Christmas Toys

My good lady has obviously has a secret leaning to wargaming as she has spoilt me rotten with lots of wargaming goodness she chose herself with no promtimg from me , all surpises and all perfect ,a stater set for bolt action which includes Germans ,American Para's ,scenery everything in fact to get started plus a British army to go with it and a 6x4 desert mat from Urban mats and as a bonus Martin at Urban mats sent me another 6x4snow  mat as a prezzie too .Hope you all have a great time .

Anzac BushRangers

My Anzacs are almot complete with this pair of Bush Ranger Gunships ,just afew SAS and its done .

ANZAC FSV's

2 more additions to my Anzac forces a pair of Airfix Fire Support M113;s ,I bought them 2nd hand with 1 still in kit form and 1 built .The built one had  the rear panel fitted upside down so abit of stowage and some mud hid that just about. The aerials and HMG's were replaced and they don't look too bad I think .

Come and Join us .......

Another great night at Sheffield wargames Society ,the committee had a get together ,we all recived our swanky new membership cards and there were a few good games on with  24 people there ,I  played a game put on by John G  , Zvesda's  Art of Tactics with Nog .The new committee really seem to be pulling every thing together and every ones liking the new energy ,come down and have a look at the sleeping giant waking up again .

Membership cards and regular news letters 

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A few shots of John Graysons game last night 

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7TV2 -double episodes .....

put on 2 games of 7TV2 last night at Sheffiueld Wargames Society , did a star wars and a ghostbusters the star wars game got most viewers and I was asked to put more games on as every one seemed to enjoy it . Best of all there seemed a new enthusiasm at the club ,a good turn out lots of members paying membership and a lot of conversation about future gaming  ideas sure the new committee will keep this going and put us back on the map .

both games laid out

planning in action

close study of that card

I'd like to point that out 

who yer gonna call -sheffield wargames society of course 

Sheffield Wargames Society

Hi we have a all new committee focused on making us a great club and great new location , I will be running a 7TV campaign and painting competion in the new year , I will post more later but there are many different games each week at the club usually around 20+ players and between 5 to 7 games going on ,every one is welcome .popular games are bolt action ,ambush alley ,hun in the sun , 7TV ,Black powder  plus most popular systems ,plus home grown rules and board games are usually on the go as well .

SWS meets from 1845 on Wednesdays at:
Woodseats Working Men's Club, The Dale, Woodseats, Sheffield, S8 0PS

AWACS

A quick game of AWACS a game purchased by John Grayson ,the game made by Assault Publishing comes with lots of lovely 1/600 toys which have been painted nicely by john.The rules are quick and bloody ,there were acouple of bits we were unsure of but we will look at them and try again .Mat is Urban Mats

7TV2- Tonights Episode - THE ESCAPE

My first 7TV2 game as a Director took place at Sheffield Wargames Society ,the casts were chosen by the players ,Crime and Police .Both casts were the basic starters plus acouple of extras the police chose aflamboyant agent and angel of justice ,the crime boss chose ahitman and acouple of extra thugs .The Scenario was the Escape .

The show started with the underworld busy loading loot into various vehicles when the boys in blue arrived led by the hard hitting Inspector Jock Vegan ,the good guys  started by blocking all the escape routes with their vehicles ,seeing this the Underworld boss Scarface Calzoni ordered his team of thugs to make a break for it while he and his moll sneaked off to their flash motor ready to make a run for it while their gang sorted out the rozzers . the first few scenes were quite whilst both sides moved into place when suddenly the bad guys opened up on the mainly unarmed good guys ,Vegan taking ahit early on .Using her gadget jet pack our Angle of justice , Ava Feel flew into the midst of the thugs and acouple of roundhouse kicks later a couple of thugs were down and out ,the police unit moved forward and the Sarge made a daring arrest sticking one of the thugs into the police van parked near by . Things started to go bad for the good guys ,with Flamboyant agent Don Speed using his rocket cigarette to no avail and Mrs Feel falling to a very dirty volley of fire from the bad guys and Inspector Vegan took another and he dragged himself behind his vintage motor .Another few scenes of gratuitous violence and Calzoni made abreak for it but the as we headed for the finale of our episode disaster struck for the bad guys , a sudden blast (stuntman required ) from a faulty light  and the remaining thugs burst into flames during this confusion the police marksman finally got into position and started showing what he was paid for ,with the bad guys falling fast Calzoni donned a Disguise kit and leaving his girl stranded made arun for it straight through the police ranks . as Calzoni abandoned his hapless gang a eagle eyed bobby rugby tackled the villain and holds him up just long enough for the final curtain to fall ,a bad night for the bad guys with a police victory .

The game recieved a lot of great comments and I am running 2 games side by side in 3 weeks time and possibly one this weekend .

the crime starter  cast

oops stuntman required (possibly a medic too)

Gadget cards & Countdown cards make each game unique and had loads of tension and fun 

american war of Independence -c1982

Thought we would confuse people and run a bit of a what if USA v Britain set during the cold war period .Turned out to be a great game ,using force on Force and based on the flight to the west scenario ,the British tank heavy forces had to get across ariver an dexit the board the Yanks had to stop them with a ATGW heavy force .The tide kept turning but it ended up a resounding Brit victory .Loads of fun .

My Brits begin their advance

Cowardly colonists lay in ambush ,Johns nicely painted USA 

7TV

For my sins ( or my devilish good looks ) I have been chosen as a representative for 7TV the game of 60s and 70's TV and film based fun game from Crooked Dice . I will be running Demo's ,participation games and answering questions where ever I can and offering discounts to participants and hopefully running a large campaign with possible prizes as well . Pop along to Sheffield Wargames Society on a Wednesday Night for a chat and a game .

Ambush Valley ,my Anzacs in action

My Anzacs had their first outing tonight and took a big hammering ,riding into a massive ambush I lost 3 vehicles and 15 dead plus wounded .

It started off very well

still going well

Ambush number 1 ,sorted that one

cross the river -easy stuff

where did they come from

that doesnt look right 

and again

starting to look abit bad now

a light wound ...luxury .....