ACW2 Final Battle Report

We organized the time, troops and place: Mayhem ensued:

The board looking from the Nationalist side, to the right is the onslaught of the Constitutionalists.

Armor engagement as Consti's push their vehicles thru the town. The Waves of nationalist forces surge forward.

Consti side with the Immigrant reinforcements pushing in to the town. To the right is the result of air attack!

A shot of the waves piling into the town where the action was called for time. You decide.

Martain Empire Battle Report

So another battle was fought English lead by Mark and Don vs Prussians lead by Nils and Alan. Starting forces:

English on the Left side of the picture. Near ground is several companies of Kreigsmarines and a Light armored Hanson Cab AFV, center is several guard companies supported by Light AFVs and in the far left flank are 2 large units of red martians.

On the right side of the picture are the Prussians, in the near ground are Marines, and Sailors supported by a unit of Mechanized Klanks, middle ground 2 companies of regular infantry supported by another unit of Mechanized Klanks, in the far right flank 4 companies of regular companies and a field piece.

The battle quickly became a head on collision, here is the Prussian right flank engaged in hand to hand fighting as the red martians wasted no time in closing in and going to swords. Initially they drove back the companies of regulars but in turn were flanked by the reserve company. In the fighting that followed the red martians were broken and driven from the field.

On the Prussian left flank I (Alan) pushed forward and started a rifle exchange with the British units. My sailors proved quiet capable of getting off some really serious shooting and inflicted significant casualties, driving the British units to their front back, as seen by the lack of opposition in the picture. The Hanson AFV was not scoring hits, perhaps their gun was jammed in an upward position? ;)

Prussian right flank closes in and takes out the Brits far left AFV in close assault. Central units are exchanging fire, men dropping everywhere. Martians continue to flee the field, in the foreground my Prussian Marines are forced to retire as combined arms take out the British sailors unit and begin to push in the British right flank.

With the British left flank gone and the left center collapsing, a retreat was sounded and the field left to the Prussians.

Game flow was pretty good. Artillery was found to be a bit weak for the points cost. I figure the GM will do a small bit of tweaking, probably to the moral for "under artillery fire" or some such. Martian Empires rules will, I suspect, be our base set for the January VSF Venus campaign launch.

Venus Must Fall!

Finished purchasing the rest of Kaptain Kneemo's sailors and marines, all cleaned, primed and painting is under way. Jan 2nd, new VSF campaign with the local gamers is to be launched, and Kaptain Kneemo will have his invincible forces ready!

To the left are the sailors, in whites, black shoes and a different hat band color to eventually differentiate sections. To the right are the Marines, Whit pants, Green coats, khaki pith helmets. 120 figures all told.

Prehistoric Reinforcements

Bargin Bin find!

So, the 2 dinosaurs were 49 pennies each! The little cuthlu fig is for size comparison. I was given the Tezla robotic figure was a hand me down to my Kneemo collection from Black Cavalier. I have quiet a pile of dinosaurs and plastic.. oh, 50mm cavemen that we sometimes pull and and smash around on the game table with. Rules do not allow for spoken words between team players or opponents, only grunts and pointing are allowed to formulate battle plans. Meat eaters are of course very dangerous, plant eaters less so unless you get to close or they stampede from a Meat Eater....very dangerous then!