So after some time getting troops ready I am finally starting to do some Blood and Plunder games. Blood and Plunder is really a fun game and it take time to master tactics for each faction in the game. In this case we had a raid scenario where the french buccaneers were attacking a village …
Read More Skirmish at Villa Tranquilidad – Blood and Plunder AAR
It was another of our weekday´s escapes. Past Tuesday we decided to make a change from all those early war battles. We needed some late war fun. Back at Historicon 2016, I have played a very nice scenario hosted by Jerry Frazee. It was an adaptation from one of the skirmish campaign books; EPSOM, Final …
Read More EPSOM Final Effort. A BG Overlord AAR.
May 27th, 1940. Informal dispatch from Captain Lewis-Stokes from 4th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Look Sean look! Jerry is retreating, the Germans are retreating! We have gave them a bloody nose!. All started this morning…. First an aerial view from our recce plane to better follow the account: This is another river line to defend. …
Read More One river more to defend (British view)
May 27th, 1940. Ze report for herr Kommandant Rommel: Yesterday we were repulsed from our attempt to cross the canal line. Despite being able to capture the railway bridge, hold it for several turns, AND break the British BR, the german left flank was unable to make progress and defeat ensued. A photo of the …
Read More One river more to cross. (German View)
Finally, summer has come to these latitudes, and we all have more time time to wargame with my new BEF & French toys. It is may 23th, 1940. The BEF is retreating and rapidly running out of places to fall back to. Another river line must be defended in order to buy time to organise a …
Read More Backs to the sea. The BEF (tries to) stand fast.
It is may 14th 1940. The BEF has arrived at the Dyle River to man their pre-planned defensive positions. Several Recce units from both sides are having sharp skirmishes both west and east of the river. This is an encounter between some recce units. Parent units are from BEF I corps (2nd infantry Division) and …
Read More Clash of reconnaissance near the Dyle
May 21st, 1940. 1st army tank brigade plus some Durham light Infantry try to blunt the german advance across northern France. First victory for the BEF! After two defeats, the third attempt to break the german defences near Berneville was successful. A defence line scenario. 683 points per side. Company level game. 683 points is …
Read More BEF Counter-attack at Berneville. A BG Blitzkrieg AAR.
I’ve been interested in Blood and Plunder since I saw the kickstarter since I’ve always wanted a game where you can play naval actions, one vs one ship activating different units in the ships. It is not easy to have a set of rules for those kind of games that is still fun and tactically …
Read More Blood & Plunder – big multiplayer game
It´s 07:59hs on july 2nd, 1941. Task force Lukin had set up a nice pincer attack on the Germans defenders of Ostrog North. A determined Soviet attack combined forces from both Ostrog Centre and Rozrazh. The red sledgehammer would also receive support from partisan forces hidden in the cellars of Ostrog North. However, the Germans …
Read More Red Storm over Ostrog North. A Battlegroup Barbarossa AAR
On Saturday at Chez Smith we decided to give Osprey’s colonial rules, The Men Who Would Be Kings, a try. Many of us have colonial troops of various sorts and had played The Sword and the Flame for many years. But the protracted close action and decision gridlock when deciding which units to move always seemed …
Read More First Game of The Men Who Would Be Kings