Adventures on the Wargames Table

Orange Dave and I were keen to get on with our Sicily/Italy campaign so game two was arranged to coincide with our inaugural visit to Bristol Independent Gaming. Here's the table with some troops deployed ready for the off. The hill is thanks to Dave - the rest is from Jim at BIG :o) Before I get on to the game I just want to say a big thank you to Jim at B.I.G. for a superbly warm welcome. Beforehand I'd mentioned that Dave and I were doing Bolt Action in Sicily so Jim laid out a splendid table for us. I arrived, we had a quick chat then he showed me the table and frankly I was blown away at how welcome we were made. Well done, sir! We will definitely be returning! Regularly I hope. Anyway, game two of our campaign sees Dave's victorious Allied force pushing inland after their successful initial assault. We'd agreed that in game one, if the allies took the bridge then they would be allowed armour for the next game, so I was firmly expecting at least a Churchill...

A recent trip to see friends in Cornwall was an absolute blast! Some of the best fun to be had in a l-o-n-g time! Thanks to Colin and Nik, Paul and Helen, and Vicky, plus the boys for a superb weekend of fun, games, great company, fine food and excellent walks!!! This included a first play of a truly awesome after dinner card game (which is a must-buy) plus ... I learnt a huge amount about Robots, Marvel Superheroes and Dinosaurs! ;o) Games first ... of course we managed to squeeze a couple of games in between all the sight-seeing. The first game was splendid Kings of War bash with Colin, which (being a KoW supremo) he won with ease. I've blogged about KoW before so 'nuff said. The other game we played was none other than the latest offering from Too Fat Lardies ... Version 2.0 Now, Paul has only just taken delivery of a hefty order from Front Rank miniatures (we were opening the packs to put them on the table!) so only a few are painted, but hey, who cares when yo...