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The Wargaming Den
New Zealand
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A range of battle reports and other stuff related to my hobby of table top wargaming.
O Group Game #2 British vs Germans
My first proper game of O Group. A game played in 15mm with a Late War British Rifle Battalion (me) attacking a village defended by a full strength German infantry battalion (Keith). The battle takes place somewhere in Normandy in June- July 1944.
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O Group WW2: Game #1. British vs Germans
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A solo game of ‘O’ Group as I teach myself the basic concepts of the game. This game sees two reduced strength battalions meeting somewhere in Normandy in 1944.
Hobby Update- WW2 British infantry
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Just a short video showing what I've bene up to- painting up British infantry in both 15mm and 20mm sclaes for Battlegroup, Rapid Fire Reloaded and now O-Group too.
Battlegroup Game 2: Somewhere in Normandy
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My second game of Battlegroup WW2 rules in 20mmm. This week’s game sees my recently completed British rifle platoon against armoured panzer grenadiers from the 21st Panzer Division somewhere in Normandy in June 1944.
Rapid Fire Reloaded #6- Battle of Slim River Take 2
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Another Rapid Fire Relaoded game, refighting my Slim river scenario with a mate who ws visiting for the weekend. The game is based around a battalion of Scottish troops trying to hold off a Japanese battalion supported by tanks.
Battlegroup WW2 Game#1
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My first learning game of Battlegroup WW2- a ruleset I’ve considered in the past but not ad a chance to play until now. I popped down to Dunedin yesterday to give Richard a 500 point game using 20mm figures. a small game set somewhere in Normandy 1944 with US infantry taking on the Fallschrimjager.
Rapid Fire Reloaded: The Battle of Slim River Jan 7 1942
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A small Rapid Fire Reloaded battle based on a battle that took place during the Malaya campaign in Janaury 1942.
WW2 British infantry for Malaya Campaign 1941 42
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A small hobby upate of my latest wee sidetrack/project. I am painting up some Warlor Games 8th Army for the campaign in Malaya 1941-42.
Making Palm trees for WW2 gaming
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A short vieo showing how I turned some $0.25C plastic palm trees into some reasonable looking terrain for my WW2 in the Far East table.
Terrain making- bunkers for WW2 gaming
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A (revised) short video showing ho i made some 28mm bunkers for gaming in the Far East. This is a revised verion of the video afte rexperimenting wiht making a more interesting into for my channel. I hope you like it.
Terrain for WW2 Burma gaming
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This weekend I have been working on some new terrain peices for my 28mm gaming in the Far East- dug in markers/trenches, some palm tree bases and shell holes.
Rapid fire Reloaded #4: River Crossing
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Another game of Rapid fire Reloaded in 28mm. Somewhere in Burma in 1944 a British Rifle Battalion attempts to establish a bridgehead across a river. They are opposed by a couple of companies of Japanese infantry who are to delay the Britihs as long as possible...
Rapid Fire! Game #3: Somewhere in Burma
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Somewhere in Burma 1944. Another solo game of Rapid Fire Reoaded. This game sees a battalion of British infantry supported by some offboard artillery defending two fords across a river against two battalions of Japanese infantry.
28mm Japanese infantry regiment for Rapid fire!
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A short video showing progress on my most recent project- upscaling my 28mm WW2 Imperial Japanese army force to e able to run a regiment in the Rapid fire! ruleset though they can be used for Bolt Action or a number of other rule sets as well.
Sangshak 44 #2 Roadblock at New Guinea Corner
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My second game of Rapid Fire! Reloaded. This game is based on an attempt to releive the paratroopers on Hill 7378 on the morning of March 20th 1944 in the opening stages of the Battle of Sangshak. This game seeing Indian troops from the Mahratta Light Infantry trying to clear a Japanese roadblock and relieve the Indian paratroopers on hill 7378. This is the second version of this game, the firs...
