Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Red Army and Warlord Games 22:52
🇬🇧 One more heavy machine gun for the Red Army, although I’m considering repainting the white uniforms to a different color, as they won’t quite fit the setting of Festung Breslau. Anyway it’s done.
🇵🇱 Jeden ciężki karabin maszynowy do Armii Czerwonej więcej, chociaż zastanawiam się czy nie przemalować białych kombinezonów na inny kolor, bo do Festung Breslau będą średnio pasowały. Mimo wszystko jest ukończony.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Bulgaria and Warlord Games 17:13
In 1944, the Red Army reached the vicinity of Burgas, Bulgaria and practically captured it on the march.
The Bulgarian army put up a resistance against the might of the Soviet Union army that lasted for several days. She then switched to the side of the winner whom she was unable to defeat.
How often have you seen the Bulgarian army on the table? For the second time, after the first tournament, I am not proud of myself, as I had an armored platoon, including Katyusha. And this time we played with a normal, reinforced platoon and it was great for both sides!
W 1944 Armia Czerwona dotarła w pobliże Burgas, w Bułgarii i praktycznie zdobyła je z marszu.
Armia Bułgarii stawiła opór przeciw potędze Armii Związku Radzieckiego który trwał kilka dni. Następnie przeszła na stronę zwycięczy z którym nie była w stanie wygrać.
Jak często na stole widzieliście armię Bułgarii? Ja drugi raz, z pierwszego, turniejowego nie jestem z siebie dumny, jako że miałem pluton pancerny, w tym Katiuszę. I tym razem zagraliśmy na normalnym, wzmocnionym plutonie i było super dla obu stron!
Summary:
– great game with Paweł,
– it was great to see on the table Bulgarians, on which Paweł spend a lot of time and heart, there are a lot of great conversions in this army.
– the result was Draw.
Podsumowanie:
– świetna gra z Pawłem,
– fajnie zobaczyć na stole Bułgarię, nad którą Paweł poświęcił sporo czasu i serca, w tej armii jest wiele świetnych konwersji.
– wynikiem był Remis.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Finlandia and Rubicon Models and Warlord Games 22:51
W ostatni piątek 21.06.2024 zagraliśmy bitwę o Tali Ihantala – prawie w osiemdziesiątą rocznicę tego starcia stoczonego w ramach Wojny Kontynuacyjnej – bitwa zaczęła się 25 czerwca 1944 i skończyła 9 lipca tegoż roku. Tali i Ihantala to nazwy wiosek w pobliżu których stoczono tą bitwę. Po jednej stronie stanęła Armia Czerwona dążąca do podporządkowania Finlandii woli Stalina, po drugiej waleczna armia fińska.
Naszą potyczkę, jako fragment większego starcia rozegraliśmy we wrocławskim klubie Bolter, po stronie radzieckiej stanąłem osobiście, wystawiając dwa plutony – pancerny i piechoty, po drugiej stronie stanął Cornholio z Danielem wystawiając wzmocnione plutony piechoty wsparte przez niezawodne działa pancerne Sturmi oraz liczne fortyfikacje. By trzymać się realiów każdy pluton miał swoją połowę stołu w trakcie wystawiania – po mojej stronie pluton piechoty z wsparciem zwiadu szturmował wioskę, a pluton pancerny prawe skrzydło. Po drugiej stronie Daniel zajął prawe skrzydło z bunkrem, a Cornholio lewe skrzydło.
In English:
Last Friday, June 21, 2024, we played the Battle of Tali Ihantala – almost on the eightieth anniversary of this battle fought as part of the Continuation War – the battle started on June 25, 1944 and ended on July 9 of the same year. Tali and Ihantala are the names of the villages near which this battle was fought. On one side stood the Red Army, striving to subordinate Finland to Stalin’s will, and on the other, the brave Finnish army.
Our skirmish, as a part of a larger clash, took place in the Bolter club in Wrocław. I stood on the Soviet side personally, fielding two platoons – armor and infantry, on the other side Cornholio and Daniel stood, fielding reinforced infantry platoons supported by reliable Sturmi armored guns and numerous fortifications. To stick to reality, each platoon had its own half of the table during the deployment – on my side, an infantry platoon with reconnaissance support stormed the village, and an armored platoon took the right wing. On the other side, Daniel took the right wing with the bunker, and Cornholio took the left wing.
Podsumowanie:
– gra z tłem historycznym jest zawsze czymś, co lubię robić.
– graliśmy na około trzy tysiące punktów na stronę i z około dwudziestoma kośćmi rozkazu na stronę.
– tradycyjnie czołgi bardziej straszyły niż coś robiły, najwięcej krwi napsuły ikoniczne T-34-85 i ich desanty.
– zagraliśmy siedem pełnych tur i zajęło nam to cztery godziny gry, plus godzinę na rozstawianie stołu i wyjęcie modeli.
– przy okazji gry mieliśmy okazję wyjaśniać zasady gry, bo faktycznie było nas parę osób więcej przy stole 🙂 .
– dzięki Danielu i Łukaszu za świetną rozgrywkę, dzięki Aga, Radek i Witku za kibicowanie!
