giovedì 31 dicembre 2020

December 2020: Our works

We were forced to close again our club to respect the new Covid-19 rules in the region but our love for this hobby cannot be stopped so ... waiting best times ... we continues to paint. 

In this post and in other ones I'll insert some pics of our latest works

Ivano is working on his new army for SAGA Age of Hannibal ... His Repubblic army is growing



Luca continues with his German army in 20mm



Flavio made some new ruined buildings to increase our scenario's "store"



Aurelian continues to paint and show his amazing miniatures





sabato 12 dicembre 2020

General test ... How to play ww2 scenarios with different rule sets - October 2020 Part two

As I explained in a similar post time ago, some months ago we played a lot of ww2 scenarios using different rule sets. 

It was a of general test for our idea to play Stalingrad battle but with different miniature scales and manuals. Unfortunately the Covid forced us to close the club but I decided to share these pics of my 20mm miniatures I took in the last period used for: Iron Cross, Rapid Fire, Bolt Action and so on.

Some Panther (Panzer V) before the action


German HQ


Two sniper teams



Saving private Fritz


A column of Tiger I (Panzer VI)


A panzer crew meeting



sabato 28 novembre 2020

Aurelian's Punic Army - SAGA

 SAGA - Age of Hannibal is just published by Studio Tomahawk and our club is prepared.

Considering the good result of the dark age version in my club ... a group of my club mates are preparing miniatures for the future battles. But this time I have to admit that our news herald is Aurelian.

He prepared many miniatures and is still working on ... unfortunately the new Covid measures forced us to close again the club. Below there some pics I took before the temporary closing of our activities.

He painted two war elephants. This is one of them ... on the battle field




He prepared also some Punic troops and ...



... and the command group






domenica 22 novembre 2020

Test scenario: Italo-German forces vs English troops - Bolt Action October 24, 2020

In October, before Covid forced us to close again the club, we hosted some people who wanted to play a trial game using Bolt Action rules.

Antonio prepared for them a table and easy scenario ... the target was easy ... to take the control of San Antonio's statue


Antonio used his British troops helped by Stefano ... below some of their men and ...


... the artillery observer.


Danilo and Dario with their Italians and Germans were on the other side




A funny game that we hope to repeat at soon as we will open again the club and that saw a UK victory ... 





sabato 14 novembre 2020

SAGA maxi scenario - Oct 10, 2020

SAGA continues to be one of the most played games in my club. Last week end my mates played a maxi scenario that involved four players and a lot of miniatures


Some pics of the Aurelian's Polish-Lituan forces that fought to defend their village




But my friends do not forget also the "standard" scenarios


Some pics of Giancarlo's Irish command group ...


... and his enemy ... Riccardo's crusaders leader



sabato 31 ottobre 2020

Bilbo’s birthday Oct 10, 2020, Lord of the Rings

Before Covid forced us to close again the club, my  mates organized a game to celebrate Bilbo's birthday. Giancarlo arranged the event preparing the table adapting an original scenario from the rule book: Assault to Esgaroth. They used Lord of the rings rules.

The protagonists for the Good are: Bard the archer, Bilbo Baggins, Thorin and his 12 friends. For the Evil: Goblins and the Orcs with a special character (Smaug the Dragon).

Our dwarfs are host in the city of Esgaroth and they ignore that Smaug is flying on them after Bilbo’s attempt to steal his treasury. Unfortunately, the same night, Dol Guldor Orcs and Goblins decide to raid the city.


To simulate Smaug’s force … every turn he launches a ball of flame in a random direction (decided using a directional dice). Every heroes hit by the fire must use on of his Fate point to save himself. Every turn Bard, with his ballista, tries to hit the Dragon.



The Evil wins if Bilbo and Thorin die. The Good wins if Smaug dies or if Bilbo and Thorin survive after 20 turns. Draw if at the end Thorin or Bilbo has left us and Smaug returned unharmed to his lair.



The game took to my mates all the morning. The Evil does not adequately use the surprise factor ... the dwarves come out from the houses and organize themselves in powerful lines that block the access to Bilbo's home. Thorin, under siege, defends himself in a great way  risking something. ..The Dragon flies over the city without creating great damages ...




At the end of the game ... despite Bard wounded Smaug ... he manages to set fire to Bilbo's residence. But Bilbo is a lucky hobbit and he  goes out without roasting. 



It was a very hard game ... uncertain till the end ... but after 20 turns the Good wins. Both Bilbo and Thorin survive to the Evil's attack.

But we are Italians and we cannot close a so important date celebration as Bilbo's birthday without our cakes