Gods of War: Togo – Lipcowa bryza – July breeze (EN/PL) Środa, Lip 17 2024 

On July 13, 2024, a local event pertaining to the game „Gods of War: Togo” was conducted, organized by the publisher, Maciej „Torgill” Molczyk, representing GM Boardgames. The tournament took place at the Bolter club in Wrocław, the official publisher of the „Gods of War” series. This event was structured as a tournament, which garnered significant interest from participants engaged in naval battles within this gaming system. The competitions involved naval engagements formatted to a limit of 2,200 points, constrained to the first and second classes of ships.

The participants arrived in Wrocław from Głogów and Sosnowiec, regions formerly encompassed within Silesia, which is now partitioned into three voivodeships. The ambiance was exceptional, and I engaged in three matches with esteemed admirals, namely:

The participants arrived in Wrocław from Głogów and Sosnowiec, regions formerly encompassed within Silesia, which is now partitioned into three voivodeships. The ambiance was exceptional, and I engaged in three matches with esteemed admirals, namely:

1. Mateusz „Condottiero” representing Spanish Armada.
2. Karol „Gingerhead” representing the Royal British Navy.
3. Łukasz „Alfalock” representing the United States Navy.

The outcomes of the tournament are detailed at the following link: LINK to Tournykeeper. The first position was secured by the Imperial Japanese Navy, led by Rafał „SigThorna.”

I extend my gratitude to Karol „Gingerhead” Lemański (https://www.instagram.com/gingerhead.cam/) for providing the photographs. I have received all the images except for the final one from Karol. Due to the limited number of my photographs, I promptly contacted Karol, who possesses expertise in photography.

W sobotę (13.07.2024) mieliśmy lokalne wydarzenie w Bogów Wojny: Togo zorganizowane przez wydawcę tej gry czyli Macieja „Torgilla” Molczyka z GM Boardgames. Turniej został stoczony we wrocławskim klubie Bolter – oficjalnym wydawcy gier z serii Bogowie Wojny. Wydarzenie zostało zorganizowane w formie turnieju, co przyjęło się w środowisku graczy toczących morskie boje w ten system. Morskie boje toczyliśmy w formacie 2200 punktów, z ograniczeniem do pierwszych i drugich klas okrętów.

Gracze przyjęchali do Wrocławia z Głogowa i Sosnowca – czyli dawnego Śląskiego rozbitego na trzy województwa. Atmosfera była świetna i osobiście zagrałem trzy gry z świetnymi admirałami takimi jak:
1. Mateusz „Condottiero” i jego hiszpańską Armadą.
2. Karol „Gingerhead” i jego Królewską Marynarką Wojenną Wielkiej Brytanii.
3. Łukasz „Alfalock” i jego Marynarką Stanów Zjednoczonych.

Wyniki na koniec turnieju prezentowały się następująco – LINK do Tournykeeper. Pierwsze miejsce zajęła Cesarska Marynarka Japonii pod wodzą Rafała „SigThorna”.

Wielkie dzięki dla Karola „Rudeła” Lemańskiego (https://www.instagram.com/gingerhead.cam/) za udostępnienie zdjęć. Tak, wszystkie zdjęcia poza ostatnim otrzymałem od Karola. Moich zdjęć było na tyle mało, że od razu napisałem do Karola, który jest w kwestii robienia zdjęć specjalistą.


Summary:
– Tournament results are accessible on Tourneykeeper.com HERE.
– It is consistently beneficial to explore HERE – the Facebook page, where there are ongoing activities.
– We extend our gratitude to the organizer, Maciek ‚Torgill’, as well as to the entire team who participated in the tournament, and to the Bolter store for their assistance in organizing the event and providing an enjoyable venue for participants.
– The complete offering of Gods of War: Togo can be accessed on the Bolter store website.

