tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post5941346400727698804..comments2024-03-22T14:54:13.469+13:00Comments on Craig's Wargaming Blog: FoW: Conquest 2012Craig Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592543210821530318noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-37067882340419383192012-10-23T17:58:28.643+13:002012-10-23T17:58:28.643+13:00Well done Bob, a well deserved victory the way you...Well done Bob, a well deserved victory the way your Shermans were rampaging in most games! They certainly were the force to beat. However, I am still not impressed with your uber Stuarts! Invincible they are, invincible! Sunday morning though Stephen H’s luck was the opposite of yours, he couldn’t pass a single armour save.<br /><br />Yes, terrain boards are the way to go. I'm about to experiment- my old boards were all chucked out moving into town. The local Mitre 10 does 1200x 600mm 4mm MDF cheap, I’ll use that as a top and glue polystyrene underneath and then carve out the wadi’s using a jigsaw and files- in theory it should work fine. Stay tuned...<br /><br />Craig <br />Craig Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592543210821530318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-48646984750630394782012-10-23T17:57:56.064+13:002012-10-23T17:57:56.064+13:00Yes, people certainly got into the spirit of the e...Yes, people certainly got into the spirit of the event.<br /><br />hope to catch up soon.<br /><br />Craig Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592543210821530318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-66826514621505025112012-10-23T13:55:31.702+13:002012-10-23T13:55:31.702+13:00You all got the Pip then...?!!!!
Great game with ...You all got the Pip then...?!!!!<br /><br />Great game with you Craig, for once I played the long-game and it played off. Althogh, as you said, that round of shooting from me was almost 100%!!<br />I also agree on the desert terrain as mentioned. Having been in a few deserts, I can vouch that they are not just flat, empty wastelands!<br /><br />The problem is, they are hard to replicate with the traditional 'gamer board' of a flat piece of wood and a cloth cover. You really need to build one from scratch that has no solid base and can then more easliy be built to replicate the dips and hollows of a desert.<br /><br />On to Stalingrad!!!Blitzkrieg Modelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545972455353234977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-71276126200083429172012-10-23T13:00:32.860+13:002012-10-23T13:00:32.860+13:00Good write up Craig and it was good to see you, ev...Good write up Craig and it was good to see you, even if for only a second.<br />I had a wander around and said hi to people and I was impressed with the MW lists and models that had been brought.<br />Huzzah!bikewrenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07582105997586893267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-8480393328602798272012-10-22T18:51:49.031+13:002012-10-22T18:51:49.031+13:00Cheers Jamie- as going to e-mail you about that- w...Cheers Jamie- as going to e-mail you about that- we will go Stalingrad as there are so many interesting force to include- Italians, Romanians, Hungarians<br /><br />Craig Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592543210821530318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-33393719198773598542012-10-22T16:33:22.446+13:002012-10-22T16:33:22.446+13:00Three Carius in fives games! Ouch.
Speaking of t...Three Carius in fives games! Ouch. <br /><br />Speaking of theme, if you do decide on a stalingrad thing then here is that site with soviet equipment strengths for different battles. It is best on the Don battles a few months earlier but does have some good stuff for Stalingrad and if you look at Don + Kursk as a before/after then you get a good steer on what might be used, when. I think Lend Lease ise mk I = matilda, mk II is valentine, M3l is stuart and M3M is lee. http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/battles.htmJamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-65394510782312405152012-10-22T12:59:51.160+13:002012-10-22T12:59:51.160+13:00The game vs Poochie was a cracker- In Poochies han...The game vs Poochie was a cracker- In Poochies hands those Aussies are not fearless, more like fanatical.<br /><br />I agree we need lots of low rises etc and wadis too. Often the long open fields of fire in the desert are deceptive, lots of low rises and hollows that create dead ground but which are hard to represent on the table. <br /><br /><br />there was a great mix of forces I though and it was good fun. I hope they can run another themed event as it was a great success. Facing 3x Otto Carius in one weekend at the other comp is not my cup of tea :)Craig Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592543210821530318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-91629966799157335542012-10-22T12:32:17.560+13:002012-10-22T12:32:17.560+13:00The different force mix was cool to see. I think t...The different force mix was cool to see. I think the game breaks down a bit if all the LOS blocking/concealing terrain is going to be about three-four small hills though! So I think I might consider some more of those tank wreck fields (that I think Stephen and Andy put on tables) and things like long low rises - if I had got up to the terrain making stage! I was really impressed with Andy's GW modular hills too. Probably prohibitively expensive to get given GW's ROW shipping policy these days, however. <br /><br />I'm with you on the failing to stormtrooper thing. Very rude of the dice. Your and Poochie's game looked awesome. I hope I get to play the Crazy Aussies at some stage.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-2818900710014585842012-10-22T09:38:59.597+13:002012-10-22T09:38:59.597+13:00Very nice report Craig. Pity about the camera, you...Very nice report Craig. Pity about the camera, you should have said, you could have borrowed mine!Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447816347472085277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-88060065881287748202012-10-22T08:50:41.912+13:002012-10-22T08:50:41.912+13:00Great report looks like you had a lot of funGreat report looks like you had a lot of funGalpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08952052968594252937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837051353071347442.post-75555112278494419842012-10-22T08:26:22.449+13:002012-10-22T08:26:22.449+13:00All that needs to be said is that Bob "Pipped...All that needs to be said is that Bob "Pipped" us all...<br /><br />Was a very cool weekend, good to see a lot of different forces, different things making an appearance.<br /><br />And I have been at 9 Conquests, missed one for being over seas, so you can claim the most FOW appearances! Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746496591351069177noreply@blogger.com