Here are a few more pics from my battle report.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Wargame Report
Hi Again! I have returned this time to post a battle report from a recent game. First I would like to say that I am a member of a group here in my little plot of America. Our group consists of 7-10 individuals. Depending of course on who is available to game that night. On average, 4-5 guys show up on a regular basis. We game usually every Saturday night but of course there are times when a game isn't scheduled, or nobody is able to show up depending upon personal schedules.
This past Saturday, we began a game in miniatures between the Russians and German/Austro-Hungarians in early stages of WW1, 1914. We had played one previous game, but it was more of a test of rules. This particular battle was an all out fight. The miniatures are 10mm figs, nicely painted by one of our members. The rules were a WW1 version of Fire and Fury. The staple of ACW games in 15mm. The name escapes me at this time, but I hope to get it posted soon.
The premise of the game was that the Germans had managed to take several high points and dig somewhat in with rifle pits. This wasn't the era yet for trench fighting. Night had fallen which allowed the Russians to make a rather large advance covered by darkness and the terrain which consisted of large amounts of woodlands. With the break of daylight, the Russian hoards began their assault on the German positions. Obviously the Germans weren't caught by surprise at the attack, but the large number of Russians made up for the lower quality of the attacking troops.
I was in charge of the German division attempting to hold the high ground. My 2nd in command was to my left. The dividing area was the center of the table. I had an unfordable river to my right as a secure flank. Later on this. The table we game on is 6x9.We had copious amounts of artillery as well as mg's. Confidence was high as the Russians progressed, until the die rolling began!
As the Russians made their rush forward to take the high ground from me, my poor die rolling did no favors for me. I had the points for a mass of fire on the approaching fellows, but rolls were to low to really cause any real damage to the attacking units. Maybe a disorder here and a lost stand there, but nothing to stop the mobs. The Russians continued their advance and actually got in range to charge. Ah, now I had them! I will blast them from the ridge line and send them back to Moscow! NOT! Again, my low rolls prevented me from causing any serious damage to stop the advance. After a brief hand to hand fight, and I do mean brief, I withdrew from my hilltop as my morale gave way. I lost an artillery piece as well. My other units to my right held are are continuing to hold as the max Russian effort was directed towards my center units.
To my left, my 2nd in command took positions on a hilly area and placed all 6 of his artillery field guns on the next highest hilltop. He placed 2 howitzers behind the hill as they are capable of indirect fire. This was not all that smart in hindsight, but again, new to the rules, 2nd game. To his luck, the Austro-Hungarian command came on board on turn 1. This offered him more support as he too, was facing a menacing mob of Russians. My 2nd in command actually is doing well holding off the advance. He managed to bloody one large unit as it approached and stopped another due to morale. The Austro-Hungarians are slowly making their way up my far left flank and have engaged their cavalry and horse gun against some Russian artillery.
Back to my command, I managed to re-group my routers and they are facing the Russians now on the hill. To the Russian surprise, they stumbled upon my 3 howitzer guns behind the hill. Now with my morale restored, I opened up on those pesky Ruskies. I hammered them pretty hard causing them to lose several stands and disordering them. A small victory at last.
As time was winding down, the battle still rages. The Russians managed to get a unit across the supposedly uncrossable river to my right. They came from behind at my 5 0'clock position. However, I managed to have a battalion hidden behind the far right unit of mine at the start of the game. They were for support. This caught the Russians by surprise and actually, the Russian commander seems to have halted. My plan is to continue to fight off the Russians I battered and hopefully turn on the unit approaching from behind. We plan on continuing this coming week. I also have some pics and I hope to add them to the reports.
This past Saturday, we began a game in miniatures between the Russians and German/Austro-Hungarians in early stages of WW1, 1914. We had played one previous game, but it was more of a test of rules. This particular battle was an all out fight. The miniatures are 10mm figs, nicely painted by one of our members. The rules were a WW1 version of Fire and Fury. The staple of ACW games in 15mm. The name escapes me at this time, but I hope to get it posted soon.
The premise of the game was that the Germans had managed to take several high points and dig somewhat in with rifle pits. This wasn't the era yet for trench fighting. Night had fallen which allowed the Russians to make a rather large advance covered by darkness and the terrain which consisted of large amounts of woodlands. With the break of daylight, the Russian hoards began their assault on the German positions. Obviously the Germans weren't caught by surprise at the attack, but the large number of Russians made up for the lower quality of the attacking troops.
I was in charge of the German division attempting to hold the high ground. My 2nd in command was to my left. The dividing area was the center of the table. I had an unfordable river to my right as a secure flank. Later on this. The table we game on is 6x9.We had copious amounts of artillery as well as mg's. Confidence was high as the Russians progressed, until the die rolling began!
