Seleucis v. Antagonis rematch

Antagonis: Jim & Mike
Seleucis: Steve & Chris

Antigonis is on the left.

Seleucis adavnced his whole line, but faster on both flanks,
Antigonis held is position except for sending his Galacian cavalry across the rear of the army from left to right.   He did this both to avoid cavalry fighting elephants & to reinforce his right where Seleucis has put all his cavalry.

On the near flank Antigonis' Greek cavalry with peltast in support held on until the Galacian cavalry arrived. 
On the far flank Antigonis is fighting a delaying action. 
In the centre, Seleucid=s wa relctant to attack the Galacians on the ridge & the small but vteran Antonig phalanx.

On the near flank Seleucis' cavalry is being beaten back.
In the centre Antigonis' phalanx has counterattacked as peltasts outflank the Seleuci phalanx.
On the far flank the Seleucid attack is slow to develop.

The Seleuci cavalry is now totally defeated & the Seleucid phalanx is being rolled up from the flank.
In the centre, the Galacian have charged down the hill to pin the Seleucid phalanx.
On the far flank the Elephants have attacked teh end of the ridge, but the Galacians with peltasts in support are holding the flank.

Antagonis' left has held on as right rolls up the Seleucid line.
Seleucis concedes the battle with half his army broken & the rest doomed to being surrounded.  Antigonis lost just one unit broken.

The armies were similar this week except last Seleucids had a small advantage (1.3%) by having companions.  We swapped the companions for Greek heavy cavaltry thsi week so Antigonis had a small advantage this week.  The advantaged army won both times, but in each case the winner also had the better plan.     

  

 

Ancients: Seleucis v. Antigonis

Seleucids: SteveJ & Chris
Antigonids: Jim & Mark
28mm figs M2M house rules.

Antigonids on near side.
Blind deployment on map with only restriction being phalanxes must straddle the centreline.

Seleucis started with a slow general advance.  Antigonis advanced his right.

Antigonis' attack on the right ran into a shower of hot dice.  His medium cavalry shattered against Peltasts while half his Galatians were stopped by elephants.

Seeing his right was struggling Antigonis attacked on his left. 

Antigonis' counterattack had only mixed success.  On the left end of the line some of his heavy cavalry broke on contact.  Petasts somehow held the line against Companions as his veteran phalanx got on top of half of Seleucis' phalanx. 
On the other flank half the Galacians were broken by elepants & the rest being pinned by half of Seleucis' phalanx tas the elphants wheeled onto their flank.

Antigonis' phalanx is his only winner as Seleucid cavary wraps around his left flank & elepahnts around his right flank.  His army fails army morale & breaks.
 

Sunday school BA

Chris' Soviets v. Jim's Germans: 1250 pts, Key Positions scenario
Soviets mostly Regulars, Germans mostly Veterans.

Pics from German side.
There are 4 objectives: The bridge, the road junction & the ends of the two ridges overlooking the other objectives.
The German's had a clearer run towards most of the objectives than the Soviets & both sides made plans in accordance witht hat.
The German plan was to rush the 3 objectives on the left & hang onto them.
The Soviet plan was to grab the far objective while moving up to a position where they they could engage from cover the Germans on the other objectives where there was no cover & then counterattack.

The Germans gained 3 objectives then lost very high casualties exposed to from Soviet fire down but without cover.  But a German attack by Pioneers down the left bank of the river past the bridge disrupted the Soviet counterattack & a few survivors hung onto each of the objectives to give the Germans a costly victory. 

ACW 15mm again

We made a quick scenario using last week's armies & terrain, but a simpel encounter battle.
Union: Jim, PeterM & SteveJ: 32 inf, 6 cav, 4 parrots all regs
CSA: Mark & Chris: 24 inf, 6 cav, 4 Naapoleons, all vets

Both sides deployed with cav on both flanks.

The Union advanced quickly on their right to seize the village.

On the near flank both sides took up defensive positions out of musket range & exchanged artillery fire.
On the far flank the Union extended their line to the right & advanced.

On the near flank, the Rebs initially got the better of the artillery duel having 4 guns to 2, but the Union moved 2 guns from the right flank to behind the village to support their left.
In the centre, Reb artillery & then musketry drove the Union out of the railway station, but the Union had reinforced the vuillage from their left & the Rebs didn't attack.
On the far flank the Rebs kept pulling back as the Union wrapt around their left flank.

