tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74600414471980019902024-03-04T22:54:07.958-08:00Rally Round the FlagThis blog is devoted to one of my many passions, Table top (mostly historical) war gaming. I am a member of several forums devoted to gaming. My hope is that with this blog instead of posting my many projects in multiple areas I can post them all here and then share via links.
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Aaronafilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-90799467139601236232022-04-28T08:31:00.002-07:002022-04-28T10:33:55.519-07:00HMGS-Midwest Little Wars 2022<p> This past week end over five hundred gamers gathered near Chicago for Little Wars 2022. This was the first event I attended post Covid mask and social distancing requirements. It was great to see many familiar faces and roll dice again.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFtvKrIE7jL1guWkRVGvF-UWMMSbPovG8tEW-qifldV83klHk_UA7AI2e4fZSEjRoU4KQAq3LW_FTOT4dS7coRNTT6O9tDnglzJvbLe0bvCf_3_cifHgBy-WQdoncOMWgiMYpy2bHw-4UK3kqxGB4oz2lTYpBd3Wr2Le5gsPQktPEOPk7paJVbbO3/s2048/276269110_5175883715809506_9014766045214216427_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFtvKrIE7jL1guWkRVGvF-UWMMSbPovG8tEW-qifldV83klHk_UA7AI2e4fZSEjRoU4KQAq3LW_FTOT4dS7coRNTT6O9tDnglzJvbLe0bvCf_3_cifHgBy-WQdoncOMWgiMYpy2bHw-4UK3kqxGB4oz2lTYpBd3Wr2Le5gsPQktPEOPk7paJVbbO3/w309-h400/276269110_5175883715809506_9014766045214216427_n.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><p>Little wars was held at a new venue, the Sheraton in Lisle, IL. Gamers as well as vendors were out in force. The were over 160 games run over the course of the weekend and a very large vendor area set up in one of the atriums with a huge selection of new as well as used gaming related items.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FXbU2VTpfnCX2t6FUaoux7MMRkHoot61fu308ZgujPEX4PhSowXfAMfX4xQhJXotiiTneY_YPWU0SmQ5ppoVYvcmOM9GRJCzKhHTOQpxU5-_IitEEuGH1LRgYy9Pw1DMCgOiT1lvQ7SLgf02VP4qNgSfV3CKCvSyxRqRq2JvHfYiqTDbJNsmYX-Z/s1084/277743742_5019067154846072_3970366091820749622_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="1084" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FXbU2VTpfnCX2t6FUaoux7MMRkHoot61fu308ZgujPEX4PhSowXfAMfX4xQhJXotiiTneY_YPWU0SmQ5ppoVYvcmOM9GRJCzKhHTOQpxU5-_IitEEuGH1LRgYy9Pw1DMCgOiT1lvQ7SLgf02VP4qNgSfV3CKCvSyxRqRq2JvHfYiqTDbJNsmYX-Z/w400-h195/277743742_5019067154846072_3970366091820749622_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Schedule of events</td></tr></tbody></table><div>This year I signed up to host four events based on the naval battles of the Russo-Japanese War (RJW). I ran two iterations of the Battle of Ulsan, one on Friday afternoon and one Saturday morning. I also ran the larger battles of Yellow Sea, Friday afternoon/evening and Tsushima Saturday afternoon/evening.</div><p><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Battle of Ulsan-First Iteration</span></u></b></p><p><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">August 14, 1904 As the Japanese lay siege and close in on Port Arthur from the Land the Russian Navy's First Pacific Squadron made an attempt to sortie and escape. Admiral Togo and the Imperial Japanese Navy was waiting for them though. At the same time a Russian Cruiser squadron sortied from the base at Vladivostok to join forces with the First Pacific Squadron. They were intercepted in route. This is your chance to command....can you change history or will it repeat itself?</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLjQID8mWdhI4OSIUgJMp9lDPqCo08K2bJCRMlOTL0hpqZjuZc32ONILsmmUdXQ-KJkra-pqQy8cOi-Q3oFTLCSkfebfiXCezCGndtZ_G5v3jNbjD79BQDhk9cepndxflkyePqp28NdS7aUd24CfTslLPIhxFLxzLXkpHibaJgPTHZXheV2XRqRg4/s3088/IMG_7503.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLjQID8mWdhI4OSIUgJMp9lDPqCo08K2bJCRMlOTL0hpqZjuZc32ONILsmmUdXQ-KJkra-pqQy8cOi-Q3oFTLCSkfebfiXCezCGndtZ_G5v3jNbjD79BQDhk9cepndxflkyePqp28NdS7aUd24CfTslLPIhxFLxzLXkpHibaJgPTHZXheV2XRqRg4/w400-h266/IMG_7503.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opening shots as the Russians Engage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-GxW4uWDhgHR0gJgjaW3kArt-DEalbzyy3KA0ZjuALPOlIzpLNIVXvgKBlX2cCHTs7zixMqu_MHQCO7o2r6cfq8pKnmObEc_fQy-8G_S-Sp-1PrCurkNEWXUxysNsUir2nXaVF3qQIEIKMO1m9nZt1-tgB27YLTp-uAa7qb-HDo2hezf6xAfn6rw/s3088/IMG_7506.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-GxW4uWDhgHR0gJgjaW3kArt-DEalbzyy3KA0ZjuALPOlIzpLNIVXvgKBlX2cCHTs7zixMqu_MHQCO7o2r6cfq8pKnmObEc_fQy-8G_S-Sp-1PrCurkNEWXUxysNsUir2nXaVF3qQIEIKMO1m9nZt1-tgB27YLTp-uAa7qb-HDo2hezf6xAfn6rw/w400-h266/IMG_7506.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese Gunnery and superior number of guns take their toll </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJlMbA-_gh1MmD_3Umjf7rlGAvsrRbsvjf_RnLeYYMyqUduiHrYsvRPRCwf4-rXWIzd3_UwwKeza-vg5qfZMwa8-KOo4PyMACQ0kUYAwIiEJlvV-BnGiQ_N9r3_HW0Zhu5f6qBCcRKx2XaqXCK9aCoiHe0iT8DI6wpwHn6fUP-r11mPmWbmw4_KqK/s3088/IMG_7510.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJlMbA-_gh1MmD_3Umjf7rlGAvsrRbsvjf_RnLeYYMyqUduiHrYsvRPRCwf4-rXWIzd3_UwwKeza-vg5qfZMwa8-KOo4PyMACQ0kUYAwIiEJlvV-BnGiQ_N9r3_HW0Zhu5f6qBCcRKx2XaqXCK9aCoiHe0iT8DI6wpwHn6fUP-r11mPmWbmw4_KqK/w400-h266/IMG_7510.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After The Rurik succumbs to damage the IJN turned <br />their attention and firepower on the Gromboi</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Four player gathered to command the opposing forces. Ulsan is a smaller battle and it was a good one to start with and knock the dust off the rules. Both fleets handled themselves well, but the odds are stacked against the Russians from the outset. The victory conditions do give the Russians a chance, but only if everything goes their way. In the first outing the Japanese gunnery and numbers carried the day. The smaller Rurik in the rear of the formation took early hits and eventually capsized. Then the Japanese turned their attention on the Gromboi pounding the larger cruiser while they only sustained minor damage. When the battle was called after two hours the Japanese had attained a tactical victory.<br /><p><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">The Battle of the Yellow Sea</span></u></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">August 10, 1904 As the Japanese lay siege and close in on Port Arthur from the Land the Russian Navy's First Pacific Squadron makes a daring attempt to sortie and escape. Admiral Togo and the Imperial Japanese Navy are waiting though. This is your chance to command....can you change history or will it repeat itself?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">After a quick break and reset the battle of the Yellow Sea commenced. We again had a full table with eight players taking command of the opposing fleets.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqil6vUolhCR9HzTE9noR6t0SQH4umcePo0Y777PJrSfnXBudCBlrJ1QYT9OWFGyD3HR0Ebz_4bUNd8O84kA_spcld6BD2WQjyBoGBD44dnotLBA009UfR8WmJ8uQs_FlOyw_GdxGbGqNlDDQe09cRvixKKFpmWkKzRahXuo-yF-SKfJcjNjNUBreY/s3088/IMG_7512.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqil6vUolhCR9HzTE9noR6t0SQH4umcePo0Y777PJrSfnXBudCBlrJ1QYT9OWFGyD3HR0Ebz_4bUNd8O84kA_spcld6BD2WQjyBoGBD44dnotLBA009UfR8WmJ8uQs_FlOyw_GdxGbGqNlDDQe09cRvixKKFpmWkKzRahXuo-yF-SKfJcjNjNUBreY/w400-h266/IMG_7512.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese initial deployment</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFACLTVEICwH1C-SQ7cnr8wFpZeL4DLCon2UVlIeYhLnRWKmNJDKILksFQp6au1IXYWOW13IQlocws72iR6TB1AUrzH6q40G86r_r_ffb4R6wbsR78A05FELbvnlUHKYwxWU3g1sSY2af3CutjlSl-J4LXCdCLoBiZp7oB4RrtTLhgk5iz8venHL0/s3088/IMG_7513.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFACLTVEICwH1C-SQ7cnr8wFpZeL4DLCon2UVlIeYhLnRWKmNJDKILksFQp6au1IXYWOW13IQlocws72iR6TB1AUrzH6q40G86r_r_ffb4R6wbsR78A05FELbvnlUHKYwxWU3g1sSY2af3CutjlSl-J4LXCdCLoBiZp7oB4RrtTLhgk5iz8venHL0/w400-h266/IMG_7513.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian fleet sorties</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCR8n_aa6hqgdMGZ4oM6oNNiO8ezHbNPczs2GzKJysbhZ9u993qDhsT8d6BQgHE-XPnESQzJtP3sAeLZsShl0IV7mm-pi6WTzAlovDKM6EjGRqhlDyuUhJGHkTGZ5RBfiTKKeo3W-adjM-3aCOJq8Q4cGlYyKVo7j24RAGmwq3dPqvWG12hUsR--go/s3088/IMG_7514.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCR8n_aa6hqgdMGZ4oM6oNNiO8ezHbNPczs2GzKJysbhZ9u993qDhsT8d6BQgHE-XPnESQzJtP3sAeLZsShl0IV7mm-pi6WTzAlovDKM6EjGRqhlDyuUhJGHkTGZ5RBfiTKKeo3W-adjM-3aCOJq8Q4cGlYyKVo7j24RAGmwq3dPqvWG12hUsR--go/w400-h266/IMG_7514.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opposing fleets face off</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIetffYl0lFiOmaOUBi85cHGWHH8NBKmOKPQmMaaFgDGNW4r521mTUiZZr8z3uEXmm8_OtO66-7o0Fhye9yztTD7E9GnSGqf9mcTvsZG8eVLJ4cLdyuyJ2q2Fm1gsQ2TRkYv9Tp03vzQXKpljlRBoiGhjH07qfc-K_qHOvRaCYBBHO2BJtUVOL1Gp/s3088/IMG_7516.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIetffYl0lFiOmaOUBi85cHGWHH8NBKmOKPQmMaaFgDGNW4r521mTUiZZr8z3uEXmm8_OtO66-7o0Fhye9yztTD7E9GnSGqf9mcTvsZG8eVLJ4cLdyuyJ2q2Fm1gsQ2TRkYv9Tp03vzQXKpljlRBoiGhjH07qfc-K_qHOvRaCYBBHO2BJtUVOL1Gp/w400-h266/IMG_7516.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opening moves</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOREiEBTQOcQ_eXFVIhJ-bXPB5jM-vaP9GvFEQrhw10L7wn_andL0Vqqr8hHn2nK544CB0WZGRCVYqPYey9NLm4PQMtWMAO0XLI1HZ4e2CEL2gW2i6SsGN8X7ZG2tPLg7gibF-QvAWSpGdYbr53Z02fExDeKX-o2ViwbXzu1L4QqGUtiDrciMSLpA/s3088/IMG_7520.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOREiEBTQOcQ_eXFVIhJ-bXPB5jM-vaP9GvFEQrhw10L7wn_andL0Vqqr8hHn2nK544CB0WZGRCVYqPYey9NLm4PQMtWMAO0XLI1HZ4e2CEL2gW2i6SsGN8X7ZG2tPLg7gibF-QvAWSpGdYbr53Z02fExDeKX-o2ViwbXzu1L4QqGUtiDrciMSLpA/w400-h266/IMG_7520.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Damage starts to accumulate</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4onaz3SQYdCavt9oPvqnvuQCXs9WxCvWlGe-XP_yAPx6MEwXl1g5dHuphlxOCjyVuDg9SBMWRsLM6J4br_eReclObhf6jHX9xh5kR31JpLLhh8cA8Yz8x7t6sXvUH-DSVG9P8Hmid0QM-EMLzdo2Djc0yMjMiWSvOuwGPS_ADeGHaa9WVky2MygfY/s3088/IMG_7524.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1wXZVu0Au1x3aA22SHPbnLO-1OffFzkxew-1-8-akebGCrItHzhrPRkbC4_t_t6eZJflQ_JPhzZjogUMuVS3vg6IxDxPB3JWi7xMw7FNDV38xy3xfPpdkYpeSY1i0mpnmUGOyL2drac99xTrzOwxYjSWN75ZjXOqUpP8h_q4N1dKroYudwrw7xrC/w400-h266/IMG_7544.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese gunnery proves deadly</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZteLp_Cdq2O45wyJB0BpcUlJDU6vFoKV33xCvgtE1r-43x1KW32ax5AHds9cpLz-bGhRUDLzzy8gF3LrItcmATvsFmlRJqV7Ozv03jjBaYVSwoDQtiLkAhVMkGwNLB9e9VltZnXP1_AOKqL2CfDw1CfhjxBZLnbGKC8kgh6zcSzv__9bRkJkCfBUe/s3088/IMG_7545.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZteLp_Cdq2O45wyJB0BpcUlJDU6vFoKV33xCvgtE1r-43x1KW32ax5AHds9cpLz-bGhRUDLzzy8gF3LrItcmATvsFmlRJqV7Ozv03jjBaYVSwoDQtiLkAhVMkGwNLB9e9VltZnXP1_AOKqL2CfDw1CfhjxBZLnbGKC8kgh6zcSzv__9bRkJkCfBUe/w400-h266/IMG_7545.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like history the Russian fleet is left in disarray</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLVYmoQc2sQZ9PDzMDy2BWhH3UBmUVfTHt-kiLjFekXjvVoZht9xMfglV2P_yuUSlHDSrMO33YeviHTcbrBh80zdjC729jw7aKZn9G9JGi5VSR6cpT_TMlXyIjwLbpORAA9Yi4pR6CiVo8xgtdhvQhhDG7hQqGuUFr3KLN4rgjx-zZRD2Gpcj_3RT/s3088/IMG_7546.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLVYmoQc2sQZ9PDzMDy2BWhH3UBmUVfTHt-kiLjFekXjvVoZht9xMfglV2P_yuUSlHDSrMO33YeviHTcbrBh80zdjC729jw7aKZn9G9JGi5VSR6cpT_TMlXyIjwLbpORAA9Yi4pR6CiVo8xgtdhvQhhDG7hQqGuUFr3KLN4rgjx-zZRD2Gpcj_3RT/w400-h266/IMG_7546.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fires rage on the surviving Russian battleships as the game ends</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Once again the Yellow Sea was set ablaze. This time the Russians made a fight of it and accounted for themselves well. Unlike history the Japanese suffered some significant losses. In the end the superior numbers and the firepower of the Imperial Japanese Navy proved decisive. Despite inflicting casualties the Russians were forced to capitulate in the end.<br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><u><b>Battle of Ulsan-Second iteration</b></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday morning four new players gathered to refight the battle of Ulsan. The Russian Admiral fully understood the objective and made a determined effort to link up with the fleet at Port Arthur.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbpteSLjmn7uBefKzTr6R7YQDWaQnfWyMBYadyhy43mrEn1j36q8ha4qR3s2fk2I1DpL8eP82WOXPRLaCQoCxn8pc5kWJlebcbtEWS6Uw05uYOG8kPbUwL57mR8PVzd3T3KQtaHZ8KPBzx2azVn5FYgV0KHJt6HJW_jxPhE77mg0gVwgGyVxUY_xC/s3088/IMG_7548.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbpteSLjmn7uBefKzTr6R7YQDWaQnfWyMBYadyhy43mrEn1j36q8ha4qR3s2fk2I1DpL8eP82WOXPRLaCQoCxn8pc5kWJlebcbtEWS6Uw05uYOG8kPbUwL57mR8PVzd3T3KQtaHZ8KPBzx2azVn5FYgV0KHJt6HJW_jxPhE77mg0gVwgGyVxUY_xC/w400-h266/IMG_7548.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Initial deployment</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sdTZwvbcn3y7P9PhVNsHVWNcXtyinQLRra1VfCL27uiyVdqOQI4hBt97a7Py16nj0yxGauMfCvVD26RX0-ERwoZ-vuHevp6ttYOSw2TtwYHFo59IrUkrwGDA_9J4PYDZ64V1V1E_hbQKSbeGHgvKvaVgxKlawlWNialskpmDwjwBcviNbh29Vfsm/s3088/IMG_7550.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sdTZwvbcn3y7P9PhVNsHVWNcXtyinQLRra1VfCL27uiyVdqOQI4hBt97a7Py16nj0yxGauMfCvVD26RX0-ERwoZ-vuHevp6ttYOSw2TtwYHFo59IrUkrwGDA_9J4PYDZ64V1V1E_hbQKSbeGHgvKvaVgxKlawlWNialskpmDwjwBcviNbh29Vfsm/w400-h266/IMG_7550.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ranging shots</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSuXVwBLRUniSXJrS3dDgF-AZZq04-j_ph9YsLeZWb0F0uwLCIRgBuonPHW9JQjtAfeHwFsXjf4xaxRYmbM1Jpp55R6Vt5H9MN7JPYboVjFIrM3lQK0A0Ixf59V0Q8b93GcQqYghaK-_DgcXXoeEgcl5w3V7AQmiDKmzcNqldJ3pNLiy_X9lgvlO7/s3088/IMG_7551.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSuXVwBLRUniSXJrS3dDgF-AZZq04-j_ph9YsLeZWb0F0uwLCIRgBuonPHW9JQjtAfeHwFsXjf4xaxRYmbM1Jpp55R6Vt5H9MN7JPYboVjFIrM3lQK0A0Ixf59V0Q8b93GcQqYghaK-_DgcXXoeEgcl5w3V7AQmiDKmzcNqldJ3pNLiy_X9lgvlO7/w400-h266/IMG_7551.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Damage begins to accumulate on both sides</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfCQcaoeKpwgHrZ0m7dyeiR9fb6SJPozKEr5pdDqeBTe1uWyhBxMpGuY-CAYcwHL7nSoRAdvO9fiumFNeH6vvTX2TH2gvLXLRKr4xcmsoMkJTajsnMu8y4onQp1pT7SpxD6MM-27uFOkJn-FL7xO5A3gMcYuj_H0orZLMeUEF3PrDTWk86WSCcpqr/s3088/IMG_7552.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfCQcaoeKpwgHrZ0m7dyeiR9fb6SJPozKEr5pdDqeBTe1uWyhBxMpGuY-CAYcwHL7nSoRAdvO9fiumFNeH6vvTX2TH2gvLXLRKr4xcmsoMkJTajsnMu8y4onQp1pT7SpxD6MM-27uFOkJn-FL7xO5A3gMcYuj_H0orZLMeUEF3PrDTWk86WSCcpqr/w400-h266/IMG_7552.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casualties mount on both sides</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkqGEYErtwtSo5TQeBsD1nnOCkWZqRVSl_xiqyRcuDU-p4TilS41feJ7kSKPUOIg4b9PRIIwGFvS7FbGl1QYE6n3Rz0yMrZaFriIkTUoHw0Pv3lFsNfUtK76a7uAown5mVFZmgix60GfOQwQt130_aVy8IRomFUvgc55tJXGIPfurhCZ81YOFBykS/s3088/IMG_7553.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkqGEYErtwtSo5TQeBsD1nnOCkWZqRVSl_xiqyRcuDU-p4TilS41feJ7kSKPUOIg4b9PRIIwGFvS7FbGl1QYE6n3Rz0yMrZaFriIkTUoHw0Pv3lFsNfUtK76a7uAown5mVFZmgix60GfOQwQt130_aVy8IRomFUvgc55tJXGIPfurhCZ81YOFBykS/w400-h266/IMG_7553.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian Victory!</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>This time the Russians proved worthy of the task at hand. The Russian admiral chose wisely to stay on course and speed southward while the IJN maneuvered to close the distance instead of maintain an intercept course. This proved decisive as it eventually put the Russian flagship out of range. Despite being outnumbered in guns the Russian gunners proved worthy as they scored critical hits on the IJN cruisers eventually sinking one and crippling another. The poor Rurik once again succumbed to the IJN firepower and sank. Had the Rurik survived the Russians would have achieved a major victory. As it was they were awarded a tactical victory which is no easy task. <br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><u><b>Battle of Tsushima</b></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">May 27, 1905 After the crushing defeat at the Battle of The Yellow Sea in August 1904 The Russians have dispatched the 2nd Pacific Squadron to sail from the Baltic to meet up with the 1st Pacific Squadron. After the long harrowing journey, the Japanese are waiting for them near the straights of Tsushima. This is your chance to command....can you change history or will it repeat itself?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWRvHFxFfBjQGsNAIcAGuarh6BRh7WC2RwsuX1ii6JYYvLa0DVpAH3dN_LTSywnSVV9G3uQwerC-cA4XScf90XAVf4RrEhh09l0MVd7S5zFAacJxMiC1HP3-qLzQjXNrO1XFOjvlClKkiCMzuEn6qTeELf0Cb2zdqccM1KRqUDjP4kQoCPPAZTgwX_/s3088/IMG_7556.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWRvHFxFfBjQGsNAIcAGuarh6BRh7WC2RwsuX1ii6JYYvLa0DVpAH3dN_LTSywnSVV9G3uQwerC-cA4XScf90XAVf4RrEhh09l0MVd7S5zFAacJxMiC1HP3-qLzQjXNrO1XFOjvlClKkiCMzuEn6qTeELf0Cb2zdqccM1KRqUDjP4kQoCPPAZTgwX_/w400-h266/IMG_7556.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese initial deployment</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5EgJqawgxfOgfiimEyBnsQ3sYNbLfGdMKXlaWzrGckDDyWBfs-dkQh4jBUZVGvSxqYnYZl_iynijE0eRHrEmD4chm7WOcIyoL_7Y1dXWjtrrbMru4f1DRxa0DyaNE7iyUDmZC5VOHxT7NeoQ-ce63Jv3BeLt8f7hgj3hrZxGbu0QULhNGKj36iXl/s3088/IMG_7558.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5EgJqawgxfOgfiimEyBnsQ3sYNbLfGdMKXlaWzrGckDDyWBfs-dkQh4jBUZVGvSxqYnYZl_iynijE0eRHrEmD4chm7WOcIyoL_7Y1dXWjtrrbMru4f1DRxa0DyaNE7iyUDmZC5VOHxT7NeoQ-ce63Jv3BeLt8f7hgj3hrZxGbu0QULhNGKj36iXl/w400-h266/IMG_7558.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian fleet sailing into the gauntlet</td></tr></tbody></table></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.8px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.8px;">On Saturday afternoon/evening ten players gathered to refight the historic engagement of Tsushima. I have run this scenario several times. Using the historical setup it takes several turns for the main battle lines to get engaged which usually happens just before the time expires. This time I added more time, but also altered the first two turns. Instead of normal movement I told the players that heavy fog bank drifted in between the fleets and told them to plot a double move on the first and second turn and did not allow them to fire until after the second turn move phase when the fog suddenly lifted putting the fleets well within range. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGh83Gx620aGjykWVYvNFGKGtWpsY_hT4WCZWsXh11rrtjDtP_hBQsUC6keeI_KPewLs5qBFVNTRPnQtcGaTdll1Msud4NMbld44oNEDVHFMG9Fpx9_LNH71zDsnengaw7BCgzQ9mbhsm-CLqw1K6_VdzgNwLyHWGsufDoW9EGnjFrw2kGyMUwtXpy/s3088/IMG_7560.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGh83Gx620aGjykWVYvNFGKGtWpsY_hT4WCZWsXh11rrtjDtP_hBQsUC6keeI_KPewLs5qBFVNTRPnQtcGaTdll1Msud4NMbld44oNEDVHFMG9Fpx9_LNH71zDsnengaw7BCgzQ9mbhsm-CLqw1K6_VdzgNwLyHWGsufDoW9EGnjFrw2kGyMUwtXpy/w400-h266/IMG_7560.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opening maneuvers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lB6hvYF7I_KJVGYsiwupMagA8TFZtiSyc0HwAOo_T1bPIAhb0E7_ICgw8AWcJzuZW71_fP-ctUJFTA35vAuVbfBvxSj5iDD2bx6VY28BrtECzC1wHRTMcXXBiuVyw8oQ1-w5gfAyP05si0cHGXTVBb5gGOEdeAXGXjOH291JzonkoV8WHZm94kuu/s3088/IMG_7562.