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Saturday 31 October 2015

THE GREAT WAR: LOOS 1915 HOHENZOLLERN REDOUBT.

Last Thursday, Rick and myself played a scenario from The Great War. This is the WW 1 version of  Commands & Colors/Memoir 44. This was the second time that we had played the scenario. I had played as the British and had almost won the scenario. Rick played the British this time. He was fortunate with the pre game bombardment and his initial hand, which allowed him to advance on a broad front.
The scene just after the No Man's Land Bombardment, just prior to the first move.
View from the German trenches.
 The British advanced en masse. the German bomber unit took out two British units in close combat, but was unable to stem the tide.
British advance in progress. The temporary victory medal shows the extent of the British gains. 
As the British advanced, the Germans concentrated their forces. to protect the high ground. Rick managed his hand well and managed to play three out of the four 'butts and bayonets' cards following close combat attacks by the Germans. This cost casualties that I couldn't afford.
The German forces concentrate to hold back the tide. A solitary bomber unit is left in no man's land after taking out two British units.
The British get a third temporary medal by taking all three trenches. 
The Germans were overwhelmed, but still had a good chance of winning, with the score at 5 medals each. Rick managed to take ot two depleted units to win the game.
End state.
The combination of Action cards and Combat cards is great. It gives lots of potential combinations which keep you on your toes and adds to the fog of war. This is another good game from the C&C stable.

Monday 26 October 2015

ABERDEEN MODEL RAILWAY CLUB EXHIBITION 2015.

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October 2015 saw my annual trip to the AMRC exhibition. As usual, there were a selection of well built displays with a smattering of interest groups and layouts under construction.
Long view of Elgin's layout.
Elgin's Cragganmore layout.
Another couple of views from the Elgin layout.
The first table encountered was the display by the Elgin Club. It featured a line from a whisky distillery to a mainline station. More in a future post.

This house is a veteran of several displays over 11 years.

Next up, Pentland Model Railway Group's Caithreay layout.
Lengthwise shot of the layout.
This is a family based group who tour all the shows. Indeed they had overcome a domestic crisis to attend the show.
Some detail.
Spot the famous TV character.
                    Some views of the Hardley Main Colliery layout. More of this in a future post.
View of the colliery.

View of the village.
Novelty!

Dundee MRC display.

Lego!
Fairground organs. These provided the background music on the Saturday. Not so much on the Sunday!
                                         
This layout was for sale. Didn't have the £450 to hand!
East Neuk MRC.

Aberdeen Wargames Club had three tables. These will be covered in a future post.
Waterloo using C&C Napoleonics with 20mm figures.

Mons Graupius using To The Strongest rules.

Battle of Berlin.

Battle of Berlin Bolt Action.
Aberdeen Modellers Club.

More from AMC

Scalextrics.

Mystery.
I ended up spending my usual amount on painting and other tools at the Squires stand. I also picked up some Vallejo paints and 4Ground terrain at ABZ Games. I attended both days because I had to pass some goodies to my mat, Iain, who had actually managed to get two days off to attend the show for the first time in two years.

It is always an entertaining day (or two) out. Next year is provisionally 29/30 October 2015.

Monday 19 October 2015

PROTECT THE SENATOR! ST: ATTACK WING.

This was a variation on 'Protect the Chancellor' with a Dominion force trying to stop a Romulan senator reaching alliance negotiations.

David's Romulans took the direct route. My J'em Hadar attacked with two patrol ships from the left and a battleship from the right.The battleship took punishment, losing it's shields, during it's flight to intercept the senator's ship. The senator was in the act of beaming to the planet, when his ship was destroyed.


Late stages of the game. The battleship closes in.

The senator's ship uncloaks to beam him down.

Just in time for the battleship to roll its 7 dice. End of game!