Dr Who

got a game of Dr Who Miniature Game played this week .The 4th Doctor trying to talk peace while the sea devils and silurians attack UNIT head quarters , although the Dr did manage it a lot of UNIT troopers and a few Sea Devils paid the price.

02:00 hours first 2 games

Played the first two scenarios from the rule book , the First HUNTED had the SAS trying to get past the German patrols ,the SAS won by taking out most of the Germans after lucky dice rolls had the Germans corner the Brits things looked dodgy for the SAS but some great shooting cleared a path through the Germans and The Brits escaped the table. The Second scenario BUTCHER AND BOLT saw the Royal Marine Commandoes getting into a gunfight with a large German force ,a bloody game but the Commandoes just won the day . Really enjoyable game with enough differences from other ww2 games .

Ready for Action ,my 02:00 hours figures

Finished enough miniatures todo a few scenarios for 02:00 , mainly the plastics ,which come with the starter and first 2 expansions ,plus the metal figures from the expansion and the preorder figure ,Ifancied some typical Commando comic types for the RM commandoes so ordered a few from `Dixon miniatures. The plastics are nice made by Wargames Atlantic they suffer from the usual multi part issues that some of the arms do not fit the shoulder position properly but overall they are really nice Ihave seen afew complaints about them holding weapons in the wrong way but the game is I think cinematic and after all they are toy soldiers . Not sure who makes the metal miniatures that came with the game but they are very nice and for the Commandoes I chose Dixon miniatures as the ones that come with the box set are basically the SAS figures again , the Dixon fit in nicelly and are lovely except on acouple of figures the weapons look abit short . All based on the plastic bases that come in the box sets ,these are again great and come with a cemtral hole to fit a magnet in so they all fit nice and safe in one of the steel lined foile boxes Tim Gow gave me .

The above show off the Germans ,vehicles by Anyscale and terrain by Sarrisa

The SAS with a couple of thetroopers helping the SOE agents reunite the pilot and his aircraft

And the Roayl Marine Commandoes ,mainly Dixon but acouple of the metals from the expansion box as well

02-00hours scenic items and objectives

With the game due to arrive in the next few weeks I thought I would get all the scenic bits finished . All the items can obviuosly be used in any game ,these should cover alot of the scenarios in the rule book . The Chateau ,radar ,search light ,green house and aircraft plus most of the mdf are from sarissa ,the rest of the MDF is TT combat , the vehicles , ammo dumps and field command set are from Anyscale models if you game in 20mm or 28mm you need to look at Anyscales range there will be something you need. I painted the mdf aircraft in a generic dark camo without markings so it could be used by either side either to let the evil gestapo officer escape or to fly the rescued scientist out of Nazi occupied europe , the green house of course is just for the odd Para to land in . the mat is by Urbanmatz Cant wait to get these on the table and start playing the game

More scenic bits for 02:00 hours

A few more bits to be used with 02:00 hours,this time resin from Any ScaleModels a gestapo Citron , A opel Blitz and a map table sandbag set ,all cracking models and great quality ,price and sevice as always

Innsmouth Gold

Played the Innsmouth Gold Pulp Alley scenario today ,really unlucky dice rolls saw all but one of my league being over come by the ever growing number of Deep Ones and the cards for challenges and perils were very unkind as well ,plus once my league started drawing horror cards I was struggling ,some how Proffessor Quatermass managed to get to the boat with the artifact and escape so technically a win .Great fun' Buildings by TT combat , boats are any scale , jettys by Ainsty , the deep ones mainly Northstar and the good guys by Artizan ,the mats are urban matz and the sea a cheap tablecloth .

cthulu rising

Another couple of recent buys for my pulp gaming ,a lovely resin 1/56 scale Scottish Trawler from anyscale models,bought few smaller craft as well for my upcoming Innsmouth Game and a rather energetic Cthulu rising from the depths this one is another Whizz Kids model ,the sea mat is actually a £2 table cloth from Amazon

Battle of the Bulge -rules of Engagement style

A ROE scenario based in the Ardennes was played last night at the club , a vicious little battle using the Hold the Line Scenrio ,the US troops managed to stay hidden which meant the Germans had to advance almost to my lines before they could engage us , lots of firing then took place my medic performed some sterling work and my LMG made mincemeat of a Brave german unit which made a dash for my HQ . The Germans looked the likely winners until a round of bad saving rolls took them to their breakpoint when victory was in their grasp ,another cracking game ,my next army to get out and complete will be my late war US Airborne  "Currahee"...   Figures as usual a mix of warlord and artizan ,panther is a corgi die cast and trucks from any scale mat by Urbanmatz

The baattlefield from the US perspective

The Germans advance and a us off table artillery shell lands 

The US HQ group and a LMG come out of hiding 

A panther creeps into view to be annoyed but not damaged by abrave Bazooka team 

The US start to take hits....

...but a gallent medic , the US commander and some decent dice rolls keep casualties  down 

so close yet so near this turn the germans came close to my HQ  but horrendous casualties broke them snatching defeat from the jaws of victory .