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lB6hvYF7I_KJVGYsiwupMagA8TFZtiSyc0HwAOo_T1bPIAhb0E7_ICgw8AWcJzuZW71_fP-ctUJFTA35vAuVbfBvxSj5iDD2bx6VY28BrtECzC1wHRTMcXXBiuVyw8oQ1-w5gfAyP05si0cHGXTVBb5gGOEdeAXGXjOH291JzonkoV8WHZm94kuu/w400-h266/IMG_7562.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First salvos reek havoc on the cruiser forces</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">The decision to allow two turns of double speed moves was a good one. The alternative was to simply alter the setup and position the fleets closer. This way the players/admirals were able to develop plans and close the distance as they wanted. By the turn two fire phase portions of the fleets were at close range when they were able to open up on each other. This made for more causalities than previous scenarios, but meant that all players were engaged throughout the game.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5j1zdYk2-CRsAKlET_APjNvm2fFyTcrpdR9uJ_qi6iptfYYjdVKncU_EVcT_rLFvK9MnXwQRewUO_Xysnr51GK_LyU8kLLOXYptQi2FA4PxXhmJe0yQdajJcS82zXoJP17DV2U4yqOcjuqcSQWlSxE2OGFcc2Rz16Km0j1R6HIKUI9EO8o3SsvDhH/s3088/IMG_7563.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5j1zdYk2-CRsAKlET_APjNvm2fFyTcrpdR9uJ_qi6iptfYYjdVKncU_EVcT_rLFvK9MnXwQRewUO_Xysnr51GK_LyU8kLLOXYptQi2FA4PxXhmJe0yQdajJcS82zXoJP17DV2U4yqOcjuqcSQWlSxE2OGFcc2Rz16Km0j1R6HIKUI9EO8o3SsvDhH/w400-h266/IMG_7563.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cruiser lines hotly engaged</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJaYuYrsOcDuOmkBviHNBbk7wy0ieUAGyTbA4UKOKKgmAERVxUgXpM_RD6-I8abtGOnDDIjDEDg_xWwQBouD0C1U-OkFoGb0OI1ISF4zYJRluZ9CqrXdWqHyREZql6lfPY6fI9iPqrD83CwTTwjMpYMovLxOfow-OJCegGb0Ri5KXSrrlpI0bRfRHJ/s3088/IMG_7564.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJaYuYrsOcDuOmkBviHNBbk7wy0ieUAGyTbA4UKOKKgmAERVxUgXpM_RD6-I8abtGOnDDIjDEDg_xWwQBouD0C1U-OkFoGb0OI1ISF4zYJRluZ9CqrXdWqHyREZql6lfPY6fI9iPqrD83CwTTwjMpYMovLxOfow-OJCegGb0Ri5KXSrrlpI0bRfRHJ/w400-h266/IMG_7564.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IJN Armored cruisers and Battleship come in range</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi603XhkAejCty8bWyZpL7UrAYiRE_G9f8O7ullocsV0AfMhaRszhFlhuN-cVxDQD66T_jXPxmjtyx5EwyFqgXL8kf1nv8oCwHE-y2a2JiTP5dxSyMI21cYE7OKTt9O5y5w_vWROeKsFotMzPqVeNVO4pRzr-lo4mEKRZCmP_wcZ5r4yiSyskf9JPIU/s3088/IMG_7566.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi603XhkAejCty8bWyZpL7UrAYiRE_G9f8O7ullocsV0AfMhaRszhFlhuN-cVxDQD66T_jXPxmjtyx5EwyFqgXL8kf1nv8oCwHE-y2a2JiTP5dxSyMI21cYE7OKTt9O5y5w_vWROeKsFotMzPqVeNVO4pRzr-lo4mEKRZCmP_wcZ5r4yiSyskf9JPIU/w400-h266/IMG_7566.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casualties begin to mount on both sides</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnGJlo8jX1WyPq8IMiqyytrCj515C6X3ZCIPZDjj9EknraPkwjbTm91I3PJtYCUjV0ZPTBg6t5JeguSwFehuOHVsQnu2G3tOdwVsGZeKo1dh84jnzPXpqMXRk3S4jGFLl9QhSy6pPlkv4Vrj_AbzV-PzJQzVsXJN5gBHzfedw5Mq1YQIJjz9gUFBm/s3088/IMG_7567.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnGJlo8jX1WyPq8IMiqyytrCj515C6X3ZCIPZDjj9EknraPkwjbTm91I3PJtYCUjV0ZPTBg6t5JeguSwFehuOHVsQnu2G3tOdwVsGZeKo1dh84jnzPXpqMXRk3S4jGFLl9QhSy6pPlkv4Vrj_AbzV-PzJQzVsXJN5gBHzfedw5Mq1YQIJjz9gUFBm/w400-h266/IMG_7567.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magazine explosion lights up the water</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>The Russian fleet made an excellent accounting for itself. At one point the Russians held a sizable lead as the cruisers lines decimated each other and then fell in range of the battleships. The crucial moment was when the Russian battle ships continued to target IJN Protected and Armored cruisers when the Japanese Battleships initially came into range. This resulted in the Japanese big ships avoiding 1-2 rounds of fire from there equals while they began to score hits.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji85A8-grt9nNi8cQQ3IIFeJkDQWtPN31rGTf4BvqhBYx-wqerwow87XXV4BBPRkPHrujzYJPLECfOQPS1g71eAnamFGo3MeEnrG0k_ZoGb2Z1CDjgEpGaFTx4AkXZgtMza1rpV2PHHhuneFxfgXfTzUUhYNimgXyO5qZdDTzityIhZdYFZjZyP9gj/s3088/IMG_7569.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji85A8-grt9nNi8cQQ3IIFeJkDQWtPN31rGTf4BvqhBYx-wqerwow87XXV4BBPRkPHrujzYJPLECfOQPS1g71eAnamFGo3MeEnrG0k_ZoGb2Z1CDjgEpGaFTx4AkXZgtMza1rpV2PHHhuneFxfgXfTzUUhYNimgXyO5qZdDTzityIhZdYFZjZyP9gj/w400-h266/IMG_7569.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian main lines bring the big guns to bear</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydC66wMueNSpyvKzlnidYAyUUqC-DcrBwy0v8KJpjaU1kqWA0Eshsa_TfDb3rSE4IU66H60idnMm5tsr8xVJLSKULGMkkiK2NdM_GMCy_E_vgmHOF4S2mlbCVgwbYaDkpXm0cfL7YEsMWx_R9i_ZDcLpw7552lxzXpfqaSBmItyT4mPEL9hkfEayq/s3088/IMG_7571.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydC66wMueNSpyvKzlnidYAyUUqC-DcrBwy0v8KJpjaU1kqWA0Eshsa_TfDb3rSE4IU66H60idnMm5tsr8xVJLSKULGMkkiK2NdM_GMCy_E_vgmHOF4S2mlbCVgwbYaDkpXm0cfL7YEsMWx_R9i_ZDcLpw7552lxzXpfqaSBmItyT4mPEL9hkfEayq/w400-h266/IMG_7571.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main big guns exchange salvos</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPa_JtVjDLNscG7dUG_3K2uDmO1fO2zqI1U9UI9AWln5IH4FVW9V8I-mSQSEpA_L28Y7a8doDfucK__xn1EOcCqgIoB_uUJpBS4duxy_DP5D64CQAUI5kvNUhWoFgJI2WXSnIaa9rq3Y9Hq8XPatbyVcYhFA6OHF0TqohDs7dhzBEJG8OAZj7bDHB/s3088/IMG_7596.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPa_JtVjDLNscG7dUG_3K2uDmO1fO2zqI1U9UI9AWln5IH4FVW9V8I-mSQSEpA_L28Y7a8doDfucK__xn1EOcCqgIoB_uUJpBS4duxy_DP5D64CQAUI5kvNUhWoFgJI2WXSnIaa9rq3Y9Hq8XPatbyVcYhFA6OHF0TqohDs7dhzBEJG8OAZj7bDHB/w400-h266/IMG_7596.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cruisers caught in the middle go down at a fearful rate</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrSAEzF8Z546NL7G_yb1Tod04sYKMnJQEld6RM2q6i3WR6pvtNiUSTLOLMl5JJTL2UF-J1Rzjn1lt8SOUDoX99GG5b5KSivGu4boEOJlBlsn-wiC80qKwyHf9Uk-AMBNaYbKtpUs5asMkg_enu89SjTiI8sJF-BDRsAMN4tm9gdJ4OiZg9yzujN6S/s3088/IMG_7599.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrSAEzF8Z546NL7G_yb1Tod04sYKMnJQEld6RM2q6i3WR6pvtNiUSTLOLMl5JJTL2UF-J1Rzjn1lt8SOUDoX99GG5b5KSivGu4boEOJlBlsn-wiC80qKwyHf9Uk-AMBNaYbKtpUs5asMkg_enu89SjTiI8sJF-BDRsAMN4tm9gdJ4OiZg9yzujN6S/w400-h266/IMG_7599.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Damage continues to accumulate on both sides</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWTF_WkldjPM4kVBhfp8vU7TktaotkyPOW656wAj9sM84AaZ40SHid8xPFAkA9NiziT5MqAIqqffV12G_17yPWnZdiYOB9HovC28HmmfB1qZmNfppnPA2ui0CqnHPoD1IFz90aVfP4YYHlrKbtcuN6WtotHSJ83lpmfx06-uanbLgzPcHK26kYvWc/s3088/IMG_7600.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWTF_WkldjPM4kVBhfp8vU7TktaotkyPOW656wAj9sM84AaZ40SHid8xPFAkA9NiziT5MqAIqqffV12G_17yPWnZdiYOB9HovC28HmmfB1qZmNfppnPA2ui0CqnHPoD1IFz90aVfP4YYHlrKbtcuN6WtotHSJ83lpmfx06-uanbLgzPcHK26kYvWc/w400-h266/IMG_7600.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian line presses forward</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Nrn-2J6zVn83yqv11snUHJJ_z_yDAJxa3QdcgzSvl0m63cNngJ3FcF3RpxzeV0sDM2poFiVP-ALgLlx7XW6IZwX6xn6EHWGwNP5VAWVW8GbQnVREwaEBKUMCj0SD_OIkO3688k-2h6wsWAfsy2rdn3SEQF5BIQvtGhtcjE01aXH9_8BVpaO_v7I7/s3088/IMG_7601.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="3088" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Nrn-2J6zVn83yqv11snUHJJ_z_yDAJxa3QdcgzSvl0m63cNngJ3FcF3RpxzeV0sDM2poFiVP-ALgLlx7XW6IZwX6xn6EHWGwNP5VAWVW8GbQnVREwaEBKUMCj0SD_OIkO3688k-2h6wsWAfsy2rdn3SEQF5BIQvtGhtcjE01aXH9_8BVpaO_v7I7/w400-h266/IMG_7601.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Russian fleet made a valiant effort, but fell short of victory</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div>In the end the IJN scored a very narrow victory, but at a much higher price than they did historically. The Russian fleet was neutralized, but no protected cruisers remained, half the Armored cruisers were sunk or crippled and the IJN lost a battleship and had another crippled. A Japanese victory, but a costly one.</div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Prize Support</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Thanks to the generosity of my employer, Noble Knight Games, every player was given a pair of our 25th Anniversary dice. Additionally the winning side was given a Noble Knight pin. Little wars also provided some support so some of the winning admirals were given gift certificates. Thankyou to all the players who signed up for my events, we completely filled every one in the end.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHK_c2OyUo_Gkx1gA7ikPnJLXFyc_wgWtrBKG5WpZgeJKM_l0x72XXrvDDvnKIu25Sci4pdoQjzQ0z5QotTpEEpWFnQ21Z-U8d0qUiFGjyhcw6QbqF1DnhpcmQo6-7BCqwb82CSPEjn68DgQVaBIxwDPd80KdVA-D6etR9b79VdQ6pfQLlZXwFZICv/s3264/Pin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHK_c2OyUo_Gkx1gA7ikPnJLXFyc_wgWtrBKG5WpZgeJKM_l0x72XXrvDDvnKIu25Sci4pdoQjzQ0z5QotTpEEpWFnQ21Z-U8d0qUiFGjyhcw6QbqF1DnhpcmQo6-7BCqwb82CSPEjn68DgQVaBIxwDPd80KdVA-D6etR9b79VdQ6pfQLlZXwFZICv/w150-h200/Pin.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8ef45rji6iSkV_rBtzkjSVSM4ZhicHUpJauXLF_KJo9nQ_nyIFl7xg965uvy-gXy9c7uHRzjotiyOv1Au9Nycafn4w0F1NiwKuS3wRgfK731veEigowl67li_ioW3Gj1yiWZB-uvevOVhRdgZbVqfoY-3zrmOtJjcb9nz3aFHhAQdeuDMNf17c3Q/s2565/dice.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2032" data-original-width="2565" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8ef45rji6iSkV_rBtzkjSVSM4ZhicHUpJauXLF_KJo9nQ_nyIFl7xg965uvy-gXy9c7uHRzjotiyOv1Au9Nycafn4w0F1NiwKuS3wRgfK731veEigowl67li_ioW3Gj1yiWZB-uvevOVhRdgZbVqfoY-3zrmOtJjcb9nz3aFHhAQdeuDMNf17c3Q/w200-h159/dice.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.nobleknight.com/" target="_blank">Nobel Knight Games</a><br /><br /></div><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Special Recognition-Mike Bates</span></u></b><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><div>This past year we lost a special gaming friend, Michael Bates. Mike and I first met playing Naval Thunder over a decade ago at NAVCON in Milwaukee. We went on to form the Naval Thunder Gamers (NTG) and hosted many NTG events in the years since. <span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><div>. <span style="font-size: large;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwYbiTcRjnkDACE9qXfb2460ia21iULioSjdo77tBzENJ39TDSPyv6PfWID8wc8pY4_ls5gSwpGDIyiokmo6YhY6SlCzF9sX-tNooYHxjUngIiJEQTZHDwCLK6rauub8YV0Upmooja5nbPBZjdadK3dIW76XauiyYMb9iDQm220T9cYmkZk1o1NyY/s183/MichaelJBates_20210518.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="133" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwYbiTcRjnkDACE9qXfb2460ia21iULioSjdo77tBzENJ39TDSPyv6PfWID8wc8pY4_ls5gSwpGDIyiokmo6YhY6SlCzF9sX-tNooYHxjUngIiJEQTZHDwCLK6rauub8YV0Upmooja5nbPBZjdadK3dIW76XauiyYMb9iDQm220T9cYmkZk1o1NyY/w291-h400/MichaelJBates_20210518.jpg" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Bates 11/26/63-5/16/21</td></tr></tbody></table></b></span><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately Mike was diagnosed with cancer in the fall of 2020 and left us shortly after Little Wars last year in May of 2021 after his courageous nine month battle. I will always cherish our lengthy discussions and debates on history. While Mike is no longer with us physically he will always be at my gaming tables in spirit. The sunken ship counters you see in the pictures were made by Mike and will always be part of my games. You are missed my friend.</div><div> <br /><div><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Other Games</span></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>As mentioned earlier there were over 160 games played with over 500 attendees. Unfortunately my schedule was full running games, but I did get a chance to roam a few times and take a few pictures throughout the convention. As you can see there were some amazing set ups. Many looked more like dioramas than playable games. 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Thankyou to all the vendors who made an appearance. I apologize for not getting pictures, the vendor hall was spectacular. </div><div><br /></div><div>A very special thanks to the HMGS-Midwest staff and everyone behind the scenes that made this convention possible. Your tireless work does not go unnoticed and is very much appreciated. Already looking forward to HMGS-Midwest Little Wars 2023 as well as the other events scheduled to happen in between.<div><br /></div><div>In the meantime keep those dice rolling.....<br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-7374605063291262972020-10-17T19:36:00.000-07:002020-10-17T19:36:05.147-07:00Autumn Wars 2020- Russo-Japanese WarThis past weekend I attended my first gaming convention of 2020 Autumn Wars 9-11 October, hosted by HMGS-Midwest in Lake Geneva, WI. Due to the COVID19 restrictions this was intentionally a small convention and it followed safety protocols including masks and social distancing with limited capacity.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDZTJXLLifX1onriXuBtcX9HP1a-Osb50gJdsCOR6Bvbnj0Ems-5MTPZY0SiGAsMuRBtDwdtfYOrrjNxR7xdY60FHuNYcHiI1cLLZMxYqTgmWpxfX39_lASz_yxNmUw5a62oCTtrYdAE/s552/togo_on_bridge.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="552" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDZTJXLLifX1onriXuBtcX9HP1a-Osb50gJdsCOR6Bvbnj0Ems-5MTPZY0SiGAsMuRBtDwdtfYOrrjNxR7xdY60FHuNYcHiI1cLLZMxYqTgmWpxfX39_lASz_yxNmUw5a62oCTtrYdAE/w400-h303/togo_on_bridge.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Admiral Togo on Mikasa</td></tr></tbody></table><div>I was invited by HMGS-Midwest president Kevin Cabai to run some of my games. After considering the possibilities I decided to stick with Naval scenarios for the weekend as they are easier to transport, set-up and can be scalable since I did not know what attendance would be like. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMr1ZmM7vIN0hZhsQQ0KrKYDemRazNcg8KnXx_8vASRdsHyVgP95nAwAMqxdoRmBShVEHM6XnhuJX70c9iO8InMTw5eLbk67l_Sc_QXOhpHDqDg9qOlDE6xRLnKeRE5aJs5YQEBuCpH8E/s1200/Russian_battleship_Oslyabya_01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1200" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMr1ZmM7vIN0hZhsQQ0KrKYDemRazNcg8KnXx_8vASRdsHyVgP95nAwAMqxdoRmBShVEHM6XnhuJX70c9iO8InMTw5eLbk67l_Sc_QXOhpHDqDg9qOlDE6xRLnKeRE5aJs5YQEBuCpH8E/w400-h301/Russian_battleship_Oslyabya_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Russian Battleship Oslyabya<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br />I decided to go with my Pre-dreadnought fleets and focus on the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905 as well as my Spanish- American War 1898 fleets. I scheduled 4 scenarios running three of the major Russo-Japanese naval engagements: Battle of Yellow Sea, Ulsan, and Tsushima along with an open period to play some hypothetical 1898 engagements based on the Avalanche Press game 1898.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4QkAyf2yWdvA10g53SuAbhzluj2ve730P819I4tViOcOZO_JKhXWS8OPWAy4VQ3OJIHbZt_mWpmuCBfO2LIT-38Cs81B0PaiNMG3CJ0n2GA6zU_l1K3JYumuduS_VPSumlG321dlNaA/s2048/20200913_130137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4QkAyf2yWdvA10g53SuAbhzluj2ve730P819I4tViOcOZO_JKhXWS8OPWAy4VQ3OJIHbZt_mWpmuCBfO2LIT-38Cs81B0PaiNMG3CJ0n2GA6zU_l1K3JYumuduS_VPSumlG321dlNaA/s320/20200913_130137.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Naval Thunder Rise of the Battleship were the rules I used throughout the weekend.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schedule:</div><div><br /></div><div>Friday 7-11PM Russo- Japanese War Battle of Yellow Sea</div><div>Saturday 9-12PM Russo-Japanese War Battle of Ulsan</div><div>Saturday 2-7PM Russo-Japanese War Battle of Tsushima</div><div>Sunday 10-2PM 1898 Spanish American War</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BaBQBIVYdf2L3fPdSIfgNRdwHVshf9HJD2c7I7LvIdAiTShNA1vhGT3xQWsFewf_aCLn2SMZOZIT9Fh84Bhn34lNCQ8yjQuzACF6L1kCBtF_gFbFTWKmF-86CMLdfvPmRKpehKL0nDg/s1024/tsesarevich19121914.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BaBQBIVYdf2L3fPdSIfgNRdwHVshf9HJD2c7I7LvIdAiTShNA1vhGT3xQWsFewf_aCLn2SMZOZIT9Fh84Bhn34lNCQ8yjQuzACF6L1kCBtF_gFbFTWKmF-86CMLdfvPmRKpehKL0nDg/w400-h300/tsesarevich19121914.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian Battleship Tsesarich<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Battle of Yellow Sea August 10, 1904</h2><div><div style="text-align: left;">Scenario: The Imperial Russian Navy's First Pacific Squadron had been
trapped in Port Arthur since the Imperial Japanese Navy's blockade began on 8
February 1904. Admiral Vitgeft could remain in harbor, but his fleet faced
likely destruction or capture with the Japanese army advances. The alternative
was to set sail and hopefully link up with Russian forces in Vladivosok. By
early August 1904 he knew he could not delay any longer and decided to break
