Battle Report - Battletech Alpha Strike

 Hello Folks,

Another battle tech game for you, this time trying out my Comstar stuff with a couple of aerospace units for spice, and to see hiw that works. Facing the clans in a fungal crevasse, with the objective of just murder.

After turn 1 advancing to battle. My goal is to split the clan forces using the big central hill and do kill a mech or 2 before they can rejoin.

Turn 2 more advancing, but its dusk so still not really able to start shooting.

Next turn I jump the hill and focus fire, leaving just the sentinel on the left as the baot mech, he died faster then expected thou.

Taking some cover and hammering out shots, Managed to down a mad cat.

But next turn black knight gets killed, pretty much trading off at this point.

Trying to keep king crab alive and dishing out damage.

Battle spreads back into the left of the hill, trying to focus dien hellbringer now. Which does work, the aerospace guys come8ng in clutch.

But loose the crab next turn.

Trying to focus on direwolf now, loose another mech.

The corsairs can bring this game back thou.

Final turn, the clans shoot down an aerospace fighter, but I get the direwolf. That puts me slightly up on murder points, si a minor victory for Comstar! 

Back to doing not at all suspicious experiments on a fungal planet...

Thanks;

Mike

Club Report - Saga Age of Vikings

 Hello Folks,

Another club day done. Few different games this week, but for me it was Saga Age of Vikings.

I decided to try out the Vikings! Don't think i have tried them in the new version, facing off against Norms Norman's. We went fir the always fun random mission and got:

Unknown lands
Meeting encounter
Unknown length
Fog
Target

So seems like to armies wandering in to each other in the fog and having a big scrap!

Here's the set up, I was the first player so I set up the 4 terrain pieces I brought, and we set uo our armies within 12 of the points we chose. Oh and the targets, I chose the closer cav unit, and the Norman's chose my betsekers, assuming the planned to die anyway (correct they did)

Vikings turn 1, manuver up and get ready for action.

Norman's advanced up with allot of stuff. Prevented from shooting due to fog, but managed a big cavalry charge. Good luck for me only 4 warriors died so I keep my saga dice!

Turn 3 for me I got my 2 lightning bolts dice, and so it was ragnarok time! Everything on the table looses an armor and my charges are free, mayhem! The Norman cav retreated out if range, but my 8 hearth guard repeatedly charged the Fleishman mercenaries until they were killed, and my warriors did in the levy archers after many a charge. 

Missed a picture, but the Norman's git very bad saga dice and has to spend a turn recovering and setting up. I then dud similar moving up into range. Crazily I got the dice fir ragnarok again but saved them for next turn.

Norman's hit back hard, killing a hearth with crossbows, and absolutely destroying a warrior unit with cav.

On my turn I got the perfect dice for the berserkers ti di their thing, so they went t8 vallhalla, and took the cav along. My hearth guard repeatedly charged the crossbows killing them all but reduced to 1.

At this point annoyingly the table collapsed! And I missed the last few pictures. Luckily only a few of my guys got damaged and none of Norms so not that bad, and we could reset and continue.

But basically the norman cav killed my warrior unit by my warlord. After the mathematics phase I was up by 4 points. But I think we may have not got my fatigue right during the ragnarok charges soa6be best to think of it as a tie.

Anyway very fun game! Much murder, akwa6s great to play with Norm!

As always other games going on:

Small Art de la Guerre

Other Saga game, looks like moors vs someone?

Big ADLG

Stargrave!

Thanks;

Mike

Battle Report - Star Wars!

 Hello Folks,

Star Wars time! Finally got around to trying out Star Wars with Duncan and Stan. I took my droids, and Duncan has the emperor and his perso al guard supported with Stan's Storm Troopers.

Unfortunately it git to exciting and only 8 got 4 pictures. I rember it as being more but my phone disagrees.

Here's the set up, grevious and the droids marching out to stick it to the empire. Lots of terrain fresh off the printer so not painting just yet.

After turn 1 both sides moving into range. Except the speeder bikes which have devastated a unit of droids!

Some time later after some storm troopers have died the emperors guard decide to fight grevious! It took awhile but Hrevious eventually killed them with 1 wound left.

There was a great moment were the emperor used his anger card to delay grevious from fighting.

