Conquest 2014

Last weekend Conquest was on here in Christchurch. The Southern Strategists generally put on a demo game or two at Conquest each year but this year we put on three.

First up is our 20mm WW2 game.
Russia V Germans.

 We had another run through of the rules on the Wednesday night before.

 ..and the game we played on the Saturday.

The players swapped sides from the Wednesday night game but still I think the Russians won both games.
On the Sunday some of the guys put on a Steam Punk game that I think ended in a draw.

 Also on the Sunday we put on a Great Northern War game. 

 Initially the Swedes looked to have this game well under control but in the end the Russians had the numbers to hang in there and take the victory.

 

There were a number of competition games on ( over 140 players I believe). These included X- Wing, FOW and Bolt Action in one room  as well as other Science Fiction type games in another room. Unfortunately the lighting in the other room meant that my photos didn't turn out too good .

A bunch of X-Wing games under way.

One of the FOW tables

The Bolt Action table was very impressive with the wonderful terrain tiles they were using.

 

 Always a great weekend of fun and games and catching up with friends.

20mm Napoleonics

Wednesday night's game was a chance to drag out our 20mm Napoleonic collection.

The game had a French allied army made up of French and Bavarians massed together, and a Brunswick force against the armies of Austria and Saxony.

 All four armies entered from different points of the table and they were all after control of the bridge in the centre of the table.

 As it happened the Austrians squared off against the Brunswickers on this side of the bridge.

 The Saxons, on the other side of the river are racing the French and Bavarians to the other end of the the bridge.

The troops from Brunswick prepare for the Austrian attack.

Austrians and Brunswickers exchange shots before charging into each other.

 The French and Saxon cavalry charge into each other as their infantry advance towards the bridge.

 French cavalry slowly overcome the Saxon cavalry and prevent the Saxon infantry from getting to the bridge.

Getting a bit tight for the Saxons here.

 The Austrian infantry make it to the bridge but the Brunswick army charges into them and forces them back.

The battle in full swing.

 The French charge into the units around the bridge and send them back to where they came from.

With the Brunswick army now also forcing the enemy back on their side of the bridge the day belongs to the French and their allies, the Brunswickers and Bavarians.

Enjoyable game even if I was on the wrong side, again!