Been almost a month since my last post, been pretty darned busy. Just rolled off a 3 week phase with the course I instruct with the 218th Regiment (Leadership) at the McCrady Training Center. We have a great group of students, and I taught Cisco switches and routers for the first time.
So... I am finally getting around to posting my last crop of pictures from Southern Front. Sunday morning I played in "The Movie Cowboy Game." It was a blast! We used home brew rules that were (obviously) very cinematic and moved along quit well.
There were about 6 players, each with a faction. Mine was the temperance league, and we were helping the good guys escort the sheriff's brother's casket to the church. We also had the workers at the local cat house on our side as well as the law.
We were opposed by the Mexican banditos, renegade comanches, and the local Chinese tong gang members.
The game was a hoot, my personal high point was when one of my characters, a little old lady armed only with a camera bag, killed the bandito leader with one good swing that apparently caught him in the temple. No one expects the little old lady from the temperance league to be the deadliest close combat fighter!
Enjoy the photos. Many thanks to the GM for a great game, and thanks once again to the entire Southern Front crew. See you guys at Spring Fever!
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Ok, I have a new project I am working on that I should have done by the end of the year... wait for it... 6mm Colonials for the Sudan! I have been inspired by Bob Cordery's "When Empires Clash" gridded rules. They look like a lot of fun. Plus I am doing enough troops to give Piquet:Field of Battle and TFL's They Don't Like it Up 'em a swing. They are painting up fast. I am off to Arkansas for a class for the army, when I get back, I will post photos. I have also made a 2 x 4 foot gridded and textured board for Bob's rules, stay tuned. Thinking about a solo campaign, tossing around some rule idea in my head.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Southern Front, Saturday Night
See also Southern Front Saturday afternoon and Saturday morning.
Sorry for the delay posting these, busy preparing for our next training cycle. We are in processing our next class tomorrow, I will be on the podium most of next week, and looking forward to it.
Below is a gallery of photos I took Saturday night. I played in a Lord of the Rings Battle game and had a great time. I was part of teh forces of evil, and we managed to kill Merry! Filthy hobbits...
Enjoy these, one more batch of pictures left to post from Sunday morning.
Sorry for the delay posting these, busy preparing for our next training cycle. We are in processing our next class tomorrow, I will be on the podium most of next week, and looking forward to it.
Below is a gallery of photos I took Saturday night. I played in a Lord of the Rings Battle game and had a great time. I was part of teh forces of evil, and we managed to kill Merry! Filthy hobbits...
Enjoy these, one more batch of pictures left to post from Sunday morning.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Southern Front, Saturday Afternoon
Also see Saturday Morning at Southern Front
(Note Sorry for the delay getting these up, busy at work preparing for our next training class)
Saturday afternoon saw Jack and I play in Brian's Air War:C21 game. It was set along the Inter German border in 1958 and saw a Nato v. Warsaw Pact standoff with F86 Sabers fighting MiG 15's and MiG 17's. Don't forget to click photos to enlarge...
Here brian explain the rules. They are very straightforward and give an excellent game. As it was 1958, we did not have any pesky missiles to worry about. And to top it off, known only to the NATO players at the beginning, one of the Warsaw Pact GDR pilots was going to defect! We had to escort him off the table.
The action was fast and furious!
Jack ponders his next move....
We wound up with a marginal NATO win, as both defecting MiG's were shot down, but one of the pilots bailed out in West Germany and was recovered. A VERY fun game, thanks, Brian!
I shall probably purchase these rules from Wargames Vault. I have an older copy somewhere, but the new version is supposed to be even more streamlined. I also have some F-4's, A-4's, MiG-17's, and MiG-21's for 1973 Arab-Israeli war dog fights in 1/600 scale somewhere that I may pull out now, just need to find them.
Next time, the evening game and lots of shots of other games!
(Note Sorry for the delay getting these up, busy at work preparing for our next training class)
Saturday afternoon saw Jack and I play in Brian's Air War:C21 game. It was set along the Inter German border in 1958 and saw a Nato v. Warsaw Pact standoff with F86 Sabers fighting MiG 15's and MiG 17's. Don't forget to click photos to enlarge...
Here brian explain the rules. They are very straightforward and give an excellent game. As it was 1958, we did not have any pesky missiles to worry about. And to top it off, known only to the NATO players at the beginning, one of the Warsaw Pact GDR pilots was going to defect! We had to escort him off the table.
The action was fast and furious!
Jack ponders his next move....
We wound up with a marginal NATO win, as both defecting MiG's were shot down, but one of the pilots bailed out in West Germany and was recovered. A VERY fun game, thanks, Brian!I shall probably purchase these rules from Wargames Vault. I have an older copy somewhere, but the new version is supposed to be even more streamlined. I also have some F-4's, A-4's, MiG-17's, and MiG-21's for 1973 Arab-Israeli war dog fights in 1/600 scale somewhere that I may pull out now, just need to find them.
