Fantasy Battle

After a very successful experiment using Warhammer for Napoleonics I decided to get out some of my Warhammer Fantasy Battles stuff.

However upon reading my army lists I baulked at the detail of all the special rules ( getting old ! ) that I would have to remember. It is a long time since I played WFB and I just didn't fancy it although the table was set up and the armies deployed.

I then recalled a fast play set of rules that I sketched out over three years ago whilst recuperating from heart surgery. So I found them and had a quick read through, game on...

 Chaos versus Vampire Counts - here are some shots of the game plus some staged shots, the models are mainly Games Workshop with some Reaper too.

 A couple of Reaper miniatures.

 The leaders battle.

 A vampire gets chopped up!.

 Clash of the knights.

 Look behind you!.

 Zombies fight the beast men.

 A Reaper ghost haunts the graveyard.

 A zombie with a headache.

 Chaos knights.

 The Chaos general.

 Black Knights.

 Beast Man.

 Chaos marauders.

 Chaos knights.

 Bat swarm.

 Dragon Ogre.

 Vampire Countess.

A Reaper Demon.

Not a bad game but not great either, I may invest in Kings of War from Mantic Games.

Napoleonic battles using Warhammer

Today I had a small game to see if Warhammer would be good for Napoleonic wargames...

 The French on the left in columns screened by their skirmishers advance against the Prussian lines.

 Mainly Esci with some Airfix and Italeri soldiers from the eighties and early nineties these fellows are real veterans.

 The opposing Dragoons clash.

 Prussian guns.

 Les Bleus advance.

 The columns manage to defeat the lines.

 The Prussian infantry break.

 The Prussian cavalry got the better of the French but the battle was lost by then.

A long shot of the table shows the rout of the Prussians.

I used very few amendments to a mash up of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, English Civil War and Ancient Battles and I reckon the system works really well for a small brigade sized clash.

The rank bonus gives the column attack a good feel and the solid mechanics make for an entertaining game.
If I ever paint my 28mm Napoleonics I think that I might use Warhammer for my games.

Battlefield Evolution Modern Combat - Action!

I managed to get a quick game today...

 The MEA advance.

 The Americans move through the rocks.

 The MEA Green Berets.

 A US Army squad.

 US squads advance to take the building.

 First blood to the Yanks - a T-62 is destroyed by the M1.

 The Americans reach the compound.

 And support on the flank.

 The MEA right flank. The snipers were especially effective here.

 M1 Abrams.

 A Javelin takes out the Scorpion Tank.

 The second T-62 is ko'd by the M1.

 Sniper!.

The Americans win, but only just.


Not a bad game, I do need more terrain (cover) and some helicopters, planes and vehicles.

Modern Americans

Here is my US Army 1000 points force for Battlefield Evolution. Caesar Miniatures plastics and an M1 tank from that magazine Altaya models I think. I know it's a Marine M1A1 but it will do for me.

After I painted the UCP  uniform I found out that the US Army are going to change it. Oh well.

1/72nd Moderns

Here are some old models tarted up, they are all Esci with the exception of an Airfix Scorpion Tank that I built as a boy, probably about 1975.

They represent a Middle East Alliance force for Battlefield Evolution and it totals about 1,000 points.

 The Command squad.

 Esci Spetznaz soldiers.

 The flag is from Warflag trimmed to fit.

 Esci Warsaw Pact soldiers.

  Next up will be Americans or MEA Insurgents.

Blasthof Bridge with 54mm Toy Soldiers

Blasthof Bridge from Lawford and Youngs "Charge!, or how to play war games"

Featuring Kornberg and Soubises descendants meeting on the field of Mars, circa 1900.

 Kornbergs troops advance.

 Soubises men are in the sunshine.

 Kornbergs Uhlans cross the river.

 Soubise captures the bridge.

 But Kornbergs infantry and artillery await them.

 The Uhlans make it to the other side.

 A small unit if infantry are sent to ford the river too.

 But a cannon awaits them.

 The cavalry clash - Soubises men win this one!.

 The Zouaves are annihilated as they cross the bridge.

Shot to pieces Soubises force is now forced to retreat.


I used the rules from "Charge" with increased ranges and move distances and although the dynamics of the original Blasthof scenario were altered by this and the different forces used the game was enjoyable.

Memoir '44 Mediterranean Expansion

I managed to buy a copy of the Memoir '44 Mediterranean Expansion pack, ordered on Thursday afternoon from Leisure Games ( see my link ) it arrived Friday lunchtime!. Fantastic service indeed.


I've played five of the scenarios already and thoroughly enjoyed each one.