AGW with Mark's Little Soldiers

 Matt suggested playing a game with Mark's Little Soldiers this week using the Twilight of A Gentleman's War rules. Always happy to get these figures on the table I said "Absolutely".

My Berganlander's got a lot of cards in the beginning allowing me to bring on troops but very few targets to fire at were available. Matt's Slobodians moved on to a target rich environment. I became concerned as I lost a cavalry unit and the main gun on a tank. Soon however things changed and the Slobodians started taking heavy casualties. They withdrew his forces to save them for another day.

Berganlander troops deployed.

An obstinate local denies entry into a potential strongpoint.

The shooting gets heavy.

The Slobodians control the hedge line.

Slobodian Royal Guard troops defending.

A flanking attack by the Slobodians

A lone anti tank rifle takes aim.

No more Slobodians on this hedge line.

The result of the Royal Guards close assault.

A fun game. Although it had been awhile since we played last the rules game back quickly.

Thanks to Matt for hosting.

  

Recent games.

 Well it's been awhile since my last post. We've been playing regularly but I haven't taken many photos. Here's a few of our most recent games. 

First up AWI with A Gentleman's War.

Here we have a Vietnam game with a work in progress for the rules.

Thanks for looking.

Take the road, hold the hill.

A Game with Mark's Little Soldiers from a few weeks ago. Some lucky card draws put the the Panovians in a good position to win a draw.

Another game this time Beef and Beer refight of Killikranke. The Highlanders disrupted the Crowns line but became quite disorganized in the process.

Air support and flames.

 We continued the game from last week. My troops managed to regroup and threaten Howard's force but in the end I had lost more than half my units and was about to be out flanked. 

Berglander Flame thrower sets the house on fire.

Slobainian Guards advance around the burning building.

The HMG lays down covering fire.

The Guards move past the burning armored car setting up a position on the Slobainian flank. 

Air support arrives but inflicts more damage on it's own side than the enemies.

Another fun game. The plane is a wooden kit from Michael's, simple to build and fits well with the miniatures. I'll need to get some closer pictures of the plane with miniatures meanwhile here another pov of it. 

She may be cute but she's not helping us win the battle.

 We played a game last night using a modified AGW using Mark's Little Soldiers. Here's a few photos. We'll finish up next week but things aren't going well for the Berglanders. The General has a mistress which allows the other side to cancel a number card every cycle. 

Off to a good start

We were able to get three games in this month. The first two were actually a continuation of the same battle. AGW set in the AWI. The King's men were a bit slow to advance but after taking some casualties were able to inflict enough damage on the Americans to force them off the fence however the were unable to bring them decisive defeat.

The Crown's forces defend the chip bowl.

Militia supported by Continentals.

Riflemen skirmishing with Jagers.

Patriot line.

Brunswickers advance

The Crowns forces move in.

24th Foot

The Crowns force secure the fence line.

The battle heats up.

Crossing the river.

Stopped by fire.

Defending the fence line.

The Patriots challenge the regulars.

Melee doesn't go well for the Crown.

The militia are out of the way.

The Grenadiers advance.

Crushed by the continentals the grenadiers are harassed by the riflemen. 

the third game was a play test of Cadre a modern skirmish rule set. Set in Vietnam with a USMC platoon pressuring a mixed NVA and local VC force.

NVA position themselves to slow the American advance.

Overlooking the village defended by the NVA.

American squad takes a hit from a NVA sapper.

Behind the NVA line.

The USMC use the m113 as a base of fire.

Local force VC HMG challenges the USMC.

VC in the bush.

NVA LMG.

Three great games. I was glad to be able to get the Vietnam figures I had just bought and painted on the table. 

Here's some more AAR over on Matt's blog.

the AWI

http://saltflats1929again.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-gentlemans-war-awi.html

Vietnam

http://saltflats1929again.blogspot.com/2020/01/upcountry.html