Is it a sign I should finally get around to painting my Zulus and British? or does the mention of the Afghan war and the fact the Perrys are going to bring out plastic British suitable for this period mean I need to branch out into a new period!
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
It's a sign
While clearing up rubble I finally found something really old. Previously I'd found cigarette packets that seemed old but were probably post WW2, and the oldest newspaper was from the 1970s. This time it's a snippet of a newspaper. What delighted me was that it mentions one of my favourite gaming periods the Anglo-Zulu war 1879 - which I assume makes this paper contemporary.
Is it a sign I should finally get around to painting my Zulus and British? or does the mention of the Afghan war and the fact the Perrys are going to bring out plastic British suitable for this period mean I need to branch out into a new period!
Is it a sign I should finally get around to painting my Zulus and British? or does the mention of the Afghan war and the fact the Perrys are going to bring out plastic British suitable for this period mean I need to branch out into a new period!
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
The Devil's Playground and free Terminators
My new Pike and Shotte supplement arrived with lovely free figure and a bonus Terminator sprue from Warlord Games. The supplement is gorgeous, full of pictures and seems well organised. I am looking forward to reading it. What really got me excited was the free Terminators. 2 standing and one crawling. They are nicely modelled and look simple to put together.
Monday, 27 April 2015
2015-04-26 Conwy Wargames Club Force on Force game
This month Dave put on another 20mm Force on Force game set in 2010 in the fictional African country of Tangerine. Dave umpired, Tony commanded the US Marines and Pete was Mr Big.
The Scenario
A force of US Marines have been sent to capture or kill the King of Hearts. Sorry wrong pack of cards. They have been sent to capture or kill Mr Big. The major source of what is wrong with Tangerine in US eyes. He's a drug lord, sponsor of terrorism, people trafficker, exporter of oranges with pips and the Defence Minister to boot.
The CIA intel states Mr Big is visiting his home village of Pipsville to review his charity operation 'Oranges are not the only fruit' which is a cover for his private militia.
(I may have embellished Dave's brief)
The Forces
The Board
The Game
The end
Since neither side did a victory dance I'm not sure who won, but from the point of view that Mr Big was neither captured or killed it was definitely a failed US mission.
The Scenario
A force of US Marines have been sent to capture or kill the King of Hearts. Sorry wrong pack of cards. They have been sent to capture or kill Mr Big. The major source of what is wrong with Tangerine in US eyes. He's a drug lord, sponsor of terrorism, people trafficker, exporter of oranges with pips and the Defence Minister to boot.
The CIA intel states Mr Big is visiting his home village of Pipsville to review his charity operation 'Oranges are not the only fruit' which is a cover for his private militia.
(I may have embellished Dave's brief)
The Forces
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| The Oranges are not the only fruit (OANTOF) |
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| US Marines |
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| Mr Big in his favourite red pick up truck |
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| US Marines spotted and Mr Big vanishes |
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| US Marines get the first move |
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| 2 LVPT-7s full throttle in to the village taking fire from the hidden charity workers |
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| 1 LVPT-7 is suppressed (Dave still hasn't got markers!) and a squad of Marines jump out |
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| The 2nd LVPT-7 also disembarks its' squad |
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| The Toyota opens up |
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| Avoiding the road the other LVPT-7's move in supported by dismounted Marines |
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| After 3 hours of game play the US take a casualty and the squad takes cover behind the now knocked out LVPT-7. Perhaps the volume of fire indicates they've found Mr Big |
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| Mr Big finally decides which of his 200 baseball caps he's going to wear and pops out of the house to congratulate his men on their first US casualty |
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| The Charity workers swarm out to engage the US Marines |
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| The Marines close in |
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| A flash in the sky may be a storm is coming |
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| or not |
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| US Marines exchange fire as they advance on Pipsville |
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| An RPG gunners view |
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| US casualties mount up. Coincidentally Tony had to leave early and turned command over to Dave. |
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| A LVPT-7 moves in on the centre of the village |
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| The numbers of charity workers are thinning |
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| The cross roads are contested |
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| Hidden OANTOF take on the Marines in the open. |
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| Crucial measuring as night draws in |
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| Aerial shot |
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| US Marines ready to pull back. Mr Big has escaped |
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| Workers continue firing from an Orange grove. |
Since neither side did a victory dance I'm not sure who won, but from the point of view that Mr Big was neither captured or killed it was definitely a failed US mission.
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