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.

 

LoTR: Dead of Dunharrow vs Easterlings – 450 points Czwartek, Mar 2 2023 

Games Workshop and Middle-Earth and The Dead of Dunharrow and The Easterlings tancreddebeauville 12:48

Last Wendesday we played a game on 450 points with Łukasz, I played with The Dead of Dunharrow and Łukasz took his Easterlings cavalry.

My two bands – one with the King of Dead and another with Herald. Łukasz had one big band and one composed of two models.
Rolls for initiative – my dices are blue.
Our objectives were four white dices placed on the table.
Many of slaves of Sauron were affraid to charge on the Warriors of Dead.
Still some of them charged on left and right flank of ghosts host.
Spirits of ghosts collapsed under hoves of horses. King was among them.
Duel beetwen King of Dead and Amdur, Lord of Blades were full of just ordinary rolls in such a moment.
Ghost warriors bravely survived cavalry charge and started repelling Saurons minions attacks.
The final moment, before few more Easterlings left the field. Final score was 3:1 for me.

Summary:
– it’s time to start painting Rohan then Gondor and Mordor to have some bad boys and getting some more models to those armies.
– Dunharrow – like it, but some times losing with it is spectacular, the same as winning. This army is expensive in points and with eniemies with higher weapon skill there is problem to win combats. Anyway I will try to play with them, as I like this army.

 

Bolter Action vol.2 – again in Wrocław Wtorek, Lu 28 2023 

Bolt Action and Warlord Games tancreddebeauville 21:06

On last Saturday I participated in event which happened in Bolter – Bolter Action vol.2 . Event was done by Fort from Ostrów Wielkopolski and Bolter from Wrocław. Warlord spirit was also there as they supported event.

I had three great games – first against Roberts Canadians – it could be a draw, but I managed to win. Second against Jędrzej Soviet Union, I’ve been massacred, jet it was great game and our civil war were are bitter game to the end. The last game I played against Mateusz US, it was game which result wasn’t sure till the end. I losed it, but we weren’t sure to the end who will win.

Just some photos from this event below.

 

Bolt Action: September 1939′ – railroad to Romania Piątek, Lu 24 2023 

Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Germany and Poland and Warlord Games tancreddebeauville 22:59

Today we played bigger game on ‚Early war’ 1800 points per side – where army of IInd Republic of Poland were securing railroad depot in area of Lwów, waiting for a train with important officials. Unfortunately German Abwehra and Soviet intelligence got information about that fact. In the railway station were half of Polish troops. Germany start on the one table side, Soviet started on the other with half units in reserves.

Inexperienced infantry advances and starts fire.
Polish troops helding railway station.
Fubar on medic – great job Łukasz! He just run away in wrong direction.
Soviet mmg arrived.
Order is to go forward, so they advance and shoot.
Veterans of Polish army charged Soviet infantry…
… but losed and were taken as prisoners.
First time I used light mortar prepared for campaing in Stalingrad.
NKVD troops bought after Stalingrad campaign. Models painted by Bonapartist Paint Studio.
7-TP of Polish army, Poland had 132 of them, including 24 with twin targets with mmgs.
Bayonnets fixed! Uraaa!
Fubar rolled by me on my best infantry unit – reduced Soviet inexperienced squad to five models.
An attempt to take and secure station. Still some Polish troops defending.
BT-7 finally arrived, trying to take out Wz.29 Ursus – Poland had around ten of them.
German Heer infantry having problems with 7-TP tank.
At the end of the game there were still Polish troops.

Summary:
– Axis and Soviet Union got victory 12:6.
– great game during early war period of time, need to paint more Soviets for early.
– thank you Maciej and Łukasz for good game, with 3600 points of table – we managed to play it during 2h 30 m – we were really fast, as we played till turn 6 and turn 7 hadn’t arrived.

 

Middle Earth: Dunharrow vs Dol Guldur Czwartek, Lu 23 2023 

Bez kategorii and Games Workshop and Middle-Earth tancreddebeauville 23:58

Today I played a game on 450 points against Dawid’s Dol Guldur – it was great game and again I know that I had to paint some more army than Dunharrow, as they are limited to two units and two heroes – King and Herald of Dead – of course, in legendary legion I can take Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas – but on larger amount of points.

Our target was to secure objective points – white and orange markers.
Still learning how to play it more competentive – my force at the start were facing both enemy warbands.
Having cavalry is big plus – you are fast and can be everywhere.
Fight started, as I tried to reduce Dawid’ force.
Wolfs joined fight in the middle.
Less and less spirit host.
Saying fight to death is something wrong in case of long dead warriors.
At the end – only sword wielding warrion on top right survived.

Summary:
– it was great game, thank you Dawid!
– I’m still learning and I know that for 450 points games I should just paint Gondor or Rohan.
– have to paint Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas for Dunharrow – on higher points I need them.

