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Has anyone written a Sharp Practice 2 list for Maoris? Has anyone seen a good painting guide? Empress miniatures make some nice figures and I have some of the British for use in the Carlist Wars. These might make a somewhat different opponent. Ste[phen

New blog post up of the game myself, Ed and Chris ran on Friday https://www.chitownwargamers.com/2022/10/on-eve-of-destruction.html

What's the status of What a Cowboy and With Flashing Blades? Both have great interest in these parts. Thanks Chuck

Had a quick look through all the files here and didn't see anything. May have missed them or they exist elsewhere so direction (links) would be appreciated. So looking for info and especially force ratings for early war forces for IABSM 3. Thank you.

We actually played this one back in August but I just got around to editing the pics. The scenario is based on the attack up Reichstrasse 1 by the 74th Gds Rifle Rgt and later the 104th Hvy Gds Tk Rgt The area is defended by elements of 76th PzGrd Rgt and Volkstrumm. So this game was really an excuse to get my newly finished 2D6wargaming Volkstrumm out. Lots of understrength units and loads of casualties Link to the flickr set. Be sure to click on the pics for descriptions: https://www.flickr.com/photos/6mmgaming/albums/72177720302269243 Mark

Hi all, Last weekend saw the running of the fifth Clotted Lard in a new venue, Lympstone Village Hall in Lympstone Village, nestled on the banks of the River Exe in East Devon. As well as enjoying an afternoon Devon Cream Tea, participants were able to indulge themselves in a feast of Lard, featuring nine sets of rules played over twelve games, ranging from ancients to WWII, land, sea and air warfare, whilst also supporting a very important local charity, the Devon Air Ambulance. If you would like to see how the day went, then just follow the link to the Devon Wargames Group club blog. https://devonwargames.blogspot.com/2022/09/clotted-lard-2022.html JJ

Seeing Rich's Kokoda Trail games put me in the mood to break out my Diggers. I went with a bit of hybrid scenario. 3 players using the Blitzkrieg scenario from the 1940 supplement. 1 attacking Japanese was in charge of the heavy weapons teams and the other had a normal platoon. The attacking Japanese had to get across the table before Aussie reinforcement arrived. Unknown to all the players was that there are no reinforcements. https://www.flickr.com/photos/6mmgaming/albums/72177720302177369 20mm minis and CoC rules. Thanks, Mark

This was the 2nd part of the Rots June 11, 44 game. This was the actual assault into Rots by A and B Troops of the 46 RMC along with 2 and 3 Troop and the HQ tanks of the Fort Garry Horse. The town was defended by elements of 4 Kompanie, 12 SS PzGrd Rgt and the grenadiers of 1st Kompanie PzGrd Rgt 26 of the 12th SS Div. The attack would come from the NW and west side of the table (the near side) The village of LeHamel and the River Mue are off table to the west. John played the Germans and he was told that the Brits/Cdn are to the north and Nw William could bring the Commandos in from the roads on the west edge and we went with their historical route of the Chemin de la Cavee, Commandos had 2 troops and the support of 2 troops of M4s/Fireflies and 2 HQ troop M4s. The Germans had a weak company and 4 Panthers and 1 PaK 40. Link to flickr report: https://www.flickr.com/photos/6mmgaming/albums/72177720302044011/with/52352407877/ Mark

Hi I have just read that Elizabeth II has died. My heartfelt condolences. All the Best Klaus

Dear all, It’s coming up to Posh Lard time, for those still interested! First off, apologies for the radio silence, which has been due to a combination of work, the heat and a much needed vacation. Things to be aware of: - if you’ve signed up you should have just received an email. - the list of games will be out Wednesday next week, at which point I will be asking people for choices. (I’m in the middle of contacting the folks who’ve already offered.) - If you’re interested in putting on a game and haven’t had email from me, do drop me an email ASAP. - Iff you haven’t signed up yet, we have fixed our issue with PayPal (after actually managing to talk to a human being!) so you will now be able to pay via PayPal as well as card or Apple Pay. Tickets can be purchased from https://www.peterborough-wargames-club.org.uk/tc-events/posh-lard-2022/ Best wishes, and hoping to see some of you at Posh Lard, Mike Whitaker Chair, Peterborough Wargames Club

Thought I would cool off with a winter game so set up a Hungary 45 IABSM scenario. Its inspired by the German actions to relieve Budapest in January to give me a chance to put some Tiger IIs on the table. Link to the Flickr set. Be sure to click on the pic to get a description: https://www.flickr.com/photos/6mmgaming/albums/72177720301147237/with/52272467710/ Mark

This was going to be a two part battle, with the first contest covering the attack by 46 Royal Marine Commando and the Ft Garry Horse on the village of le Hamel on June 11, 1944. As soon as I construct a suitable graveyard I'll run the Rots battle. The 2 Commonwealth players had a troop of Shermans and 1 Commando Troop each. The defending German had a very weak 2 platoon company and 2 PaK40s. All the info for this game came from the incredible The Waist High Cornfield book by Keith Taylor Written as a tribute to his dad, Eric Taylor and other members of the 46 RMC. Link to flickr set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/6mmgaming/albums/72177720299514764 Mark

