Star wars legion at Panzerscreck

A number of years ago at Panzerschreck I would of been playing the Flames of war doubles event. But since the move to version 4 I haven't liked it at all so with Star wars legion being on offer I attended that instead. 

Unlike most war games I play im trying to limit myself to just one army. In this case is the droid armies of the CIS. I went for a gun line style army this time around with some speedy Staps as my mobile part of the force.

There was only 6 of us playing as a lot of the usual Legion players couldn't make the trip up to Palmerston north. A few of the ones up here were on duty in the Army and Airforce so couldn't attend either.

There was 3 Rebel armies, 2 Droid armies, and one Imperial force. Here are some pics of the days gaming of which I played 3 games vs 3 Rebel players.

Game 1 vs Rebels ended in a narrow loss for me.

Staps racing down the flank to harass the enemies rear lines.

The muscles of my outfit. (This tank is why I choose the droid army)

2nd game on the same table vs Rebels ended in a heavy defeat for me.

Jyn Erso laying down the law on my Staps.

My worker droid picking up the pieces trying to keep the squad running.

3rd game vs Rebels also this one ended in a win for me.

This time I wasn't the only one with vehicles.

Rebel troopers pinned down by my AAT and Staps.

Even Luke couldn't stand up to that much fire power.

A few Staps make it through to the enemies rear lines to pull their attention away from the battle.

A great days gaming had by all involved I finished 4th and you might think thats not bad but there was only 6 people lol. The following weekend I went to Wellington for an Armada event and I hope to have that up in a few days. Again I was running a CIS force and ill fill you in on that soon.

Panzerschreck 2018 Bolt Action

After missing Panzerschreck last year due to Flames of war moving onto V4 rules which I haven't liked, Panzerschreck this year had Bolt action on offer. It was 1000pts single reinforced platoon armies I finally had a chance to use my Soviets for the first time but more importantly my T-35.

Just 5 days out from the event the organizer and his 2ic helping him pulled out dew to personal reasons and the event was to be scrubbed. Not having ever ran an event I decided to take on the running of the event. With two people now pulled out that left just 6 of us so this seemed like a good chance to see how running a tournament was. As the person running Flames of war side of the event had already organized the hall and other bits all I had to do was sort prizes for our small comp.

Some laser cut trophies had already been done for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, best painted and best sport. I would like to thank Scott Bowman who runs the Paraparaumu Beach pharmacy. He was kind enough to give some prize support for our little comp. So I gave him the honor of choosing the best painted army. I Also want to thank my brother Shane for the use of his 3D printer so I could make some bolt action blast templates with Panzerschreck 2018 on them.

As there was only 6 of us we played 5 games. Each player played each other once there was 3 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.

Game 1 - No mans land.
Game 2 - Key positions.
Game 3 - Meeting engagement.
Game 4 - Sectors.
Game 5 - Demolition.

There was a good mix of armies being used

Myself - Early war soviets - ( Hordes of SMG infantry and a T-35 )
Craig - US Airborne - ( With no armor but lots of AT )
Mark - Early war Finns - ( Sissi ski troops, Vickers 6 ton and BA10 )
Warren - Late war US - ( M26 Pershing and vet Paratroopers  )
Ken - Japanese - ( Lots of infantry)
Andrew - Winter Germans - ( Nasty nebelwerfer and Panther )

Games in progress.

Warren and Craig fighting over the V2 facility.

Warren and Andrews heavy armor clash.

Mark and Ken thinking over their next moves.

Warrens forces adopt a defensive posture.

My 45mm At gun is in a bit of trouble.

Hello say hello to my mass machine gun fire.

The Japanese ready to launch their banzai attack.

Try as he might the Bazookas eventually got the panther.

Airborne troops fight in the rail yard.

The Finns massed armor. ( If you can call it that ).

3inch At gun in over watch.

M26 Pershing looking for trouble.

The two horde armies face off Japs and Russians.

Finnish Artillery controlling the open ground.

Snipers take the high ground.

Charge!!!

Fire again !!!

Recon in force.

Everyone had a great weekend even though it was a small field of players. Everyone said they would be keen for next year and with a bit more time I should be able to get more people entered.

1st - Andrew
2nd - Mark
3rd - Warren
Best painted - Andrew
Best Sport - Ken

I look forward to running another event it was a fun and different experience and very satisfying to of pulled it together in short time. 

Panzerschreck 2018 Bolt action July 14th -15th

Bolt action at Panzerschreck 14th and 15th of July in Palmerston North 1000pts single reinforced platoon from any of the current books $25 pay on the day. 5 games 3 on Saturday 2 on Sunday.

