Thursday, 9 October 2025

Battle Report - Bolt Action

 Hello Folks,

This past weekend was a club day, got another game of bolt action. British 8th army vs Germans.

Rolled for mission and got:

Seek and destroy

Quarters

Meeting engagement


So murder with troops deploying turn 1 in opposite table quarters.



Here's the end of turn 1, just units moving on really not much shooting. 25lber on the hill, 2lber anti-tank gun looking down the road, infantry spreading out.


Lucky shot from my Artillery took out a German gun almost right away. On the right flank I advanced a squad into a house. On the left I had 2 been carries bring up some small vet squads. That went badly... 1 squad got a FUBAR and ran off the table.


Turn 3 various moving around and shooting. Right flank guys in the house defending against 2 German squads behind the hill. Moving another squad to the fence to support the vets. My crusader git bombed by German Artillery fire and was immobilized, and my humbler was forced back as well.


Turn 4 no huge changes, smaller units on each side are getting killed off, pretty even so far. But German Artillery is now ranged in on my fence guys.


Those fence guys failed to move due to pins and got flattened. With my vets being lost as well things are becoming bad.


In the end the Germans scored a solid victory. I dint think the Artillery platoon is worth it vs mortars and machine guns, but gun to see the models. Hopefully will gave some SAS jeeps painted for next time!

Either wag looking forward to the next bolt action day.



Big Gane of pillage 


Fantastic battles I think


Thanks;

Mike


Saturday, 6 September 2025

Battle Report - Cleanse the Tau

 Hello All,

Today was 40k say at Fandom, so of course I have another 3rd ed battle to report on. This time around I decided to take my very old Tau army, probably thd oldest full army I still have. Facing off against the Storm Giants marine chapter.

We decided to do a cleanse mission, always a classic.



Here's the set up, I have my heavy hotting broadside on point, fire warriors to hold the center, kroot and more warriors to flank other quarters, and battle suits to jet around and kill.


I got the first turn, shook the vindicator so is couldn't shoot next turn, killed the rhino and spread out a bit, bringing up my suits.


Giants mostly stay still and fire, but have extremely bad luck, only killing 2 fire warriors.


Next turn for me, broadside get vindicator so 1 problem solved. Then I start chipping away terminators and marines. Still have a dreadnought problem as well.


Still I would say things are going very well.


Couple turns later terminators and dread get a charge into the broadside crushing both. Hmm.


New plan falling back and shooting. Effective plasma fire from the crisis suits gets the terminators, with the exception of the force commander. I brought the kroot out of hiding to get a few shots, and had the blue fire warriors flank the dread, hopping fir a lucky rear shot. Which fails.


Kroot immedatly, both fire warrior units in assaults. Uh not exactly how commander pure tide taught...


Marines with a power fist catch the crisis suits. 


In the end all the tau died, only unit left that could score was the dread. So he claims a quarter, marine victory!

Very fun game, came out quite close despite thd bad start. Force commander was on 1 wound. I could have at least got a draw if I was more careful with the suits at the end. A yway more 40k next month, Time fir more necrons!

Thanks;

Mike 

Monday, 1 September 2025

Painting Update - Desert Rats

 Hello Folks,


Been working on some additions to my new bolt action army to bring up the points so here is all of that:


Here's the full army.


Some carriers and small squads to put in them. Something fast maybe to go get objectives?


Crusader, to cool looking of a tank to not get 1. Annoyingly seems to be 1 of thd few with no plastic kit.


Artillery platoon, annoyingly metal, have already dropped and broke the 25lber once, anti-tank gun is not as bad but still be great from them to have some plastic gun kits.

Finally some officers, medic, observer either monkey and a extra machine gun.


Haven't totaled up thd points but I assume this is enough for a full game maybe a couple options.


Have some Afrika korps to do as well whenever I feel like it!


Thanks;

Mike

Saturday, 9 August 2025

Battle Report - 3rd ed 40k Blood Angels vs Iron Warriors

 Hello Folks,

Today was 40k day at Fandom so more gaming going down. Blood Angels vs Iron Warriors, decided to try out the frontal assault mission in the Blood Angels book. Blood Angels get double points for kills, Iron warriors get regular points for kills and points for surviving.


Here's the set up, Iron warriors deployed to defend, Blood Angels set up with lots of terminators and assault Marines in deep strike reserves. All my Sargeant have teleport homers.


Post turn 1, I achieved my turn 1 goal of killing the vinducator, can't have they around when the deep strikers come in. Iron warriors get my Scouts, a rhino, and to many marines.


Turn 2 I get all my reserves, which is badly needed. Raptors finish off my tactical then move on to assault Commander Dante with 2 guys left.


Dante proves his worth by rolling 5 1s and is then taken to 1 wound.


Fire on my reserves is brutal but i still feel I'm in a good place. The dread died, but he tanked a crazy amount of firepower, and killed 2 tanks so can't really fault the guy.


Assaulting time! Nothing goes particularly well. Even the assault terminators aren't crushing it.


Eventually push through the front line, the Iron warriors terminators dread demon prince and obliterators reform ready fir round 2.


More shooting up of marines.


Round 2 go. Chaos terminators crush my regular terminators, but the 1 assault guy and remanat of an assault squad can take them. Dante is doing mediocre against the demon prince, doing 1 wound I think the first time when has furious charge and is buffed by the priest. Also was hoping my assault boys could 1 round the 5 devistators but no...


I'm not stuck in here with you, your stuck here with me.


