My first try of Bolt Action with only the tip of the iceberg that is the Provan family 20mm collection
Wargames fought at Carluke Wargames Club, opinions on rules and figures. The Club meet month on a Saturday at Fountain Hall Lesmahagow 1230hrs to 17.00hours
Monday, 4 December 2017
Saturday, 9 September 2017
The Relief of Fort Sogasi
The Men who would be Kings Rules, the scenario is set in the Sudan using the standard lists but only one officer per player to speed it all up.Scenario, a force of Egyptians are besieged by the forces of the Mahdi, River Arabs commanded by Mullah Dessi. On the way is a British column their overall Anglo Egyptian commander is Pasha Preston. On the horizon Osman Provan is hurrying his Beja to storm the Fort
First wave of Beja repulsed |
Blue Moon figures |
Soon it became back to back for the British discover the rocks are crawling with fanatic Ansar prepare to charge to their deaths. they are strung out on the march
Peter Pig
The basi bazooks turned back the Ansar leader in his quick move to seize the fort covering fire from their Sudanese unit
The Indian Sowars wreck revenge on the fanatics would dared to ambush from the rocks their discipline allowed them tho charge
Sunday, 21 May 2017
The Harrying of the North 1069
King William of England marches on rebellions made by his Anglo-Saxon subjects against him. They have killed his Earl Robery Comnes. He leads an army through the north of England, burns houses, crops, cattle and land from York to Durham which results in the deaths of over 100,000 people, mainly from starvation and winter cold. the rebels gather at the Oak Tree Cross ... William has sent a force to smash them.
Played with Hail Caesar rules this battle took 2hours 30 minutes of furious fighting with young David and myself as saxon leaders and JP with Livi commanding the avenging Normans
Norman forces are first on the field surging on the Oak Tree ridge
Old style fighting the Cumbrians at the run surprise Norman Heavy Infantry, a bit of head shaking goes on
At the other end of Oak Tree Ridge Normans clash with the Select Fyrd
Cumbrians take the wood but are in turn hit by Norman knights who smash them
Saxon slingers cower in fear
All the Norman cavalry attacks are replused but their infantry comes on again
Viking allies with Saxon Churls about to be swept away by the Norman's Ally Vikings
The Victors! |
Saturday, 29 April 2017
The Navy Lark
BIG BATTLE SATURDAY THE SUDAN
Scenario
The Egyptians are under attack from a strong Madhist force but relief is on the way. Players rolled up one commander each. The fuzzy Wuzzys are well led but the River arabs arre led by a cad. Captain HawHaw RN commands a Gun Boat with barge carrying a naval landing force. He is the sadist type that still would have flogging. Lieutenant Atkins a young able commander leads the British Desert Column. The gunboat drives off the opposing dhows and lands. The Desert Column gets ambushed, losing their artillery then gets pinned down by fire from the rocks.
Navy storms ashore |
Egyptians are relieved |
These six Egyptians held off 60 tribal warriors |
Egytians commander on his camel |
Fuzzy wuzzy camels |
View from the Nile |
Sudanese in close order |
It was a simple scenario but a great battle won clearly by Lord HawHaw, big Livy who really got into the part even twirling his moustache. The navy was unstoppable!
Monday, 27 March 2017
Union repulsed
All figures painted by Young David Provan, this was an hasty attack by "green " union commanders against a Veteran Confederate rearguard using the excellent Jonny Reb rules
the union |
Union elites |
rebs at the ready |
more rebs |
Union centre was held up by the cornfields |
the union about to come to grips |
Young David pounces on a weak centre |
Dave senior decimates one union battery |
then finishes off the next with extreme range fire |
Oh the horror, the divisional commander watches is artillery run for it |
A brigadier is cut down throwing shaking his brigade |
the union sweeps around the right |
more waiting rebs |
/union still hold the ridge on the right |
I have them! confederate divisional commnder |
Rebs surge forward |
Rebs take the battery then charge again |
Zouaves cant stop them |
My brigadier shot and returning to the base followed by his own zouves at the roll of a double 1 |
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