out of the harbor and sail to Vladivostok.</div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div>We had seven players total take command of the Russian and Japanese fleets. Both sides fought valiantly with interesting results that were not strictly historical.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobqeFFrjbIS5vS17QE8jg4W2GXeeSwWYd93zrpdIlaTd5b9-s-F7F8FiNa5xSWLo50MUQQ4UaF5XPZLPgizp4zljFyGN5xHY7EPZFDYTPYR_6GSsxvnbNxy2WGUd2o2jpEF4SjD6iNkM/s2048/20201009_195028.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobqeFFrjbIS5vS17QE8jg4W2GXeeSwWYd93zrpdIlaTd5b9-s-F7F8FiNa5xSWLo50MUQQ4UaF5XPZLPgizp4zljFyGN5xHY7EPZFDYTPYR_6GSsxvnbNxy2WGUd2o2jpEF4SjD6iNkM/w480-h640/20201009_195028.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Initial Deployments<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1OCXYbM1HRZLA7g6joj4FKEN2-RROV-VTki8evZnonhsGZC9RqVbMWNULUCyP3g4RLmjLYDFCglILaD3FXVBSnq3mnbWlw4u_k96TaBh25bTMlKRArZKJHbsdrGnMOBpuRWuQNgXSaI/s2048/20201009_200234.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1OCXYbM1HRZLA7g6joj4FKEN2-RROV-VTki8evZnonhsGZC9RqVbMWNULUCyP3g4RLmjLYDFCglILaD3FXVBSnq3mnbWlw4u_k96TaBh25bTMlKRArZKJHbsdrGnMOBpuRWuQNgXSaI/w480-h640/20201009_200234.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IJN move to head off Russians</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLINNBHwrjlrppD1dmEjA9qpLTX7yPzJOoF6Ic4tkKoJMn2DuSSeFsQGfaO14lhRH50kAYHwXe68nkiL9ybkQ2WswDIVsMjQjH4bOsviUR_1TIdpC6tqMWPMeUDEvPJJSf1toPLnmwTCk/s2048/20201009_202125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNtrg0rH6wSDR8uG3sCnOh4e3ba-ZQ_oCRT6McHUYwhCXOk2V_-DVjsdT7l1ge2uARVD6wYjeBVc9ulAWWO9Tv8zjtvsVgRdxegY5Zs36P_21IOz-n4udPMwOfMqylz8vCx7tH5oKf6g/s2048/20201009_210405.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNtrg0rH6wSDR8uG3sCnOh4e3ba-ZQ_oCRT6McHUYwhCXOk2V_-DVjsdT7l1ge2uARVD6wYjeBVc9ulAWWO9Tv8zjtvsVgRdxegY5Zs36P_21IOz-n4udPMwOfMqylz8vCx7tH5oKf6g/w400-h300/20201009_210405.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battle Lines close<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBO1ItLOGNBC0lJZal7GxKPV-s0Pnkv42sad5hbwpr51MXBSSiZ_DJpAEkbVV6OEi28IvcIcntQrUN6z1yKqmkWUvcawC-WTQ-YyCDLSJEWVSOnXg901ndDI1agsMD0lW5FI23_zPELck/s2048/20201009_210630.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBO1ItLOGNBC0lJZal7GxKPV-s0Pnkv42sad5hbwpr51MXBSSiZ_DJpAEkbVV6OEi28IvcIcntQrUN6z1yKqmkWUvcawC-WTQ-YyCDLSJEWVSOnXg901ndDI1agsMD0lW5FI23_zPELck/w400-h300/20201009_210630.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flurry of shell splashes as damage starts to accumulate<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEm6mqQyajTxy5YYMM7NfvwHeP6St_zc5cAzHi9IslncnwstVtc_JW2TmlrSGQK8-EKnO3dK5YCxV042cfYGNOKkoQrEtBYsCb-pv0nYYDmVYm44Dy6VPeGtr_g41S3WSAQnVuc-wh3c/s2048/20201009_214648.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEm6mqQyajTxy5YYMM7NfvwHeP6St_zc5cAzHi9IslncnwstVtc_JW2TmlrSGQK8-EKnO3dK5YCxV042cfYGNOKkoQrEtBYsCb-pv0nYYDmVYm44Dy6VPeGtr_g41S3WSAQnVuc-wh3c/w400-h300/20201009_214648.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IJN Battleships are not immune to Russian gunners<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCh45Nz7SSzw7sxmWoHMm_HePJ81ZABrg2sIw5atQzNEfDfXEAFYXICoZunH9yn_uwAbyNRsXT0-36v3gVTR4YiSBtOXHZL8sNLWYTkNLhYEz5cynRgkLq4lKuY0jbSS4MGMk9YW5wEJg/s2048/20201009_223139.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCh45Nz7SSzw7sxmWoHMm_HePJ81ZABrg2sIw5atQzNEfDfXEAFYXICoZunH9yn_uwAbyNRsXT0-36v3gVTR4YiSBtOXHZL8sNLWYTkNLhYEz5cynRgkLq4lKuY0jbSS4MGMk9YW5wEJg/w400-h300/20201009_223139.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close range knife fight ensues with torps in the water<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF75nY5s_u6qyYK-vnviaWCEuTVjH5xqg5GNwbI2ugKlU_1AhDdiM0Hkkg1NqygtmfLkn-h_n6Wf2kyjIkUARb48m0th_t1Zd9RQruD085LrHaUugba3ThW3iMlXbsnYQAaj7N0VmBNgc/s2048/20201009_225210.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF75nY5s_u6qyYK-vnviaWCEuTVjH5xqg5GNwbI2ugKlU_1AhDdiM0Hkkg1NqygtmfLkn-h_n6Wf2kyjIkUARb48m0th_t1Zd9RQruD085LrHaUugba3ThW3iMlXbsnYQAaj7N0VmBNgc/w400-h300/20201009_225210.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Full on engagement as losses build<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFa7TtREyNgspeV6125eCFKYdWpHSLrTf8kn8ntPMBYvu9U3rbcKDuL6wpPjrRkEeHRNZyMMUkBre_dzz98o0ik0loDRrEZvz4MeqjnT7dIqn3Cw2iCVbbSe_xvrz3F1tuB4U54VW8Wc/s2048/20201009_231913.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFa7TtREyNgspeV6125eCFKYdWpHSLrTf8kn8ntPMBYvu9U3rbcKDuL6wpPjrRkEeHRNZyMMUkBre_dzz98o0ik0loDRrEZvz4MeqjnT7dIqn3Cw2iCVbbSe_xvrz3F1tuB4U54VW8Wc/w400-h300/20201009_231913.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russians break for open water<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYBEOSP4ZWe6U316EXLrVEWqsU8KXjqnP1MHa5TJf3mnnxOn9BZu-SSeEvHFn_ioeUWxu1fHVNn_-vRsqDOmic8_qF9fX9igXT1-GRalbhgp_KrAdqMKwkZySRpghvbdWjKXAzCwOUuM/w400-h300/20201009_231939.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russians move to escape while taking and inflicting heavy casualties<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJMyoSlJarGLhkYlGvmngjJ66Xr771DDU7PV1E7jUUeHRKBXp-txI0REseSF9rdOxoGUDTSn2o-UyIHSrIhPFd01OtMwqvzyCIJLBL3-xQrkfKm9gvlZFs2yRVkU3oxcMmQDpBIEPiac/s2048/20201009_195039.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJMyoSlJarGLhkYlGvmngjJ66Xr771DDU7PV1E7jUUeHRKBXp-txI0REseSF9rdOxoGUDTSn2o-UyIHSrIhPFd01OtMwqvzyCIJLBL3-xQrkfKm9gvlZFs2yRVkU3oxcMmQDpBIEPiac/w400-h300/20201009_195039.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Admirals contemplating the situation<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Historically Yellow Sea was a smashing victory for the Japanese. Togo was able to sink or capture the Russian fleet in mass. This was due to an early lucky hit on the Russian Flagship bridge killing the admiral and most of his staff. Our result was not quite the same. Both sides took heavy damage including the Japanese main battle line, More importantly the Russians were able to escape with part of the the 1st Pacific squadron to join up with forces coming down from Vladivosok.<div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Battle of Ulsan August 13, 1904</h2><div>Scenario: The Russian cruiser squadron at Vladivostok received news
that the squadron at Port Arthur had sortied. They expected more warning and
were not ready to sail. Russian Admiral Lessen prepared to sail after coaling
and made his way south with the intention of meeting up the Admiral Vitgeft in
the northern Straights near Ulsan. Lessen and his three cruisers reached Ulsan
early in the morning. He was Unaware that Japanese Admiral Kamimurawas patrolling
in the same area with his four cruisers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplULcWa4x1Y8sH7SceLWgeGeUmi-kN9ztubWa3Dmr-J8lif-D-qcAJREGcYwPkirv6EolBa0xNrwYyCXgTuhdOQWN7SvxpxtC7MWtSJzucPnzea84IgTTxxMuxNiNGdgd0A1Nlw9daCo/s479/Battle_off_Ulsan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplULcWa4x1Y8sH7SceLWgeGeUmi-kN9ztubWa3Dmr-J8lif-D-qcAJREGcYwPkirv6EolBa0xNrwYyCXgTuhdOQWN7SvxpxtC7MWtSJzucPnzea84IgTTxxMuxNiNGdgd0A1Nlw9daCo/s320/Battle_off_Ulsan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kk1bQC6gJuYcipUUGI1fnrvBfY2ebK9w7V2eRt50lPj6FjDE1sDRgMecHOumwraCqqV5n_AgGjGPG5iW6ik_TnDjHekQ4KzzifQ2_H1PdHHN_g60Q9jzmIuAwskeaCqHLlA2vNwPvkE/s2048/20201013_164253.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kk1bQC6gJuYcipUUGI1fnrvBfY2ebK9w7V2eRt50lPj6FjDE1sDRgMecHOumwraCqqV5n_AgGjGPG5iW6ik_TnDjHekQ4KzzifQ2_H1PdHHN_g60Q9jzmIuAwskeaCqHLlA2vNwPvkE/s320/20201013_164253.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>We had 3 players join us for the Battle of Ulsan which was perfect with to commanding the four Japanese armored cruisers and one the three Russian armored cruisers. Again, the dice gods spoke and history had a slightly different outcome.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VXfcBPcOsgjF4rybO4QE1O_c9BzKXunD1TH4luQUecgvZjRhuST3DIPsy7WQD9_y8e132MtEiuVO8yo-G2WWIVRcK8ABmrbfC8zGYleeKjY6i3c8f51KrhPqFt4aazoyJLWxvTsHWAM/s2048/20201010_091323.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VXfcBPcOsgjF4rybO4QE1O_c9BzKXunD1TH4luQUecgvZjRhuST3DIPsy7WQD9_y8e132MtEiuVO8yo-G2WWIVRcK8ABmrbfC8zGYleeKjY6i3c8f51KrhPqFt4aazoyJLWxvTsHWAM/w400-h300/20201010_091323.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Initial deployment<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDjRdJSrYrqmgJRN2QbS48o_UfKYpCHzLK-vPhNtY0DYefsYhAPLebwkwqN2sHvxZGinoZcy_FVJk2BlcS7crVNFrgfHl4Per0sguuWNJS6-4KJV2xiWMTks_AbSFhRIi48YUTQJ9DGs/s2048/20201010_094936.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDjRdJSrYrqmgJRN2QbS48o_UfKYpCHzLK-vPhNtY0DYefsYhAPLebwkwqN2sHvxZGinoZcy_FVJk2BlcS7crVNFrgfHl4Per0sguuWNJS6-4KJV2xiWMTks_AbSFhRIi48YUTQJ9DGs/w400-h300/20201010_094936.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closing distance for ranging salvos<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYOwP1nBAID_-SkpletNsrcn5sxDTeicq-tIWt8uBTXGBCYq6oj2fqffqsKr4QqypjQnk88X2QLqXhUQU4p1OhkiVQWbDMtD-EZ5WS99Hakn3zeeQPwlbcR249Cr0haNMi4bAP-VIxBk/s2048/20201010_100842.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYOwP1nBAID_-SkpletNsrcn5sxDTeicq-tIWt8uBTXGBCYq6oj2fqffqsKr4QqypjQnk88X2QLqXhUQU4p1OhkiVQWbDMtD-EZ5WS99Hakn3zeeQPwlbcR249Cr0haNMi4bAP-VIxBk/w400-h300/20201010_100842.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russians achieved some early critical hits disrupting IJN formation<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguacN8VI8gafRpbK_Ht0H1AAufX31zGLr48SEajCvSbinZCMhQM8y87s7wi3MuCcYiWrS_wx0zWOTwEX8zGu7vfgwQ0tTl8dMpu7Ausg_CDh1edTS9weJ6y5nXBalXOQoXiatFUrR6urg/s2048/20201010_103129.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguacN8VI8gafRpbK_Ht0H1AAufX31zGLr48SEajCvSbinZCMhQM8y87s7wi3MuCcYiWrS_wx0zWOTwEX8zGu7vfgwQ0tTl8dMpu7Ausg_CDh1edTS9weJ6y5nXBalXOQoXiatFUrR6urg/w300-h400/20201010_103129.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IJN captain lost his nerve and withdrew his ship <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikcZOmcGNfUmXN-ePnhJVBKeROJmClrE6yrJj5MxSAqQeWMo4C6imXehmUU1_0NjdxFr3Ui0Ok1jBDbxSadKdZk5snaTzFN8aN88DEgEFCYCqyKVKaFp7Ve-AgTQlFcAISTCjMgh7Asyo/s2048/20201010_105447.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikcZOmcGNfUmXN-ePnhJVBKeROJmClrE6yrJj5MxSAqQeWMo4C6imXehmUU1_0NjdxFr3Ui0Ok1jBDbxSadKdZk5snaTzFN8aN88DEgEFCYCqyKVKaFp7Ve-AgTQlFcAISTCjMgh7Asyo/w400-h300/20201010_105447.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rurik succumbs to overwhelming fire<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>While the Russian squadron took a pounding as they did historically, they actually accomplished a tactical victory. The Russians forced one Japanese ship to withdraw and severally crippled two others which was more than the needed to win this scenario. Despite being heavily outnumbered in fire power by the IJN squadron the Russian gunners scored some early critical hits that the IJN could not recover from. </div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Battle of Tsushima May 27, 1905</h2><div><p class="MsoNormal">Scenario: The Russians have formed the 2nd Pacific squadron and
planned to relieve Port Arthur and meet up with the 1st Pacific Squadron and
overwhelm the Imperial Japanese Navy. After the 18,000 mile journey the Russian
Fleet was in poor condition. The Imperial Japanese Navy under Admiral Togo laid
in wait for the Arrival of the Russian force. The Japanese first sighted the
Russian fleet the night of May 26th 1905. The battle commenced the following
day.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDhTIM74yPJfNTo8XdDxwNh1onkmsQNPmo_KoA61slOoM1bJ5C0BfvO2h_wcLDSxbp1RPN_K5O9DsPV29Ie5OXv8rAtzhGJ7RBv0-hpI8NK2Cse3oKftuwzTrFAfmffuncr24LoX3tLw/s980/22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="980" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDhTIM74yPJfNTo8XdDxwNh1onkmsQNPmo_KoA61slOoM1bJ5C0BfvO2h_wcLDSxbp1RPN_K5O9DsPV29Ie5OXv8rAtzhGJ7RBv0-hpI8NK2Cse3oKftuwzTrFAfmffuncr24LoX3tLw/w400-h293/22.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>We had a full house for Tsushima with 10 players signed up. Six commanded the Japanese fleet and four the Russians. Historically the Russians are hampered in this scenario as they attempt the break through the Japanese battle line laying in wait. Despite the handicaps the Russian players made a good showing for themselves attempting to maneuver and conserve their forces. It took awhile for the Japanese players to decide what to do and close, but when they did the action became very hotly contested.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYOeuTFK1pIqAP62Dx16pGdjPcB0wL-3ixazStByu3pUN4eBQbJ9CaLUiAPRgl6K-dNb8e5SkWypFHLfhh1Jv3GO1ugqkM9TmyyaQPx7UNd6IoYxN9IEM4d4X8c6_9z00BKDt9JzlEYs/s2048/20201010_114030.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYOeuTFK1pIqAP62Dx16pGdjPcB0wL-3ixazStByu3pUN4eBQbJ9CaLUiAPRgl6K-dNb8e5SkWypFHLfhh1Jv3GO1ugqkM9TmyyaQPx7UNd6IoYxN9IEM4d4X8c6_9z00BKDt9JzlEYs/w300-h400/20201010_114030.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Initial deployments<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKioYQAHKPoY7RN2VGTMhmTnVts2OScxMzfXhaJabNsa6UgeXGfazyL9pn5_0gCZrQFIw2zT65bTNHsnDIkcNb70uN9qi_9yJzJjqOTUVMd861MkLgJdSzhJjz2SdpNpuArdH0v6yf5M/s2048/20201010_114038.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKioYQAHKPoY7RN2VGTMhmTnVts2OScxMzfXhaJabNsa6UgeXGfazyL9pn5_0gCZrQFIw2zT65bTNHsnDIkcNb70uN9qi_9yJzJjqOTUVMd861MkLgJdSzhJjz2SdpNpuArdH0v6yf5M/w400-h300/20201010_114038.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese Fleet<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5GFjI_cin5v4-yVdLxAOVNEiA7CFWPyXtegbi3Z4U54ZGADqlEmvoKuxyi_Vo5g-nhf_ze5U7DBFWMBycbgt4Wt29eufoLOTkNClgc8TUjbY9aQLPseTi9QcwnPzYL8fsQ1b6n9RODc/s2048/20201010_114107.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5GFjI_cin5v4-yVdLxAOVNEiA7CFWPyXtegbi3Z4U54ZGADqlEmvoKuxyi_Vo5g-nhf_ze5U7DBFWMBycbgt4Wt29eufoLOTkNClgc8TUjbY9aQLPseTi9QcwnPzYL8fsQ1b6n9RODc/w400-h300/20201010_114107.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian Fleet<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgd-0KIovQ9kPspqqoHlaIPGyGo2ZAOQVFWn1woVP3UE-VMstsYA4E-oTbFwdorCzwXX9-mBsw3NNEixe0MrlcVmT1uyVFJNj5keyewSrno_ZEHtvKLRAFLjX5DHHpFbV2el_twY4r8A/s2048/20201010_144506.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgd-0KIovQ9kPspqqoHlaIPGyGo2ZAOQVFWn1woVP3UE-VMstsYA4E-oTbFwdorCzwXX9-mBsw3NNEixe0MrlcVmT1uyVFJNj5keyewSrno_ZEHtvKLRAFLjX5DHHpFbV2el_twY4r8A/w400-h300/20201010_144506.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hampered by slow speed the Russians attempt to maneuver for advantage<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpqhcaDckcbSfmxevWurSQz5izuYDmD-xcJlMLBBBauYevDQ84mlCr6kI6W8Yw9MxlpDO6d1qTGDdzCXOMBL-Bk4q8o5xQPgwf2bKioOlqSU9EqhpSVeMO1QHoBjmqDiPhyphenhyphenySq_KBRNM/s2048/20201010_155001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpqhcaDckcbSfmxevWurSQz5izuYDmD-xcJlMLBBBauYevDQ84mlCr6kI6W8Yw9MxlpDO6d1qTGDdzCXOMBL-Bk4q8o5xQPgwf2bKioOlqSU9EqhpSVeMO1QHoBjmqDiPhyphenhyphenySq_KBRNM/w400-h300/20201010_155001.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian Cruisers and flotilla fall back towards the main line<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEZXhr4RQIMEMyEFhpeXg8cz4D3LAdzXkFuvjfl3-HTONSgzPnRpVOvklibFkCDwyxyE3qXOibF0-7Qz8lX08Zr2Epc-1J1VnDTUr-IL7nQrYQVE6Z8xmsKn8U2M8qkyW9Ywq5Txf2X4/s2048/20201010_155830.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEZXhr4RQIMEMyEFhpeXg8cz4D3LAdzXkFuvjfl3-HTONSgzPnRpVOvklibFkCDwyxyE3qXOibF0-7Qz8lX08Zr2Epc-1J1VnDTUr-IL7nQrYQVE6Z8xmsKn8U2M8qkyW9Ywq5Txf2X4/w400-h300/20201010_155830.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese Protected and Armored cruisers close the distance<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxA-zzoVBIHtyTTfWCVhiV2hAU_tmc_O8Me2IKykE19fUmqXrR8QbL3P-nPDaIityuuH74YdTDBWLDCKNf-6RENh1T-RRKFpjYof9ACIbQnTkxRM-ntNzoWTARNe0xeTKvvNbfVSpKXQU/s2048/20201010_155901.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxA-zzoVBIHtyTTfWCVhiV2hAU_tmc_O8Me2IKykE19fUmqXrR8QbL3P-nPDaIityuuH74YdTDBWLDCKNf-6RENh1T-RRKFpjYof9ACIbQnTkxRM-ntNzoWTARNe0xeTKvvNbfVSpKXQU/w400-h300/20201010_155901.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese moving line abreast<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxA-zzoVBIHtyTTfWCVhiV2hAU_tmc_O8Me2IKykE19fUmqXrR8QbL3P-nPDaIityuuH74YdTDBWLDCKNf-6RENh1T-RRKFpjYof9ACIbQnTkxRM-ntNzoWTARNe0xeTKvvNbfVSpKXQU/s2048/20201010_155901.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTor3MfmX0Pq5EDAOBUCnG0sHVISd768MCkag-3A-rKM-LS8bwBT93NdwqYZFeCO5rsGgI9mLmQWKGjnuFcQxYM30pWNEMu31wcRfbv1p1kG4nDxj3C3awjum4CQ005Z52b8B2S19tQAY/s2048/20201010_164003.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTor3MfmX0Pq5EDAOBUCnG0sHVISd768MCkag-3A-rKM-LS8bwBT93NdwqYZFeCO5rsGgI9mLmQWKGjnuFcQxYM30pWNEMu31wcRfbv1p1kG4nDxj3C3awjum4CQ005Z52b8B2S19tQAY/w400-h300/20201010_164003.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russians maneuver in tight quarters<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyLQUgEyPGKmP7EOB-dQwQpwiHIu_xh5nqKHlpYiHGig3YGDL0COFKHSBMEWrdS-AbmkUSBgiDK3Wc_YvveC9zutgxquqClxQSNStU1EBDDHeYGBSWm9E43i3HieJBzpJ4qEe0ICYwbo/s2048/20201010_164010.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyLQUgEyPGKmP7EOB-dQwQpwiHIu_xh5nqKHlpYiHGig3YGDL0COFKHSBMEWrdS-AbmkUSBgiDK3Wc_YvveC9zutgxquqClxQSNStU1EBDDHeYGBSWm9E43i3HieJBzpJ4qEe0ICYwbo/w400-h300/20201010_164010.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As the shells finally start flying the Russians claim an early victim<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnE0GacWkZvZhSTyCP4TRvs3Dug-wlPO7FNyIclP1maquI_ymB9diWIOKwFYawpWAP8wLd91ZvXIfvkC2TWGIt9x99oVLKvAy5Dv8cf3xUkKeQ-rlQqHejV_bJ9ppJ0BAToaUMAWQDXSU/s2048/20201010_171811.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnE0GacWkZvZhSTyCP4TRvs3Dug-wlPO7FNyIclP1maquI_ymB9diWIOKwFYawpWAP8wLd91ZvXIfvkC2TWGIt9x99oVLKvAy5Dv8cf3xUkKeQ-rlQqHejV_bJ9ppJ0BAToaUMAWQDXSU/w400-h300/20201010_171811.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese Armored Cruisers score some hits<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UJnPa9XMHE3J5lVJ7zbv3JDj0xPy2WNPLkRZhghRT1FLpvtph0kfjhUM1HaLzm7M_jX5tyzutgwA8x_ye515oxQHArsW5nYszwWA9-SOwOXW-9q99hBeBlsU4mDYKN4K1nt-aRxAP-0/s2048/20201010_175131.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UJnPa9XMHE3J5lVJ7zbv3JDj0xPy2WNPLkRZhghRT1FLpvtph0kfjhUM1HaLzm7M_jX5tyzutgwA8x_ye515oxQHArsW5nYszwWA9-SOwOXW-9q99hBeBlsU4mDYKN4K1nt-aRxAP-0/w400-h300/20201010_175131.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once in range shells begin to land on both sides<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBtxpDatfFmaSIdAf7OqSt9q7cy8VE_PtTDoIqf0vRpLs6A-KQnhOOCJQ2bQLKQGeVKiVolJZBaDluUkCiBvWgIE58Rntcm3N-kfogFvwn7mrmc7gjd7sXW8QGeqxBuwWGkQLv2gcjXU/s2048/20201010_175136.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBtxpDatfFmaSIdAf7OqSt9q7cy8VE_PtTDoIqf0vRpLs6A-KQnhOOCJQ2bQLKQGeVKiVolJZBaDluUkCiBvWgIE58Rntcm3N-kfogFvwn7mrmc7gjd7sXW8QGeqxBuwWGkQLv2gcjXU/w400-h300/20201010_175136.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese Armored Cruisers Move Line of Breast under fire to get in range <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcJTiJnU1WEugxeJWxi04LkRRkKHFT_4_308OjN0RYDkZYhocpRdlqO3Uf8CHy_DK70rQkrO-vpFrdUHKjF1AjEzvoA5AMkGms7cpMrIA9_2kP_GZI9Bxk93nufZCGxZbAkYf_tU8bsA/s2048/20201010_175848.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcJTiJnU1WEugxeJWxi04LkRRkKHFT_4_308OjN0RYDkZYhocpRdlqO3Uf8CHy_DK70rQkrO-vpFrdUHKjF1AjEzvoA5AMkGms7cpMrIA9_2kP_GZI9Bxk93nufZCGxZbAkYf_tU8bsA/w400-h300/20201010_175848.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Decisive Moment as IJN Destroyers brazenly pass between Russian battle lines<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9X2IR7t4WXDEUFstRUhwYQpfMWBNt1t5jDHgwwuWtWjGgNb8nDufR_PB2q3MOyqQiIvEROWo08skR27-8bE8-7rGC7U5p1o-eC2LMNyl68ofh1Xre4R2zhgD4wd-T8nONI0yHI54mWMw/s2048/20201010_181553.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9X2IR7t4WXDEUFstRUhwYQpfMWBNt1t5jDHgwwuWtWjGgNb8nDufR_PB2q3MOyqQiIvEROWo08skR27-8bE8-7rGC7U5p1o-eC2LMNyl68ofh1Xre4R2zhgD4wd-T8nONI0yHI54mWMw/w400-h300/20201010_181553.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After much consternation The IJN Battleships finally engage<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9N8hZm8x5wM0rNiIDuBEUXUazMfuDUsEl3BpNoleq2FcPsLecIBuNXsdvlOBMp9-eXfu5xoWM3raF_IT2sZmNdMarVZSbZmNAWF_-ZNW6GFrzcpRSV66qUK_FSL48LatF1z_nzCEiLuo/s2048/20201010_181621.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9N8hZm8x5wM0rNiIDuBEUXUazMfuDUsEl3BpNoleq2FcPsLecIBuNXsdvlOBMp9-eXfu5xoWM3raF_IT2sZmNdMarVZSbZmNAWF_-ZNW6GFrzcpRSV66qUK_FSL48LatF1z_nzCEiLuo/w400-h300/20201010_181621.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian casualties mount as they take some big ship losses.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Tsushima had a more historical outcome with a Japanese win as we had to call the game due to time. I have run Tsushima several times and this was by far the slowest developing engagement. The Russians knew they were in trouble and attempted to sail out of it and the Japanese commander was slow to close with his main battle line. As a result the cruisers had the opportunity to engage and suffered more damage than they did historically as the Russian Battleships began to target them. In the end with the loss of two Russian Battleships and fairly equal loss of cruisers it ended in a Japanese win. In honesty it would have been fun to see this scenario play out several more turns as the Russians had some firepower remaining to contest the Japanese main line.</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">1898 Spanish American War</h2><div>Scenario: The Spanish American Naval War was a lopsided affair. Spain
was still a world power, but she was in decline and proved no match for the up
and coming United States during this period . As a result the historical
engagements at Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba proved to be lopsided affairs.
