2025 games count.

[paulr]

Two evenings into a 20mm Napoleonic game using our regular hosts home brew rule set

Reinforcements still arriving so at least another couple of evenings to go

One village has changed hands twice and much of the heavy cavalry of both sides has been roughly handled, including one unit of Cuirassiers losing its eagle to the Scots Greys

[Chris Pringle]

ACW: The Seven Days.
Playtesting a modified version of the BBB scenario reported on here:
https://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-seven-days-battles-acw-all-in-one.html
Players loved the challenge of the decisions they had to make. US suffered a devastating Confederate onslaught around Gaines Mill early on, but Jackson's men were too laggard to take advantage. McClellan responded by an uncharacteristically aggressive push towards Richmond but was kept at bay. US still had to fall back towards the James River eventually, but managed to hold up the Rebs' advance north of White Oak Creek and retain Glendale. US victory; useful playtest; successful game, much post-battle discussion of alternative plans for both sides, full of replay value.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Busy table ..
Surprised Linda didn't knit extra terrain.

Great report

[Federico]

North Africa campaign - WW2
Commonwealth forces conquer the heavily fortified city of Tobruk, with the 7th armored division and the 4th Indian infantry division leading the assault.
A 4 hrs friction with Alto Comando rules.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That looks Awesome

[fred.]

North Africa campaign - WW2
Commonwealth forces conquer the heavily fortified city of Tobruk, with the 7th armored division and the 4th Indian infantry division leading the assault.
A 4 hrs friction with Alto Comando rules.

Looks cool - I'm interested to know what scale the game is, i.e. what does 1 stand represent, because there are a lot of lorries on that table!

[Federico]

Looks cool - I'm interested to know what scale the game is, i.e. what does 1 stand represent, because there are a lot of lorries on that table!

We're using Alto Comando rules (High Command) by Riccardo Affinati, there's the english version somewhere on the web. It's an fast and easy set of rules for WWII divided in 6 principal scenarios (North Africa, Greece, Italy, Russia, Normandy and Pacific) using divisional perspective (a single base being a battalion 500/1000 men strong). So a single truck would be a motorized infantry battalion. In this rules set a British infantry division is made of 13 bases, 1 hq, 1 recon, 9 motorized infantries and 2 artillery. I have to admit that even in the desert I managed to clog the roads with some traffic jams...

[Federico]

That looks Awesome

Thanks! We started painting 3 years ago everything from scratch - table, items and the two armies. It's satisfying to use the same painting process for every base, table and items.
It's all Leon fault.

[Steve J]

An absolutely beautiful game there Frederico !

[Steve J]

Honours of War, nominally Europeans vs Ottomans, 18thC.

[fred.]

We're using Alto Comando rules (High Command) by Riccardo Affinati, there's the english version somewhere on the web. It's an fast and easy set of rules for WWII divided in 6 principal scenarios (North Africa, Greece, Italy, Russia, Normandy and Pacific) using divisional perspective (a single base being a battalion 500/1000 men strong). So a single truck would be a motorized infantry battalion. In this rules set a British infantry division is made of 13 bases, 1 hq, 1 recon, 9 motorized infantries and 2 artillery. I have to admit that even in the desert I managed to clog the roads with some traffic jams...

Thanks - I wondered if they were that kind of level - we have enjoyed Eisenhower games that are also 1 base = 1 battalion. I've found a page on free wargames rules for High Command, but unfortunately the links are broken. 

[Federico]

Thanks - I wondered if they were that kind of level - we have enjoyed Eisenhower games that are also 1 base = 1 battalion. I've found a page on free wargames rules for High Command, but unfortunately the links are broken.

Interesting, I'll give a look into Eisenhower.
The only English scenario I've got is the Eastern front, so here it is
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UlnFBnCGpahdf9mrJzwAgfZms9c4D9ho/view?usp=sharing
Hope that helps

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1864 Schleswig Holstein Danes Vs Prussians. Black Powder II at brigade level.
Would describe that as a Danish defeat rather than a Prussian win!
Full report soon. 

[Steve J]

Another HoW game on a 2' x 2' table, with the AAR here:

https://wargameswithtoysoldier1685-1985.blogspot.com/2025/03/wargaming-4play-part-ii.html

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

What a great looking game Steve.

[Steve J]

Thanks Will !

[fred.]

What a great looking game Steve.

It is! I do like the mix of figures used in these games. Has that old school imagination feel - but done in lovely 10mm!

[Steve J]

Thanks Fred . Having gone down the ImagiNations route some years ago, it is great to be able to use any toys you like in your games, within reason of course!

[fred.]

Thanks Fred . Having gone down the ImagiNations route some years ago, it is great to be able to use any toys you like in your games, within reason of course!

Really it's within whatever justification you can come up with!

[fred.]

Dead Man's Hand again on Friday - table top Wild West game - 2 players - 6 player hours. We played 3 acts to make a single scene - not sure if that is 1 game or 3!!! The first act was 1 figure vs 1 figure, concluding with both full gangs on the table in the 3rd act