Today Bolter celebrated it 5th birthday in current localization on Podwale, Wrocław, Poland. There were many different tables with different systems – like Bolt Action, Black Powder, Gods of War: Robert E. Lee, Star Wars and others. I promised that I will be on Black Powder, but I managed to take some photos from interesting battles in Gods of War and from Star Wars with famous AT-AT taking part in the struggle on Endor. Today I played with comrade Michał as combined Russian&Poles and Spanish brigades, on other side were French of Jędrzej and Germans lead by Damian. It was nice to see that people were observing our struggle.
Jędrzej French arrived.Generals should control bridges and villages at the end of battle.Michał Russians arrived.My Russians arrived.French moving thru forest.Fire!Michał artillery started fire and French batallions.German batallion failed to charge on Russians.Russians took bridge and started volley of fire at incoming French.Enemy reinforcement arrived first, unfortunately it was cavalry brigade on our left wing.Right flank composed of Russians and Spanish.Hand to hand combat.Left flank waiting for support.Broken French batallion retreat from the field of battle.Cavalry fight beetwen French and Polish cavalry loyal to Tzar.Broken Russian batallion…and another one from right flank.Shaken cavalry regiment of Polish uhlans.Charge!Jagers did what I should do at the start – they took village.Many brave cavalry charges.Russian securing bridge.Bridge we wanted to take.When whole flank started to collapse.Run Roberto, run!One Russian batallion of Eastern Oblast try to fight (current and former Poland, Lithuania, Bialorussia).They gone away. Left flank was lost.Game created by Maciej.Gods of War: Robert E. Lee – American Civil war in small scale.Star Wars, battle of Endor with rules from Bolt Action.AT-AT in all it’s glory!
Summary:
thank you Bolters team for great place to meet and play – for all time smart talk, advice, great atmosphere – to Adam, Basiorek, Kuba, Piotrek, Rafał, Wiktoria. You all do a great job!
many great people I meet here and know that there are much more I don’t know.
wish happy birthday, hundred years and better times!
With Michał we failed and that bad French and Germans won battle.
Let’s say – soldiers should stay on the tables. Real soldiers should shake hands, politicians should avoid wars.
Today we played second part of campaign on Sicily. It was recreation of combined action of Allies forces in area of Salerno, Italy. American and British troops landed by air and sea in area of Salerno. This campaing we play in Bolter and is supported by Polish Institute of Remembrance,
Institute of Remembrance (IPN).My borrowed force (thank you Dudzio and General).
Summary: – thank you all for good game. – as German side we forgot briefing and losed initiative. – Allied side won this battle.
Today we played a part of Italian campaing which took place beetwen small forces of American Rangers and German patrols and crews of batteries covering a bay near the Salerno itself. Scenario was provided by Karol and I took Germans and Olek took forces of USA. We played it as part of bigger campaing we played last Wendesday in Bolter, Wrocław, PL. So it was a night…
Hilly terrain with acht coma acht (famous flak 8,8 cm) AA guns batteries.On the left Germans patrols, on right USA Rangers.No one see each other.Hans, hast du was gehört (Hans, have you heard something)?Germans do not know that enemies are everywhere.When first patrol dissapeard, another one came to look for them.Single Karl stayed wounded till was too late.Almost Fubar on coming out from bunker.Morale on two sixes, feels like Fubar.German officer started giving orders to his squads to save situation.German medium machine gun tries to take position.Germans advances.Clearing area from Rangers.Finally squad from bunker on left moved out, losing leader at the start.Germans retaken one acht coma acht.Americans took two of them……that will have influence on next game on Wendesday.A down has come.
Summary: – interesting game with objectives and many inexperienced units on German side with all veterans on the other side. – thank you Karol for interesting scenario and Olek for game. – today my strenght of will had been passed and my Confederates still don’t have cannon.
Today (25.05.2022) we played in Bolter first struggle of campaing on Sicyly – when Allies forces raced up to take Messina. This campaing is supported by Institute of Remembrance (IPN). One table were British against Germans and on the other USA against Germans and Italians. Who would be first in Messina general Bernard Montgomery or general George Patton?
