A normal day at La Piccola Armata - Jan 31, 2022

I'm member of a wargame club ... La Piccola Armata in Turin ... in these years my club has grown and I decided to write this post to share with others what kind of fantastic wargame area is.

I took the pictures below in a normal day ... a Saturday one of the day in which there are more people

Two tables of SAGA ... 

... SAGA it is one most played games in my club every week-ends. 

Below some Iberians painted by Antonio and ... 

... some Giancarlo's Celts ...

... and Aurelian's Lituans

A table prepared for BA while ... 

another one on which to prepare my scenario for Stalingrad ...

... some pictures of my minis

And the last two tables. One prepared by my friends to test a Napoleonic scenario

Miniatures in 15mm ... the perfect scale for a great Napoloenic battle

... and another one with a colonial scenario ... 

with the fantastic minis painted by Franco

October 2020 ... La Piccola a lot of new projects

Despite the Covid 19, one of the reason for which I love my wargame club is that every person is free to share his interest with others. 

For example Valerio and his group are continuing their develop of new Improved Panzer Leader scenarios

Other club mates, as Nevio, can see their efforts published. The "Black Sheep" ... a new role play manual

Another group continue his work on Italian Independence wars 

While others play naval fights between English and Italian navy during Ww2 ...

 ... or work to convert Perry miniatures for new army and battles ...

... or prepare new scenic elements to test new rule systems

 

Star wars legion - August 2020

We rarely play non-historical periods ... but when one of our old friends asked us if we would test Star Wars Legion rules with him ... knowing his painting skills the result can be only a small masterpiece. Riccardo and Biagio played in the morning and I arrived to the club in the afternoon so I didn't have the opportunity to follow the whole battle but I still took some photos.

Biagio painted all the miniatures and ...

... all the scenic elements they used for the battle

The Imperial AT-ST tries to hit the rebellious scum 

The rebel X-34 Landspeeder is old but can be used to kill these evil Stormtroopers

"I'm your father!"

Waterloo battle, Black Powder August 4, 2020

Last week my friends played a Waterloo battle maxi scenario. A lot of my club mates worked on it dedicating time and their efforts. 

I wrote some posts about this project but ... with the Covid ... a lot activities required more time than in a normal period ... but now it is time to begin… 

First of all I must start with Ezio, Riccardo and Maurizio that created the table

… the table was 3,6 x 1,8 metres and the miniatures involved around 2,500 

Below an imagine of the table before the soldiers’ entry … 

 

… the two armies … miniatures are all 15mm scale and they are painted by: Aurelian’s painting studio, Luca, Riccardo and Ezio

We used for the scenario Warlord's game Black Powder with the army lists prepared by Luciano and Ezio. The French deployed 41 battalions, 13 regiments and 14 batteries … while Wellington can count on 38 battalions, 11 regiments and 12 batteries.

The commanders of this maxi scenario are: Riccardo and Luciano (the “Duke”) for the Allied forces … Luca and the Professor Barbero 

With Ezio's supervision

The battle took place on the east side of the original Waterloo field’s The French forces start launching a brutal attack with two corps of Armeé in the direction of Papelotte/Frischermont. 

For the English troops is hard to resist to the great number of French … but the Duke is lucky man. Wellington forces remains steady and keep their lines despite the shameful defection of the Dutch cavalry. 

During this part of the battle the 95th, the Scots Grey and the Union Brigade had significant losses, but their sacrifices are compensated when three French infantry division and a unit of cuirassiers collapse. 

After 10 rounds the English left wing still survive while the French’s arrogance decreased with the losses increase. 

On the western side of the field the inaction of the French guard give to the Anglo-Allies the possibility for an advance even if not significant consequences for the battle. 

At the end Napoleon doesn’t reach his objects but the Allied forces are at the limit of their capacities ... 

Will the Prussians arrive in time?  The General Von Gallo have sent his observer: the Baron Von Leclerc Aurelian ... keep in touch for the next battle