Weekend Stops Play

Have not got around to finishing off the game I started last week ( Dawn Raid) , been shopping and finishing off the Patio we started last weekend . The trouble with home DIY I have found is that it takes about twice as much time as you thought , one and a half times much materials , one and a half times the cost and involves buying one tool which you don't have but  is crucial to finishing the project -  and will never use again ! . Later:- Have finally finished the Patio ! Huzzah ! - but now find I will have to rebuild the adjoining steps as these are starting to collapse . So will need MORE  sand and cement ! blast !.

An unexpected award !

Many thanks to Bob Cordery for nominating me for the above award  link http://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/ Seven things about myself
1. Been gaming for 42 years
2. I have the tip of my left little finger missing due to a childhood accident
3. We have 4 cats
4. We have 6 bantam hens (busy wrecking the back garden)
5. I  like Guinness
6. And chocolate
7. My favourite wargame rules are TSATF and Grant's 'The Wargame'
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All of the above have been of great insperation to me .

Dawn raid (1)

This Scenario is based on one in a issue of 'Classic Wargaming magazine ' . The Treborians have launched a seaborne raid to secure the captive British Envoy Sir Morris Oxford . A select force of the newly formed British Legione  and 2 dismounted Cavalry unit have come ashore and hope to attack the Schwartz Pool tower before the local forces can mobilise .

The town militia turned out, but were driven back by the superior Treborian forces.

Major Velkro rallies them in the village streets , but the Treborians push forward and enter the village

A unit of Hariboan lancers alerted by the fighting move towards the village and charge the British Legione

The Treborians also had 2 Agent Provocateurs hiding near the village , one approached the Ferraro Roccain gun position and laid a 'infernal device' to blow the gun up (he diced a 6 - it would take 6 moves to blow it up ) . He was surprised half way through laying the bomb by the FR  gun crew and fired at them with his pistol (needing a 6 to hit and firing 3 times )  , he threw three 6s - my wargaming colleague 'S'  tells me the odds are 1 in 216 ! , after this interruption he detonated the charge and blew the gun up ! .

The Treborian attack continues , but FR  reinforcements are on the way !.

The British Envoy found !

Acting on information gathered from captured Ferraro Roccain prisoners of war , the Treborian secret service has found the secret location where Sir Morris Oxford is being held .

The small seaside village of Schwartz Pool (trans. Blackpool) , he is being aloud a certain amount of freedom but he is always accompanied be picked Household Guards

Sir Morris takes the sea air

He is being held captive by the evil Major Velkro and every night he and his man servant Chivers are locked up in the grim tower that over shadows the village .

He is being imprisoned in the the Schwartz Pool Tower !!!!!

The British Legione

British Legione inspected by Archduke Albert

The Treborian High Command has decided to raise a Auxiliary force to help fight Ferraro Rocca . They have recruited a Legion of British ex servicemen . Unfortunately the quality of some of the recruits lack some of the more soldiery qualities , the Quartermasters department got a good deal on some ex British uniforms - sadly these are somewhat out of date (about 50 years) (no wonder they were cheap !). It remains to see how these brave chaps will fare against the enemy . The Archduke Albert was overheard to comment 'I hope they frighten the enemy - because they certainly  perturb me !' .

Offline

Due to technical difficulties I've been without a computer for the last day or two . This brought home to me how much it I rely on the Internet - sad but true !. Small things like viewing figures - once upon a time I had a folder full of figure catalogs , not any more - we simply click on a website to look at them - that if you have a Internet connection , felt like I had lost my right arm !. Wonder if there are wargamers out there without computers ? and how do they manage ? , would guess that as a percentage it must be  above the national average . This lack of a computer has deprived several manufactures of money , saved me money and encouraged me to paint and game more , so not all bad !.

Battle of the Pomemben Bridge (4)

Move 7

The Ferraro Roccain dismounted cavalry in the farmyard were charged by the Treborian infantry and routed in the resulting melee - but not before they had sniped the Treborian Staff Officer who lead the charge .

A near miss !

The FR gun fired its last 2 shots at the Treborian heavy gun and command group and although coming close ,failed to cause any damage . The Treborian  Reserve unit retreated over the bridge having taken further heavy casualties .The Ferraro Roccaian infantry reinforcements also received heavy losses from the opposing infantry and rather accurate artillery fire. 

Heavy casualties on both sides

Move 8

With half his army either fled or casualties King Paul II called an end to the engagement and with their troops still in a strong position , Treboria captured the bridge . The battle was originally going to take 10 moves but it was evident that the Frerro Roccain attack had faltered . The rules worked well , artillery caused heavy losses - when it hit ! . The Treborian secret service are working on several leads from information received from captured FR soldiers  as to the where abouts of the captured British Envoy Sir Morris Oxford .

                                     

End game!