The demon prince kills Dante eventually, in the end most stuff is dead. We both have like 300-400 points left, but the way the points work that os a solid Blood Victory.

Leave to the reader to decide if that's fair, bit felt like a draw to me.

Dante did not perform at all, most of my assault troops took to long to do their job. But my shooting was oddly on point.

Anyway plan to try out tau for the next day.


Thanks;

Mike












Sunday, 3 August 2025

Battle Report - Bolt Action

 Hello Folks,

Games day at the club, finally got around to playing some Bolt Action and trying out the 8th army. Also the new British book is just out so using that as well.

Only have 700 points painted so ding that, rolled for mission and got demolition or something, a base on each deployment zone get a no-vehicle unit there and roll a 4+ to destroy it and win.


End of turn 1, just moving units on. It's a great way to deploy. Both sides are using 2 infantry squads to attack with heavy weapons to defend.


Round 2 the real game starts, my light mortar almost imnedatly rolls a 6 ti land a shot on a German mmg team killing it. Else mostly advancing, German cav pushes up behind a building, and my mmg looses a guy.


Turn 3 things heat up, the German falschimjager squad moves into the open and gets badly shot up, I roll crazy dice German cav assaults my at rifle and easily kills it, but my officer teams assaults back rolls all kills leaving 1 cav left but getting killed. Infantry advances forward.


Turn 4 getting dangerous, Both sides have an infantry unit within striking distance of the enemies base. Matilda is trying to shoot up the German elite troops but they are tough.


Turn 5, fallschimjager get on my objective, and I can't stop them. So only option fir me is to run my squad o  the enemy base and try to Winn the roll off. A German mmg behind the building is on overwatch however. This gets 6 kills! I fail morale and the rest run. Next turn the Germans blow my base.

Very fun game, turn out elite troops are better assaulting objectives then regulars who knew.

Really enjoying bolt action 3, have to paint more stuff and play more games!

Also some pillage happening.


Thanks;

Mike

Monday, 21 July 2025

Tournament Report - The Old World at Red Dragon

 Hello Folks,

Went to a Old World tournament at Red Dragon thus past weekend, so here is the usual report.

Tried out my new Wood Elf army for the first time, so lots of mistakes made and things learned but had fun!

Game 1: vs Nuln in Field of Glory



First game was against the empire with all the warmachines. Not super allot to say about this one, first turn luck was not for me and the damage was devastating. Lost my wild riders, lv mage, waywatcher ect..

I tried to go heavy on 1 flank but leave a bit elsewhere to keep things pinned. Wouldn't mind a second try against this list to be honest.


Bug holes getting blasted in the elven lines.


Trying to advance and do some shooting.

Missing the last picture but I got wiped out, vert devastating loss by over 2000 points.


Game 2: vs High Elves in Chance Encounter


Game 2 fighting high elves, mission is to vo trol the table quarters, and murder of course.

My thinking is they are better at fighting the me so shoot em up, send the wardancers in to tease for as many sword masters as possible, and try have the wild riders charge with good timing.


Turn 1 for the high elves, or evil elves if you prefer. Elysian reavers charged my Scouts but just barely didn't make it in. Wizard made the sword masters ethereal, and sone scattered shooting.


This is a few turns later I guess. But various cars charging my Scouts on the right and having a hard go to be honest. Eagles all dead, but distraction treenen are helping me win the shooting war. Wardancer went around the sword masters, as they can't hurt them if the are ghosts and started cutting up the soft high under belly. 

If the wild riders can charge the sword guts at a time they are not ethereal I think I'm ok of not I dunno.


Elves pushing up the middle, cav killing scout unit but getting chipped away. Enough good luck for me and bad saves whittled them away.


Rangers not really wanting to fight ethereal sword master magic away. But the sword master muscat the spell and got dimensional cascaded. Maybe that was the turn before actually?


Wild riders ended up having to charge ethereal sword masters, but a few lived, I'll take it.

Finally the cav found the arcane booking archers that could penetrate their armor and got killed. Swird masters charge the rangers without ethereal and loose. I was quote surprised there, but I just had the numbers.

In the end was a big win for the true elves.


Game 3: vs more high elves in king of the hill


King if the hill, need a core unit to stand in the middle to score points. All my core are fragile archer units hmm.. Still I scouted my wardancers in wood in front of silver Helms which seemed fun. Also got a archer unit in the back. 


High Elves go first, Reavers ride over to counter my Scouts, knights charge. I think I traded 1 dancer for 1 knight and left the standing right infront of the Wild riders, accide try worked out.


My turn, plauge of rust are arcane booking turn out to be bad news for the Dragon princes on the hill. Like wise the wild riders ride diwn the knights. Thought that would be harder.


High Elves decided to get their birds involved. General o  griffion charges my archers, who win and push him back. Pheonix flies over the riders and kills half of en. Ouch

My turn again, trekking charge the Spearman and kill a few but break, the spears change facing to confront the wild riders. Griffion continues to struggle, archery duel on the left flank, bird deep on the right.

Rest of the pics didn't save, but despite only the wild rider banner surviving the initial contact he eventually gets all of em! I clean up the archers, the griffion eats 1 unit but not a second.

Enter the final math phase, difference of only 8 points! A draw after a great game.


Very fun tournament! 

3 2k games is a bit long thou I would personally prefer a bit less points a bit faster games, anyways great to try out the wood elves look forward to the next small tournament.


Thanks;

Mike