End of the game, the droids got mustvof the empire troops down, but the emperor went crazy and blasted like everyone with lightning, leaving just grevious and the super droids. The droids finshed the emperor so that's that.

Star Wars legion was quite fun so bound ti be more to come!

Thanks;

Mike

Battle Report - Panthers vs Guards Heavy Tanks

 Hello Folks,

Another battle done, this time flames of war Bagration game. We both ended up going for heavy tanks, I took a platoon of panthers and one of tigers, facing a guards heavy tank company with IS-2 and an IS-85 platoon.

Also this game made me realize they made tigers better and panthers worse, so they are almost the same now.

Almost Christmas so I sent up a nice winter table, I knew before hand the russians never had a horde so assumed Russian heavies so I figured the smaller board would be good.

For the mission annihilation, the spirit of Christmas and all that.

Russians get the inactive after spearheading forwards. But their luck is pretty bad and only bail 1 panther.

Also like all the t34, big down in the woods. To many Christmas decorations?

German return fire is devastating, the russians have lots of armor, but roll lots of 1s.

Shooting back they kill a panther! On my turn the tigers flank to wipe out the t34s. This is a game for big tanks only!

Russians keep uo the fire, but mostly IS-85s left that can't easily penetrate. Still kill a panther and get a bail.

Tigers flanking through the wood, and 1 bogs! That is a dangerous woods. Other wise keep chopping away at the IS-85s.

Russians finish the platoon of panthers. Using shoot and scoot to try and stay to cover.

Tigers managed to flank around and get the last platoon, while the marders get the commanders. So a victory fir the Germans.

Mostly due to very bad turn 1 luck but that's how it goes. Fun game never the less.

Thanks;

Mike

Painting Update - Macedonians Wave 2

 Hello All,

Got another bit of painting done, basically have finished of this Saga army, although I have a few more pikes and some javelins I could do if I wanted.

Cataphracts:

Annoyingly these come in a set of 6 but they seemed easy so I did all 6 anyway. They are pretty nice but the hole for the spear is way bigger then the provided spears!

More Pikes:

Decided to bit a bit more adventurous on the colors for these ones.

Anyway thats now 4 points of warriors, 2.5 of cav and an elephant, plus my other greeks gives some options to play around with.

Bought: 135

Painted: 211

Total: 76

Thanks;

Mike

Battle Report - Flames of War

 Hello Folks,

Time for another club day report. Today I decided to di something different and managed to arrange a couple of Flames of War games!

Game 1: US Assault Conpany vs Germans in Scouts Out 

Here's turn 1 for me. This mission has us starting in the corners and attacking across with delayed reserves. I decided I'm an assault company so that's how it will be, so doubled both units uo behind terrain.

Germans advancing and trying to get a few shots.

Turn 2 into the woods getting ready to assault, backed up by the Sherman's.

Germans pressing in close to the woods and pinning my unit.

Turn 3 tank destroyers come on from reserve. In the right wood, I fail to understand pin, but I'm a just barely in assault range on the far woods. So I move across and push out the German infantry 

Germans assault in the close woods, after killing my flame thrower with machine guns. And bring on 4 StugGs from reserve. Also bail out a few tanks with anti-tank guns.

I pushed another assault in the far woods and clean up that infantry platoon, but not really getting what I want with the StugGs.

Germans hit back getting some good damage against my tanks leave just 2 bailed put tanks. But my infantry is safe in the woods.

Even more action, my tanks keep in the game, and managed to bail 2 StugGs, that puts an assault into the picture! I gladly take that option and see of the StugGs! So many fun assaulting this game.

The Germans easily kill my remaining tanks, as have heavy machibe guns covering the objective. It's clear no one will be able to take an objective, so we decided ti call it a draw and move to a second game so everyone gets a go. Very fun game thou.

Game 2: StugG battery vs British Tanks in Free for All

Brits advance bur not much action. O let off my tank riders and move out. But no great luck.

Brits laying down fire, killing a rocket Artillery and getting some bails.

I'm using blitz and shoot and scoot to fire and get back in cover, which is working but my shots are not hitting! 

Places and fireflies doing some damage.

The Brits are easily able to clean up my tanks, and break my company. Jib dine pretty quick there!

As usual a few shots of the other games:

Thanks;

Mike