Joe Patchen and friends have started to work their way through the Anzio: Wildcat to Whale scenario pack (available to buy from here or from the TFL website)
Here's an AAR from their first game: Scenario 10: Highway Seven. Click on the pic to see all:
Spotted an AAR from the Penguins that I must have missed first time around: an excellent write up with masses of brilliant photos from Joakim Strom.
The Soviets have massed and are pushing forward along one of the main roads into Berlin. Can the German defenders stop them? Click on the pic to see all:
Here's a battle report for Charlie Don't Surf from 2011, trawled from what looks like a bit of a defunct blog: the Tao of Lard.
It's a couple of reports from 2011 covering The Great Rice Hunt: the first scenario from the Surf's Up scenario book. Click on the pic below to see all:
Incidentally, I would just like to add that it's worth noting that blogs are hard work to maintain. Even if 'real life' doesn't get in the way, it's hard to keep posting day after day or even week after week or month after month.
That's one of the reasons for this site: it's become an archive of writings about the TooFatLardies' company-level rules from all over the place, and that to such an extent that more and more people are sending me their AARs direct.
I do always try and contact people before copying their material here...but so many blogs have no way of directly contacting the owner anywhere on view, and I don't want to ask via a comment for all to see: just too embarrassing. So I hope in this instance the blog owner doesn't mind me resurrecting his content in this way. My contact details are on the left if needed.
I wasn't expecting to do another update before the weekend, but so many entries have come in that, if I don't, I run the risk of being overwhelmed!
So, in no particular order, we have:
Today's pics are from Mr Fitch, some of his WW2 Germans; Mr Baldwin, his Napoleonic French infantry; and from Thomas, his Vietminh:
Mr Fitch's WW2 German armour: great camo scheme!
Mr Baldwin's cracking French infantry
Thomas' Vietminh
My research tells me that in the Six Day War, the UAR (Egyptians) had access to ex-Soviet Maxim machine guns to support their infantry. Now Battlefront don't provide an HMG platoon as part of their UAR 6DW range, so I needed to improvise.
A quick rummage in the bits box turned up one WW2 Soviet gunner and gun, and a shout out to the Lardies with an offer of swapsies led to Jason Ralls kindly supplying the other two needed.
In the meantime, I also bought two Battlefront UAR anti-tank sets, each of which comes with three anti-tank guns and two recoil-less rifles. As I already have some RCLs in my Company HQ, their crews in the AT sets have now been assigned to the HMGs, along with some from Peter Pig bought to bulk things out.
Here they are, and you can see the rest of the Company, and supports, by clicking here.
And following on from his last battle report, here's another fantastic gallery from Norseygamer full of cracking pictures of a recent game of I Ain' Been Shot, Mum!, but this time set in the western desert.
The Brits advance against the Italians, but there are Germans around somewhere as well...click on the picture for more:
An absolutely enormous update today!
In no particular order, we have:
So many entries to choose from for today's photos...but here's a selection. You can see the whole lot in the individual's galleries.
Jon's Napoleonic Brits
Mr Plowman's Xar
Carole's Power Armour Troopers
Sapper's Irish in French Service
Scorecard will be updated tonight..honest, it will!
Another great write up from the Tracks and Treads blog.
This one features almost a continuation of the last game played, with the Germans again advancing against US Paras across the fields of Normandy.
Click on the pic below to see more:
Whilst I've been adding the tabletop stats to the Q13 army lists, I've found the time to add a couple of new ones to the list: both based on ranges of figures that I'd love to start collecting...once, of course, the lead mountain is down to manageable proportions!
Onslaught Miniatures produce some of the best sci-fi lines out there. The trouble is that the vast majority of their output is in 6mm: very frustrating for the 15mm gamer when you can see all these beautifully developed ranges and not be able to use them!
They have produced a couple of packs of 15's, however: one for the Sisterhood (sort of space nuns with guns) and one for the Tzacol (more primitive lizardy types).
So, in homage to their single pack of 15's, I've created a list for the Sisterhood for Q13 based on their much more extensive 6mm range. Perhaps this will get the rest of the range up-sized as well!
Here's a couple of pics to show you how good these figures are: one pic of the Athena squad in 15mm, and one of the 6mm command group, showing other types of Sisterhood trooper.
Another manufacturer who carries several ranges that I might eventually just have to buy is Rebel Minis.