 

WFB: Neigbours disputes over Marienburg Środa, Lu 22 2023 

7th and Bolter.pl and Bretonnia and Empire and Games Workshop and Kislev and Oldhammer and Warhammer and WROhammer tancreddebeauville 22:58

Last days I had too much free time, sometimes things happen unusual way. Still there are positives – I can play more games including WFB – today 7th edition. With Bartłomiej we played game on 1250 points per side, I played my Empire and Kislev, my opponent played first time his Bretonnia.

Both sides after turn one.
Tried to hit, but cannon ball started bouncing to far.
Pistoliers tried to shoot down some Knights of the Realm.
Kislev Ungol riders tried to disturb some other Knights of the Realm.
It was too much for Knights Panther to hold ground, losed three of them and was broken in combat and fled.
It could be good charge, but I did almost nothing and archers scored three pistoliers, winned combat and cought them.
Situation out of control, as cannon crew fled because of broken unit.
Panic after losing two winged lancers, but they…
… managed to rally.
Before unit was destroyed – handgunners managed to eliminate whole unit of Grail Knights.
The end.

Summary:
– it was great game and it’s nice to see that younger generations are intrested in file and rank system, especially WFB.
– need to paint some meele infantry and more missile armed handgunners and crossbowmens, maybe hellblaster, as again I saw that I have too much cavalry which should fight with enemy weakend by my own fire.

 

Fallout: Wasteland Warfare – In search of lost artifact Wtorek, Lu 21 2023 

Bolter.pl and Fallout: Wasteland Warfare and Mutants and Survivors tancreddebeauville 22:01

Yesterday we played with Łukasz a game against the game – first time I was playing in cooperative way in Fallout: Wasteland Warfare and it was good experience. It was a long time ago, when I last played with Łukasz. So it was nice to play again and even some plan of playing campaign was born. I had to finish some more USA style building – the church on the table was painted by me around 1,5 year ago and finally it was used in Fallout. I got this church for Sharp Practice during American Civil War, but happilly it can be used in one more game.

We played it on Monday evening in Bolter. Need to play more often in this game, still need to change one important think in my life, as something collapsed week ago at the end of Monday.

On one side of table were ghouls and mutants.
In the centre was a church and supposed technology of past.
Mutants came close to survivors.
Feral ghoul did chaos among our team.
Mutants were hard enemy on left side of the road.
Part of our team in Power Armor after receiving to many hits fled the field.
Survivors escapes as they found some ancient stuff.
The main target which resides in the church was out of range of our team.

Summary:
– great time spend on playing with Łukasz against the game. Thank you Łukasz!
– have some inspiration to finish more building and paint some more miniatures for Fallout: Wasteland Warfare.
– hope we will start some campaign against game, I bought book for it in past. Now book is under milimeters of dust.
– need to find STL. files I bought several years ago and ask someone from my friends to print some appropriate terrains.
– our team were looking for something, part of some engine or maybe a Holy Christian book – we don’t know it jet, as we weren’t able to get inside the church.

War never changes – which is quote used in Fallouts – yes, war never changes.

 

WFB: A clash with enemy who doesn’t exists Niedziela, Lu 19 2023 

7th and Bretonnia and Games Workshop and Oldhammer and Skavens and Warhammer and WROhammer tancreddebeauville 21:14

Last Saturday I played another game in 2022-2023 league of WROHammer, which was started due efforts of Palen. I had chance to play against Piotr’s Skaven’s. We played with rules attached to page mentioned on the top. We play 7th edition rulebook and army books are generally from this edition as well.

Lines of Bretonnians – among them Knight’s Errants, Grail Knights and men at arms.
Skaven’s centre including Doomwheel.
Many jezzails on the top of the hill.
Doomwheel is coming. Those rats want’s more than slices of cheese.
It’s end of first Skaven turn.
Bretonnian first turn started. I tried to shoot on Doomwheel and ratling gun but without success.
Doomwheel was faster and charged on Knights Errants. It’s second Skaven turn.
Skavens fled which was wise to live to fight another day.
On the right flank Knights of the Realm routed Skaven unit, but I failed rolling on pursue really low. Plan was to a little bit more.
Trebuchet tried to dropped stones on important things and usually hit low rank Skaven slaves.
One more inch and I could avoid this situation. Most of Knights of the Realm fled, jet they losed they banner.
Slaves charged mounted squires, but horse mounted noblemen held.
Abomination and Skaven general charged Grail Knights.
Bowmen took they short swords and daggers and charged to help squires.
Abomination did most of job against Grail Knights, but I managed to even broke Skaven general in combat.
Bad boys came out of board.
Knight Errants managed to broke Doomwheel and charged Abomination.
Doomwheel driver losed control over his engine and runned of the battle.
It was the end. Bretonnian army in full retreat.

Summary:
– it was great game, although I have to rethink how to play against such monstrous things like abomination.
– some more days to thinking about changes, not only in tabletop games.

One common thing with my battle, one side was tablet from the field.

 

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