+09:302023-04-25T11:44:55.824+09:30First AIF Two-Up Game Eureka Miniatures Figures<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What better day than ANZAC Day to show off the Eureka Miniatures Two-Up Set!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ve had this for some time and painted and based them up ages ago, here are the players on last night’s tabletop…</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHn__CJ-OgZ1d3JNu2iXyqDoGakvjHN3uYoBjG-MDhwyx9Ec1RGCJHhxd0b1vogRXQaoQfbNz-74ZGGGRrLNhxYEAg10X2d-VGx1mb5dR1UPq09Hwx2j-WOnogunX_rDEHVUq7_fnxDQeeVUYBLABm3QDbSaBZfQgHLCZpY8BoDpQwOxzHyhkq7izZ/s1893/83091470-046E-4763-8033-43C5717E1B42.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="1893" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHn__CJ-OgZ1d3JNu2iXyqDoGakvjHN3uYoBjG-MDhwyx9Ec1RGCJHhxd0b1vogRXQaoQfbNz-74ZGGGRrLNhxYEAg10X2d-VGx1mb5dR1UPq09Hwx2j-WOnogunX_rDEHVUq7_fnxDQeeVUYBLABm3QDbSaBZfQgHLCZpY8BoDpQwOxzHyhkq7izZ/s320/83091470-046E-4763-8033-43C5717E1B42.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The set comes with four figures; three Aussies involved in playing two-up and a dour looking Officer observing them. I think the officer is British from the uniform but could be wrong, the castings are crisp and the players look to be 'in action' all very nice! I don't think my painting does this set justice but it works for me!<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymXltd8jHVx_86bm4_CqH2A2bWwYfZT6BckSbC6BLP91Pa3NGXleq6wTKXoO1PR_gsex_7xc8gl94ogiDQvu3aEhKWU9MuiAp8zuDyf-hg3BpgXnpfFwkJrLc8IVfqdl6C-YRK_1eXinQl7hZqEL77uF3V6DG_4ggAuSygzlBulw1B7wOrvpSeNXt/s1996/98EF2D83-FF4C-4FEF-8949-912455AACB12.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1586" data-original-width="1996" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymXltd8jHVx_86bm4_CqH2A2bWwYfZT6BckSbC6BLP91Pa3NGXleq6wTKXoO1PR_gsex_7xc8gl94ogiDQvu3aEhKWU9MuiAp8zuDyf-hg3BpgXnpfFwkJrLc8IVfqdl6C-YRK_1eXinQl7hZqEL77uF3V6DG_4ggAuSygzlBulw1B7wOrvpSeNXt/s320/98EF2D83-FF4C-4FEF-8949-912455AACB12.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOABQsCs2u3TSMe0ubAkofX4hU7NR9qTWTaUYswBTkPouUX-wGq6RXPVzG7GPkoAErvVFeOgRt3uhf2vfvQaaoE0oCYMBK6fV5-a3dyXI_e10kpHhhDGKABP5SF022L36yselIk4kKfjHgsSWAIQeK1U9HNNC2vEW8y9V7l1JkxwrGcASXnZ-_M8IR/s1114/48360E0D-2B62-437C-BC20-835874D3EAED.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1114" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOABQsCs2u3TSMe0ubAkofX4hU7NR9qTWTaUYswBTkPouUX-wGq6RXPVzG7GPkoAErvVFeOgRt3uhf2vfvQaaoE0oCYMBK6fV5-a3dyXI_e10kpHhhDGKABP5SF022L36yselIk4kKfjHgsSWAIQeK1U9HNNC2vEW8y9V7l1JkxwrGcASXnZ-_M8IR/s320/48360E0D-2B62-437C-BC20-835874D3EAED.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They are well worth the money!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Being ANZAC Day my partner and I attended the local Dawn Service, a bit of a tradition for us both having family that served our great country in both World Wars, it is a small token for to show our appreciation for what they did!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">'Lest we Forget!'</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-65774012004383414162023-04-16T14:49:00.004+09:302023-04-18T17:29:31.069+09:30King David AAR - Duel on the Plain of the Dead!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Easter Monday was our usual game day so in keeping with the theme we played our first Biblical Battle! We only had the one army available, Egyptians from the New Kingdom so I came up with a slightly plausible situation where we could nave two Egyptian Armies fighting each other and then we consulted the book of King David (Rules)!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The sudden passing of the Great Pharoah Sooti I was a surprise to the nation of Egypt, he had been a mighty bear of man to most of the populace but to others a mere hand puppet controlled by his Grand Vizier. His death lead to a power vacuum across the lands of Egypt! The future of the Dynasty he founded hung in the balance as his first son the Pharoah in waiting was challenged by his youngest born, the Grand Vizier's Favourite! The stage was set for a battle of Titans! On the Plain of the Underworld the two protagonists arranged their armies to decide the future of Egypt's leadership!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Well that sets up a situation where with only a single Ancient Biblical Army we can squeeze in a game! This results from me recently buying a fully painted and based Ancient Egyptian Army!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Armies</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prince Snafu - Heir to the Throne</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prince Khungfu - Pretender to the Throne supported by the Grand Vizier</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Both OOB's consist of (213 points);</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Leader on Light Chariot 25points</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4 x Light Chariots 100 points</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4 x Heavy Infantry Units 60 points</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Archer Units 20 points</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1x Skirmisher Unit 8 points</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prior to the game we rolled for Leader Quality and Omens(?!), we did not use the Hero Attributes this game. Also no one carried out any Animal Sacrifices prior to the game, they cost 3 points per sacrifice and give you the opportunity to cancel out Omens!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Also I included a couple of House Rules that came out of a playtest the week before with Dave;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Units have two steps first hit without a successful Saving Throw and the Unit is marked, it now has a -1 modifier for Melee Combat and saving Throws, second unsuccessful hit </span>without a successful Saving Throw and the Unit is kaput!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">National Characteristic Egyptian chariots get a +1 modifier for Fire Combat, due to this being a favoured tactic, means they can shot to long range and scoot</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Leader Unit gets a +1 modifier for Fire and Melee Combat and on its Saving Throw</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Infantry Units attacked from the front by chariots get a +1 Combat modifier</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Chariots must use all their initiatives or if stationary can pass all initiatives (not clear in rules)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If a chariot contacts a friendly Unit due to its movement restrictions the chariot becomes stationary and both Units roll a D6 a '1' is a hit, a Saving Throw is allowed!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Foot can partially use their initiatives or pass all (not clear in rules)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Game</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Both side squared off in the same formation and started to advance.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prince Khungfu held his infantry back but loosed his charioteers on both flanks!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Snafu kept his infantry moving but his careful plan to hold his chariots in reserve went to pieces when on seeing the opposition chariots advance they moved forward too! Snafu was heard to mutter "<span style="line-height: 107%;">𓂀 </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">☥</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">𓂀!".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So a swirling chariot on chariot action developed while the foot of both sides wary of exposing their flanks closed with each other.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">At this point the wheels fell off for the Usuper's army, literally, Prince Khungfu deciding to lead from the front came a cropper as his chariot lost a wheel as he started to advance, the bruised and battered prince was carried from the battlefield by this Bodyguard! The Pretender's army was leaderless but </span>urged on by ranting Priests pressed forward with a mind to avenge the ill luck that had befallen their leader!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ironically both sides won a chariot battle, on the Oasis flank of the battlefield Prince Snafu's men were dominant while on the ruined Temple flank Prince Khungfu's charioteers were supreme.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Snafu's chariots beat the Usurpers ones into action against the foot though and the resulting carnage of foot being attacked in the flank by rampaging chariots pushed Khnugfu's army passed its break point and they retired!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Legitimate Heir had won the first clash of the rivals for the 'Pharoahship'!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some Pictures</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Army of Prince Snafu advances, you can already notice a Foot Unit falling behind the others see 'Afterwards Stuff' below!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAs8XXTg2y_eDLwdfL8tTOBc7IjB1JnULleMlYVWZBpyD1DKlwRYG-pB8JoUgwyYVXs2013jaSzI-rMaFxyHezl7816mfuDwEjCDfC8Z_g2EsFXRW-wJwfjhiuGHdjbtPa-ql-gfS_hRXvfaUEtXBAtxgo7CUpzJ_87oSUAXEJPxhJXogwo7wqk_H/s1563/20230410_192844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1563" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAs8XXTg2y_eDLwdfL8tTOBc7IjB1JnULleMlYVWZBpyD1DKlwRYG-pB8JoUgwyYVXs2013jaSzI-rMaFxyHezl7816mfuDwEjCDfC8Z_g2EsFXRW-wJwfjhiuGHdjbtPa-ql-gfS_hRXvfaUEtXBAtxgo7CUpzJ_87oSUAXEJPxhJXogwo7wqk_H/w400-h254/20230410_192844.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Prince Khungfu lures Snafu's foot forward while both sides chariots skirmish on the flanks!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Everything was looking good for the usurper then...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmxENvDEq6l5PcqeoWtTQKwI73QQYPJ0cXNUvS_Jdogf71ho0OpewL2DCEoV3s0L3rCyMJEmHq19drPiMqKw9v3wxR7jy9VFDZvSBxOersAWZfV-50OPVIBnIvzj7IHdyTZY0t5vMrH6Ju4IF0k7-7Z4MeTiaJsjWu9LplM20ZLET4W3FLNYZ7_Pb/s1522/20230410_201622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1522" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmxENvDEq6l5PcqeoWtTQKwI73QQYPJ0cXNUvS_Jdogf71ho0OpewL2DCEoV3s0L3rCyMJEmHq19drPiMqKw9v3wxR7jy9VFDZvSBxOersAWZfV-50OPVIBnIvzj7IHdyTZY0t5vMrH6Ju4IF0k7-7Z4MeTiaJsjWu9LplM20ZLET4W3FLNYZ7_Pb/w400-h278/20230410_201622.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">...the dreaded Snake Eyes...or being a game set in Egypt should I say Serpents Eyes! Prince Khungfu's comes a cropper as his Chariot loses a wheel and he is carted from the battlefield his pride in tatters! Also a bummer for his Army as everyone is out of Command Control so has a -1 modifier on their Initiate Rolls!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSWK9k9_g1Ft61a2GLrJEGdQzzOPkxlfdvQrIwSG5mhWmEWini-b9pYw_Fq5Xi9XaXNjlDvgYLVjrFjBIoKT2c0pBGsfoD883Tef7C1iVCffvZC8egfOtGzBHGl9q4W8eD8XQ8onEmQ_DNg0dZ-ckNkAWWhxeLuPC2hduhMKmoqnSxc1fCjuxmlVT/s950/Khungfu%20Comes%20A%20Cropper.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="950" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSWK9k9_g1Ft61a2GLrJEGdQzzOPkxlfdvQrIwSG5mhWmEWini-b9pYw_Fq5Xi9XaXNjlDvgYLVjrFjBIoKT2c0pBGsfoD883Tef7C1iVCffvZC8egfOtGzBHGl9q4W8eD8XQ8onEmQ_DNg0dZ-ckNkAWWhxeLuPC2hduhMKmoqnSxc1fCjuxmlVT/w400-h301/Khungfu%20Comes%20A%20Cropper.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Prince Snafu's far left Infantry engage Khungfu's line...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXF4-oObF3tesUZVUG0T0TQTvJQfVgQ2LPfSKLp8irYnzOY5gRSnevDZ22QyAWuOmfjzGS9TKuuUYl6jNz-qHe24Qbv2yewwkMHJXFDQ4K0m1CUuSlNDSmCDa5AHtp5VHgZ18NX4qDm8qHhkksLsVm48zS7TwjI7GvXY9Dep5tbrS2WqvDVaYKnlw/s1569/20230410_203732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1569" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXF4-oObF3tesUZVUG0T0TQTvJQfVgQ2LPfSKLp8irYnzOY5gRSnevDZ22QyAWuOmfjzGS9TKuuUYl6jNz-qHe24Qbv2yewwkMHJXFDQ4K0m1CUuSlNDSmCDa5AHtp5VHgZ18NX4qDm8qHhkksLsVm48zS7TwjI7GvXY9Dep5tbrS2WqvDVaYKnlw/w400-h276/20230410_203732.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">...and are sent running!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjnuzIAa9F7xmCaNI-O2YRgB5cJIC62IKCPUWql373yXXCrA96o3qc1JcUUbJXgOHMB_0x0oANaXB0QWOuehxEjNaSZ_3ubSQl0eetKRbxTmkiYL-io83pnBC7f5-OpiYjNvdq7bPaWcpdSQTpoX7GcPwVbqQZb4XxfCoKeLVunDYmes5MUN1vDj5/s1514/20230410_210403.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1514" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjnuzIAa9F7xmCaNI-O2YRgB5cJIC62IKCPUWql373yXXCrA96o3qc1JcUUbJXgOHMB_0x0oANaXB0QWOuehxEjNaSZ_3ubSQl0eetKRbxTmkiYL-io83pnBC7f5-OpiYjNvdq7bPaWcpdSQTpoX7GcPwVbqQZb4XxfCoKeLVunDYmes5MUN1vDj5/w400-h280/20230410_210403.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Prince Snafu's chariots win the advantage on the oasis side of the plain and line up to attack the Usurper's Foot Units!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0CoibtzV_TG8tRoyQez81G1j_ERjL_dUoQdrqC9NPcxA6ify3jLVUQK182DjYafwMZMkYYp6XYQm4fOwRLByNZ3prXhxY4c83BWDlcvQpmdzzGHume4Gft7JOtyFAU8xvwQaJS9WU4Dp61NAnDCG06hIOH_zraXv4Rp5_yD_YqAW3cQaZgW4lal7/s1296/20230410_210409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0CoibtzV_TG8tRoyQez81G1j_ERjL_dUoQdrqC9NPcxA6ify3jLVUQK182DjYafwMZMkYYp6XYQm4fOwRLByNZ3prXhxY4c83BWDlcvQpmdzzGHume4Gft7JOtyFAU8xvwQaJS9WU4Dp61NAnDCG06hIOH_zraXv4Rp5_yD_YqAW3cQaZgW4lal7/w400-h320/20230410_210409.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Conversely on the Temple flank of the battlefield Prince Khungfu's chariots (blue horse blankets) despite being leaderless are dominant routing Snafu's charioteers (red horse blankets)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho93mF-m3tW1Cndxfbl-UGQWI66FGElD2UpEMWc69oeiSAb2rsaH7tpN9_zEtw2KwYhrwilc5mrnvk6yF6FynOg66qsMfrAlIO7HTJzqPnd1XV21xb1Q2_pdHLi6T5wutTDrnnj94nCGjh1tcZXOIi9IhHIHT2v7fQjaO6ldOhvTGz1bSpsZ7H4dTp/s1368/20230416_140328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1368" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho93mF-m3tW1Cndxfbl-UGQWI66FGElD2UpEMWc69oeiSAb2rsaH7tpN9_zEtw2KwYhrwilc5mrnvk6yF6FynOg66qsMfrAlIO7HTJzqPnd1XV21xb1Q2_pdHLi6T5wutTDrnnj94nCGjh1tcZXOIi9IhHIHT2v7fQjaO6ldOhvTGz1bSpsZ7H4dTp/w400-h288/20230416_140328.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...and as they prepare to charge the rear of the Pharoah's First Son's Army...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxKvYma15j61rBAEijJuPk219sQ_OaYWduofbYPvtZfpjchZlkPxE-ABPbYYM8j_m6kgTLs-Z9_yZffX6AcW3YrwJhhETgbbFZyXYeteZI30ZMEE-bjiPofCMX5lqonghmHfECDF677RMbjfLGwzWLfkM0-qC03GoL3KliLJ-yIm6vrA_PExuASj_/s1600/20230410_212336.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxKvYma15j61rBAEijJuPk219sQ_OaYWduofbYPvtZfpjchZlkPxE-ABPbYYM8j_m6kgTLs-Z9_yZffX6AcW3YrwJhhETgbbFZyXYeteZI30ZMEE-bjiPofCMX5lqonghmHfECDF677RMbjfLGwzWLfkM0-qC03GoL3KliLJ-yIm6vrA_PExuASj_/w400-h300/20230410_212336.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">...Prince Snafu's chariots swing the game, charging and dispersing a Unit of Archers...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimu6DBH9W2TR_BicyJ8eGLrKfMLOY9PpfUV687kzu6HLVcvoz6MO86D7Fy6EI3X7UPO_aMokfWawzeP2yWDIepMPyEZ19t1xgLmxU3f5EmRSyyET07ANorvTbvfajtcN4ocv88zz41pAebmz64qgG-wtKXmJOh9lQmhIV7jmVAadXEnly7wUUW6jH/s2003/20230411_113802.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="2003" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimu6DBH9W2TR_BicyJ8eGLrKfMLOY9PpfUV687kzu6HLVcvoz6MO86D7Fy6EI3X7UPO_aMokfWawzeP2yWDIepMPyEZ19t1xgLmxU3f5EmRSyyET07ANorvTbvfajtcN4ocv88zz41pAebmz64qgG-wtKXmJOh9lQmhIV7jmVAadXEnly7wUUW6jH/w400-h275/20230411_113802.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">...and then a Unit of Spearmen, these losses break the morale of Khungfu's force which retreat from the Plain of the Undead, beaten but not defeated...Khungfu vows he will return!