Yesterday on tournament in Flames of War in Oleśnica also Bolt Action happend – with team composed of Daniel, Łukasz, Maxim and me we did historical recreation of battle which happend in Finland during 1944′ – fight for Portinhoikka-crossroads, part of battle of Tali-Ihantala.
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Finnish troops realized that something is on the road.Keep control over crossroad was main task for Finnish soldiers. Russian scouts going in a column. Daniel idea was great and we tried to recreate historical struggle on one board 48 on 72Finnish flak 2 cm.All Finnish troops started as hidden. Part of our company, Maxim, Łukasz and Kamil.A lot of most popular Russian T-34-85.Finnish T-34 hidden and in ambush. Sturmi named Lea – officialy survived war and is in Finnish museum.Russian tanks in mass advance to take crossroads. T-70 meet ambush but survived shoot from Finnish T-34. Let it burn!IS-2 – tank painted many years ago with tactical number for famous IS-2 from Festung Breslau.Flamethrower team tried to stop T-34-85 – without success.Two panzerfausts stopped a tank.In hard situations desperate moves were done – Finnish Opel Blitz delivered troops to first line of fire. After several hours we were still alive – me was all around. Finally, reinforcements from flanks appeard.With molotovs in hands Finnish soldiers attempts to disable Russian T-34-85.Then run away.More Russian tanks advance.Bitter fight for crossroads.
Summary: – thank you Daniel for what you did – we managed to set up table for this event on Thursday evening in Bolter. – thank you Daniel, Łukasz, Maxim for surviving my sense of humour during going back to our homecity Wrocław. – many thanks to Rafał, who invited me and Daniel, to Adam – organiser and owner of Bolter, to Wiki for several small talks. – thanks to Oleśnica Castle for hospitality and greates place to play – a castle from times of Piast dynasty is greates place to be used – a little bit HERE.
Today with company of friends I was in Oleśnica, Lower Silesia, Poland. The main reason to go was to give a show in Bolt Action during Polish Championship in Flames of War – tabletop miniature game related to second world war. Both systems are related to that period of time – Bolt Action is generally created for smaller games on platoon level and Flames of War is related to company/batalion level.
We were there invited by our friend from Bolter – thank you Rafał! You have my sword, sabre or tanks in next events. I wish to be there again!
Me, myself and I 😉 .T-34-85 and Sturmi in the castle.
Summary: – thanks to Rafał– who invited us, to Adam – organiser of this event, to Wiki for small talk and to our car company – Daniel, Łukasz and Maxim, to Oleśnica Castle crew for being there! First time I was in the castle and love this place! Hope to be there again – maybe with WFB. – last time I was in Oleśnica few years ago, to be a company for my friend when he need someone to talk and then my brother and neighbours joined us, nothing changed, I love Oleśnica and still don’t know this city well. – I took 265 photos, some of them were deleted, as I’m not great photographer – without light I’m losed in twilight, jet there are around more than 100 of them, which I will publish – some of them are related to popular system in Wrocław – Conquest, several are related to Flames of War and most of them are related to Bolt Action – 1944′ struggle beetwen Finnland and Soviet Russia.
On Autumn Sunday (08.10.2023) in Wrocław gaming club Bolter we played our monthly weekend game in General d’Armee. There were a lot of us, as I don’t remember when last time we played game with seven people. Today we had game three on three and one of us was Game Master – thank you Goldfish! One one side were coalition of Austrians lead by generals Piotr and Rafał and Russians lead by me as general Winter, on the other side were French lead by Jędrzej and Damian and Wittemberg lead by Kris.
The clash began at dawn.Russian battery deployed on the field, to cover center and right flank.Next to them position was taken by Austrian artillery of Rafał.Piotr’s Austrians on left flank.In the center French columns lead by Damian advanced toward Russian positions.Shrine and crossroad were one of the objectives we fought for.Supply wagon was another objective.French and Wittember cavalry lead by Kris.Five ADC’s achieved.Russian infantry advances in the center. Brave maneuver on right flank done by Austrians secured village.Wittemberg on the left flank of French coalition.More French arrived on the field of battle.Cavalry lead by Kris on right flank of French coalition.French vs Russians in the center.Mr Piotrs Austrians on left flank trying to capture village and distillery.Militia bravely did square against incoming charge of French cavalry.One of four Russian batallions – this one was borrowed from Dardzin.Austrian hussars arrived from reserves on the right flank.Polish Uhlans and Don Cossacs came from reserves to support center.Everything so close, both sides attempts to use skirmishers to distract enemy.Brave charge and then…… coming back to they own lines.French cuissaries and lancers on the left flank lead by Jędrzej.Austrians vs Wittemberg.A lot of action in the center.Russian batallion charged on bayonnets and took the ground, a lot of Chaos everywhere.French unit in skirmish moved into the forest.Allied cavalry spread more Chaos in French ranks.Brave charge of Austrian hussars on the right flank pushed French cavalry back.Another charge of Austrian cavalry on the left flank.
