A World Aflame Jarama game

I recently played a solo version of the Jarama scenario for A World Aflame. It was fun, but I wasn't entirely happy. The game felt a bit linear without the use of individually based figures. Sometimes I felt as if the two sides were shooting back and forth until one took too much damage. I think this was partly because of how I deployed the Nationalists. 

There isn't really anything wrong with these rules; they just didn't work quite how I expected. I'll be trying them again in future, maybe with a few more changes. There's a lot to like about them.

I will, however, try out some other rulesets. I had planned to do this anyway, and used a fairly generic basing scheme on the figures. Crossfire has long tempted me, and I think it will be the next game I try. It will give me a chance to make plenty more terrain too! Steven Thomas of the Balagan has created a Crossfire variant for early 20th Century Spain.

Here are the photos of the game! 

       A Heinkel swoops in to engage some International Brigadistas 

The Republican air force wreaks havoc among the Legion

Moroccans and Legion advancing under fire

The Battle of Five Armies : A Hordes of the Things game

 26th June was my 20th birthday, and to celebrate my friends Tuan, Roachey and Wen Geng came over for a big Hordes of the Things game. We played a scenario based on the Battle of Five Armies from "The Hobbit". Tuan and I took command of the Goblin and Wargs while Roachey and Wen Geng led the Elves, Dwarves and Men. It was our first face to face wargame since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. 

The scenario allowed for the arrival of reinforcements for both sides after set numbers of Army Points were lost. These consisted of Thorin, Beorn, the eagles and some sneaky Goblins. 

Here are a few pictures from the battle. The Elves, Dwarves and Men are defending the high ground while the Goblins are approaching the town of Dale at the centre if the board. 

The game saw the Goblin-Warg alliance being victorious, with a score of 18 - 16. Unfortunately we didn't have time to play the game to its conclusion, but it was really enjoyable. I've never played a game this big before, and I hope to do so again! 

The starting deployment 

All 3 evil commands advance on the beleaguered Dale garrison

The trolls break down the gates and capture the town

My Warg command charges into the Dwarves' and Men's lines 

But are quickly repulsed! 

Unfortunately I don't have any more photos.

It was a fantastic game!