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDFOWtkhHiVe5l8WMUz9Z8jWg_EutrbymOIsTsLQtLT448w4yzKQevWqcU2lykRO8W66lTHB7a12PY4IakYOptt1LrVnYwlo8KsFcQQksTch6hxKjFneyzmpCsTHZLi6zfU-e65fcSsyP50UVkht0nngUd2kXVnbgQp48YDUPwugrZTR4lo9Qh8no/s1459/20230411_113851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1459" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDFOWtkhHiVe5l8WMUz9Z8jWg_EutrbymOIsTsLQtLT448w4yzKQevWqcU2lykRO8W66lTHB7a12PY4IakYOptt1LrVnYwlo8KsFcQQksTch6hxKjFneyzmpCsTHZLi6zfU-e65fcSsyP50UVkht0nngUd2kXVnbgQp48YDUPwugrZTR4lo9Qh8no/w400-h295/20230411_113851.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A victory to the rightful heir Prince Snafu!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Afterward Stuff!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Righteo we had an exciting game. The rules, King David were easy to learn, the action was pretty quick and it had what we expected to be a Biblical battle feel, plodding foot sloggers and out of control chariots (that maybe a false impression of the era's warfare but is what we have in our minds!)! Both side chariots got into the action but the foot of both sides were slow to engage so overall we did not see much foot to foot action in this game, lots of chariot on chariot stuff and a bit of chariot on foot combat. The post game discussion highlighted the issue of maintaining battlelines as Infantry with an initiative roll of a '1' can wheel but that's it! So next time we will allow Foot Units that roll an initiative of '1' to wheel OR take a move straight ahead to maintain battle line cohesion but they CAN NOT contact an enemy Unit with this free move, this will keep battle lines moving and in a semblance of order, I for one are looking forward to trying the Rules again!</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-21547846884401291172023-04-04T17:34:00.001+09:302023-04-04T17:42:49.948+09:30Song of Drums and Kepis AAR - Assault the Farm Scenario<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Last </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Monday we continued the ACW theme with another skirmish game using the Song of Drums and Kepis Rules. We picked the Assault the Farm Scenario and followed up the topic of our first game. Again we join Ewell's Corps in the summer of 1863 as they continue their advance north to the Susquehanna River. Our forces also carried over, the Union Conscripts and Militia received a few reinforcement and remained under the command of Master Sergeant O'Higgins whilst the severely depleted Southerners were bolstered by more men from their Company and were led by a new Officer, Lieutenant Haggerty.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Rebels 'Take the Bridge...'!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7Jd_osfAJqJItVIjGnNDQxIoPBydS5KKCMvXxeldcTlCDBtfgErEifZni9cQ5_2eDE_fbapFrJVc1iUShEofwyZnkUPfDV_P9fpGotg3ojSTbv3WRqkg-PVO36gkc7UGYvtatuqhXcu7pOb9sEYeCmAcwLFN4CL8R681j9KFy5puinRTm7NP2uBw/s948/20230330_221820%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="948" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7Jd_osfAJqJItVIjGnNDQxIoPBydS5KKCMvXxeldcTlCDBtfgErEifZni9cQ5_2eDE_fbapFrJVc1iUShEofwyZnkUPfDV_P9fpGotg3ojSTbv3WRqkg-PVO36gkc7UGYvtatuqhXcu7pOb9sEYeCmAcwLFN4CL8R681j9KFy5puinRTm7NP2uBw/w400-h272/20230330_221820%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Forces</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">USA</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x NCO with Rifle and Revolver</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Veteran Marksman with Rifle</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10 x Conscripts with Rifles</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3 x Militiamen with Rifles</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">CSA</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Officer with Revolver and Sword</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8 x Veterans with rifles</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4x Veterans with Muskets</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Game</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Union played a delaying strategy believing the Rebs would come straight down the road and across the bridge, also a couple of privates were dispatched across the ford to threaten the Southerners flank but they held their nerve and kept together and pressed their attack! The Confederates planned to capture the bridge destroy the isolated Yankees in the open then assault the farm!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For a couple of turns the Yankee skirmishers held the Confederates on the bridge and that proved to be crucial for the game, it allowed the Union Marksman time to inflict three important casualties on the Rebs unfortunately he was wounded and taken out of action seeking a fourth hit! At this point the three surviving Union skirmishers ran for the farm and the two privates feigning an attack on the Rebs flank also returned to the defensive position.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Yanks appeared to have the advantage being in cover and more men but a gratuitous kill from a Reb hit sent several conscripts fleeing. Taking this opportunity the Rebs pressed the defender, but just a few good shots from the Farm's defenders inflicted just enough losses on the Southerners to break them!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A Northern Victory, but only just!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some Pictures</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yankee skirmishers try to delay the Rebs giving their marksman targets!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvZluCBz3AvfcnEFxQqOHyUBudHSqUJmbMA-c_yZ5pmi7R8gnxF8qLh9V3ikPK9j5MTnSy09iFl2wuRmY7L9Pqhyz-Pc3jklC6OycoNBgpfS3ibP4sF2FJKln71n5CelZeSPehQaIfAWGsRcnuFOvmnFzimbZS-UKr9QRGFbrCPtzT6T9E4e8JPFC/s1393/20230330_221804.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1393" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvZluCBz3AvfcnEFxQqOHyUBudHSqUJmbMA-c_yZ5pmi7R8gnxF8qLh9V3ikPK9j5MTnSy09iFl2wuRmY7L9Pqhyz-Pc3jklC6OycoNBgpfS3ibP4sF2FJKln71n5CelZeSPehQaIfAWGsRcnuFOvmnFzimbZS-UKr9QRGFbrCPtzT6T9E4e8JPFC/w400-h315/20230330_221804.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Rebs pressed the attack across the bridge, eventually pushing the Union troops back but losing three men to only two Yanks</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3dttde_HdWi7t1_zwhaUp_Wv1W6PTaX0gcfMYnQs7qBm_5OQfsN_nYzHLMO8AhhDgCT4wv47hS_BJfnlk3Yk2b62gTg7dthu7DsWGMgm7y1PMONx-5vGh4vWeehGRZ61TxWf77rqS7LAcg2pPKGsTs8tCQc19NYQ6k93goUYns4aBZ-GUzwp5JnZ/s1269/20230330_221812.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1269" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3dttde_HdWi7t1_zwhaUp_Wv1W6PTaX0gcfMYnQs7qBm_5OQfsN_nYzHLMO8AhhDgCT4wv47hS_BJfnlk3Yk2b62gTg7dthu7DsWGMgm7y1PMONx-5vGh4vWeehGRZ61TxWf77rqS7LAcg2pPKGsTs8tCQc19NYQ6k93goUYns4aBZ-GUzwp5JnZ/w400-h361/20230330_221812.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">O'Higgins dispatched two privates to feign an attack on the Rebs flank...they were too clever and didn't fall for the bait!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxPoieAwmaoRbGHkrXB5IrtNkMNtwKql5a696IxA1OurACf_LxMcVGKfnxZ4HSNMz75_AlfOBK-DiLIJakZFk_bzVbjBEm6FFiBGGK8kVP-V617szr0QnpR_iUnz_tiPCSVVBRyJDnopChzPRkJnkmXFfJSuwcxeG8uSLGHrCbi41Snru4N4DOaeg/s1262/20230330_221727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1262" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxPoieAwmaoRbGHkrXB5IrtNkMNtwKql5a696IxA1OurACf_LxMcVGKfnxZ4HSNMz75_AlfOBK-DiLIJakZFk_bzVbjBEm6FFiBGGK8kVP-V617szr0QnpR_iUnz_tiPCSVVBRyJDnopChzPRkJnkmXFfJSuwcxeG8uSLGHrCbi41Snru4N4DOaeg/w400-h329/20230330_221727.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Union Marksman on the left was able to hit three Rebs whilst they were held up on the distant bridge!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-Fh9ENqMDzJgvznfsY-DYg5cmu7sJNozStCRH1pZU5Cn32NsfnkHnabkXe2XnoDq309sZZlR0ztd6js1ijCwhrVVH4wk-YX2IGvt9_5EOiDS5pdsaewZkiZAHPA_9bXtmRe3TGaUKwo9MMWq_sLufbDE3-INRWrrceReuvKbiSTt10MYC5J0Vpd2/s1486/20230330_221557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1486" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-Fh9ENqMDzJgvznfsY-DYg5cmu7sJNozStCRH1pZU5Cn32NsfnkHnabkXe2XnoDq309sZZlR0ztd6js1ijCwhrVVH4wk-YX2IGvt9_5EOiDS5pdsaewZkiZAHPA_9bXtmRe3TGaUKwo9MMWq_sLufbDE3-INRWrrceReuvKbiSTt10MYC5J0Vpd2/w400-h291/20230330_221557.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lieutenant Haggerty directed his men's fire and a few volleys later the Union marksman was silenced!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFjKsSK-WLhxT7HR-G2R6xJFT0rajTlNpPKJgNankqAnCnEvGJoU2GuGSDAvCYeFRyccOTsyYn_4XvzA-H2bumZUPItq22ykeiEsSTUwk7yAsS0gQu-9pPn_EQ3ieJVGFzJIzBGFW19qA4ZrDIlw4F123FtJ2r-QAQeM99gmYGfoweJsaUI5UrZp3/s1600/20230330_221517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFjKsSK-WLhxT7HR-G2R6xJFT0rajTlNpPKJgNankqAnCnEvGJoU2GuGSDAvCYeFRyccOTsyYn_4XvzA-H2bumZUPItq22ykeiEsSTUwk7yAsS0gQu-9pPn_EQ3ieJVGFzJIzBGFW19qA4ZrDIlw4F123FtJ2r-QAQeM99gmYGfoweJsaUI5UrZp3/w400-h300/20230330_221517.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The defence of the farm in the balance, four conscripts can be seen running after one of their number was hit in the head by a Reb Minnie Ball! Two Yanks fled entirely from the board due to seeing their fellows fall in action!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_x_DouOCxhLPhp-asqFe3UREzrAFw2d06wacZIk_VIY1KbKVJCllHkiOCygcHvAzFwvvl-gfi0Ri0HJixdtrACTiPRB_Gc4BDcUMNNRGkoaA1wkA_KUu57mtjLMuhrU1mwEzY6n27t1H3R-YnbZUF8PYbRYqe6CCnwouuOotFcXgdYRaqwA1eYz4v/s1600/20230330_221141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_x_DouOCxhLPhp-asqFe3UREzrAFw2d06wacZIk_VIY1KbKVJCllHkiOCygcHvAzFwvvl-gfi0Ri0HJixdtrACTiPRB_Gc4BDcUMNNRGkoaA1wkA_KUu57mtjLMuhrU1mwEzY6n27t1H3R-YnbZUF8PYbRYqe6CCnwouuOotFcXgdYRaqwA1eYz4v/w400-h300/20230330_221141.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Get at 'em boys!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YivTOitrll97PfhQi1_-Qal7AHKl5WfuKQjk1L0VOMnjVzG7GC3SXuPgiaUbW4Qu-Ul57ArtgEy6jrn_cu8ks7xKw6gx7pBtKiBnEJVI4xkDTBHY7Qf0bgw0dGO8Z2nEw5zGsoRG3mym0orRdw_m9pwcgfkEzopmoxAjexluKCrLqRhCdxX16_5u/s1545/20230330_221044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="1545" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YivTOitrll97PfhQi1_-Qal7AHKl5WfuKQjk1L0VOMnjVzG7GC3SXuPgiaUbW4Qu-Ul57ArtgEy6jrn_cu8ks7xKw6gx7pBtKiBnEJVI4xkDTBHY7Qf0bgw0dGO8Z2nEw5zGsoRG3mym0orRdw_m9pwcgfkEzopmoxAjexluKCrLqRhCdxX16_5u/w400-h309/20230330_221044.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Union conscripts rally!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdXF8AL77sD8BJ15AB4PCgItoW8thlu7Cw-IgCqn4pFn1gv48riL06QPsN3jNt3KoYXTO74vVmDk3xzVIg8TRCHjTeYF8KOhKNcpQfJtKERu2Y94jhmjyMPw893MsqM0sfry7EwN833K6mOdIdul2Hf1IoBONr-nJh-a95YEqPCrUXL7mVIH_PyoI/s1480/20230330_220909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1195" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdXF8AL77sD8BJ15AB4PCgItoW8thlu7Cw-IgCqn4pFn1gv48riL06QPsN3jNt3KoYXTO74vVmDk3xzVIg8TRCHjTeYF8KOhKNcpQfJtKERu2Y94jhmjyMPw893MsqM0sfry7EwN833K6mOdIdul2Hf1IoBONr-nJh-a95YEqPCrUXL7mVIH_PyoI/w323-h400/20230330_220909.jpg" width="323" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Union fire tells as Reb casualties mount and they break off the attack...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-J6oHcV5D9VjXsoG440Ft-9Sg95Gsscm2Wk5JPgQAAUylDgs-wB3Bw702mjXQp8hoUZatQErF6-wa3BbQEm9rGoPlRYzauFgIGCfPpzkVrsPhF1YUVNzkDcDMpgkPRq_gdzxYt6MxsNyiTzwDEPwkLQAZV2MBw1sOYPG8GaDYf8Z75JT_2SADNyV/s1207/20230330_220920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="1188" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-J6oHcV5D9VjXsoG440Ft-9Sg95Gsscm2Wk5JPgQAAUylDgs-wB3Bw702mjXQp8hoUZatQErF6-wa3BbQEm9rGoPlRYzauFgIGCfPpzkVrsPhF1YUVNzkDcDMpgkPRq_gdzxYt6MxsNyiTzwDEPwkLQAZV2MBw1sOYPG8GaDYf8Z75JT_2SADNyV/w394-h400/20230330_220920.jpg" width="394" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The battlefield at games end...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyoBu1E2SeNopqzjY9w1LHI_s9ecyLFwucD5HPGA0Jrd_5RIcl0oe4DPi7moNre2dyTDSlwk0XpOVOfPHmHUAnr9Uk7JE4n-yxXDS_xvlc3oP1WiRz8zV4sDytNfP0-D25IxrQpVPUrayUpswXGzRhWUsBMPlBoAn9O8LL_-Zc4N_3Mz4JP33kiOl/s1517/20230330_220932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1517" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyoBu1E2SeNopqzjY9w1LHI_s9ecyLFwucD5HPGA0Jrd_5RIcl0oe4DPi7moNre2dyTDSlwk0XpOVOfPHmHUAnr9Uk7JE4n-yxXDS_xvlc3oP1WiRz8zV4sDytNfP0-D25IxrQpVPUrayUpswXGzRhWUsBMPlBoAn9O8LL_-Zc4N_3Mz4JP33kiOl/w400-h266/20230330_220932.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After Game Stuff</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well this was one of the closest results we've seen for quite a while, for a couple of turns both sides were only one or two casualties from breaking, luck went with the Union on this occasion! The Song of... series of rules is universally liked by TSOG!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next fortnight we are keeping in theme with the season playing a Biblical game!</span></div></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-60189370711766305012023-03-28T14:38:00.001+10:302023-03-28T14:38:41.448+10:30Song of Drums and Kepis AAR - Foraging Mission Scenario<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Monday March 13 out come the Song of... Rules but this time using the ACW Supplement featured in 61 to 65 so time for some Song of Drums and Kepis! We picked the Foraging Mission Scenario, having read Flames Beyond Gettysburg (S L Mingus Sr) we placed our game in June 1863 as Ewells Corps pushed north to the Susquehanna River. Our force selections reflected this; the Northerners were mainly Conscripts and Militia (read lots of poor quality troops) whilst the Southerners were a few seasoned Veterans (uhoh!), would numbers or quality prevail!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rebels 'Foraging'...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PZPBQUwzOjxodOBKXJUjrMp2kCMUTvOTkEN-eThGRvvcqDAtD8YycZOstW-xprcdZT96b0TM46nfVBHTayqlmirhcn49F7Z90hGTMU1M0Gp_Cj4yigYlUFnHiiA8dQAKTwmkpUCPz__z_cKNq8NKl3Hk6bHMZI2PKHs_BaSOmx9DtdHlQ1eFFrIe/s1383/20230313_201558%20Edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1383" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PZPBQUwzOjxodOBKXJUjrMp2kCMUTvOTkEN-eThGRvvcqDAtD8YycZOstW-xprcdZT96b0TM46nfVBHTayqlmirhcn49F7Z90hGTMU1M0Gp_Cj4yigYlUFnHiiA8dQAKTwmkpUCPz__z_cKNq8NKl3Hk6bHMZI2PKHs_BaSOmx9DtdHlQ1eFFrIe/s320/20230313_201558%20Edited.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Forces</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">USA</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x NCO with Rifle and Revolver</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Veteran Marksman with Rifle</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10 x Conscripts with Rifles</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3 x Militiamen with Rifles</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">CSA</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Officer with Revolver and Sword</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5 x Veterans with rifles</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4x Veterans with Muskets</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Game</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From a Northern Newspaper</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">...the gallant but desperate decision of Master Sergeant O’Higgins to throw himself into the front line turned the tide. Knowing that his command was not going to get out of their tents before the butternut wave of Secessionists swept through the camp he threw himself forward loosing off both his rifle and revolver. Singlehandedly he drove the Southerners back over the encampments fence. it was then he was struck to the ground by a lucky blow from a Rebel. Momentarily dazed he looked up to see one of his trusty men, Private Masters leap the fence and fell the the Confederate soldier who was about the skewer O’Higgins. after this Masters raced forward in a maddened rage bayoneting the Rebel's Leader. Mortified at the loss of their Officer the Confederates fled into the woods where only a sort while earlier they had emerged whooping in excitement!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some Pictures</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Rebels entered the tabletop, quietly formed up at the tree line and prepared to launch themselves on the slumbering Yankees whose few sentries were oblivious of the danger...