Monday 23 March 2020

Skirmish March 20



Oh the wonderful thing about Tiggers......


A few Sunday's ago 3 Rejects Lee, Postie and myself visited the first Skirmish of the year at Sidcup. 
We usually visited the twice yearly show as buyers, but this year as the feature was WWII, 
I suggested to Lee that we should perhaps put on a game of "What a Tanker"
I could see the lightbulb moment in Lee's eyes and he readily agreed to put on a game.

Numbers were certainly down, but it was to be expected with people staying away because of the 
Corona virus, but we all had a great time!


All the games were supposed to be set in the Early War 1940 France. Lee didn't have enough tanks ready, so we time travelled along to 1944.


I played the German's and had 1 Tiger hidden.


Postie had 4 tanks.


Postie had to come find me???


I was in the woods to the right of the church, just waiting for Postie to appear.
 

Postie moved into range and its the Tigers's turn next. All I throw were reload and aim marker!
But now they've spotted me!


Posties trying for the flanks?


Next go and its a boom!!
 

Poor farmer, fancy squashing all his corn!!! 


Great homemade smoke marker from Lee.
 

Oh gawd, Posties got the first turn with his Firefly!


Not sure what was being said here, but it looks inportant!


Top centre and bottom, I had hoped to have knocked out another British tank by now?


No Postie you can't go through the doors!!
 

Now he's squashing the cabbages!


Postie is a jammy git.
He threw very well this turn, not only going first but he could fire and reload 3 bloody times!
Which resulted in my Tiger going up in flames!
So that was the end of the first game!!
 

Col Bill doing his thang!!!
I pent a large wedge of cash at Col Bill's
We had to go searching in his van for my soon to be goodies!!


Posties spending loads of dosh at Debris of War.
We all spent heavy here as well, they do make some great stuff!




 



WWII display items.













The Games

Rainham Wargames Club - What a Tanker 1940




Skirmish Wargames - Cowboys







Privateers of London - Operation Catapult


 

The Old Guard - Dad's Army





Tonbridge?  - Star Wars








Maidstone Wargames Club - Chain of Command WWII




 



Milton Hundred - Enter the Zone.





Bring and Buy


Tunbridge Wells Wargames Club - Cowboys




Reject Game No 2 We swapped sides
I was given a Cromwell


and a Churchill


Things carried on the same as the first game with Postie throwing some awesome dice.



My tanks heading on down the road.


I decided to get some cover, with Posties dice I needed it.
 

Oh dear, my Cromwell goes up in smoke.


But surly I'm safe behind the burning vehicle and hedge?


I ain't taking no chances, leg it!!!


I make it thorugh the gap in the hedge to another field, just need to move first next turn and get into a better position.


Shit hot Postie shoots, but luckily I save the damage.
 

He throws shit hot dice again giving him 3 shots at me.


There's no towl to even throw in!


Evil Postie does it again!

34 comments:

  1. Smashing post Ray. Loved the games and the show. We need more of this in the current shenanigans. Is your stuff in the opening game 15 or 20mm? I was really taken with your Sherman 75mm. Stay healthy and keep up the good work.

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    1. Thanks for the kind words. Our games was all 15mm, the tanks are from various manufacturers.

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  2. Not sure I've seen that type of corn before!
    Here everything has been canceled for weeks, so you're lucky the event was held at all.

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    1. Most have been cancelled, Skirmish made it by the skin of its teeth!

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  3. Excellent pictures mate. You had a tough day at the hands (and dice) of El Postie.

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    1. Certainly did! Two great games though Lee.

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  4. Wow! I can't imagine how long this post took you to put together, Ray. Such a labour of love. Awesome stuff, and thanks very much for putting the time in to get this up on the blog. It looks like a great day was had by all, and perhaps in the future people will appreciate these hall-based events a bit more ;-)

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    1. I did take a few hours to sort through all the photos and get the post up to he honest, but it's worth it in the end. The show is a real labour of love for Craig who runs the show and like all small shows it needs all the support it can get.

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  5. Comprehensive parade of show pics! There so many superb looking tables.

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  6. Thanks Ray, your table and game looked great - I love a compact theme. Also super pictures showing quite a bit of interesting diversity, Looks like a really nice show.

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    1. It's a small show, the smallest show we go to infact, but we always come away with something and have fun.

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  7. Look like fun games and a great show

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  8. Great pics, thanks for sharing!

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  9. Hi Ray- Thanks for posting up a splendid amount of photos from the Show- certainly appreciate looking at what is going on there. We only have two Shows here a year - 'Cancon' and 'MOAB' - and there arn't the number of formal/informal Gaming Clubs either...we're basically staerved. Cheers. KEV.

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    1. Only two shows a year? We're very lucky were we live, there are many shows within a 3 hour drive. This one takes us 25 minutes to get too!

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  10. Brilliant post Ray and what a great collection of photos. May need to come back toi this post again during the hiatus for some inspiration!!

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  11. I gave it a miss this year...thanks for the photos

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    1. No problem John. Hopefully we'll be there in September for the next show?

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  12. Great looking show, despite the obvious lack of numbers attending.
    Your game looked a lot of fun too (for Postie at least) and I think you should have swopped dice as well as sides for the second one !

    (on a different note have you heard or seen Clint over the last year? - at shows etc.)

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    1. I should have thrown the dice in the bin and gone and bought some more!
      On Clint, we saw him in September at SELWG last year, his computer had died and he was waiting to get a new one. Don't think he's got one yet.

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  13. Great looking table Ray,

    last show for a while I suspect, it does look a little deserted but good to see some great looking games on. Never played what a tanker, must pick the rules

    Cheers
    Matt

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    1. It's not a big show, so you could quite easily see the lack on visitors, which isn't surprising with the virus just getting a hold in the UK and most gamers not being spring chickens anymore!

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  14. Excellent gaming and models there, Ray. The Rejects' table war particularly impressive - terrain and set up looked great. Stay safe and healthy!

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  15. I obviously haven't been very diligent in visiting your blog Ray...you guys were very lucky to get this event in before Boris came to his senses and started listening to scientific advisors rather than political ones! What a fantastic report with so many wonderful picture...outstanding work!

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    1. Cheers, I do hope we get to visit another show this year????

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