Players pack

PANZERSHREK 2018 - Bolt Action
Palmerston North
14-15 July 2018
RIVERDALE SCHOOL HALL
SLACKS ROAD

Map to Riverdale School
Go to:
https://www.google.co.nz/maps/place/Riverdale+School/@-40.3779327,175.5930083,17.32z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xfa85d06108fbf623
The event will consist of five rounds, with a time limit of 2 and a half hours per game. The event is a single platoon of 1000pts.

Tournament Organiser:
John Fletcher   marine_nz@hotmail.com (Registration, Key Organiser, Army Lists, Queries)

Venue:  
Riverdale School Hall, Slacks Road, Palmerston North
Entry Fee:    $25.00per person. pay on the day

Venue Details:  
Food and soft drink available for purchase
Free tea and coffee
School grounds are non-smoking and will be enforced
School grounds are alcohol free and will be enforced
Ensure all rubbish is disposed of correctly

Army Lists:  
Lists are due July 12th. Players in competition are able to use any lists
Available on Easyarmy.com. Check the latest FAQ when list writing.

Armies
1000pts is the standard limit. Armoured platoons are allowed (remembering armoured cannot hold objectives). Multiple companies are not allowed.

Table Size and Terrain
Games will be played on a 6x4 board.
If anyone has and is willing to supply a table of terrain, please inform me prior to the event.

Game scoring
Win 3pts
Draw 1pt
Loss 0pts
Mission Victory points from each game will be kept to work out possiable tie breakers

Competition Format
Each round consist of a time limit of 2.5hrs. This time is inclusive of terrain type determination, and any game relating scenario details (placing of objectives etc).
A 15min warning to end of game will be given to all players.
At the end of the 2.5hr period, dice are down. If the game is incomplete, both players will receive a draw.

Timetable
Saturday 14th                                                           Time
Hall Open                                                                   0830
Pre-Event Briefing                                                     0845
Round 1        No Man’s Land (pg134)                     0900-1130                                                       
Round 2        Key Positions (pg136)                        1145-1415
Lunch break
Round 3        Meeting Engagement (pg135)         1515-1745

Sunday 15th
Round 4         Sectors (pg148)                                  0900-1130
Lunch Break
Round 5         Demolition (pg139)                           1200-1430
Clean up and Prize giving                                         1445

Please note, all players are expected to participate in clean up duties for the Bolt Action section of Panzershrek.

New American Equipment

With the rubbish weather some fresh US equipment has finally rolled off the production line today. I had started my M26 Pershing and my M20/M8 Greyhound a while back but only just got around to finishing them today.

The M26 Pershing. There is a friend with a Panther tank this this would like to meet.

M20 Greyhound with .50cal HMG

M8 Armored car with 37mm At gun and .50cal HMG

All my armor. M26 Pershing, M4 Sherman, M3 halftrack, M8 Scott/ M5 Stuart and M20/M8 Greyhound

Look forward to using these soon maybe in a practice game for Panzerschreck which is next month on the 14th and 15th of July.

Star wars Armada day

On Sunday I had decided to run a Star wars Armada game day. 6 players 2 games each there were 3 Imperial players and 3 Rebel players. So all matches would be Rebels vs Empire. I had decided on 300pts each to keep the games a bit shorter. The standard is 400pts normally which is what ill run next time as i'm also toying with the idea of running a casual event possibly.

As Mark and Andrew were still new to the game and yet to buy into it I supplied them with a fleet each. For the Rebels I had myself, Michael and Andrew and for the Imperials it was Mark, Brent, and Warren. At the end of each game I noted down margin of victory and kept track of the points for each player and a team total for each faction.

Game 1 table 1 - Andrew's MC80, Phoenix home and CR90 vs Brent's 4 Imperial Raiders. A narrow victory to Brent in terms of points killed. 5-5

Game 1 table 2 - My MC75 and yet to hyperspace in MC30 vs Mark's 2 Victory class star destroyers and Gladiator. Mark won 7-3 killing my MC75 and most of my squadrons. I killed his Gladiator.

Game 1 table 3 - Warren's Imperial class star destroyer and Gladiator vs Michael's 2 CR90's Phoenix home and MC30. Warren won 7-3

A good First round for the Imperial team leading 19-11 after round 1. After a quick break we started round 2. I would be playing Brent Warren would be playing Andrew and Mark would be playing Michael.

Game 2 table 1 - Mark and Michael go head on at each other. Mark comes out on top 6-4.

Game 2 table 2 - Brent wanted to try a different list with Thrawn running just an ISD and 11 squadrons of fighters. I got 4 HP off the ISD and killed 4 squadrons. In the end it was too much and my 4 squadrons were no match for his 11. Having just my MC30 left alive I lost 8-2.

Game 2 table 3 - Warren and Andrew faced off with the two flag ships going at it in the end the Imperial class star destroyer was too much. I believe only the CR90 was left for Andrew in the end. Warren won 9-1.

