Friday 29 July 2016

27th July Games

Greetings

By now, all members should be aware that Laurie Bryson passed away last weekend. For any readers outside the immediate circle, I should explain that Laurie was born with spina bifida and as such was confined to a wheelchair for his entire life. I have known him since I first attended Present Arms at the Rocheway Centre in Rochford in the 1970's. He could be a challenging opponent (given his ability to 'dispute a rules interpretation' at the drop of a hat), but was always good company. Increasingly poor health in recent years had resulted in his club night attendances becoming increasingly less frequent, but this does not make his passing any less difficult to come to terms with. He will be missed.

Rest in peace Laurie, may the dice gods be kind to you.

This week's meeting saw Dave K run his Pulp Alley game, while Chris, Andy H and Josh payed Lion Rampant with Lowland Scots vs Highland Scots.

sweeney pulp alley seems wargames club essex

scottish lion rampant game

Next week, Steve H has offered to run Zombiecide Black Plague, while Andy P will run his Samurai Skirmish game.

See yer soon

Neil

20th July Games

Greetings

A few more in attendance last night.

Thanks to Andy P for running his Dogs of War game. The defending American forces won, but it seemed that every figure had been wounded or killed on both sides!

dogs of war seems wargmaes club essex


Next week Dave K has offered to run his Pulp Alley/Sweeney game. I'll sort out a backup game for anyone else.

See yer soon

Neil

Thursday 14 July 2016

13th July Games

Greetings

We are still low on attendance at present, but I hope we'll see a few more familiar faces once the holiday season is over.

A Warhammer 40K game ended early as those involved were unsure of the current rules, but photos are below on what could have been.

skitarii vanguard red mars
Josh's Skitarii

purple pink necrons
Andy's Necrons
Steve and I played Incursion (which has overtones of Space Hulk in a Weird War II setting), which I was fortunate enough to win. Modesty forbids my including pictures of this rare triumph.

Next week; Andy P has offered to run his dogs of war game, but nothing else firm is planned but I will bring something along.

See yer soon

Neil

Sunday 10 July 2016

6th July Games

Greetings

Still thin on the ground at present;

Steve S ran 'Escape from Atlantis', a board game which provided amusement for Mark and Andy.


While I ran a Lion Rampant Wars of the Roses game for Josh and Chris. Josh won b killing Chris' leader (and thereby atoning for having his Richard III figure killed by me in an earlier game!).


Next week we have a Warhammer 40k game lined up, while Josh has offered to run a Force on Force game. I'll bring the Airfix WW2 game which we trialled recently.

See yer soon

Neil