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Stargrave Campaign.

I played the second game in my Stargrave campaign against top gaming chum Steve. The first game saw me emerge victorious. Tonight was different. We played the Salvage Crew scenario.

The first turn saw Steve’s gunner knock off 20% of my crew in turn 1. Whilst not the end of the world it did limit my options.

The dog and the robot are out of the game.

I managed to grab 2 loot counters and shoot a couple of Steve’s crew but decided to cut my losses and bug out before his flamethrower armed 1st mate got into range. Victory to Steve.

We only had 2 Ryakan turn up, one right at the end, so they didn’t figure in the game. I ended up with 125 xp to add to the 75 left from last time so I upgraded both the captain and the 1st mate.

I’m looking forward to the next game!

Work in progress.

I’m painting Darth Vader and a few chaps from the SWIA box. I’ve had these for a few years but it’s sat on a shelf until my boy dragged it out. I’m using the figures for a Stargrave crew.

Some “destroyed” markers for various tank games plus a spaceship/shuttle for Stargrave tomorrow.

Slightly overwhelmed.

I’ve taken on too many projects! I’ve got What a Tanker! WW3 Team Yankee, O Group, Kings of War, Stargrave and Star Wars Imperial Assault on the go.

Not to mention gardening and garage projects. Plus it’s half term and I’ve promised the kids a few days out and about.

I think I need to prioritize Stargrave as I’m playing that on Sunday. The kids next as they are happy to mess about at home but I want them to stretch their legs a bit more. The garage and garden next, then we’ll see what is what.

I’ve not kept up my air pistol shooting, so that needs addressing soon. Too many hobbies!

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What a Tanker games X 2

Nigel popped over for a couple of games of WaT! Tonight. We’ve played a few times and last time my Panzer 3 achieved its fifth kill so this week I was permitted to bring a more powerful tank if I wished. I decided to field a STuG 3g alongside my Panzer 4. Nigel had a T34 1940 and a T34 1943.

In the first game the P4 and the 1943 had a long range duel. Nigel managed to knock a couple of command dice off to temporary damage. I was going to run away but the dice gave me the chance to return fire and I knocked out the 1943!

Later in the game the P4 took out the 1940 too. So 2 kill rings to the Panzer 4.

Game 2 followed a similar pattern but this time the STuG 3 did the business. Great fun and Nigel is a good opponent. Soon the dice will go his way and I could be back to square one.

Painting camo.

Just working on a simple but effective camo pattern. The dark brown undercoat went on unevenly. I will need a rethink

World War 3 Team Yankee

First game of WW3TY tonight against Dan Carroll . Using the Complete Starter Set I chose Soviets so Dan had USA. We took it slow and worked through the rules. Dan emerged victorious and we both agreed it’s a good system. Looks like another war games rabbit hole to disappear down!

Soviet tanks mostly destroyed. Victory to the USA.

Team Yankee.

I stumbled across a review of WW3 Team Yankee on YouTube. It was someone’s list of favourite skirmish games or somesuch. This tickled my fancy and I looked for other videos about TY. One recommended buying 2 starter sets because they represent such good value plus you have 2 A5 rulebooks so your gaming buddy can have 1.

So both starter sets arrived this morning and assembly of the tanks has begun. I’ve WhatsApp’d Dan to tell him we may be playing WW3TY on Monday night. I’m looking forward to it.

Stargrave.

We played a new wargame tonight called Stargrave. A sci fi game that pits 2 starship crews against each other in a skirmish. Think Firefly or similar.

There are plenty of reviews, unboxing video or game run throughs online if you are interested. I can recommend the game. We picked up the rules quickly and the campaign element looks like fun. I enjoyed the crew creation and you only need 10 models per crew.

If you get a chance then play it. If you like skirmish games then play it. If you’re bored then play it. Go on, you know you want to.

A frag grenade takes out my Codebreaker and Robot Trooper.

Throw it in the bin.

We spent several hours decluttering the kitchen at the weekend. It felt good to get organized. I found an over-engineered pasta pot that my mum gave me in 2012 for my birthday. It still has the card attached. It was nice to read the card and hear her voice in my head (she died 2018).

However, I’ve never used this sauce pan with a colander insert. I make pasta in a regular sauce pan like everyone else. Needless to say we have a pile of stuff for charity or recycling.

Now I just have to remember where I moved things to!