Fort Devens Game day

 

By a happy coincidence I was back up north in time to attend the annual miniature gaming day at the Fort Devens museum.  Always a fun time this year was one of the best.  A chance to play in a couple games, see friends and tour the museum. There was a outstanding exhibit of original WW1 posters which was well worth seeing.

Also an interesting WW1 trench raid game.  Great terrain boards!

Frank put in a naval game with his soon to be published rules.  HMS Hood and Prince of Wales vs the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen.  Historically Hood took a magazine hit and blew up but this game the Royal Navy did much better.   Hood's first hits in Bismarck damaged her engines and next hits damaged her range finders.   After that it was shooting fish in a barrel.   

I really like these as they cut out a lot of the too much details that bog down and make too many ship games a bore.  Easy to pick up with enough detail to make them interesting.  

Peter Lowitt put in a Battle Road game where the British have to run a gauntlet of militia to get back to Boston. The rules were the Gettysburg Soldier set with modifications for the Rev War.  I was curious about them so dropped by to watch the game.  Richard Clayton and his sons were battling it out and it looked like great fun although Richard was getting the short end of the stick.  afterwards Peter graciously put in the game again so I could p!ay.  

The rules are great fun with lots of dice and very fast moving.  I will have to get a set!

All in all a great fun day out!