Bolt Action: Banzai charge in Manchuria Środa, Mar 22 2023 

Bolt Action and Bolter.pl and Japan and Red Army and Warlord Games tancreddebeauville 20:56

Today we played with Łukasz a game on 1,000 points. We used rules for Juggernaut with one exception – bamboo armed soldiers of Japanese Imperial army weren’t limited. We had village with some houses, some walls and some almost open terrain on left and right flanks.

Both armies on plates, one Łukasz plate is not visible. I had 12 order dices and Łukasz had 17.
Russian heavy mortar observer hidding on the top of building.
Gaz-AA which is really good on enemies like bamboo spear armed Japanese.
Japanese heavy howitzer.
So it begun!
Russian sniper hidding in the building.
Centre of Red Army.
They got pins from inexperienced mortar.
Inexpierienced Soviet infantry, mortar and M3 White Scout Car.
Japanese are coming, but Red Army tries to counter them defending walls and other kind of obstacles.
Veterans with famous pepeszas and flamethrower team in action.
Hand to hand combat started.
One brave Japanese soldier left after melee combat.
Many hand to hand combats.
Russian infantry charged on bayonnets…
… and won combat.
BA-3/6 armoured car just go to place where was need.
Tankodesantniki jumped down from a T-34.
Then moved to open massive fire on incoming Japanese.
Gaz-AA clearing left flank from Japanese treaty.
Left flank and middle was almost cleaned.
Another combat won by Russians.
FUBAR – Łukasz got it.
Japanese charged on T-34 and immobilised it.
Another Japanese charge was too much for encirled Russians.
They comrades on the other flank charged and wiped out Japanese.
On left Russian infantry was hat by howitzer, unfortunately something was wrong with ammo.
I losed two red dices, other losed dices belonged to Japanese.

Summary:
– great game and I’m pretty sure that bamboo spearmen army can be much better with some more technical stuff like tank, armoured car, sniper, unit of cavalry – not only bamboo spearmens..

 

Napoleonic wars: Russian officer Wtorek, Mar 21 2023 

Black Powder - Napoleonic Wars and Russians tancreddebeauville 01:22

One more to join General d’Armee/Napoleonic era/ and at the end Black Powder.

 

Gods of War: Togo – on a way to Tsushima Poniedziałek, Mar 20 2023 

Bolter.pl and GM Boardgames and Gods of War: Togo and Japan and Russia tancreddebeauville 20:05

Today with Duderson we played in Bolter bigger game on 2,000 points per side, I had Russian fleet composed of Borodino, Varyag, Aurora, Novik, Ushakov and two squads of Buynyi destroyers – two on one base. My oponent has Japanese fleet composed of Mikasa, Niitaka, Izumu, Skikishima, Takachiho and one squad of Hayabusa torpedo boats. We played scenario number one – line battle with exiting on the opposite corner of the table. So it begun with setting our fleets on the table.

I had some plan with such setting of my navy.
Admiral Duderson Japanese Imperial navy.
Orders placed a way I should use in my next game. Why two orders – look at the end of how it looked on civilian transatlantic – ‚Titanic’.
Several warships had chance o ramming my own fleet.
Japanese fleet.
I tried to hid behind island and then turn right to shoot all guns from right sides.
Coming closer to minefield.
One of the Buynyi class destroyers group tried to sunk enemy with torpedos. One of them scored hit on Mikasa.
I losed them soon, then I losed Novik. One group of destroyers tried to clean minefield, but without success.
Aurora moved thru minefield, unfortunately she was hit by mines and exploded.
Borodino lost half of it strenght, including all artillery on right side because of some mine exploded.
Varyag was hit by mine, but survived till enemy opened fire, sunking it in one successfull salvo.
Victory belongs to Japanese mine of our biggest fun of using them in this game.
Without many of it’s guns Borodino shared fate of the other warships.
Admiral Ushakov still standind, firing salvo after salvo.
Finally our Japanese fire focused on brave battleship finally sunking Ushakov.

Summary:
– next time I should avoid mines, I tried to clear them, but without success, so I losed Aurora and Novik on minefield, Borodino and Varyag were heavily damaged because of them.
– we have plans to play big game again 🙂 .
– thank you Duderson for great game.
– in case of result, it was achievement on the level of Tsushima for Japanese.

