Corner 1, Rommel (Sam Mustafa), 10mm early WW2 Russian Front
Very nice looking game, saw Ian trying to educate a few players regarding Sam Mustafa's WW2 “Rommel” rules. I admit that I am interested enough to dust my copy of the rules off, especially for early WW2 10/12 mm.
Far corner 2, Congo
Nice looking game, without any loud expletives were heard, but maybe he was just muttering them under his breath.
Across the way John Dixon and co played a 15mm ECW game (sorry no pics).
Next up we had Frostgrave, Greek Mythology
Malcolm, Rob and Tony played several 28mm “Mythical Greek” scenarios using Frostgrave. Simon was most impressed that Tony had both the rules and the WSS magazines open at the correct pages. That said Simon thought he was just looking at the pictures! Pretty looking game, even if “animal identification” was wanting a little. At one point Malcolm said that sadly one of the Greek characters had been killed by a giant ram, but when pointing to the site of the incident, all that could see was a large bear!?
Tony’s large Greek Temple also came into action in the 2nd scenario and mighty impressive it looked too.
It’s nice to see the Frostgrave rules, which are incredibly simple, used for a different genre.
Too Fat Lardies, Sharp Practice 2, Peninsular
Simon and Phil played a nice looking game of SP2 set in the Peninsula. Simon's surly French conscripts had to capture a Spanish priest and the British had to stop them . The game opened well for the French and they were able to march briskly down the road and take the objective. Then things got a bit sticky……Phil managed to get 24 of his elite Light infantry into short musket range of two of my units. 27 dice hitting on a 2-6 (Controlled volley + 'first fire'). OUCH! Miraculously my two units survived. Simon then tried to get his dragoons to charge the British rifles on the left flank.This was a bit “do or die” and the result was “die”……or more accurately retire and then break. Next turn another 27 dice crashed into the French infantry. Result one broken infantry unit and one retiring at full speed.
However all was redeemed by Simon's reserve unit snatching the priest and sprinting back towards the deployment point and victory.
This French Peninsular “victory” was bought in true Col H’Villams style. OK, the British had sadly failed to secure the objective, in the process losing one casualty, Private Higgins. The French had snatched the prize, from under the noses of the British, but leaving a trail of dead and wounded strewn across the field. When asked about the casualty rate, after the action, Col H’Villams was said to be saddened, but mainly about the cost of equipping and transporting new conscripts to the front!?
