tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post8197035156783190603..comments2024-03-18T23:25:24.574+00:00Comments on Megablitz and more: Somme enchanted eveningTim Gowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-77217564552887835382016-09-12T08:49:59.646+01:002016-09-12T08:49:59.646+01:00James James
Turks eh? I'd like to see them.James James<br />Turks eh? I'd like to see them.Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-92149230706951512892016-09-11T23:25:08.974+01:002016-09-11T23:25:08.974+01:00That Charbens machine gunner has given me some ide...That Charbens machine gunner has given me some ideas for some conversions. I have already made some Turkish type ones.Quantrilltoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03824237942276969880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-40252178300990279802016-09-09T16:37:24.154+01:002016-09-09T16:37:24.154+01:00Ken H
Hey, one of those plastic tin hats was er, t...Ken H<br />Hey, one of those plastic tin hats was er, tin. It was (by some margin) the game's most expensive component....Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-20293807816297093962016-09-09T16:36:13.874+01:002016-09-09T16:36:13.874+01:00Martin Rapier
That was the same thought (and concl...Martin Rapier<br />That was the same thought (and conclusion) I had in the earlier game.Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-13948787327973399502016-09-09T16:35:42.258+01:002016-09-09T16:35:42.258+01:00Archduke Piccolo
The Western Front is a difficult ...Archduke Piccolo<br />The Western Front is a difficult area from which to create a satisfactory 'game'.Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-75326201197329327662016-08-30T22:42:24.044+01:002016-08-30T22:42:24.044+01:00Loving the plastic tin hat, Somme mothers do '...Loving the plastic tin hat, Somme mothers do 'ave 'em! Great to see the focus on getting the game in, rapid prep, not too much fuss. Good lesson there torvacfew of us members of the 1st Bn Queens Own Prevaricators ! Ken Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04231379269565966932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-81674937371640859772016-08-28T08:28:14.361+01:002016-08-28T08:28:14.361+01:00Thinking about it afterwards, we might have been b...Thinking about it afterwards, we might have been better attacking in two waves on a narrow front, but that would have left them more vulnerable to flanking fire. Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-50697094461389039982016-08-28T06:41:23.169+01:002016-08-28T06:41:23.169+01:00Artillery preparation obviously inadequate. Got t...Artillery preparation obviously inadequate. Got to give it an hours worth at least: possibly even two. Jerry the Hun couldn't possibly survive that sort of pounding... <br /><br />Interesting exercise. I'm just wondering, to what extent we can take seriously the 'three to one' thing about assaulting prepared positions? Probably not very. I am also curious as to whether, if you had the numbers (figures) successive waves as strong as the one we were looking at here, might have effected a break-in. <br /><br />I begin to perceive that a World War One project is no very simple matter...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-57144102885679362662016-08-27T18:04:48.117+01:002016-08-27T18:04:48.117+01:00Stephen Briddon
You missed it? https://megablitza...Stephen Briddon<br />You missed it? https://megablitzandmore.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/sheffield-wargames-society-new-venue.html<br />The floor tiles are 18inches actress - their possible uses are being pondered.....Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-33701232054230398832016-08-27T17:18:50.173+01:002016-08-27T17:18:50.173+01:00Where is the new club venue Tim? Someone told me i...Where is the new club venue Tim? Someone told me it is now in Woodseats near to where I used to live. I did notice the tiled floor (gridded wargaming anyone?).Steve8https://www.blogger.com/profile/14084781288683778590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-41439675002228901712016-08-27T13:29:43.597+01:002016-08-27T13:29:43.597+01:00Al
Thanks Al. A difficult battle to game but it we...Al<br />Thanks Al. A difficult battle to game but it went rather well.Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-90898177894785784252016-08-27T13:29:10.159+01:002016-08-27T13:29:10.159+01:00Conrad Kinch
Maybe so, but while we occupied that ...Conrad Kinch<br />Maybe so, but while we occupied that 30x30 foot space we were well out of the way of the other four games going on!Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-39725108884893956772016-08-27T13:26:11.161+01:002016-08-27T13:26:11.161+01:00Don M
I can't see that sort of thing catching ...Don M<br />I can't see that sort of thing catching on. Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-61578295858632698252016-08-27T12:12:21.455+01:002016-08-27T12:12:21.455+01:00Pete
No really. We had a few 'scenario specifi...Pete<br />No really. We had a few 'scenario specific' bits, like the unreliability of British shells and the air action was a test of a possible add-on to FLW. Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-68209235827284078282016-08-27T10:57:35.706+01:002016-08-27T10:57:35.706+01:00A very original game, well done ladsA very original game, well done ladsAlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718729719551125559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-83004529437203187062016-08-27T06:30:40.015+01:002016-08-27T06:30:40.015+01:00The green fields of France looking a little square...The green fields of France looking a little square today :)Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-14953984681580484382016-08-27T05:11:24.211+01:002016-08-27T05:11:24.211+01:00Casualty rates were similar to the original game. ...Casualty rates were similar to the original game. And indeed the original battle. <br /><br />The moral of the story being, there is no non messy way to do on line attacks Vs emplaced machineguns......But I hear there working on these big mechanized metal boxed that just might work... Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230631364253238804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-25314478866274697392016-08-27T00:52:39.880+01:002016-08-27T00:52:39.880+01:00A nice set up Tim, do you have to make many adapta...A nice set up Tim, do you have to make many adaptations to the rules to bring then up to 1916?<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Pete.Pete.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06668389518826053090noreply@blogger.com