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Sunday, 12 March 2017

Not quite a safari...!

Yesterday was a bit of a confused day!

I was all set up to do a safari game when poor Lawrence rang me to call off as he has a bug!- he sounded awful! Get well soon pal!

I rapidly repacked a bag with what was at hand....

Mystic wood (a boardgame from the 80's - which we had played a few weeks ago) - and X-Wing!
Sadly, I forgot to swap my camera from bag to bag, but Phil kindly agreed to do some pics on his I-Phone thingy! - this is why the pics look lovely, no doubt!

Sorry about the green cloth, I usually photo shop it out, but couldn't be bothered today!


Phil took Poe Dameron's T-70 X-wing, Alex a 'Blue Ace' and I had a 'blue Novice' 
 The enemy were 4 Tie/fo fighters, 2 omega pilots, a zeta and an epsilon leader, to keep the points about equal!
 The Ties started next to an asteroid field, we opposite...both sides sped forwards!
 Alex went right...Poe went into the Ties...
 ...leaving my rookie facing 3 Ties all by myself! 
 Green and red lasers flashed!
 I lost all my shields! - at least I damaged a Tie!

All the X-wings Koiogran or Talon-turned...
Poe and Alex fired at the confused Ties. 
We moved to  relieve our stress, which left me nose to nose with a tie which had koiogran turned too.
 Alex had moved to point blank range on a tie which was about to shoot me in the flank...
 ...He blew it to pieces! 'Thanks, Blue leader!' 
 Alex went after another tie trying to get behind me, Poe was backing me up.
An errant tie koiogran turned on the table edge behind Poe, had he seen it? 
Alex saw the danger and engaged it. 
..he then turned to chase it, Poe and I had also turned. 
Poe and I got it in a bracket- Poe got a minor hit on it. 
 I fired last, and with a target lock blew it to pieces! 
 Poe, Alex and I turned to engage the other 2 ties...
 Poe and I fired on one of the ties which cleverly evaded our fire.
Alex tried to escape the ties when they focused on him...
Ooops- the asteroid belt welcomes careful drivers!
Poe, meanwhile, had killed one of the ties, leaving just one! 
 We both strained to keep up with the nippy First Order pilot!
 Eventually, he Signor turned to shoot at me, I took a damage point, but survived to fire back!
With Poe just out of arc, I got a lucky Critical hit! 
The Resistance wins!

Don't think my pilot will be novice next time!!!! 


Saturday, 4 March 2017

A Feisty Frigate action

Today, we had a game of Sails of Glory Napoleonic.
Alex suggested a big frigate action, not in size, but in ship size!

The Hebe class ships therefore took to sea!, with a smaller frigate each side.


The French started heading upwind, in line.
In the lead, Hermione. 
...second, Dryade...
...in the rear, Proserpine.
The Royal Navy also deployed in line with the smaller frigate in the lead.
I ran the lead ship, HMS Orpheus. 
Lawrence, in command, was next in HMS Amelia. 
Alex, at the rear, had HMS Sybille.
2 islands looked as if they would play no part in today's action! 
The British stayed in formation, hoping to get upwind of the advancing French. 
It began to look as if we would cross the French 'T'. 
The French were being run by my solo system, Powder Monkey, which began to control the ships at 2 shot rules distance, Hermione was now in that range! 
I eschewed firing at long range with my forward guns. 
So long as the French stayed in line ahead, I would get a short range shot... 
...Success !!!
 Not bad, though the 5 was a waste! (Hermione had 2 burden)
One box of hull and one crew casualty. 
Hermione amazed us by staying on course, and penetrated our line!
 She got a stern rake on me and a bow rake on Lawrence!  
 Lawrence's MHS Amelia got a shot at Dryade too. 
After musketry as well, we totaled  the damage...I had been trashed, and Amelia was on fire!
 Hermione began reloading her guns...
I got a partial shot into her stern as she passed. 
Alex, in HMS Sybille, now luckily got a double broadside on Hermione and Dryade!
Hermione was holed, and Dryade lost a part of her crew and upperworks. 
 Hermione still had musketry, and killed another crew box from HMS Amelia!
Hermione was half destroyed and had a lot of crew casualties. 
Dryade had lost some crew but was ok. 
My HMS Orpheus was half gone too. 
HMS Amelia was worst off, with lots of dead crew and a fire to fight! 
Proserpine now got a long ranged fire on HMS Amelia... 
 More damage, but ,more importantly, another crew casualty!
 HMS Amelia was in critical condition!
Fortunately, the 2 sides were separating, giving Amelia time to extinguish her fire.  
Lawrence now decided it prudent to break off the action, the French ships were only lightly damaged, but HMS Amelia was going to be unable to fight well due to crew losses... 
 ...and HMS Orpheus was of limited use.
...So we turned and headed home!
The French had won the battle with that charge by Hermione into our line!

Vive L'Empereur!

It was good to have Phil visit today too!