* with no disrespect intended to our non-male readers.
A long weekend is perfect time to get some gaming in but what do you do when your club isn't open??
You head around to someone else's place for a game! And that's what I did on Easter Monday. Dave from our club (and Mighty Ape legend) opened his doors for a gamer to come in and took the chance. I haven't played any Bolt Action in a while so decided to break out 1250 points of Yanks to take on Dave's Winter Germans.
So with the table set, we rolled up a mission which would be Top Secret. The German intelligence officer sat wounded in the middle of the table. The Americans want to take his back for interrogation and the German's just need him back....
With the objective in the centre, there was a definite plan from both sides to rush the centre and leave units on flanks in support.
The German units were making great use of the terrain to cover their advance.
While rushing up the sides seemed to suit the Yanks. Of course, the Nebelwerfer hiding in the back had other ideas...
Despite needing 6's to hit, the damn thing werfed:
My 2nd Lt
My Medic
Pretty much 2 whole US Squads, and
My Sniper
And then, rubbing more salt into the wounds, his Hanomag rolls around, out pops a Flammenwerfer team and Flammened my Greyhound!
And then! He runs a heap of Panzerfausts at my Sherman after his Hetzer couldn't do the business....
So, with my force practically decimated all that was left was for Dave's Medic to walk the intel officer off the back edge.
And here's a couple more photos for posterity....
A bloody good game! We had some time left to kill after that, so Dave walked me through an intro game of Guildball as well. I've been meaning to play this for a while so was glad to finally get a go!
We used the teams from the Kick Off starter box, I took control of the Masons and Dave had the Brewers.
His bloody cat scored a goal on me...
It's a really cool game and has a lot of strategic thinking that is slightly lacking in Blood Bowl, which is awesome! I'd say I'll be adding this to the collection!
Massive thanks to Dave for having me over! Gaming certainly rocks, no matter how its done!
We here at Behind Enemy Lines take great delight in looking at articles about tournament from all over the world, regardless of the system or country! Gaming a great no matter what! So we thought we'd share a little bit of went on down here in little old New Zealand over the weekend!
The inaugural instalment of Auckland's newest multi-system event was officially opened at the Onehunga RSA this weekend just gone. The systems that were being included this year were:
- Warmachine/Hordes (Saturday and Sunday)
- Guildball (Sunday)
- Infinity (Saturday and Sunday)
- Bolt Action (Saturday and Sunday)
- Blood Bowl (Sunday)
A wide range of systems attracting all kinds of gamers...
I managed to sneak away from domestic duty on the Sunday to play some Blood Bowl and take some action snaps and Dan played Bolt Action on the Saturday. Here's a look at some of the action from the event:
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| The Battle Kiwi Table! |
The Bolt Action event on Sunday was a BIG GAME affair focusing on units from both sides of the conflict during Operation: Market Garden.
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| The Reserves Bench |
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| Hail to The King, baby! |
I still love the look of Guildball and eventually I'll get into it....
But, Blood Bowl was my game for the day!
I took my Orc team, called Da Grorcz, which today would include Varag Ghoul-Chewer himself! Unfortunately, Da Boyz went 0-3 but managed a massive 10 casualties earning me the Most Violet Player title....again!
Our winner on the day was Daryl and his Dark Elves.
Selby won the coveted Artisan prize for Best Painted with his seriously good looking Humans (as seen above).
And here again...
So while our events are somewhat smaller than some that we see from over the world, they're a heap of fun!
Massive ups to the organising crew, Nikola, Dave, Dave, Dan and others who helped out on the day, as well as the BRILLIANT sponsors, Mighty Ape! Legends all!
Cant wait for next year!