Stopping ship or warship weren’t simple, it was time costing opearation involving many people.

 

Middle-Earth SPG – Helm’s Deep/Helmowy Jar Niedziela, Mar 19 2023 

Games Workshop and Middle-Earth and Rohan and Sauruman tancreddebeauville 20:54

I think it was on the beginning of February – first Saturday when before I had some issues with my health and at the end I was sick at home office work for one week, felt great and then finally after weekend went to doctor and got some antibiotics. At least during weekend when everything was good with me we managed to play with Łukasz siege of Helms Deep. I took much more photos and after looking on them I left only small gallery. Finally Sauruman servants blowed up wall as in the movie, but didn’t went to the main bastion.

Myślę, że było to na początku lutego – pierwsza sobota kiedy przed miałem trochę problemów z zdrowiem i będąc chorym pracowałem z domu przez jeden tydzień, poczułem się lepiej przed weekendem by w ostateczności pójść do doktora po antybiotyk. Przynajmniej w trakcie weekendu wszystko był w porządku i udało nam się zagrać z Łukaszem szturm na Helmowy Jar. Zrobiłem o wiele więcej zdjęć, ale po tym jak je przejrzałem zostawiłem tylko małą galerię. Ostatecznie słudzy Saurumana wysadzili kawałek muru jak w filmie, ale nie byli w stanie dostać się do głównego bastionu.

 

Fallout Wasteland Warfare – On way to pre-war factory Sobota, Mar 18 2023 

Fallout: Wasteland Warfare tancreddebeauville 23:56

After last session we failed and our team spend several weeks in the safe vault, but afterward reading some old book they realized that there is some pre-war factory which was supplying military. Maybe some stuff is still untouched? Today we played cooperative game against the game in team of four: Ola, Łukasz, Paweł and me.

Train station somewhere in the wastes. One of the ghouls sit on the tower above.
Train station is occupied by bandits.
Ghouls smell they prey and starts hunting.
Survivors march to the place found in pre-war book.
Ghuls were hungry, very hungry.
My hero managed to kill one ghoul but another one took his place.
Bandits came closer and dog runned to them, to bit them.
Feral ghouls are wild fighters, sometimes it hard to kill them.
Four on one and bandits shooting everywhere.
Our robot had to travel to destiny place, which was some pre-war factory.
One of two sole survivors I played.
Heavy fight – power armour give extra punch. On left bandid was shooting at everyone.
Finally I got my character into combat to help Dudzio’s armoured men.
Our guide, robot was hit, we found some parts and fixed it.
All team survived, so band is going now to some ‚ancient’ factory.

Summary:
– really good game with RPG aspect, I know it will be even better with each following game.
– there are not many people who play Fallout Wasteland Warfare or probably I don’t know them.
– good Saturday time spend in Bolter.

So after once more finishing Witcher 3 I will go back to Fallout New Vegas.

 

Gods of War: Togo – Battle in island archipelago Piątek, Mar 17 2023 

Bolter.pl and GM Boardgames and Gods of War: Togo and Japan and Russia tancreddebeauville 20:04

Today we played with Łukasz in Bolter on 1200 points. We used many great terrains I bought from Klaudia – she do a great job in many different scales for different systems. Probably we used too many terrains, but we wanted to see them on the table. So we started – probably my 10th game and Łukasz 2nd, I’m still learning, but at least know rules to the level I can play.

Borodino class and Varyag. Next to Varyag you can see orders for this turn and next turn.
Varyag move around island.
Novik and two groups of Japanese torpedo boats.
Love those terrains, bring life to the table on great level.
Mikasa, Nisshin, two torpedo boats and Borodino on right.
Novik opens fire on one group of torpedo boats.
Critical hit, crew of torpedo boats swim to the island.
Artillery duel beetwen Varyag and Nisshin.
Lucky shoot exploded in ammunition storage, Varyag sunk in a moment.
Borodino bravely goes forward.
Aurora getting close to second group of torpedo boats.
Ramming thru.
Aurora got some water and fire.
Lucky shoot on Mikasa, Aurora destroyed main ammo storage.
Fires and water aboard warships of both sides.
Ramming island by Japanese cruiser.

