Somewhere on the English coast on the channel at the battle of Britain right after tea time...

 Blood Red Skies it was after a long time, with mine and Tims collection, we decided to just play a pick up game with the aircraft cards and two theatre/doctrine cards each. Tim and Alisdair were defending the white cliffs with 3 Spitfires, 3 Hurricanes and and 2 mosquito against me and Peter with 6 Messerschmidt 109s and 3 Junkers Ju 88.

The setup / and planning was easy, kill for a thrill. I was so mean and diverted only one Ju 88 to Peter and head on attacked Tim with a mighty force of evil. I got shot OK but after we came to dogfight distance it was clear that Tim's squadron would bleed badly. After Tim discovered how bad his dice rolling was today, it was a nearly clear sky over that part of Britain. His remaining squadron (1 Hurricane) had to retreat. You couldn't time it better, overpowering plus very bad (abysmally bad) dice rolling of the defender equals disaster. At least for a while it looked like a victory.

Not until Alisdair the sneaky pincer mover came to harass Peter in his, even though he had the better ME109s, and Peter insisted on say Napoleonic tactics, the victory was snatched from us and turned into a draw.

We had a lot of fun, and I can only recommend this ruleset.

P.S. Apologies on behalf of Tim, he still didn't came around to apply his British national decals ... ;)

Initial set up ... ze Germans

Initial set up ... ze Tommys

My squardons clash with Tims ...

Peter tried to fight ...

My Ju88 kill Hurricanes ...

While Peter ...

The Ju88 were more sturdy than ever ...

At the end only one mosquito could "help" Alisdair ...

But Peters Squadron had to leave too...

BIG SUNDAY GAME - Warsaw 1764 - an obsession ...

28mm - BIG SUNDAY GAME!! - this time Seven Years War or better the Second Polish War of Succession - Me (Prussians, Russians and Austrians) and Bart (Saxoniand and Poles) with our respective collections.

The Russian- Prussian forces were positioning on a hill to hold onto, while the Poles, Saxonians and Austrians would make their day count.

It was magnificent! The onslaught on the Russo- Prussian lines was relentless, Bart opted for a pincer attack and nearly succeeded! his Tartars were bheind my lines harrassing the Prussian defenseless guns.

But his Saxon army had bled to death while attacking the centre village and the fortified hill. Also the Austrian cavalry was beaten, a little too late but nevertheless!

The Russian cavalry was able to secure the flank (wow!) after it looked most of the battle like a clear breakthrough.

Bart fought hard, but my guns were devastating and too much for the few Saxons. I agree that the next storming of a artillery fortified position needs double if not triple the amount of battalions. Not Everybody can be as good as the Prussians ... ;)

The initial lines...

The Russo-Prussians advancing to the right flank ...

The first clashes of cavalry...

The seydlitz hussars in front of the Austrian ocean of white ...

The Prussian half of the hill...

The Prussian artillery position...

The Russian artillery position ...

The Russian advance to the centre village ...

And the Russian left flank advance ...

BUT the Poles slide through the trees ...

While the  other stay in reserve ...

The battle continues into chaoes ...

The Prussian cavalry has its difficulties vs the Austrians ...

Still the Austrians don't move ...

The fight of the centre starts ...

The rules used ...

The Russian Cavalry is ... suboptimal ...

The height of the battle ...

The Prussian Hussars are tough, but not unbeatable ...

A little too late the Austrians move ...

The poles harass the Prusian guns ...

Nothing that I could do ...

Then the Russian cavalry close the gap ...

The end of the battle ...

The Prussians Horse break through ... too late ...

The polish attack is successfully blocked ...

The centre is held ...

And the Austrian attack is halted ... with a heavy cost ...

The Prussian guns are running out on ammo ...

Still harassed by the Poles ...

But the centre is still safe ...

The Russian guard plugs any gaps ...

The Polish cavalry can't break through ...

Even though they look nice ...

The Seydlitz Hussars retreat ...

Somewhere in the Peloponnesian War ...

28mm, Classical Greeks, Peloponnesian War, fictional outset, Bart and Tim (as King) were fighting for Sparta, while David Jimmy and me were defending the thought of Athen...

The set up was strictly traditional, few men on horses were set to the flanks plus more or less peasants with shields and javelins while ordinary citizens were defending their lines in the centre. All about the Phalanx! We used hail caesar rules plus some special set up rules to make the phalanx not automatically successful.

the advance was a desaster for the Delian forces. The Spartans divided their troops and made good progress, then our luck was ending as the first Spartan bodyguard with their king clashed. BUT we survived and their king got heavily wounded! We inflicted heavy losses on them but could not break their overall spirit, even if we managed to strip them off their peltasts. 

In the end we suffered more losses and were in no shape of form to continue the fight... never underestimate the power of the Spartans! The specifications were directly out of the HC complimentary book.

The crucial advance ... try to be in line ...

The Delians laid back approach ...

The Spartan king advances ...

And their allies ...

The cluster fight assembles ...

The Thebian cavalry ...

The King attackes ...

Nearly breaking our lines ...

but then falls ... we stay (barley) on our feet ...

The weakened Delians ...

Then came the second Peloponnesian wave ... the end!