Unfortunately, they fall into the category of manufacturer who produce great basic infantry squads, but no more i.e. great for platoon-level games, but not a complete enough range to create a company-plus-supports force.
Two examples of this are the Brog and the VOTT: both available as a three-squad platoon plus command, but with no support weapons or vehicles.
The two races also look quite similar, and seem to use the same weapons...so I've decided to brigade them together into one list.
As they don't have any designated support weapons or vehicles, and Rebel Minis produce a lovely range of support walkers they call VIPERS, I've also decided that, much like Critical Mass' Protolenes, the support for the Brog or VOTT will come from the VIPERS, of which there are five types, so plenty of flexibility as regards weapon loads and therefore role.
Here's a few pics showing the ranges: the Brog infantry platoon, the VOTT command, and a the VIPER with Mk3 weapon package.
Both lists, and all the others, are available from the Q13 Army Lists page. More to come!
Following on from his last AAR, here is Joe Patchen's follow up report covering the next phase of his linked Operation Bagration games.
Click on the pic to see all:
Terrific, and huge, gallery from Norseygamer telling the story of a recent IABSM game set on the eastern front.
Click on the pic below to see more...much more!
A quick bit of painting finished: the company HQ for my Six Day War UAR/Egyptian army.
That's all of the core troops done, but I do need to add the HMG platoon and some towed AT assets...and to make things even more complete, I could add the tanks that accompanied the non-mechanised infantry: T-34s and IS-IIIs.
In the meantime, here's the company HQ: two Big Men and a couple of 82mm Recoil-less Rifles.
A quick I Ain't Been Shot, Mum! battle report from the table of Joe Patchen: the Germans ty and evacuate a field hospital in the face of a Soviet breakthrough.
Click on the pic to see all:
I umpired a tremendous game of I Ain't Been Shot, Mum! on Saturday!
Using the fourth scenario from the Fall of the Lion Gate scenario pack for Malaya and Singapore, the game focussed on the British defence against the main Japanese advance down the Malayan pennisular on 11th December 1941.
Previously the Japanese of the Saeki Detachment have chewed through the British Indian troops at Ban Sadao and The Ledge (cf) but now come up against somewhat stiffer opposition in the shape of 2/1 Gurkha Rifles...
Click on the pic below to see all:
Hello all, and hope everyone had a nice weekend.
Today's entries for the painting challenge are:
Today's pics? Well I think we'll have Mr Davenport's room; and the Jason Ralls boat pics (vessel and crew etc)
First stop on my world tour!
Rather large boat and crew by Jason Ralls
Scorecard will be updated tonight: promise!
Finally finished the final UAR/Egyptian infantry platoon for the Six Day War.
See the rest of the troops by clicking here.
That's just about it for the Egyptians now: only the company HQ to go now, and that's only eight figures, including Big Men. Be good to mechanise the little blighters but, as I've said before, I'll wait until the next sale before buying loads of trucks!
Must be time to start on the opposition now. Figures are bought: I just need to work out how best to represent the rather unique colour of Israeli tanks.
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Superb write-up by Carojon from the Devon Wargames Group using the Arnhem VC scenario from the TooFatLardies Christmas Special 2007.
The game focuses on the action at Oosterbeck that won Lance-Sergeant Jack Baskeyfield the Victoria Cross as he tried to hold off German self-propelled guns from the flanks of the British Para's positions.
Click on the picture below to see all. Recommended!
Another quick AAR from Joe Patchen.
The Americans are pushing towards a bridge in Southern Italy that the Germans are trying to destroy. Will they take control of this vital river crossing in time? Click on the picture below to find out:
Lots of entries in this week: the challenge is really hotting up already this year.
In no particular order, we have:
Today's pics?
Well, let's have a pic of some of Stumpy's later Romans, a pic of Rich's von Schtabbin, Mr Gatzemeyer's village, and a Brucie-bonus pic of Mr Helliwell's Soviets:
Stumpy's Romans
Baron von Schtabbin's Regiment by Mr Clarke
Mr Gatzemeyer's rather nice Saxon village
Andy Helliwell's SU-57s in 15mm
The early war period is my favourite, so I'm very happy to post another great battle report from Mark Luther set in Poland in 1939, and featuring a great looking armoured train.
Click on the picture below to see all:
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