Bolt Action- Japanese infantry and terrain
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Bolt Action- Japanese infantry and terrain
Warlord Games- British & Commonwealth infantry
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Warlord Games- British & Commonwealth infantry
Monte Cassino Campaign Battle #6- German Counter attack at Trimonsouli
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Monte Cassino Campaign Battle #6- German Counter attack at Trimonsouli
Bolt Action Monte Cassino Campaign. Game #5- Assault on Minturno
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Bolt Action Monte Cassino Campaign. Game #5- Assault on Minturno
How to build fortifications for Bolt Action
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How to build fortifications for Bolt Action
Monte Cassino Campaign #4- Crossing the Garigliano
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Monte Cassino Campaign #4- Crossing the Garigliano
Bolt Action- Late War British and Canadian Infantry
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Bolt Action- Late War British and Canadian Infantry
Bolt Action Monte Cassino Campaign. Game #3- Free French vs Panzer Grenadiers Cassino
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Bolt Action Monte Cassino Campaign. Game #3- Free French vs Panzer Grenadiers Cassino
Bolt Action Game #2: Free French vs Germans
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Bolt Action Game #2: Free French vs Germans
Bolt Action Game #1- Free Frnch vs Panzer Grenadiers
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Bolt Action Game #1- Free Frnch vs Panzer Grenadiers
Warmaster Revolution- Chaos vs Dark Elves
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Warmaster Revolution- Chaos vs Dark Elves
One of the dangers of historical wargaming is as follows. You have to snip that bayonet off the sniper's rifle if indeed he is a sniper. They never shot with a bayonet because it threw the rifle off. Also the spotter for the sniper only carried a pistol as he was not expected to engage, it would give the position away. That aside, very nice work on the paint jobs.
Hmm, may need to do some adjusting to the figure. Thanks for that. Easier to get away with it isn smaller scale :)
magnificent
Many thanks fir the feedback. I am happy with them and more importantly they look good on the tabletop.
Looks great! Humber's are aces, although I'm a sucker for armored cars😉
Cheers for the feedback
Looks fantastic Craig! :) Circular bases look good.
Cheers Mark. See you next weekend!
Great work excellent looking army
Many thanks :)
Nice presentation and first class terrain...Great report!
Thanks Phil. I can't claim any credit for the terrain it is all Richard's but is always a pleasure to play on such a table
Wonderful video both armies are incredible but that 21st Panzer force nails the flavor of that army in historical terms Well done overall Subscribed !!! PS Thank you so much for playing in 20 mm -the one true scale !!! What line of miniatures were the German army from?
@SGusky I will ask Richard whose force it was to respond. It is a flavourful force but I am unsure when he collected it or the manufacturers.
@@Courham Hi there - most of the figures are from the Battlefield/Blitz miniatures range - which I’m not sure are still available or not - but there are also some AB Figures and a few plastic PSC miniatures. A friend of mine now runs Simon’s Soldiers which has the same mini sculptor as Battlefield/Blitz so similar figures are available. I hope that helps
Lol, well it does look very nice!! :)
Cheers Mark
Nice report. Just started getting into BG myself. Really enjoying the rule mechanics so far. However, I'm sticking with 28mm figures at this stage.
Cheers Roundie. I'm getting into 20mm for two reasons. 1 Richard games in 20mm and would rather use my own models than borrow his, and 2, as the way 28mm prices are going 20mm is better value. I could game in 15mm (and probably will for the desert campaigns) but not really keen to get back into 15mm (though I have a very large collection). Far East and Italy themed games I'll probably continue in 28mm. I've occasionally considered BG in the past but never tried them, they feel right to me and am really enjoying the games so far.
A great report with fantastic armies and terrain...👍👍
Thanks for the feedback, I am pretty happy with how it all has worked out.
Thanks a lot. I will play it with my 20mm figures from the same campaign😊
I must admit it is a campiagn I've not really studied in he past but am finding it fascinating. Defintiely one of those lesser gamed theatres
Nice one Craig. Always looks good.
Cheers Tiff.
Great video looking good I do like the buildings 👍👍👍🤠🤠🤠
Thanks for the feeback.
Nice work Craig :)
Cheers Mark. Alas I may have fallen into the 20mm WW2 rabbit hole now...
Richard is great. Glad you had a fun time learning the game.
Enjoyed watching this fight Craig and thanks for the shout out re my book - glad you found it helpful!
