Greeks vs Persians 15mm solo game.

Over the past two nights I have been fighting a15mm solo game using my Globally acclaimed Red Pom-Pom rules!! What better way to spend a cold winter's night than playing with your self and a glass of rum?????

 These two photo's show the table layout with the Persians nearest the edge and the Greeks facing-the Persian army had Elephants and Scythed Chariots!!-these proved to be a bit of a nuisance to the Greeks!

These two photo's show the flanks,top one shows the Greeks being attacked early on,whilst on the other flank a steady advance throws the Greek command into a bit of a "TIZ!"

The Persian line advances-medium infantry(axemen) in front-the left flank is engaged now hindering the advance of the large Spartan phalanx!

Elephant charge disperses the Greek light cavalry,whilst the other two are advancing onto the Greek Peltasts-but what of the scythed chariots??

They are heading at break neck speed towards the Spartans-this will be interesting!!

On the other flank the chariots and Elephants have smashed their way in to the rear of the Greeks-the Spartans eventually neutralised the chariots hurled at them,and started their advance on the main Persian line-I'm sweating now-time for another Rum!!!

Top photo shows the Spartans re-organising themselves and still unable to move because of the cavalry battle going on on their flank!

The main battle in the centre is hotting up,with both sides supporting their front line,the Persians are suffering badly,and with both flank cavalry battles being lost,and the Spartans at last able to move,all looks lost!

One last shot of the table showing the state of the Persians,and the Spartans about to roll them up!-This was another exciting game where I can decide what the Generals would do in "real life" and not fight to the last man if an avenue of escape is present.A very happy new year to you all,I'm looking forward to some great games(solo and club) in 2025.

Last game of the year.

Last night,myself,Andy,Graham and Brian had an exciting game pitting Vikings against Saxons.

The game was a simple attack(Vikings) defence(Saxons) one with the Saxons holding a small village,whilst the Vikings,landing from their ships,attempted to grab the village and burn and pillage to their hearts content!!

 The Vikings have landed-Brian and Andy put up a good defence against them,resulting in my force being heavily beaten,however my ally,Graham, had another ship coming onto the board filled with Elite troops-would he see the plight I was in and send them to help?

NO!!! was the answer-he has landed and used them to help his already victorious horded!!! leaving me to battle on against impossible odds-oh woe is me(or should that be Wodin is me??)

Brian is contemplating his next move-both Brian and Andy's dice throwing were little short of miraculous sending the  Vikings rushing back to their ships in a certain amount of disarray!!

Back to the ships!!-this was a good game,enjoyed by us all-we are looking forward to 2025 now and lots more games,hopefully Paul and Dave will be back with us then-happy new year to all out there,lets hope it will be a peaceful one.

APOLOGY!!!!

In my last night's blog I said our "New" member was called Eddy-no he isn't he's called ANDY-my apologies,put it down to old age!!!!! 

Update.

I haven't blogged for a while,so I though I would just do a small update to prove we are still alive!

 Last night we had a WW2 game at Dave's mansion,and our latest recruit turned up(we met him at Middlesbrough)-as previously stated WW2 doesn't hold much interest for me,but the spectacle and the banter was good(so was the coffee and bickies!)

Dave,Nick,and Eddy (new recruit) surveying their troops(Russian) before the game started,Paul and Brian were Germans,opposing them.

The objective,a small Industrialised town-occupied by Germans-the Russian had to take it to win.

A Tiger,I am reliably informed(it got knocked out by an inferior Russian tank later on in the game!)

Brian's position being stormed by infantry and tanks-he resisted them well!

Nick's assault on the town won the day! this was an exciting game to watch,and I assume to play in-well done to Dave for putting on such a show.

I have been having a variety of solo games to keep myself amused in this awful weather................

A 7YW battle which took all day,very enjoyable,using all the figures I have.

English Civil War game,fought over the same terrain,but with a different outcome!

A WW1 aerial game-good fun and so unpredictable,using my old rules(simple ones)

Due to nick and Dave and myself not being able to play next week,our next game will be our Xmas game on the 22nd-looking forward to that(I may put on a mid-week game if possible.)

Battleground 2024

 More views of a great show

And my purchases included these beauties

Finally, big thanks to Colonel Bill's, their last show

They're still online so don't forget to show support folks

Battleground show report.

Braving wind,snow and rain,we travelled down to Middlesbrough to attend Pendraken's annual show,but at a new location,this year.Everything was great,free entry,free parking,and good demo/participation games-we put on our award winning Khambula game,which attracted many keen Zulu enthusiasts as well as general interested "punters"-Traders seemed to be doing well and the bring and buy was very busy all day!

Setting up the game,and our display of Zulu and British weapons/books etc.

We talked and talked and talked!!-this is such an interesting period to all sorts of people,due to the two famous films,"ZULU" and "ZULU DAWN"-when the action started,even more people were drawn to our table-watching the game and handling the authentic weapons.

Action-the game followed very closely the actual battle-the Zulus getting a right old bashing!!-we talked the action through with the bystanders,many of them were fans of the period,who understood the tactics and history of the period.

Graham had to sit down after spending too much money_we all did!!

Nearly three o'clock and the B and B is still doing great business-the crowd is thinning out now,but we are still attracting interested punters!

Nearly time to pack up and head back North!!

A good day was had by all,wallets were emptied and friendships renewed-with the possibility of a new member-we shall see!!