This period does present a number of wonderful what-if scenarios based on plans
and what could have happened. We will tackle one or more of these historical
what-if engagements in the time available.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OVn3pIICBXOskgeFGkSjBPwjWwEsjmBfUh3boLrCHixqdGbq0pcR8khOCk3yeGCHDObJrlim2wVcr0Lnpp_jAsw083ITgSEof6CZ3-DjJMkCpJ18b6-qJOzjTjAUW6uGMJ9K45Cg7OE/s2048/20201017_205434.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OVn3pIICBXOskgeFGkSjBPwjWwEsjmBfUh3boLrCHixqdGbq0pcR8khOCk3yeGCHDObJrlim2wVcr0Lnpp_jAsw083ITgSEof6CZ3-DjJMkCpJ18b6-qJOzjTjAUW6uGMJ9K45Cg7OE/w300-h400/20201017_205434.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scenario for AP 1898<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Four players were ready to go Sunday morning. I was hoping for two more, so decided on Scenario 6 from the 1898 scenario book. This scenario pits and America force making its way toward the Suez canal intercepted by a Spanish force including the obsolete battleship Pelayo. The Spanish can win by sinking an American capital ship or the supply ships. The American win by destroying the Spanish squadron and protecting the supply ships without suffering a major loss.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4DEg5dJBga8kt_wSPsbQD97YaAiv_16WBCsXMOj9i59OO_U8wEmwircE5PDBAP8cCSW3Wr6IRVwWNOYxAYKSydXxqLBBKGktleldu4tzPC0T2qrC2wHaaTkDIoY4-VE-e_y0Xy-5uzA/s2048/20201010_193122.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4DEg5dJBga8kt_wSPsbQD97YaAiv_16WBCsXMOj9i59OO_U8wEmwircE5PDBAP8cCSW3Wr6IRVwWNOYxAYKSydXxqLBBKGktleldu4tzPC0T2qrC2wHaaTkDIoY4-VE-e_y0Xy-5uzA/w400-h300/20201010_193122.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish squadron with Pelayo in the lead<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVs9EEvM_HxmkWWvkW3NEjQVbItSa5rsyfi4ES5JQBjWkLjGe4qiwp5590nIDsUHIzbR5R1N_f71XUBx4Z05lTb4PYPn1n5u3x048PEqxCd-deiE2Iromnyyaf8lYBGjJOxXx1oCMgzA4/s2048/20201010_193131.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVs9EEvM_HxmkWWvkW3NEjQVbItSa5rsyfi4ES5JQBjWkLjGe4qiwp5590nIDsUHIzbR5R1N_f71XUBx4Z05lTb4PYPn1n5u3x048PEqxCd-deiE2Iromnyyaf8lYBGjJOxXx1oCMgzA4/w400-h300/20201010_193131.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American Sqadron<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUdavADweh6pyzpBk9CSQH662J6eZs_hb6F-K7VELfNZk5BBIR3sbjVUH58szhMwyh8noLYW4Xc_BMQ8RdgkoS7b1Yr8UxNtVpsmNepgCG8jdEiViFckRoxEDdz838ycwMo2BlW7BhQA/s2048/20201011_102216.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUdavADweh6pyzpBk9CSQH662J6eZs_hb6F-K7VELfNZk5BBIR3sbjVUH58szhMwyh8noLYW4Xc_BMQ8RdgkoS7b1Yr8UxNtVpsmNepgCG8jdEiViFckRoxEDdz838ycwMo2BlW7BhQA/w400-h300/20201011_102216.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pelayo splits off to draw fire<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjjvsLPFMVevVZ2W5iMcCVzStS1tTacPxdoMGpYGlBB4eqz4lR7NGbnyIboGc6hh0fa8vqj2x8DbjCGBilN3y8mluoK-946pgZtI8210y84nGaUtof-Q75T2yIjAQcIIS-whPI_IgIjI/s2048/20201011_104742.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjjvsLPFMVevVZ2W5iMcCVzStS1tTacPxdoMGpYGlBB4eqz4lR7NGbnyIboGc6hh0fa8vqj2x8DbjCGBilN3y8mluoK-946pgZtI8210y84nGaUtof-Q75T2yIjAQcIIS-whPI_IgIjI/w400-h300/20201011_104742.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pelayo quickly succumbs to US Battleships<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XidyTm0UKnZLPZz4OwUwo_hsUpM1Xwsbkz9YLjlC7gOUEWJ4DfZp0M4cDFencZD0uFbRL-LULwBBgVgOlo2I9BQJkU0mjaP25Xq5isVcCfRYSuicYksG25ZK8rK1h68G1-uooBOxaIU/s2048/20201011_105022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XidyTm0UKnZLPZz4OwUwo_hsUpM1Xwsbkz9YLjlC7gOUEWJ4DfZp0M4cDFencZD0uFbRL-LULwBBgVgOlo2I9BQJkU0mjaP25Xq5isVcCfRYSuicYksG25ZK8rK1h68G1-uooBOxaIU/w400-h300/20201011_105022.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish Flotillas maneuver deftly to attack US Cruisers<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrraqWAiKnmn27WklpRQ4jLb8qMdHv1tfLohdJ3Crt7lvG1RT2Hl1PXwWTFfOFFaAruXGTB2QJFAyS5XlmJLFIgUI8IAb1Z23t6FekaErcf_aolGwtJeHXA7IM_P9AGFiUHzKLXLByBY/s2048/20201011_110200.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrraqWAiKnmn27WklpRQ4jLb8qMdHv1tfLohdJ3Crt7lvG1RT2Hl1PXwWTFfOFFaAruXGTB2QJFAyS5XlmJLFIgUI8IAb1Z23t6FekaErcf_aolGwtJeHXA7IM_P9AGFiUHzKLXLByBY/w400-h300/20201011_110200.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Torps in the water scoring one hit on USS Baltimore<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyqFMlo_GmI3Saf-NYqR-IlRUPOxvajBQWh7XBLqHd1KrmHFVC53-f0ncArnpsu58cbMMsqLThyjIh2SuylOFPUuLkpbQ6Tr6-AYqTQ2vSibWi2tcw5rzZCH31H4ClE15KoUSqc7vfdU0/s2048/20201011_110524.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyqFMlo_GmI3Saf-NYqR-IlRUPOxvajBQWh7XBLqHd1KrmHFVC53-f0ncArnpsu58cbMMsqLThyjIh2SuylOFPUuLkpbQ6Tr6-AYqTQ2vSibWi2tcw5rzZCH31H4ClE15KoUSqc7vfdU0/w400-h300/20201011_110524.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baltimore take a torp hit and Pelyao goes down</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPEmC_rKw3RJL81HWJh-3RWmuSIqUwQGnV-K51RTMb0PIr_qN5ThVEOBBgFsmYYq1edaiw8vKHmFTXHhTSpTWvwiRc4a-VDdBsz6656ixGZ9FoE8-Cn1X-dDRF4deftQGs21LWtp8YJXU/s2048/20201011_113448.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPEmC_rKw3RJL81HWJh-3RWmuSIqUwQGnV-K51RTMb0PIr_qN5ThVEOBBgFsmYYq1edaiw8vKHmFTXHhTSpTWvwiRc4a-VDdBsz6656ixGZ9FoE8-Cn1X-dDRF4deftQGs21LWtp8YJXU/w400-h300/20201011_113448.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlos V closes to point blank and suffers a devastating Magazine explosion<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9PpVwbA4PRXeQwSld0BdpsyIDJnh0nEicTXCnhUSqKbJUYgJIKBGyD1fCXst5ULN4j1Qjmayes-KNzclTgZRwstjGeNnN_ZdW8xcoVxNY9lVVLEvaPHmfaq8Rq4WbXyZ_4113nNzt3o/s2048/20201011_114708.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9PpVwbA4PRXeQwSld0BdpsyIDJnh0nEicTXCnhUSqKbJUYgJIKBGyD1fCXst5ULN4j1Qjmayes-KNzclTgZRwstjGeNnN_ZdW8xcoVxNY9lVVLEvaPHmfaq8Rq4WbXyZ_4113nNzt3o/w400-h300/20201011_114708.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spaniards are in a tough spot, <br />but USS Baltimore succumbs to floods and capsizes<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The Spanish squadron was all but eliminated, but did claim an American Armored Cruiser which counts as a capital ship. the Pelayo and CarlosV turned out to be paper tigers. I need to contact the game designer and verify the armor values. I expected Pelayo to be low, but Carlos V was a large armored cruiser with the armor of a protected cruiser. Either way both sides had a good time and enjoyed the suspenseful outcome. We could have played another scenario, but all were happy to pack it up and call it a day.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the end Autumn Wars was huge success. I believe the official count was 95 participants over the weekend. There were a number of quality games being run and mine were full or almost full for each scenario. In addition, there were a number of vendors present despite the small size of the venue. In talking to them they were as eager to get back out to gaming conventions as the gamers. I was able to support one of them and pick up a cloth sea mat to use at home on the dinning table. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrX1Hrai4u3m0W88ckse-OrT2xgQ01b9g1S84a4QeOoKK9sqy9IWjORCXRUkJ4YMiK3QEVs2TmVw-XYfNZjAegCFbhQF-o1RKjqizMObR0SeF2r91M40Sr7uAb4zm2LICPJfpRB6YpGmE/s2048/20201013_195154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrX1Hrai4u3m0W88ckse-OrT2xgQ01b9g1S84a4QeOoKK9sqy9IWjORCXRUkJ4YMiK3QEVs2TmVw-XYfNZjAegCFbhQF-o1RKjqizMObR0SeF2r91M40Sr7uAb4zm2LICPJfpRB6YpGmE/w400-h300/20201013_195154.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New 4x6 gaming cloth<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Not sure why I did not know about Autumn Wars in the past, but will definitely be looking for it in the future. Kudos to the HMGS Midwest staff for continuing on and running a safe and fun convention in challenging times. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here is hoping we can get past COVID and there will be more public gaming in the future we can all enjoy.</div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-26155265067298978522020-09-14T20:56:00.002-07:002020-09-14T20:56:25.375-07:00Surprise Action: USS Oregon (BB3) 1898<p>This blog has been inactive for awhile. This is mostly because I simply have not done much gaming in the last year to report on. Like most the pandemic has cancelled many events in addition life has kept me busy as I prepared to retire from the Army after 30 years.</p><p>This past week I was invited by a friend to run Naval Thunder for a small group that has been gathering weekly to game while social distancing. Last week we met for the first time and I ran three scenarios for them to teach the mechanics of Naval Thunder and get them started. The three scenarios are classic battles from the rule book and great for teaching: Battle of River Plate, Battle of Denmark Straight, and 1st Guadalcanal. The three players had such a good time they asked me to come back this week and do it again.</p><p>This has given me the opportunity to go through the book and dig through my collection of WotC War at Sea miniatures to out together more scenarios. I have added Operation Catapult, Battle cruisers and war, and a Mediterranean brawl.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7BZRn_oSnUIVsnllNZYG9meLk8Y8Otbj-dAkZc1WVCuo1fjGu1vmAGFIW9YSkyxEQ_V-mm2ZfGAnjTw3P-BZsQjK2dUfykv6yV3WeShrNkg8-vRqoeztM39yCRHX4qPE6d8vng68HE4/s2048/20200913_130137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7BZRn_oSnUIVsnllNZYG9meLk8Y8Otbj-dAkZc1WVCuo1fjGu1vmAGFIW9YSkyxEQ_V-mm2ZfGAnjTw3P-BZsQjK2dUfykv6yV3WeShrNkg8-vRqoeztM39yCRHX4qPE6d8vng68HE4/w375-h500/20200913_130137.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;">I addition, I decided to dig out my Pre-Dread collection. I own the complete Russo-Japanese OoB as well as the Span-AM war OoB in 1/2400. I have done all the Russo-Japanese battles at conventions in the past and they are a bit big for this group to accomplish in a day. The historical battles for the SPAN-AM war are so one sided they really do not make for much of a game. This lead me to explore what-if scenarios I have wanted to try. </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoQtZe6Y6pFodhTbUVq0Z5B3lRiXEZUyveI45J0mcJqV51nHnCDObbX_e5b08iRsApCloicW5TnX68-mHX4WcQQx9_lb7uAIGJk7WMRHE_1NXrVAXpsg001OZQBpiB3jVjlKoX-YMNI8/s2048/20200913_130223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoQtZe6Y6pFodhTbUVq0Z5B3lRiXEZUyveI45J0mcJqV51nHnCDObbX_e5b08iRsApCloicW5TnX68-mHX4WcQQx9_lb7uAIGJk7WMRHE_1NXrVAXpsg001OZQBpiB3jVjlKoX-YMNI8/w375-h500/20200913_130223.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;">I own several Avalanche Press Naval games including 1898 which includes several what-if scenarios. one of which if the hypothetical scenario of the Spanish Cruiser Squadron intercepting the lone USS Oregon as she made her way from the west coast around South America to join the fleet in the Caribbean</p><p style="text-align: left;">This is a scenario I have wanted to try for some time, but I was not sure how well it would play out using Naval Thunder Rise of the Battleship. I was able to give it a test play today and was surprised by the results.</p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoJCyhXJ2vlhkAJbTigHTtkTp3JXRTeZPhEvGlubPAkxcFJSHU1ofwN8BgeqKxkhyOh1ASD4OgnUQmOInmNsuBJWcemGh2eLdw1xxCanY03cDk_BsXT4iVm6nwZLLqMJEgIU9DGNGU8w/s2048/20200914_163825.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoJCyhXJ2vlhkAJbTigHTtkTp3JXRTeZPhEvGlubPAkxcFJSHU1ofwN8BgeqKxkhyOh1ASD4OgnUQmOInmNsuBJWcemGh2eLdw1xxCanY03cDk_BsXT4iVm6nwZLLqMJEgIU9DGNGU8w/w500-h375/20200914_163825.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish Squadron<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Spanish intended to intercept USS Oregon South of Cuba before she could join the remainder of the Atlantic Squadron off the coast of Cuba. Apparently this was a real concern for the American at the time.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWY9eHxxT7Meztct43B0JUaiweDZ17tY4D9xLj0PoGySFqfOPHYEcXQxQDyxb2opNIUJPBQHAgadQhOd-w1b9miqsQ0KFwvKrBIraPYo1juULjRuZW_Xap5bBJN9utUJLm_DD3DHIDFM/s2048/20200914_163833.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWY9eHxxT7Meztct43B0JUaiweDZ17tY4D9xLj0PoGySFqfOPHYEcXQxQDyxb2opNIUJPBQHAgadQhOd-w1b9miqsQ0KFwvKrBIraPYo1juULjRuZW_Xap5bBJN9utUJLm_DD3DHIDFM/w500-h375/20200914_163833.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">USS Oregon<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>At daylight on the morning of May 24th 1898 the USS Oregon spots the Spanish squadron closing fast on her position as she steams North Easterly across the calm Caribbean seas. Initial contact is made at a range of about 24,000 yards. Oregon makes a slight course change northward in hopes of keeping the lighter guns for the Spanish at range as long as possible.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRLmtCP2TuHoCKi95bG2l8dOCkyyoIOSg9ahCQI7EOs9-NFFhhKgreSWmoQpTEZ3U3W3in5CD_9VWoreQ3SvF6bxljGtK_QzND_u36tgVMlwNZkRov4AH4KPmAmcRXqmVaR67Rnxt8wE/s2048/20200914_164502.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRLmtCP2TuHoCKi95bG2l8dOCkyyoIOSg9ahCQI7EOs9-NFFhhKgreSWmoQpTEZ3U3W3in5CD_9VWoreQ3SvF6bxljGtK_QzND_u36tgVMlwNZkRov4AH4KPmAmcRXqmVaR67Rnxt8wE/w500-h375/20200914_164502.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The outnumbered Americans open at maximum range and land the first blow</td></tr></tbody></table>Once sighted Cervera knows he must close the range with the American Battleship as quickly as possible and attempt to cross the T in order to bring all his slightly lighter 11" main guns to bear over the American's 13" and 8" guns.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGKmGcYKfmbOBl0Vlrt6j_NYTovZ8Z96aGaqf7Hj1VFB6ED6QwyiVW66luyQRmE4caDjNQsLRvaFWC9d37W9uWIAYWsuwJ4E-NrgW9hnV2-Fdlt8_ydt_0PE5Z1nLkS_DjsVovnlYpCI/s2048/20200914_165231.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGKmGcYKfmbOBl0Vlrt6j_NYTovZ8Z96aGaqf7Hj1VFB6ED6QwyiVW66luyQRmE4caDjNQsLRvaFWC9d37W9uWIAYWsuwJ4E-NrgW9hnV2-Fdlt8_ydt_0PE5Z1nLkS_DjsVovnlYpCI/w500-h375/20200914_165231.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The faster Spanish close the distance </td></tr></tbody></table>USS Oregon opens fire with her forward guns and scores a hit on the lead ship Infanta Maria Teresa scoring a hit and starting a fire which immediately begins to spread. The lead two Spanish ships return fire with their 11" main battery, but fail to find the range. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqrA6FnIUayqV-Ccjr4uF89xIo3uVx6-QI32Ak-CtQpXWx29DMUA7IyVOiTUkPgO_P2xq62fxOwM9XBhzntW8EVgJWASgSBbNlbvqAsiNgNukXk2BkON2x78LXZrQq8Kc-E6krbm-rLg/s2048/20200914_165420.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqrA6FnIUayqV-Ccjr4uF89xIo3uVx6-QI32Ak-CtQpXWx29DMUA7IyVOiTUkPgO_P2xq62fxOwM9XBhzntW8EVgJWASgSBbNlbvqAsiNgNukXk2BkON2x78LXZrQq8Kc-E6krbm-rLg/w500-h375/20200914_165420.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oregon's gunners are deadly accurate with the 2nd salvo</td></tr></tbody></table>As the Spaniards continue to close the distance Oregon turns to bring her full broadsides of 13" and 8" main guns to bear on the Spanish Column. In an amazing feat of gunnery all four 13" shells find their mark on the Spanish Flagship starting more fires, flooding and knocking out secondary battery guns. Spanish damage control is struggles and manages to put out one fire while the original one rages and the Maria Teresa starts to take on water. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4z8TyVGrnyzXLSF7LtYDFF8mssMq1ffizQeYYllpZaPIBnG34A11-xbBw2aex3O4-GcOxKAJa0mE8bO2cuuSyr6-l49D1eyKu_JNG6caNwFq65Yo2Zpb0mRn1-QNIJtZtklh1-jH6TRM/s2048/20200914_170701.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4z8TyVGrnyzXLSF7LtYDFF8mssMq1ffizQeYYllpZaPIBnG34A11-xbBw2aex3O4-GcOxKAJa0mE8bO2cuuSyr6-l49D1eyKu_JNG6caNwFq65Yo2Zpb0mRn1-QNIJtZtklh1-jH6TRM/w500-h375/20200914_170701.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Armored Cruisers unleash full broadside</td></tr></tbody></table>The Spanish column starts to find the distance and hit the Oregon multiple times, but the 11" shells fail to penetrate the heavier American Battleships armor and only cause light damage. Meanwhile the Marie Teresa is visible in distress an fires rage and if they do not contain the flooding the fire problem will take care of itself. As a result, the American gunners shift fire to the second undamaged Spanish cruiser Vizcaya. A combination of 13" and 8" shells find their mark causing serious damage to the Spanish Armored Cruiser including a major flood.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6PP31zMzM1FLPYhGM8SxTMtHLr9YPbUhYZDOzdh2Mrdvs1rupl3DtOEUwF1RVISrAV7823eWSDXL24PX66qQv0FXG_HvAhxS0jvIjYFU-ksMij-veFXx6E4TCB8Otl1AgLehfCxt210/s2048/20200914_172235.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6PP31zMzM1FLPYhGM8SxTMtHLr9YPbUhYZDOzdh2Mrdvs1rupl3DtOEUwF1RVISrAV7823eWSDXL24PX66qQv0FXG_HvAhxS0jvIjYFU-ksMij-veFXx6E4TCB8Otl1AgLehfCxt210/w500-h375/20200914_172235.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish Flagship Succumbs to fire and flooding Fires start on Oregon</td></tr></tbody></table>The Spanish flagship unable to bring the fire and flooding under control slips under the waves as Cervera prepares to move his flag to the undamaged Cruiser Alimrante Oquendo. The highly motivated gunners aboard Oregon shift fire to the undamaged cruiser with a full broadside causing damage and a fire before Cervera can transfer his flag. At the same time the two Spanish destroyers have managed to significantly close the distance well withing the secondary battery range of Oregon's gunners who quickly send the Pluton to the bottom.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCddDLybKc8POzgvKjXcXg2kETt6nq16ZdRfLFnYWV9Q33Wrh1vJlcGDK1oIINw5H1DwzmnlvGzIcsnvytSnQQYiBF535gsFKmgjkU9VYzQcde8mMoyIa8o4LnUiLYr7K90Rsfu0f32-w/s2048/20200914_172556.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCddDLybKc8POzgvKjXcXg2kETt6nq16ZdRfLFnYWV9Q33Wrh1vJlcGDK1oIINw5H1DwzmnlvGzIcsnvytSnQQYiBF535gsFKmgjkU9VYzQcde8mMoyIa8o4LnUiLYr7K90Rsfu0f32-w/w500-h375/20200914_172556.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the flagship gone the Spanish decide they lack the nerve to continue the fight<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>With the flagship gone and two of the three remaining cruisers damaged, on fire or flooding the Spanish decided they have had enough for the day and decide to withdraw. The Commander of the USS Oregon who is now busy fighting fires of his own is more than happy to oblige and allow them to leave as he does not have the speed to maintain a long pursuit.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5HI2BQuenfuZtUu0VS4vnojAfTcnHyhzyv8HBCHPkv6k1p8PM2s8YjUiukAeM_D24bPGR5xmTjBytqSYwSEpSeYiPaJiBFGZMWFdKe822AeHdOPjZyUz0swDRFAhr30wP9cC1wvMVuM/s2048/20200914_172857.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5HI2BQuenfuZtUu0VS4vnojAfTcnHyhzyv8HBCHPkv6k1p8PM2s8YjUiukAeM_D24bPGR5xmTjBytqSYwSEpSeYiPaJiBFGZMWFdKe822AeHdOPjZyUz0swDRFAhr30wP9cC1wvMVuM/w469-h625/20200914_172857.jpg" width="469" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish still need to deal with ongoing damage before they withdraw</td></tr></tbody></table>As the Spanish make their run away they must still deal with the on going damage. It would not be a good day for Spain. The Vizcaya soon developed a severe list and then turned turtle and capsized while Oquendo could not gain control of the fires of flooding and soon vanished below the waves.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMRsvLvPAMEQF1DmHVjJUQjiDP6NDaPSUfJfgQ6W7ICfqWlNR4Q8ziTCrwlrCbD_BWNEj9c_fCxFy1WKxC_uIctkoxJjF7N9pfr3Gg3SCTsBBLVh01orAF2nGsZQEQPdI-s4JJPUxEAg/s2048/20200914_172922.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMRsvLvPAMEQF1DmHVjJUQjiDP6NDaPSUfJfgQ6W7ICfqWlNR4Q8ziTCrwlrCbD_BWNEj9c_fCxFy1WKxC_uIctkoxJjF7N9pfr3Gg3SCTsBBLVh01orAF2nGsZQEQPdI-s4JJPUxEAg/w469-h625/20200914_172922.jpg" width="469" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish damage control is overwhelmed by fires</td></tr></tbody></table>This left the lone armored cruiser Cristobol Colon (lacking main guns) and destroyer Furor to retreat North back toward Cuba. Despite the major victory at hand over the Spanish Squadron USS Oregon still had a fight on its hands against the on going fires that still raged. It would not be a easy battle as fires initially spread igniting ready ammo. Eventually the Americans were able to prevail and the badly damaged Oregon continue her voyage and limp north. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pqFT5b69hZK8cG-HjyltCFXK6htZK0mHOvWpeztKe_dRmZROeWIdnabvRWuoUCpyVG30O2cDfY5uLwvbxOCLEpzZy1LVNn-8-I2SWE0bGwmKUAshEb19R_OVL65sTFgj1TwwjE79mJI/s2048/20200914_172941.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pqFT5b69hZK8cG-HjyltCFXK6htZK0mHOvWpeztKe_dRmZROeWIdnabvRWuoUCpyVG30O2cDfY5uLwvbxOCLEpzZy1LVNn-8-I2SWE0bGwmKUAshEb19R_OVL65sTFgj1TwwjE79mJI/w500-h375/20200914_172941.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the end only the undamaged Cristobol Colon and Furor escape</td></tr></tbody></table>USS Oregon will require major repairs and a refit and will not be available to the intended blockade of Cuba. As a result of her stunning victory over Cervera's Squadron taking out the three strongest ships that blockade may no longer be required and easily handled by the American Atlantic Squadron. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioK_Mr16elM5k7a-7S-9qGs_Un696dSQr-HxfXH5CuqOCFdozB6lW23VMot_6KxVTeUtjdKJaIJyMhV138qDGpPzxUYKRM7Bdc5KYy4ozrd-Yz18xD-ukGP6ms4nV-0jUrBJ9x012a-nM/s2048/20200914_175553.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioK_Mr16elM5k7a-7S-9qGs_Un696dSQr-HxfXH5CuqOCFdozB6lW23VMot_6KxVTeUtjdKJaIJyMhV138qDGpPzxUYKRM7Bdc5KYy4ozrd-Yz18xD-ukGP6ms4nV-0jUrBJ9x012a-nM/w500-h375/20200914_175553.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Span-AM Collection plus Germans for future What-ifs<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilM47KpjaYWMc-U59iqIR1AJi9OaMXdu-3Z6Y8trJYeFN01JpsYRsRkwAkPEcvJnUmooc15NN8DQm9-y1UJkYNfkPvflFKagLkRPsqOI84LDD2_F2La1BuhdLMpk1tDKw4J6u-D3DO8HE/s2048/20200914_175612.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilM47KpjaYWMc-U59iqIR1AJi9OaMXdu-3Z6Y8trJYeFN01JpsYRsRkwAkPEcvJnUmooc15NN8DQm9-y1UJkYNfkPvflFKagLkRPsqOI84LDD2_F2La1BuhdLMpk1tDKw4J6u-D3DO8HE/w500-h375/20200914_175612.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the Atlantic Squadron including USS Maine<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgee41jFGecA6-P6f_TB9c5KEFjecVwkSnLY6OZ3xwqHNv-urqHWwCQRmqCUufFfl1a-SHg1qZPED9zEMFk3qdL-Ii1oMB3K1sFVvmal1NSP6voz6i8YBFNEsuDCces4uR4uzi5UuvcM/s2048/20200914_175622.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgee41jFGecA6-P6f_TB9c5KEFjecVwkSnLY6OZ3xwqHNv-urqHWwCQRmqCUufFfl1a-SHg1qZPED9zEMFk3qdL-Ii1oMB3K1sFVvmal1NSP6voz6i8YBFNEsuDCces4uR4uzi5UuvcM/w500-h375/20200914_175622.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">US Asiatic Squadron<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiVrx41iE_FAHxlRsbQtfn4vNrJ8RvgduS-jftRA89vLQUTEzR2ScRDnJ5AJA7wJtyAov-CjS9LP1hNo4u3iSJq6aFZtSegmyOAMQCA38N-Nkmwr0yOUtI9aMRGO-BZGxaj7IlNQ5N7Q/s2048/20200914_175629.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiVrx41iE_FAHxlRsbQtfn4vNrJ8RvgduS-jftRA89vLQUTEzR2ScRDnJ5AJA7wJtyAov-CjS9LP1hNo4u3iSJq6aFZtSegmyOAMQCA38N-Nkmwr0yOUtI9aMRGO-BZGxaj7IlNQ5N7Q/w500-h375/20200914_175629.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish Cruisers<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>The results of this battle surprised me a bit. Based on points in Naval Thunder the Spanish outnumbered and were stronger on paper than the lone American battleship. Clearly the superior gunnery (Lucky die rolls) early on by the Americans played a huge part in the outcome. The Spanish failing to make command checks after the flagship went down were just the nail in the coffin. Even then the outcome was not clear as it took awile for the Americans to control the fires while the Spanish dice again continued to fail them causing the loss of two more cruisers one of which was still in fair condition except for the on going fire.<div><br /></div><div>I look forward to giving this scenario another trail again soon and it seems very playable and not as lopsided as I initially suspected.<br /><p><br /></p></div>afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-56232705928780579702019-05-06T10:03:00.000-07:002019-05-06T10:48:32.132-07:00Cavalry in the Shenandoah-Little Wars 2019This is the third and final entry for Little Wars 2019. In addition to running three events myself, I assisted my good friend and gaming mentor Mark Anderson with his ACW Fire and Fury game.<br />
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Mark is a veteran gamer of probably close to 50 years with a very sizable miniature collection. He owns the largest gaming miniature collection I have seen in person and it is probably not an exaggeration to say it numbers 40,000 or more figures in various scales from ancients through WWII.<br />
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He hosts a weekly gaming group at his home that meets probably 40+ times a year. I was fortunate enough to be invited several years ago after meeting at Little Wars and since then myself as well as well as my boys have attended countless times. The group meet to refight many historical battles in miniature. While Mark hosts in his home and has a massive collection many of the group members bring and put on their games throughout the year. This is a great way to playtest new ideas for upcoming conventions. On any given week you can expect to find between 6-12 gathered to refight the event planned for that week.<br />
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I tell you this so you understand that Mark does not do anything small. His submission for Little Wars this year was no exception. He decided on a hypothetical ACW scenario revolving around a Confederate Cavalry raid North to capture supplies and wagons and the ensuing Union response to try to recapture or destroy the wagons before they could get to safety. In total each side had 2 cavalry divisions with Artillery and the confederates had a brigade of militia in addition.<br />
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The rules used were Regimental Fire and Fury. We enjoy both the Regimental and Brigade Fire and Fury for ACW. We have also used the rule variants to run a number of AWI battles. They perform very well and are great for a convention game as they are easy to learn, have a very well one quick reference sheet and produce somewhat realistic results. This is where I and a handful of other "Irregulars" came in to assist Mark in judging and interpreting the rules for the 12 players who had signed up to play in the six hour event.<br />
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The gaming table was 6x15' and had more 15mm ACW cavalry then I had seen in any event. We had play tested the scenario a couple times in the months prior to make sure it was somewhat balanced. The Confederates start on the North end of the table escorting a large wagon train with a goal to get them off the southern end of the table past Winchester, while preventing the union cavalry in pursuit from destroying the wagons and capturing buildings.<br />
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Once all the players arrived they were divided into teams. I did a quick explanation of the rules following the turn sequence and how to use the QRS. Mark did an overview of the scenario and issued OoB as well as orders to the commanders. The teams briefly divided to form their strategy and then the battle was on.<br />
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The OoB and orders were as follows:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> Cavalry Division<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>BG W.
Merritt Gallant<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>6,560
Cavalry 24 Guns<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> Brigade<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>BG G.A Custer Gallant<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>1,760<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Troopers 6 Guns<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Michigan <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Crack 12-8-5<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach
loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>480<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>9,8,7 Stands</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Michigan<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Crack
12-8-5<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> 4</span>80<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>9,8,7 Stands<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Michigan<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Crack
10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Michigan<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Crack
10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Battery N.Y. Lt.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Veteran 3 sections 6-3” Rodman
Rifles<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> Brigade<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Col. T.C Devin Able<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>1,600<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Troopers 6 Guns<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
New York<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Veteran 12-8-5<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach
loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>480<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>9,8,7 Stands<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
New York<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Veteran 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach
loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
New York<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Veteran 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach
loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">17<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
Penn Veteran 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6
Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup>
U.S. Battery B<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Veteran 3
sections 6-3” Rodman Rifles<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Reserve Brigade<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Col.
A. Gibbs Able<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>1,600<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Troopers 6 Guns<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></sup></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">1st</span></sup>
U.S. Cavalry<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Veteran 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach
loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup>
U.S. Cavalry Veteran 10-7-4 Beach loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
U.S. Cavalry<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Veteran 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6
Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
PennsylvaniaVeteran 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6
Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup>
U.S. Battery D<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Veteran 3
sections 6-3” Rodman Rifles<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> Cavalry Division<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>BG William Averell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> Brigade<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Col.