Table of USA and Germans&Italians:
Germans and Italian hidden in the town.Italians with Sahariana.Semovente hidden under roof.Shermans on they way.Ready to start fire on incoming Sherman.Shermans crossed a hills and advance forward.One tank immobilised by German Pak 7,5 cm, other stressed and Fubar was rolled by me.
Table of British and Germans:
Summary: – thank you for great game to Karol (and for borrowed to me models), to everyone who participated, to sponsor Institute of Remembrance (IPN) and to place we played – Bolter! – Victory belonged to British, as they were faster than USA – historically general Patton was much better than his British counterpart.
Today we played in Bolter our first one on one game with Franek. Scenario was invented at place by me – there were two farm building with supplies – holding each of them at the end was counted as three victory points, plus every destroyed enemy unit was worth one dice each. Each of us has reinforced platoon of 1500 points.
It happend somewhere in Finland, during continuation war with Soviet Union.
I was a little bit late, so Franek started with setting up terrains.
Ruins and farm in the middle were objectives.Sisi run forward.Sturmi took position to keep crossroad safe.Another Sisi squad advance from Opel.Artillery ready to start fire.Soviet troops advance.IS-2 emerged from the forest.Last three of Soviet submachine gun squad.Advance toward the ruins of farm.Brave BA-6 in Finnish service.Finnish troops try to take better position.Assault Engineers advance in the center.BA-6 destroyed by heavy mortar.Artillery and mortar destroyed engineers.
Summary: – thank you Franek for a game! – artillery and mortars did many casultaties on both sides. – I charged with sniper team and then panzerschreck and was defeated in close combat, – at the end, when we counted points Franek was winner – his 7 against my 5.
Today we played second game in our Winter War campaing of 1939′ – Soviet troops were advancing into Finnland, but brave Finns were preparing ambush – Soviet troops were separated in several pockets called in Finish „motti”. Yes, you can see there one big beast – KV-1 tank – along prototypes single tank was used for tests.
Main target for Red Army was to free they units from pockets and go from one side of the table to the other along heavily forested road. Soviet tanks in pockets have fuel issues, the trucks are objectives to be destroyed by Finns.
We played in Bolter, Wrocław, Poland – we are open to play with ppl who speak English – Germans, Russians, Czechs and everyone generally 😉 . I invited my Russian friend, but he was invited by his colleagues to a bowl.
Moment before forest started moving. Below are Soviet reinforcements.
Thank you Daniel for organising event.
Thanks for IPN for being a sponsor and for Michał!
A tree on the road, what is going on?
Soviet reinforcements – they have fuel.
Ivan, I hear something, did you?
Forest started moving.
Last Soviet pocket.
That wood is moving Sasha, look!
Finnish skii troops as well as infantry advanced on unprepared Soviets.
Comrades – our brothers in arms wait for us!
Soviet politruk ordered his squads to clear forest from capitalistic elements.
Finns soldiers ready to die in the name of they small patria.
Shooting beetwen both sides.
First pocket was almost freed.
Boom, Finns managed to destroy one supply ZiS-6 truck, other squads tried to throw Molotov coctail on the flame tank, without success jet.
Soviets arrived and then encircled Finns.
More Finns with molotov coctails arrived.
Bravely last stand gave some time for the other Finns units.
Knock, knock – we have moonshine!
That board saw many cruel things, as „war, war never change” (Fallout).
For Mannerheim, for our nation advance!
Strong in number Soviet column broke Finns resistance.
Going forward but with many buring tanks along they route.
Finally one brave soldier put appropriate bottle on the T-28. The Finns retreat back into the forest, when more and more Soviets arrived on the hill.
After all, Red Army released two of three pockets.
In historical contest for me both flags should be there, as we should remember past to build better future.
Summary: – after all it was great to find common sense in playing again Bolt Action, as it’s really great game from Warlord Games, especially playing such events. – for me we should remember soldiers of both sides, all the time I think that most of them could be a friends in normal times, of course we should remember who was invader and why. – link to KV-1 I will add tomorrow.
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