I went for WFB games and tournament organized by friends, but not only, as I wanted to see again capital of Czech Republic. I spend whole Friday of 13.05.2022 on walking in Prague, taking photos and tasting local Pilsner in the pub. Travelling to Prague costed me some nerves as I wasn’t able to take all my beloved miniatures with me – some of them were travelling alone. It’s only 5,5h by bus from Wrocław to Prague, I found nice hotel with great breakfasts, close to place we were playing – it was Hotel Sonata booked by Lastminute.com.
First place of shop we played on Saturday.Castle hill.Tomas MasarykCarols Bridge over Weltava.Karol IV.I can read Czech language with understanting.Let’s remember Jan Hus.Pilsner.Going to meet Martin and play against his Skaven army.
Summary: – I know I had to came back to Prague sooner than later.
On 12.05 I travelled to Prague and spend there few nice days, next time should plan longer trip. On first day I meet Martin and few more new friends or friends known from internet groups. I travelled alone and planned everything myself. It was worth of it.
Leaving Silesia.Castle in Polish mountains.National MuseumBehind is Royal Garden.Hradczany.View on the city.Old city gate.
This windy Sunday we played with Karol average battle in case of points, as both forces had 1250 points. On one side were brave German Fallschirmjägers (paratroopers) supported by powerful feline – Königstiger – better known as Tiger II. On the other side were advancing Red Army accompanied by famous T-34-85 tank. After ordering some tosts and drink I was ready to start playing. It was great idea to have to include snacks and tosts in hobby shop. We played in Bolter, which has nextSaturday birthday event.
Crossroad with 8.8 cm guns – objective both sides wanted to control.Red Army advance.Most advanced tank of 2nd world war.Left flank with BA-6 – not many were in service till the end of war.Fallschirmjägers advancing to they position.Another Fallschirmjäger squad with support of sniper, flamethrower and panzerschreck.ZiS-3 try to engage Tiger II.Red Army right flank.Russians jumped off they T-34-85 and runned forward firing they pepeszasz submachine guns.Fallschirmjägers in the building pinned by Red Army tankodesantniki.Scouts arrived from the left flank.Huraaa! For Mother Russia!Both tanks shoot at each other and both missed.Red Army took one 8.8 cm gun.
Summary: – thank you Karol for great game! It was great to see Tiger II on the table. – main problem of big cats are points, I had 16 Order dices vs Karols 7. In such disproportion one side should be defender (half of units hidden) with some units in reserves. – I guess I was here for up to five hours, we played maybe 2,5h, then I had some interesting conversations after – thank you Adam, Arek, Karol, Rafał and the others, really great day after playing Witcher 2 until morning. – we had some points with Adam and Arek about updating few things in Black Powder. – some talk related to Wendesday landing in Salerno, Italy.
Today we played scenario done by „Gargamel” – there were Adam Polish Vistula Legion, Bartosz and Jędrzej French on one side and Kuba Prussians, Tomek British and my Russians on the other side. French were escorting some important guns and others had to prevent them from doing it. On right side of the table were Alpine Mountains were French army was marching.
Adams Polish Vistula Legion.Russians advance to take enemy guns.French column during march.All on one. Single Russian battalion stood they ground.French cavalry ride on the British wing.Russians battalions marched on the left and right with artillery support.French cavalry charged on Russian artillery.Artillerist runned away for they lives.Some hand to hand combat in the middle.I thought it’s the end of my batallion, but…… but it was end of one French unit which turn it tail and fled.
Summary: – nice game, but too many random situations. I think that we need to update some rules. – battle was over after turn 5 and several unlucky charges done by French cavalry.
Today we played a part of Italian campaing which took place beetwen small forces of American Rangers and German patrols and crews of batteries covering a bay near the Salerno itself. Scenario was provided by Karol and I took Germans and Olek took forces of USA. We played it as part of bigger campaing we played last Wendesday in Bolter, Wrocław, PL. So it was a night…
Hilly terrain with acht coma acht (famous flak 8,8 cm) AA guns batteries.On the left Germans patrols, on right USA Rangers.No one see each other.Hans, hast du was gehört (Hans, have you heard something)?Germans do not know that enemies are everywhere.When first patrol dissapeard, another one came to look for them.Single Karl stayed wounded till was too late.Almost Fubar on coming out from bunker.Morale on two sixes, feels like Fubar.German officer started giving orders to his squads to save situation.German medium machine gun tries to take position.Germans advances.Clearing area from Rangers.Finally squad from bunker on left moved out, losing leader at the start.Germans retaken one acht coma acht.Americans took two of them……that will have influence on next game on Wendesday.A down has come.
Summary: – interesting game with objectives and many inexperienced units on German side with all veterans on the other side. – thank you Karol for interesting scenario and Olek for game. – today my strenght of will had been passed and my Confederates still don’t have cannon.
