Wednesday 27 April 2016

Wednesday Night Gaming -The Riasy insurgency

I went to sheffield wargames Societys new venue last time at woodseats working mens club and I must say it is very impressive ,I was also lucky enough to be asked to join in John Armatys Sci Fi fun game .As usual very simple but effective rules and most importantly a great deal of fun .
The Rules and our  objectives and army lists 

our objective was to defend the town 

The enemy deploys

Towards the end of the game I made an heroic charge 

The result -1 dead 2 stunned and 1 chap very worried 

Sunday 24 April 2016

1066 country and more than a battlefield




Had a few days away ,based ourselves in Eastbourne but travelled around this fascinating area mainly looking at the battle of Hastings but found much more .

Our first port of call was the town of Battle ,Battle Abbey and Senlac Hill .
Battle Abbey

Battle

Looking up Senlac Hill from the Brittany units positions

The battle filed has many information Boards 

Another view up the hill from thee Norman Lines 


The Abbey Stands on the crest of the hill ,which was higher and steeper at the time 


A better idea of the steepness from this angle 

There were no trees and terracing at the time of the battle



Most of the original Abbey is in Ruins

Looking down Senlac hill from Harolds position



The site where Harold Fell

There is much more to see in the area

Hastings Shipwreck and Fishing museums

The boat to the right was one of the famous small ships that took part in the  B.E.F rescue

Muskets bound for the CSA found in a wreck 

Bodiam Castle


Crime Museum,not for the faint hearted  some original items on display 

Eastbourne Redoubt a wonderful museum 




The Redoubt is home to many Regimental Collections
Some very rare Military uniforms and Equipment on display 




The Bomber Command Memorial at Beachy Head 


The famous Lighthouse

Pevensy castle , a fortress dating back to Roman Times 

Trebuchet stones from one of the 4 seiges  that took place here

In Roman Times this was the Sea Harbour ,today the sea is 1mile away

This cannon was palced here at the time of the Spanish Armada

Thursday 7 April 2016

Zvesda Art of Tactics

With not getting to Sheffield Wargames Society this week we had  a game of Zvesda Art of Tactics ,a very good game  John picked up cheap the game is palyed with cards with the unit stas on one side and your order sheet on the other .The models move by hexes and everything is done with D6's .The game comes in different sets Battle for Moscow , Battle for the Danube etc and contains all the models ,play mats ,dice even the dry marker pens needed to play the game .Really enjoyed it and look forward to playing a more in depth game we played with just 3 tanks per side .