Today the lads from the Old Guard Wargamers met up again as part of an occasional "big game days" .We have been taking it in turns to run a game for the fellow members , which has been a great way to move personal projects on.
Today we were treated to a game by Martin (
28mm Heroes blog). This was to be a hypothetical battle as part of the Very British Civil War in 1938. We would fight over the village of Scruton - the village where we play, Martin had made models of the village pub (where we ate in today) , and the parish hall we play in (the former school house), with a range of other nice touches from the cricket pitch , to vegetable gardens .
Martin had devised a great scenario based around an alcohol shortage, and who held the newly re-supplied village pub. We would have 7 factions - wewere "supposed" to form alliances based around the traditional left and right wing sides.. - somehow we all though alliance was code for shoot your neighbour in the back... which ended up great fun..
I was given the "Anglican League" -made up of the Police, the Women's Institute, a priest as leader and band of Warrior Monks! something more inappropriate I cannot think of! -
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The North Riding village of Scruton , becomes the focus of today event |
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The socialist arrive- Angus's Northallerton Linoleum workers co-operative..who were thirsty... |
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Pete's Sportsmen - angry at having their days entertainment interrupted |
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Matt's - Cumbrian forces - having crossed the A66 - maybe we would all shoot these foreigners! |
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John - The Lord of the Manor fascists and their infernal machine |
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Rogers - Post Office workers head into the village |
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Pete - gets to pub first |
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My sniper decides it it time to pot a fascist,,, |
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My W.I , who picked a bad time to hid In the "snicket" - boy did they get mullered! |
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The warrior monks dispatch the Fire brigade, canon armed truck, flame thrower, and MG.. good lads |
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Steve turns up with the Army in a smart armoured car. - and shoots the first thing with a back to him.. |
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My Peelers had been biding their time, waiting to display the long arm of the law. - they seize their moment.. and got hammered" |
The game ended with Pete managing to hold onto the pub - somehow... and i think every faction had managed to NOT make any alliance , just shoot whoever was in front of them.. it made for a great game.. lots of laughter,,
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Happy gamers! Picture courtesy of Mtts and his WargamesDungeon |