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0NmXGWUIFI-upW7Q8f934EfBjg3UIGSjsQEq_7Ptl6C5tWNWI88_Nb2ibdFL63BeqmhyJ9UeYyFgVOWbzJ73AdnzxpJ0xVYDwody7ZieEWGBZP4n1cv1L8R7qbaEB-f8iono1ItdrqfJ3FU0ZPfaZIREsnIdEqF-HxxuwcBDwYlz554yv87Wt_ns/s1180/20230313_192821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="1180" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0NmXGWUIFI-upW7Q8f934EfBjg3UIGSjsQEq_7Ptl6C5tWNWI88_Nb2ibdFL63BeqmhyJ9UeYyFgVOWbzJ73AdnzxpJ0xVYDwody7ZieEWGBZP4n1cv1L8R7qbaEB-f8iono1ItdrqfJ3FU0ZPfaZIREsnIdEqF-HxxuwcBDwYlz554yv87Wt_ns/s320/20230313_192821.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Charge Boys! Get amongst them! Roared the Rebel Lieutenant...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMQBcK45B1H7urESagqJUyw0unRiPHqxru3_8qR1URK_rA51-fWRZvqQTl_C25XjGGRpJJ9PZEIsmJ8HIDg8jwX3gviG25A1lvCNgx9lyunQjyG3xWdvF38xr21GJUn9dHW63ZAOaEhUnbpleBkLWAJj6XEJNPwMRXW1pNHaim3dkUXSfE-_npCy_/s1236/20230320_145447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="1177" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMQBcK45B1H7urESagqJUyw0unRiPHqxru3_8qR1URK_rA51-fWRZvqQTl_C25XjGGRpJJ9PZEIsmJ8HIDg8jwX3gviG25A1lvCNgx9lyunQjyG3xWdvF38xr21GJUn9dHW63ZAOaEhUnbpleBkLWAJj6XEJNPwMRXW1pNHaim3dkUXSfE-_npCy_/s320/20230320_145447.jpg" width="305" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Quickly the Rebels overcome the sentries and they found themselves inside the Union perimeter...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcFZBpgVAzNJwXqug9rVvPXbVtmL0Js4jArOhTAR5Sd3xDqMfgwGCQgK7PqtbINDoLDA5H9ToTLMIEjQyh0ScxbX1LOLcFORXSVSnRw_H6XS5C4qzKD8GYrZRDjSuFZr3qlbHLIfR8z9bLgq7R9WSAsKvoVeEqxqYoG66KA1SdYIkmX3AzSaqPRcRK/s1270/20230313_193957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1270" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcFZBpgVAzNJwXqug9rVvPXbVtmL0Js4jArOhTAR5Sd3xDqMfgwGCQgK7PqtbINDoLDA5H9ToTLMIEjQyh0ScxbX1LOLcFORXSVSnRw_H6XS5C4qzKD8GYrZRDjSuFZr3qlbHLIfR8z9bLgq7R9WSAsKvoVeEqxqYoG66KA1SdYIkmX3AzSaqPRcRK/s320/20230313_193957.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The last sentry crashes to the ground....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjSGmTlcAiNz2tYCUeMvEGBIUyoaWu3-Pqhz4nc_fI02aBwPlwBhM2sm-WH8jnwcSPpsLE3ZbEZneVYvyd-KW4gdlf5am7Xyq7wnI5jrYfFWDnHCkkawBpfxNxNoOR-zSxbN1zXt0wvwepZ6-6H5oDPO9Ggdg8JgZIWf8pHWlg-BLzm_xje4rBSzQm/s1316/20230320_145917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="1071" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjSGmTlcAiNz2tYCUeMvEGBIUyoaWu3-Pqhz4nc_fI02aBwPlwBhM2sm-WH8jnwcSPpsLE3ZbEZneVYvyd-KW4gdlf5am7Xyq7wnI5jrYfFWDnHCkkawBpfxNxNoOR-zSxbN1zXt0wvwepZ6-6H5oDPO9Ggdg8JgZIWf8pHWlg-BLzm_xje4rBSzQm/s320/20230320_145917.jpg" width="260" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The drowsy Union troops manage to take out one of the attackers! At this point a few Conscripts fled seeing Private Parts suffer terribly from a head wound.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1yZxqGzjZ-DuBnz2LKivfN98VnwaAiCSQbQHdyBcjVCmKLODpCf-D4yqc8uQJuxyX1yZn0RuoxMDSgDoJ6-uL6Bd3WKMkyLeC7wMPLupYRdSgj-eqp7kTKxI2E7i536PcTBgYLzx6oIpVHOxFFnNdMfudh7o50AlNrI19ogN572dep_5jNNJrWti/s1287/20230320_150624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1287" data-original-width="1199" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1yZxqGzjZ-DuBnz2LKivfN98VnwaAiCSQbQHdyBcjVCmKLODpCf-D4yqc8uQJuxyX1yZn0RuoxMDSgDoJ6-uL6Bd3WKMkyLeC7wMPLupYRdSgj-eqp7kTKxI2E7i536PcTBgYLzx6oIpVHOxFFnNdMfudh7o50AlNrI19ogN572dep_5jNNJrWti/s320/20230320_150624.jpg" width="298" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ooops forgot to take pictures covering the rallying of the Yankees, Master Sergeant O'Higgins being knocked down and the Union resurgence... DOH!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Private Masters comes face to face with the Confederate Officer...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6W-N1Pwl5uY8D-Q4utL1cQgM3oPzWmbiT54JoY0sg0lTw8BJ0nNdjq2GBPvB0AMueRl4Zz2Ojql3uGepPzZZYR-SCMab3192OkxqNSoeVI5ytArByINRKueKBfIULZY0-_2whdt4wIyf7LLLoeMeZrHMhFLaop2dxEJhC1bIVsACchhz9QYyyvVDv/s1239/20230313_200525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1239" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6W-N1Pwl5uY8D-Q4utL1cQgM3oPzWmbiT54JoY0sg0lTw8BJ0nNdjq2GBPvB0AMueRl4Zz2Ojql3uGepPzZZYR-SCMab3192OkxqNSoeVI5ytArByINRKueKBfIULZY0-_2whdt4wIyf7LLLoeMeZrHMhFLaop2dxEJhC1bIVsACchhz9QYyyvVDv/s320/20230313_200525.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">...and fells him in a brief tussle! A resounding Yankee 'Huzzah' is heard across the battlefield!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mURhMMqN6e9lou8jbmgnZ1IjGsd1tYij39h6hCdsFRw6fxSVUKkMF7DXHQv_cK2XGxEQkszn5jxBKPMwda1qj3cjpak_0oeew6CHuhGvyy61zpXtZrBd5-lx-qcHloQ860JC2csLZPAMAJjBZxA0bLXc5FQPnHB2Xls7syMI6eSmpsTWgIM2Tkvk/s1148/20230313_201046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="1148" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mURhMMqN6e9lou8jbmgnZ1IjGsd1tYij39h6hCdsFRw6fxSVUKkMF7DXHQv_cK2XGxEQkszn5jxBKPMwda1qj3cjpak_0oeew6CHuhGvyy61zpXtZrBd5-lx-qcHloQ860JC2csLZPAMAJjBZxA0bLXc5FQPnHB2Xls7syMI6eSmpsTWgIM2Tkvk/s320/20230313_201046.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After Game Stuff</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well we had a lot of time for coffee and biscuits after this little game in hindsight I should have set the figures up again and we should have replayed the scenario. In this game both sides exposed their Leaders officers recklessly and pushed men forwarded unsupported a recipe for disaster! Either side could have won at one point the Rebs missed the opportunity to finish off the Yankee leader as he lay prone, given a similar chance the Southerners leapt at it taking out the Confederate Leader resulting in a victory!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next fortnight we are playing Song of Drums and Kepis again!</span></div></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-22153970424352389412023-03-04T22:37:00.002+10:302023-03-04T22:39:17.005+10:30Patton Heads East! Chain of Command AAR<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We decided to trot out Chain of Command last Monday night! For something different we pitted Yanks against Reds in August 1945!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The scenario was played was the Take an Objective with the Yanks on the attack. Al commanded the forces of good and Dave the minions of evil, I umpired. The Americans objective was the east end of the bridge.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The force were straight from the original ruleset, the Americans had a 30 Cal and Sherman in support and the Soviets a T-34 76 and a Maxim, even though the Americans had a lot of firepower and a bit of cover it looked a tough task. The initial morale rules didn't favour the Allies with the Americans getting a moral rating of 8 and the Soviets 10!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We went through the Patrol phase which was pretty good for the Americans, the Soviets were brave placing a JOP on the 'wrong' side of the river!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Americans watch anxiously late in the game as the Reds Tank advances for a final attack!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGf95f8H7nvPShahJwukZcd__3QK0C8pKFlSqDbcJxOL1J6Vk-11c9J9JJUnBImPkQloXfTMxRpcQOZrRFbm3OYWseZCb7poD0jSvKTksjSjiacArOMejyXehqCcmE7oDvd24ohxKGfSHlMtXaBou5KNanREqqQpr4nkL4e5O6KppE4kK_9nNCOVh0/s1405/20230228_062940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1405" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGf95f8H7nvPShahJwukZcd__3QK0C8pKFlSqDbcJxOL1J6Vk-11c9J9JJUnBImPkQloXfTMxRpcQOZrRFbm3OYWseZCb7poD0jSvKTksjSjiacArOMejyXehqCcmE7oDvd24ohxKGfSHlMtXaBou5KNanREqqQpr4nkL4e5O6KppE4kK_9nNCOVh0/w400-h240/20230228_062940.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The Action!</u></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Americans started, their dice allowed them to place their 30 Cal in shell holes in the woods on their left, a Squad deployed into the shell holes on their right and a Sherman trundled onboard along the road. The Soviets rolled well, two Sections deployed in the ruins as well as their Maxim team and their tank arrived to support them immediately it looked like the Yanks were in for a hard time!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The American Captain stayed cool, his 30 Cal hosed the Maxim and two Squads advanced either side of the road leap frogging from cover to cover the Sherman advanced firing on the Maxim, the Infantry in the buildings and the the T-34 every time it poked its nose over the brow of the bridge, Soviet casualties climbed as their Maxim crew was wiped out and their other infantry were under continual fire, chances of Heroes of the Soviet Union being declared declined substantially!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">late in the game the T-34 crew finally took on the Sherman both sides tanks scored hits but neither side got an advantage in the damage phase of shooting and twice the T-34 withdrew back over the bridge once almost crushing its supporting infantry!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At this point the night was late and Lieutenant Harrison threw his bazooka man forward in a heroic attempt to destroy the pesky T-34 and in a final throw of the dice Private Hanks evaded defensive fire successfully but was unable to hit the Red Beast!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We had to call proceeding before the game was resolved but with one of the Soviet JOP about to be captured and the Yanks firepower starting to tell we called it as an American victory!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The Pictures!</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">How the action developed, the green arrows follow American movement and the red the Soviet moves, the yellow bursts are where each side concentrated their firepower. The cover of the towns outskirts and shell holes helped the Americans in this instance...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17QhPuUMMN-wyaebu8QgBZDkKaUckhk4Lz4OrIwWa97h-MCFx5Tpffes9aUXdrOLQPYA8Qh2Ji-nFwxxkAvHo571tRzHuqXN4nMvpSKmLzzEjiQAdXaU8jF8l8UW4Ya4Zw6ad-cnk3ovXXjIT4_tE6mpgccCx6bFH7IqK_kaV0OECiwzGTod1M87_/s698/Map.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17QhPuUMMN-wyaebu8QgBZDkKaUckhk4Lz4OrIwWa97h-MCFx5Tpffes9aUXdrOLQPYA8Qh2Ji-nFwxxkAvHo571tRzHuqXN4nMvpSKmLzzEjiQAdXaU8jF8l8UW4Ya4Zw6ad-cnk3ovXXjIT4_tE6mpgccCx6bFH7IqK_kaV0OECiwzGTod1M87_/w253-h400/Map.JPG" width="253" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The initial Yank deployment their 30 Cal set up to cover the advance under instruction from their Platoon 2IC.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHvagFRjiNycfE8JE3C1J4adJdkaYkTgVmYCt-4NpXaklzdnx94Ty6MmggwQn_PXHkqn1BD7MmlA6-Mk16rHu9EYF4vLSne36aOBUwONjiHUwt2Nnn50-UQePvVzQWtt-Q5W3lwiKSHEBCdbR7hRM1_a12Kh6FkZ-NSpeHWb9pHDQJZFzkEnebqTB/s1600/20230228_063020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHvagFRjiNycfE8JE3C1J4adJdkaYkTgVmYCt-4NpXaklzdnx94Ty6MmggwQn_PXHkqn1BD7MmlA6-Mk16rHu9EYF4vLSne36aOBUwONjiHUwt2Nnn50-UQePvVzQWtt-Q5W3lwiKSHEBCdbR7hRM1_a12Kh6FkZ-NSpeHWb9pHDQJZFzkEnebqTB/w400-h300/20230228_063020.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">View of action from the Soviet point of view!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHHy-5zBGnuq2RIYD5SWXzzLpdYY3RVow33iGpwEGlu50tjZZPJpG7nPqjttFK-WcnASHWgdL4R8DkjM-CwfFoHVX19WI-pS4w5SVTywU8_qO11Ho3pA1qbuZA9pENZYbotzbB9ON0sH0ux0lno5Sf5jU6PoUFZwnjn1R8f4tZl1X0K9JiSkmhBhY/s1600/20230228_062836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHHy-5zBGnuq2RIYD5SWXzzLpdYY3RVow33iGpwEGlu50tjZZPJpG7nPqjttFK-WcnASHWgdL4R8DkjM-CwfFoHVX19WI-pS4w5SVTywU8_qO11Ho3pA1qbuZA9pENZYbotzbB9ON0sH0ux0lno5Sf5jU6PoUFZwnjn1R8f4tZl1X0K9JiSkmhBhY/w400-h300/20230228_062836.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Gallant Soviet infantry milling behind their tank, at one point it almost ran them over as it reversed away from the Western Imperialists!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Our battlefield from the Americans point of view this picture was taken at the end of the action...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTz-r-kaeF9XMnrQDDCitkTbGiH8z3rqYwSRGN1i3Dx5w9oSqq-gyc4FmEkSFDYK-MxqWQOPvnVJNlZkdLjq71kgUM2kI1qRHzj5etWYqF8m1PtajuVKuwYpGcXu81ZatJnrUUsOvWaZMkYJ79ZqMIvw7kYAwjSST1xU-3Taa9NFyU8Inka1Uz_1A/s1424/20230228_062818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1424" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTz-r-kaeF9XMnrQDDCitkTbGiH8z3rqYwSRGN1i3Dx5w9oSqq-gyc4FmEkSFDYK-MxqWQOPvnVJNlZkdLjq71kgUM2kI1qRHzj5etWYqF8m1PtajuVKuwYpGcXu81ZatJnrUUsOvWaZMkYJ79ZqMIvw7kYAwjSST1xU-3Taa9NFyU8Inka1Uz_1A/w400-h323/20230228_062818.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Our thoughts!</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well as usual we enjoyed the CoC rules! Everyone was happy how the 'battle' developed both Dave and Al enjoying the night which is the main thing! Unfortunately at the end of the evening we as usual with CoC we had not completed the game but in this instance at least we could see where things were headed! CoC frustrates us (as usual) with infantry movement rates the Yanks infantry could just not move fast enough to cross the tabletop in a timely manner, given another hour or two they would barring a big change of events snagged a win but most of us needed to work in the morning! Is it just us plagued with Sections/Squads creeping forward at 3 inches a turn when rolling two dice or do others out there have the same issue? We are thinking of tweaking infantry movement next time!</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-10822485309370690352023-02-22T16:29:00.004+10:302023-02-22T16:29:42.473+10:30Indian Mutiny AAR - Blood and Plunder Rules<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Before jetting off overseas Maurice set up another Blood and Plunder Game for the TOSGers! Again we were treated with an excellent looking game, well painted miniatures with some good terrain on a very nice Cigar Box game mat!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The British needed to capture both buildings and their wells or escort their 'convoy' off the opposite table edge.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The game moved along very quickly with the British firing and advancing their main thrust on their right flank. Against this unstoppable line of scarlet the natives unleashed a furious yet ineffective barrage of fire and their sword armed units shot their bolt revealing themselves from the folds in the ground </span><span style="font-family: arial;">too early </span><span style="font-family: arial;">and charging into a wall of hot British lead!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Overall view of the battle as the British begin their advance!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WeLn4tklt90p-3evw646FPC_3b2Q6fEXj6RJ8IVlcgDzD5Tbv01u27Oi_HF0C4JMapn-NSlKwCoYQmFBRvgkGT9ZgFmPQnZDiaMFc1aLDBikb5NnGv_6AXPCDkDZrm8N3BQUisilsnV8rg0BHIw-o3asC-FSMLlYSit-b7z9IJz23sxGgwOyJasZ/s1517/20230220_200850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1517" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WeLn4tklt90p-3evw646FPC_3b2Q6fEXj6RJ8IVlcgDzD5Tbv01u27Oi_HF0C4JMapn-NSlKwCoYQmFBRvgkGT9ZgFmPQnZDiaMFc1aLDBikb5NnGv_6AXPCDkDZrm8N3BQUisilsnV8rg0BHIw-o3asC-FSMLlYSit-b7z9IJz23sxGgwOyJasZ/s320/20230220_200850.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The centre of the British line, the convoy was closely guarded by its escort!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtoFVUThfMEhSEZ2ncd25Bn1l1usHvo9aJtYqo5_riiWH-LI_unZA0i633-fQc8OH1M0pKTxfGHuj-1JNuYZm2Lbp56qBBaLQ9VTOWfzHAgwJp84rHjpf8_lBBHriOU3aWTbZXJcGsgjwdv4hz6mqwApwcRp36egkRlMnyHqjGQA_OR3rkDN-_lg9/s1465/20230220_212656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1007" data-original-width="1465" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtoFVUThfMEhSEZ2ncd25Bn1l1usHvo9aJtYqo5_riiWH-LI_unZA0i633-fQc8OH1M0pKTxfGHuj-1JNuYZm2Lbp56qBBaLQ9VTOWfzHAgwJp84rHjpf8_lBBHriOU3aWTbZXJcGsgjwdv4hz6mqwApwcRp36egkRlMnyHqjGQA_OR3rkDN-_lg9/s320/20230220_212656.