At this stage the Rebs conceded the battle.  The battle was remakable in that it was decided by maneouvre with remarkably few casualties.  Not one unit was broken & only 1 on each side shaken.  The Union used manoeuvre to utilise their superior numbers & avoid serious engagement while the Rebs never got into a potionw here they felt able to close up to to take advanatge of their veteran status. 

 

ACW 15mm

 As Chris had just finshed painting the last of his hoard of 15mm Confederates we did ACW to give them a run.
Union: Jim & SteveJ.  Reb: Mark & Chris.

The Union has a division of 8 raw troops in the village defending a stores depot.  The Confedates ar atttacking the depot from the right with 2 corps, each 12 inf, 6 cav & 2 guns, all veterans.  The Union has two forces coming to the rescue on the roads from the left, each 12 inf, 6 cav & 2 guns.

On the left the Reb cavalry has advanced to engage the Union cav & disrupt the Union deployment while part of their force firea t the village & the rest set up to repel the Union counterattck.
On the far flank, half the Reb cavalry occupy the farm while 1 infantry brigade moves up in support & 2 infantry brigades & their artillery attack the village.

On the left the Reb cavalry was beating the UNion cavalry until Union infnatry flanked them.  They then withdrew having fullfileld their mission of delay.
On the far flank, the Union cavalry has gone around the occupied farm while their infantry prepare to attack it. 
In the centre, Rebs are softening up the Union with fire from both sides.

On the left, the Union has deplyed & is advancing. The Rebs have set up to receive the attack.
In the centre the Rebs have assauted the village & Union resistance is crumbling.
On th far flank, the Rebs are putting up stout resistance in the farm as the Union cavalry sweep around it, Half of them take on half the Reb cavalry while the rest charge the Reb guns on the hill.

As the Rebs storm though the village, the Union on the left are finally ready to attack.
On the far flank, the Union infantry have finally taken the farm.  The Reb cavalry are winning the cavalry fight while the Union cav who rode down the Reb guns (too late to save the garison) have gone on into the woods apparently planning to outflank the Reb's left. 

On the left the Union have initiated a fire fight.
In the cntre, the Rebs have taken the village as the Union infantry prepare to counterattack.

On the near flank, the Union got the worse of the firefight & have pulled back out of range before any units were broken.
On the far flank the Union are counterattacking & gradually wearing the Rebs down, but they held out until nightfall.
The Union cav in the woods failed to get through fast enough to be any help to the Union right.

The Rebs declared victory claiming to have destroyed the supply depot & being able to withdraw over night on one road.  The Washington Post headlines claimed a Union victory after the Rebs withdrew.  





  

Bolt Action

 Jim's Germans v. Chris' Soviets in Hold until relieved scenario

The Germans are defending the bridge.  Pic from Germans side of the table.

The Germans had a better plan which was backed up by the dice gods giving them a decisive victory.

English civil war

Parliament: Jim & Mark
King: SteveJ & Chris

Pic from parliament's side.  Both sides have 6 pike & shot, 4 musketeers, 8 cavalry & have deployed with P&S in the centre, cavalry on this flank & musketeers on the far flank.

Parliament advanced in echelon, right flank forward, but held their cavalry on the extreme right back rather than charge uphill.

On the far flank Parliament have formed a defensive line in the farm as the Royals advance.
The near end of the Parliament's infantry line has charged home but is getting the worst of the combats.
the cavary fight is still indecive as both side move their reserves to cover their losses.

On the far flank musketeers are exchanging fire in the farm.
In the centre, the P&S are exchanging fire.
Right of centre 2 of Parliament's P&S have been broken, but the winners are shaken & parliament has a fresh P&S in reserve.
Both sides have won some & lost some in the cavalry fight & used theri second line to plug the holes.

The battle came to sudden end as in one turn:
On the far flank 3 Royalist musketeers units broke.
Left of centre two Royal P&S have broken under fire.
Right of centre, the 2 victorious Royal P&S brioke under the fire of th Parlient's reserve unit.
On the right flank, the Cavaliers have finally attacked the end of the Parliament's line & broken thru, but it's too late.

The Royalist right & centre have collapsed & the victorious cavaliers are not numerous enough to redress the balance.

It was aninteresting battel with a bit of tactical finesse as both sides shifted reserves to fill gaps in the theri line.  The near flank was pretty much a stalemate, but Oakie's luck trumped Chris in the firefights on the far flank.
 

