CoC in 15mm-Delaying Action

 

A week ago Saturday, I got together with William at the abyss. He had expressed interest in learning the Chain of Command ruleset, he had one previous game an this was to be his second. He had been putting together a 15mm force for WWII and wanted to put them on the table. I had not played CoC with 15mm troops for more than 10 years so I was looking forward to it.

William had a French and German force put together and decided to go with the Delaying Action scenario from the v2 rulebook. He also put together all of the terrain. the OB is as follows, we diced for supports before the game on Discord. The Germans were the Attackers.

French 1940 Infantry Platoon (FR+1)

2 SL

VB Team w/JL

3 Groupes de Combat w/JL

Supports

AAMG

Franc Tireurs

Escouade de Fusiliers Motocyclistes

Canon de 25mm ATG /JL

Great Army Group A, First Wave Division (FR+4)

2 SL

5cm Mortar Team

4 Squads w/JL

Supports

Shabby Nazi Trick

Red Dice

Sniper

Stuka Bombardment

le.18 IG

Photos

As usual I forgot to take many as it was quite an exciting game.

The Objective was the red roofed building in the centre. William almost flanked me in the Patrol Phase as you can see he got a JOP in the forest on my right flank.

The Stuka Bombardment was quite effective, catching the actual Objective on fore. It collapsed at the end of turn one.

William was agressive in his defence advancing on both flanks.

The Germans made short work of this GdC.

Well this was quite an exciting game, The hedges blocked LOS up to 2". My attack was a little slow to get going but the Germans did advance up the table. I have never seen anyone like William for throwing triple sixes on his Command Dice, thus unlike most games of CoC there were actually many turns. I had brought down the French FM but William started the Final Countdown while I was still some distance away. I was able to get close but alas time ran out for me before I could get to the Objective. This was quite a fun game and we used many of the new mechanisms that have appeared in v2 of CoC.

It was the first time in a while that someone else supplied the troops and the terrain for a CoC game and I really appreciated it. Many thanks William for doing that and for an exciting game!

Saga Night-War of the Roses

This past Thursday, we had our monthly Saga Night at the Abyss. It was another good turn out with 12 players. Several new warbands appeared on the tables from the Age of Chivalry. Germans, Bretons, Scots, Flemish, English, Ecorcheurs, French and Venetians were represented. Myself and Rob, however,  played the War of the Roses factions, a first for our Saga Nights!

Yorkists (Rob)

Warlord

Mount Hearthguard

Foot Hearthguard

Warriors

Handgunners

Levy Bowmen(1.5)

Cannon

Lancastrians (John)

Warlord

Mounted Hearthguard

Foot Hearthguard

Warriors

Levy Bowmen (2)

We used the Chaos set up. Although I have played many games using this method, it always gives you a different game.

Scenario

Scenery-Uplands

Deployment-Pincer Attack

Game Length-Pitched Battle

Special Rule-Forced March

Victory Conditions-Target

Game Photos

Initial Setup

This ended up being a big mistake for me, with my WL and HG deployed together although I should say the scenario conditions forced me to split my warband in 2.

Other unit in my deployment.

Keep the bowmen in the forest

The Yorkist right flank.

The Yorkist left flank.

Well it seems that the Cousin's War will end up going on, as we had a draw with less than a 3 point margin of victory. It was quite a bloody battle with both of us losing most of our HG, the Yorkists had 2 left and I had just one lone mounted HG. The only reason that I was able to eke out a draw, as I was quite a bit behind going into turn 5, was to charge my WL into 12 levy, luckily for me this worked out but it could have gone either way. 

What I found interesting is that the Yorkists have a complex BB which is quite different then the English BB, while the Lancastrian BB is quite similar to it!

Saga Night-English vs the Flemish

 

Ten days ago we had our monthly night, this was well attended as usual with 6 tables set up, half being Age of Vikings and half being Age of Chivalry. I again brought my English and this time my opponent was Eric's Flemish. I had yet to play against Eric or the Flemish so it was going to be a novel experience for me.

English

3 Warrior Bowmen

1.5 Hearthguard Knights

1.5 Warriors

Flemish

2 Warrior Crossbowmen

4 Levy Pikes

We used the chaos method to set up the game.

Starting Position

Eric has beautifully painted figures

Bowmen to the centre

The final position, I won the game by killing the Flemish Warlord with my bowmen.

It was an interesting game, I am not sure if the Flemish have an inherent disadvantage  against the English. The Pikes are quite slow moving and the English can cause a lot of damage with their Bowmen at a distance.

Saga Night- English vs Swiss

Last Thursday we had our monthly Saga Evening. This was quite well attended as usual with 6 games being played, 3 each from Bothe the Age of Vikings and the Age of Chivalry.

I again brought my Age of Chivalry English and took on Michel's Swiss warband. This was the first time I encountered the Swiss and I was quite curious as I also have a Swiss warband done and I was curious to see how they played.

We play the Clash of Warlords scenario from the main rulebook, this was a novel experience for me as well as I usually play the Chaos method from the Book of Battles.

English (5 Saga Dice)

Warlord

2 units of Foot Hearth Guard

1 unit of Foot Warriors

3 units of Warrior Bowmen

Swiss (6 Saga Dice)

Warlord

2 units Warrior Pikeman

2 Unit of Foot Warriors

2 Units of Levy Crossbowmen

This was a very carefully fought battle with both sides being slow to engage in combat but initially relying on shooting.

Initial Positions

The game flipped to the English left flank which slowed down moving into combat. I had to swing around my 8 man Hearthguard to take on the rapidly approaching Swiss Pikemen.

Finally some combat with the Swiss Pikemen taking on the English Heart Guard

Interesting game which ended up in a tie with the Swiss scoring 12 points and the English scoring 11. I believe I might try the Swiss in our next SAGA night.

Saga in the Afternoon

 

This past Wednesday, I had not one but 2 games of Saga ......in the afternoon. This was organised by one of our club members to introduce 2 seasoned wargamers to the ruleset. Interestingly enough, I got crushed in both games.

Here are some photos, in both games I played the English. Great Battleboard, I just have to figure out how to use it. Initially myself and Alexandre took on Marc and Eric in a 2 on 2 game with 3 points each. I then took on Marc in a 4 point game. 

From me

from Eric

from Alexandre

I believe everyone enjoyed themselves.

Age of Chivalry- French vs English

Very late post as I had forgotten about this game. During our last club Games day, a little more than a month ago one of our club members put on an SAGA game. Korrigan kindly lent me his French warband to take on the English. The game itself was put on by Eric, one of our SAGA experts. I played against Daniel, I believe it was one of his first game but notwithstanding, he was an able opponent.

If I remember correctly it was a 4 point game and the scenario was a starter scenario written by the Saga Thorsday team.

It was a very close game, and I barely won. I wish I could remember more but I do remember it was a lot of fun. Thanks Eric, Daniel and Korrigan!

A couple of photos.....

Club Games Day-January 25, 2025

The Posters 

David did a terrific job on these posters

The Tables

Photos taken by the participants

Glamour Shots

Some photos taken by a professional photographer

It was really a terrific day.