– wielkie dzięki dla ekipy Boltera za stół o który prosiłem! Jesteście wielcy!
Summary:
– playing with a historical background is always something I like to do.
– we played for about three thousand points per side and with around twenty order dices per side.
– traditionally tanks were more scary than they did, the most bloodshed was done by the iconic T-34-85 and their tankodesantniki.
– we played seven full turns and it took us four hours of play, plus an hour to set up the table and take out the models.
– during the game we had the opportunity to explain the rules of the game, because there were actually a few more people at the table :-).
– thanks Daniel and Łukasz for a great game, thanks Aga, Radek and Witek for supporting us!
– many thanks to the Bolter team for the table I asked for! You are great!
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and USA and Warlord Games 22:41
In our alternative history after capitulation of Germany on 09.05.1945 Europe saw long forgotten peace, unfortunately one accident could change everything.
Today with Adam we played alternative game, were former allies fought each other – somewhere in the participated Germany skirmish happend – no one knows reason of this struggle. Fortunately after incident happend, diplomats stayed on appropriate level and third world war didn’t happend.
Summary:
– thank you Adam for great game, we played by accident as today I should play league game.
– we played as always in Bolter, Wrocław, Poland.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Finlandia and Warlord Games 15:02
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.
Event was related to smaller in scale brother of Bolt Action – Flames of War – championship of Poland. We were there with Bolt Action, Conquest and Gods of War: Togo – system of my friend.
We are from Wrocław, Poland – if you are interested in tabletop wargaming or demo game – let’s look HERE – ask questions, someone will answer!
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.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Finlandia and Warlord Games 23:48
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!
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.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Finlandia and Warlord Games Bolt Action, Gry budżetowe 02:27
Yesterday in Bolter we played with Daniel our early war disputes – a battle fought beetwen Finnland and Red Army during Winter War. Our game was classical meeting engagement when more numerous Red Army supported by armoured vehicles assaulted on Finnish platoon composed of many veteran soldiers.
We added possibility to ram fences with trucks – movement outside of village was possible for non tracked units only with Advance order. Of course Finns knowing terrain were able to Run. Our game was on 1,000 points per side.
Summary:
– thank you Daniel for great game! Your return to Bolt Action is one of the greatest thing of last weeks!
– we played six turns and we rolled for turn seven, but without success.
– victory belongs to Daniel and it was 6:3.
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Bolter.pl and Finlandia and Red Army and Rubicon Models and Warlord Games 22:46
Today in Bolter with Daniel we played Continuation War 1944, when Soviet Union again attacked Finnland with powerful force after many years of skirmish in Karelia and on the border of both countries.
So it begun!
Summary:
– as documents in T-34 on crossroads counted as 3 VP – Daniel force took 7 of my order dices and I took 4 Daniel’s order dices.
– this time we played Continuation War, but next time I hope to play with Red Army against Daniel’s Italian Army on the Eastern Front – maybe area around Stalingrad (befor Carycyn, now Wołgograd).
– I play with Red Army – but Finns (which I own) and Daniel own’s them as well, Italians and few other ‚minor’ nation armies – like Bulgarians, Belgians, Early Germans, French, Hungarians, Poles 1939‚ (need to paint my own), Norway, Romanians etc. are something nice to see on the table – not many people in Wrocław play with them – or no one.
– about starting playing in Bolt Ation I wrote one small article in Polish – HERE. The best thing interested person can do to start is to find local group and ask about demo game, in Wrocław I can recommend several people playing in Bolter – it’s best to ask for it HERE. I know, that someone will answer 😉 .
– thank you Daniel for great game, we should repeat it – maybe with your Italian Army?
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Germany 23:42
Today we played one more game with Maxim – it was on 750 points, it was 1945′, so it could happend somewhere in eastern Germany of that time. We played as always in Bolter – the best game store in Wrocław.
The game started with no barrage appeard for both sides.
Summary:
– great game, Red Army won this time due numbers of it people.
– last year I was active on events, now I’m not active at all, still I want to play Bolt Action on smaller games or at tournaments.
– thank you Maxim, next time we will build more urbanized area – maybe Berlin?
Armia Czerwona and Bolt Action and Germany and USA and Warlord Games 17:15
On last Monday we had game two on two, despite there were five of us. In scenario we played which happend somewhere in the Germany at the end of 2nd world war US Army and Soviet Union were allies on two opossite corners of the table and German Wehrmacht&Lufftwaffe were in opossite corners to each other – main target for both allies were to connect in the middle of the table – on crossroads – Germans had to connect to maintain evacuation road, Allied had to prevent them from doing that. The main target for both sides was to control crossroad.
Summary:
– as we agreed at the start of this experimental scenario to win scenario is to control crossroad – side which had more soldiers close to it were Soviet Union and USA, but fight were so fierce, that most important officials of German side took different road.
– hopefully Bolt Action next to WFB is a system in which I want to play regulary games with both Finland and Soviet Union – once a week, no less. Tuesdays will be for this game.
– thank you Adam, Kamil, Łukasz and Maxim for great game!
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