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">A figure looking remarkably like Harry Flashman takes the lead on the convoy once the natives were dispersed!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65-wkpeS0Frq3e5JxbLxc_b2YFdNSNCaYbrRvCfDuZmgFBt1L7b4r-OB2Xcu-Gv8r3jMR88Nt8FRsHNdVfhOdDkwpxLQfaFK-96zavPxgyK2ZdrV5YXqKftuxuSn9coOzRPBKArY4N1qUPIf9KQyESu9jVRj0eNx4tBmFdh4WE_wP6m2TEBNUGYbX/s3607/20230220_214212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3607" data-original-width="3353" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65-wkpeS0Frq3e5JxbLxc_b2YFdNSNCaYbrRvCfDuZmgFBt1L7b4r-OB2Xcu-Gv8r3jMR88Nt8FRsHNdVfhOdDkwpxLQfaFK-96zavPxgyK2ZdrV5YXqKftuxuSn9coOzRPBKArY4N1qUPIf9KQyESu9jVRj0eNx4tBmFdh4WE_wP6m2TEBNUGYbX/s320/20230220_214212.jpg" width="297" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The battlefield when the game was called, the British convoy cruising majestically between the two native 'strong points'...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeBPA5Vx0lTkrXkjJSQvovcmaxMdDcM9I3Ra88QppuL0Y1ON18LBxBBn9UTWJVW13ziIN-uMszVQne3AcqkheM6YTqIoskTvAFxHbxWS7jNP3N9mjnxSWt2SOK7Bic6D2AXxzonmL31VN7rhesh9MI4jbN1qnPjMmNhwv7_FcfpU6a9iolniJGs2Y/s1491/20230220_215810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1491" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeBPA5Vx0lTkrXkjJSQvovcmaxMdDcM9I3Ra88QppuL0Y1ON18LBxBBn9UTWJVW13ziIN-uMszVQne3AcqkheM6YTqIoskTvAFxHbxWS7jNP3N9mjnxSWt2SOK7Bic6D2AXxzonmL31VN7rhesh9MI4jbN1qnPjMmNhwv7_FcfpU6a9iolniJGs2Y/s320/20230220_215810.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The game was a British victory, their tactics were good and their dice rolling hot, against this there was a sensible native set up supported by very cold dice! Only one redcoat became a casualty, we believe Private Smith actually tripped over his own laces and a civilian with the convoy was winged on the native side there were over 40 casualties!!!! Thanks to all for a good night.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bon Voyage Maurice!</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-91405280333429092942023-02-02T08:47:00.000+10:302023-02-02T08:47:06.533+10:30Maori Wars AAR - Blood and Plunder Rules<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Monday Night Maurice hosted the TSOGgers, the game covered a skirmish from the Maori Wars and the rules were Blood and Plunder.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The scenario involved several groups of British Regulars and Militia roaming the woods defending a walled farmhouse that was their base of operations, also roaming those same woods were several groups of Maoris whose objective was to capture the same farmhouse and acquire the supplies within.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The play was fast and furious as the rules tend to that style of game and it wasn't long before despite drawing first blood the British were plundered (note the clever use of part of the rules name there) by the Maoris and they decided to call it a day.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lucky random deployment had two groups of Maoris set up close to their objective and they quickly overwhelmed the Militia defenders...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFQDH1beGd_z2dRENH5XT-FCf3g5PbERQlvhCKHpShcoqczoijPdr2CDIGd3qxHT9WPuGhDcECItmoCV1yk6_ZIpcrlvwJ51tK2iPROQUInIfhG6Z8FvjMHHX5IGX_5zUU7Dnh21qRDj_fepJsY20Sz1zpXOUMkPsf1ePDoqBA2GunPgSP1ZmHsqW/s1600/20230130_193743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFQDH1beGd_z2dRENH5XT-FCf3g5PbERQlvhCKHpShcoqczoijPdr2CDIGd3qxHT9WPuGhDcECItmoCV1yk6_ZIpcrlvwJ51tK2iPROQUInIfhG6Z8FvjMHHX5IGX_5zUU7Dnh21qRDj_fepJsY20Sz1zpXOUMkPsf1ePDoqBA2GunPgSP1ZmHsqW/w400-h300/20230130_193743.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Despite a volley from the British a group of Maori Warriors closed into close combat and overwhelmed yet another group of British Militia...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXM_7QFML8Z3hauP52nLrHcBEZtulxJhaDXX-Hb6MFYiPx5cBfWnM9K8TOSk-By26aZn7qnV3BvdWVDo65zxUH59WgsZxrt6WM4t4XTXQB6VKM3zv2Gg4lKeXQii0HYRjYPR9_-CDXTQz4G8DChcD9Kko_uoJczp9bSc-P9hjHp4zg9Cl9vCnHjT8/s1600/20230130_203445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXM_7QFML8Z3hauP52nLrHcBEZtulxJhaDXX-Hb6MFYiPx5cBfWnM9K8TOSk-By26aZn7qnV3BvdWVDo65zxUH59WgsZxrt6WM4t4XTXQB6VKM3zv2Gg4lKeXQii0HYRjYPR9_-CDXTQz4G8DChcD9Kko_uoJczp9bSc-P9hjHp4zg9Cl9vCnHjT8/w400-h300/20230130_203445.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The figures supplied by Maurice and Al were exceptionally well painted and along with Maurice's nice layout ensured we had a very attractive set up to use on the night! My personal thoughts on the rules are overall they are good for quick and big games, the varying activation levels through card play is a stand out nice feature, but against that the non symmetrical turn play gives a side with more units (even if smaller) a manoeuvre advantage and the one sided melee (attack only no defensive side rolls) means getting the initiative is a very big advantage (trade off is defensive fire <b><i><u>if</u></i></b> you have loaded weapons)... </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers All!</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-21874918648390687792023-01-15T17:12:00.003+10:302023-01-15T17:12:39.867+10:30Fog on the King’s Barrow - AAR for Song of Blades and Heroes<p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>We knew we were close when the first standing stone
loomed out of the mist. Dawn was still two hours away and the land was covered with
a shroud of dampness and silence. Our bows in hand and an arrow knocked, we
crept forward cautiously – as noiselessly as only an elf can be…</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEq8dvCzeWs3a4XErZCbal4ee1Kh6PPo4A_q8XGjzbY5EN_jsi2VNvDjtRD0pocOsOMpT1x2m_Ocka4ztzHIpBENHYrH0UeyQJixYJPpG73FgsCnh22Ne2amvBBsTl3NNu0DehtwvR-newAvMYuYkzP68QSukwj9_tYIoEl0bVfpZ55wUOzOWK0kxi/s1920/tsog_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEq8dvCzeWs3a4XErZCbal4ee1Kh6PPo4A_q8XGjzbY5EN_jsi2VNvDjtRD0pocOsOMpT1x2m_Ocka4ztzHIpBENHYrH0UeyQJixYJPpG73FgsCnh22Ne2amvBBsTl3NNu0DehtwvR-newAvMYuYkzP68QSukwj9_tYIoEl0bVfpZ55wUOzOWK0kxi/w471-h268/tsog_001.jpg" width="471" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Elves of Harlond had been tracking a party of Orcs for several
days and the trail has lead them to the ancient barrow of King Amlaith of
Fornost. Shunned by the local inhabitants, the barrow is believed to be haunted
and, when the moon is full, skeletal figures are said to roam the area protecting
the slumber of their ancient lord.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Orcs were here for a reason and Valmir Longstride and
his band of Hunters were determined to foil their plans, whatever they may be. An
unearthly mist made visibility difficult and muffled any noise, but the Elves’ sensitive
ears could still detect the jangle of armour and the clumsy footfalls of their quarry.
But other sounds could be heard from the far side of the hill. Another party
was approaching the barrow from the North. Muttered curses in a harsh accent
could only mean one thing… a band of Dwarves from the Blue Mountains were here
as well, possibly for the same reasons. But perhaps not.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This year’s Christmas game was a bit of a departure from our
usual whimsical ventures into Pulp or Victorian Science Fiction. Al took us on
a trip to Middle-earth where we donned our pointy ears and put our historical
preferences aside. Pete guided a band of Elven hunters, George led the stalwart
Dwarves and Maurice herded an unruly band of Orcs. Al took a turn at refereeing
and also rolled for the monsters.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The rules were Songs of Blades and Heroes (Basic) with selected
bits from the Advanced version (Spells mostly). We are reasonably familiar with
the ruleset, having played a few variants over the years (61-65, Songs of Drums
and Shakoes, and a couple more) so we settled into it fairly quickly.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The terrain was set up as follows:</span></p>
<p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">A 3’ x 3’ playing area</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">A burial mound in the centre of the table, surrounded
by a henge of standing stones.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">A ring of forest ran around the outside of the
tables edge.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Vk_2lArNHn_r7Gi9STyAmDPQcyVIOAey2rn9rqV45VOEp6Hkl-jdNZ3CTwTQErigXCJoqMqwmiE0uidmUkkimp5oKyaXilELywpgTJ_5yiSfGrk6nD3gvLdyXz6Jv-1TQMZvXi6RYmw7lHKW8vUJFkwGwePkrNd8-vRjfT_13Qrvq3ccO2pqTjP7/s1440/tsog_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Vk_2lArNHn_r7Gi9STyAmDPQcyVIOAey2rn9rqV45VOEp6Hkl-jdNZ3CTwTQErigXCJoqMqwmiE0uidmUkkimp5oKyaXilELywpgTJ_5yiSfGrk6nD3gvLdyXz6Jv-1TQMZvXi6RYmw7lHKW8vUJFkwGwePkrNd8-vRjfT_13Qrvq3ccO2pqTjP7/s320/tsog_002.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The objective was to recover 5 or more skulls from the tomb
and it’s skeletal guards. The Orcs were seeking them in order to invoke an ancient
ritual that would enable them to summon a powerful Wraith. The Elves were there
to stop them, either by taking the skulls or killing the Orcs. The Dwarves were
there to gather skulls to make soup. Or possibly some other reason – no one asked
and they didn’t offer an explanation.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHG9D0PQbCToV9S2VNENsVUlGYF7YIPPaewM3CVfwlbYSd0ZvJK6eibORIvEnz3ERVpCeDZLVQjLu-_wfYPZkmwaDCEEm9sC0CAlyKx4IBfMSQKrjSlOZ808KRk94BW_Ry23ja6gJB35g8QsFg_jdZ7SCSHU8MmFbSnlxDO_4mYrTaTQWiwrvQFGV/s1440/tsog_003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHG9D0PQbCToV9S2VNENsVUlGYF7YIPPaewM3CVfwlbYSd0ZvJK6eibORIvEnz3ERVpCeDZLVQjLu-_wfYPZkmwaDCEEm9sC0CAlyKx4IBfMSQKrjSlOZ808KRk94BW_Ry23ja6gJB35g8QsFg_jdZ7SCSHU8MmFbSnlxDO_4mYrTaTQWiwrvQFGV/s320/tsog_003.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The game progressed with the Elves approaching the stone circle
quickly. The Orcs made reasonable time but were slowed by the forest initially.
The Dwarves however, cold and miserable after a long trek south, made very slow
progress at first and then steadfastly refused to move at all. Didn’t help that
their short legs meant they moved slower than everyone else.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A pair of skeletons were spotted patrolling the crown of the
hill as the Elves cautiously entered the circle. Hidden out of sight, another
skeleton sprang to the attack. A quick combat ensued and the skeleton was
pushed back.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thankful for the distraction, the Orcs made a dash to the
stone circle too. But they were also surprised by two more skeletons. Combat
was quickly resolved and one skull was separated from the undead’s body. The
other was pushed back but otherwise unharmed.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meanwhile the Dwarves plodded on steadily, if slowly, and
managed to kill one skeleton.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Elves were caught up with melee against skeletons and were
unable to turn their attention to the Orcs who, by time had three skulls in
their possession. The Elven spellcaster (Lorestal) couldn’t activate when she
needed to and her chance for a Transfix or Fireball spell went begging.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Combat by the Orcs had mixed results, with one of their band
falling to a skeleton’s sword thrust from behind. But they managed to gather
enough of their prizes that they could start to make a fighting withdrawal to
the tree-line. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNiQEthnbvIJ-2LcxrXdlvsvEtKpuJZdCLUvZmTRd9NpxzhtiGUW1D99eEgB2Tv8l02xtirTgkrnGEty2p4DTJZhDQLh35UHpc7JGN2gekv0JtEgsodZE5AlEDWDyOXG4P0_8_FKKktaXyhjm1rfjbPAiW2an8J2bS_lvSPlBof2Pt4V6RRzUFAX0/s1367/tsog_004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1367" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNiQEthnbvIJ-2LcxrXdlvsvEtKpuJZdCLUvZmTRd9NpxzhtiGUW1D99eEgB2Tv8l02xtirTgkrnGEty2p4DTJZhDQLh35UHpc7JGN2gekv0JtEgsodZE5AlEDWDyOXG4P0_8_FKKktaXyhjm1rfjbPAiW2an8J2bS_lvSPlBof2Pt4V6RRzUFAX0/s320/tsog_004.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elven arrows (and Dwarven grumbles) started flying though
and another Orc fell dead, his brethren trampling his corpse as they fled the
battlefield. <br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An Orcish victory!</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And a lesson for the game master – start the Dwarves closer
to the action or give them mounts.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Overall, the game was fun and light-hearted enough to fit
the mould of the TSOG Christmas Game. No one complained too much at least, and
I got a chance to give my fantasy models an outing. The action flowed well enough,
and no one had too long to wait for their turn.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Song of Blades and Heroes is an excellent skirmish game
that has proven to be easily adapted to other settings and periods. Aside from
the variants I mentioned earlier, I have the excellent Flashing Steel book and
will (hopefully) one day put on a swashbuckling, chandelier-swinging adventure
of French Musketeers against the invading Spanish or the misguided minions of
Cardinal Richelieu.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Notable afterword by the leader of the Dwarf warriors:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The
dwarven leader would like it to be known that the result was only a victory of the
moment. Though we laid not a glove on the orcs or those prissy elves, we did
manage to get close to the entrance of the barrow with our full band. Once the
elves were busy desecrating the bodies of the orcs we were able to plunder the
tombs at our leisure. Not for us the gathering of a mere five skulls. We got so
many after the game we had to hire peasants to carry back the booty. </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;"><i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The elves may well have crowed mightily about doing away
with the odd orc. The dwarven band will live on in folk tales told forever more
as the group that attended, looted, and returned“.</span></i></p>
