Wings of War game

 

In cleaning up the basement and garage I found my collection of Wings of War (now Wings of Glory) WW1 planes.  They were well protected but the cards were a jumble so it took a couple hours to sort them out and find all the playing aids.   I set up my game mats and a couple of the planes just to cheer myself up and get in the mood for a game.  There are a couple people on the internet who have made solo play rules which I am interested in try out soon.

German Planes:

Allied Planes:

One thing I have enjoyed is repainting some of the models.  I like the planes as they come but gave repainted a few.  These include a number of Triplanes as the Jasta 19 with their distinctive yellow and black tails:

And a number of Nieuport's for the Lafayette Escadrille:

Here is David Putnam's Spad I painted based on a picture of his plane.  Flying with him is fellow American ace Eddie Rickenbacker:

I am planning on repainting the two SE5a's I have for the 56th Squadron and the aircraft flown by Arthur Rhys-Davids and James McCudden.  I have always liked these planes and these two men were some of my favorite aces:

And George Guynemer's Spad which is right out of the box and great looking:

Another visit with Scott Leach and his miniatures.

 

As part of getting out and returning  to normal Janine and I went up to Gloucester Massachusetts to visit out friends Scott and Arlene.  Many of you may have visited Scott's old blog, "I like the Things I Like" (http://ilikethethingsilike.blogspot.com).  Scott introduced me to painting military miniatures years ago and we were active in reenactment groups.  He is one of my oldest friends and a great painter of toy soldiers!

Here is a view of the last time I visited:

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Scott works mostly in 54mm figures or larger.  He buys a lot of plastic figures as well as old Britain's which are in broken and chipped states.  He repairs and reprints them.  All are done in a toy soldier look which is very appealing.  For paints he mostly uses craft paints from the local hobby store like Micheals.

Here are a number of Second Empire French, Prussian and Austrian regiments:

The French:

Austrians:

Prussian:

He recently started working on War of 1812 at New Orleans:

And some Seven Years War flats:

And a few October Fest figures and Mrs O'Leary and her famous cow!

In addition to having fun with miniatures we made sure to get outside and went for a walk on the beach and later in the woods.  We took our Yorkshire Terrier Fritz and he had the time of his life running and playing and being dog like.  He also needed to get out.

A most fun day was had by all.

Club Game Night!

Our first "Game Night" for the club in over a year!   

It was great to see all the guys and get together to roll dice and play games.  The room was double sized and masks were required by the hotel. Twenty members of the club showed up for the night.

 At a club game night there are three games put on.  This gives everyone a chance to play in a game they  may like.  

And there is usually a wide variety of games of all different periods.

Here's the line up for the night.  Write ups were from the game masters about the game they put on.

GM: Phil Hammond

Battle of of North Anna at Jericho Mills - Virginia May 23, 1864 

Scale: 15mm   Rules: Fire & Fury Brigade 2.0

As Lee and Grant did their dance south along the rivers of Virginia in what would become the Overland Campaign; each time Grant sought a way around Lee to sever his line back to Richmond the wiley old general found the means to beat Grant to the next stop and lay in another defense.  That strategy almost failed Lee at the river crossings on the North Anna where Gouverneur Warren's V Corp managed to cross the river at Jericho Mills unmolested. As all good deeds do get punished, V Corp decided to bivouac instead of press the advantage they had gained which led to Confederate skirmishers discovering Union troops in force across the river. Very soon the battle would be joined and Warren's men would find them between a rock and a hard place (the river). 

As Union Commander will you get to press your advantage in the face of growing resistance?  Or as the Confederate Commander tasked by General Longstreet to 'handle this problem' will you give the Yankees the push they need to take a swim in the North Anna?  The OB is semi historical to allow for a bit more 'contact' on both sides. Read that as some fun with the boys!

GM: Mike Bailey

Cruel Seas 

 An American tanker in the Mediterranean developed engine problems and fell behind the rest of the convoy. Temporary repairs got them going again, and some PT Boats were assigned to escort them to safety, but some nearby Axis boats are closing in for the kill. There is room for three Allied players and three Axis players. Both sides will have targets for their torpedoes.

                    

GM: AJ Wright

Wild West - Colt Express (boardgame).  

Something different for a Friday night!

 Train robbers, a Marshall, shootouts, gold to be had......the Wild West at it's best.

Next club meeting will be June 18.