The North Shore Wargames Club (Inc.)

Club meeting 13 May

FOG-Ancients. Alan (Republican Romans) played Philip (Pontic). It was an epic struggle, with both armies only one unit away from breaking after a long fight.

FOG-Napoleonics. Brett (French Imperial Guard) played Michael (British)

Flames of War. Rob won a game against Steve, a tough night fight between British and Finnish Infantry; 25 pdrs took out a KV1.

Club meeting 29 April

Just the two games today:

FOG-Ancients. Rob (Nikephorian Byzantines) played Alan (Italo-Normans)

FOG-Napoleonics. Al (British Peninsular) beat Philip (Netherlands and Brunswickers)

Club meeting 22 April

Three games of FOG-N at the club today:
Rob (Poles) beat Brett (Imperial Guard)
Kendall (Saxons) beat Michael (British)
Andrew (French and Italians) beat Philip (Netherlands and Brunswickers)

NatCon, 6-8 April 2012

Natcon was held in Hamilton this year, and although there was a fairly low turnout overall we had a good contingent from the NSWC there.

Ken was in the Flames of War Early War Competition, using a Panzer III army.

Mike was in Late War, and got second place using German armour.

The Hand of God points the way! Stu took the Alwa army to a DBR competition for the third time. He came fourth this time in the nationals with two good wins and a draw.

There are more pictures and a tournament report in The Wargames Room.

Most of us from the club were playing FOG-Napoleonics, together with several of the South Auckland club members.

Our armies were: Al (British peninsular), Andrew (French and Italians), Brett (1809 Austrians), Kendall (1809 Russians), Kit (1815 British), Philip (1815 Netherlands), and Robert (Poles). Philip was 1st, Kit 2nd, and Al 3rd.

The picture here shows the battle between the British and Poles. There's a big cavalry scrap going on next to the forest, while another Polish lancer unit makes a wide sweeping move around the other side of the forest... but arriving too late!

Club meeting 25 March

Games at the club today:
DBR 15mm
Mark (Parliamentarian) defeated Philip (Neapolitan) 9-1.

FOG-N
Kendall (Russians) 24-1 Al (British)
Brett (Austrians) 15-10 Rob (Polish)
Andrew (French and Italians) beat Kit (British)

FOW
Andrew (Russian) played Michael (German)
Steve (Russian) played Michael (German)

Club meeting 11 March

Today we had what may well have been the last of the games using the draft FOG-N rules, with the published version expected here in a couple of weeks. Andrew's 1809 French and Italians defeated Al's Peninsular British, while on the next table Kit's 1815 British beat Philip's 1815 Netherlands and Brunswicker force.

In a Warhammer game, Dan's Skaven took on Rob's Empire.

Ken and Steve had a Flames of War game, with the US forces defeating the Fallschirmjager. Bad luck for the Germans who lost their Tiger on the first turn!

Napoleonics conventions

Along with the demo games at NatCon, Field of Glory Napoleonics will be running as a 15mm competition at Nicon in Auckland on Queen's Birthday weekend, 3-4 June 2012. I understand that numbers will be limited due to space at the venue so early registration may be a good idea for anyone interested.
I will be the umpire (Brett Preston-Thomas brett@codymo.co.nz or mashas@xtra.co.nz)

• 4 Rounds
• 800 points
• Lists should either be based on the generic lists in the rules or around a historic formation.
• Unfortunately the Army list books will not be released until after the convention. Players basing their army around historic formations should therefore contact the umpire well in advance, advising their proposed nationality and date, to discuss appropriate troop grading and mix.
• The draw will be swiss chess - slightly weighted so that players play others outside of their club and battles are French v Allies where practicable.
• Scoring as per the Competition Scoring in the rules, ie 0-25 points available per game.

Ideally figures should be on FoGN 15mm base sizes (40mm x 30mm for infantry, cavalry and most artillery) however sabot movement trays for units in tactical formation can be used if your figures are incorrectly based. (Mark Woods (admin@dopeydog.co.nz) makes excellent and cheap laser-cut mdf bases if you want to make rebasing a bit easier). Contact the umpire if would like further information on unit sizes and basing and structure of armies, prior to the release of the rules on 20 March.
Information on how to register can be found at the City Guard website or you can email Phil Wu the registrar on nicon2012@hotmail.com

Annual General Meeting 26 February

As well as the AGM, there were four Flames of War games between Ken, Kit, Lee, and Robbie.

Andrew (Italians and French) beat Brett (Austrians) in a FOG-N game.

Battlecry 18-19 February

Battlecry 2012 was held in the ASB Stadium in Kohimarama.

Half of the FOG-Ancients competition were NSWC players: Rob (Byzantines) - pictured here taking on the Arab Conquest army; Sam (Syrian States); Michael (Early Zhou Chinese); and Philip (Muslim Indian Sultanates) - a pretty army with lots of elephants, coming last in the competition.

Club meeting 12 February

Three games at the club today:
DBMM 15mm - Al's Spartans got a 16-9 victory over Philip's New Kingdom Egyptians.

FOG-A 15mm - Michael's Urartians defeated Rob's Byzantines.

Flames of War - Kit (Germans) played Steve (French led by de Gaulle). It was a win to the Germans; De Gaulle was finally killed and the mission finished on turn 8; Two German platoons were destroyed, but with the new V3 rules, because they had at least 9 platoons only 1 was counted as lost.

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