Fred’s 2022 Painting and Gaming Diary

[fred.]

Haven't played much over the last few weeks - mainly down to people being busy with other things. But have got a couple of games in over the last week or so

Massive Epic Game - Squats vs Tau

This was a double blast from the past, getting the Epic models on the table, and being able to play a game during the day on a Saturday - like the days before kids!




For King and Parliament - ECW
And last night for a complete change of pace - we played FKaP, as we had enjoyed the game a month or so ago. Went with a much smaller scenario from the Big Red Bat fictional scenario book. Was a great game, a lot of tension due to smaller number of units involved. 



Back to the old GW grass mat, which is marked up with a grid - so not as photogenic as the Deep Cut printed one!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Both look excellent !!

[toxicpixie]

Love the monorail/elevated rail on the Epic table - nice buildings

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Top looking games

[fred.]

Thanks chaps! 

Love the monorail/elevated rail on the Epic table - nice buildings

The monorail is from Red Vectors via Pendraken- a really simple to build kit and it looks great. Not sure it has much in game purpose but helps with the futuristic look!


The buildings are from Brigade and have great detailing which a few block colours and a bit of a dry brush bring out nicely. 

[toxicpixie]

Dang, the monorail is Red Vectors? And I just ordered CWC-II, I might have thrown one in if I knew!

[Leon]

Dang, the monorail is Red Vectors? And I just ordered CWC-II, I might have thrown one in if I knew!

Shoot me an email if you want those adding in, no worries.

[Raider4]

Dang, the monorail is Red Vectors? And I just ordered CWC-II, I might have thrown one in if I knew!

Are you planning on a Red Dawn-type scenario, set in North Haverbrook?

[toxicpixie]

Dang, the monorail is Red Vectors? And I just ordered CWC-II, I might have thrown one in if I knew!

Shoot me an email if you want those adding in, no worries.

Done! Ta

[fred.]

I'm feeling like I've missed out on a commission deal here 

[toxicpixie]

I'm feeling like I've missed out on a commission deal here 

If we go down that route... it'll be a proper circular firing squad

[paulr]

    

[mmcv]

Great looking games

[fred.]

Irregular Wars - Hollanders vs Sengoku Japanese

I put together a fairly short notice game last night - as with bank holidays didn't initially think anyone was free for a game. Back to a remote game - but with a small Irregular Wars game it works well enough.

Went with a new force - Hollanders, representing the VOC aka the Dutch East Indies Company skirmishing with Sengoku era Japanese - perhaps over some unpaid debts for guns?

The Hollanders let me field some of the fairly recently painted Volunteers and Ships crews. Alongside some Samuari fighting against their country-men. Both sides rolled pretty low for variable troop numbers, and also took some small unit selections, so the armies fielded were pretty small. Pretty much all the figures are Pendraken. 



Initial deployment, Hollanders on the left. In the pre-game Disease and mis-haps phase, the Japanese came off worst, with two units suffering virulent disease, two of their Ashigaru shot advancing into the open, and their Samurai cavalry being bribed to find something better to do! My Hollanders suffered a bit less from disease, had one of my Samurai units advance towards the enemy shot, and on the far side my Ships' crew enthusiastically advanced!

We then played several swirling violent turns - with no photos as I was too involved in the game!


The End - only one Japanese unit left - with lots of the Hollenders surrounding them. My single unit of cavalry while not doing what I was expecting it to do (skirmish and shoot) used its mobility to get in several flank or rear charges at critical points, which often leads to broken units. These rules have a morale rule that puts wounds on units near a friend who breaks - and when there is a bunch of damaged units that can prove critical. 

The final telling moment was when my leader charged into the combat with the two Samuari who had been fighting two of my units for several turns, and managed to inflict the final two wounds to break both of them, which also caused at least one other friendly unit to break. 

As always with Irregular Wars a fun and brutal game!

[mmcv]

Fun wee game by the look of it