Summary: – thank you all for great game on Sunday evening – finally our GM also took command of Austrian left by Piotr. – victory belonged to French side, but one or two more turns we doesn’t had final result could be totally different.
Austria and Russia vs France, still our game wasn’t historical.
On last Friday (29.09.2023) in Bolter, Wrocław we played two on two game on 2,500 points per side – on one side were German states alliance of Prussia (Kuba) and Württemberg (Kris) – on the other were Austria (Rafał) and Russia (me).
Last month we started to playing more often in General d’Armee as one game per month during weekend is not enough and it’s harder to become familiar with rules when you play once per month only.
Shrine and village on the left were objectives.One of the objectives.Russian brigade comming with Jagers in front.Another part of the same Russian brigade. Kuba’s Prussians.Kriss Wittemberg’s.Württemberg’s general.Austrian-Russian right flank composed of Russian brigades – some batallions are borrowed.Württemberg advance on the German states left flank.Russians trying to capture supply cart.Two battalions and artillery covering the middle.On the other flank Austrians meet Prussians.German states artillery set up on the hill in the middle.Russian artillery trying to engage German states artillery. Polish Uhlans lead a way supported by Don Cossacs.Württembergs cavalry, including cuirrasiers.Württemberg’s infantry batallions marched toward Russians lines.Austrian infantry batallions engage Prussians on our left flank.Russian infantry step back…… and send batallion to defend village.While in center two batallions try to advance and outflank Württemberg brigade.„Bayonnets fixed!” – Austrians charged on left flank…while they cavalry maneuver to outflank Prussians brigades.Heavy fighting beetwen uhlans and cuirrasiers.Prussians got loses and fall back after heavy fighting with Austrians.Outnumbered and with a lot of casultaties Russian batallion held village against whole Württembergs brigade.Cossacks retreated after fight with remnants of cuirrasier unit.
Summary: – finally German states won, after initial successes on our left flank – Prussians finally rallied and pushed back Austrians, on the right flank Württemberg marched forward and my Russians weren’t able to do anything other than trying to hold them. German states took most of the objectives and broke all of our brigades at the end of the game. – thank you for a good game Kuba, Kris and Rafał!
W piątek 22.09.2023 we wrocławskim klubie Bolter rozegraliśmy z Witosławem grę przypominajkę zasad – zagraliśmy na wczesną wojnę, zapewne jeszcze jedna, może dwie gry i Witosław przypomni sobie grę. Po dzisiejszej grze na pewno jest już w stanie grać z każdym, kto gra w Bolt Action. Tak, graliśmy na selektory na wczesny okres wojny – mniej popularny okres, a jednak zawiera np. wojnę obronną 1939′, Wojnę Zimową, incydent w Mandżuri, wojnę Chińsko-Japońską, inwazję Niemiec na Norwegię, kraje Beneluxu czy Francję, inwazję na Jugosławię czy Grecję i także Barbarossę.
Zagraliśmy bój spotkaniowy, zaczęło się o świcie z ograniczonym widzeniem.
Last Friday 22.09.2023 in Wrocław’s club Bolter we played with Witosław our first game in Bolt Action ever, as Witosław forgot rules and we had to fix that – we played on early war – probably one or two more games and Witosław will know this game well again. After this game I’m pretty sure that Witek is able to play with everyone who knows Bolt Action rules. Yep, we played on early war selectors – less popular period of time – but it has defend of Poland 1939′, Winter War, incident in Manchuria, Chinese-Japanese war, German invasion on Norway, Benelux countries or France, invasion on Jugoslavia or Greece and Barbarossa as well.
We played meeting engangement, it started at dawn with limited vision.
