The rules were John's own, I believe the figures are mostly Pendraken and most of the scenery is scratch built, it was a fast, good game but ended in a draw...I believe we were robbed!
Poor old Ray was much maligned during the game and none of it from me either......excellent!
Initial map and deployment.
I liked the regiment tags.......
The columns racing to the bridges and river crossings......
This is our artillery observer and scratch built!
Scratch built houses and gardens.......
The genial host John, seemingly my blog sometimes make John swear!!!!
2 of the three crossings, yet again scratch built!
This didn't go well for my cavalry to begin with.....
The Germans had a lot of cavalry and artillery and it was a bit rampant but ultimately foolish....
The fighting at the bridge, each stand represented about 200 figures and could take 4 hits before being destroyed.....
The British had better shooting but were heavily outnumbered as was the case at the time....13 on a D20 to the Germans usual 16 on a D20.
My cavalry still surviving but now dismounted and skirting the woods....
My observer observing the stalemate at the bridge, the Germans were in trouble with the losses inflicted but the game was called and a draw offered up which we agreed to in the spirit of wargaming!
One of my units that was based outside my home town of Dublin and founded in 1881 and disbanded in 1922.
A draw is a win in my book!
That plane's a good touch!
ReplyDeleteShame I missed the game, I will make it to one of John's one day. Nice work on the planes John!!
ReplyDeleteI like all this scratchbuilt terrain and for 10mm figures that's really impressive. You finally got to be free of that git Ray for a game!! The icing on the cake of your leave Fran.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely cailin.
DeleteLove the look of the game and the figures. Sounds like everyone had a great time.
ReplyDeleteNice to see a ww1 game not focused on the trenches.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteA very nice WW1 table, with a beautiful plane!
ReplyDeleteImpressive table!
ReplyDeleteAn excellent looking game, with a lot of nice scratch built models. I really like the observer plane and the river crossings!
ReplyDeleteGreat report and good table there. Good to see the Dublin Fusiliers out and going at them Bosch
ReplyDeleteVery awesome. :)
ReplyDeleteWell the scenery and troops look good. It's a shame it was just a draw though. You need to kill more Germans next time!
ReplyDeleteNice AAR Fran, and great scratchbuilding by John :)
ReplyDeleteNice post and some great looking terrain Fran.
ReplyDeleteScratch built - does that mean thrown together really fast? Not bad then!
ReplyDeleteAny result in football that gives you points is a win in my book. A draw gives 1 point, so it's a win! At least, that's the argument I used to console myself during my 15 game-streak without an actual win.
ReplyDeleteI always love to see figures of horses!
ReplyDeleteThat is really well built terrian, looks like a fun time was had, swearing and all haha
ReplyDeleteI just want to know, who rolled the one?
ReplyDeleteSo what affect did the aerial observer actually have? Its not like there were radios in those planes.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great, grand scale game. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fun time, my General. 10mm is soooo small for my eyes to see, yet up close the painting is fabulous. I looked for the bi-plane's pilot, but I guess he has bent over andwas trying to find his cigar! BTW: the plane is a really great home-built job!!
ReplyDeleteNice game!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
In my opinion, there just isn't enough attention paid to WW1. Good stuff!
ReplyDeleteFantastic! My origins as a wargamer can be traced to 15 mm WWI, and though I have done next to nothing with it in years, it always holds a soft spot with me, and I love seeing games like this. Glad you all had a great time.
ReplyDeletei really like the airplanes
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