Today (25.05.2022) we played in Bolter first struggle of campaing on Sicyly – when Allies forces raced up to take Messina. This campaing is supported by Institute of Remembrance (IPN). One table were British against Germans and on the other USA against Germans and Italians. Who would be first in Messina general Bernard Montgomery or general George Patton?
Table of USA and Germans&Italians:
Germans and Italian hidden in the town.Italians with Sahariana.Semovente hidden under roof.Shermans on they way.Ready to start fire on incoming Sherman.Shermans crossed a hills and advance forward.One tank immobilised by German Pak 7,5 cm, other stressed and Fubar was rolled by me.
Table of British and Germans:
Summary: – thank you for great game to Karol (and for borrowed to me models), to everyone who participated, to sponsor Institute of Remembrance (IPN) and to place we played – Bolter! – Victory belonged to British, as they were faster than USA – historically general Patton was much better than his British counterpart.
Today we played battle on small format of 1241 points. We played in Bolter, Wrocław, PL.
Both sides deployment zone.Charge!I thought I will break it with charge of two knights units.General retreat after heavy hand to hand combat.I will add more archers to this unit.Dark Elven general charged…but archers fought against him well and he retreat from combat.
Summary: – my best unit were archers, – I had some bad rolls so my knights charges then stopped. – thank you for game to my enemy and place to shop!
Last Saturday it was pleasure to participate in event done by Martin and Alex in Prague. It was great that after WROHammer vol.3 I was able to rejoin them in Prague. Event was great and we have plans for repeating it in Prague (Czech Republic) and in Wrocław (Poland). We want to do events abroad those two cities too. Praha (PRAAGHammer) and Wrocław (WROHammer) communities have bond we want to continue to grow up!
Friendship and friends are important for everyone, as I had abroad most friends from Russia I have meet many great ppl from Czech Republic, want to meet more!
Golden Deamons, nice!Great thing – for everyone!
Summary: – it’s great to play with friends abroad, we want to repeat it in July, then probably Wrocław, then Praha. Then repeat. – thank you Ludek, Tomas and Vladimir for three great games. – I love our talk about everything. – Alessandro mate, thank you for believing in me!
Last few days I’ve been in Czech capital – Praha (EN Prague, PL Praga). Everything we have now started on 7th edition group in the fourth quater of 2021. Months of posts with invitation of new members give resulted in contact with Archibald and then Ludek, Martin and Petr. I realised that maybe we can do another WROHammer event vol. 3. From talk we started working on event which we organized on February 2022. Archibald, Ludek and Martin arrived from Praha, CZ and Janek from Gdynia, PL, we had some good meeting on Friday, then great games on Saturday and some beers after. Freshly after Wrocław WROHammer event in Praha had been announced, there were some ppl wanting to came there from Wrocław, finally I left my zone of control and travelled to beautiful capital of Czech Republic, then I was re-joined by Alessandro on day of the event.
Praha event took place in great hobby store Ogří doupě on 14.05.2022.
More about Praha later, as I have too many photos and some thinks in my mind.
Ogří doupěFour Golden deamons, great job!Many great models here.I played Bretonnia and Martin played Skaven on 1526 points.Box from Safe Sound saved my miniatures during travel.
Summary: – it was great experience to come there and meet Martin and to know more friends here in Praha, thank you Petr and Vladimir for great time! – day before I was taken from the hotel and saw two oldest pubs and Hradczany, it was really nice to meet you or first time personally meet. – we talked about everything, from Praha history, WFB and other games including RPG’s, PC games up to situation on the east. – it was great to see first time in life metro. – with Martin I played my first game abroad, it was great experience to finally visit city of friends we know from FB group. – all the time I know that I can improve my English, but up to this date I know that is on enough level to talk with friends about anything, play tabletop games (last time I was translating Polish rulebook into English for Czech friend), to talk in business in case of support or regarding requirements with architects. Reading with understanding fantasy, history, news and technical documentation.
Last Sunday we continued our Polish-Italian struggle beetwen my Bretonnians and Alessandro greenskins. It was first time I tried my list on 1526 points and after game I decided to update it.
Bretonnian archers in skirmish, Knights of the Realm, 2x unit of mounted squires, Pegasus Knights and famous Grail Knights.Night goblin horde from 6th edition.Love those sculpts.Brave charge by night goblin fanatics.Archers took two wounds from giant, but fled after failing terror test.Wywern routed from combat.Giant fall down and losed last wound.
Summary: – most of Bretonnians unit fled the field, only mounted squires were on field at the end. – it was great game and I revised my army list a little bit. Reduced number of knights and added one more lance of young Knights Errants. Instead of one her – another damsel lvl 2 was added.
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