J.M. Schoonmaker Able<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>1,600<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Troopers 6 Guns<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Ohio<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Veteran 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6
Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">14<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Penn <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Veteran 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6
Stands<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">22<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> Penn Veteran 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6
Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> New York <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Veteran 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Beach loading Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6
Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> U.S. Battery H<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Veteran 3 sections 6-3” Rodman
Rifles<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> Brig., 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> Division IV Corps<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Col. ATA Torbert Able<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>1,920<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>
New Jersey<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Veteran
12-8-5 Rifled Musket<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>480<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>9,8,7 Stands<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup>
New Jersey<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Veteran 12-8-5
Rifled Musket<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>480<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>9,8,7 Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup>New
Jersey<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Veteran 12-8-5 Rifled
Musket<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>480<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>9,8,7 Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
New Jersey<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Veteran 12-8-5
Rifled Musket<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>480<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>9,8,7 Stands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
U.S. Battery <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Veteran 3 sections 6-12pdr Napoleon’s<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"></span> </div>
<em>General Merritt,<o:p></o:p></em><br />
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<em>The enemy has just completed a successful raid into Clarke County
with the objective of securing supplies they need desperately. A convoy of
captured wagons has been sighted entering the Valley with the objective of
reaching Winchester. You are to take your Division into the </em><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk534133970"><em>Shenandoah </em></a><em>Valley to capture or destroy those wagons.
You are also ordered to take Winchester, either occupy it or burn it and its’
railhead. You are also tasked with destroying all the farms and Plantations you
can. <o:p></o:p></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><em>
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<em><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Assigned to you for this mission is your 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>
Cavalry Division and 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> Brigade 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> Division under BG
Averell. 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> Brigade 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> Division from VI Corps is also
marching to assist you but we are not sure of when they may arrive. <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><em>
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<em><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">We have managed to out flank and penetrate the Valley with 3
of your 4 Cavalry Brigades. The enemy has brought up an Infantry Brigade to
form a rear guard protecting the convoy at Dalton. Another Infantry Brigade may
have been spotted protecting the bridge over the Shenandoah River near
Winchester. Local guides tell us there may be a ford over the Shenandoah, this
could be helpful. We believe Winchester to being held by Confederate cavalry
and possibly the HQ for Wade Hampton’s Cavalry Division. <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">We anticipate a tough fight, your forces are not strong
enough to win this fight with frontal assaults only, stay mobile, maneuver
where possible to gain an advantage. Remember your cavalry will have a hard
time against his infantry. Destroy as much as you can and withdrawn your troop
to our lines in Clarke County.<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Good Luck,<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><em>
</em></span></div>
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<o:p><em> </em></o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><em>Phil Sheridan</em> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
General Commanding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></div>
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Confederate Order of Battle<o:p></o:p></h4>
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</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
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<o:p> </o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
A.N.V. Cavalry Corps<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Maj.
Gen. Hade Hampton, Gallant<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>4,800
Troopers, 16 Guns<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
</span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 11;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> Cavalry Division<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee,
Gallant<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>2,400
Troopers, 8 Guns<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Lomax’s Brigade<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>BG
L.L. Lomax, Able<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>1,280 Troopers, 4 Guns<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
Virginia<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Crack<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>12-8-5
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>480<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
Virginia<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Crack<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled
Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
Virginia<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Crack<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>10-7-4 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled
Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
Chew
Battery<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Veteran<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> 2 Sections 4 12pdr Napoleon’s<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
</span></div>
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Wickham’s Brigade<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>BG
W.C. Wickham, Able<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>1,280 Troopers, 4 Guns<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>
Virginia<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Veteran<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> 12-8-5<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled
Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>480<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>9,8,7 Stands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup>
Virginia<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Veteran<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled
Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> Virginia<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Veteran<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled
Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
2
Virginia BatteryVeteran
2 Sections 4 3’ Rodman Rifles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
</span></div>
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<o:p> </o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th </span></sup>Cavalry Division<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Maj. Gen Willman H.F. Lee,
Gallant<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>2,400
Troopers, 8 Guns<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
</span></div>
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Chambliss’ Brigade<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>BG
J.R. Chambliss, Gallant<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>1,200
Troopers, 4 Guns<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
Virginia<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Veteran
10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>Virginia<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Veteran
10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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13<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
Virginia<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Veteran 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pegram’s
Virginia Battery<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Veteran<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> 2 Sections 4 12pdr Napoleon’s<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Gordon’s Brigade<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>BG
J.B. Gordon Able<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>1,200 Troopers, 4 Guns<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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North Carolina Veteran<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled
Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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North Carolina<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Veteran<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands</span></div>
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North Carolina<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Veteran<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> 10-7-4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled Carbine<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Hart’s
S.C. Battery<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Veteran
2 Sections 4 3’ Rodman Rifles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p> </o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Johnson’s Militia Brigade<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>BG
R.E. Johnson, Able<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>1,200
Troops, 2 Guns<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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16 Virginia<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Trained 10-8-5<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled Musket<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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19
Virginia<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Trained
10-8-5<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled Musket<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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6
Militia<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Trained
10-8-5<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rifled Musket<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> 4</span>00<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8,7,6 Stands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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3
Virginia Battery Veteran
2 Sections 4 12pdr Napoleon’s<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">General Hampton,<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em></span></div>
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<em>As you know the Shenandoah Valley is the breadbasket of the
Confederacy more now than ever before. It is vital we defend as best we can.
Last week General H.F Lee took his4th Division into Clarke County on a raid to
capture supplies for the cause. He has been very successful; he is currently
escorting a convoy of captured wagon through the lines to Winchester. <o:p></o:p></em></div>
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<em>He is being pursued by both infantry and cavalry formations.
I have placed a Gen. Johnson’s Infantry Brigade under your command to help cover
their retreat and protect the valley. Gen Chambliss’ Brigade is escorting the
wagon’s while Gen. Gordon’s has been sent forward to help cover the retreat. <o:p></o:p></em></div>
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<em>Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s Division is currently in and about
Winchester. He tasked with protecting the Valley, Winchester and the captured
supplies are a priority. Use the Infantry Brigade and your Division’s as you
see fit. Lomax’s Brigade is at your Headquarters in Winchester and Gen. Wickham’s
Brigade is off the table near Winchester. The fate of the nation is in your
hands.</em><br />
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<em>Yours,<o:p></o:p></em><br />
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<em>R.E. Lee <o:p></o:p></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Commanding, Army of Northern Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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No Road Movement Turn 1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Unit may not charge from off the table the turn they enter<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Point Costs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Each building destroyed or held at the end of the
battle<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5 pts<o:p></o:p></div>
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Each Wagon destroyed or captured.<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>10 pts<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bridge Captured<span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>10pts<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2</span>0% chance per stand to fire a building<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Contested Artillery Fire<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>1-5
Hits enemy, 6-10 Hits friendly <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The battle developed as it did when we play tested. The Confederates achieved some early success keeping the wagons just out of reach of the Union pursuers.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the move</td></tr>
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The Confederate cavalry were divided into 1 division returning from the raid with another posted in the valley with the command in Winchester.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deploy to meet the invaders</td></tr>
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The Union pursued the wagons as well as sent Custer South in an attempt to flank and cut off the rebels before they could escape<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long lines of cavalry</td></tr>
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Along the way the Cavalry from both sides as well as the rebel militia clashed at numerous points.<br />
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While the Union managed to destroy a few wagons it appeared the Confederates would be successful in their objective early on as the Union was not able to achieve a decisive breakthrough<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here come the Blue Bellies</td></tr>
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The Rebel infantry took up a very strong defense in the center allowing the wagons to pass and attempted to hold off the pursuit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Go Around if you cannot go through</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holding strong</td></tr>
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Many charges were made and checked as the union invaders tried again and again to break through to destroy the supplies.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Contested ground</td></tr>
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As time was about to expire the Union made a final valiant attempt to breakthrough the rebel lines and get to the wagons. This time they were able to maneuver a lone regiment ahead of the wagon train and successfully cut off the escape route securing a narrow victory.<br />
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It resulted in a great day of gaming in which both sides seemed to enjoy themselves in what proved to be a nail biter right to the end.<br />
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As always Mark pulled off another epic event and exposed several new players to wonders of American Civil War gaming using Regimental Fire and Fury.<br />
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Not wanting to rest on their laurels the group has already been working for several months to prepare for a refight of Austerlitz later this year in 15mm. In fact, much of the terrain bards used in this battle were newly constructed for the upcoming campaign and repurposed to represent the Shenandoah.afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-87579732798102416162019-05-01T10:13:00.000-07:002019-05-06T08:34:51.076-07:00Rorke's Drift -Little Wars 2019This was the first time I had the opportunity to run Rorke's Drift at Little Wars as I did not have it complete last time I was there in 2016. Then we ran Isandlwana. As a result it seemed appropriate since it was the 140th anniversary of the battle this past January. I would have liked to run Isandlwana followed by Rorke's Drift like we did at Rock Con last October, but being solo Isandlwana is a bit much for one judge.<br />
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The event started at 5PM, but since snow and sleet were in the forecast the Little Wars organizer found me an empty table and I was able to set up in the morning and leave it up as a display throughout the day. As I was assisting with Mark's ACW game next door I did notice it attracted a lot of attention throughout the day. <br />
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Unfortunately the scenario really only accommodates seven players unlike Isandlwana where we have had 12 or more.. At game time all the tickets were sold and the table was full, there were a couple extras hoping to get in. We had one no show, so we were able to accommodate an extra and a few other hung around to watch the action.<br />
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Only a couple players had experience with Black Powder (BP) which was fine as the system is so easy to teach and this particular scenario only uses BP as a framework with a lot of scenario specific components. The beauty of BP is that it is so scalable and easy to bolt on additional mechanics to make a historical scenario.<br />
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For those not familiar with the history the battle occurred in the afternoon/evening of January 22nd 1879 into the early morning hours of January 25th. Approximately 4500 Zulu attacked the drift which was defended by about 140 British Soldiers. The Zulu did not coordinate their attacks well and the British under the direction of a Royal Engineer, LT Chard and their commander LT Bromhead were given ample warning that the Zulu were on the way and had constructed a hasty, but formidable defense around the hospital and store house using mealie bags and crates along with wagons.<br />
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Historically the British held out and 11 Soldiers were awarded the Victoria cross as a result of the Action. While casualty figures are not exact the Zulu could have suffered as many as 1000 casualties of killed and wounded. The British had less than 20 killed and about an equal number wounded.<br />
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Depending on perspective our players were either hoping to repeat history or drastically change it.<br />
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Our scenario began with the British defenders alert that the Zulu were quickly approaching and manning the defenses while work parties continued to construct some of the unfinished defenses. The British players did not know what direction the Zulu would come from or how many, just that there were a lot of Zulu off board on hand (39 units). The British would only have 12 units plus their commanders available.<br />
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The Zulu players are only allowed to attack with only 1 eight stand IMPI the first phase which can come from only two of the three possible jump off points. They are also given a number of fake stands (also 8 on phase 1) to place to simulate the fog of war. These are revealed when they are shot at the first time.<br />
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Quick disclaimer, unfortunately my phone failed me and did not capture all of the great action that occurred throughout the game, so the report will be a bit abbreviated.<br />
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The Zulu achieved some success in the first phase of the battle. They were able to break two British units before wisely deciding the initial attack was spent and withdrawing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attack developing behind the hospital</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hospital overrun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A chink in the armor as a second British unit gives way</td></tr>
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The Zulu commander wisely chose not the let up the pleasure and renewed the assault with portions of the other 3 fresh IMPI. In attack phase 2 and each their after they are allowed to attack with a total of 12 units with 4 feints.<br />
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The second assault phase is all it would take. Keep in mind that each phase can last multiple Black Powder turns, but no units are allowed to recover until the Zulu player withdraws and declares a passive phase. This never happened.<br />
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The Zulu continued to press the attack. British commanders were slow to respond and probably kept troops defending the karaal and building barricades longer than they should. This allowed the Zulu to break through the outer defenses and drive home the attack.<br />
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Ultimately they were able to destroy or shake more than half of the British units resulting in a complete victory for the Zulu.<br />
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This is not the first time the Zulu have won this scenario, but I believe it is the first time they have done it with only two phases of the possible 12. Some of this is contributed to some excellent saves on the part of the Zulu and the overall inexperience of the players as a whole.<br />
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The most important part was that win or lose both sides seemed to enjoy the scenario and at least 5 were completely new to Black Powder so they learned the basic rules.<br />
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One of the more comical parts for me was when the Zulu started the hospital on fire and I placed the fire markers (Tea light candles that light up inside) all play stopped and everyone had to get up and take pictures.<br />
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Again, I apologize for the brevity of the report and lack of pictures. I thought I was taking pictures throughout the event, but it may be time for a phone upgrade which I have been putting off. :)<br />
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You can find the scenario I use here:<br />
<a href="http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/zulu-sunday-part-2-28mm-rorkes-drift.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta;"><span style="color: blue;">Rorke's Drift Scenario</span></span></a><br />
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If you want to check out the other Anglo-Zulu battle reports you can find them here:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><a href="https://rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/2017/12/rorkes-drift-refight-part-2.html" target="_blank">Previous Rorke's Drift battle report</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">I always enjoy hosting these scenarios and this was no exception. We had a great group of players who were great sports throughout the evening.</span><br />
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As this year is the 140th anniversary of the war it is my hope to present these battles a few more times at upcoming conventions.afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-90812975336647926812019-04-30T09:44:00.000-07:002019-05-06T08:35:30.271-07:00Battle of Tsushima- Little Wars 2019This past weekend I was able to attend Little Wars in Chicago again after a couple year break due to work conflicts. This is a great convention as it really focuses on historical gaming and I enjoy running events and teaching new players. Due to my schedule I knew I would not have much time to prepare something new, so I decided to return to Naval Thunder pre-dreadnaughts as it has been several years since I had them out.<br />
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I love this particular period and in my opinion it is where Naval Thunder really excels as a rule set. It is simple and fast moving and allows for larger scenarios which is great for a convention setting. I decided on the Battle of Tsushima 1905 as I have the complete OoB for the Russo-Japanese war and I had not run this particular battle in many years.<br />
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I opted to host two six hour sessions, one Friday afternoon/evening and one again Sunday AM with a total of 10 players in each. my friend Mike, who I learned Naval Thunder with was available to assist.<br />
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The beauty of Naval Thunder is it is easy to teach with a very handy Quick Reference Sheet (QRS) and in this period, Rise of The Battleship, all the modifiers are pretty straight forward and easy to learn. After about a 30min introduction to the scenario and rules we are usually playing.<br />
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If you are not familiar with the battle it took place on May 27th 1905 between the Japanese Pacific Fleet and the Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron. In August 1904 the Russian 1st Pacific Squadron had been soundly defeated by the same Japanese Fleet when is had sortied from Port Arthur which was under siege. As a result the Czar ordered the formation of a second fleet to go relieve Port Arthur and restore the pride of the Russian Empire. <br />
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The 2nd Pacific Squadron was formed from the Baltic fleet and comprise of some first rate Battleships and Cruisers along with a number of 2nd and 3rd rate older battleships. The fleet was not allowed to transit the Suez canal and had to make the Arduous 18,000 mile journey around Africa. As a result when it arrives off the coast of Korea on its way to Vladivostok it was in poor shape. for a naval battle. The long voyage and lack of opportunity for maintenance meant their bottoms were heavily fouled, significantly reducing their speed.<br />
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Admiral Togo commanding the Japanese fleet aboard the Mikasa sighted the Russians on the evening of May 26th and the Battle of Tsushima commenced the following day.<br />
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Admiral Togo commanding the Japanese fleet aboard the Mikasa sighted the Russians on the evening of May 26th and the Battle of Tsushima commenced the following day.<br />
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Historically the battle was another devastating loss for the Russians. They lost all their battleships and most of the cruisers to battle of being scuttled by the crew. Three Cruisers escaped to Manila to be interred by the United States and only one cruiser and two destroyers made it to Vladivosok. 4,380 men died and another 5.917 were captured while 1862 were interned. <br />
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In comparison, the Japanese only lost 3 torpedo boats with 117 men killed and another 500 wounded.<br />
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Tsushima proved to be a route and a glorious victory for Togo and the Japanese which essentially ended the war with the peace being settled finally in September of 1905.<br />
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The scenario we used was straight out of the Naval Thunder "Rise of the Battleship" supplement. All the ships were represented in 1/2400 scale on a 8'x4' playing area. The scale is roughly 1" equals 500yards.<br />
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The Players were challenged with changing history, which essentially happened in both scenarios we played over the weekend. I am not going to provide a complete battle report for both games, but will give a summary along with the photos for each.<br />
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Friday's Battle:</h3>
The first session started at 1 PM on Friday and was sold out. One player was a no show, so Mike took command of one of the Japanese cruiser divisions.<br />
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In the battle Friday the Russians took an early lead delivering some hard blows to the Japanese early one of which even resulted in a magazine explosion.<br />
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I think the Russian commanders understood the mission to preserve their fleet and attempt to slip past the Japanese. As a result they sent their Cruisers forward to provide a screen while the main battle line initially turned away and then paralleled. I initially questioned this tactic as they were not moving toward the objective right away, but in the end it worked for them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casualties start to mount</td></tr>
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The Japanese made a slight tactical error by sending the cruisers straight forward and turning the Battleships toward the Russian lighter ships.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian Battle line moves to engage</td></tr>
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In the end this essentially created a screen blocking Togo main battle line from engaging the best Russian units. At the same time the Russians made great use of the destroyer flotilla by sending it straight into the jaws of the enemy.<br />
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The destroyers went after the Japanese Battleships. I do not think anyone realized the threat these destroyers posed. We had increased that threat by allowing all ships to fire torpedoes during the Battle ship shooting phase. We do this during our WWII games where a destroyer represents a single ship and it works very well and provides satisfying results. In this era a flotilla represents multiple ships, so it was probably an error on the judges part to allow this as capital ships do not have as many secondary and tertiary guns as they do during later periods.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian line looks to slip past the Japanese fleet</td></tr>
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In the end the Russian destroyers which are armed with 3 torpedoes each were able to score multiple hits on the Mikasa and Shikishima the lead Japanese battle ships causing ongoing critical hits including flooding.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese fleet still intact, but severely bloodied</td></tr>
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One must also understand the during this period damage control is not that effective, so a fire or flooding which can be controlled fairly easily only had a 1 in 10 chance of being contained (natural roll of 1 on a 1d10) so they tend to cause a lot more ongoing damage which can quickly sink ships which do not take as much damage during this period.<br />
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In the end, when time expired they Russians had sustained heavy damage, but none of the two main battle line were damaged while the Japanese had sustained almost as many casualties and two of the four battleships were damaged with ongoing issues. <br />
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As a result all agreed this day would go to the Russians and it was unlikely the Japanese would be able to stop many of the Russian capital ships from limping to Vladivostok.<br />
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While the flotilla did seem a bit over powered sue to the rule modification we did not feel it effected the final outcome as the Japanese did not focus fire on them until it was to late and they would have still been able to attack. Either way the Japanese fleet was out of position.<br />
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Sundays Battle:</h3>
Sunday's game started at 9 AM. Again we had a full table of ten players and this time Mike did not play, he just helped judge. The only change we made to the scenario was using the torpedo rule as written where each class of ship launches in their respective fire phase.<br />
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This time the battle unfolded in a more historical fashion. The Japanese wisely held their main battle line back to see where the Russians would go before committing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opening moves</td></tr>
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The Japanese scored several early successes against cruisers and took an early lead. While many critical hits were scored on both sides they did not result in nearly as many fire and flooding results like we observed in the previous battle.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ranging Fire</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some skillful sailing in line abreast</td></tr>
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The Russian admiralty did make good use of their destroyer flotilla again, this time attacking the Japanese Armored Cruiser division. Not as many destroyers made it through, but they did score multiple hits.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Svyetlana and Destroyers find themselves in the middle of the Japanese line</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian battle line moving into range</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cruisers in line abreast</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian destroyers wreak havoc</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battle lines exchange fire</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casualties begin to mount</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fires erupt in the chaos of battle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coastal Battleship represent well</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese battleships in line abreast</td></tr>
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The Japanese returned the favor with their two destroyer flotillas and scored hits with guns as well as torpedo hits. The essentially took out the Russian flagship , Knyaz Survorov, by the end of the battle starting multiple fires and floods along with damaging the Imperator Alexandr III and Oslyabya.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian Flagship gets punished</td></tr>
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The Russians were able to inflict more damage than they did historically, but suffered many crippling blows including to the first rate battleships. The moral highlight for the Russian fleet was a lone destroyer that was limping north past the Japanese force. Had the battle continue, like history, it is unlikely many other ships would have made it past to join it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As the Knyaz Survorov slips beneath the waves the Oslyabya battles fires and floods</td></tr>
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Command rolls did play a bigger role in this game with several Russian captains losing their nerve and deciding to retire along with a couple of Japanese ships.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russians end in a general state of disarray</td></tr>
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The Command check and results is one thing I would like to play with in future scenarios. I like the idea that ships out of command or that just watched their flagship get destroyed may decide to voluntarily retire, I do not like the idea that they simply disappear. I think they should simply turn away and continue to move away at their fastest speed as their presence while escaping could influence the battle as opposed to just disappearing.<br />
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This concludes the trilogy for my Russo-Japanese War reports. Although separated by many years you can go back and look at my previous reports for Battle of Yellow Sea and Ulsan. The only other major action would be the attack on Port Arthur and I am not sure how I would game that.<br />
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Battle of the Yellow Sea:<br />
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<a href="http://rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/2012/01/battle-of-yellow-sea-rjw.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/2012/01/battle-of-yellow-sea-rjw.html</span></a><br />
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Battle of Ulsan:<br />
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<a href="http://rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/2012/01/battle-of-ulsan-rjw.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/2012/01/battle-of-ulsan-rjw.html</span></a><br />
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I really enjoyed getting the fleets out again. In case you are wondering the majority of the models are from Panzerschiffe (see favorite vendors), mounted on 3' x 1" metal bases. I then added the masts to all the ships using piano wire. This is a very affordable option to get into the hobby as the most expensive ship is only $4.00. Adding the masts was a long and painstaking task, but really makes the models pop.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian Battleship Oslyabya</td></tr>
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While the masts look great, they make the models a bit delicate for convention play. As a result, several masts were damaged during the course of the weekend This was nothing that cannot be easily repaired with an evening in dry-dock though.. <br />
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I like the metal bases dues to the fact that I use magnetic storage boxes and my preference if for the ships to sit flat on the table. This does require very delicate handling tough. If I continue to bring these fleets to conventions though I many fashion some thicker acrylic bases that can be magnetically attached to the existing base bottom so they can be more easily grasped which is the cause of the issue. A raised base will be more practical for these events and likely result in fewer damaged ships.<br />
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I am definitely looking forward to getting these fleets along with my other pre-dreadnaughts out again sooner rather than later. I really enjoy this period of naval history and the Naval Thunder rules really shine for any engagements up through WWII which are gun fights.<br />
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Hopefully you will see more naval posts in the near future.afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-1814733136456664702019-04-06T07:17:00.000-07:002019-04-07T06:10:41.968-07:00Adepticon 2019 Bolt Action: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">This past weekend I attended Adepticon for the second time
and played in the Bolt Action Doubles and U.S. Nationals tournaments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Last year I debated on which army to take and finally went
with IJA since that is what I was playing in doubles the day before and wanted
to keep it easy.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doubles DAK</td></tr>
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This year doubles was a club challenge with a North Africa
theme and Brian and I decided to Play DAK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our list was not super competitive, but very much historically themed and
fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I already had much of the DAK I needed and
Brian agreed to paint the remaining units, so this left me open to do something
different for Nationals.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">After much consideration I decided on my early war French
army.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the army I debated taking
last year before I decided on IJA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had most of the models
I needed already painted, and just need to go through and spruce it up with a few new
painting techniques I had learned since I had completed them. I also added to existing basing which was very basic when I first
built the army. I tend to use basing to easily distinguish similar units, I also made sure the basing for my mounted and dismounted Cavalry figures was the same. Finally, I added a few more cavalry figures as who knew twelve I had would not be enough.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early French for Nationals</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">While I themed my French list for Early War final defense of
France I felt it was balanced enough to be competitive in an open tournament
where I could be facing any army including late war forces.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">My force revolved around the last final days before France
fell to the German Blitzkrieg in June 1940. The colonial troops were being recalled along
with the Corps de Cavalerie was redeployed after the failed invasion of
Belgium in May 1940.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">As a result it included a few colorful units such as French
Foreign Legion, Senegalese, two squads of Cavalry and even the Super Heavy Tank
Char 2C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Historically, the Char2C never
saw combat as they were loaded on rail cars and in the rear when they were destroyed (likely
