19th January Games

A reasonable night's gaming last night; Alan and Rob were involved in two Warcry games while Steve S and H, Dave K, Mark and I used the Dragon's Rampant rules for a further Game of Thrones game. This time House Bolton took on the Nights Watch- and lost. My lousy dice rolls might just have been a contributory factor.

Current plans for next week are for a Mad Dogs with Guns game, while Steve H and I are continuing our test with the Angels 20 WW2 aerial game which we propose to run at Broadside in June. I've recently aquired Graham's collection of 1/144 Battle of Britain collection which will suit the avaliable gridded cloths better than the original one. More on this as things develop.

See yer soon

Neil

12th January Games

Decent turnout again this week; Dave K, Mark and Steve S were trialling the Dragon Rampant rules with Dave's Song Of Ice and Fire/Game Of Thrones figures (I gather than House Bolton swept the field), Rob and Alan continued their Warcry epic (Rob's arachnids won hands/legs down, so I've included a picture of Alan's hoplite inspired figures by way of consolation) and Steve H and I played what was for us an introductionary game of GW's Aeronautica Imperialis air combat game. Sufficient similarities to my Angels 20 game allowed us to get the feel of things quickly - suffice to say the Emperor's Eagles swept the xeno scum from the air 4-0 (much to Steve's disgust).

Next week, the Dragon Rampant/Game of Thrones experiment continues. I'll bring Ludis Gladiatorius as a backup.

See yer soon

Neil

5th January Games

Greetings and Happy New Year to one and all.

Reasonable turnout in the very cold weather last night; Steve S, Dave K and Mark played Zombicide while Alan and Rob were involved in another Warcry game; I'm advised carnage levels were high.

Matt and I were revisiting my Viking wars collection with a Lion Rampant scenario based on The Fugitive scenario from the rules. Both sides were seeking the missing norse warlord, the Norse to rescue him and the Anglo-Saxons to terminate him with extreme prejudice. First contact was made three moves in by the Anglo-Saxons but in the interests of a good game the warlord slipped away. He was later found by a Norse skirmisher unit and escorted away while the rest of the force fought a rearguard action. High spots were the total destruction of my Norse berserker unit in two rounds of combat by the Anglo-Saxon leader and the Anglo-Saxons slingers being their usual lethal selves (might have messed up the casualty calculations there).

Next week we've decided to play some board games. I'm also looking at games for the Broadside show on 4/6/22; the Lion Rampant Viking Raid game is one option, but there is talk of reviving Angels 20 with a Battle of Britain theme.

See yer soon

Neil

Broadside Show - 4th December

 Greetings

Matt, Steve H and I attended this show yesterday at it's new venue in Gillingham with a Napoleonic game 'An Affair of Outposts'. This is a two scenario game which we've been working on for a while. The game received a lot of attention but as ever we didn't win anything and in spite of this a good day was had by all.

My thanks to Steve and Matt for all their hard work during the day.

Se you Wednesday.

Neil

1st December Games

We had a number of games underway last night. 

Rob and Alan were playing Warcry.

I ran a test game with the Napoleonic amendments for R&P to let Matt get a feel before the game at Broadside on Saturday - Steve H is currently unwell, hopefully feeling better soon.

Steve S, Dave K and Mark played Zombicide. The undead did rather well, but hopefully they didn't suffer indigestion after dining on our members!

Next week is shaping up to be a board games session.

See yer soon

Neil

24th November Games

 Back in circulation after The Cold finally left me. I ran Suicide Mission from the most recent version of Space Hulk for Steve H (playing the Deathwing) and Matt (as the beasties). Steve was lucky with the Astartes and was able to complete the mission by flaming the objective; well played but Matt enjoyed himself.

Dave K, Mark and Steve S played Mad Dogs With Guns, while Alan and Rob played Warcry with some friends.

Next week, I'll run a Napoleonic play test with Rebels and Patriots ahead of the show at Broadside on Saturday 4th December. There's likely to be more Warcry and board games in addition.

See yer soon

Neil