The next club meeting is at 1 O’clock, this Sunday, 13^th September, at the Masterton Croquet Club.

 

Seeing as we had such a blast with it the last time, I will be bringing along DUNE.

This game is for between 3 to 6 players with players representing the houses /factions that fought for dominance of the Spice Planet.

We will play the basic game plus the optional rules that give a lot of flavour to the game. We will keep the combat system of the basic game as the advanced one caused a lot of confusion last time and didn’t add much to the game.

As always, let me know if you want to arrange any other games or have already arranged things between yourselves.

I Look forward to seeing you there.

At the club on Sunday Jim and Darren played Bolt Action. The result was that the Russian human wave attack washed up on the German lines and frothed briefly before the tide went out. 4-1 to the Germans.

Ursula, Craig, Jim, Peter and myself played Circus Maximus.

My two chariots were wrecked before half a lap was completed and Ursula's followed soon after. Only 4 of the 10 starting chariots survived.

Craig was the winner with a fast, light chariot. Rex came second, and Peter's two battle wagons placed third and fourth. One of those was a lap behind everyone else as he slowed down to nobble the leaders as they came past again.

June Meetings Rundown

 We have managed to have two meetings this month.  The first was the second day of the semi-annual Distingushed Flying Cup - Craigs Wings of War friendly tourney.  This day started off with two-seaters (all-around fire-arcs!) and finished with some late-war match-ups like Camel vs DR1.

We had a pretty good turnout (including some younger players and a couple of first-timers) and a lot of fun!  Many thanks to Craig and his very impressive collection of tiny planes.

My opponent Darren eyeballing the table while Craig and Phillip look on.  Darren destroyed my valiant knight-of-the-air with some crack marksmanship.

Spencer faces off with Micheal while Gray plots Neils downfall in the background

A pilots-eye view across the table

Biggles goes to war!

 Our second meeting of the month was a little quieter - Craig and Phillip playing some DBMM and Jim and Neil playing a board game.

Patience is a virtue - Craig setting up for his battle with Phillip

Craigs Scottish Army

Macbeth!  Craigs general and part of his baggage train/HQ

Neil and Jim setting up

 Look forward to seeing you all at the next meeting!

Back to Business

Hi there everyone.  I'm not sure if anyone visits this anymore, but just in case there are still a couple of diehards I thought I would put up a post here.

Level 1 Covid-19!

We can play wargames again!

We'll be back into playing tomorrow at the Croquet Club in Queen Elizabeth II Park in Masterton.  Hope to see you there!

Starting up again at the end of January!

This is just a heads-up to everyone that our first meeting for the year will be on Sunday the 26th January.  Kick-off will be at 1pm, down at the Masterton Croquet Club.

Hope to see you there!

Photos from the 28th August Meeting

Neil was good enough to take some photos for me at the last club day.  As always, if you have more to offer or comment, then chime in down below!

A full crew playing a board game - Temple of the Beastmen? Ross and Peter on the right, and I think it's the back of Garys head in the right foreground.

Ross and Peter deep in thought, while Gary chortles about a dirty trick he's just pulled on them.

The current state of the Hordes of the Things Campaign map that Craig is running.  

The current state of the Machiavelli campaign - watch those neutral cities and provinces getting hoovered up!

David preparing for his campaign fight.

David setting up his camp

Jim refreshing his grasp of the rules

The Goblins march!

The greenskins join battle with their mighty..........Duckragon? The joys of an element based wargame are that your imagination has no limits, provided you can fit it on the base!

Photos from the July 31st and 14th August Meetings

 This is a few photos I took at the July and August meetings.  If you're in them, and want to add any details, then chime in in the comments.

James and Peter playing Hordes of the Things, while Ross, Winter and Craig look on.

Craig and Peter to the left on the HoTT table.  In the background Jim and Rex are playing Black Powder, while on the right Harley is chatting to someone behind mine and Neils Kings of War game.

Rex and Jim playing Black Powder on a very artillery-friendly table, while Ceilidh explains the rules to them.

Craig is setting up to destroy James, while his teammate Peter looks on in awe at his generalship.  Ross is considering how to destroy his Dads army while Neil and Winter watch from the sidelines.