Summary:
– this time Russia won against Japanese.
– great game with many beautiful terrains, which will be avaible only for Togo in Bolter.
– Togo – one of the systems I get in on 2022′ – one of the best systems I meet from GM Boardgames avaible in Bolter
– I’m pretty sure English version of rules is coming soon.

 

WFB: WROHammer vol.5 – In nomine principis Henrici Pii Czwartek, Mar 16 2023 

6th and 7th and Classical Warhammer and Games Workshop and Warhammer and WROhammer tancreddebeauville 23:58

On last Saturday 11.03 we played another event in WFB 7th edition in Wrocław, Bolter. Last edition had more players, but we look for the future, as we know next one will be even better! Our friends from Prague arrived on time and event started on time and we finished in time accepted by Bolter. Then we went for some dinner and beers.

We played on modified rules of Grumpy made by Alex avaible here.

Prizes where there from several sponsors as Paint Forge, Tereny do Gier.pl and me as well.
Tomek and Daniel – first game!
Ludeks greenskins.
Me and Marian Empire against Kubas Bretonnians.
Alessandro greenskins vs Martin Skavens.
Generał VC vs Palen DE.
Palen and Alessandro.
Table nr 1 – Daniel and Wojciech – I wasnt able to stop them when everything was at the end – it was spirit of the game 🙂 !

Some photos I did after my first and only game.

Go, go, go!
Models we love to see and play – Dark Elves Dragon!
Old giant move forwards!
Savage Orcs prepare to Waagh!
3rd battle, how I survived Prague last year beign there for event on Saturday and Sunday – I guess people and only people! Everyone doing the best here in Wrocław!
Most of 3rd battle I was everywhere, but usually with Dominik and Marian.
Battle beetwen Jakub Bretonnia and Martins Skaven army.

Summary:
– great time with many great ppl, many thanks to Piotr from Bolter for all time support!
– there were different armies as there were: Bretonnia, Dark Elves, Dwarfs, The Empire, Greenskins, Ogre Kingdoms, Vampire Counts and evil Chaos minions called Skavens.
– first place belonged to Daniel with Ogre Kingdoms (44), second place belonged to Alessandro (43) with Greenskins and third place belonged to Wojciech with evil Skavens (42 if I’m correct).
– everyone took prizes, three for everyone plus there were vouchers for 1st, 2nd, 3rd plus Ranald luck and Shalya mercy.
– thank you Alessandro for being judge and to Marian for photos, sorry for losing first match 12:8, I’m usually play weaker cavalry Empire plus Kislev 😉 .

 

Bolt Action: Hearts of Iron – odwrót na zachód Środa, Mar 15 2023 

Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Bolter.pl and Germany and USA and Warlord Games tancreddebeauville 23:49

W ostatnią środę rozegraliśmy następującą rozgrywkę, w której wydzielona grupa bojowa z niemieckiej 12-tej Armii generała Waltera Wencka ścigana ze wschodu przez czołówki pancerne Armii Czerwonej usiłowała przebić się na zachód by złożyć broń Armii Stanów Zjednoczonych. Część wojsk niemieckich ubezpieczała odwrót kolumny uciekinierów, pozostała część starła się z nadchodzącymi zza zachodu wojskami amerykańskimi.

Historycznie 12 Armia była ostatnią nadzieję okrążanej stolicy Niemiec. Fuhrer kryjący się w swoim bunkrze w Berlinie do końca wierzył, że sojusz Aliantów Zachodnich ze Związkiem Radzieckim się załamie i nastąpi cudowne ocalenie stolicy. 12 Armia nie była w stanie pokonać olbrzymich sił Radzieckich wspartych siłami Ludowego Wojska Polskiego, ale nie wszystko było stracone – nadal pod generałem Walterem Wenckiem znajdowali się żołnierze i cywile, którym można było oszczędzić losu spędzonego w sowieckiej niewoli