 
 

English Civil War

Parliament: Jim & PeterM
King: Mark & Chris

Parliament are on the near side.

 

Parliament has all their cavalry on their right flank & immediately attack the Royalist cavalry.
Both side advance pike & shot to cover their cavalry's flank.
Both sides send musketeers into the centre farm, but half the Parliament's musketeers are on their left flank, so they are outnumbered here.
On the left parliament has attacked with 2 P&S to 1.

Parliament's cavalry attack took too long to break the front line of the cavaliers, who bought time for cavalry reinforcements to arrive from the centre.
In the centre parliament were outnumbered & lost all the infantry fights.
On the left Parliament has won, but the losses on the their right are far greater than their gain & Parliament concede the battle.

The Royalists had a better plan which was backed up with better dice, resulting a decisive victory for them.
 

WWI Battle cruisers again

Germans: SteveJ, Mike & Mick: 5 BC, 2CL, 6DD
British: Mark & Chris: 7BC, 2CL, 8DD

The Germans are on the left, Dergfflinger in the lead.
The Brits have thei old BCs in the lead with 3 big cats behind.
The Germnas are returning from bombarding England & the Brits determined to cut them off & destroy them.  The LC's in the centre have detected the enemy.

The lead Brits are trying to cross the German T while the cats race to catch up.

The Brits got the angle wrong & it was then who got their T crossed.  They turned away under a hail of German shells.  In the centre the outnumbered German DDs have turned away from the Brit DDs

The lead Brit squad did not have DDS handy to lay smoke & the Indominable is going down.

Invincible has followed Indominable to the bottom.
The attack by the lead flotilla of Brit DDs has been called off after heavy losses from the German BC's secondaries.

New Zealand was next to go as the British signal general retreat.

The Brits have lost 3 old BCs & some DDs.  The Derffligger, Seylitz & some German DDs have some damage.  The Brits got their angle of attack wrong & the Germans took full advanage.  



 

WWI Battle cruisers

The scenario is loosly based on Dogger Bank.  The OOBs are similar except the Germans also have von der Tann.

At the start only 2 detachments of LCs & DDs are on the table, having just moved into sight of each other (at 1m). On the table but recorded on a map & only known to their own side both sides had more ships.
The Germans had another scout group echeloned forward on the left & one echeloned back on the right of the one on the table. Behind the centre one was asquadron of 3 BC: Derfflinger, Moltke & Seydlitz,  Beind the LH one was von der Tann & Blucher.
The Brits had behind the screen on the table BCs Indominable & New Zealand.  Near the near LH corner of the tabel they had 3 BCs, Lion, Princess Royal & Tiger behind another screen of CL & DD.
The first British squadron had orders to locate & report on numbers of enemy Capital ships.  The second squadron led by Beatie was eager to fight.
The Germans had orders to destroy weaker enemy or run from superior force. 

Beatie's screen has just been revealed on the left. Von der Tann & Blucher are heading straight at him.
The 1st German squadron has come into sight crossing the T of the 1st British squadron.  CLs & DDs are milling about between the big boys.

The 1st Brits have turned to uncross the T, but Seydlitz is pounding Indominable. von der Tann has turned left to present her broadside to Tiger but at extreme range.

Blucher has been hit hard by Tiger.  The 1st British squadron has turned away as DDs lay smoke.& the 1st Germans are following them.

Beatie's DDs have laid smoke to prevent the 1st Germans T'ing them.  Blucher has run away with serious but not fatal damage.  von der Tann has made U turn & survies as the Brits have trouble ranging in.

Von der Tann has taken damage from Lion, but evaded & shook off the slavos.  Beatie has passed thru his DD screen & the best BCs are now enchanging. The ships in the foreground are British ships that have broken off with damage.

Seydlitz had given Tiger some serious damage, then von der Tann returned to the fight & landed devastating salvo to finish her off.  

As dusk settles the Germans turn away & the Brits are pleased to see them go.

The Brits lost 3 LCs & the BC Lion sunk.  3 other BCs & a lot of their LCs & DDs have serious damage.
The Germans lost 1 CL & 4 DDs sunk.  Blucher, Seydlitz & some DDs & CLs had some serious damage.   
With Beatie at the bottom of the sea, it was clearly a German victory.