<p></p>Dagsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05562798776218284983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-33985512298999422672022-11-20T11:51:00.001+10:302022-11-20T11:57:29.608+10:30 Meeting Engagement Scenario AAR - Great Escape Games 1914 Rules<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Catching up with some old TSOG nights! October 3rd George and I played a WW I game using 1914 Rules.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">German Uhlans Deploy and prepare to charge!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjWgR1dVuVvxkjDLWSRobQJhEMsp4tlVaRMqKoCqR-RleAxDEkSnHdbWYF0uEQWslbX5wB_2OEfVCeUxVgCmP-OhzQRAhaaLt8gyASjXtMvCqIHWrVwxFlRhg9YXr8PlTXexPjz7LktqCx1JsQdZoIZRa8NgDCFVB2XGezDONUeQsGVvC-CJVMtsD/s2000/20221012_153128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="2000" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjWgR1dVuVvxkjDLWSRobQJhEMsp4tlVaRMqKoCqR-RleAxDEkSnHdbWYF0uEQWslbX5wB_2OEfVCeUxVgCmP-OhzQRAhaaLt8gyASjXtMvCqIHWrVwxFlRhg9YXr8PlTXexPjz7LktqCx1JsQdZoIZRa8NgDCFVB2XGezDONUeQsGVvC-CJVMtsD/w400-h279/20221012_153128.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We used the Meeting Engagement Scenario, we varied the victory conditions slightly in that calculating victory was as per the scenario rules but to be able to win the side calculating the winning conditions must have at least 4 bases within 4 inches of the bridges in the centre of the battlefield.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">George commanded the Russian force and I led the Germans. With only two of us both playing we didn't get as many pictures as normal!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The flow of the action!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghl2EIH1ORaI0qZcJYVwd-Txgao9iRiunAyF1PDedvOeLI4Fxk0aaLO4n21hZm6pd4JAJikXl9jSIjxIp032w8-94kg4URH2G_J0-VQTENHW5lDssZFIYGrWDlon0iM5RZCgH_fDNy6GCLIRMz1UAq5XAQwpiM1vhG7UEA37MooJhweMX6Am9wRMtE/s599/1914%20%20Battle%20Map.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="599" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghl2EIH1ORaI0qZcJYVwd-Txgao9iRiunAyF1PDedvOeLI4Fxk0aaLO4n21hZm6pd4JAJikXl9jSIjxIp032w8-94kg4URH2G_J0-VQTENHW5lDssZFIYGrWDlon0iM5RZCgH_fDNy6GCLIRMz1UAq5XAQwpiM1vhG7UEA37MooJhweMX6Am9wRMtE/w400-h299/1914%20%20Battle%20Map.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The Game</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The Russians adopted a central approach and raced for the bridge, they sent their cavalry off to cover Germans on their left.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Germans refused their left and sent two Battalions in on their right and the rest of their force in the centre.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Both side used their cavalry to screen their infantry which was a successful tactic. The Germans brought on their reserves on in an ad hoc Battalion giving them a strong reserve whereas the Russians brought their reserves on in Company Units and they moved to join up with their parent Battalions. The German choice was the better idea in the short term and gave them a strong Unit instantly, on the other hand the Russians were able to reinforce their weakened Units later in the game and this was crucial as it saved them losing full formations which affected the victory conditions!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The forces on the far flank engaged and the Russians scored a minor victory here, their cavalry pinning two German Battalions thus weakening their centre.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To the left and right of the town and bridges the Germans were successful in destroying several Russians Companies and pushing them to the brink of breaking while the Russians in the town picked off Germans enjoying the protection it offered.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The last turn began and the Germans gained the initiative, they fired along the line and the Uhlans charged inflicting many hits on the Russians but failing to destroy the single Company they required to break them (in hindsight instead of charging the Uhlans would have been better used riding up and dismounting and firing at point bank range but hey who can resist a chance to launch a cavalry charge!). Now with the Russians in control of the turn they loosed volley after volley on the Germans and the casualties were sufficient to break their morale, the men clad in grey retired from the field!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A Russian victory!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some Pictures</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Germans centre about to advance!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPnz8apZac1h6FgL8CEGWodTOipvql8EXIJdyhRE8hayatm-P1YhXlh2FQGIE8iumJ5cR_qcEXoBAaNCnzOBIxZNVMCn-bNqSBaM20XMNwe8e18OW5yGu_hivOTimkXu-4wCVW-Y34M7EC_15xbWhzGrXr_P5MgVeoIo4M8f4tTWU3Z-hehVpCnZA/s2000/20221003_184610.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="2000" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPnz8apZac1h6FgL8CEGWodTOipvql8EXIJdyhRE8hayatm-P1YhXlh2FQGIE8iumJ5cR_qcEXoBAaNCnzOBIxZNVMCn-bNqSBaM20XMNwe8e18OW5yGu_hivOTimkXu-4wCVW-Y34M7EC_15xbWhzGrXr_P5MgVeoIo4M8f4tTWU3Z-hehVpCnZA/w400-h216/20221003_184610.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Russians advance, this is midway through the first turn...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtauMwPbA_cv-uUTZQFKSGCpqhIvdaqT5_tNbqdPbDEoT3xSOF5yqVYqUljz-5HRPV5s7p9-T6CFMfF1JYNoTQqYmhlCwQ_RtQ9bH74OZU6ipRAFjgFKq6xkvKSbHrYnWxuZKtH6OEQDusWsbfszV0Z6ZhAY_8yEBUwAVc0Sw82xmw0gSnZYL8h4d/s2000/20221003_184623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="2000" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtauMwPbA_cv-uUTZQFKSGCpqhIvdaqT5_tNbqdPbDEoT3xSOF5yqVYqUljz-5HRPV5s7p9-T6CFMfF1JYNoTQqYmhlCwQ_RtQ9bH74OZU6ipRAFjgFKq6xkvKSbHrYnWxuZKtH6OEQDusWsbfszV0Z6ZhAY_8yEBUwAVc0Sw82xmw0gSnZYL8h4d/w400-h216/20221003_184623.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blurry Germans occupy part of the town near the bridges they were destroyed on the last turn of the game, to their left is a German cavalry screen. The bullets represent command tokens spent, the mini die is the number of hits on the adjacent base and the round counter is numbered on the other side and records the number of command tokens allocated to that unit for the current turn, we find this better than using a roster sheet...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUUEw3jkaiScvp63YvTjKPQaCqi79bBLvMYZrAjNj505XjksbmXiDrHSUNg_ec_mJ4W2B_ElmuCtSrMe0SFM6EjleBrXvikv3fFBGrX1T02iwFbsCpLTsVCahfCHqDa0ALZwlCX7utEro6I9mzw5sDf79B3Zex0c-flUsS6o_g5vjjKEJWqscWPC3/s2000/20221012_153007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="2000" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUUEw3jkaiScvp63YvTjKPQaCqi79bBLvMYZrAjNj505XjksbmXiDrHSUNg_ec_mJ4W2B_ElmuCtSrMe0SFM6EjleBrXvikv3fFBGrX1T02iwFbsCpLTsVCahfCHqDa0ALZwlCX7utEro6I9mzw5sDf79B3Zex0c-flUsS6o_g5vjjKEJWqscWPC3/w400-h276/20221012_153007.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The two battalions on the German right were roughly handled by the Russian cavalry keeping them out of the action around the town and bridges...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBTL0XiOsqM41Bt92xf3lwsJqqipf9Yv6c82gvniAyjAIsEOuQuyob0r7CS70BjNbpwtLc0OFtKpbv-Pjt-vtTi84e0O9CGdQR0zfhnrsUCs5RP8re6XYSNV6JbgojhQhuLZyNaw4ATw5GZjRDWiIMceX26Sw8M4Gm68e7wtrBBaJd-rMt89pGz_3/s2000/20221012_153103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="2000" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBTL0XiOsqM41Bt92xf3lwsJqqipf9Yv6c82gvniAyjAIsEOuQuyob0r7CS70BjNbpwtLc0OFtKpbv-Pjt-vtTi84e0O9CGdQR0zfhnrsUCs5RP8re6XYSNV6JbgojhQhuLZyNaw4ATw5GZjRDWiIMceX26Sw8M4Gm68e7wtrBBaJd-rMt89pGz_3/w400-h256/20221012_153103.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The game ends, these Russian Units were facing Germans but they destroyed them breaking the German forces morale!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcY1ess6rreXfyAYHZ8EtDlxiJhcRUOXwvLwveUUfYSeaZmRwluYn09aAL_xyRfLsUKYlWPxps45BTIGgXIJUD3N3y_h1CLLL1mLr_Me_8RR5YWk9ZLFKAFInKDp4BLpVVBYlAyNV4neXjkNZyXvMb2zteHTBSlc1dA_CAexf1Up9hSlSdhflV_v-U/s2000/20221012_153041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="2000" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcY1ess6rreXfyAYHZ8EtDlxiJhcRUOXwvLwveUUfYSeaZmRwluYn09aAL_xyRfLsUKYlWPxps45BTIGgXIJUD3N3y_h1CLLL1mLr_Me_8RR5YWk9ZLFKAFInKDp4BLpVVBYlAyNV4neXjkNZyXvMb2zteHTBSlc1dA_CAexf1Up9hSlSdhflV_v-U/w400-h206/20221012_153041.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As usual we had a great game and on the final turn either side could have won, luckily I gained the initiative! I spent all my command tokens attacking to the limit and was one base short of breaking the Russians, George used his commands well and broke the Germans with a few to spare!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">BTW I like these WWI Pendraken figures and one day will look at expanding my armies to include the Western front 1914!</div></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-14050102890680133272022-11-18T22:50:00.000+10:302022-11-18T22:50:31.680+10:30Mahdi Here? Go Away With You! - A Men Who Would Be Kings Rules AAR<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This fortnight we visited the Dark Continent and a period of enlightenment as Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Victoria's army attempted to bring civilisation to the locals (?!?)...yup time for another the Men Who Would Be Kings rules game!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Dave and George commanded the Mahdi force and (poor) Maurice the Egyptian Army.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The Scenario</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We choose Scenario G; It's Awfully Quiet Out There!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The Attackers</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mahdi</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Oman Dirka '7' Yellow-Bellied</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1 x Mahdi Tribal Foot – Fierce</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4 x Mahdi Tribal Foot</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2x Mahdi Irregular Foot – Poor Shots & Limited Ammo/Fierce</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1 x Field Gun – Poorly Drilled & Limited Ammo</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The Defenders</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Egyptian</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Colonel LongJohns '5' Shirker</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1 x Regular
Infantry – Unenthusiastic</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1 x Egyptian Irregular
Infantry</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2 x Egyptian Irregular
Infantry Poor Shots</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1 x Egyptian Machine Gun
- Poorly Drilled</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Please note from our previous experience we now play The Men who Would Be Kings with the below House Rules;</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. All Pinned Units retire half a move when initially Pinned and act as Gone to Ground while Pinned (note ALL Units GTG and for the whole duration of being Pinned).</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. If a Unit with multiple Pins fails to Rally reduce the Total Number of Pins by 1 for each failed Rally attempt (Units will always retain ONE Pin until Rallied).</span></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The Game</u></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Mahdists had a cunning plan, whilst their firing units the Irregular Foot and Field Gun entered the table top for one side to pin the defenders down with a hail of shot all their Tribal Units entered from the other with the deadly intent of just rushing forward. The Defenders plan was to hold on at all costs.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Turn 1 and the onrush started whilst two Egyptian Units deployed at the rear of the Column the British formed up into close order on a slight rise by the road and the Gatling Gun opened fire felling the first of the attackers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Turns 2 to 4 saw the Mahdi plan unfold their fire knocked out half the Gatling crew and a couple of Egyptian infantry whilst their Tribal Foot closed in some stumbling on the rocky open ground (i.e. failing their activations!). During this time the poor fire power of the Egyptians showed as they scored only a few hits whilst their British Brethren in Close Order cut a swathe into the charging Mahdi who much to their Colonel LongJohn's dismay passed their Pin Tests!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Turns 5- 10 with the range closed the Natives proved their worth in hand to hand combat. The defenders did score some small successes including the decimated British Unit who were forced from the high ground counter attacking successfully pushing the Mahdi back and not only retaking the rise but almost eliminating their foes! Elsewhere though it was a blood bath with three defending Units destroyed. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Night fell ending with the British holding (just) their position and the Mahdists retiring into the desolate scrub from whence they appeared. A third of the attackers became casualties and two thirds of the defenders fell, it was a true blood bath and the sands truly turned red!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Both sides claimed victory but looking at the victory conditions it was a decisive victory to the Mahdi!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Some Pictures</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Egyptian Column notices movement in the distance the troops are called to arms!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OgBBhicqLOCZjDlW0tvu3OKCHaXkrRlKiViY5oSy64F3iR5wdVffgvKxqgqndx-wMPY25zBJwEs89IuXMxnd0DupR6FK3FMxK6ToCP3eNdiRG6QTrNOMo9uKLMKsHTKJZnA6my-neetX01TxXg9uwGEWZMYXJV8IWy0BLrWgmzPl66VHgukfAVKQ/s3018/01%2020221114_190213.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="3018" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OgBBhicqLOCZjDlW0tvu3OKCHaXkrRlKiViY5oSy64F3iR5wdVffgvKxqgqndx-wMPY25zBJwEs89IuXMxnd0DupR6FK3FMxK6ToCP3eNdiRG6QTrNOMo9uKLMKsHTKJZnA6my-neetX01TxXg9uwGEWZMYXJV8IWy0BLrWgmzPl66VHgukfAVKQ/w400-h226/01%2020221114_190213.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">A close up of the Column, this is the Egyptian figures first game!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUAlGIr9LOTXlfK54NryBOuxNapChob_RPQZssO0jr0axWEon1bU0-Wa8OtXN22NGia8Fxf11ELHACZQ_F2G1LCq2a29oi4YHz08a_y2VwK9ShGnmWNcZ1U7XaxxapGL2PYlBv427xtGpcaQW1ELRW2RVaWiOI5TB5iMwA5Y8wKk72LqEpX_zYm-Y/s1600/02%2020221114_190223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1600" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUAlGIr9LOTXlfK54NryBOuxNapChob_RPQZssO0jr0axWEon1bU0-Wa8OtXN22NGia8Fxf11ELHACZQ_F2G1LCq2a29oi4YHz08a_y2VwK9ShGnmWNcZ1U7XaxxapGL2PYlBv427xtGpcaQW1ELRW2RVaWiOI5TB5iMwA5Y8wKk72LqEpX_zYm-Y/w400-h253/02%2020221114_190223.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Mahdi Riflemen quickly approached and started a steady and deadly fire...well not really deadly but they did cause enough casualties to make the Tribal Warriors task a bit easier!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="1443" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoj6LEA-Vbv8OEfBA_yyxKGQcC-4DUQI-sBbZXDy-bzSG2WJcNK13do8ShCS6eFhBddvv__Irh4BvfcH2utqeXfxDIrSbHPYjg2nfSVSQyJcW9P0Ydyxea4oIyv3uI2Nnh4Rsmo_KY2V5iA7O2bks0pgiJvwykwPqcph-uJ1htxjde8LIq9MjrmdnU/w400-h270/06%2020221114_193705.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">An overview of the battlefield as the Mahdi encircle their foes!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPT0ibKn76npUc1e3Y5hNxlyRIquxWCb2xaZCeh7POV7yyqBooJD5hhwRVdP6wJYu_Dizpopx9QvbKhXX4aKMGfhNJLChTyjen4jLYGrtjDwpYGzStF_QuGwbxBwUpS4NvyrNUuUMEiAscda9YX_0umAnDHuoNzyDKUKVDYYBCRZGO-ehgni3dC6pe/s1598/07%2020221114_194737.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1598" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPT0ibKn76npUc1e3Y5hNxlyRIquxWCb2xaZCeh7POV7yyqBooJD5hhwRVdP6wJYu_Dizpopx9QvbKhXX4aKMGfhNJLChTyjen4jLYGrtjDwpYGzStF_QuGwbxBwUpS4NvyrNUuUMEiAscda9YX_0umAnDHuoNzyDKUKVDYYBCRZGO-ehgni3dC6pe/w400-h278/07%2020221114_194737.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Oman Dirka leads his right wing as they charge the Egyptians!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="1329" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-HlzFxw_ucIudS1S6OCyB6eCogUP4AQuQmSffSlYZ4_ii1d8a2ttKfWyNt7BHxsI85vNY4BjnozHYnsnmy_ko4ftnBOC5faoiieBwmeJVXKB2KZT4gLAOAEl3DSjuP1kgPudbh8eAfAM44BIn-TfxqtjNK2L-zNj3_fvGPzOkp2ddlsXLD9p7DOM/w400-h306/08%2020221114_194745.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The first hand to hand clash, Tribal Warriors overwhelm the remnants of the Gatling Gun Crew...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlINfeaXSIUi2qHk7WDEmmkZGK8CK_7LED1r1vi1bcORko8HERPwJYdfFRKxYBdFHQkaw46jce3u-kRxMx7BA9XZod54zEkjfr7yt_x2oywUrdfqs74aIyHCZOJtEAk50cYKlSWhzR5HPRD9BNgnu5AYsBPb_pWy5YdNmow_Q5zWmimX67H2mz9z-/s1385/08a%2020221114_195203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1385" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlINfeaXSIUi2qHk7WDEmmkZGK8CK_7LED1r1vi1bcORko8HERPwJYdfFRKxYBdFHQkaw46jce3u-kRxMx7BA9XZod54zEkjfr7yt_x2oywUrdfqs74aIyHCZOJtEAk50cYKlSWhzR5HPRD9BNgnu5AYsBPb_pWy5YdNmow_Q5zWmimX67H2mz9z-/w400-h263/08a%2020221114_195203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Mahdi plan continues to unfold, the Riflemen and Gunners target the rear of the Egyptian Column...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4I0XxZviPv2Jl_kZABRTbx-62mcqzzw84hVtqk595mE-isEGrkvlK6vWM9fItGtUzrPy8VdMQgYlkOIE5TSxZISOvAiZIwqGkgMstZPntLjpmAby_XgHt03vkXIfqcA_dvdjDAT4Kw7O0AClG0NKm3BwcriWljeTUpCTK19T0TcrdWUnTi9WavvZd/s1537/09%2020221114_194752.