Podsumowanie:
– wyniki turnieju są dostępne na Tourneykeeper.com TUTAJ.
– zawsze warto zajrzeć także TUTAJ – na stronę na FB, na której zawsze coś się dzieje.
– dzięki dla organizatora Maćka ‚Torgilla’, całej ekipie która przybyła na turniej oraz sklepowi Bolter za wszelkę pomoc w organizacji turnieju i miłe miejsce do spędzania czasu.
– oczywiście pełna oferta Bogów Wojny: Togo jest dostępna na stronie sklepu Bolter – TUTAJ.

Congratulations to SigThorn and his victorious Nippon Kaigun – Japanese fleet. Gratulacje dla SigThorna i jego zwycięskiej floty Cesarstwa Japonii.

Gods of War: Togo – A battle for lone island Sobota, Mar 9 2024 

Yesterday with admiral Cornholio we played a game in Gods of War: Togo, our game was played in Bolter on 2,000 points of they own navies. So I took my Russian Navy and Łukasz played his Imperial Japanese. Our game was typical for games we play with Łukasz in any system we are playing.

In historical case I want to dedicate this post to general Jerzy Rusiło-Wołkowicki, hero of Russian Navy during Russian-Japanese war 1904-1905, after that he was a hero of Soviet Russian Navy as well – one of two Polish generals who survived Katyń – only 500 hundreds of more than 20,000 Polish officers, policeman, border guards, priests survived. Yes, Jerzy Wołkowicki is my countrymen and it wasn’t anything special to be a part of Austrian, German or Russian armies in times, where Poland wasn’t on maps (yet it was always in hearts of Polish people).

Our scenario was – counter-courses, which was interesting to play (again and again it’s interesting).

Summary:
– another great evening on Wieczór weteranów in Bolter, Friday weekly event, when Bolter is opened to late hours. A chance to meet many good people at once.
– we are waiting for second edition of Gods of War: Togo with English version of rulebook and one more fleet – Royal Navy. More about it HERE.
– as a sneak peak I can say, that interview with GM Boardgames are on the way!

OFFTOP
– anyway wish you all good weekend and peace, no matter where you are or who you are – my mind is going to Ukraine&Russia, Palestinians, Yemen. As I mentioned Jerzy Wołkowicki who was and maybe still is hero for Russian Navy, we had generals Kazimierz Puławski or Tadeusz Kościuszko who were heroes of Independent War of USA. How many heroes do we share as people? Are they always soldiers? Most probably many of them are not military, like Ludwig Pasteur, Maria Skłodowska-Curie, Henry Ford and many, many others. From Sokrates to Tolkien beyond artifical divisions; engineers, merchants, psychologists, scientists, writers etc.

Gods of War: Togo – Imperial Japanese Navy, part 2 Niedziela, Lu 25 2024 

Another wave of Imperial Japanese Navy painted for a friend. Those models are part of GMBoardgames offer avaible at Bolter which is official distributor of this game and Gods of War: Lee of this Wrocław tabletop games studio. Now we are waiting for Royal Navy which was one of the targets of Kickstarter. Another target was rulebook in English for this interesting naval game of the end of XIX century.

Today I got important information from GMBoardgames – they will be on 13.04 on Salute in London, so you will had a chance to see this game during one of the most important events related to tabletop games.

Gods of War: Togo – Imperial Japanese fleet Piątek, Lip 7 2023 

Today I was able to provide fleet done not for me but to one of my friends. I painted ships during one evening and then I had few months quest with doing bases. I’m happy that I gave back ships and scared about time I losed for doing bases, which can be done doing two days. At least some experience for the future paintings.

All ships are from Gods of War: Togo system, which soon get English version of rulebook and English Navy.

Summary:
– it was interesting to paint some other fleet than my Russians.
– tried to use some gel to make water more alive and I’m happy with effect, at least look better than first time.

Gods of War: Togo – Kickstarter final countdown Środa, Czer 14 2023 

Today is a last day of Kickstarter campaign for Gods of War: Togo – in addition to main goal which was release rulebook for game in English along with Royal Navy fleet several more achievements were achieved and maybe some more will be achieved – there are still four hours for doing it.