by their own crews to prevent capture).</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mighty Char 2C</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Senegalese<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French Foreign Legion</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">As I did not have to build a new army I decided to give into
the Meta and build a display board to stage my troops on and for judging
theme and painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since my theme was
final defense of France my board focused on a section of trench line that was
occupied with troops coming up from the rear and advancing forward.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French Cavalry</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Based on my experience last year I knew that table space
would be limited, so I found a cart on casters ($30 at Michaels) that my army and display board
could fit on and easily be moved from table to table between games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately the tournaments were in a
different location this year with even larger aisles than I expected so this
worked perfect and even allowed me to leave the display board set up.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cart was very handy</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">In addition, I volunteered to provide two tables for the Bolt Action
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had built the jungle airfield
last year to match the basing for my IJA. I only needed to add a tower(had borrowed one last year) and spruce up some of the terrain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided to build a new North Africa themed
table to go along with the club challenge for doubles.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-Une795_JqtIUfpUWGjEq5D8jWoE_byfoXF6FNydJ41GhjCBUMPS3gu6HGgVa04Q4EINWLsCrwTgKZyqQcRKgFIknAPyZbhCAQC0v2PcJYWIhbkAhAHed91XGz_vUFRb1oF_4Fo64f4/s1600/20190328_131507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-Une795_JqtIUfpUWGjEq5D8jWoE_byfoXF6FNydJ41GhjCBUMPS3gu6HGgVa04Q4EINWLsCrwTgKZyqQcRKgFIknAPyZbhCAQC0v2PcJYWIhbkAhAHed91XGz_vUFRb1oF_4Fo64f4/s400/20190328_131507.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jungle Airfield table</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlob7oTQ-NuJz4_dwNBC47oIowQLDNgXDFCoBdl4cW5WcD3RfyOQRE5izq0ynU5Ks83stDn9FWuhFt6vw4uSnVX3CbZG_Bwu70TyLeLfrQxtdaCDhunUiTY9zYLFtjDKz6AcPuSUvskE/s1600/20190328_131449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlob7oTQ-NuJz4_dwNBC47oIowQLDNgXDFCoBdl4cW5WcD3RfyOQRE5izq0ynU5Ks83stDn9FWuhFt6vw4uSnVX3CbZG_Bwu70TyLeLfrQxtdaCDhunUiTY9zYLFtjDKz6AcPuSUvskE/s400/20190328_131449.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">North Africa Railroad station table</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<h4>
<u>Bolt Action Doubles</u></h4>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">T<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">he doubles tournament was three games on Friday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, Brian had to back out last
minute due to an injury.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was able to find a replacement who was recommended by one of the Chicago members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a newer player named Mike, and when I spoke to him
it turns out he is also an officer in the WI Army National Guard. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DAK on the Move</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Mike and I represented team Rommel well with a minor loss,
a minor win in the North Africa challenge. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately in our third game, which was open to all, we drew the
worst type of opponent, an all Soviet armor list, which our force was ill
prepared to handle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The game was a bit lackluster for both sides, but everyone was great sports about it. Our opponents knew we were unlikely to win, and we had to play very defensive which did not lead to many opportunities for either side. </span>We played to the
best of our ability and only lost two units while we claimed one kill. Because the scenario awarded a major victory if you doubled your opponent’s
score we lost.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmppxAaaZgMMt8eza2MtSZihvZyc0fUxWUl2Nz3YAkYFfiRMdC07LBVrVZRvpvAyJyqVkdc9JC_pIJu-dARxDPTt2qV739qzh38bckuQKsnFoTrq6kMT8X_wp6l2ZG8ahtWgn43X424w/s1600/20190329_101510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmppxAaaZgMMt8eza2MtSZihvZyc0fUxWUl2Nz3YAkYFfiRMdC07LBVrVZRvpvAyJyqVkdc9JC_pIJu-dARxDPTt2qV739qzh38bckuQKsnFoTrq6kMT8X_wp6l2ZG8ahtWgn43X424w/s400/20190329_101510.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DAK vs. Brits</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1QmUBOB_bDVVyqopt-XvAYRXXtmvnP4yqT-SCmDSt_AzbXgZrEmcoeSqfbAC0coxnjyubhaK5sCTPMBid8hyphenhyphenMcCa8o5dLVn9dYp0n02q4LGTs0dMOKtFplVKu5Inr-XNmque8p887GM/s1600/20190329_110241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1QmUBOB_bDVVyqopt-XvAYRXXtmvnP4yqT-SCmDSt_AzbXgZrEmcoeSqfbAC0coxnjyubhaK5sCTPMBid8hyphenhyphenMcCa8o5dLVn9dYp0n02q4LGTs0dMOKtFplVKu5Inr-XNmque8p887GM/s400/20190329_110241.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazing Camel Cavalry</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">While our overall placing was not at the top we had a great
time and had some really good games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
army was recognized for 2nd place "players choice" award based on theme and
painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I wish</span> Brian was
there to receive the accolades as he did most of the work especially with the
display board.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxp67BRO_eatmtwE10-g_X7k_Cpz62tLn2Ljw6GdASvfVEOgmwtkrkIfyXcJR6jbrQ-Iv5N7P_zfKY-Trf5HQlyJAPZEQer7seQqlcznKEfqrKIXUiJ6gn8PQsLVv_2QH3qzmmXVO1ky0/s1600/20190329_134024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxp67BRO_eatmtwE10-g_X7k_Cpz62tLn2Ljw6GdASvfVEOgmwtkrkIfyXcJR6jbrQ-Iv5N7P_zfKY-Trf5HQlyJAPZEQer7seQqlcznKEfqrKIXUiJ6gn8PQsLVv_2QH3qzmmXVO1ky0/s400/20190329_134024.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battle French Foreign Legion</td></tr>
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<h4>
<u>Bolt Action Nationals</u></h4>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Saturday and Sunday was Bolt Action Nationals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year it was 5 games spread over two days(3 Saturday and 2 Sunday)
instead of a single day like last year. This year Nationals was run by Warlord Games which was also a change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also used an app called "Best Coast Pairings" to determine scores,
Swiss pairings, and placement which was new and kind of cool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Unfortunately the scoring system and what went into the score was a bit of a mystery for many of us and probably could have been better explained up front. In the end the </span>app provided your overall Swiss pairing
score along with your strength of schedule based on who you played.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> There was no need to check with the T.O. to find you next table and opponent as you could see it on your phone once it was updated and available which was nice. </span>There was no soft score included for theme,
painting, or sportsmanship as that was done all separately and not part of the
overall score.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French List</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Since I was playing French I decided to renew the tradition
of presenting my opponents a white flag before each game and offering them the
opportunity to surrender with honor before we even began.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The flags were theirs to keep
as a memento of our game, but they had to wave it at the end if I won.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provided for a few good laughs and some
great sports waving their flags when we were done.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Unfortunately, I found out after the fact that my phone did
not capture all the pictures I took, so I was not able to catch get all the action
this year to include a picture of all my opponents waving the flag in
surrender.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAu2TUMNja4lyqqemxSip34vFPtk0eeOa5IDAeAThddURvfussb3ldvuDMmT0lNpVmGOxkpN3j3XXIWxPUpgdEueDFMoKQv4ZoU8XmhzEQtYQFEB0yEDhG8pb0LpBGealxTLK9NBsg7o/s1600/20190328_075954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAu2TUMNja4lyqqemxSip34vFPtk0eeOa5IDAeAThddURvfussb3ldvuDMmT0lNpVmGOxkpN3j3XXIWxPUpgdEueDFMoKQv4ZoU8XmhzEQtYQFEB0yEDhG8pb0LpBGealxTLK9NBsg7o/s400/20190328_075954.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flags for my opponents</td></tr>
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<h4>
<u>Game 1</u></h4>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Oddly enough my first game was against, Robert who is also
from Janesville, and was playing Americans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We both thought it was funny that we drove all the way to Chicago to
play each other, but in all fairness the last time we faced off in Bolt Action
was first edition.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The scenario was point defense and I chose to be the
attacker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterwards people told me I
was crazy to take attacker when I had the choice. Apparently most choose to defend in this scenario.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe it is just my playstyle and army, but I
felt I was better suited to attack and that is what the French did.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwFyJx6Ya8bdwMEqqtGRn7-wZoWziGMgFMxRvhdK_C4sPTa0_bwLI2HnRhH-cuRrr97Kj_eNTYWpTgf94sSDFc0bC20zklc1kc_5mW7ZSpUeCFcyWWVJogEDIwGrbPS7_jPVBtrOOSqw/s1600/20190330_111423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwFyJx6Ya8bdwMEqqtGRn7-wZoWziGMgFMxRvhdK_C4sPTa0_bwLI2HnRhH-cuRrr97Kj_eNTYWpTgf94sSDFc0bC20zklc1kc_5mW7ZSpUeCFcyWWVJogEDIwGrbPS7_jPVBtrOOSqw/s400/20190330_111423.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking the American Flank</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">In the end it worked out for me as I was able to secure two
of the three objectives despite Roberts’s best efforts to stop me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My two cavalry squads along with Senegalese
outflanked and were able to overrun the left side while my armor feinted to the
right pulling his Sherman away. I was able to then rush the center with the cavalry coming over to support
and hold through turn 7 for the win.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holding the center</td></tr>
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<h4>
<u>Game 2</u></h4>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Game two found me facing Sean playing IJA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scenario was called box of grid squares
which was basically a take on sectors less the kill points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have played IJA a lot in the past, so I knew their strengths
and Sean's list had me worried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won
the die roll and was able to pick sides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He threw me for a loop when I picked the open sectors which meant we had
to deploy in the open and our indirect fire weapons would remain in the open
while the other units moved into the neutral sectors with all the cover.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sean's IJA</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Sean won the battle of the Artillery and mortar duel scoring
early hits and destroying both my medium and light artillery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say I was more than concerned at
this point. He had started with a five order dice advantage and would score points for
every unit in the neutral sectors as well as those that reached my deployment
sector.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deployed in the open</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This is where the wheels fell off for Sean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently his troops in reserve where
enjoying the sake and soju a bit too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Throughout all of turn 2 and almost of turn 3 he failed to bring a
unit out of reserve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I recall it was
end of turn 3 and 8 or 9 order checks before his first reserve unit came on the board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they did finally start coming on my
units already had time to move into position and were able to destroy
several units piecemeal before they could effectively respond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This misfortune certainly turned the tide and
helped decide the game in my favor.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">In the end the French scored a major victory as my units
were able to pour into his sector on the final moves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The French even out Banzai charged the IJA as they
won multiple hand to hand combats including the destruction of his HO-RO that only
fired once as it was a late arrival.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sean , a great sport I the face of adversity</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";">S</span></o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">ean was a great player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He remained a tremendously good sport throughout as we both began to
laugh out of disbelief as he failed reserve check after reserve check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He graciously hoisted the white flag when it
was all over.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<h4>
<u>Game 3</u></h4>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">T<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">he third and last game of the day was against Michael who
was playing a Soviet Army.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We played on
the NA table I had brought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scenario
was Meeting Engagement, where we were both trying to simply
kill each other’s units and win by two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He had more units than I, which included several small teams (including
dog mines) so I was hopeful I could get a few of these.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael's Soviet Horde</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">During this game I learned<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> a valuable lesson and made a critical error I will not repeat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had never opposed a mutli-launcher and the
Soviets were packing a Katyusha rocket launcher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a result, I made an error on my
deployment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I deployed multiple units
behind a high wall out of line of sight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
The p</span>roblem was there was a small building in the compound which he could
see with the Katyusha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lesson I learned was a
multi-launcher can target a building even if it is empty which creates a six
inch bubble allowing them to roll against every unit in the bubble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael was good a rolling the needed sixes
and before I could run my units away two of them were gone putting me behind early.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice German Display board</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">M<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">ichael was also a very smart player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Having the lead he began to withdraw units he could and not commit
unless he absolutely required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was able
to kill four units while he managed to get two more of mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could have scored more, but even though I
was hitting I was not getting the damage rolls needed leaving him with several
small single man teams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I scored my last two
kills when my medium arty ranged in on a single man team with an officer nearby
getting both of them under the template.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last two turns
the Char 2C was in a Mexican standoff with a dog mine team that was just out of
sight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I placed the tank in ambush both turns, but
both times I failed to activate the ambush at the end of the turn so I could not fire on other units
in range.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finns I believe</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">As a result, the stalemate remained until the bitter end
resulting in a draw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think both of us
were pleased with the final result bringing the first day to a close with both of
us having two wins and a draw and well positioned going into the last two games
the next day.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<h4>
<u>Game 4</u></h4>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Sunday began with the French facing off against a late war
German all veteran army.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At this point I
am not going to provide a recount the full game due to an unfortunate issue that occurred.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aussies</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">My opponent, who had not lost yet, had developed a "win
at all cost" mentality which apparently clouded his judgement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is unfortunate
that tournaments breed this kind of behavior in some people. Throughout our
game there were some questionable actions by my opponent and finally I had to
start checking him on measurements when he had blatantly moved units further than
allowed to gain advantage.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brian K. Germans</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Late on turn four though things turned especially ugly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At this point, I clearly had the lead as my
panhard had moved into his deployment zone positioning me for a win. I thought there was nothing he could do about it due to recce
ability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is when he
announced/reminded me he had panzerfausts in his squads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was a bit surprised as I did not recall
them and even questioned it as they were not modeled that way which they should have
been per the tournament rules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a
results he was able to knock out my panhard and even my Char 2C the following turn which then
allowed him to advance units into my deployment zone and claim a minor victory.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Char 2C in Action</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">While I was a good sport about the whole thing and tried to remain positive thoughout, it just did
not feel right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come to find out later I was reviewing lists, and I discovered my opponent did not even have the panzefausts he
claimed in his army.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, he only had one in his entire list (he claimed to have 6 and fired 4) and it was no where near any of my units. In hind sight, I should
have asked to see his list when I noticed the panzerfausts were not modeled
WYSIWYG.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> In my defense, it was early and I </span>never expected
that someone would be capable of doing this in a game of Toy Soldiers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nasty Mult-Launcher</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">There was no way he would have destroyed my panhard which
was already in a position to win and had recce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is likely he would not have successfully ran any units into my deployment
zone with the Char 2C remaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found
out later, that had I won Michael and I would have been tied and I would have
went to top table due to the higher strength of schedule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead my opponent claimed a victory
and moved on to the top table instead.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert's American</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">At this point I have confronted him and he has
admitted to what he did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> He </span>has also
agreed to contact the tournament organizer and forfeit his placing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately we will never know what might
of happened if it been a clean game throughout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
We cannot change the past, and h</span>e is the one that has to live with it on his conscience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At a minimum I will claim my French never lost a game. ;)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Germans</td></tr>
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<h4>
<u>Game 5</u></h4>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">As a result, I moved on to face John who was
also from my hometown, but I had never played before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John was playing a British force and the
scenario was double envelopment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John
was also a great player and a super good sport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After just completing what felt like a very stressful game, John was a
breath of fresh air, and we had a relaxing fun game.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Guns out</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">His heavy hitters were a Churchill and a Bofors along with a
bunch of full up infantry squads using the rapid fire special rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My list was pretty well positioned for this
matchup with the Panhard and the Cavalry that could move fast and get across and off the
board quickly to score points and my infantry, Char2C, and Arty to stop his
units.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John being a great sport</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">That is pretty much what happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was able to knock out the bofors and then
slowly whittle down and destroy his infantry while my Panhard and one Cav unit
made it off his edge before the game ended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rankings</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">In the end, I officially finished in fourth place out of
forty one players with a record of 3-1*-1 (asterisk now by the loss).
;)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite what happened I am still very happy with this result.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It would have been nice to play for first, but I still had a great time and that is what it is really all about.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I also had the highest strength of schedule of any player including the top three which is a badge of honor for my French. </span>I was not sure
what would happen bringing early war French list to an open tournament.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end it turned out that not only were
they themed, they were pretty darn competitive in open play.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More DAK</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The prize support provided by Warlord and other generous donors was
amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think everyone walked away
with something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one thing that I
questioned was that top prize was a fairly large cash prize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I certainly appreciate the gesture, I question if this might contribute to the "win at all
cost" mentality I had the misfortune to experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">For me, it is about playing some great games and the sense of accomplishment of doing well against a quality opponent. Trophies and medals along with recognition and some freebies are great, but if you over incentivize winning I think it may contribute to the problem. </span>I know this
happens in some other competitive game systems that I have avoided for this reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is my hope that the Bolt Action
community can police itself and prevent this from happening.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chinese victors</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I would especially like to thank all tournament
organizers. Jeremy and Paul did a great job with Bolt Action Doubles on Friday. We really liked the North Africa challenge and look forward to the 1940 theme for next year. Jay and his crew from Warlord Games also did and awesome job with Nationals. They were very responsive and in the end I do like the tournament app. Having run events in the past I know what it is like herding cats. Everything was well organized and on time.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">It was truly great getting to see old friends who are usually names on Facebook as well as making new friends who are passionate fellow hobbyists. It is always great to meet new people who share a common love for history and gaming. I was even able to meet and say hello to a couple of the cast members of the SNAFU podcast who's show I have been enjoying while I do my hobby.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Of course the vendor hall is always a highlight of Adepticon. I practiced some self restraint, but did pick up a couple Type 89 IJA Tanks(1 each for Brian and I) from Trenchworx as well as pick a 2nd gaming box from MiniDuels like I bought last year so I can keep the current one dedicated to Bolt Action. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MiniDuels box with slide out drawers </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">In three days I was able to get in a total of eight Bolt
Action games which is more than I have played all of last year since Adepticon 2018.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This last year I hardly played any Bolt Action
until the month prior due to being distracted by other game systems.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">My hope now, is that I can coordinate a few more local
games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were at least six of us
from the local area who attended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Already looking forward to Adepticon 2020.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the French will get another go at it
at least for doubles since the theme is 1940.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-14915501833344329582018-11-16T07:22:00.000-08:002018-11-16T08:02:19.362-08:00GAMEHOLECON 2018This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend GAMEHOLECON in Madison, WI. Unlike many gaming conventions I attend, this one I was just playing and not hosting any events.<br />
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GAMEHOLECON is a fairly large convention that draws a national and even international crowd. The focus is RPG such as D&D, board games and some miniature gaming. Many gaming notables make an appearance here such as game designers and even some gaming "celebrities" who draw a crowd.<br />
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This was only my second time attending, but since I have ventured back into D&D along with my miniature gaming there was enough on the event listing to keep me busy. The convention took up most of the Alliant Energy Center and ran Thursday thru Sunday.<br />
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Throughout the weekend I attended a couple of D&D seminars, played in multiple sessions of D&D adventure league, the D&D Open, Gettysburg historical game, and finished with Star Wars Legion Tournament on Sunday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rare picture of me actually getting my nerd on</td></tr>
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Unfortunately I failed to get many pictures of the D&D sessions, but they were epic. Imagine a room filled with close to 400 people simultaneously playing various D&D sessions.<br />
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Gettysburg was the only historical miniatures game I played. It was scheduled from 10AM-2PM Saturday. You will see the pictures look eerily similar to my set up. That is because the game master has the exact same maps and terrain I use, just with different scale minis and his own home brew rules. He had also added 3D building to his setup which look very impressive.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks very familiar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gettysburg map</td></tr>
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I signed up for this event as I have run this game several times using Fire and Fury and I wanted to see someone else's take. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Town with 3D buildings</td></tr>
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There were only two players for our session, so I took command of the Confederates and had a very enjoyable time learning a new system of rules. Not to spoil the ending, but the Rebels won. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Confederate Arty on Herr ridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rebels driving off Buford's Cavalry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Infantry mixing it up at the stone wall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Confederates massing to take the seminary</td></tr>
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The main difference was playing with 6mm figures (they are small even compared to mine) and the rule system. It is a unique system of rules based on morale that goes up and down as the battle rages to show the impact of fighting on the troops involved. Originally designed for Napoleonic battles it seems to apply well to this period. I hope they are published for sale at some point.<br />
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The remainder of Saturday was the D&D Open scheduled from 2PM until Midnight, During the Open there were over 350 people all playing the same adventure essentially competing to solve the mystery in the shortest time and score the most points. fortunately it finished around 11PM. Our team did not win, but we did accomplish most of the adventure goals and had a great time with some very chaotic moments and hilarity.<br />
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Sunday AM I came back for the Star Wars Legion tournament organized by my friend Ben. There were only six signed up so we decided to go with a relaxed style of play as opposed to a rigid time limit. I was glad for this as it had been awhile since I had played and was a bit rusty on the mechanics.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rebel scum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Die traitor!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazing save against an equally amazing attack</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second game fought in the desert</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Troopers getting slaughtered by terrorist leader Luke Skywalker</td></tr>
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Overall I won and lost and was able to play against Rebels with my Imperial list, so that was a win in itself. Most importantly we all had a good time. Congrats to Chris who finished undefeated.<br />
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In addition to all the gaming the convention also featured a large vendor hall which hosted an assortment of gaming supplies. I practiced some restraint, but did score the nice dice box pictured above which will work well with all my gaming hobbies.<br />
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Overall GAMEHOLECON was a success. Even better because my lovely bride decided to get a hotel so I did not have to travel back and forth, so I was able to spend some time with her as well.<br />
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Already thinking about the possibilities for next year.<br />
<br />afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-16146548182869496922018-10-25T07:47:00.000-07:002018-10-25T07:49:24.790-07:00Foray into Blood and PlunderAs mentioned in my previous post Blood and Plunder was on the agenda at ROCKCON this year. While I did not actively participate as a judge, I did get to watch Phil and his bothers James and Will host a very nice event Saturday evening.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eric's Spaniards at the weekly gathering</td></tr>
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At the same time our weekly gaming group just so happens to be playing Blood and Plunder so I was able to watch and learn last week before ROCKCON. It is like the gaming gods are telling me I really need to try this game. DUH!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ROCKCON scenario hosted by Phil</td></tr>
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The only thing I hoped to purchase at ROCKCON was a copy of the rules for Blood and Plunder so I could follow along better after watching last week at Mark's. I was successful when my friend Mike won an extra copy in the raffle and happily sold it to me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish town for the taking</td></tr>
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After a quick skim of the rules while watching Phil's event Saturday as well as watching a few of the YOU TUBE tutorials I felt confident enough to take on a command last night during the weekly gathering. My son, Justin, and I attended and were each given a command.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well defended beach</td></tr>
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I was assigned a French command that included three units of veterans, (two Marines and a support unit that included grenades) along with a commander. My units were only armed with pistols and melee weapons, so getting in close would be key. The scenario was a combined Dutch, English and French raid on a Spanish held town to find treasure and take hostages. My French contingent had just landed on the beach when we started and the Dutch and English were attacking from inland.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well executed landing</td></tr>
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Knowing I had to get in close, I took to the woods using a hill and trees for some cover. The initial intent was to execute a double envelopment with my Dutch ally. No plan ever survives first contact though and I was quickly accosted by some natives who bloodied a unit of my marines. They were then joined by some Spanish spear men who successfully routed my lead unit of Marines, but not before taking some casualties themselves. This is probably the time I should have used a fortune token to re roll and try to save my marines, ahh lesson learned.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where did those natives come from?</td></tr>
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My commander took note of the threat to the rear and quickly adapted, commanding the support unit to throw grenades and shoot the spear men. He then lead a charge which effectively eliminated one threat. Shortly after the French were able to drive off the natives as well scoring a 2nd unit killed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When in doubt charge!</td></tr>
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While I regrouped another group of natives came out of the woods. They would prove no match for the well led marines and bombardiers. Apparently natives do not like grenades...Who knew! Having dispatched a 3rd enemy unit there was only one more threat, a will armed Spanish militia unit who fired on me at range. The well lead French rolled excellently and were able to save all hits and avoid extra fatigue. <br />
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This insolence would not be tolerated. My reduced support unit advanced and shot them in the face with a blunderbuss and grenades scoring 4 hits and killing 3 leaving only one man and the commander. The Spaniards decided retreat was the better part of valor and made a run for it. The French blood was up though and I was able to chase them down like the dogs they were and deliver the knock out blow claiming my fourth unit of the night.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can run, but you cannot hide</td></tr>
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Fortunately my allies were also having success, although they were finding treasure and fair maidens while my French were doing the heavy lifting. As it was getting late we all agreed the result would be a decisive victory for the attackers who had found all three treasures and two of the three civilians.<br />
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Having watched the game a couple times now and played once I am very impressed. So much so that a will be making the jump and acquiring at least one 100pt force and adding another to my X-mas wish list.<br />
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I am sure we were not doing everything exactly as intended as we were trying to make it work with 8 players. It did seem to flow pretty well though even for a large game. I did like the activation system with the varying amount of actions based on troop quality and the activation card suit being played. I also liked the reload and fatigue system. It took some thought and planning to make sure your troops were in the right status to do what you wanted. Of course being hard charges, that meant my French mostly attempted melee combat every chance they could. The grenadier also proved very effective when he hit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remaining unit consolidated as the action ended</td></tr>
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I look forward to playing again maybe on a smaller scale to try the rule out as intended instead of making them fit for a larger group. My son approved and is willing to give it a try which is the most important part, so I will have an occasional opponent when he is home on break.<br />
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Thanks to Eric and Mark for hosting such a great game.<br />
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I am confident there will be more Caribbean adventures to come......<br />
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<br />afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-34788061695413295632018-10-22T10:18:00.002-07:002018-10-22T11:37:46.514-07:00Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift -ROCKCON 2018This past weekend was ROCKCON 2018 in Rockford, IL. It is a great regional game convention I have been attending and supporting for several years. The past few years Phil and I have teamed up representing The Northern Front Podcast to put on events.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Initial Set up Friday night</td></tr>
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This year I decided to recycle a couple of tried and true Anglo-Zulu war battles, Isandlwana and Rorke's drift as this coming January will be the 140th anniversary. We have never run them back to back, so figured it would be a great opportunity.<br />
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Since we dove into Anglo-Zulu war a few years ago we have run Isandlwana a few times and last year Rorke's drift made its debut, so why not fight them both on the same day just like they were historically. Both scenarios are fairly large games to manage, but with Phil's help we have them both down pretty well and those that get the opportunity to play certainly enjoy them.<br />
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Once again the ROCKCON staff gave us the royal treatment and put us in a prime location with a nice alcove to set up an extra table so we could stage the hordes of Zulu. This worked great and allowed the action to flow well on the gaming table.<br />
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I arrived Friday evening to scope everything out and was told the area was ours for the weekend as Phil and his brothers (James and Will) were running Blood and Plunder following the Anglo-Zulu events Saturday evening an Sunday AM. This allowed me to set up Isandlwana Friday night and have it prepped and ready to go for Saturday AM without being rushed.<br />
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Saturday I arrived and made some final adjustments before Phil, James and Will showed up. We had 10 players registered for our event which worked out perfect as I was not counting on James and Will so they could jump in and make it an even 12 while helping the others and learning the rules themselves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quartermaster readies the ammo</td></tr>
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I believe this is the fifth time we have run Isandlwana. We use Black Powder rules with some modifications to make the scenario run smoothly and produce historical results. Some of the scenario specific adjustments we have made over time include:<br />
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1. Zulu can make an initiative move even if disordered.<br />
2. British Infantry move at half speed (6 inches per move)<br />
3. British can not move backwards (Retreat) until told to do so by judges.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scouts forward</td></tr>
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We start by detailing a brief history of the battle for the players for those that do not know. We also let them know that the British are going to lose. The British objective is to survive and help their sister units survive. The Zulu are controlled by the judges and those players who volunteer or sign up last. We currently have 25 units(Roughly 500 figs) of Zulu which are recycled endlessly facing off against 6 British line units, NNC Unit, Carbineers, 2 guns, 2 rocket sections.<br />
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British Goals or Victory Points:<br />
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1. Gain 1 point for each turn they survive<br />
2. Gain 1 point for successfully retreating from the designated exit point (Road) <br />
3. Gain 1 Bonus point for the randomly drawn sister unit escaping from the battle<br />