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1537" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4I0XxZviPv2Jl_kZABRTbx-62mcqzzw84hVtqk595mE-isEGrkvlK6vWM9fItGtUzrPy8VdMQgYlkOIE5TSxZISOvAiZIwqGkgMstZPntLjpmAby_XgHt03vkXIfqcA_dvdjDAT4Kw7O0AClG0NKm3BwcriWljeTUpCTK19T0TcrdWUnTi9WavvZd/w400-h291/09%2020221114_194752.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Mahdi rejoice as the defeat the British Infidels on the high ground!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSE2K-wvuGQvSeikllg420FdAeC1y5Y4u9xVGWgqzwHoRaHyOzkDvet2F6Rm5SMPdMJfDIf65vx4R_2XbgaaPfgoNeGQV_PUlZ3xk9Vb_Yjz-EfDtUD3DGNZv2vfeZ9EjG9X0L1JHM6gv1f9VrNz2iTYiUSUpISayETK4wgGeQT63-FfxrYDhWzLsi/s1205/09a%2020221114_202455.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1205" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSE2K-wvuGQvSeikllg420FdAeC1y5Y4u9xVGWgqzwHoRaHyOzkDvet2F6Rm5SMPdMJfDIf65vx4R_2XbgaaPfgoNeGQV_PUlZ3xk9Vb_Yjz-EfDtUD3DGNZv2vfeZ9EjG9X0L1JHM6gv1f9VrNz2iTYiUSUpISayETK4wgGeQT63-FfxrYDhWzLsi/w400-h316/09a%2020221114_202455.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The British Regulars are pushed off the high ground taking heavy losses...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7kBUIDTvt2fmSTs5lOvVSboBIepBIC1MiNbypcjbCm7--xab_9avnej9Q_vByoF-EwJh1PB5r82uaKqqYMQdbEHGrCYRrgKAbIJJf5usVGerlLCIxhWPMqkoOoPhSC9Ug8UFzQAqWretAaJhXcIByafQciCql9jJyk1gtIabvmJtVIr5DYSiHSCT/s1576/10%2020221114_201105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1576" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7kBUIDTvt2fmSTs5lOvVSboBIepBIC1MiNbypcjbCm7--xab_9avnej9Q_vByoF-EwJh1PB5r82uaKqqYMQdbEHGrCYRrgKAbIJJf5usVGerlLCIxhWPMqkoOoPhSC9Ug8UFzQAqWretAaJhXcIByafQciCql9jJyk1gtIabvmJtVIr5DYSiHSCT/w400-h293/10%2020221114_201105.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">...and then recapture it in turn inflicting heavy loses on the Mahdi...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1CpLvZE5I3axEmd5uAx97V_JT-dnjrGK2bbW1HXUg6vrnj6VYV6bOwx7P2V7nu3F6URFNqHzmc1cR1MtbR-O3aldP6C2t9bkuIem-YDW5u5edVJv8mHCxCOfKT_i6u_oPv6m3VAATxJ1wQGUPP6fAS8e5lUbYQwDYCm1_0MyDkp3kF6CUMbYxRzR/s1320/12%2020221114_204043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="1320" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1CpLvZE5I3axEmd5uAx97V_JT-dnjrGK2bbW1HXUg6vrnj6VYV6bOwx7P2V7nu3F6URFNqHzmc1cR1MtbR-O3aldP6C2t9bkuIem-YDW5u5edVJv8mHCxCOfKT_i6u_oPv6m3VAATxJ1wQGUPP6fAS8e5lUbYQwDYCm1_0MyDkp3kF6CUMbYxRzR/w400-h310/12%2020221114_204043.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The rear of the Egyptian Column is wiped out, what was three Egyptian Units is now a sea of 'death markers'...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1574" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBx3q1OEHgsusEjQo4HOVCBfaVuwdAI5yca4eqhH138yhR4NxJ_exb1eAzAZvJM3Q--4hbqcemPDIp6b8lbYzFbi_RIsYGzfXBTuM-gmdnTsLqGa7T5WRFC7v1tZ3GtMf4r17gL9Lymi9I6CnY5Ftw68cKsYExSHLbpzC1Gaus0iPXJSqqNyHrN7t/w400-h276/15%2020221114_214743.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The surviving defenders, one intact Egyptian Unit personally led by Colonel LongJohns and in the background the two remaining figures of the British Unit standing firm on 'the high ground'...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKclb8ynKm7LBO3eOgOz-Js2LJd3CerOW-ENDaxZqsmAXpJX3sLAwaj8s8MVsdr1odRunae5WsOeMKz5iec5G2l3oXw7AYBKnagAitQ8eHpVSjSSp15HtfOh0mlUQDTHL71r_hjsQAxmwefkZy4DF0JpXVbUO1m6LzA9-5JAVN-9xMus9lf_2uIzSD/s1523/16%2020221114_214927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="1523" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKclb8ynKm7LBO3eOgOz-Js2LJd3CerOW-ENDaxZqsmAXpJX3sLAwaj8s8MVsdr1odRunae5WsOeMKz5iec5G2l3oXw7AYBKnagAitQ8eHpVSjSSp15HtfOh0mlUQDTHL71r_hjsQAxmwefkZy4DF0JpXVbUO1m6LzA9-5JAVN-9xMus9lf_2uIzSD/w400-h268/16%2020221114_214927.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The overall battlefield after the action concluded, not the most exciting terrain but functional...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMPB5FoexjxEwTQI73BO5ueFyuSnS-uOv4B5EH_Iwz9DJ-AJG6jkhjTUKO7wBAFa2bENSL57rzQeNJ0Bw-AaFkDSHap51epfL0cMgZkAvSR2HdqEB69QNsji8X6fwQam20HhTcjhFMnLp2ClLHU_meItWrPMtKp3NlzTJhFANqGGxscijmm_YrW1G/s1378/17%2020221114_214936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1378" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMPB5FoexjxEwTQI73BO5ueFyuSnS-uOv4B5EH_Iwz9DJ-AJG6jkhjTUKO7wBAFa2bENSL57rzQeNJ0Bw-AaFkDSHap51epfL0cMgZkAvSR2HdqEB69QNsji8X6fwQam20HhTcjhFMnLp2ClLHU_meItWrPMtKp3NlzTJhFANqGGxscijmm_YrW1G/w400-h290/17%2020221114_214936.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The Result and Fallout</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So a Mahdist victory and an ominous debut for my Egyptian figures!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Madhi VPs 9</div><div style="text-align: justify;">British VPs 3 (including a 1 bonus for holding the high ground in the centre of the table!)</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">A great game but from the start it looked that it would be a hard one for the British (Defenders) I wonder how many time these TMWWBKs Scenarios were tested. We like these Rules but after each game discuss the Pin Rules and after this play there will be a positive modifier of one for Units taking Pin and Rally Tests in physical Cover (so not just GTG). As usual the game played fast, was fun and despite the odds the Defenders clung on disparately! I plan to replay this scenario with the same forces using the Triumph and Tragedy Rules Colonial Rules one day and see how they compare.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Catch you all soon!</div></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-48687347417139198732022-11-01T08:32:00.002+10:302022-11-01T21:11:24.707+10:30Wings of War WW I Session<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Last night two intrepid TSOGgers donned goggles and silk scarves strapped into their fragile fabric and wood airplanes and took to the skies over France circa 1917!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Using one of favourite sets of rules Al and Dave spent an entertaining evening engaging in some serious dog fighting...in the end in gentlemanly spirit it was decided it was a draw between the Entente and Central Powers!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some pictures from the night...great model's on Alan's great home made terrain mat!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42h3ygQNf7brGLw_oOuW_opJPRNa8JEFivVx5mbXeNxbzh7udbB96VOQWk7z-7MuQhlNIAvlw0HlQNQNUt26utOKqcZAqA9KgF5a_SGT8khx6OWITJf52j2NuDHv_ZVAhzDgXY3tZp70Z0GHd3kMZFge4I2y4djcRnM9K7GN9YwS9HdAjkuspphSG/s320/Resized_20221031_210459_9468.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well we really need to catch up on the Blog there are several game pictures sitting on our phones! Plus I need to address Captain darling's Blog, I have several things to post there just been a tad busy with 'real' life! Catch ya all soon!</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-52415126053192671922022-07-12T10:22:00.001+09:302022-07-12T16:05:29.495+09:30Trench Hammer War Game Rules Test<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hello! We have yet another set of rules we're having a go with, Trench Hammer. These are designed to cover tactical WW I warfare. These are similar to From Shakos to Coal Scuttles in that they are simpler and more streamlined than other rules, they also are a bit of a sandbox you can tweak them without breaking them!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">This is not a full review but our general thoughts. Overall we like what we have here;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Initiative roll each turn</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">A die roll to determine command control each turn</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Alternating activation during the turn, one side activates a unit (squad, single gun or vehicle)completes it action then the other side has a go until all commands are complete</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Long Rang fire, short rang fir and then very short range close combat, with the latter two surviving targets shoot/fire back, all use the same system with different modifiers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Units accrue damaged (usually up to six points worth) before breaking, there are a couple of options to rally those points off</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Officers at their risk can try extra actions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Covers Rifle Grenades, HMGs, Armour, Special Troop Types, Mortars and Field Guns </span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Need to add;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Force Morale</span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">Our 'game' was hypothetically set in the Caucasus, Mounted Aussie Light Horse and British Yeomanry supported by a (sort of) Hornet tank went up against a mixed Russian and Arab force. The tank (as it should be) was a powerful machinegun platform and unfortunately for the Russian they couldn't get their gun into action against it! Th Yeomanry fared badly in the initial advance but both the Arabs and Russians were slowly ground down by the tank with Light Horse support.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Entente advance, George's mounted troops looked great!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4oMjPWiPMMjftz0c--bn_je1RmSi6oFW7gWB-iOHV371tzqLbvKhWO2pfPlSHDkNi5Fwh8NZPk4mC_qNslmjuVO7HwSgA05-Sk3lySzbGx4WI-tbKnvzIo-hII09aq0e4mjEgoJ4D47GLilREuIOOT3oMoxDK6SE-1Ka5Tw2SsXrU6hUYpnnw5ezo/s1600/20220711_193353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4oMjPWiPMMjftz0c--bn_je1RmSi6oFW7gWB-iOHV371tzqLbvKhWO2pfPlSHDkNi5Fwh8NZPk4mC_qNslmjuVO7HwSgA05-Sk3lySzbGx4WI-tbKnvzIo-hII09aq0e4mjEgoJ4D47GLilREuIOOT3oMoxDK6SE-1Ka5Tw2SsXrU6hUYpnnw5ezo/s320/20220711_193353.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Despite losses to the Yeomanry the advance ground down the defences, here the Arbs have been dispersed the Entente have occupied two buildings and the Russian gun is unable to get a shot at the Hornet!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZ_9EcZWdyWJgpoil_zqL-JErx9srZQOQv0UmWvDd8mhwR2wCzYMy9GqStyetaLMQgSI1pSDspah7N-tVkaV4RryfND5GnD98RehiBksV2yUA3tmKq1FFXUtg7QefnbZLFs35M0QZMvMkyk_VwluoZ8nXgbwjADROuLJNxXyCzNqj2HT_qJ1r-IF5/s1483/20220711_195738.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1483" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZ_9EcZWdyWJgpoil_zqL-JErx9srZQOQv0UmWvDd8mhwR2wCzYMy9GqStyetaLMQgSI1pSDspah7N-tVkaV4RryfND5GnD98RehiBksV2yUA3tmKq1FFXUtg7QefnbZLFs35M0QZMvMkyk_VwluoZ8nXgbwjADROuLJNxXyCzNqj2HT_qJ1r-IF5/s320/20220711_195738.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Dismounted Aussie Light Horse deploying behind Lt Bruce's abandoned car...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyf3155WW_hbTIqmBHKmDiS7t7UZOf7VSi21urZ4K8kEXuClPYw_3ekzsAVWkp3hUyPY-5_-VM-XqjkhpmnhUoTZJFykGsNF-kdiMqIX9-zuKjSP4NAV34jUN3zdbcsUttIGWbCXPQmsI_E6b2s5-fTJhPiltslrhvpLMxZQNt-urUdobw1TBwO79/s1525/20220711_195747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1525" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyf3155WW_hbTIqmBHKmDiS7t7UZOf7VSi21urZ4K8kEXuClPYw_3ekzsAVWkp3hUyPY-5_-VM-XqjkhpmnhUoTZJFykGsNF-kdiMqIX9-zuKjSP4NAV34jUN3zdbcsUttIGWbCXPQmsI_E6b2s5-fTJhPiltslrhvpLMxZQNt-urUdobw1TBwO79/s320/20220711_195747.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The last of the defenders realise the 'jig is up'!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEWyNoCrszGSdMMTDV2cWuKFMsIrCMLFwI8opJp6II33PaEttvePNMPsxsV9ClUqOxz-EohVcajEwwBY2l_XkdLIfmpISgwrgnF4MT9ICGhq3lGB-yOI52OzghK0j-LAPGK48a5nk_hcV48MdIY9j86jsSOlTk2vc-ITRFOIqfFtthBpWHzkYKu5s/s1600/20220711_202759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1600" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEWyNoCrszGSdMMTDV2cWuKFMsIrCMLFwI8opJp6II33PaEttvePNMPsxsV9ClUqOxz-EohVcajEwwBY2l_XkdLIfmpISgwrgnF4MT9ICGhq3lGB-yOI52OzghK0j-LAPGK48a5nk_hcV48MdIY9j86jsSOlTk2vc-ITRFOIqfFtthBpWHzkYKu5s/s320/20220711_202759.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This game with 7 Entente Units against 8 Caucus Army Units played very quickly and we only really referred to the rules early on for the firing modifiers (which we pretty quickly memorised). These are a good set of simple rules that you can add as much chrome as you want to for a night of cut and thrust action. They could really be used for fights from the late 19th century to the Inter War period. At some point we'll list our modifications! Thanks for checking out the TSOG Blog!</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-86899933484109803482022-06-29T08:26:00.001+09:302022-06-29T08:26:06.031+09:30WW I Wings of War/Glory Session...<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Monday night due to Covid19 Quarantining we met at Dave's place, Great War Wings of War/Glory was on the agenda! The beauty of Wings of War/Glory is the playtime, we got three games in on the night and plenty of time for coffee/tea after! So each of us had a go as the bomber force!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Mission;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A Caproni Ca.3 with a Nieuport 17 had to carry out a bombing run over a town AND return to the entry area.</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Three German planes were tasked with shooting down the Caproni, two Albatrosses and a Halberstadt comprised their force.</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Outcome;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Game 1 Entente Victory<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Game 2 Central Powers Victory<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Game 3 Entente Victory<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some Pictures;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1nmVPNJgUFXhyFIKg2N5qi94olZZ-Fr1cTEba1az7VUFaZXGuRls5XbzMdVhFFic4xvh-ub_g42mwd3lTRxdR62qyxCjbAVWHWG9eZ8h-vpml2obzzZXBYtGVgY91KfEFfQN37NHvi1UCsTFCvq_wxkiDLtuPa9iMtge9Px0vrKOctivd_f4Lke0/s1471/20220627_192111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="1471" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1nmVPNJgUFXhyFIKg2N5qi94olZZ-Fr1cTEba1az7VUFaZXGuRls5XbzMdVhFFic4xvh-ub_g42mwd3lTRxdR62qyxCjbAVWHWG9eZ8h-vpml2obzzZXBYtGVgY91KfEFfQN37NHvi1UCsTFCvq_wxkiDLtuPa9iMtge9Px0vrKOctivd_f4Lke0/w400-h303/20220627_192111.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2NITEmywA_bzkMX_ySzuRFYszWUQey3p5GQr369SwVFA8zvm_iqkhwzvR1QwvkSez-IDg2WEYmc11Fc9yJVEZ0cCbkH4kSkqeBEA9L612erC7BXK6ntuv__tWPccbITvzSwtxDLVjEbsPaJEvZ0CcMA-wGBzbxNXMO83jFJZq2-URf4-WuHtr7vt/s1536/20220627_192936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2NITEmywA_bzkMX_ySzuRFYszWUQey3p5GQr369SwVFA8zvm_iqkhwzvR1QwvkSez-IDg2WEYmc11Fc9yJVEZ0cCbkH4kSkqeBEA9L612erC7BXK6ntuv__tWPccbITvzSwtxDLVjEbsPaJEvZ0CcMA-wGBzbxNXMO83jFJZq2-URf4-WuHtr7vt/w400-h400/20220627_192936.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-R5ekYJN6fxi7hZEKozrPzPuIggfWAIV-1YeHJ-OCXhHilIxCrRSbtuIyy__zoXsXDmfcY0IpW3maLmxgtN2euBQBLCgLUcY4zIhoYMV_IjRdfA6l7Egey2weI5zrCaXTn5puJ6nNUFnYgFyB1JFdEx7JNkMdq2q8IFb2dvWfu3dEW8Flf-w6yM33/s1329/20220627_192943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1329" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-R5ekYJN6fxi7hZEKozrPzPuIggfWAIV-1YeHJ-OCXhHilIxCrRSbtuIyy__zoXsXDmfcY0IpW3maLmxgtN2euBQBLCgLUcY4zIhoYMV_IjRdfA6l7Egey2weI5zrCaXTn5puJ6nNUFnYgFyB1JFdEx7JNkMdq2q8IFb2dvWfu3dEW8Flf-w6yM33/w400-h328/20220627_192943.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzsTV0PRvuIhpdWyFgW3mbpCotnBJiiyjUQe86D35BF_h0yeNyjXszo6Ak87C0AlELi3ba5hvDCOQGMfMMKzyJqnxVsneHwcJgAkKLxYEGY2S281aOZp7jR15Sl5LrOCoE_EdprLbEvJDif7hOlmmqinP1M3FX-oWtnXWsAXir41Umq4wehQiQDNY/s1573/20220627_202227.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="1573" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzsTV0PRvuIhpdWyFgW3mbpCotnBJiiyjUQe86D35BF_h0yeNyjXszo6Ak87C0AlELi3ba5hvDCOQGMfMMKzyJqnxVsneHwcJgAkKLxYEGY2S281aOZp7jR15Sl5LrOCoE_EdprLbEvJDif7hOlmmqinP1M3FX-oWtnXWsAXir41Umq4wehQiQDNY/w400-h281/20220627_202227.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Very enjoyable! For some variety we had some random cloud movement this time and it worked well, the clouds movement was controlled by a scatter die and and D3 (six sided die with result divided by 2 rounded up).