Three games, in three different scales, and three different periods this week. 54mm Mexican v. United States at The Alamo – “Come and take it!” rules from The Courier A superb rendition of this classic battle, this time in 54mm. A full description of the armies, terrain and game is blogged here: https://jameswargamingweirdness.blogspot.com/2024/02/54mm-alamo-wargame-battle-report.html. In brief,Continue reading “FOGH Club Games – Saturday 24th February 2024”
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FOGH Club Games – Saturday 10th February 2024
Once again, three games at club that spanned the globe and centuries. 28mm American Civil War – Black Powder with Glory Hallelujah by Warlord Games Many thanks to Andy L for the full battle run-down … The boys from Louisiana came forward to catch the federals on the hop. Hoping to catch the Federals byContinue reading “FOGH Club Games – Saturday 10th February 2024”
FOGH Club Games – Saturday 27th January 2024
Three more exciting games at the club on this meet. The games spanned the globe with action coming from: the woodlands of America, the quiet countryside near Walmington-on-Sea, and all the way to the far flung hills of the Khyber Pass. 28mm American Cicil War – Black Powder with Glory Hallelujah from Warlord Games This gameContinue reading “FOGH Club Games – Saturday 27th January 2024”
FOGH Club Games – Saturday 13th January 2024
After over a month off from clubs games, for the Christmas holidays, it was great to get back around the table, to shove some lead, and to throw some dice. We started the year with a bevy of Black Powder games. 28mm French v Russian – Black Powder with Clash of Eagles The Napoleonic fansContinue reading “FOGH Club Games – Saturday 13th January 2024”
FOGH Club – End of Year Game – Saturday 9th December 2023
Each year, at the last club meeting before Christmas, the Friends of General Haig have a ‘big game’. This is typically a single game in which we can get every player at the meeting involved, perhaps bringing together several collections of figures. 28mm Napoleonics, Russian v. French – Black Powder with Clash of Eagles. AnContinue reading “FOGH Club – End of Year Game – Saturday 9th December 2023”
FOGH Club Games – Saturday 25th November 2023
28mm Soviets v German – Bolt Action 2 A classic WW2 Eastern Front match up with Germans fending off a Soviet attack. Despite the ‘encouragement’ of the Soviet Commissar it was a hard won victory for the Germans. Ant Attack! – Home-brew Rules A game based on the classic movie ‘Them’ from the 1950s. ThreeContinue reading “FOGH Club Games – Saturday 25th November 2023”
FOGH Club Games – Saturday 11th November 2023
54mm ACW – Home Brew rules based on Neil Thomas Napoleonics Another 54mm games was the main attraction at club.
FOGH Club Games – Saturday 28th October 2023
28mm Peninsula – Valour & Fortitude While the rules were still fresh in our minds from the previous club meeting, we decided to have another run out with V&F, this time with lots of cavalry. Ther game moved along a bit quicker this time as we are getting the hang of the rules. An excitingContinue reading “FOGH Club Games – Saturday 28th October 2023”
FOGH Club Games – Saturday 14th October
28mm Peninsula – Valour & Fortitude With the recent release of v2.0 of the rules in the latest Wargames Illustrated we were tempted to see what had changed since our last outing with the rules, about 6 months ago. We actually played v2.2 as the Perry’s website already has a new version available since theContinue reading “FOGH Club Games – Saturday 14th October”
FOGH Club Games – Saturday 30th September
28mm ACW – Black Powder – Glory Hallelujah! It is a long time since we played American Civil War (ACW) at club, and I’m not sure we’ve ever played it in 28mm before. However, for a number of the Friends, this year has been the year of 28mm ACW. This game was the first outingContinue reading “FOGH Club Games – Saturday 30th September”