BT-7.NKWD wysiadło z ZiS-6. NKWD get out from ZiS-6.Grupa wsparcia. Support team.Armia Czerwona w natarciu. Red Army advances. Armatka przeciwpancerna na pozycji. Anti-tank gun covering road. Armia Cesarska w natarciu. Empire Army advancing. ZiS-6 w odwrocie. ZiS-6 retreating. NKWD vs japońscy inżynierowie w walce wręcz. NKVD vs Japanese engineers in hand to hand combat.Niedobitki NKWD rzuciły Fubar i uciekły. Remnants of NKVD rolled Fubar and fled.Walka wręcz. Hand to hand combat.Rusznica przeciwpancerna. Anti-tank rifle. BT-7.Pierwszy strzał z moździerza i nie ma działa. First shoot from mortar and anti-tank gone.
Podsumowanie/Summary: – zwycięstwo Japonii 5:3 dla Witosława/victory of Japan Imperial Army 5:3 for Witosław. – jeśli interesuje Ciebie ten system, to najprościej zapytać na grupie mu poświęconej – na Facebooku wpisz Bolt Action lub Bolt Action + miast – coś się znajdzie/if you are interested in this system, easiest way is to ask about it in the group related to it, type Bolt Action or Bolt Action plus city name. – jedna z gier demo jaką zrobiłem jest Tutaj/one of demo games I did is THERE (only in Polish 😦 ).
Życzę świata bez wojen, bez polityków i banksterów. I wish world without wars, politicians and banksters.
On Friday evening (15.09.2023) we managed to play one more bigger game a month, than usually we are playing for last two years. So now we have plans to play one or two more games a month, than only one we played on weekends.
So we managed to played a battle beetwen armies worth 2,500 points per side – on one side was Kris with German state – Württemberg and Napoleonic French, on the other side were allied force of Austrians lead Rafał, Prussians lead by Mr. Goldfish and Russians lead by me.
We played our game as always in Bolter, great place in Wrocław, Poland. If you are interested in playing with us – you can find us on Bolter Club page or on Wrocławscy Bonapartyści.
Württemberg artillery battery of Kris keeping eye on bridge.French cuirassiers and Württemberg dragons ready to go to the other side of river.The cavalry made a sortie across the river.Prussians jagers get into the forest.Austrian artillery battery and infantry batallions ready to invite French with hail of bullets.Russians advancing toward well prepared position in farmstead close to the bridge. My Russian force at now is composed of Western Oblast infantry brigade, Polish Uhlans, Cossacks, artillery and officers composed of Russians. Want to paint Moscow Grenadiers, Dragons from Sankt Petersburg and then maybe something from Psków or Smoleńsk plus one more unit of uhlans – Wohlynian regiment. Mr. Goldfish Prussians fougt well in the forest.The main task for allied forces were to take and hold bridges.Situation on the left flank…… goes out of control, Austrian infantry brigade losed nerves from one charge and left the field.Then opposite Russian artillery attempts to support advancing Russian infantry. Austrian cavalry lead countercharge against napoleonic forces. When Austrian get into combat with French and they ally…Polish Uhland and Don Cossacs in the service of Tsar charged on Württemberg battery and destroyed it. Several units broken left the field. Brave Prussians rushed to support collapsing left flank of Allied forces. Austrian hussars on the rear of French elite cavalry.Cossacs, Poles and Russians are coming in the name of greatest leader Tzar of Russia.Fighting to the bitter end Austrian cavalry do not give up.Russian Jagers engage with Württemberg infantry based in the farmstead.Polish uhlans lead the way!With incoming French units Allied left flank finally was broken in a moments.Too much alcohol or … glue said go down. After the messenger reported the defeat on the left wing, the Russian commander decided to send back several battalions.Prussians valiantly defending what was left from left flank. Follow me, boys! My Russians stand alone this time to the end.Uhlans and supporting them cossacs did retreat move.
Summary: – I spend good time, have some ideas for our next games. – thank you for great game to all my co-gamers and for all observers we had! – I think that I’m alive more than in February/March of 2022.
In the area close to Stalingrad both sides fought for some important radio installation. Germans were defenders and Soviet were attackers. We played this game as part of Warlord Games campaign – Critical Hit, our game was fought in local club Bolter in Wrocław, PL.
