19th December Games

Greetings

A good end to the year's games last night: Andy P ran a Rumbleslam tag match, whilst I umpired a scenario from The Men Who Would Be Kings for Messrs. Harbron, Knightly and Slater based on the Battle of Kirbekan 1885 (British vs Mahdists who were entrenched on high ground near to the Nile). Given that Messrs. Knightly and Slater were unfamiliar with the rules, they put up a valiant resistance until the Ludhiana Sikhs stormed the position in the last move!

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 2/1/19, until then have a great Christmas and may the New Year be kind to us all.

See yer soon

Neil

12th December Games

Greetings

A busy night for us this week - Alan and Rob were playing Infinity, Mike and his mate Steve ran a Star Trek Attack Wing game, Steve S ran a couple of board games for Mark and Andy S. I ran The Men Who Would Be Kings in the Sudan for Steve H, Andy H and Dave K (playing as Mahdist for his first game); the ambush scenario featured the British (Commanded by Steve) under attack by my re-inforced Fuzzy-Wuzzies. To say that this got ugly quickly would be an understatement, but the Mahdists edged a win on points. A hard fought game bearing a close resemblance to accounts of the fighting in Suakin during 1884/5.

Next week will be our last meeting before Christmas, returning 2/1/19. I've offered to run another TMWWBK scenario and I gather Steve S has offered a board game, specifics to be decided.

See yer soon

Neil

5th December Games

Greetings

Pretty good turnout this week; Dave K, Mark and Steve S played Mad Dogs With Guns again, while Rob ran a game of Fallout (think 50's post apocalyptic sci fi). Steve H and I played three games of Angels 20 to test the new mats I recently received. Since the hex size has been reduced, I wasn't sure if it would be necessary to double movement to maintain the scale. It appears that the game works well with the current hex size and by doubling movement and ranges - so much that I lost all three games . . .

Next week, I intend to run a game of The Men Who Would Be Kings to introduce some new units. Not sure what else we have planned at present, could someone advise in due course?


See yer soon

Neil