Next time, the evening game and lots of shots of other games!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Southern Front, Saturday Morning Part 1
Just got back from Southern Front 2009 yesterday. First, let me say a huge thanks to all of the folks who organized and ran the event, particularly Ed, it was an outstanding convention. Also a huge thanks to the guys who were GM's, there were a large variety of beautiful and fun games to play.
I'll post my Southern Front story in 3 parts, remember to Click Photos to enlarge them.
Jack and I arrived around 7pm on Friday night, and were frankly to tired to do any gaming, so I did some shopping and we went to bed.
We woke up refreshed on Saturday morning, had a good breakfast, and hit the hall. Here you can see games and dealers setting up.
Here are some photos of Chris's great looking 6mm WW1 game with LOTS of tanks. I did not get a chance to play in it, but I think the highlight was when the German's Martian allies showed up....
There was also a GREAT looking American Civil War Fire and Fury regimental game going on in 28mm. The figures were absolutely beautiful.
I played in a very fun 40mm AWI game. It was set immediatly after the fallfor Fort Ticonderoga to the British. My side, the Rebels, were fighting a rear guard action and had been caught wrong footed getting ready to march off down the road while the British spearhead caught up. Our mission was to hold off the British for a certain number of turns and hold the road open.
The rules were home brewed by the GM and worked VERY well. There were three commanders on each side, each of us commanding a regiment. The photo below shows the general layout, it was taken about halfway through the game. Click to enlarge.
The 40mm figures were amazingly well painted and combined with the terrain made the agme a joy to play.
In the second half of the game, Hessian reinforcements arrived...
The British drove back our left flank and center through the woods, but took horrible casualties. I commanded the center regiment, and struggled to fall back while maintaining contact with the flanks. Our right flank regiment began to pour fire into the advancing British, but on the left, British Grenadiers moved down a forest track and threatened to turn our entire flank and cut off the road! We had held long enough to allow the rest of the army to escape, but could we now escape ourselves? (Click to enlarge)
A small, rag tag force of militia amazingly held up the British advance on the left flank hill, preventing them from cutting off our entire force! Kudos to my fellow commander, otherwise, my entire regiment would have been lost.
We managed to get our troops off the table by the skin of our teeth as the British still worked around the left flank.
We managed to win a marginal victory, and it was a real nail biter. It was a perfect convention game. The rules were fast the action started early, and the scenario was a lot of fun!
While I played in the AWI game, Jack played in a fun looking Star Wars pod racing game. Unfortunately, I did not get any photos of it.
We broke for lunch and ate some not very good ribs in the hotel restaurant.
Stay tuned for more Southern Front action!
I'll post my Southern Front story in 3 parts, remember to Click Photos to enlarge them.
Jack and I arrived around 7pm on Friday night, and were frankly to tired to do any gaming, so I did some shopping and we went to bed.
We woke up refreshed on Saturday morning, had a good breakfast, and hit the hall. Here you can see games and dealers setting up.
Here are some photos of Chris's great looking 6mm WW1 game with LOTS of tanks. I did not get a chance to play in it, but I think the highlight was when the German's Martian allies showed up....
There was also a GREAT looking American Civil War Fire and Fury regimental game going on in 28mm. The figures were absolutely beautiful.
I played in a very fun 40mm AWI game. It was set immediatly after the fallfor Fort Ticonderoga to the British. My side, the Rebels, were fighting a rear guard action and had been caught wrong footed getting ready to march off down the road while the British spearhead caught up. Our mission was to hold off the British for a certain number of turns and hold the road open.The rules were home brewed by the GM and worked VERY well. There were three commanders on each side, each of us commanding a regiment. The photo below shows the general layout, it was taken about halfway through the game. Click to enlarge.
The 40mm figures were amazingly well painted and combined with the terrain made the agme a joy to play.
In the second half of the game, Hessian reinforcements arrived...
The British drove back our left flank and center through the woods, but took horrible casualties. I commanded the center regiment, and struggled to fall back while maintaining contact with the flanks. Our right flank regiment began to pour fire into the advancing British, but on the left, British Grenadiers moved down a forest track and threatened to turn our entire flank and cut off the road! We had held long enough to allow the rest of the army to escape, but could we now escape ourselves? (Click to enlarge)
A small, rag tag force of militia amazingly held up the British advance on the left flank hill, preventing them from cutting off our entire force! Kudos to my fellow commander, otherwise, my entire regiment would have been lost.
We managed to get our troops off the table by the skin of our teeth as the British still worked around the left flank.
We managed to win a marginal victory, and it was a real nail biter. It was a perfect convention game. The rules were fast the action started early, and the scenario was a lot of fun!While I played in the AWI game, Jack played in a fun looking Star Wars pod racing game. Unfortunately, I did not get any photos of it.
We broke for lunch and ate some not very good ribs in the hotel restaurant.
Stay tuned for more Southern Front action!
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