Start 'em young! Spencer checking out the Kings of War game I played with Neil, comparing Dads undercoated figures with Neils fantastically painted force.

The beginning of the club Machiavelli campaign.  This is a strategy boardgame set in medieval Europe. which is currently involving a large part of the club.  From left to right - John, Ross, Craig, Jim, Rex and Neil.  I'm behind the camera, and young James and Peter were late that day.

Jonathon has been getting into Black Powder in a big way - his first wargaming love was Napoleonics.  This stunning table is all his terrain, and his painted armies look even better then the terrain!  From front to back - Rex, Jim and Jonathon.

Harley and Jonas chatting about whether to break out their old Warhammer armies to give Kings of War a try.  Can't remember who's back on at the left, and at the front Spencer is impatiently waiting to get back to pushing little men around the table.

June 12 meeting

Three tables were being used at the club today:

Craig brought along the board game Maharaja and he, Rex and John played. Jim came along later, gave moral support and said useful things like "oh - I wouldn't have done that". Craig also did admin for the club campaign. Remember, next club meeting we will the next rounds of the campaign.

Ross brought along two Hordes of the Things armies, Space Marines and Minas Morgal (I think). He, Eric and Winter played.

Andrew (Patrician Romans - very late, when there was no effective central control in the west) and Vince (Early Byzantine) played 25mm DBMM (Ancients) getting ready for the Hutt Club's Winter Cup next month.

A pic across the hall, DBMM ancients at the front, Maharaja left, and Hordes of the Things right.

Eric getting into the swing of his first ever game of Hordes of the Things

Eric and Ross in the thick of it

Andrew contemplating a cunning plan

Vince's Byzantines are Hinchcliffe, true 25mm. Andrew's irregular auxiliaries are 28mm plastic - spot the difference! Size did matter. Even with their bases unfinished the barbarians, Irregular Ax(S), were more than a match for my reg Bd(I) skuatatoi.

Craig, Rex and John setting up Maharaja

John in full concentration and Jim is watching.

The board early in the game.

May 29 meeting

Great to see so many people at the club today - the club Hordes of the Things (HotT) campaign is proving a great success at getting people involved. The next campaign season, and then winter, will be at the club meeting on June 26.

Two tables were used for multi-player campaign games, another was used for a non-campaign HotT game, one table was Napoleonic and there was also an American Civil War boardgame.

Welcome to Erik who had not been to the club before and Roger visiting from the United States. Others there were James the Elder and James the Younger, Peter, Sam, John, David, Rex, Ross, Craig, Jim, Andrew, Neil, Jonas and Vince.

The hall being set up

Roger with his Battle Cry ACW boardgame.

Jim (Russians) and Rex (British) getting their Napoleonic game underway. 

James the Elder (Dwarves), Andrew Tyrannids, Craig (Hos Hostigos), and Neil (Bretonnians) played out one of the campaign games. The game ended with Andrew's force besieged and then the city taken! Andrew is out of the campaign.

John (Early Imperial Roman) and David (Goblins) getting in a practice game for the campaign.

Young James (Lizardmen) and Peter (Tomb Kings), watched by Sam and helped by Ross (and also by David and John) took on Vince's Early Byzantines. In a bloody encounter, James and Peter lost their CnC but Vince had the larger of his two commands demoralised and was forced to retreat. Vince has rallied his army and recovered some of the troops from his demoralised command. They will fight again!

April 24 meeting

Two tables were being used at today's meeting, one for 25mm Ancients and the other for World War 1 dogfights.

David (Anglo Danes) played Vince (Early Byzantine), and Craig and Rex played several World War 1 dogfights. Good to see Jim and James at the club too.

DBMM 2 are the Ancient and Medieval rules that are most commonly used in the Wellington region. They will be used for the Hutt Valley Clubs "Winter Cup".

David making the first move with his Anglo-Danes. Vince and David were getting in some practice for the Winter Cup theme, river crossings.

Wings of War are run, quick play rules for World War 1 dogfights. Craig brought along part of his extensive collection of aircraft.

Craig and Rex get into action.

A couple of Craig's models.