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The sister unit is randomly drawn and kept secret, so each player knows which unit they are supposed to help, but the player being helped does not know it and they all have a different unit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British deployed</td></tr>
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Set up/game:<br />
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The British scouts have spotted the hidden Zulu and deployed from the camp setting up a loose line of battle supported by artillery and rockets. The Zulu then attack from two directions slowly building up pressure. As judges we make a judgment call as to when the British can begin to withdraw based on how the battle progresses. This is usually done in two phases. Once a British unit is forced back they receive and order to fall back to dress the lines. Once the first unit breaks or the line is fully engaged the British receive the order for full withdrawal. Again, this is a judgment call based on our experience, but has worked very well every time we ran the scenario. It then becomes a race to survive and hopefully get your sister unit off with you as the Zulu swarm all around.<br />
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The Game:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zulu begin to advance from across the Donga</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zulu pressure on the right</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lines close for the first time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Defenders hold, but give some ground</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where are all these Zulu coming from!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dress the lines and prepare to defend yourselves</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here they come again!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A chink in the armor as the Red Coats begin to crumble</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Save the guns!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are just to many of them</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NNC providing rear guard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casualties mounting fast</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crew as Phil looks on </td></tr>
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In the end, this running of Isandlwana played a bit faster than previous events and we were able to complete in a little over 3 hours. Once the British started to collapse it cascaded rather quickly. Two British units were able to escape to tell the tale and send warning of the disaster at Isandlwana to Rorke's Drift.<br />
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Most importantly everyone had a great time maneuvering toy soldiers around the table. Finishing a little early was fortunate as we had to make the transition to Rorke's Drift for the next session on the same Table.<br />
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Rorke's Drift is the more recent scenario we have run in the last year. It was developed using a scenario I found on another blog and you can see a few other AARs as well as more details about the scenario itself on my other posts.<br />
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<a href="https://rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/2017/12/rorkes-drift-re-fight-part-1.html"><span style="color: blue;">https://rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/2017/12/rorkes-drift-re-fight-part-1.html</span></a><br />
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This time we had a total of 8 players divided in half for Zulu and British. We had a number of familiar faces who had gamed with us previously including a couple from Isandlwana returned to try their fate at Rorke's drift along with some new blood.<br />
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In honesty, Rorke's drift can take much longer that 4 hours to play out to final conclusion, but we are comfortable running it in a 4 hour slot. Our experience is that everyone will get a good feel for the game and have a good time. That said, this particular re-fight went much different that past battles and greatly deviated from history.<br />
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The Zulu players made their plan for the initial attack while the British players shored up their defenses for what they expected was coming. In the opening round the Zulu are limited to 8 units (one IMPI) along with 4 feint units and attack from two jump off points. In later rounds they can use up to 12 units along with feints and all the jump off points.<br />
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Once set the battle began with the Zulu attacking from the kraal and behind the hospital evenly divided.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Initial attacks move in</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British poised to defend</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First contact </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zulu attack the hospital and set it ablaze</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attacks on the Kraal are persistent and score an early victory</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apparently the British have no stomach for this as a 3nd unit breaks early</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zulu make it all the way to the wall with the first attack before they withdraw to reorganize.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zulu go right back in this time attacking from the Garden and Kraal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The attackers on the Kraal are once again successful</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brits are able to keep up a sustained fire on the Zulu coming from the garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Zulu find a weakness near the hospital and make it over the barricades</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the Kraal in Zulu hands the Brits take to the redoubt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Desperate defense ensues as the British are caught out of position</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final defender is driven from the Kraal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British suffered 6/12 units lost to the Zulu 3/39</td></tr>
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The re-fight was unique from the rest in that the Zulu achieved greater success than any other and very quickly. We called the battle after 3:45min with the British willing to concede as the Zulu had thoroughly bloodied them and still had 2/3 of their forces in fresh reserve. <br />
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It was a bad day for the British Empire with the disaster at Isandlwana and now losing Rorke's Drift and their supply point. They may have to reconsider the invasion all together and withdraw their forces from Zululand. The Zulu were not to be conquered this day.<br />
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Again, the Players all had a great time with many shouts of ZULU! throughout the game. The best part was that two of the new younger players were the Zulu attacking the Kraal. Granted they had amazing die rolls vs. some lack luster British defense dice, but I think we have some new Black Powder converts.<br />
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Once again the ROCKCON staff came through providing tickets for all the participants to claim a prize from the donation prize vault which was icing on the cake for a great game.<br />
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One of the players was so impressed we were asked to come put on a game at his upcoming convention on January 19th 2019. It just so happens that is 3 days prior to the actual 140th anniversary of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift. If the calendar works out we will try to make it happen. Also good motivation to paint more Zulu.<br />
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Once the battle concluded we immediately began tear down as we needed to transition to Blood and Plunder which Phil and his brothers ran Saturday night and Sunday morning.<br />
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Here are a few preview shots from the game Saturday night.<br />
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I originally hoped to play in blood and Plunder, but instead chose to pack up all the Anglo-Zulu, grab some dinner and a couple of beers while I watched the Cook boys run the game.<br />
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I am not familiar with Blood and Plunder, but was able to secure a copy of the rules so I could follow along. I do look forward to actually playing soon.<br />
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As Sunday was the Mrs. Birthday and my eldest was home from College I did not make it back for the Sunday AM session. I trust Phil will have a full report of the Blood and Plunder action on his blog at some point. When that happens I will come back and add a link.<br />
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Overall another very successful ROCKCON. Thanks again to the staff and minions for being very accommodating of our requests and all the behind the scenes work they do to make ROCKCON a successful event year after year. I know they need GMs to have the event, but it is always easier to go above and beyond for ROCKCON because of the support and help they provide.<br />
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The only change I might make if we do large events back to back again is to request a second set of tables so one can be set up and ready to go while the other is being played. Making the transition in an hour was a bit tough. fortunately we finished early for Isandlwana and had four of us there to help.<br />
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Already starting to lay plans for next year.<br />
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<br />afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-62075835105049048772018-09-30T18:52:00.002-07:002018-09-30T18:52:33.093-07:00Bolt Action Demo-Battle of France 500ptToday I had the opportunity to roll some Bolt Action dice which is the first time since Adepticon in March. It has been way to long. Certainly have not left Bolt Action, just been distracted with other projects like Star Wars Legion and D&D and there is only so much hobby time to go around.<br />
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We have a new store in Janesville, Battle Command Games, who is now carrying Warlord products including Bolt Action. The owner would like to get a regular Bot Action group together including a league, which I fully support especially locally.<br />
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Today was meant to be a league day, so I showed up with four 500pt armies and 2 tables of terrain. Unfortunately it was short notice and not well advertised, so not many were able to make it. I met a new interested player Kevyn at the shop and put him through the paces using early war French and Germany 500 pt lists.<br />
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After giving him the basics on the rules and the units we rolled up demolition and started the game. Kevyn chose to take command of the Germans and I took command of my trusty French.<br />
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He rolled high and chose the side of the table and placed his objective. Since it was an intro and small point game neither of us placed and units in reserve or used out flank. The table was also slightly smaller, 4'x5', which worked well for 500 points.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh no they have armor!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Classic Stand off</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Light arty vs, Panhard managed 3 hits, but never penetrated</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the Pz II pinned and immobilized time to assault the LT</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Germans respond in kind causing a desperate struggle of mutual destruction</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French Infantry finally capture the objective on Turn 6</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kevyn had a good time and was a great sport</td></tr>
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It was nice to get the models out again and play a friendly game while teaching a new player. The hope it to build/ re-build the local Bolt action community in the coming months.<br />
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Since Battle Command Games is the only local retailer carrying Bolt Action I have volunteered to help the owner, Josh get something organized. My hope it to run a proper Demo day prior to Thanksgiving to generate interest in a local group. <br />
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If there is enough interest we would like to form a escalation league with organized game days, but flexibility to allow players to play on their own and report results. If there is enough interest Josh has stated he can offer discounts and possible prize support. I am always in favor of supporting a local game shop for my hobby needs.<br />
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Watch the Bolt Action Southern WI/ Northern IL Facebook page as well as Battle Command Games for future event announcements and details.<br />
<br />afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-77956163305601876662018-07-20T09:11:00.002-07:002018-07-27T08:48:56.661-07:00Something Old is New Again- D&D 5th editionI was recently invited to try Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) at a new local gaming store, Battle Command Games. D&D is nothing new to me, in fact it is a very old friend. So old in fact, that I have not played in 30+ years. I do not really recall the last time I actually played, but I am sure it was before I graduated High School, so mid to late 1980s and it was Advanced Dungeon and Dragons (AD&D) at the time. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5th Edition Players Handbook</td></tr>
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I was first introduced to Basic D&D and then AD&D in middle school and played regularly for about 5 years with my friends. Then cars, girls, college and life in general came along and my books sat in a box until I finally sold them online several years ago as collector items. I even remember back in the day when D&D exploded in popularity there was a lot of controversy around the game and it made the news several times. I had to explain to my grandmother that it was not devil worship when I asked for the books as a birthday present. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AD&D Player's Handbook from when I last played</td></tr>
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As stated I fell away, but still observed from a distance as I returned more to my historical gaming. I would talk to gaming friends and see all the new material at hobby stores and conventions. More recently, I became internet friends with one of the game designers at Wizard of the Coast(WotC), who was also the lead designer of one of the games that brought me back to historical miniature gaming, Axis and Allies War at Sea. In the process, I learned about the split of D&D and Pathfinder with the failure of D&D 4th edition and my fiend was laid off as a result, which unfortunately ended the game I loved as he was the lead designer for War at Sea for WoTC .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5th Edition Starter Set</td></tr>
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More recently, some of my friends mentioned they were returning to D&D. My interest was sparked with TV shows like Big Bang Theory and the Netflix series Stranger Things. A few years ago my younger son even expressed interest and when I offered to get the D&D starter box he decided he was not that interested and I was busy with historical gaming projects anyway.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First Reaper Minis</td></tr>
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So a few weeks ago I went and checked out Battle Command Games as they carry both historical genre as well as fantasy. While there I learned a bit more about 5th edition and the concept of D&D Adventure League, where you did not have to have your own group, but could just show up and play. Some friends encouraged me to try so I broke down and spent $20 on a starter and bought a couple Reaper minis to paint. I figured I could always get my money back by selling the painted minis. Besides, I am all about supporting a new local game store.<br />
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I read through the basic rules, found some online resources including more reference material, and really liked what I read. Despite all the bad things I had heard about D&D failing, 5th edition seemed more streamlined and less complicated then what I recall from AD&D, but had a classic D&D feel to it.<br />
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Last Friday was the first session of Adventure League at Battle Command Games. I showed up prepared with my Pre-Generated character from the starter which I had transferred to a free fillable PDF. I had added background material along with my painted figures and was ready to play. There was a crowd of about 12-15, but only a few were ready to play as many still needed to generate characters. <br />
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One of the players, Matt, was ready to run an Adventure module for those ready to go. My friends wanted to stay together and were still building characters, so I thought why not, and sat down with five total strangers and had one of the best gaming experiences in recent years.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First D&D die roll in many years</td></tr>
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By the time we concluded my Dwarf Cleric, Thoradin, had taken down two goblins and aided the party with several others along with a troublesome hill giant. I even ventured into role playing mode and helped one of our party heal and befriend a shrunken cave bear who she now has as a companion.<br />
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I was hooked! The problem is the store currently only plans to run Adventure League monthly. I want more and I want it now! :) <br />
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As a result, I found the core books and started reading some more. I also found reaper miniatures that match the equipment and armor of the five pre-generated characters that come with the starter. In a single night I can complete multiple figures where it usually takes a few days to complete historical units. The nice thing is you really only need a few minis as a player. <br />
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I also learned another local store, Goblin Valley Games, runs Adventure League weekly, so I went and checked it out. Again, I joined a party of total strangers in a adventure that was probably a bit tougher than my 1st level Cleric should have taken on after only one adventure. Fortunately everyone else was 2nd through 4th level. This adventure involved more detective work and role playing. It also went on much longer (about four hours) and ended with a final encounter that almost saw the demise of Thoradin twice. Thanks to some great cooperative play Thoradin survived while helping to take down a goblin, two Orcs and the lead bad guy with a final blow. The rest of the party battled multiple other goblins, orcs and a nasty ogre. We all survived, although very battered. As a result Thoradin earned enough XP to jump him up to 3rd level with what he had earned in the first adventure.<br />
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For my regular readers, do not worry I am not leaving historical miniature gaming, but D&D will definitely be part of my gaming line up for the foreseeable future. I am really enjoying both the gaming and hobby aspect. Already I have made some new gaming friends and have even been invited to play in a private group by Matt, my first DM, which I am eager to try.<br />
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I have already come to the realization that I will want to DM again some day, so I have read through the module that comes with the starter set, "The Lost Mines of Phandelver", and begun to collect the monsters and characters needed so I can run a memorable adventure for the players.<br />
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I cannot believe it has taken 30 years to come back to D&D, but I am glad I did. I am also happy I am doing it now. Having learned the history of D&D over the last 30 years I am not sure I would have stayed and enjoyed it as much as 5th edition. This edition just feels right and it seems like you have the flexibility to make D&D what your group wants. <br />
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If you like the role playing aspect you can focus more on that. If you like the combat, there are plenty of opportunities. If miniatures are your thing, they seem to have more of a place in D&D than they did when I was first learning to paint 30 years ago. Technology has come along way, so 3D printing seems big in the hobby to customize characters to your liking. If you are not a painter, there are a ton of pre-painted minis out there. I plan to use many of the more affordable pre-painted creatures for my adventure and then just touch them up so they look even better.<br />
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So if you are like me and have avoided D&D in the past because it just looks overwhelming and you do not have the time, I encourage you to think again. Get ahold of a Players handbook and give it a read. I was surprised at how fast I was playing again and really enjoying it.<br />
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D&D is back. I think 5th edition is a winner that will be around for awhile and is bringing more people back to the hobby.<br />
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afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-69902820981995463172018-07-02T10:43:00.000-07:002018-07-02T10:48:21.104-07:00Gettysburg -July 1st 2018 (155th Anniversary)As planned my father and two sons Justin and Jared along with a friend Austyn refought the first day of the battle of Gettysburg on the actual 155th anniversary of the battle.<br />
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We used my 10mm armies on the custom map made by Cigar Box augmented with hills and trees which made for a great battle and epic diorama as the battle progressed.<br />
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The Union commanded by Justin and dad and later joined by Austyn fought to stave off the Confederate juggernaut commanded by Jared and I. We used the 2nd edition Brigade Fire and Fury rules along with the scenario from the book.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Archer's Brigade on the move</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iron Brigade in a precarious position after charging through Herbst woods</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Union Artillery posted near the Lutheran Seminary</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fight for McPherson's Ridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutler's Brigade stands fast</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gamble's cavalry Brigade defending the flank</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iron Brigade moves to support Cutler after sweeping the woods</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charge the cavalry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Union reinforcements rush to the sound of the guns</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cavalry check a charge a temporarily hold</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Support comes up and Pender drives off Bufford</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doubleday in retreat hotly pursued by fresh Rebels</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iron Brigade caught in the open</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meredith skillfully maneuvers his brigade to form a line </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Union 1st Corps hotly engaged by two divisions</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Union attempts to hold the valley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Confederates quickly swarm in to attack</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battered survivors of Wadsworth's division hold on</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Howard's XI Corps clings to the stone wall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhodes is now on the field pushing the XI Corps</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Confederates quickly move past the Union defenders on the left</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AP Hill presses on toward the objective Seminary ridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Howard hold tough stalling Ewells' advance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hill will not be stopped despite heavy losses the Rebels drive on</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All but one Union Battery is silenced and the Confederates push forward</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last of the 1st Corps survivors take up position </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Howard's Artillery pours it on to hold of Rhodes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">XI Corps finally starts to fall back</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Union 1st Corps and Cavalry is wrecked and XI Corps casualties are mounting </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hill's command just hit heavy casualties Ewell is still in good shape</td></tr>
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In the scenario it was 2PM (Turn 9) and all the Union reinforcements were on the field. The Confederates still had most of Early's division still due to arrive. Despite finally pushing Hill into heavy casualties (most of Heth's division) Justin and Austyn realized the situation was desperate and most likely beyond winning.<br />
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Overall the scenario played out fairly historically with a few tactical differences. The Union generals knew up front the were outnumbered and needed to fight a strategic withdraw. <br />
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Best laid plans rarely survive first contact though. In the heat of the moment they could not resist the temptation to go on the offensive early which resulted in leaving three Union brigades exposed as the bulk of Pender's division arrived on the field looking for a fight. <br />
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All in all a great day of gaming and excellent way to remember the sacrifices made by both blue and gray 155 years ago that set the stage for the culmination of the battle of Gettysburg July 2nd and 3rd 1863.<br />
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Always look forward to getting this scenario on the table again.<br />
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Hope you enjoyedafilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-32086247029912904232018-05-18T09:38:00.003-07:002018-05-18T09:38:49.899-07:00Gettysburg 155th AnniversaryWith the Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg approaching I have decided (with Household Six's Permission of course) that it would be a great opportunity to host an event on July 1st. Plan is to play the Brigade Fire and Fury First Day scenario to completion<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fight for McPherson's ridge</td></tr>
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.More details to come, but you can expect to see a recap of the action played out on July 1st 2018.<br />
This works well as my Daughter's graduation party is the day prior so the space will be clean and there should be plenty of food and beverage still available.<br />
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In our previous engagements we have not made it past turn 9-10. The intent this time will be to play it to conclusion through the course of the day<br />
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Command positions will be limited and I will be sending out invites, but spectators will also be encouraged to come check out the action and cheer on the boys in blue and gray.<br />
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More to come......<br />
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afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-9355925144635073032018-04-15T19:16:00.000-07:002018-04-15T20:11:19.754-07:00Star Wars Legion-The beginning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A new year, a new game. Despite initially swearing off the idea of getting into Legion after my experience with Xwing I changed my mind after seeing it in person at Adepticon, So far I am very impressed, but I also felt the same about Xwing. <br />
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My experience thus far has been painting minis, an introductory game and my first 800pt game. The minis are exceptional. If you are new to painting minis or fantasy/SCI-FI minis in my case, there are a ton of quality tutorials on the web.<br />
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I initially started with a single core set and painted all the infantry in the first week. I added a Rebel and Stormtroopers expansion so I would have 3 trooper squads per side to meet the requirements of the rules. After figuring out what would be required for 800 points I realized that a 2nd core set is the most economical way to go and added a AT-ST. Imperials will be my initial focus and the AT-ST is just so cool.<br />
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I had a long weekend and was able to finish the balance of my Imperial forces so they are now ready to crush the rebellion and restore order to the Empire.<br />
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I have not played enough yet to offer any critique on the rules. The mechanics do look promising and in typical Fantasy Flight Games style unique dice are required. I very much enjoyed my first outing and am looking forward to the next. I am fortunate that at least two local stores are planning weekly events. There are several nuances to the rules, which will take a couple reads and a few more games to master before I will offer up any meaningful opinions.<br />
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If you are on the fence, I definitely think it is worth a try. In my opinion the most economical way to jump in is 2 core sets which retail for $90, but can be found for $70-80 online. You will then probably want to add one of the large vehicle expansions which will give you plenty for a standard 800pt build with some options to try different things. If you have a friend and are only interested in one side splitting the two cores would be the ideal way to go.<br />
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I did get the trooper expansions. These are the exact same models as in the core, but offer two upgrade cards that are not in the core (grappling hooks and grenades) the good news is both the Rebels and Imperials come with the same upgrades.<br />
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This brings me to my final thought and major concern for this game, upgrade cards. As mentioned I initially enjoyed X-wing and had I not been introduced to competitive play I would probably still be playing today. Ultimately the reason I left X-wing was the aggressive release schedule (I like to collect everything) and the upgrade cards that introduced power creep and made early models next to useless if you did not stay current on the new cards and current meta to understand all the synergies.</div>
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I bought everything up through wave four to include the Tantive and transport. The problem was I did not study the cards and keep up with the meta due to how fast the released and my interest in other historical gaming. As a result while I did very well at my first tournament, that was not the case at my second when I was was schooled by very good players who were devoted to X-wing and the synergies. Newer upgrade cards had basically made my older list which had been competitive null and void.<br />
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I tell this story because I truly hope FFG doe not go this way with Legion. I hope the game is about the minis and strategy and does not become about the latest expansion with a new upgrade that makes older releases useless.<br />
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I will say I was encouraged that the two trooper expansions had the same upgrade cards that can be used by either side. Both cards seem nice to have, but not absolutely required if you just have the core.<br />
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I will also say the expansions on the horizon do seem nice. Getting to see Snow troopers at Adepticon truly sold me as they were one of my favorites as a kid watching the original trilogy in theaters.<br />
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I guess we will see what the future hold, but so far Legion looks promising,afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-65360042290796106662018-03-26T19:33:00.002-07:002018-03-26T20:14:33.644-07:00Adepticon 2018-Bolt ActionThis past weekend Thursday-Saturday I attended Adepticon for the first time. After hearing so much about it I was finally able to make the dates work with my schedule this year.<br />
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Adepticon was a different experience for me as I was not running any games at this convention and only playing. Although I did commit to bringing a table for Bolt Action which I specially constructed for this event. Adepticon is also the largest convention I have attended so far and less than 2 hours from home<br />
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I signed up for the Bolt Action doubles event on Friday and Bolt Action Nationals on Saturday. I bought the doubles ticket not knowing for sure who my partner was going to be, and was eventually able to convince the infamous Brian Ward to make a rare appearance. It was great to get Brian out as I know he does not like to travel. </div>
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When I checked out the schedule I noticed the vendor hall was only open 10 AM-6PM each day which overlapped my gaming schedule Friday and Saturday. I had already taken Thursday off to make any last minute preparations. Since my armies were ready and the terrain was done and the Mrs. was working I decided to go down Thursday afternoon to check out the vendors. This also meant Brian and I would not have to make the drive early Friday AM to make it by 8 AM for doubles.<br />
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It was nice to arrive early and get the lay of the convention. Right away I met several FB gaming friends and was able to put a face and voice to names. This happened many times throughout the weekend. Many intros went something like.... "hello, I am Aaron from FB or Northern Front Podcast.....Oh yeah, I know you..." although we had never met in person, the beauty of social media.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Legion Snow Troopers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Legion Empire</td></tr>
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Saw many neat items in the vendor area including many new releases including demos of Star Wars Legion (not sold yet due to the painting aspect). The item I was most excited about was at Miniature Market. They had resin barricade terrain that looked really familiar. When I inquired sure enough it was the Architect of War terrain that had gone out of business. MM has acquired the molds for all AoW apparently and are recasting in more suitable resin. Best part was only $5/section which is less than a third of the original cost for the stuff I own. I am hoping to convince Phil's wife Kati to paint it to match the original and more than double my collection. Talking to the guys from MM this stuff is not yet on the website, but will be soon at about $7.50/section which is still a steal.<br />
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I also visited Trenchworx a few times and eventually acquired a couple of vehicles (BT7 and White Scout car) at 10% off. I should have bought sooner and picked up the 2 Type 89 IJA tanks they had with them, but they had sold when I went back. Oh well, I do have a coupon from the show for free shipping.<br />
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The only other purchase was a impulse buy, and that was a figure tray from MiniDuels.com with two slide out drawers. I had been searching all over for a stand/table with a drawer as I suspected extra table space would be limited. I am now set for future events as all my dice and markers nicely fit in the drawers and my display board inserts into the top. I already have started to paint it as I had Sunday avaialble. I will eventually add a magnetic sheet to the tray and use it in place of the tea trays I was using. It also fits nicely on a TV tray. I did see a number of players with small carts that would also work for a large event like this.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Troop tray made from MDF already painted</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">drawers open inside of drawers are painted gray for contrast</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Display board fits perfectly in tray.... may add a name plate</td></tr>
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Apparently cos-play is also a thing at Adepticon. Some of the BA players came in full regalia.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am not a fantasy player, but this is how you get me interested. :) </td></tr>
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Endor? SW Legion<br />
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<u><strong>Bolt Action Doubles Event</strong></u></div>
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Now on to the events. Doubles were a blast I will not bore you with all the game details, you can see the pics with captions below. The Event was set up for three games. It started at 9AM and ended at 6PM with nice breaks including an hour for lunch which was perfect.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IJA for the win</td></tr>
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Brian and I played an IJA infantry platoon (Brian) and an IJA Armor platoon (Me). Our list was pretty much themed for early war all regulars with armor support which could also take on infantry. We started out hot and scored a major victory in our first game and then went downhill from there. We did get to play our final game of the day on the jungle airfield against a very well done IJA team which was fun and looked great.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fall of Manilla IJA vs. Marines in city playing No man's land</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marines narrowly win because my truck could not come out of reserve Congrats to Paul and his father</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IJA vs. IJA on my Jungle Airfield we were defenders in Surrounded</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brian's Infantry holding Control Tower</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shinhoto claims second victim of the day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brian holding the center</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last tank comes on a little to late and we get our second loss</td></tr>
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Overall we finished 11th out of 30, so middle of the pack. We both enjoyed the day and saw some excellent armies and terrain ideas.<br />
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Saturday I was on my own at my first U.S. Nationals event. The format was four games. First game was 500 pts (Recon) which had to be made up of units and models from your 1000pt list which was the last three games. <br />
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I started out on my table again, which was fine as it was only the 2nd time vs. a very good Soviet player. The scenario was sectors. I managed a minor victory and was lucky to get it. I had made a couple of tactical mistakes and was fortunate to get the win.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twin turrets of death</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tank hunters looking for a victim in my Type 94</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IJA hold until the last a manage a minor victory</td></tr>
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Second game was against IJA on a desert themed board. We played key positions and ended up with four objectives. This was my least favorite game. My opponent insisted that the walls be treated as high walls and block LoS. I did not agree, but we rolled for it and high walls it was. This meant almost no LoS which greatly favored his list. In my opinion his list was not very historical and very much a win at all cost gamey list. We also had to consult the TO at least twice as he was not up on the rules and questioned V2 rules when he could not find the answer he wanted. In the end I ended up with a minor loss by 0.5 points. It was my fault. My artillery had 2 opportunities to take out a unit only needing a 3 and I rolled a 1 and 2. I also made a tactical error which allowed him to decimate a unit with his heavy howitzer Ho-Ro costing me control of an objective. Oh well such is BA.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No LoS for my Arty and observer tsaken out on first order die</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close run affair Type 94 fails to take out Suicide AT man</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Minor loss for my IJA by 1 order die as Objectives were even</td></tr>
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Third game was against a fellow player from Janesville, Joe, who is on our FB page, but I had not met before. He was playing Americans and the scenario was point defense. He was newer to the game and choose to attack. The table greatly favored me as it probably had too much terrain. I pretty much decimated his army (in as friendly a way as possible) and he conceded a major victory to me at the end of turn 5. I think we both enjoyed the game and I tried to turn it into a teaching opportunity as much as possible giving him pointers along the way. Hopefully we will be able to get together locally and play again as he was extremely enjoyable to play.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My deployment for Point defense...hard table for an attacker</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moral victory for Joe when his greyhound flames my Shinhoto </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IJA are just too tough in the defense and score a Major victory putting them back in the running</td></tr>
