2025 games count.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Warhammer Old World High Elves (Melnibonean) Vs Chaos (Undivided)
Close win (after several turns of averaging 1 on d6).
2.5 hrs

[paulr]

The close BBDBA games were so much fun that we decided to play more BBDBA this weekend, this time the Punic Wars

BBDBA Punic Wars 4 players 2 hours, Carthago delenda est (because it wasn't this time)

II/32a Later Carthaginian, II/11 Gallic, II/9a Syracuse in Sicily

II/33 Polybian Roman, II/39b Celtiberian, II/8c Apulian

The Gallic warband slammed into the Roman blade and demoralised, then broke them. The Celtiberian in the centre made some progress against the Syracusans but their spear mainly held and occasional loses demoralised the Celtiberian.

A decisive Carthaginian victory, we'll see how tonight's game goes (and if some different forces are selected)

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Black Powder Sudan playtest as reported earlier

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

On Thursday - game of Saga - Viking vs Jormsviking(me). I lost, reduced to 2 Hearth Gaurd and 4 Warriors. That said the opposition just had 10 leve and 6 Warriors left. Fun game with vagrent dice..

[pierre the shy]

Played a couple more BBDBA games in the last two days, but we changed to the Punic War era.

Romans did not do too well in either game as we had to defend and so the Carthaginian Gallic allies deployed against the Roman blade and spear armed troops.

Warband can quick kill blades and spears in DBA and did so plentifully in both games, not helped by the Romans rolling 1,1,2 for PIP's for one fairly decisive turn 

Still I find BBDBA is (generally ) a lot of fun to play.

 

[Chris Pringle]

One and a half games!
ACW: Cedar Creek (BBB rules).
One and a half because we abandoned our first attempt halfway through when it was obvious that our Confederates' errors were going to be punished with crushing defeat. Swapping sides and resetting produced a much closer game and a very exciting finish.
Full AAR here:
https://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2025/08/cedar-creek-yes-i-do-acw.html

[fred.]

Got a few games in already this month

AWI - Harlem Heights game with 10mm Pendraken figures. 4 players, around 12 player hours. 

Devilry Afoot - Age of Reason Witch hunting, solo skirmish, 2 games, 1 player, around 3 player hours.  

[Chris Pringle]

Peninsular War: Battle of the Nivelle (1813). BBB rules.

This will be one of the scenarios in the BBB Peninsular War campaign book currently in preparation.
It produced a distinctive and memorable game in which vigorous French counterattacks almost thwarted the Allied assault on the French system of fortifications.
Photo-AAR on the BBBBlog:
https://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2025/08/90000-vs-50000-at-nivelle-1813.html

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Top report Chris

[Chris Pringle]

Top report Chris

Cheers, Will. Enjoyed your Sudanese batrep too!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

BKC IV teaching game for two friends.
+You know the drill, see one, do one, teach one) big win for me as Germans, rematch demanded for next week as they enjoyed it so much.
Went well over the 8 turn limit (but to be honest, no one killed anything for the first few turns).

[sunjester]

Two games this week, VSF War of the Worlds survivors game and Midgard Heroic Battles with Late Romans and Sassanids.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Slow moving game of Stargrave on Thursday, fun but were a bit slow with the rules

[paulr]

Last weekend
Friday night - two test games of the Ancient naval rules I'm working on with Simon Miller
    Spartans v Athenians 430s BC, 3 players, each game 45 minutes
Saturday night - two more test games
    Spartans v Athenians 430s BC, 4 players, first game 1.5 hours, second 1 hour

[paulr]

This weekend
Friday night - home brew WWII
    Germans v Americans - each a parachute battalion jumping to capture the same bridge, 3 players 3 hours,
       Germans reached their end of bridge but suffered too many casualties to hold
Saturday - two FK&P ECW games at local club
    Royalists v Parliamentarians 2 players first game 2 hours, second game 1.25 hours, both close run games each side won one
Saturday night - two more Ancient naval test games
    Spartans v Athenians 430s BC, 4 players, first game 1.5 hours, second 1 hour

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Back in the Western Desert for more WW2 action tonight.
Germans sent home with a bloody nose but my plucky Brits (even if the Armoured Commander did blunder BEFORE reaching the table)!

[Chris Pringle]

Two games to report this week.

Taiping Rebellion: 2nd Battle of Hukou (BBB rules).
Second outing using revised scenario. 15mm figures.
A close and exciting game. Full AAR here:
https://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-second-2nd-hukou.html

WWII: "Panzer Recon: Gembloux I". (Arc of Fire II rules in preparation.)
This was a remote game with Scott Fisher of SkirmishCampaigns.
The scenario is from one of his SkirmishCampaigns scenario books. We may well fight the 3-scenario mini-campaign.
Playing via Discord isn't the same as being together around a table, but as he is in the US and hadn't had a game for five weeks it seemed like a good idea. Good fun.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Great report Chris

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Baron's war last knight, 2 games both finished on a sudden death, Lord killed. Worked well although the rules could do with a better index.

[Chris Pringle]

Great report Chris

Cheers, Will.

Another two games today. Bolt Action!
Russians vs Germans.
Scenarios 2 and 3 from the rulebook as we are learning the rules.
Both ended as draws. Decent little scraps.
Not the worst day's babysitting I've ever had to do.