Active Armor Lower Dnieper 1943

 

My Soviet roll forward looking for a German supply depot 

The Germans get first Blood disordering two of my units. 

Armored units clash  

and soviet infantry charges.

Combat around the village intensifies. 

And Soviets Chard again.. 

and again... taking losses as we come in. 

Recon moves into the continuing melee with the 88s. 

My Guards armor are destroyed after a desperate fight

Fighting rages on the left flank. 

We take the 88 by storm our first successful attack 

the left my troops are struggling. The Germans seem to be getting all the good "rolls" (its a computer moderated game)

Still my me manage to blow up the depot. Good Luck in the last turn makes up for bad luck in the rest of the game. 

Tree House

 My Dad and I have been working on a Tree House for the Kids.  The pictures are in revers order its still got a good bit of work to do.  

Evie is very excited she is already asking to sit up in my tree house an read.  I told her I want some to have some walls and  fixed ladder first. 

My dad its been fun working on a project with him on something we want to do rather than something we have to do to fix my house, his house or one of our cars.   I think the last time we did a "fun" project I was in college helping on a Scouting project.

The Night Market

The Night Market is a stand alone adventure/setting from the creators of Perils & Princesses.  I backed the Kickstarter and got my copy.  Its about 40 (small) pages long with some excellent writing and illustration. My copy was $15.00 is a fair price though I had hopped to get a bit more. (inflation sigh)  

Still its a cool setting sort of a Fairy Realm (or maybe pocket dimension) that serves a a market area were all sort of people can gather.  There are a few catches... no one can leave until the sparrows sing a full song to welcome the sun If someone interrupts them then the night just goes on an on until they can finish singing 

and that the adventure... you got to solve someone's problem to get them to let the birds finish so you can leave.   The other issue is the place is filled with Fairies and other sorts who don't play by the same rules as mortals... The setting could work with minor modifications with D&D, Pathfinder, the White Wolf system or even something like Frostgrave. I've enjoyed playing P&P with my daughter and this will be a fun little adventure   

Before the walls of Syracues 212BC

The Romans advance and Celtic Mercenaries move out to oppose us in the open while the locals troops defend the walls.  

The First clash of spears is hard on my Italian allies. 

The Clash outside the wall continues to go less then well on the subsequent turns... and my cavalry can't quite make it to join up. 

At this point I think my Opponent has more troops outside the walls as inside. 

The Italian allies are destroyed but a barbarian formation also dies.  My Velites throw themselves at the other Barbarians the get hurt but it protects the flank. 

What should have been a crushing victory.. is a bit of a draw... as we demoralize but don't destroy the Barbarians. 

My artillery manage to demoralize the cavalry  as they charge. 

Suddenly almost everyone has run away inside Syracuse... 

Mya cavalry move to save the guns.. and a prolonged battle break out. 

The assault on the wall begins! we hurt the Hoplites but they hold! 

Then rally and counter Attack  

This sort of escalade attack isn't easy... 

Savage fighting continues..

and continues.... 

My men fight bravely but in the end... 

An Incident from the Roman-Seleucid War.

 Arofan is working on a new game Blood of Gods & Heroes a modification of his Medieval game for the ancient period. The battle was on a narrow front.

I'm Commanding the Seleucids under Antiochus III Cavalry leads the way horse archers on one side

And Cataphracts on the other side 

North of the river the battle seesawed back and forth. to the south my there was a quick light cavalry action... then they cleared the way for the Elephants. 

Pike men vs Elephants... an ugly combination (and not to my advantage) 

Fighting becomes general in the south Elephants struggling against pikes while Galatians and Romans fight in the muck of the swam. 

to the North it goes better for me my slingers disorder the Roman allied Peltasts and then my peltasts charge hitting them hard but they hold for now.... My cavalry drives off the enemy cavalry north of the river. 

To the south the elephants are broken my desperate attempt to save the Galatians with my cavalry doesn't come off and my cavalry is broken... but the Galatians held on pulling a unit of Romans into the fight. 

This opened an opportunity for my Phalangites to fight Legions one on one.

Its an epic class... Phalangist, Iranian cavalry and Peltasts on one side against legions and light cavalry on the other  to the south I am trading space for time. 

On Phalangites break but my side breaks one f the legions, the cavally and the Roman allied Hoplites ... I survived and won by thinnest of margins My enemies break point was 13 mine 14 (at the end with both had 13 rout points) Rome won't get Syria for a few more years anyway. 

A Dismal Bloody Fight Seckenheim 1462

 

My Hungarians Charge a force of Skirmishers 

They over run the skirmishers... 

and then are charged first by nights... 

and then by mounted crossbowmen... that was all in turn one... they  were wiped out until turn two... but  I got good service out of those guys. 

Turn two sees the Swiss arrive and my Billmen charge them... 

And We disorder the Swiss pike block 

My Billmen are wiped out but my knights charge and wipe out the Swiss

Then we are charge in turn.... 

a massive melee results and my Knights are defeated and I am captured.