Red Army veterans advance on the right flank.Sniper covers area with covering fire.T-34 arrived on the field.Soviet infantry supported by two anti-tank rifles.Germans pionieers wiped out with flamethrower Soviet scouts hidding behind fence.Red Army soldiers assaulted on bayonnets, wiping out German defending unit.Pionieers charged on Red Army regulars with lmg and were wiped out.Panzer advancing toward the camp center.Soviet officer in the middle trying to take communication installation.Pinned BA-10 crew instead of advance forward did reverse move.Ivan let’s fire one more bullet!Laying down was some kind of solution for Russian infantry against Panzer IV fire.Down comrades, Panzer is coming!German medics almost killed assaulting unit of Russian veterans.T-34 just took track of Panzer IV which crew evacuated under fire. The battle was over, communication installation in Red Army hands.
Summary: – this day belonged to the Red Army which managed to secure objective. – Order Dices got by Germans: 3, got by Soviets: 9. – fast, nice game with lot of action to the end. With Maciek we played seven turns during time two hours. – if the game ended on turn six, the German side would be the winner.
On last Friday (08.09) we played one more mission related to Warlord Games campaign Critical Hit – this time I played against Karol’s Germans in scenario related to capture object in the middle of the table – this ‚object’ was this time German officer.
All photos published today were done by Karol which owns his place HERE.
Crashed German plane.Both sides attempts to take officer alive.One of first Soviet units which arrived was BA-10.Still Germans were faster and catched they own officer.Red Army soldiers arrived late and few units weren’t able to came to the game board.German sniper.Officer from crashed plane and his escort. Soviet infantry charged on German sniper team and this won combat.Branderburgers on left.Assault Engineers tried to burn Puma twice, but weren’t able to hit first time 3 and second on 2.Sniper tried to kill escort of German officer from the plane, but without success.BA-10 almost wiped out German squad.
Summary: – victory belongs to Karol which took officer from crashed plane and escorted him back to his own lines. – in case of Order Dices we had heavy fighting around crossroads, Karol got more dices than me, at least two of my units, including veterans scouts weren’t able to join fight. – thank you Karol for great game!
Yesterday with Paweł we played a game on 1200 points per side, both of us had Russian fleet, both were different. We played scenario to get out from the board on the opposite corner. We finished scenario… let read to the end 😉 !
My Borodino flagship going to the center full ahead. A lot of action beetwen my Borodino „Suworow” and Pawełs Varyag and Novik. Paweł’s main part of the fleet.
Summary: – I losed my flagship – Borodino – Suworow, but Paweł losed two of his warships – at the end it was draw. – thank you Paweł for great game, wish one more (and one more and again!). – you can read about Gods of War: Togo – HERE.
Today we played in Bolter, Wrocław, PL our monthly game in napoleonic times. There were five of us – three on Allied side – Rafał, Tomek and me and two on French side – Jędrzej and Kris.
We played four hours and we had to finnish game, as one of us had to go far away from place we were playing. Hope next time we will have more hours to play together!
In the rays of the rising sun……cavalry of both sides arrived on the field of battle, to take from march important hill.French cuirrasiers and lancers.Allied side cavalry on right flank.French cuirassiers galloped on the hill.On the left flank Russian cavalry composed of Polish nobility and Don Cossacks opposed heavy French cavalry.Allied guns set up and opened fire.The cavalry battle has begun.Brave charge of Polish Uhlans supported by cossacks on French heavy cavalry.More cavalry charges from both sides.The infantry regiments arrived on the battlefield.The broken Russian cavalry regiment retreated outside the battlefield.The French cuirassiers triumphed.French infantry on right flank marches forward to take the farmstead.More French infantry in the middle.Austrian infantry marching forward to take the hill.Another allied cavalry brigade has been broken and left the field.The Russian infantry was the first to take the farm before the French did.Russian stand and shoot against French charge on bayonnets.Allied artillery remained stationary on left flank.Russians tried to broke French on left flank, but without good leaders they weren’t able to charge on bayonnets.Austrians advanced to retake the hill.French heavy cavalry charged on Austrian infantry…… and broke them easily.Right flank of allied side was quite stable.
Summary: – four hours is not enough to play such game, even if French side was winning, Allied side still could do something in next few turns. – thank you for good game! – as we played for objectives – hill in the middle was worth 5 VP, farmsteads were worth 2 VP each and two smaller hills were worth 1 VP each. – at the end Allied controlled one farmstaed and one hill, when French took hill in the middle plus they owned also farmstead and smaller hill. Victory belonged to French today.
With dedication Jędrzejs cuirassiers. To be sure war, war never change according to scences from this short movie.
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