As the Russians made their rush forward to take the high ground from me, my poor die rolling did no favors for me. I had the points for a mass of fire on the approaching fellows, but rolls were to low to really cause any real damage to the attacking units. Maybe a disorder here and a lost stand there, but nothing to stop the mobs. The Russians continued their advance and actually got in range to charge. Ah, now I had them! I will blast them from the ridge line and send them back to Moscow! NOT! Again, my low rolls prevented me from causing any serious damage to stop the advance. After a brief hand to hand fight, and I do mean brief, I withdrew from my hilltop as my morale gave way. I lost an artillery piece as well. My other units to my right held are are continuing to hold as the max Russian effort was directed towards my center units.
To my left, my 2nd in command took positions on a hilly area and placed all 6 of his artillery field guns on the next highest hilltop. He placed 2 howitzers behind the hill as they are capable of indirect fire. This was not all that smart in hindsight, but again, new to the rules, 2nd game. To his luck, the Austro-Hungarian command came on board on turn 1. This offered him more support as he too, was facing a menacing mob of Russians. My 2nd in command actually is doing well holding off the advance. He managed to bloody one large unit as it approached and stopped another due to morale. The Austro-Hungarians are slowly making their way up my far left flank and have engaged their cavalry and horse gun against some Russian artillery.
Back to my command, I managed to re-group my routers and they are facing the Russians now on the hill. To the Russian surprise, they stumbled upon my 3 howitzer guns behind the hill. Now with my morale restored, I opened up on those pesky Ruskies. I hammered them pretty hard causing them to lose several stands and disordering them. A small victory at last.
As time was winding down, the battle still rages. The Russians managed to get a unit across the supposedly uncrossable river to my right. They came from behind at my 5 0'clock position. However, I managed to have a battalion hidden behind the far right unit of mine at the start of the game. They were for support. This caught the Russians by surprise and actually, the Russian commander seems to have halted. My plan is to continue to fight off the Russians I battered and hopefully turn on the unit approaching from behind. We plan on continuing this coming week. I also have some pics and I hope to add them to the reports.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
A Little Insight
I decided to go to a blog format for my gaming page as opposed to a formal web page. I hope to try and recreate some of the things I had on that page as well as to add some more fresh ideas. I only hope I can come up with enough info and ideas to keep this running. My last blog crashed and burned, no survivors. I am sure I will be able to keep this up as this blog relates to my hobby of wargaming. This will be a work in progress as I learn the ins and outs of blogging with pictures and links.
For the people out there who may not know what wargaming is, it is basically a military style of gaming using board games such as Axis and Allies to some more complicated games like Kingmaker. It also encompasses miniatures which is where my focus is. Wargames can also be done by mail as well as e-mail when playing computer wargames. Steelpanthers is my favorite computer game. This is one that many play by e-mail.
I have miniature gamed several areas of history such as Romans, modern micro armor, WW2 micro armor, WW1 to my current interest of the American Civil War. I have a large group of figs for my ACW in 15mm. Our group is currently involved in a campaign involving the American Civil War. I am the Confederate Commander and another of my group is the Federal Commander. This campaign has been going on for about 2yrs now. I will add more in future posts regarding our adventures in this campaign as well as some pictures.
For the people out there who may not know what wargaming is, it is basically a military style of gaming using board games such as Axis and Allies to some more complicated games like Kingmaker. It also encompasses miniatures which is where my focus is. Wargames can also be done by mail as well as e-mail when playing computer wargames. Steelpanthers is my favorite computer game. This is one that many play by e-mail.
I have miniature gamed several areas of history such as Romans, modern micro armor, WW2 micro armor, WW1 to my current interest of the American Civil War. I have a large group of figs for my ACW in 15mm. Our group is currently involved in a campaign involving the American Civil War. I am the Confederate Commander and another of my group is the Federal Commander. This campaign has been going on for about 2yrs now. I will add more in future posts regarding our adventures in this campaign as well as some pictures.
Friday, January 26, 2007
My Gaming
Hi and welcome to Brumbars Wargaming Page! I have decided to move my wargaming page to a blog forum. It seems that Yahoo won't let me expand my gaming page, so here I am! I intend to give an insight to wargaming with the posting of battle(gaming) reports as well as links and photos. I also wish to bring you into my world as I am an avid NFL buff. In particular, the Green Bay Packers! I hope to update this page as often as I can with some information as to who I am and how I got into gaming and history. I hope you come to visit my blog as I progress. For now, this is a start and I hope to keep you you entertained as much as possible. Thanks for visiting and enjoy!
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