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 |
nice AAR Dave - sounds like back-stabbing fun was had by all. But are you really surprised that Pete manage to occupy and hold the pub?
ReplyDeleteLove the Armoured Car. Probably the first Rolls Royce to come into Scruton? Looked to be an awesome game, well done on the scenray and figures.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great game from Martin and what a blast!
ReplyDeleteGreat report, love this table and its amazing fields...and this canon armed truck is really impressive!
ReplyDeleteglad you had fun
ReplyDeleteI'm still perplexed that nobody started massacring the villagers. After all, the pub was targeted by multiple mortar barrages - and that was the objective!
ReplyDelete"Down with Lord Scruton and Hambletonshire. Swear allegiance to Lord Zetland and Richmondshire- or else!"
Great looking game :)
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Wow, so many stereotypes :-) ! Great fun.
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Looked to be a terrific time. Fantastic terrain and figures.
ReplyDeleteWonderful report Dave.
ReplyDeleteWow, so many stereotypes :-) ! Great fun.
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