Another night at the club - 10/09/12

More games down at the club - mostly 40k, but with a smattering of General de Brigade, Kings of War, Dystopian Wars, Tusk, Flames of War, Stingray and Gruntz!

Warlords @ Colours 2012

The South London Warlords were at Colours 8th- 9th September 2012 and as it it 70th anniversary of El Alamein this year, we refought the Battle of Alam el Halfa (the first battle of the 2nd Alamein). The scenario is from Monty's battles Rapid Fire series.

The game started to be built 3 months ago. From this
                                                         The Battlefield

                                                                Alam el Halfa Ridge

                                                                           To This

                                                                                The Ridge

Big Jim (great Toad), and I have been beavering away to get to this:

The Display  Bren (1941 model)& Lee enfield (1942) kindly supplied by Dave Barnes (cheers Mate 8-) )

2nd turn. 21st Panzer Div advances

Artillery set up

and 21st keep moving (view towards ridge)

The British armour lies in wait behind Point 102 (one of the German objectives)

15th Panzer Div arrives

View from the ridge

The Stuka's view of the ridge

21st Panzer have cleared the depression and are mixing it the the British entrenched on the ridge.

The armour clashes!

The battle at turn 10

The British armour stops the "tide"

The Reserves arrive to save the day

The Boston arrives on table and takes out two PzrIIIs

Situation at about turn 12

Germans take the ridge and British fail morale and surrender

The British reinforcements were due on turn 15, but I had some AT guns in the depression and the artillery of both sides were starting to hit their targets, but we think the Germans would have "won the Day".
German victory (again), but once again only just.

A good scenario but a difficult one for the British to win.

Down at the club - 03/09/2012

This Monday was the first night back after the summer break - the church hall isn't available to us in August - so I brought the camera along expecting a busy evening. I guess people are still on holiday, 'cos it was quite quiet, except for the 40k crowd. Our club competition starts next month (six games over six months) and since most of us are still getting to grips with 6th edition, there were several games going on.