</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-49239454190000963102022-06-04T12:18:00.000+09:302022-06-04T12:18:05.981+09:30 ACW AAR - the Battle of the Bridges - FS2CS Rules<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With the great success of our ACW Test game using the From Shakos to Coal Scuttles Rules last Monday we played a two player game fielding two 12 Unit equally balanced forces in a meeting engagement! The objective of the game was to be in possession of the two bridges on the tabletop at the end of the game or break the enemy! We included the Exhaustion Rule this time to cover the 'breaking the enemy' victory condition and boy was this rule was telling in the exciting climax of the battle!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Confederate Gunners at work targeting Yankees...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6eb4gxj2zOXoI_1khasyCnSDj0Qg5rCTuBPSOy0E3IkjYIrmfDh-DZk-ByAEnmEDxxvwtrAE1ONtAhky1t3pjposQi9hOZpJ2WgaLkHJ3CFq5L1OpwBL90i9n3CgxqDnEcMseeKEUSCGsHiQl12JAoSgfhgY72wmR-yeeAaKJSHQEcp9NZakvEFu/s1304/20220602_063530%20Faded.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1304" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6eb4gxj2zOXoI_1khasyCnSDj0Qg5rCTuBPSOy0E3IkjYIrmfDh-DZk-ByAEnmEDxxvwtrAE1ONtAhky1t3pjposQi9hOZpJ2WgaLkHJ3CFq5L1OpwBL90i9n3CgxqDnEcMseeKEUSCGsHiQl12JAoSgfhgY72wmR-yeeAaKJSHQEcp9NZakvEFu/w400-h301/20220602_063530%20Faded.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The Forces</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The Yankees;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Command base Brigadier Copley</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Veteran (Elite in rules) Regiments - 3 bases each</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5 x Trained Regiments - 4 bases each</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Raw Regiment - 6 bases</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Cavalry Regiment - 4 bases</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Artillery Batteries Early Rifles - 1 base each</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The Rebels;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Command base Brigadier Neudegg</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">3 x Veteran (elite in rules) Regiments - 3 bases each</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">4 x Trained Regiments - 4 bases each</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Raw Regiment - 5 bases</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Cavalry Regiments - 4 bases each</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Artillery Batteries Smooth Bores - 1 base each</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The Battlefield</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Confederates started at the top of the below map and the Federals at the bottom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Rebels concentrated in the centre of the battlefield while the Yankees advanced on a broad front!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOPyyLZiF-Z2_40YHRo2Ge0nGRQC16LCeDVWfYN5N3L0djd2yklzFS9qt3_xKrbzpfPmNg8m_Ais8gKFyRghzmSuPVH-J_uiQgy98COUYLy7iq_U1f_FiazC9OfpFLdP7Eo1VIJbiiYdwDXnOpJwfLXX6-CoJk3C5rJF1NTH4Fq754mkLYD-J_NIw/s708/Game%20Map%20JPEG.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="708" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOPyyLZiF-Z2_40YHRo2Ge0nGRQC16LCeDVWfYN5N3L0djd2yklzFS9qt3_xKrbzpfPmNg8m_Ais8gKFyRghzmSuPVH-J_uiQgy98COUYLy7iq_U1f_FiazC9OfpFLdP7Eo1VIJbiiYdwDXnOpJwfLXX6-CoJk3C5rJF1NTH4Fq754mkLYD-J_NIw/w400-h394/Game%20Map%20JPEG.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgEh7huIYj4bj-zzwnprNizzWIPPgAQb2IunMA3CMOJ9Yo50Ie-iFMoxltAn8578_ZKKgQON5tU4xKB4NCEB1mWVvj8WJTbq9w499qaqNfAxlWUTpnCDmTEUoHZgWfpFBX7WEpvH7fBUSn_dn3iv7W44FGPj6A9hPe2PsLX3pf6lkDH2Y4ClPQ_82y/s256/Game%20Map%20Index%20JPEG.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="154" data-original-width="256" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgEh7huIYj4bj-zzwnprNizzWIPPgAQb2IunMA3CMOJ9Yo50Ie-iFMoxltAn8578_ZKKgQON5tU4xKB4NCEB1mWVvj8WJTbq9w499qaqNfAxlWUTpnCDmTEUoHZgWfpFBX7WEpvH7fBUSn_dn3iv7W44FGPj6A9hPe2PsLX3pf6lkDH2Y4ClPQ_82y/w200-h120/Game%20Map%20Index%20JPEG.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The AAR</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">While a great battle raged the Leaders of both sides recognised the importance of two bridges over a stream that should be occupied to allow the easy transit of artillery and wagons in that area. Each side assigned troops to occupy them!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">CSA Brigadier Neudegg was confident he could accomplish his task easily advancing on a narrow front his horsemen leading the way whilst </span><span style="font-family: arial;">the Union Commander, Brigadier Copley advanced his forces on a wide front with strong flanks hoping to envelope any opposition he may encounter while carrying out his mission. Importantly just as the battle commenced the Confederate Commander was incapacitated leaving the Southerners with no one in overall command giving the Yankees an edge!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Southern horseman arrived at both bridges before anyone else, one Regiment dismounting while the other remained mounted and ready to charge! Union infantry engaged both of them and under fire the cavalry retired from the crucial bridges.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rebel infantry replaced the horsemen and a race to occupy the best positions along the stream began! Once in place the Regiments of both sides deployed into line and engaged their opposition! A frightful firefight commenced, the infantry exchanged volley after volley resulting in significant casualties! Several units suffered badly wavering and then falling back. The battle was in the balance as the exchange continued.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then a great Hoorah emanated from the Union right flank a brave Regiment charged defeating the Rebels they faced and with artillery support they started rolling up driving in the Rebels line! The deadlock was broken s was the Confederate morale! </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The Southerners fled followed by the enthusiastic cheers of their Union foes...Hoorah!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Some Pictures...</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Confederates advance, their two Cavalry Regiments can be seen scooting ahead of the infantry toward the bridges!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_PHLrDV5ZPusT5NPpnfTlQGAFNKzeJRi540KhWdygDhfdOFc0u6C8pjt_2as4roRL8u_qtuMdDhSa88o8_-4JocX7oQh0ps65iidU_GInxXG1Vj04SvcIUyQMktK22fh0Ba-9iFmM9ElHwTTFQZX7BDMpdECWaeGghJWiGtcbcENRjUff-JPpE92/s1586/20220602_064751.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1586" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_PHLrDV5ZPusT5NPpnfTlQGAFNKzeJRi540KhWdygDhfdOFc0u6C8pjt_2as4roRL8u_qtuMdDhSa88o8_-4JocX7oQh0ps65iidU_GInxXG1Vj04SvcIUyQMktK22fh0Ba-9iFmM9ElHwTTFQZX7BDMpdECWaeGghJWiGtcbcENRjUff-JPpE92/w400-h241/20220602_064751.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Federal Right moves forward...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpL4mz2DSJibB13jh531lKmURfeflOOP1jWFFO4UBL1GSomkH4jvGQwIxj7BOszGPFjifJ3WUKiuFxhGdFuN0PaNdzRS6jrCjqJKp1JFu6nP7FMi1q9ruVZddQz3USU5-6eQXKU_xf8GkVCMTU2v7I_lHG-gC1-yY81Cg9ZOUJTRgYYmVHTZIQQmTx/s1529/20220602_064800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1529" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpL4mz2DSJibB13jh531lKmURfeflOOP1jWFFO4UBL1GSomkH4jvGQwIxj7BOszGPFjifJ3WUKiuFxhGdFuN0PaNdzRS6jrCjqJKp1JFu6nP7FMi1q9ruVZddQz3USU5-6eQXKU_xf8GkVCMTU2v7I_lHG-gC1-yY81Cg9ZOUJTRgYYmVHTZIQQmTx/w400-h243/20220602_064800.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">......as does their left!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7a-TC6pzh6pJmtro-GBLS3tMX2GfInbfMpDIkNcQ-I2hwR20kzPge_Vud9MFlfxdMkxu5Yg12VXoXdcyV6TIcyWwGLO2xHFV5NdW8Z8dYHitX9GLHtM5OCXTqB9Msw89Pl9rXp881IGxawDe5t-QuKIP2TTn7bRTTlPQQQlvCOOOGYkuYePp-EZhZ/s1485/20220602_064807.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="1485" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7a-TC6pzh6pJmtro-GBLS3tMX2GfInbfMpDIkNcQ-I2hwR20kzPge_Vud9MFlfxdMkxu5Yg12VXoXdcyV6TIcyWwGLO2xHFV5NdW8Z8dYHitX9GLHtM5OCXTqB9Msw89Pl9rXp881IGxawDe5t-QuKIP2TTn7bRTTlPQQQlvCOOOGYkuYePp-EZhZ/w400-h259/20220602_064807.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Brigadier Neudegg leads from the front during the approach and was injured, he was 'hors de combat' for the rest of the game, his Command Dice was lost! </span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Pykih2xNh8arm-aw-etwMc7-eIUgneDee2zY8X09MXX299GdfMq83expzDpvXjqVaWGsrAubdBKxyQ2jnbK7EVMYc2vnm_c_sJEKPVntGop-bqD6Pf1-jjn07us5vtwZ_sXyPZeYJP2b7pA-M4sLjesIUFLFPCrxlDRaE9Hm9il0W0zrE2hBUzTs/s1420/20220602_064927%20Faded.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1420" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Pykih2xNh8arm-aw-etwMc7-eIUgneDee2zY8X09MXX299GdfMq83expzDpvXjqVaWGsrAubdBKxyQ2jnbK7EVMYc2vnm_c_sJEKPVntGop-bqD6Pf1-jjn07us5vtwZ_sXyPZeYJP2b7pA-M4sLjesIUFLFPCrxlDRaE9Hm9il0W0zrE2hBUzTs/w400-h210/20220602_064927%20Faded.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Yankee centre advances.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivb8cgNRTWccCC2P9oKm-mu8cD02-R6z4E4McHihvucdhP2IP1mw38jOHOapmgF9HAiC0GdgdxI1gqr-dFEw9DJNqwElySsD6PzYRFfZommpi_Y0O3IhjzwrYf162FEk4SN-juCU2kbV9AXFooZwR2mbge1iF6XaRxxkURxwmmHNcBXPD1Ulj1ZwAc/s1417/20220602_064836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1417" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivb8cgNRTWccCC2P9oKm-mu8cD02-R6z4E4McHihvucdhP2IP1mw38jOHOapmgF9HAiC0GdgdxI1gqr-dFEw9DJNqwElySsD6PzYRFfZommpi_Y0O3IhjzwrYf162FEk4SN-juCU2kbV9AXFooZwR2mbge1iF6XaRxxkURxwmmHNcBXPD1Ulj1ZwAc/w400-h266/20220602_064836.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">View from the Confederate side as their Cavalry dismounts at their objective, the right hand bridge...</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojT2pC-AQLmtgUiP1Jn7lj-Waq7AsSPmBb8aK-xeU0ydHCAnXwU01E52rMA2xRWjFK57jpdGDBizv3GBOIf6ZWbuNp_K7c6zy4NlB_MpExZ_r9HC2im6AV2eOFUb2a9pXomkGqzmO1nmyjTOGA_f2ZNt7QDQ1AUB4R8wtnoD7yRlU9bxB12QRmwuw/s1600/20220602_064207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1600" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojT2pC-AQLmtgUiP1Jn7lj-Waq7AsSPmBb8aK-xeU0ydHCAnXwU01E52rMA2xRWjFK57jpdGDBizv3GBOIf6ZWbuNp_K7c6zy4NlB_MpExZ_r9HC2im6AV2eOFUb2a9pXomkGqzmO1nmyjTOGA_f2ZNt7QDQ1AUB4R8wtnoD7yRlU9bxB12QRmwuw/w400-h229/20220602_064207.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The same dismounted horsemen were driven back by two Regiments of Union infantry!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEn4qIP-ywtppFSbSjzB2Im92WLUUEOGDJCZ8vW-MKkMB7ZqHVWbaWRrT7vkQSrhY1o1ZGGGQ7X74xBmE_VEsH5DNlCMhKrfjJqG7rCPAVAEWHFJKgJgzeBLvxyjgSN5nS4MiTwo37vO5_8ZD-O4mat3oGavzqMTnRmaYKM3UMCT3K6Io67dMm5Dv/s1570/20220602_064157.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="1570" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEn4qIP-ywtppFSbSjzB2Im92WLUUEOGDJCZ8vW-MKkMB7ZqHVWbaWRrT7vkQSrhY1o1ZGGGQ7X74xBmE_VEsH5DNlCMhKrfjJqG7rCPAVAEWHFJKgJgzeBLvxyjgSN5nS4MiTwo37vO5_8ZD-O4mat3oGavzqMTnRmaYKM3UMCT3K6Io67dMm5Dv/w400-h239/20220602_064157.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At the other bridge more Union infantry fire drove the Southern Riders back!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJG4pDgY51-gZUuvt9OS0qCef48WgqCiQVqEzimBzVW3O92hTtU-t48rLQNXc-oBgOmBNes2hOwYUWFycgGv8PXPZmioX5S7XVWB1x9MqQ_-V0F29MatKgPL_L4GJnxAYZFuiHZhES8GvPPt_R5cROPeENuRE9KHOYwiQjCefL2Yf52zJh1T6SEqX/s1192/20220602_064147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1192" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJG4pDgY51-gZUuvt9OS0qCef48WgqCiQVqEzimBzVW3O92hTtU-t48rLQNXc-oBgOmBNes2hOwYUWFycgGv8PXPZmioX5S7XVWB1x9MqQ_-V0F29MatKgPL_L4GJnxAYZFuiHZhES8GvPPt_R5cROPeENuRE9KHOYwiQjCefL2Yf52zJh1T6SEqX/w400-h318/20220602_064147.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rebel Infantry replaced their mounted brethren and crossed the left hand bridge putting pressure on the Union line.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPfH_7L0d11VUYJYwrQ9TwrzbNl7vgyX2l7JHRBu5F2AWtvU9MCALa2dtZCsp5N1iM3rPbxQjnJKp9GFJ55lK1NwwK24rTrQ2qPzLfNalf1CukZxsgHLl7B6GtEi1Ro89IHmU_g0HE3aXOs73_xoQWHq1wgLPqTHJ-N5pzY0FvbkgqQ_wOhGtEdYl/s1096/20220602_063509.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1096" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPfH_7L0d11VUYJYwrQ9TwrzbNl7vgyX2l7JHRBu5F2AWtvU9MCALa2dtZCsp5N1iM3rPbxQjnJKp9GFJ55lK1NwwK24rTrQ2qPzLfNalf1CukZxsgHLl7B6GtEi1Ro89IHmU_g0HE3aXOs73_xoQWHq1wgLPqTHJ-N5pzY0FvbkgqQ_wOhGtEdYl/w400-h265/20220602_063509.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Meanwhile the Union right flank attack started to pose the Rebs some issues!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oa1Jyx2tQpMgk1yGB6h9VaoKgjudNJQEcBId6jugHj6w-9gjUXVh6-vJyvyu-hWb6AhMuvxMIp8AsdiRtxNSvmwmCwa0Hz58iKDs_IJSBPEf-IU5u6nX_pOu7y0m6IuIrSaGEIlqutyOZXaBocvQD6z3ruZZLlHrOeub9DvkBkVInouruncPR8Io/s1349/20220602_064111.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1349" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oa1Jyx2tQpMgk1yGB6h9VaoKgjudNJQEcBId6jugHj6w-9gjUXVh6-vJyvyu-hWb6AhMuvxMIp8AsdiRtxNSvmwmCwa0Hz58iKDs_IJSBPEf-IU5u6nX_pOu7y0m6IuIrSaGEIlqutyOZXaBocvQD6z3ruZZLlHrOeub9DvkBkVInouruncPR8Io/w400-h294/20220602_064111.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A Southern Regiment also secured a stone wall near the bridge! Just beating a Union force there!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9aeeoytYAB3sFiuYidqe84fMxbX3ak4qnrPzky-RH1fJKu_IPfWwRpzWUAniUW8FOfZHwd0C37vyTTjGVAB_b-n823gxrMSo7IC4gA3bivhgSuP6qM2P1iraEw6jCmDKtcT3DYcxWcin3NL1VvLvBj9H1qtkXlHY8qjRNRZbyyvBmk_lNYeIel6A/s1508/20220602_063454.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1508" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9aeeoytYAB3sFiuYidqe84fMxbX3ak4qnrPzky-RH1fJKu_IPfWwRpzWUAniUW8FOfZHwd0C37vyTTjGVAB_b-n823gxrMSo7IC4gA3bivhgSuP6qM2P1iraEw6jCmDKtcT3DYcxWcin3NL1VvLvBj9H1qtkXlHY8qjRNRZbyyvBmk_lNYeIel6A/w400-h288/20220602_063454.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Union upped the ante in this section of the field when one of their flanking Regiments started to envelope the Confederate position.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfNepJJuREuE6mx12GogxVkDfKXAX3RPQ2voGVNxIyjr0KgocyyNMGRxfJK-c4k9MvXa50dPuHYPW88-tlKC6IW9DcL0pS_KKt7yuElAzs5FLY4F3EdkFf1yJnohwTw7Q1m69StHNxFJQyd5vxDsZf-kAI8nqz7PAsOQhMYgbq7Nk1YhbZ7pgLdBG/s1485/20220602_063441.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="1485" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfNepJJuREuE6mx12GogxVkDfKXAX3RPQ2voGVNxIyjr0KgocyyNMGRxfJK-c4k9MvXa50dPuHYPW88-tlKC6IW9DcL0pS_KKt7yuElAzs5FLY4F3EdkFf1yJnohwTw7Q1m69StHNxFJQyd5vxDsZf-kAI8nqz7PAsOQhMYgbq7Nk1YhbZ7pgLdBG/w400-h281/20220602_063441.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Flanked and under artillery fire the Rebels were driven back across the bridge and forced from the stone wall position, the Confederate left was literally in great disarray!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnp37yNqb_p0dQ9AqBaEYTLRks8gNlVZ5ONAV9IFsndHCPXNYZ22zh7CXElQY1qNg-GHqPIBpBiyP9_3pWJxmagh6cW3nbowVwmKXiVcksnifzBXh54K7RZ4SdiCHhfmY4rGk2hLNJ0F4cfuv1HPsHRSEeGn2AyvZtpz92UMtytIZ_OPQCSFtmnXM_/s1555/20220602_062705.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1555" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnp37yNqb_p0dQ9AqBaEYTLRks8gNlVZ5ONAV9IFsndHCPXNYZ22zh7CXElQY1qNg-GHqPIBpBiyP9_3pWJxmagh6cW3nbowVwmKXiVcksnifzBXh54K7RZ4SdiCHhfmY4rGk2hLNJ0F4cfuv1HPsHRSEeGn2AyvZtpz92UMtytIZ_OPQCSFtmnXM_/w400-h234/20220602_062705.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Confederate right despite being pushed back from the bridge looked in better shape and were deploying into line to face the Federals!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgr3TojkG7w631bOwmJ65mUubv_1aJn6N2ty-FBtqYyGMzRQAXurHel-llaG79XarPINr0UfRbyR65RbURl5xlIgBQZ7PyXJnvKLTqoZUfSPFr4fQvw6y2UI4EraSXDcl-eVxCZJnWAS6eD-TLQEM7_ip6XMgOoUo4U3YFOZALMWnPkqqxPwDADnOt/s1481/20220602_063552.