Miniature Wargames

WW1 Naval – Churchill’s Idea

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a World War One naval game based on this March 9th 1915 memo (item 121 Jellicoe Papers) from the 1st Lord of the Admiralty. The idea was to send a fast division into the Baltic Sea and, in cooperation with the Russian fleet, blockade German ports. The Germans send the ships that were in the Baltic for training exercises.

The confrontation occurs off Aarhus, Denmark: aarhus-10nm-grid

Status at the end of the game: io

Damage output file: chur-output

Plot of ship movements:
First 25 minutes: chur-plot-1-25
Last 25 minutes: chur-plot-25-50
Entire plot: chur-plot

Computer code (described here)

The light cruiser screens have engaged. A data entry error by the twit running the game (me) resulted in one British cruiser division driving through the German fleet.

The forces close, but frequent course changes, smoke and high speeds keep hits low.

The heavy ships passed by at close range, resulting in the loss of a British dreadnought, a British battlecruiser and a German battlecruiser.

RJW Russian 1st Pacific Squadron

The Russian Pacific Squadron of 1904 in 1/6000 scale. The paint schemes are loosely based on this advice. The darker hull colors have been lightened to contrast more with the ships of the 1905 squadron.

Pig Wars AAR

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a game of Pig Wars. The scenario was set around the sleepy little village of Chelsea, located somewhere on the east coast of Britain, sometime after the Romans left, but before the Norman conquest (history can be so fuzzy on these events).

The local priest watches over his flock.

The market ready for a day of peaceful barter.

The ox wagons plod through the village unhindered, thanks to careful diplomacy.

Something frightful in the village church scares off the potential looters, so they burn it.

The Norman foot is eliminated and the mounted warriors beat a temporary retreat.

Two bands fight it out until one is eliminated.

In the end a couple of the players met their primary objectives and one left town with substantial loot.

RJW Russian 2nd and 3rd Pacific Squadrons

The Russian fleet for Tsushima in 1/6000 scale. Destroyers and transports are not yet done.

3rd Division and Cruisers

1st Division

Order of sailing prior to Tsushima.

Space Hulk AAR – Nursery

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a game of Space Hulk using the 4th Edition rules but with game parts from earlier editions. Two Marine squads supported by a Librarian and two close assault terminators were tasked with destroying two Genestealer nurseries in the hulk.

The Marines advanced to the next crossroads beyond the large room where most of the early fighting occurred. The auto cannon armed Marine advanced behind the Librarians prep ‘blast’ to cover the central hall. The Librarian bravely gave his life allowing a Marine advance to within reach of the northern most nursery. Three more ambushes were popped but didn’t amount to any real threat, being screened by a single Marine each. The genestealers were gathering in the halls before the nursery for the final battle………the store was closing and the game had to be ended at that point.

The photographer left early so there are no photos of the end of the game.