Is anyone with Lard America running a WaC game at Historicon? If so, when known, can you post the event time and title so I can pre-reg for it? Thanks Chuck

First Game day I have done in a loooong time, not sure how many I will get so will run WaT! What a Tanker! at the Spartanburg County SC Library, see below for details, I hope to see you there! Please RSVP using this form, I’ll bring coffee and Donuts from Krispy Kreme: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRVFgw6tWvLDDju6NN2O22AfgLsPgb9OLfsUfbTrxTE3cI3g/viewform Spartanburg County Public Library HQ Branch 151 S. Church Street Spartanburg, SC 29306 Harley Conference Room (2nd floor) 10:30AM Arrive 11:00AM Start Play ~2PM End Play, adjourn to Blue Moon (https://bluemoonsc.com/ ) across the street for lunch Parking is FREE at library We will play ‘What A Tanker” From Too Fat Lardies ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWE_ShqU5L8 ) and should be able to get in a training game and 1 or 2 additional games. We will play with my 12mm tanks on a 6 x 4 table, late war Eastern Front. I will have everything set up and ready to go, just bring yourself, your favorite dice if you like, and lunch money. FOR MORE INFO, see the SCHGS IO Group: /g/schgs

We're back! The venue has changed from previous years to the George Alcock Centre, Whittlesey Rd, Stanground, Peterborough PE2 8QS, handily available just off the parkway to the SE of town. There will be food and a bar available on site. The games available are still under discussion, but will include for definite: Chef du Pont (yes, finally) – 15mm IABSM in the flooded waters of the Meredet on D-Day – Peterborough and other games subject to confirmation (there’s at least two on the cards)… Anyone else interested in bringing anything else, please drop us a note at lard@... (please be aware, though, that until we have a confirmed idea of numbers, there will be a limit on the number of games we can immediately accept). Tickets available for purchase from https://www.peterborough-wargames-club.org.uk/tc-events/posh-lard-2022/ - admission ?5

I was in the mood to do an East Front game and hadn't gotten my Pz38ts and multitudes of T26s out lately so went with a table inspired by actions with the 7th Panzer and 3rd Mech Corp in Lithuania early in Operation Barbarossa. Almost all armor for this game-Well, 1941 standards for armor at any rate. Click on the pics to get a description. Link to flickr site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/6mmgaming/albums/72177720298920178 Mark

Something a bit different and a preview of upcoming SP book. Chris Stoesen's latest has some really interesting scenarios for this mid 18th century war between the Spanish and British in the Americas. I've been waiting to get some of these toys on the table for a while now. The fights on the east coast of Georgia were small but had a nifty variety of unit types and the setting was certainly a wild one. I decided to play the Battle of Gully Hole Creek to start. John had the defending Crown forces and I took the invading Spanish. Cool mixture of uniformed militia, Scots, colonial rangers, red coated regulars and native Americans. And the fights were in some pretty messy terrain. https://www.flickr.com/photos/6mmgaming/albums/72177720298706243 Mark

Posh Lard - provisional date Sat September 24th in Peterborough. More details in the next couple of weeks. — Mike Whitaker Chair, Peterborough Wargames Club

Here's a fun solo game. A Viking hall with an entrance at both ends. It's held by four level 3 heroes/leaders who count as elites and each as a single group. They are attacked by six groups of 6 figures - all levy, and just 2 archers who act as two single groups. The heroes in combat get their 3 dice, plus 2 for unit superiority. If they defend the doorway they are not only get bonus of being harder to hit for the building cover [i gave this to their attackers as well] but two defenders can count as a shieldwall across the doorway too. They cannot form a shieldwall in the open. The heroes take a wound if the levy get a 6 [score needed to kill an elite] and they take shock in the same way as a unit [every two points of shock reduces their combat dice by one; but they can use actions to rally themselves. Each wound reduces their level and so their combat dice. They will run if they have twice as much shock as they have wounds/levels left. The Levy have a tough job but they can set fire to the hall as per the usual rules if their is a unit next to the hall and not engaged by the defenders. The two archers are unlikely to be very effective but they can be a nuisance and encourage the heroes to come further into the open. The only good thing about Levy is all the running away may not affect the force morale too badly. Each of the groups of levy count as having a level one leader in the group [like a super numerum in Infamy]. With the cards each side was randomly dealt six cards [bibamus and portents were in the mix] and leaders [i.e. each hero and each supernumerum] could change cards by the usual rules. In my game all the levy were killed or fled, the hall was burnt, one Viking hero was killed, and another wounded once. I either need to set even more peasants against the Lords, improve my tactics and dice, or perhaps have a couple of rabble rousing priests who can rally the enormous amounts of shock suffered by the levies! Let me know here if you give it a go.

Hello My preparations for Austerlitz are nearing completion. Are there somewhere rules / mechanics for playing large Napoleonic games such as General d'Armee, Snappy Nappy or Marechal d'Empire solo? I was very impressed by the CoC solo rules in the special, but I cannot make them fit the Napoleonic era. All the Best Klaus