Well with the Imperial players winning all the games the points were just a formality. Well done Warren on the overall points haul to be the top Admiral.

Team Points
Imperial - 42pts
Rebel - 18
Individual Points
Warren - 16pts
Mark - 13pts
Brent - 13pts
Michael - 7pts
Andrew - 6pts
John - 5pts

A lot of fun was had over all the points tally wasn't the aim of the day it was more to just get some games and cement the rules. Three of the players had played less then 3 games so doing one after the other was good practice. And I felt keeping the points was just to see how the points system worked for running an event.

It looks like Ill be making a return to Panzerschreck this year but not to play Flames of war but to play Bolt action instead. I hope to finally give my early war Russians a go with their T-35.
Panzerschreck is on the 14th and 15th of July in Palmerston North. It will be 5 rounds 1000pts 2.5hrs per game single platoon armored platoons accepted.

Panzerschreck 2016 Report Part 2

After a good night of board gaming and general banter we were ready for the final days gaming. First up was the army parade which ill put in another post. Our first game was up vs some good friends of ours.

Game 4
Mission - Pincer
Team - FCUK (French Connection U.K
Players - Damien Tyson and Andrew Shepard
Armies - British tanks and French tanks.

We were defending in this battle. So we started with my whole half of the army on with AT guns in ambush.

The French heavies start chipping away at my men.

I spring my ambush in turn 3 but all I manage is to bail a few tanks.

My T-28's charge in to contest the objective while the Char B tanks chew through my infantry. Warren's Panzer 2's come on to flank the H35's

In the end we kill one H35 for the loss of most of our force and the game.

There wasn't much we could do but hold on and hope I could assault the tanks with enough men to surround them and kill them that way. But it wasn't to be a 6-1 loss well done Shep and Damo.

Game 5
Mission - Dust up
Team - Clocks running times awasting
Players - Ken Camel and Greg Lockton
Armies -German 35-T tanks and German Recce.

Ken and Greg's setup.

Our setup My T-28's, an infantry platoon and the panzer 1's where in reserve.

Greg and Ken's plan of attack was very aggressive and shots would be fired on mass from turn one.

We luckily only had a couple of tanks bailed so with some quick remounting we opened fire.

Our lines appear to be holding Warren scores a few kills and a few bails.

Mean while on turn 3 my T-28's cam on machine gunned most of the recce platoon to death. Then made a B-line for the objective which at the moment was undefended.

Ken's first platoon of reserves arrive and head for our objective. But with a little motivation from my commissar assault and kill a tank and drive the other off.

Ken's and Greg's forceful march is starting to cost them Warren is starting to rack up quite a few kills. With the loss of only one platoon.

After my T-28's dispatch of the Panzerjager 1's that came back to defend we catch the objective without too much trouble.

 We were surprised by the speed and aggressiveness that Ken and Greg used but had they broke through we would of been in trouble. But it wasn't to be for them we took the game 5-2.
Warren and I felt we did much better this year just going for points not wins to keep the points ticking over. We only failed to score a extra point in one game. All our opponents were great and we had a lot of fun. We were quite happy with our mid table result we look forward to next year.

Pts    Team name and armies

25     BB Guns (1st.). French Recon/Brit Inf.
24     First to Warsaw (2nd.). Soviet Inf/Sov Tankovy
23     Conquest 04 ( 3rd.). Mit Pz Komp/LePzKom.
22     Bro Geste. FreeFr. Inf/NZ Mech com.
21     Ravishing Red Rapsc. Sov Strelkovy X 2
19     Red Spot Special. Jap. Tank/Jap.Inf
19     Tripoli For Tea. Ital. Carri/Fr. Legion Inf
19     Da Mommas Boyz. Finn/Pz Kom
19     StopGap. German Pz Kom X 2
18     French Connection. Fr. Comp De Combat/Brit Inf Tank
17     Salt & Sand. US Pacific/ Brit Lt Tank
17     Hitler & Stalin's tour de Poland. Ger tank. Strelk/Sov (Rising Sun)
17     Premium Bananas. Finn Pan/German Le Pz
17    Team Koch Block. Luftlandsturm X 2
17    Statler & Waldorf. Fin Inf/Finn tank
16    Wounded Soldiers. Germ MG/ Germ Inf.
15    OK Who?. Germ Inf. X 2
14    Don’t B. T. t. F. Stewie. BAR/Stuart Com.
14    Train Mc Trainface. Polish Inf/Polish Tanks
13    Clocks Running.. Kradsch./Czech Pz.
12    Thund. From Downunder. Aus Div Cav/Aus Inf
12    The Beer Snobs (Best Sports). Germ. Schutzen Kom. X 2
11    Old Dogs. Gebirgsjager X 2
11    Spaghetti & Bratwurst. Le Pz/Comp. Carri