Historical Miniature Wargames
Heikki brought something different to the last club night, a smashing board game called U-boot. It is a co-operative game for 2-4 players who are trying to keep a German submarine afloat. Our first mission was a success. 20,000 tons sunk, and as the navigator I got lost only twice. The game relies on an app to act as the …
Kim and I visited Salute and picked up a copy of the new tank rules from Two Fat Lardies: “What a Tanker!” With Eero, Petri and Kim we had a few eastern front games, BTs vs T-34s (Finns in the BTs), PzII and PzJgr I vs T-34, and Matildas and T-34s vs a behemoth of a tank destroyer, Jagdtiger. Much …
After summer holidays it was time for some naval action, this time with David Manley’s rather spiffing Form Line of Battle rules. Three ships a side, Swedes against Russians. Fun and furious game, but it might make sense to adjust the boarding rules to make it even more difficult to grapple and board enemy ships. The Swedes managed to lose …
Russian revolution 100 theme. And while the rest of the Gemi crew is in a convention in Helsinki, I am chumming with the good people of Pendraken. Me and Leon, to quote “perfect radio faces”.
The Soviet spearhead advanced into Finland. The Finns torched any buildings that could offer shelter the invaders, blew up all the bridges and felled trees to slow down the Soviets. The first phase of the battle was a cavalry advance by the Russians. This forced the Finns to deploy most of their troops on the table. The cavalry then retreated …
We fought the first battle in our Winter of No Surrender campaign. The Red Army crossed the border at Rajajoki with two sections of border guards and a section of engineers. The battle ended in a major Finnish victory.
Heikki organised a CoC game based on a historical WW2 battle with a long range Finnish patrol fighting NKVD troops. History was reversed, the Finns launched furious charges and decimated the Soviets with their SMG fire. Heavy casualties all round. On another table Petri’s confederates trashed Eero’s Union army in a 1861 Longstreet game. As usual.
We were having a go at Napoleonics with Jim. 200 points of Spanish vs French in an early Peninsular game. The Spanish hordes managed to hold their lines and beat back the higher quality French. Very nice game, the system is one of our favourites.
A short video from our roving reporter of the games he found praiseworthy on his visit to Salute at London ExCel centre.
A quick snap of another battalion of Pendraken 10 mm figures from the League of Augsburg range. Walloons in the French army.