Post by Pete Melvin on May 30, 2015 19:41:47 GMT
Up for grabs
Paul gets papped
Game on!
Insert The Vapors joke here (if you are old enough to get that joke)
Ryan already looks concerned
Flat out into a wall
Nige settles in for a busy day
The Bulge American ended up playing on the only two desert tables
Dave looks confident
Ben even more so!
Confidence waned quickly...
The gears turn
Alex has spotted the pap. Thanks to Alex for agreeing to a swap due to a no show
Birds eye view of a burning column
Worms eye view of same column
No show desolation
Dave crushes the hopes of a child, its his second hobby
Dont know whose brain is working overtime more
Katys: nasty but unreliable.(and vulnerable to horsie attack...)
Speaking of horsies, there were a fair few turned up.
Stu's fantastic Sikhs.
Ben takes it easy
"Theyll never find us here guv"
Rising sun over the desert, Oh no, its Carls bald spot
Carl's mortar. "This will be a six" is a cry we often fear.
Ryans Japanese
Bens Germans. Nice guy, nasty list
Gregs Brits
Stu's award winning Sikhs
John's gerries
Carl's lost Amis
Rob's less lost Amis
RTE's Brits
Paul's Germans
My award winning Italians. (And also 2 wins and a draw, not bad for never having played with them before)
Ryan and Carl face off once again. Ask Ryan about how much he likes flamethrowers.
Concentrating hard
or "this is how we roll"
Insert amusing caption here
high-ho silver!
Phoenix grudge match
Warren finally gets his first victory!
Jack was kicking ass an taking names...as I was soon to find out
Where do you find cows? In a hedge says James, it just so happens this one howls.
Mooooooooooooo WHOOSH BOOM!
"How many FUBARs are you allowed?"
Galloping through the tundra.
The answer to the "Guess the Gut" competition
So spice!
!0 points if you can guess who turned up in flip flops.
Lots going on
Downtown Rushden of a Saturday
Wonder what daft question Im being asked this time
Another heated game
Brian contemplates what bad word he should call Carl
" A two?! A two?! Why you little...!"
Not sure if those flames are a feature or a bug?
Getting whomped (and scumming a draw)
Oh good god! 3 heavy mortar hits. total number of hits rolled: 35...
Jazz hands!
Now this might sting a little
Even more cav
All those minis at the back there? Yeah, those are my dead guys. Jack kicked my head in.
Ready for the prizes
Allied best painted runner up: Carl King
Axis best painted runner up: Ryan
Allied best painted winner: Stuart Kelly
Axis best painted winner, and all round great chap: Pete Melvin
Allied last place: Chris Willoughby
Axis last place: Alex Carr
Allied most secondary objectives completed: Stuart Kelly
Axis most secondary objectives completed: Paul Wilkinson
Allied 4th Place: Henry Saunders
Axis 4th Place: Ryan Scales
Allied 3rd place: Roger Travis-Evans
Axis 3rd place: Dave "Cheeky blighter" Tyrell
Allied 2ns Place: Rob Farley
Axis second place: Paul Wilkinson
Allied champion: Carl "Flamethrowers on maximum" King
Axis champion: Brian McGonagle
Thanks again for everyone who came. always nice to see new faces and old.
To my three opponents; Sam, Stu and Jack: I had 3 great games, highly enjoyable, even if I did just barely scum it against all of you.
A special thanks to Nigel from Timeline for the prizes and coming down on the day. If you havnt got any Timeline buildings I highly recommend you get some, Ive got a few now and they really are some of the best on the market:
www.timelineminiatures.co.uk/
A big thanks to Warlord for the prize support, much appreciated.
Thanks to all the Phoenix boys for helping set up and tear down, especially to Carl without whom I couldn't run these things.
A final last thank you to Warren S. for giving up his day and doing the scoring for us, much appreciated.
Thanks to everyone who filled out a questionnaire. it really does help me plan the way we set these up. It seems the vast majority of people had a great time and enjoyed the way we did the missions so I'm very glad indeed. We hope to see you all again for the next one!