Most oddzialający stół na część zachodnią i wschodnią.
Stąd na miasto bronione przez Krisa nacierali Amerykanie Łukasza.
Kolumna uciekinierów.
Trochę słynnych 8,8 gotowych do walki z czołgami.
Za konwój i obronę miasta przed Armią Czerwoną odpowiadał von Papiór.
Jeden z nielicznych Tygrysów których nie porzucono z braku paliwa.
Radziecki czołg ostrzałem karabinów zatrzymał ostatnią ciężarówkę. Oficer NKWD dzierżąc listę tylko czekał, by z ciężarówki wyciągnąć Wernhera von Brauna.
Z ukrycia pod drzewami wyłonił się Tygrys I.
Radziecka piechota w natarciu.
I trochę więcej piechoty na prawym skrzydle.
Panther V osłaniająca odwrót niemieckich uciekinierów.
Po drugiej stronie siły dowodzone przez gen. Zdziebeł w natarciu.
Dwie ciężarówki unieruchomione, może jest tam ktoś, z kim oficerowie wojsk wewnętrznych zamienią słowo lub dwa?
Kolejny T-34-85 dołączył do walki.
Mur to dla czołgu pestka, a za murem Tygrys – trafiony, załoga w szoku, zerwana gąsienica ale stoi.
Załoga T-34-85 pospiesznie opuściła pojazd po tym jak oberwał z pancerzownicy.

Podsumowanie:
– dzięki za fajną grę Karol, Kris, Łukasz, Sławek i Panu Piotrowi za świetną prelekcję przed grą.
– parę zdjęć nadawało się do kasacji, ale na drodze miałem jeszcze parę pojazdów które utkwiły w zatorze.
– cały czas odnoszę wrażenie, że atakujący powinien mieć o wiele więcej pojazdów niż obrońca – by nie bał się ich używać a co za tym idzie stracić.

 

WFB: Underground Empire counterstrike Sobota, Mar 4 2023 

7th and Bolter.pl and Bretonnia and Games Workshop and Skavens and Warhammer tancreddebeauville 01:16

Yesterday I played another game with Sambor in our WROHammer league 2022-23 – thank you Palen, for organising page and league! We had interesting battle in WFB 7th edition. There were several points when game stopped for a moment. I tried to do my best and do photos of those moments.

We played on modified set of rules for WFB – Lore of Grumpy released by Alex, we use version from Semptember/October of 2022.

Both sides after first turn, my Bretonnians prayed to The Lady.
Doomwheel came close to my trebuchet.
Knights Errants and general’s morale – what could be wrong?
Knights Errants fled the field, I’ve been sad.
Unusual situation, but archers sometimes took they short swords and daggers and charge.
Another charge of my second great unit against doomwheel.
Grail Knights had to just turn on ‚Abomination’.
Archers and mounted squires won against the slaves.
Abomination was hungry and wanted easy prey.
Pegasus Knigths won combat, as Skavens started killing each other.
Grail Knights with Duc Tancred, battle standard bearer Louis charged abomination.
Hold the line shouted young squire to fellow men at arms.
Grail Knights killed abomination…
… but on six it returned and charged them on flank. It had only two wounds, but still I weren’t able to kill it.
They were fleeing, but rallied and fought once more time, jet no photo as evidence.
Duc of Beauville and his battle standard bearer held against all odds tille the end.

Summary:
– great game against Sambor.
– at the end it was 14:6, I was loser in this battle beetwen noble Bretonnians and vile Skavens.
– several moments in the game where crucial for both sides.

 

Gods of War: Togo – Japanese – Russian war Piątek, Mar 3 2023 

Bez kategorii and Bolter.pl and GM Boardgames and Gods of War: Togo and Japan and Russia tancreddebeauville 23:17

Today we played with Marek in Togo, 1200 points per side. This battle was deadly to my Borodino class, as it was sunk first time. It was great game and I know that Borodino is not immortal.

Russian fleet with Varyag class, Borodino class, Pallada class and Novik class.
Among Japanese were Mikasa class and two others. Japanese also had minefield.
How orders to warships looks like/
Borodino move in the middle toward enemies. I believed that it’s good idea to take fire on and wait for help of the other part of my force.
Aurora received many hits.
Borodino started fire.
How Aurora looked after enemy fire.
Borodino ammunition exploded, lose was disaster.
Japanese fleet moving forward.
Russian navy trying to escape, as with lose of Borodino and heavily damaged Aurora it was the best option to avoid enemy fire.
Novik and Varyag escaped, Aurora was sunk by enemy. It was big Japanese victory as I losed 35 to 0.

 

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