ECW - Victory without Quarter

Had  a rare Saturday off this month so I decided that it was high time we tried out "Victory Without Quarter", by Clarence Harrison, a fine set of ECW rules available on the net for free!
I found them about a year ago and mentioned them to a few of the club gamers. It generated some interest and a bit of rebasing on the part of some.
So this past Saturday we gave it a try.
I used a few modifications. With some 32 units on the table, I wanted to speed things up in the initial movement. So I made a small brigade deck. One card per brigade, 2 artillery cards and 2 end turn cards(both have to come up for th eturn to end). When the cav got in charge range we went to the standard deck. (which still had the 2 turn end cards)

The game really went well, with some very aggressive Royalist attacks. It went back and forth a few times but the Royalist held the upper hand in the end, almost 2:1 in units remaining.

Everyone enjoyed the quick play of the rules. Probably the best ECW game we've had in years.
So units will be rebased as we prepare for our next big game.

Starting Positions

New Curassiers

Facing the Royalist line

Cav battle that went on for some 5 cards

Facing the Parliamentarian Line

 

the Roundheads flee!

Gone South! The Gold of the Sierras,Wild West Game

Down Mexico way, an old prospector had finally struck gold in an old abandoned mine from Aztec times. Unfortunately he was a bit to celebratory about his find and word got out to the local Mexican officials. In particular those loyal to the Republican cause against the Emperor Maximilian and his French bullies. So they kicked out the old prospector and took over the mine, after all the fight against tyranny needs cash!
So after months of digging a large cache of gold is ready for pickup.
A regular Mexican officer and a local leader of the militia have been dispatched to get the gold and take it to Juarez.
But, word of the mine has leaked out to the French, who have dispatched Capt Gerome to pick it up. However, Sgt Schultz of the Legion has decided that some of his Legionnaire friends need to 'help' the dear Capt. and his regulars.
Also on the way, is Cool Hand Eli along with Slim and Big John. All desperadoes from Arizona who have been listening to an old prospector.
But let us not leave out the Mexican Bandit Valdez, wanted by everyone for many many crimes. Who recently ambushed a load of dynamite that was heading for the mine.
Of course know one knows of the missing town folk and the small tremors in the area.

Mexican Regular Officer

Mexican Militia Hero Antonio

Capt Gerome

Sgt Schultz

Cool Hand's boys

The infamous Valdez

The Gang

Game Moves

Valdez smells gold and his nemesis Cool Hand!

Big John's Rowdies ride into town, shootin and hollerin

Cool Hand's wagons roll into town, there seems to be an unspoken truce between the Republicans and the Amrericans

Lots of deliberation among the Mexican Commanders

French Advance

Cap Gerome to Sgt Schultz on his left, "Why are you running to the mine? The fight is this way!

Cool Hand and Valdez fight over the wagons of gold.

The legion snipes at the Juaristas

While Capt Gerome goes after the gold wagons as well.

Sgt Schultz arrives at the gold mine. It is mine all mine!

Suddenly out of the mine, horrors!

Great worms erupt from the ground.

The worms are attracted by the loud fire of the cannon.

And the fire of the gatling.

Get what gold we have and get out! A cry heard throughout the table.

With Worms and horrors everywhere, Valdez's last fighter cannot forget and old grudge against Cool Hand and lights the dynamite. But is shoot down and goes in a great blast that attract the worms.

Gamemaster Mike laughs! What did you expect it is October after all. And the 'Aztec Shrine' was an obvious clue!

 

Ah it was a great game! In the end Sgt Schultz and Cool Hand tied for the most Gold. Though the Jauristas had  preformed well as had Cap Gerome who feared no slimy worm! And the dreaded Valdez as usual had succeeded in raising Hell!

Wild West Game on the Way

So I got the urge to run a Western game this October. Gathered a bit of terrain and laid the table out. Should fill an 8x6 table. Pleased to know that I had plenty of terrain. No details yet, game should be in a week or two. The scenario is still hush hush.

28mm Warmaster: Orcs are ready.

For years I've been planning to build 28mm armies for Warmaster. Whenever I saw a box of the 6th edition Warhammer starter box, I picked it up. One day I would do it. Well that day has come! Well at least stage 1, some 1200 points of Orcs.
Each unit is 3 stands, each stand 50mmx50mm
8 Units of Orcs
2 Units of Black Orcs
2 Units of Boar Riders
1 Orc General
1 Orc Hero
1 Orc Wizard
Stage 2 is 1200 points of Empire.
Stage 3 up the Orcs to 2000 points (add those missing Gobbos)
Stage 4 up the Empire to 2000 points

Giant from Michael's

Lots of Orc Boyz

Black Orcs

Boar Riders

Orc God 'Spitfire'

Greek War of Independence

Here's a picture of a small, very small Greek Monastery that I built years ago, for my Greek War of Independence project. The project has been gathering dust for years, but now Steve Barber has released
new figures for the period. So I may have to take up the cause of Greece again.

Figures are Dixon 25mm

Mech Rumble pics

Game went pretty well. Charlie Traylor's 40K industrial terrain went quite well with my industrial HO buildings. A little tweaking and we should have another game this month.

After 17 years the Mechs are back. Big Mechs that is!

So after 17 years gathering Dust in my garage, I am finally pulling out the old Mech game to run this Sunday at Treefort. A beer and pretzel game that we use to play when I worked at a Comic/Games/Anime store
in the last century. Last time it saw the light of day was at Warfare in Atlant  1997. A few pics of the Mechs from various shows.