I finally forced myself to sit down and finish my draft scenarion in LJdPB format for BBB, Olustee 1864. A bloody knife fight in open terrain, this was a Confederate victory and the only major land battel in Florida in the US Civil War. You can find it in the Material for Wargaming page, the BBB Groups io file section, and at this link.
Enjoy and a Happy New Year to all!
The final post has pictures from the battle of Atlanta, cyclorama.
We visited the Atlanta Hisotry Center, which houses the Battle of Atlanta Cylcorama. Of course I took many pictures. Part I are the non-US civil war exhibits.
My dear fellows
I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year
The end of another year comes
around and it is time to take stoke of the year and what comes next.
2024 saw a good amount of gaming at
Elko, Nevada, and at Atlanta, GA, despite the moves, and other life
issues. Between January 2024 and August
2024 I got 22 game sessions in. Most of the gaming at Elko was Games Workshop
products. A lot of Combat Patrol, some Underworlds, some Legio Imperialis. I
did get some other games in, two sessions of Bloody Big Battles in my Le
Journal De Petite Battailes format (both Gribomvo 1897), Darren’s excellent
Mario Cart game, and Xenos Rampant.
In Atlanta, for many reasons, I had
to focus my gaming efforts to twice a month, more than enough. Essentially once
a month I play Warhammer 40k, and once a month I play in an ongoing BattleTech
Campaign. Between August 2024 and December 2024 I have played eight games. 40k
moved to incursion level games rather than combat patrol, and I am determined
to use for 2025 the multiplayer rules so I can see more armies and meet more
people. In BattleTech I am just running one pilot and one mech in multiplayer
narrated scenario sessions. A good way to meet people and learn the system
(Classical BattleTech). And I was able to run the Gribomvo 1897 Scenario here.
The 2nd Meeting fo the Atlanta Eastside Light Irregualrs was a blast. Me, Robert, and Khayman came together at Challenge Games and Comics and I hosted with my LJdPB Gribomvo 1897 scenario using Bloody Big Battles. I took command of the Ottoman defenders, and Robert and Khayman too command of a Greek brigade each. Khayman drove twards Hnaopoulo and Gribomvo, while Robert to to the bridge. All in all the game was fun with the Greeks attaining victory at the start of Turn 6. Both players were new to BBB but quickly grasped the rule (helped by the detailed QRS made by one BBB groups.io member).
The dedicated mat and terrain got good comments, and the rules were also praised for their ability to give a good game, and provide players with options. All in all a good end to the year.
Photos
Set up and Early Stages of the Game
I was able to finish two projects before the passage of 2024. These are my 28mm 15th century Western European Army in heradly from Mark Smylie's fantasy Known World setting (Artesia, the Barrow, and Blackheart are set there) and two lances of Battletech Inner Sphere mechs from the A Game of Armored Combat box. I will write a repospective and 2025 plans post closer to New Year.
Pictures below
This Saturday I played a multiplayer 40k game at Challenge Comics and Games. We used the new rules. We each had 1000 points, and we had my Death Guard, Tyranids, Votaan, and Necrons. All in all a fun game, though we were not able to finish. The new rules cannot comepltely avoid the devolution of four player games into 2 vs 2 action, but manage it in a more formal way. I expect form now on most of my 40k to take this form. It has the pro of meeting more people, and seeing more armies in action.
