2025 games count.

[Chris Pringle]

WWII tank battle, Ukraine 1941. Played online via Discord with US buddies.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Supposed to have a game last night - cancelled due to snow

[sunjester]

Two games of Midgard this week:
El Cid Spanish vs Almoravids (I lost)
Early Medieval Welsh vs Penda's Mercians (I won)

A write up to follow shortly

[paulr]

WWII 20mm homebrew rules, Kiwi assault on Ruweisat Ridge

[flamingpig0]

Hail Caesar 15mm Battle of Bannockburn

[paulr]

Two    20mm Blackpowder Glory Halleluiah ACW games last night
In the first my partners wing was broken in less than hour with no loss to the Rebs
In the second both Union flanks were on the point of breaking with no loss to the Rebs in about 1.5 hours  

[Dave Knight]

So Far in 2025

4 games of Test of Resolve 100Years War playtesting the Verneuil scenario - playtesting Cravant tomorrrow
2 games of Wofun ACW - not that impressed, will revert to Rebels and Patriots
2 games of Midgard Heroic Battles - will be playing a fair bit of this in 2025
1 game of Rebels and Patriots - War of the Triple Alliance

Also the board game raiders of the North Sea which could qualify as a wargame at a push

[Chris Pringle]

Napoleonics: Albuera (1811). Playtest of scenario for BBB Peninsular War book. A sanguinary draw.

[Steve J]

2 games of The Men Who Would Be Kings. Both games over in less than 30 minutes, due to excellent shooting and rubbish rallying rolls!

[Shedman]

Spanish Civil War using BKCIV & Libertad.

Encirclement scenario resulting in another minor victory for the Republicans and more importantly the end of our 1936 Campaign

[sultanbev]

First games of 2025  this week:
Monday a 15mm ACW scenario in 1862, not sure which battle, the one where the Iron Brigade won it's fame. This one at my house, where we play long games over several weeks.

last night at Burnley Wargames Club, late 1943 in Italy, 10mm 129th Panzer Bttn of 29th Panzer Grenadier Division versus 44th RTR of 23rd Armoured Brigade.
Draw on paper, Brits leaning towards winning if you count half platoon losses. We met our quota of double-6 blunders, 6 per side is the expected norm 

I did however have the pleasure of knocking out a Daimler II with a PzB39 at 220m 
But, lesson I keep forgetting to learn, you can't use StuG IIIs as tanks 

[FierceKitty]

But, a lesson I keep forgetting to learn, you can't use StuG IIIs as tanks....

Tell me? WWII is very much a side suit for me, but I've got a few of them; what's the issue?

[Last Hussar]

We met our quota of double-6 blunders, 6 per side is the expected norm

This rather depends on where on the graph of 2d6 rolled the evening lies - 216 is average, 6 is not a good look...

[flamingpig0]

Sudan in 15mm using Black Powder rules

[sultanbev]

But, a lesson I keep forgetting to learn, you can't use StuG IIIs as tanks....

Tell me? WWII is very much a side suit for me, but I've got a few of them; what's the issue?

{this is our own rules, which uses a BKC style activation system}

Lack of turret mostly. So you can only opportunity fire if your vehicle happens to be pointing in the right direction; we allow turreted vehicles to move a 1/4 move and fire as if halted (up to 1/2 if fully stabilised for Cold War games), whereas SPGs if they do anything other turn on the spot or creep to the edge of a wood/BUA count as moving if they fire.

So it makes offensive combat a tad more difficult. The other issue is that due to shortages of tanks, some Panzer Battalions were issued StuGs instead of Panzer III/IVs, which is the case for the 129th Panzer Battalion of 29th Panzer Grenadier Division in late 1943-early 1944 time frame we play. Doctrinaly I have to use them as tanks rather than tank destroyers, they have slightly different fire priorities.

[Steve J]

Europe 1848 using Rebels & Patriots. Loads of fun !

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Warhammer Old World, Gobbos Vs Dwarves (I was slaughtered, it was hilarious).

[FierceKitty]

TY.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

2 games of Xenos Rampant last night, both fun

[Last Hussar]

'Midgard' with Sunjester - he's posted elsewhere in this vibrant organ, but here for completion.