Attack at the Sunday School House

Barrie's Sunday School get together.

In the background there was a game of Saga, as we prepared for the Saga campaign.

But I played in the Muskets and Tomahawks game with Barrie, John, and Rusty.  This was a close run thing.  As Indians (me) and French (Barry), we had to raid a convoy of supply wagons and terrified women.  The indians didnt do too well, but did manage a few scalps.  And they captured a supply wagon.  The French couer de bois Militia also managed to capture the English women.

We abandoned the game, which was probably a minor British victory, to set up the Saga campaign for the next few weeks.

Roger's Rangers and British Militia fan out to protect the convoy

Barry moves to block the convoy, while a blurry John watches.

Close to the end.  One unit of Roger's rangers has been scalped by the Indians, and the second unit is about to meet the same fate.  But the redcoats are coming!

Dogs of War 2016 -- Day 2

After being crushed twice on Day 1 of the Dogs tournament, I came back with two wins to finish in the middle of the pack.

Game 3 was against Rusty.  It was Hasty Attack.  I managed to kill all of his advancing forces for a 5:2 victory.  Rusty was terribly unlucky, but this was a fantastic gentleman's game.  

Game 4 was against Smithy.  He had German infantry in a 'Dust Up'.  Smithy should have won -- he was incredibly unlucky with my aircraft coming on repeatedly, whereas his planes almost never showed up.  And I managed to make my morale checks when I needed them.

Final result was:

1st Place - Leigh, with a perfect score.

2nd Place - Griggsy

3rd Place - Pat and Smithy

Ben rolling for victory

Smithy vs Lowell.  This was going to be a 6-1 one way or the other.  Smithy managed to gain the victory, but it was actually close.

Pat deep in thought

My game vs Rusty.

A tense game -- Rob vs Pat.  Lots of spectators.

Can Rob gain the victory?  It was close, but Pat managed to pull out the win,

Rommel is Useless

The bunker rats FOW Tournament.

My list was:

German Schutzen

Infantry Company, from Blitzkrieg, page 74

Compulsory Schutzen Company HQ (p.75) - CinC SMG, 2iC SMG, 2x Motorcycle and sidecar (45 pts)
- Warrior Erwin Rommel in Panzer 38(t) (must have other units with Panzer 38(t) (130 pts)

Compulsory Schutzen Platoon (p.75) - Command Rifle/MG, 6x Rifle/MG, Light mortar, Kfz 15 field car, 4x Kfz 70 truck (180 pts)
- Replace Command Rifle/MG with Command SMG (0 pts)
- Anti-tank rifle (20 pts)

Compulsory Schutzen Platoon (p.75) - Command Rifle/MG, 6x Rifle/MG, Light mortar, Kfz 15 field car, 4x Kfz 70 truck (180 pts)
- Replace Command Rifle/MG with Command SMG (0 pts)
- Anti-tank rifle (20 pts)

Czech Panzer Platoon (p.73) - Command Panzer 38(t) B, 3x Panzer 38(t) B (350 pts)

Anti-tank Gun Platoon (p.103) - Command SMG, 2x 3.7cm PaK36 gun (75 pts)
- Motorcycle and sidecar, Kfz 70 truck per gun (5 pts)

Heavy Anti-tank Gun Platoon (p.106) - Command Rifle, 8.8cm FlaK36 gun (190 pts)
- Extra Crew (10 pts)
- Kfz 15 field car, Sd Kfz 7 half-track per gun (5 pts)

Motorised Light Artillery Battery (p.104) - Command SMG, Staff, Observer Rifle, Motorcycle and sidecar, 4x 10.5cm leFH18 howitzer (360 pts)
- Kfz 15 field car, Kfz 68 radio truck, Sd Kfz 11 half-track per gun (5 pts)

Air Support (p.102) - Priority Ju 87B Stuka (Schwerpunkt) (175 pts)


1750 Points, 6 Platoons

Round 1 was against Lowell and his soviet Strelkovy

I had a simple plan -- use Rommel and his 38(t) panzer platoon to machine gun down the Russian horde.  Rommel's platoon rerolls failed stormtrooper rolls, so 8 times out of 9 at the end of any turn his platoon should be safely hiding behind terrain and impossible to target.  But, on turn 1, Rommel's platoon failed the stomtrooper roll.  Rommel failed the reroll.  Leaving the germsn 38(t) platoon in front of the massed anti tank guns of the Soviet army - who did mass destruction.  Rommel wasn't killed, he was the last tank left.  He failed morale and ran away.

With nothing to worry the Soviet T-35's they leisurely moved over to the objective.  OK -- it wasn't that leisurely -- the Stukas did kill one, and there were several bails.  Net result: 4:3 victory to Lowell.

There were some other games being played as well.

Round 2 was vs Rusty and his Polish army.

The Poles have an interesting rule, where an infantry platoon can come on from behind the attackers.

The germans attacked on their left (far edge in the picture).  Yet again, Rommel failed his stormtrooper and the reroll, leaving his panzers stuck under an artillery bombardment.  The Poles did a lot of damage, killing three tanks.  Rommel ran for cover the next turn, but another artillery barrage killed the remaining tank.  By this time the German infantry was ready to assault the objective.  Rommel joined in, as any platoon he joins becomes fearless.  The assault was bloody, but the Germans won.  But after the assault the German infantry had to take a morale test, which they failed.  Rommel chose to reroll, and he failed (and ran away)

Then the Polish infantry arrived behind the German artillery, killing the AT gun platoon, 88 platoon, and damaging the Artillery.  At this point the Germans controlled the objective, but had taken 4 out of 6 platoon losses.  The battle came down to a morale check -- if I passed, I won (having the objective).  if I failed, Rusty won.  I failed, and Rusty won a glorious 4:3 victory.

A couple of the other games

Round 3 was against Jim, who had an almost identical army.  Instead of Rommel and Artillery, he had an extra 38(t), machine guns, mortars, and and extra infantry platoon.

Jim attacks, as with bigger artillery the long game was in my favour.  The critical battle was on my right, where Jim's 5 tanks faced my 4 tanks.  The battle swung back and forth, but eventually Jim suffered two bails, with two tanks destroyed, and failed morale.  The remaining German tanks raced to the far objective.  Jim launched some desperate assaults with his infantry -- one was beaten off, but the other was an almost untouched platoon against Rommel and two AT guns -- it would have been a massacre, except that the infantry failed their morale test to attack Rommel's tank.  For the first time in the tournament, Rommel did something!  A bloody 4:3 to me.

WWI Dogfight at Barries

See the corresponding post a Camp Cromwell

My Fokker got on the tail of a bomber.  The bomber was on fire.  The rear machine gun jammed.  I peppered it with shots.  But it just wouldnt go down.  Finally the rear gunner unjammed his machine gun and shot me out of the sky!  Very cinematic!

Quite the collection!!!!