Andrew and Mike played through a number of Lord of the Rings scenarios in which the forces of evil failed to kill any hobbits…

Anthony and Alistair played a game of SAGA Dark Age skirmish with Anthony’s 40mm prepainted plastic figures.

Bob and Ray played a DBMM game – Romans vs Greeks

Kevin and Dave E played a FOG:N game in 15mm

Russ and Andy also played FOG:N in 15mm.

Chris and newcomer Colin played a game of Memoir ’44

Martin and Steve G played an SF skirmish game using the Slammers Lite rules.

No meeting next week due to the Bank Holiday

Steve G and Martin played an ACW Jonny Reb game in 15mm.

Alistair and Anthony played a 1/600th ACW naval game using the Peter Pig Rules.

Steve W and Richard played a FOG:R game.

Dave and Kevin were trying out FOG:N again in 15mm.

Russ, Bob, Andrew, Ray and Mike played Axis and Allies – the full world map version. We called the game before it was finished but Japan was finally looking hemmed in and vulnerbale – mainly due to losing most of its aircraft to transporters…

Mike

Three games played last night:

Mike and Anthony played a Memoir ’44 WW2 game which ended quite quickly with Anthony eliminating 3 Tigers.

Steve W, Andrew and Richard played a FOG:A game.

Bob, Dave, Russ and Kevin played a Fog Napoleonics game with Martin watching.

Dave E and Steve W played a Fog:R game.

Steve C, Steve W and Adrian played a DBMM game

Andy and Martin played WW2 using Crossfire.

I umpired a napoleonic Peninsular game using the Waterloo rules between Russ and Allen. The rules have some good ideas but we did feel that getting the initiative and firing first seemed to give you a huge advantage (as if you lose a company to shooting you are disordered and cannot fire back). I need to reread the rules (again!) to make sure we are playing it right!

Mike

Five Games last night:

Ray and I played Martian Empires with Ray’s British narrowly winning in a game where neither of us could throw good dice..

Alistair and Keith played a modern Force on Force game.

Steve C and Adrian played a FoG:A game.

Anthony and Bob played a W2 naval game using Axis and Allies figures (and rules?)

Russ and Dave played a FOG:R campaign game watched by Richard and Andy.

Mike

There were 4 games last night:

Russ, Bob, Alistair and Allan played a Western Desert WW2 game in 6mm using Great Battle of WW2 rules.

Andy and Mike played a Russian Civil War game with Andy’s 20mm collection and used Red Actions! rules.

Dave E and Steve W played a 1635 (and a half) FOG:R game between Spanish and English.

Ray and Steve C played a DBMM ancients game.

Dave and Adrian played a large FOG:R War of the Roses game in 28mm.

Steve G and Andy played a Red Actions Russian Civil War game.

Bob and Steve C played DBMM

Nigel and Nick played Combat Commander (I think it’s called?) – ww2 boardgame.

Steve W and Russ played FOG:A with Richard watching.

Ian , Anthony, Alistair and Mike played a Saxon vs Norman Impetus game in 28mm.

Nick and Nigel played a game of Combat Commander – described as being like Squad Leader but with cards…

Russ, Bob, Adrian and Andy played a scenario based on Jena (Napoleonic Wars) using 15mm and the Grande Armee rules.

Steve G and Steve C played a DBMM game – not sure of sides – I think Steve G won.

Alistair and Keith played a 6mm Zulu Wars game using Black Powder.

Steve W, Kevin and Mike played a Marlburian 15mm game using Beneath the Lily Banners rules. It was a scratch game with 12 units plus 2 artillery batteries a side and Austrians vs Bavarians and Dutch.

The rules seemed to work well, though we are still a little unsure if the cavalry melee is too bloody as cavalry on both sides is pretty much wiped out after each melee.

The highlight of the game was wtaching Kevin panic as he saw a cavalry squadron sweeping to his rear past his cavalry and turning an infantry unit to fire upon it. IT damaged the cavalry badly but sadly, the unit was one of Kevin’s own Curassier Squadrons routing off the table! Having been shot by their own side they carried on routing and left the table all together…

The Austrians never quite recovered from that piece of myopia and conceded the game after losing more cavalry and an infantry battalion.

Kevin was heard to blame his optician even when it was pointed out that ONLY the Austrians has Curassier on the table…

Mike

Dave E, Steves W and C plus Adrian played a FOG ancients doubles game. Sassanids + Kushans vs Gepids + Huns.

Ray (by himself) played Russ and Bob at FOG-R. Ray had |Royalists, the enemy were (I think) Later German Catholic.

Steve G and Andy had an AK47 (first edition) game.

Steve W, Richard and Dave played FoG AM. Steve and Richard’s Goths beat Dave’s Early Byzantines.

Steve C and Steve G played DBMM, and I think it was a draw, but I’m not sure of the armies.

Nigel, Bob, Allan, Russ, Ray and Kevin played Spearhead, 1940 scenario based on the battle of Mont-St-Eloi on the days following Arras. Narrow victory for the Germans. French were second and Russ managed to lose his whole command.