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Orcs Vs Undead

Kings of War by Mantic Games.

Victory to the Orcs.

I’m tired.

I’m a bit fed up with feeling tired even after a night’s sleep. I’m going to research eating for energy and, intermittently, blog about it.

One of the first things I see is to drink more water and avoid sugar, so that will be my focus for this week.

Sunday night I played Stargrave. Monday night I played Warhammer AoS CCG. Tuesday night I played Warhammer 40,000 against my son (lots of house rules that change as the game develops 😁). Tonight I played half a game of AK-47 Republic. Tomorrow I’m playing Undaunted North Africa.

AK-47 Republic against my top gaming chum Steve.

I’m feeling a bit gamed out!

Stargrave Big Game.

4 of us are playing off in a game of Stargrave by Joseph McCullough.

It’s going badly for me as I’ve lost my Captain and I’m under attack from both flanks

However, death is not certain in Stargrave. We’ll see what is what in the post game phase.

It’s been a long time…

What can I say? I got out of the habit of blogging. I’ll try and recapture the magic.

I’ve been learning to shoot a catapult. It’s harder than it looks. I’m about 20% accurate at the moment. Sometimes I miss so badly I lose the ball bearing!

Still practice makes perfect.

Kings of War – a game.

I played 3rd edition Kings of War by Mantic Games last night. This is a table top war game for two players. I haven’t played KoW for about three years and I was keen to learn the new edition.

To cut a long story short I made several rookie errors that allowed Ed, my opponent, to snatch a narrow victory. I did, however, learn a lot and also fielded a zombie legion in my army. I had fun and look forward to our next game.

Mussolini’s boots.

This is why you must always keep soldiers busy. Their propensity for mischief is boundless. Whilst in Italy in 1943, as the Axis coalition collapsed, the REME stole Mussolini’s boots!

They pulled them off of Mussolini’s statue and they are on display at the REME museum in Lynham UK.

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Museum.

The kids and I spent an enjoyable hour at the REME Museum out Chippenham way. Basically the REME love putting winches and hoists on things. I could have spent longer and will go back without the kids. If you listen to and read all the displays etc, it’s a couple of hours. Also a café on site.

I put my hat on the Churchill at around 6′ for scale. Big beast!

Bedford lorry with generator and workshop. There are a couple of lathes and other machine tools.

A Challenger recovery vehicle with bulldozer blade.

A little arctic runabout that looked like it was home made.

My uncle Dan had served in the REME at the end of WW2. I had not realised how close to my house this museum is. It took about 45 minutes to get there, so no excuse for not going back.

What a Tanker again!

Nigel Ashcroft came over for some WaT! action. We played a scenario where a fuel dump had to be destroyed/ defended. We managed to get 2 games in, both of us acting in each role. The idea was to shoot the big silver fuel tank and score 2 permanent damage hits. The fuel tank was armour 4 and had to be acquired and aimed at.
In game 1 Nigel’s Red Witches defended the fuel dump well, taking the fight to my Panzer Group. The Panzer 4 was “brewed up” and lost 4 kill rings 😫. The StuG was whittled down and having lost 5 command dice, the crew abandoned it. Although Nigel had lost a T34, because the crew survived, both his tanks got a kill ring for successfully defending the fuel tank.
In game 2, to cut a long story short, Nigel tried using the speed of the T34’s to assault the fuel tank but failed. A win to me.
It made a nice change to have a scenario driven game.