If you are interested in Naval warfare of turn of XIX/XX century don’t be affraid to join this Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bolterpl/gods-of-war-togo/

Simple but not trivial, an exciting introducion to the world of naval warfare at the turn of century.

Gods of War: Togo – Seek and destroy! Sobota, Czer 3 2023 

Yesterday with Duderson we played one more game in our never ending campaing of Japanese Empire vs Russian Empire. Today we played classical game – to destroy as many enemy ships as we can. Game lasted for around two and half hour and our fleets at the end were shadows, of what we had at the start.

We played our game in Bolter, local Wrocław game store/club with everything tabletop gamer, boardgames gamer or RPG player needs. Gods of War: Togo is again on Kickstarter – English version will be releasead as it was said after day of Kickstarter – HERE you can read about it. A lot of materials about this simple but not trivial system are HERE.

Summary:
– another great game with Duderson – it was my big victory 28:4, but one more turn and probably it could be a draw, as my flagship was burning and received too many shoots on close distance.
– again I’m thinking that two battleships on two thousands points are must to have in case of my own Russian fleet, deploying them is another question.

Gods of War: Togo – Clash on the counter-courses Poniedziałek, Maj 29 2023 

Today we played with Duderson our never ending naval clash of empires of XIX/XX century – on my side tzar Empire of Romanow dynasty and on Duderson side Japan Empire. We played scenario called „Clash on the counter-courses”, where both fleets had to cross board on the opposite corner of the table. As always we played in Bolter, official partner of GM Boardgames – studio which released Gods of War: Togo and older Gods of War: Rober E. Lee and Gods of War: Napoleon.

If you are interested in this great game – we have one important news – rulebook is under translation to English and Royal Navy will be another fleet in this simple but not trivial game – HERE are more informations about it.

Summary:
– great game, thank you Duderson! Waiting for one more game soon.
– this time it was my victory – 70 to 43.

Gods of War: Togo – Line battle on Japanese Sea Poniedziałek, Maj 8 2023 

Today with Witosław we played a battle on 2,000 of points per side, I played my Russian Baltic fleet and Witosław took his Japanese. Our game took around two hours, the losses were smaller than usually – I losed group of torpedo boats because of my mistake.

When we played a game designer announced new fleet – Royal Navy – some details of it on the bottom 😉 .

Summary:
– it was great game in our never ending struggle with Witosław, at the end we counted points and it was 62 to 58 for Japanese – it was a Draw.
– one good thing I can say – Royal Navy is on sight and there is incoming project for it on Kickstarter HERE and some words on GM Boardgames on they Facebook HERE. Plus some words about it on my blog HERE.

Gods of War: Togo – Somewhere on Japan Sea Poniedziałek, Kwi 17 2023 

Today we played with Duderson battle on 2,000 per side – I played with Russian Baltic fleet composed of the same fleet I played last time. Duderson played Japan Imperial Navy. Both of us participate in Gods of War: Togo – league 2023 – so our result was send to organizer after game was over.

Summary:
– at the end we counted points and it was 44 for Duderson and 56 for me meaning minor victory for my fleet.
– another great game, when I was taking care about mines in the water. Thank you Duderson!

Gods of War – Togo: Borodino’s vs Mikasa Piątek, Kwi 7 2023 

Today with Witosław we had game on higher points – 2,000 points per player. I used fleet of two Borodino class battleships, three cruisers – Varyag, Pallada class – Aurora, Novik and one group of torpedo boats. On the other side were Mikasa, three cruisers and three fleets of torpedo boats. We spend good time playing on „Wieczór weteranów” (in en – veteran evening) – day when Bolter is opened longer and all different games are played, today also painting evening was organised.

Somewhere in Pacific Ocean the story begun.

Summary:
– good game which resulted as Draw – I had 50 points to Witosławs 54.
– we agreed to play revenge game in next two weeks.

Nothing related to navy, rediscovered this great song.

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