Miniature Wargames

WW1 Naval – 1/6000 Scale Ships

A few recent additions to my 1/6000 scale WWI ships by Figurehead miniatures.

French Lyon class, French 1913 Battlecruiser class (with fictitious names), British G3 class.

British Armoured Cruisers.

German Gazelle class.

Kagas, N3s (fictitious names), British CLs, US ACs (Shapeways)

WWI Naval – Gulf of Finland

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a WWI naval battle. In this hypothetical engagement, the Germans send a portion of the High Seas Fleet into the Gulf of Finland in an attempt to engage and destroy the Russian Baltic Fleet. The date is March 15, 1915. The scenario is similar to a previous test.

Scale: 1/6000 miniatures, 500 yards/in ground scale.

Rules: Computer code (described here).

Visibility 16,000 yards. Wind southerly at 8 knots. Seastate 2.

Status at the end of the game: Fin2-end-status

Damage output file: SK-Normal-Fin2-2016-1-23 excerpt.txt

Plot of ship movements:
All Fin2-plot-all
First 20 minutes Fin2-plot-1to20
20 minutes to 40 minutes Fin2-plot-20to40
40 minutes to end Fin2-plot-40toend

German CLs form up and attack the threatening Russian DDs to the north.

German DNs maneuver to avoid Russian torpedo attacks. The Russian boats are heavily damaged by German CLs.

German DNs and CLs evade torpedo attacks.

We quit at this point due to time. The damage was relatively even. The Russian destroyers and torpedo boats and the German light cruisers did most of the fighting. One dreadnought had been sunk on each side.

Fire and Fury Brigade AAR

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a Civil War scenario using the brigade Fire and Fury rules. Each side had three infantry divisions and one cavalry division. Eight players participated and each commanded a division. The scenario was a non-historical meeting engagement.

Large wooded areas will restrict movement of units entering the table.

Confederate cavalry temporarily occupies a central hill.

The weakest confederate division screens the right flank while the main force advances on the left. Union troops deploy from their road columns all across the front.

Union cavalry advances dismounted on the (Confederate) right. The main Union advance seems to be on the left. Several Union batteries massed on a hill begin to pound the Confederate lines.

Confederate infantry charge on the left.

Union troops continue to arrive in the center.

Confederate infantry charge on both flanks.

The lines are a bit confused at the end of play.

After about four hours of play we had to quit with the battle still undecided.

War of Spanish Succession – Black Powder AAR

Saturday the local HMGS-South group played a War of Spanish Succession battle using the Black Powder rules. The non-historical scenario was an attack by Allied troops on a French position.

The French begin to react to the approach of the Allied army.

View from the French lines.

The French redeploy to their left, but send the Bavarian brigades out to the right.

Cavalry clash on the French left. Allied infantry charges the French center.

The Allied cavalry retreat and French infantry advance on the left.

The Bavarians engage (upper right) while French cavalry flanks the Allied infantry in the center.

With Allied casualties about double those of the French, we called the game at this point.

Fire and Fury (Brigade) ACW

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a Civil War scenario using the brigade Fire and Fury rules. Each side had three infantry divisions and one cavalry division. The Confederates were tasked with attacking to capture a crossroads, the surrounding high ground and a town beyond. The Union deployed first, but were allowed to re-position one division after seeing the Confederate deployment.

The Confederates make their main attack on their left with two divisions, screen on the right with one division and leave the cavalry division off the table as a reserve.

The initial deployment as seen from the Union side. One Union infantry division is off table as a reserve.

The Union begins to redeploy to face the greater threat to their right.

The main Confederate attack is launched.

Infantry and artillery fire weakens the Union right.

The Union right wing has suffered heavy casualties. The Confederate reserve cavalry charges in column through the crossroads and captures two Union batteries. Neither was able to fire on the charging cavalry. The Union reserve infantry division enters behind the town.

The main Confederate attack on the left has destroyed or driven off a Union division.

The final position from the Union side.

We had to end the game at this point due to time. The Confederates held the crossroads and the three hills overlooking it, while the Union held the town. Union losses were heavier.