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1481" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgr3TojkG7w631bOwmJ65mUubv_1aJn6N2ty-FBtqYyGMzRQAXurHel-llaG79XarPINr0UfRbyR65RbURl5xlIgBQZ7PyXJnvKLTqoZUfSPFr4fQvw6y2UI4EraSXDcl-eVxCZJnWAS6eD-TLQEM7_ip6XMgOoUo4U3YFOZALMWnPkqqxPwDADnOt/w400-h268/20220602_063552.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A Confederate Regiment took position on high ground on the extreme right of the line and their volleys pushed back the Rebs facing them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMMpjHbLIX88w6F__qQ7HUgDDVYrSi8oz-Tc9Ps4NxDqxf-1PAu4d2-wOPatVMZSxyfE2zsiCYvppmrtgxJAdbXrjqiK4RtIuNM2JHJhEnB3kszB6TJmeM4s1e_d7kNWlCQJ2AAQ59HQjlcj2rS0mE9fo5eL5rR60kx89qvvFy0iiC07cMSWU9eszE/s1536/20220602_062729.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1536" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMMpjHbLIX88w6F__qQ7HUgDDVYrSi8oz-Tc9Ps4NxDqxf-1PAu4d2-wOPatVMZSxyfE2zsiCYvppmrtgxJAdbXrjqiK4RtIuNM2JHJhEnB3kszB6TJmeM4s1e_d7kNWlCQJ2AAQ59HQjlcj2rS0mE9fo5eL5rR60kx89qvvFy0iiC07cMSWU9eszE/w400-h274/20220602_062729.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Yankees left was preparing to launch an attack with a fresh Zouave Regiment when events on the other flank of the battlefield decided the action, the Confederate troops exhausted began to withdraw...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinScUv7XiKCLTifCAnIQ9cF951SSZguwtmRUR_TCpMENr7XhG23pMYrgrz2N4k1k4Oe69QHaGVG8dxgPi03SnIoda88Wg35kGiF1gpVkI9PvMLSetGtKd9SdCT_GjrFQx2RmZ5e0A3Us04YoKjZ8xwDbM_C3MxrIZIGAuwfGbOaD_VFXwSQbjewgbW/s1580/20220602_062714.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1580" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinScUv7XiKCLTifCAnIQ9cF951SSZguwtmRUR_TCpMENr7XhG23pMYrgrz2N4k1k4Oe69QHaGVG8dxgPi03SnIoda88Wg35kGiF1gpVkI9PvMLSetGtKd9SdCT_GjrFQx2RmZ5e0A3Us04YoKjZ8xwDbM_C3MxrIZIGAuwfGbOaD_VFXwSQbjewgbW/w400-h239/20220602_062714.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The end of game positions the broken Rebels are toward the top of the picture! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4pxaZGOM94q-_f2mLpdw1A9Mrtn0eBYH-6xZJSLYxOwJFzMx5Wo4a3qFd8XPyreklBjwqkvafJiEBmoBwSs6i_EDPw9tn5dLom25NlOSUWiBunuxN0YBGi8L8U5uvCDQskjzkzEL9D235A2wQlQoJw1Hy_8uCfTuCvbkqI-l3uykR52R9d9KHqVZ/s1498/20220602_062659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1498" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4pxaZGOM94q-_f2mLpdw1A9Mrtn0eBYH-6xZJSLYxOwJFzMx5Wo4a3qFd8XPyreklBjwqkvafJiEBmoBwSs6i_EDPw9tn5dLom25NlOSUWiBunuxN0YBGi8L8U5uvCDQskjzkzEL9D235A2wQlQoJw1Hy_8uCfTuCvbkqI-l3uykR52R9d9KHqVZ/w400-h274/20220602_062659.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A very close battle! Both sides were destined to break on Turn 8 due to their high levels of Disarray so whoever gained the Initiative for the turn was in big trouble. Dave and his Confederates drew the short straw and went first and at the end of the player turn the Rebels reached their Exhaustion Point! The game played well and very quickly, once the basic rules were mastered we only had to check them occasionally! Our ''ACW period adjustments' worked well so once we get a full team of four players at a session we'll be playing a super 24 Units a side battle...I can't wait!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Just a point on the Exhaustion Rules, it reads as follows...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIklh2abyPIy6wjLvLVJwfVBTuKdBwYx8DRGnQdsqbmP9ahz34xzRcpkGq_Fv05diYZaACzGzlKQbdj6msK6dNVLes1OmOoFN-1DTMKCTpeN6lXBnBWJoCMtT8bYCVomVT7P3SivgF29cITIhpNaYTNfmYWryFFGEick9iGbTbIqgdDutLAiKEoRFK/s626/Exhaustion%20Rule.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="139" data-original-width="626" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIklh2abyPIy6wjLvLVJwfVBTuKdBwYx8DRGnQdsqbmP9ahz34xzRcpkGq_Fv05diYZaACzGzlKQbdj6msK6dNVLes1OmOoFN-1DTMKCTpeN6lXBnBWJoCMtT8bYCVomVT7P3SivgF29cITIhpNaYTNfmYWryFFGEick9iGbTbIqgdDutLAiKEoRFK/w400-h89/Exhaustion%20Rule.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">...with so many Units on the table we think the base level of 12 is too low unless we played an extraordinary battle on the night. Based on our experience we think with armies of 12 Units you should try 18 as a base and work from there, anyway that's what we'll do next time! This game both sides high level of disarray by Turn 8 saw them both set to roll over twenty dice each for their Exhaustion roll!</span></div></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846849731152600901.post-55502202776109435462022-05-25T15:34:00.005+09:302022-06-07T10:06:52.611+09:30From Shakos to Coal Scuttles ACW Test Game<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Monday night George and I tried the FS2CS Rules in the ACW period. We wanted to test all the rules so set a central objective and a one and a half hour time limit to make us advance and engage. Both sides had 9 units and 6 Command Dice. We set up a busy tabletop typical of the conflict, we also ensured there was the obligatory ACW stone wall 😊. The idea was to try every rule we could so we included some larger, smaller, elite and raw units.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">At the end of the session and eight turns completed we were pretty happy that FS2CS would allow us to play a huge ACW battle on one of our Monday night sessions. Like any set of rules covering a broad time frame they will never be perfect for a particular period but this one worked okay so we'll definitely schedule it in for a Monday night!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Below are the changes we will be using for our ACW FS2CS games, some of these will also be used for other wars/time frames when we use FS2CS. Just a note for ACW games for which we use these rules we are assuming each foot unit is a regiment and each base within it represent around 125 soldiers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">FS2CS ACW Rules Updates:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Army Rating Leadership & Command Dice;</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">We will allow you to not use your leadership Dice when rolling Command Dice (a big call) but if you do include the dice allocated by Leadership in your Command Dice Roll include a D12 in the throw, if a '1' is rolled on the D12 subtract one from the Leadership value (minimum of ZERO) for the rest of the game, this indicates a Leader casualty. If your Leadership level is ZERO obviously you can disregard this, If your Leadership starts at say 3 this result could occur up to three times!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is in addition to the existing Lead from the Front and Heroic leadership rules.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Formations;</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="background-color: white;">For the ACW period, we will have three formations for Foot/Dismounted Units;</div><div style="background-color: white;">Existing 'Advancing' Mode is really a March Column, it acts as per rules but may not move within 12" of an enemy unit in its Line of Sight. If it starts a movement phase within 12" of it must deploy from this formation.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">'Attack Column' Mode will be 2 bases wide and at least have one base in a second rank, once a unit reaches only 2 bases in strength it may not use this formation, the remaining two bases automatically go to 'Battle' mode. This formation may turn up to 45 degrees before moving or charging, it moves the same distance as the 'Advance' Mode.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">'Battle' Mode for Foot/Dismounted Units must have room to extend to a full single line to deploy and act as per the rules.</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Interpenetration of foot units by foot units is allowed if they can clear the other at no penalty.</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Interpenetration of horse units by horse units is allowed if they can clear the other at no penalty.</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Interpenetration of artillery units by foot </span>and horse units is allowed if they can clear the other at no penalty.</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Single Base Units;</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">A unit reduced to a single base may still function as a 'Battle' mode unit, for this period many Regiments had very small compliments and still functioned, they are still able to merge with another unit as per the rules.</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Movement:</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>In addition to requiring a Shock Die to enter or move through Dense terrain a unit also suffers the Sparse terrain movement modifier i.e. <i>'</i></span><i>Whenever a unit enters a sparse feature or begins a move within one, roll 1D6 per stand in the unit. For every 6, reduce the remaining available movement allowance of the unit by 1”. This can force a unit to halt, unable to move any further.'</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rear/Flank moves, when in 'Battle' formation units may move at half speed directly to the rear (retain facing) or directly to their flank, no oblique moves.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Infantry in 'Battle' mode may about face for free and follow it with either a move or fire.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Fire Combat;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Artillery firing directly at a Unit with a second rank receive a plus one die modifier.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Artillery firing directly at a Unit with a third rank or more receive a plus two dice modifier.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Artillery enfilading an infantry formation receive a plus one die modifier.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note the first two modifiers above will encourage players to follow the usual formation doctrine used during the war of operating in extended lines.</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Push Back Result, if a unit is in cover and receives a Push Back result they can at their discretion can take one level of Disarray per Push Back this replaces the 2" move(s).</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Move & Fire Phase;</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Units should be marked with Move or Fire 'markers' as they complete their action, we are doing this purely for our own </span>administration purposes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Marking Firing/Moving, unlimbered/Limbered Artillery bases, if an Artillery base moves replace it with the limber this indicates it moved so can't shoot, we are doing this purely for administration purposes so we don't accidently fire and move a gun!</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">LOS Clarification:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two linear obstacles between firing units that they are not adjacent to block LOS</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Important rules that can will be using to give units ACW character are;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The (Obligatory) Rebel Yell Rule, using two Shock Dice to activate a Rebel infantry unit to charge gives it two extra dice in the Impact Phase of the the Charge sequence.</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Elite, these will be for Veteran units for ACW purposes, they can be no larger than three bases, Veteran units will also be hardened so have a Disarray rating of 5 and have a 50% chance of being Hesitant (role before the game).</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Raw units are fresh eager ones, these will have only three Disarray as per the rules but can be five or six bases!</div></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some pictures from our 'game'! </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our Battlefield, both sides objective was to control the bridge in the centre and we were playing to a fixed time of 1.5 Hours, in which we had 8 turns!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxaOXwXlSFn8L7kWNzjQaevlLtisYqJJtJTLgFwTP4WcfrMJnS-2-kzpgc-Y0zht_tOGiCb6eKSaKMMxAq26jD7Tjp99W98Xmz1QVSXC4kmSdPPr-dgH9RRrt4B86bvGhyrYVURFZRrZdtrKRu2yN8LlFj4GpmZJwH49CwutBXZFef5BcUo-Er7bP/s1559/20220523_173510.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1559" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxaOXwXlSFn8L7kWNzjQaevlLtisYqJJtJTLgFwTP4WcfrMJnS-2-kzpgc-Y0zht_tOGiCb6eKSaKMMxAq26jD7Tjp99W98Xmz1QVSXC4kmSdPPr-dgH9RRrt4B86bvGhyrYVURFZRrZdtrKRu2yN8LlFj4GpmZJwH49CwutBXZFef5BcUo-Er7bP/w400-h228/20220523_173510.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">There were two formations for each foot and horse unit: 'battle' i.e. line and 'advancing' a single base wide column. Below you can see regiments of four bases in 'advancing' formation. for these ACW games we believe the latter required changes!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJO7TJ6rMbaeZ1-Fx_mpxuKLFaAHDPbdM8uyX_numWldshZi1GD7d7aY5JcdQVpmpbIbKByrQ8e6WAiuiUoCySVZoP6WbbNLgCGj15ZhqMpRiSS-g5ppw7NxCE9Mrlwja70yCfetBTwqSLImoJhFR3gkKfLKTZYKY7b1_Fedg3ZylB5lpizIeXnKIk/s1495/20220523_193008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1495" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJO7TJ6rMbaeZ1-Fx_mpxuKLFaAHDPbdM8uyX_numWldshZi1GD7d7aY5JcdQVpmpbIbKByrQ8e6WAiuiUoCySVZoP6WbbNLgCGj15ZhqMpRiSS-g5ppw7NxCE9Mrlwja70yCfetBTwqSLImoJhFR3gkKfLKTZYKY7b1_Fedg3ZylB5lpizIeXnKIk/w400-h275/20220523_193008.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">A Yankee Zouave Regiment in Line shooting it out with Rebels, they have two levels of Disarray as shown by the mini die. We are only going to allow single rank lines for our ACW regiments.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvm-oqIA82QtQvfumYfa4tAVWVGfvf6lUG5HBc963QqkqumB1uBaLR64dNNUwGWszE7UtDJe4s1ivgfpbAUnLKF0dlH9AQFTNMCzspuKwFPaS4b5Hn0rVKFA5ZN-7fcg40P4ID1v9rTH4_XwY2aiWd02qucytO5Cd3STVPxMkWF0WcBhpSrvngQWDB/s1454/20220523_210559.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1454" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvm-oqIA82QtQvfumYfa4tAVWVGfvf6lUG5HBc963QqkqumB1uBaLR64dNNUwGWszE7UtDJe4s1ivgfpbAUnLKF0dlH9AQFTNMCzspuKwFPaS4b5Hn0rVKFA5ZN-7fcg40P4ID1v9rTH4_XwY2aiWd02qucytO5Cd3STVPxMkWF0WcBhpSrvngQWDB/w400-h285/20220523_210559.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">A Yankee regiment in trouble, it is up to four levels of Disarray (so will be required to retire next Union Moral Phase unless they reduce this total!) and in the sights of two Confederates Units!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFVsOxZdOr9lJbwBLYXQsDVdiT9hkZDq_VZNgj2tAXiLUUQqL0rW56N9adBV8HSidtuYBu6ByXJoRCzkhzgFQbWnrhha2ah7oiH-GScPuaZZYhysk6Wxvw8UDF5azf4DJTrYYL_biYrVY-oMDF4wuxhbK9q1GkwpDVRmtqVsf1qUq-PWPHguV_XZc/s1600/20220523_210622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFVsOxZdOr9lJbwBLYXQsDVdiT9hkZDq_VZNgj2tAXiLUUQqL0rW56N9adBV8HSidtuYBu6ByXJoRCzkhzgFQbWnrhha2ah7oiH-GScPuaZZYhysk6Wxvw8UDF5azf4DJTrYYL_biYrVY-oMDF4wuxhbK9q1GkwpDVRmtqVsf1qUq-PWPHguV_XZc/w400-h300/20220523_210622.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rebel Guns unlimbered and drawing fire from the Union troops, they ended up with three levels of Disarray, lesson learned, don't unlimber too close to the enemy!</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the foreground is the Confederate CiC.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKPrZO4eTj2uZVAQRJrOKSMHcnCl2chgXlpd8jSdGRR36dhYBjotiO5xegYXIemfFKYNssj3w_NlA4-jxVVjcf1LKvJjkGyEps2ABfYkHQJDPc295d9ydIuZNTMpjxMHwwiu7b0jEFsiFM8VB3vJ9bzhNrZFehjH1-ozkyah1WTFkm7WBJ3tkfZiz/s1345/20220523_210645.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1345" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKPrZO4eTj2uZVAQRJrOKSMHcnCl2chgXlpd8jSdGRR36dhYBjotiO5xegYXIemfFKYNssj3w_NlA4-jxVVjcf1LKvJjkGyEps2ABfYkHQJDPc295d9ydIuZNTMpjxMHwwiu7b0jEFsiFM8VB3vJ9bzhNrZFehjH1-ozkyah1WTFkm7WBJ3tkfZiz/w400-h336/20220523_210645.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If by chance you use FS2CS please let us know your thoughts on our thoughts!</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com9