The next few UK games

[Martin]

Here's an update on the 2012 game schedule:


•Saturday 18 February - Western Front 1944, post the break-out from Normandy. Allied forces are heading for the German frontier..........


•Sunday 4 March 2012 - a grand tactical game set in the Rhineland in 1844.


•Sunday 15 April 2012 - scenario tba


I was thinking of running an ECW campaign on 4 March, but real life (& Gettysburg:SOW) got in the way. My thanks to Paul for stepping into the breach. Also to Steve Hockin who has just volunteered to run the April game.

Martin

[Richard]

I'm interested and I may be willing to play as one of the team leaders.


Cheers,

Richard

[Martin]

I'm interested and I may be willing to play as one of the team leaders.


Cheers,

Richard

Sorry Richard, the top roles have already been allocated - it was a bit first come, first served. You will of course be very welcome should you still wish to attend .

Martin

[Richard]

I'm interested and I may be willing to play as one of the team leaders.


Cheers,

Richard

Sorry Richard, the top roles have already been allocated - it was a bit first come, first served. You will of course be very welcome should you still wish to attend .

Martin

OK - see you all next week. 10am I presume? Later would suit me better!


Richard

[Martin]

Then you're in luck Richard - it's actually due to start at 11 am. See you there.........

We should have a good turn-out. A possible 14, although one or two are not definite.

If anyone else would like to come along, please feel free to join us. This particular game can accommodate a number of extra players quite easily.

Martin

[Martin]

We have our WW2 game tomorrow of course, but the following game is only just over 3 weeks away, so I thought I'd better put out a reminder.....

That one is on Sunday 4 March 2012, and will be a grand tactical game set in the Rhineland in 1844.

We would like to get some idea of attendee numbers, so if you are inyterested in coming please let me know.

Martin

[Richard]

We have our WW2 game tomorrow of course, but the following game is only just over 3 weeks away, so I thought I'd better put out a reminder.....

That one is on Sunday 4 March 2012, and will be a grand tactical game set in the Rhineland in 1844.

We would like to get some idea of attendee numbers, so if you are inyterested in coming please let me know.

Martin

Count me in please - as a player this time!


Thanks ...

Richard

[Martin]

Well you got in quickly this time, so I dare say there's every chance

The next two games are:

•Sunday 4 March 2012 - a grand tactical game set in the Rhineland in 1844.

•Sunday 15 April 2012 - probably a strategic game on the WW2 U-Boat war in the N Atlantic. Teams will represent Admiral Doenitz's HQ and their US/UK opponents (Western Approaches Command etc).

Many thanks to Ian for running yesterday's game. This was a hypothetical scenario set in September 1944 which assumed Eisenhower supported Patton's advance to the West Wall through Lorraine with sufficient logistics, plus two airborne drops, rather than mounting Operation Market-Garden in the Netherlands.

It was a challenging game to play and umpire, but presented players with intriguing decisions, produced authentic outcomes and a decisive result. Starting from a bridgehead over the Moselle, the US XX Corps managed to link-up with the inexperienced 17th Airborne Division holding key bridges over the River Nied. By the end of the game some of the German panzer units were effectively trapped. The final drive NE to the River Saar was not gamed, but German reserves and reinforcements had been used-up in a series of fierce counter-attacks, and there was now little to stop a further American advance to link-up with the veteran 82nd airborne Division at Saarbrucken.

Martin