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Final game was against the ringer Vet Germans on a V2 table with lots of terrain. The scenario was a unique play off of maximum attrition called "I want my scalps". Each time a unit eliminated an enemy they received a token (Scalp) which accounted for 1 point. If the unit with scalp was eliminated the points/scalps were lost as well. It was an incredible see-saw chess match. at one point I was down 4-0. Then I took out a unit with 2 scalps, and then another. He scored a long shot hit on my Ha-Go light tank and destroyed it, giving him 3-1. I then destroyed his unit making it 3-2. Despite my arty landing 3 hits I could not eliminate a last man and he won by 1 point giving me a minor loss.<br />
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After seeing the overall results I now know why the TO wanted our results right away, as I still had a chance at best Axis general. Oh well, Bolt Action happened and it was a great game. I was happy to finish in top 50% for my first outing and with my IJA that I only play occassionally.<br />
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In the end Adepticon was a great experience. Many thanks to the TO, Jeremy, and all who worked behind the scenes to put the event on including the many sponsors who provided prize support. Having organized many events myself I know it is no small feat and requires a lot of selfless behind the scenes hours to organize.<br />
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Already looking forward to next year and hoping I can make it fit the schedule again.<br />
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Watch out, I will be bringing my A game....LoLafilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-86943211314612231262018-01-13T11:03:00.001-08:002018-01-13T11:03:37.587-08:00Cowpens 2018Welcome to 2018!<br />
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New Year, new/old projects are on the horizon. My gaming goal/resolution for 2018 is to finally complete some projects that have been ongoing for a few years now. like many gamers I have the infamous "lead pile" which these days is just as much plastic as it is lead anymore.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Washington's Dragoons (Perry)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mounted Militia (Perry)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delaware and Maryland Continentals (Perry Plastic)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Virginia Continentals (Perry)</td></tr>
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One of these projects is the huge pile of AWI figures I purchased during one of the amazing Warlord Sprue sales. Late last year I decided I would finally enter the Southern Theater and my first project will be Cowpens.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Virginia Militia (Perry)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Combined Militia (Perry)</td></tr>
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I chose Cowpens because I had the opportunity to visit the battlefield in Sept 2016 and it is a smaller very manageable scenario. I am planning to use the scenario from the Black Powder Rebellion book to start out. Once The OoB is complete I will use remaining troops to model other units that served in the Southern theater so we can eventually expand to other scenarios.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">North Carolina Militia (Perry)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">South Carolina Militia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riflemen (Perry)</td></tr>
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At this point I have all the troops and have been diligently working on assembling and painting. I have also enlisted the help of Mark and Karl for painting to realistically finish this project this year.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">17th Light Dragoons (Perry)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Legion Detachments (Perry)</td></tr>
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So far the Americans a pretty much complete I may eventually sub in some specific characters figures for the leaders, but the units are now ready for battle.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tarleton (Fife and Drum)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">71st Foot (Old Glory)</td></tr>
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The British are taking a bit longer as I did need to order a few unique figures to for the legion cavalry and infantry. Additionally, I wanted to make sure the army had the Southern look, so it required assembling many figures with the hats turned down instead of re purposing. The good news is the last of the legion units have arrived and everything missing is in the process of painting and should be ready soon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scenario OoB</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American Forces</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British ready for Paint</td></tr>
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Once Cowpens is complete I will use the remaining figures to round out a few more units and then either assemble the rest as individual figures for skirmish games like Sharp Practice or liquidate the remaining sprues.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still Pending Assembly</td></tr>
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It always feels good to have a plan and be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-64241657912745511892017-12-29T11:46:00.001-08:002017-12-29T12:00:19.128-08:00Return to Bolt Action Game NightThis week saw return to Bolt Action after an extensive hiatus. There are a few new players in the area, so we coordinated a game night at a local game store, Misty Mountain in Madison, WI.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French List</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">German List</td></tr>
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We ended up with eight players and four games going. My son Justin, who is home from college, brought his friend Austyn and they faced off U.S.vs. IJA. Brian K. faced Brian B. U.S. vs British Commandos. Ben fought against Neil with Soviets against Germans.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battlefield from the French Side</td></tr>
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Phil felt up to the challenge of taking on my early war French with his early war Germans. We rolled for a scenario and came up with Demolition.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French push up the center after deploying gun</td></tr>
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I was placed my objective in a building and Phil placed his in a wood line sheltered by a stream. We both had units in out flank my Vet Cavalry and FFL and he had a 251 filled with Pioneers. Phil also put his PzIV in reserve.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Char2C and Gun open on German in building</td></tr>
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It was clear we were both very rusty on the mechanics, but it came back quickly with a few book references. After we were done I realized neither of us had used the officer ability of "You men snap to it" to activate additional units which could have been useful on a few occasions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tank stand off</td></tr>
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The Germans placed a squad defending the base along with a light gun. After advancing a 2nd squad forward it quickly became pinned down in a building and was forced to go down as the Char 2C rolled up and concentrated some fire on it.<br />
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I started out fairly conservative on the defense with the intent of leaving a regular squad, MMG, and light howitzer along with the Char 2C to defend my base. Everything else advanced forward to threaten his base.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French press the center</td></tr>
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I had to bring my FFL in on outflank on turn three to deal with the mortar that was threatening what was left of my Medium gun.<br />
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The Cavalry came in on turn four to join the FFL, and the remnants of my regular squad pushing through the center to threaten the German base.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">German flank is in the air</td></tr>
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The tank battle was a non factor with no real A.T. assets to knock them out. The Germans did manage to pin the Char 2C which neutralized it for 2 turns due to horrible command rolls.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panhard scores a critical kill</td></tr>
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Turn five was critical as the Pioneers had to come in from outflank after failing on turn four. I felt confident I could deal with this threat and take the German base by the end of the turn. I did take the precaution of placing my Panhard in ambush.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">German offense is quickly stunted</td></tr>
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The Pioneers came in and the Panhard took the long range shot achieving a hit and acing the half track. More importantly, this caused the pioneers to take a loss bail out and go down.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Defenders of France are poised to face any threat</td></tr>
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At the end of turn five Phil realized resistance was futile as it was now impossible to threaten the French base and three units were in position to take his base by the end of turn six with little to defend it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">German base on the verge of capture</td></tr>
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All in all it was a god game and nice to knock the rust off Bolt Action. I plan to play in an event at the end of January and Adepticon in March, so I need to refresh myself on the rules.<br />
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The group plans to make Thursday evenings at Misty a regular thing again and I hope to make it at least twice a month.<br />
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<br />afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-53076442189516514842017-12-23T18:01:00.003-08:002017-12-23T18:05:19.690-08:00Northern Front Podcast- Episode 16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just in time for the holidays Northern Front is back after an extended absence.<br />
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<a href="http://northernfrontpodcast.libsyn.com/northern-front-episode-16" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Episode 16 December 2017</span></a><br />
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Enjoy!afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-90089609022783209122017-12-21T09:51:00.000-08:002017-12-21T09:51:36.920-08:00Rorke's Drift Refight -Part 2This week saw the epic conclusion to a truly great game of Black Powder Using the BP basic rules along with scenario specifics I found courtesy of another gamers blog (Eric The Shed).<br />
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You can find the scenario here:<br />
<a href="http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/zulu-sunday-part-2-28mm-rorkes-drift.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta;">Rorke's Drift Scenario</span></a><br />
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If you missed part 1 you can find it here:<br />
<a href="http://rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/2017/12/rorkes-drift-re-fight-part-1.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Rorke's Drift Refight-Part 1</span></a><br />
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To remind you we had completed two back to back active phases with the Zulu inflicting some damage on the British defenders taking out three of twelve British units along with Color Sergeant Borne at the cost of only three of thirty nine war bands lost. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British take advantage of the lull to regroup</td></tr>
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The group reassembled with eight players total. Mark, Rob Justin and Jared commanded the Zulu and Brian P., Brian C, Scott and Curt resumed command of the British.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hospital set ablaze</td></tr>
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This week started with Phase 3of 12 which had to be a passive phase per the scenario rules. The Zulu recovered some morale, as did the British. The British also redeployed consolidating their defenses and going back to work on some barricades. The respite would not last long though as Zulu immediately returned after only one passive phase for a active phase.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Threat looms from the road</td></tr>
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The Zulu attacked toward the hospital and up the main road in an attempt to gain the advantage. a small contingent also broke off and came through the karal. Again, the British found they had their hands full and had to abandon the work on the barricade wall to pick up their rifles and pitch into the battle.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zulu close with British in the open</td></tr>
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It was a close run affair and the Zulu were not able to gain a clear advantage. As it was the third active phase the Zulu morale had lost the +1 and they quickly realized that breaking British units would be a tough road from here on out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"To the angle Lads"</td></tr>
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Two British units were put at stamina and most had used their free break test, but the Zulu were quickly stacking up casualties as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Drive em back Boys"</td></tr>
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When it was clear that the steam was completely gone the Zulu wisely decided to withdraw. In the process the defenders were able to pour in a galling fire causing even more carnage to the beaten down attackers. When the smoke cleared it was realized that one of the four IMPI were broken and now out of the fight.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reconsolidation during the lull</td></tr>
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The Zulu now needed to take their time to reorganize and tend to the wounded. As a result three passive phases were played in a row. The British took full advantage in caring for their casualties as well as resuming building. In the three phases that passed they constructed the redoubt and again went to work on the wall.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To Arms! They are still out there</td></tr>
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In was the start of phase eight and approaching midnight in the game. The Zulu came back from three directions under the cover of darkness. Visibility was limited to 12" and command was -1 for both sides. The Hospital was still burning which provided some visibility, but otherwise the British were blind.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zulu cautiously advance under the cover of darkness</td></tr>
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The phase developed very slowly as the Zulu seemed a bit skittish to step off with their attack as only one of the three IMPI involved made their command rolls the first three turns of this phase. The British hearing noises took advantage to again abandon building barricades and redeploy to the yard outside the store house and around the redoubt.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here they come again......steady....steady ......FIRE!</td></tr>
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Just when we thought it was becoming anticlimactic all three Zulu IMPI rushed forward to engage the Red Coats. The store house was set ablaze and the Zulu swung around to attack again from the Karal, road, north wall, and through the store house simultaneoulsy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stout hearts can still win the day</td></tr>
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Closing fire was limited to one round due to visibility and the Zulu were able to close. The Queen's stout defenders held firm until a fatal chink in the armor revealed itself and a Zulu war band achieved an unlikely win. To make matters worse the British defenders broke and ran when they rolled snake eyes. Seeing this calamity unfold next to them the unit in support also broke and ran. Bringing the total British units lost up to six. The Zulu knowing they only needed one more unit to break or go to stamina were like sharks with blood in the water.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weakness Exposed!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HUZZAHHH! (Justin, Rob, Mark, Jared)</td></tr>
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The very next attack resulted in the already wounded British defender taking a third hit and going to stamina. The British now knew the game was up. Seeing as though it was already past normal quitting time three of them expressed their gratitude and left for the evening. Kurt being a good sport decided to play it out for the remaining attacks to see the final bloody result.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Run Away...run Away!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enough Already! (Scott, Brian C., Brian P.)</td></tr>
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At this point the game looked very cinematic as the Defenders were pushed back to the redoubt with Zulu all around them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hold to the Last Lads....hold to the Last!</td></tr>
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The remaining attacks were played out and in the end the British lost a total of seven units and had another at stamina giving the Zulu a decisive clear cut victory by routing the British force per the scenario conditions. There was a cost though as the Zulu lost a total of fifteen war bands which included the entire IMPI that was routed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a good fight...there are just to many of them</td></tr>
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All in all this was a tremendous game. It was very back and forth with both sides at one point or another claiming the deck was unfairly stacked against them. It is not often that we get to play a game out to clear cut victory conditions, so this was a very satisfying result for all involved, well OK maybe not all the British players.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roll Call of the lost (7 Units + Borne, Chard, and Bromhead)</td></tr>
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Full Credit to Eric who designed this scenario. It is extremely well done and feels good while you are playing as it is equally tough for both sides. This was by far the best the Zulu had done. Both sides managed their troops well, setting the conditions for either side to obtain victory. If not for a horrible break test we may not have been able to call this one a Zulu victory.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turn the tracker I designed to keep track of the phases and 6 active phases</td></tr>
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If you have the troops and the time I encourage everyone to give this scenario a try. As I have all the terrain I know we will be coming back to it for future conventions or just a private game.<br />
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<br />afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-51313435111252865152017-12-17T12:08:00.001-08:002017-12-17T12:08:48.784-08:00Guilford's Courthouse (RFF AWI Variant) Part 2After a lengthy break while Mark vacationed with family in sunny Florida the group reassembled to resolve this heated engagement.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Continentals re-establish control of the hill</td></tr>
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You can find Part one here:<br />
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<a href="https://rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/2017/11/guilfords-courthouse-rff-awi-variant.html" target="_blank">Gulford's Court House Part 1</a><br />
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We are using the Regimental Fire and Fury variant rules for AWI for this scenario. If you recall the British have managed to roll up the Militia defenders with only a few militia units surviving. The King's troops and are now facing the vaunted Continental third line under the direct command of Greene.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British close to close quarters</td></tr>
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The Continentals had ventured forward last time to face the combined British and Hessian threat on the left with the support of the few Militia that made it back. It was soon realized that this was a mistake as this new salient was now under fire from infantry as well as the Artillery Cornwallis had brought up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British Artillery providing close support</td></tr>
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The Continentals were able to withdraw, but sustained some serious casualties while inflicting casualties on the British attackers. <span style="text-align: center;">Both sides were now in heavy casualties and the the Americans had sustained greater losses. As a result the game was a draw at this point as the Continentals held the key position. </span>The British only opportunity to win was to take the key position which was not impossible, but would be a hard road.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Continental right hold as British Legion charges.</td></tr>
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Fortunately for Cornwallis the Americans were not able to inflict the casualties they previously had as the British units made their final assault. It was now clear that the game was going to come down to the last turn and the Hessian unit was the last opportunity to snatch a victory away.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final Assault goes in on turn 14 to decided the game</td></tr>
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By the narrowest of Margins the Hessian broke through the Militia and with a break through charge were able to drive back the weakened continentals and gain the key position securing victory for the British and Lord Cornwallis.<br />
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Once again the group really enjoyed how RFF played for the AWI period. We have provided some feedback to Rich (rules author) for some minor tweaks specifically on how cavalry could be adjusted for this period, but nothing that reduced our enjoyment of the game.<br />
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Playing this scenario reinvigorated my interest in the period. So much so my next project is already underway.....Cowpens and the Southern Campaign.<br />
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<br />afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-63495056028183151262017-12-17T11:32:00.000-08:002018-10-23T09:26:02.998-07:00Rorke's Drift Re-fight -Part 1After hosting this scenario at ROCKCON it was time for a re-fight with our local group. As I already own all the terrain and troops it is great when I have the opportunity to play with friends. This time it was even better as both my sons (Justin and Jared) were able to join us for the weekly gathering at Mark's.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rorke's Drift with all defenses in place</td></tr>
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For those that missed my previous post we are using a scenario I found on another blog as the one in the Zulu supplement is totally inadequate and would produce ridiculous results. My guess is the author never even play tested it. Each time we have played this revised scenario it has produced a great historical feel and enjoyable exciting battle.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Initial attack forming in the garden</td></tr>
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You can find the scenario here:<br />
<a href="http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/zulu-sunday-part-2-28mm-rorkes-drift.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta;">Rorke's Drift Scenario</span></a><br />
The Zulu began first assault phase with eight war bands attacking the drift. The scenario allows for eight feints (turn 1 only), so the British defenders see sixteen total units coming at them and the fake units are not revealed until they are fired on by the British or the Zulu close to within 6" of the defenders.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zulu close on the defenses by the hospital</td></tr>
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During set up the British commander decided to assign 4 units to start building more defenses and spread the remainder of his units out along the perimeter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A hard fight ensues</td></tr>
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The Zulu attack came from the garden and moved to the right in order to attack the hospital area. The Zulu quickly closed to hand to hand and drew the other British defenders to that end of the perimeter when they realized more Zulu were not coming immediately. While there were some intense moments including a British unit breaking the Zulu withdrew when they realized they were losing steam.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stalemate before Zulu withdraw</td></tr>
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Wisely the Zulu commander came right back with a 2nd Active phase (scenario only allows 2 back to back active phases). This did not allow the British to re-position defenders and allowed the Zulu to attack with fresh IMPI not involved in the first attack. This time the Zulu came from the Karal area and launched a feint from the garden area.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second Zulu attack enters the Karal</td></tr>
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Unfortunately for the Zulu once the they reached the upper Karal they suffered some poor command rolls as well as the affects from disorder and were stalled. The second prong were able to attack through the storage building and north wall and penetrate the Outer defenses. The Brits then realized that the attack from the garden was a ruse this time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Queen's defender redeploy to face the new threat</td></tr>
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The British were able to hold off the onslaught, but paid a dear price losing two more units as well as Color Sergeant Borne who fell in combat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A close run affair as Zulu gain the perimeter</td></tr>
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The Zulu commander realizing his attack had again stalled wisely decided to withdraw.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Defenders are able to form a firing line</td></tr>
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This is where the night ended with the first 2 active phases complete (Multiple BP turns in each phase) and we will pick up with at least one passive phase when we start next week.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A powerful threat still looms</td></tr>
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The British have lost three units plus Sergeant Borne and the Zulu have only lost 3 war bands, but do have several at stamina. The Zulu do have two fresh IMPI that have not been engaged in the fight yet if they choose the initiate another active phase right away after the required passive phase.<br />
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The British are certainly hard pressed with the loss of three units and the Zulu players are in high spirits. Next week will be interesting.<br />
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More to come........<br />
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Part 2:<br />
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<a href="https://rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/2017/12/rorkes-drift-refight-part-2.html"><span style="background-color: blue; color: black;">https://rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/2017/12/rorkes-drift-refight-part-2.html</span></a>afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-68227449773979527602017-12-14T10:18:00.001-08:002017-12-14T13:29:36.044-08:00Figure Storage Solution-Literature Mailing boxesRecently I have had many inquires on the boxes I currently use to store my miniature collections. As a result I decided to document it in one location so I can more easily share what I use.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bolt Action Army in 2" box</td></tr>
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Like many of you I have acquired a wonderful collection of "Toy Soldiers". Once I started completing my armies in miniature I also faced the question of how will I store and transport them?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Storage Closet-Left Side </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Storage Closet -Right Side</td></tr>
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I went through a few phases with my various collections to include Plano style plastic boxes, various types of foam trays as well as storage cases designed specifically for miniature war gamers. As my collection grew, I came to realize that these solutions were becoming unwieldy and in the case of foam and storage cases vary cost prohibitive. When the cost of the foam could fund additional armies I decided to make a change.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A portion of Mark's Collection</td></tr>
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I looked to my long time friend and gaming mentor Mark who has been in the hobby for decades. I am not sure if Mark knows how many "Toy Soldiers" he owns or just does not want to admit it, but his sizable collection is in the tens of thousands ranging different scales and periods from Ancients through WWII.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Standard 3" box with magnetic sheet</td></tr>
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Mark has been using a unique and very affordable method of figure storage for years. He custom builds storage boxes in varying sizes using sturdy flat shipping boxes (Usually used for Literature) lined with magnetic sheet (similar to what is used for making magnetic signs). Mark and the gaming crew order materials in bulk to have on hand and keep the cost even lower. He then assembles as needed for himself and other members of the group when requested. Actual cost per box is probably around $5 in materials, plus his labor for which I gladly pay him.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bulk Magnetic sheet roll (Adhesive back)</td></tr>
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The boxes can be purchased in a number of sizes depending on your collection. I prefer to use all the same with are approx. 16" x 12" and then either 2 or 3"tall. The boxes are all lined with a magnetic sheet (adhesive backed works best) which is ideal as all my figures are already on metal bases/washers. Mark then goes the extra step by inserting a piece of wood in the front of the box which the box flap slides in between when closed. This prevents the box flap from ever contacting and wearing on the figures that are safely stored inside.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Box Bottom templates used for cutting magnet sheet easily</td></tr>
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To go a step further we have designed nice labels which make it very easy to identify the contents and look great.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front edge of box with wood insert for box flap</td></tr>
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As Mark's collection is very large he has even custom built shelving to the dimensions of the boxes. This way only so many boxes are stacked together. The metal figures based on washers and metal bases can get quite heavy. The boxes are very crush resistant, but I would not recommend stacking more than four high depending on weigh of each box to avoid any damage to the boxes on the bottom.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Assorted boxes ready for use</td></tr>
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At this point the majority of my miniature collections are now stored this way, with the exception of those that are not based like planes and such. I am even in the process of building boxes for my naval fleets.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bottom of Team Yankee 6mm Box (Note inserts for shelf)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top of Team Yankee 6mm box with shelf in place</td></tr>
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The boxes are excellent for home storage and work very well for transporting figures although I would not suggest dropping them or turning them upside down (not that I have had experience).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">28mm Vehicles and troops in 2" box</td></tr>
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In addition to what Mark created I have come up with one additional inspiration. Mark uses smaller size boxes for his 15mm collections. I also have 6mm (Modern) and 10mm (ACW) forces. Since I want to keep my boxes all the same size it seemed like a waste of space with the really small scale figures even in the 2" tall boxes. My solution was to use a 3" box and insert a 2nd layer/tray so I can essentially store twice as many figures in one box.<br />
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I did this by simply inserting 1.5" wide strips along the lower inside of the box and down the middle to support a shelf. I used tag/matting board to cut the shelf to size and then simply attached a drawer knob to the center so I can easily lift off the top layer which snugly fits in. All my 10mm and 6mm figs are under 1" tall, so the 1.5" height works great. I am also in the process of doing this with my 1/2400 naval fleets as the mast are not that tall.<br />
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The boxes can be obtained from a number of vendors along with the bulk magnetic sheet. I have also purchased the magnetic sheet from a local sign shop, but it was much more expensive going that route.<br />
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A simple google search may be able to help you find a local retailer or online vendor. Mark was not sure which company he ordered form last as he has ordered in bulk and they last awhile.<br />
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Here are a few links if you do decided to order in bulk to get you started (encourage you to shop around):<br />
Boxes:<br />
<a href="http://www.globalindustrial.com/g/packaging/boxes-cartons/CorrugatedLiterature-Bookfol/literature-mailers"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.globalindustrial.com/g/packaging/boxes-cartons/CorrugatedLiterature-Bookfol/literature-mailers</span></a><br />
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Adhesive Magnetic rolls:<br />
<a href="http://www.discountmagnet.com/categories/adhesive-magnetic-sheets/adhesive-magnet-rolls"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.discountmagnet.com/categories/adhesive-magnetic-sheets/adhesive-magnet-rolls</span></a><br />
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In my opinion when compared to the cost of other solutions the cardboard boxes cannot be beat, especially if you have a sizeable collection.<br />
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Have Fun organizing your forces.<br />
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<br />afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-80493229558362819842017-11-28T19:43:00.000-08:002017-12-05T08:11:20.783-08:00For Sale German DAK 28mm<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="color: red;">Updated: 5 December 2017</span></i><br />
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<em><span style="color: red;">Moved these items to Ebay. You can see my auctions here:</span></em><br />
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Recently decided to go through the hobby room and thin out a few items. Below is a list of current items for sale. I will attempt to accurately describe each item and provide pictures here along with asking price. If you have questions please ask.<br />
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I have a 100% seller rating on Ebay, but my intent is to avoid all the fees and keep prices down for you. I also plan to post many of these items in multiple trade forums and will do my best to keep this post up to date as items are spoken for and sold.<br />
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Currently selling this as one large lot -$500 (includes shipping in U.S.)<br />
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Includes 55 Infantry figures (based on washers)- Black Tree Design<br />
Tiger 1 Tank-Rubicon<br />
Panzer II Tank-Warlord<br />
251 Half track-Warlord<br />
Pak 40 Gun with Crew-BTD<br />
Medium Mortar with Crew-BTD<br />
Motorcycle Squad (5 bikes 9 men)-BTD<br />
Storage Box<br />
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4 Infantry Squads<br />
Pioneer Squad<br />
LT Team<br />
Officer/Artillery Observer Team<br />
Extra Figs (NCOs, FTx3, MMG, SMG)<br />
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This is the one of several German forces I own for Bolt Action and Chain of Command. We planned to do a North Africa Campaign that did not materialize. Has not seen the gaming table in some time, so figured someone else can get some use possibly in time for X-mas.<br />
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Infantry and Motor bikes were pro-painted. Pretty much selling at cost to fund other hobby projects. Great looking starter army ready to play.</div>
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1) PayPal friend is preferred payment method. (If you prefer to use good and services then PayPal fees will be added)<br />
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2) Postage at actual cost and preferred method is USPS Priority mail. Most items will fit in a small ($7.15) or medium ($13.60) priority mail box. Will entertain other options and do my best to keep shipping cost as low as possible. Does not apply to this sale as it includes shipping in U.S.<br />
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3) Insurance to be paid by purchaser, if desired. Not responsible for lost items.<br />
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4) Please ask questions before agreeing to purchase.<br />
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5) I place purchasers in order when they contact me.<br />
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afilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354781748263526042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460041447198001990.post-70394853969923873952017-11-28T19:12:00.001-08:002017-12-05T08:09:20.414-08:00For Sale: 28mm Bolt Action British 8th Army<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<u>8th Army 28mm</u></h3>
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<i><span style="color: red;">Updated: 5 December 2017</span></i><br />
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<em><span style="color: red;">Moved these items to Ebay. You can see my auctions here:</span></em><br />
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Recently decided to go through the hobby room and thin out a few items. Below is a list of current items for sale. I will attempt to accurately describe each item and provide pictures here along with asking price. If you have questions please ask.<br />
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I have a 100% seller rating on Ebay, but my intent is to avoid all the fees and keep prices down for you. I also plan to post many of these items in multiple trade forums and will do my best to keep this post up to date as items are spoken for and sold.<br />
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Currently selling this as one large lot -$400 (includes shipping in U.S.)<br />
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Includes 68 Infantry figures (based on washers)- Perry and Black Tree Design<br />
Honey Stuart Tank-Company B<br />
Indian Pattern Scout Car-Company B<br />
Daimler Armored Scout car<br />
Converted Jeep with Warlord Crew<br />
Storage Box (Lined with Magnetic Sheet)<br />
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5 Infantry Squads<br />
SAS Squad<br />
2x 1LT Team<br />
Officer/Artillery Observer Team<br />
MMG Team<br />
AT Rifle Team<br />
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Majority of figures are Perry and Black Tree Design, Not sure on the MMG and AT Team<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squad 1-Perry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squad 2-Perry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squad 3 -Perry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squad 5-BTD</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Officer and Arty Observer Teams-Perry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Officer Team-BTD</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Details</td></tr>
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This is the only British force I own for Bolt Action and Chain of Command. We planned to do a North Africa Campaign that did not materialize. Has not seen the gaming table in some time, so figured someone else can get some use possibly in time for X-mas.</div>
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<u><b>A few ground rules:</b></u></h3>
1) PayPal friend is preferred payment method. (If you prefer to use good and services then PayPal fees will be added)<br />
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2) Postage at actual cost and preferred method is USPS Priority mail. Most items will fit in a small ($7.15) or medium ($13.60) priority mail box. Will entertain other options and do my best to keep shipping cost as low as possible. Does not apply to this sale as it includes shipping in U.S.<br />
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3) Insurance to be paid by purchaser, if desired. Not responsible for lost items.<br />
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4) Please ask questions before agreeing to purchase.<br />
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5) I place purchasers in order when they contact me.<br />
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