A great read and I am recommending it to others. I have to finish my Sangshak battle trilogy of games.. I've just been sidetracked with the Malaya campaign of late:)
@@CraigC-zt4bm just as well I didn't include another chapter re the battle at Litan - or else your trilogy would have ended up as a quad!
Nice again Craig! I’ve started printing some WWII things but in 10mm (1/150). Maybe something on the horizon…
Cheers Tiff. I am very happy with how the terrain had turned out. Just started working on some Indian infantry. I am having a game of Battlegroup this weekend with Richard so will be interesting to compare rulesets.
So many battles in the Pacific that we never heard of ...even for American forces
I have a pretty poor knowledge of the campaigns in the Far East but currently working on changing this- I thoroughly recommend the WW2 TV channel talks, they cover a fascinating range of campaigns across the Pacfic and Far East including the Solomons, New Guinea and Burma.
@@Courham yes those sneaky zips were very busy doing there dirty work
Nice table and terrain
Thanks for that Drucnai
Great looking stuff, including those buildings!
Cheers Tiff- Sarissa Precision buildings do look great. My plan is to redo the rooves though... using microfibre dishcloths to represent thatch.
Great video - I have so many of those same trees (well the kids do...😉) I may have to try this. You're fast inspiring me to start some Pacific theatre stuff.
Cheers for that. The price can't be beat and I was pleasantly surprised at how a light spray paint can transform them.
Wooo Music change :) Nice work again, Craig.
Cheers Tiff.
Which reference of brown from army painter do you use ?
It is the AP Leather Brown
I will try this !
Please do. Gaming is always about sharing our "discoveries" though they have usually already been discovered by other gamers. Let me know how they turn out.
I have an interest inthis theater and rules but in 1941 1942. I play it with 20 mm miniatures. Very nice report. Inspiring ( but sides inversed for 1941).
Building British and Indian forces for 41-42 os on my too do list- a very interesting campaign.
Beautiful board and miniatures! Working on a Japanese army myself right now, and was curious why you went for two infantry miniatures on one base? Curious what happens if one of them died off? Anyways really admire the terrain and video (:
Many thanks for the feedback. Simple really- speed of play :) Individual figures are a pain and really don't have a major influence on play. I use the figures for other systems too and fewer figures to move round is a bonus for me. I have spare single minis for when I take 1 casualty or you can put a counter by them.
it is very strange, that when i try to search for warmaster videos, youtube gives me almost nothing. but then it just pops in the video feed without any searching... :P
The magic of algorithms :)
@@Courham magic... well said 😁
My friend Tiff did a video of two warmaster games he had last week including against my Dark Elves. ua-cam.com/video/RJDIwQEWzE4/v-deo.html
Nice report... love your models :)
Thanks Ondre
Looks great!
Cheers Tiff- it has been a productive weekend. A game of Warmaster vs your Tomb Kings and also plenty of terrain made :) Speaking of Warmaster, I think I need more crossbowmen vs the undead!
Anzac Day gaming - a tradition! Nice report, Craig.
Nice Craig. Visually, it looks great!
Cheers Tiff.
Nice looking game, Craig. Thumbs up!👍
Cheers Tiff. I have painted a lot of Japanese in the last few weeks!
Nice work, Craig. I like this history briefing, learning something new.
Cheers Tiff. I enjoy the research angle and then trying to recreate aspects of an engagement- helps channel my inner geek.
Excellent!
The sound is a bit iffy in places but gad you enjoyed it.
Looks cool.
Superb painting and basing, I do like your terrain and your work on the bases, big like!
Many thanks for the feedback. I really appreciate it.
Many thanks for the feedback. Hope to get a game in soon to showcase them and some new terrain
Cracking job, superb vehicles and infantry!👍👍
Great report! The armies and scenery are beautifully done. I much prefer the narrative summary style to live games.
Many thanks Iain. I am he world's least proficient videoographer but enjoy putting hem together. Love your channel and have spent many hours on it getting insights on various armies, how to play Warmaster videos etc. It is the best Warmaster resource on youtube.
Great battle report. Looks like it was a very fun game. 👍 I've played undead since warmaster was released, but picked up some chaos figures over the years and am building a chaos army now. So this is like watching my two armies battle it out. haha
I have yet to develop a counter to raise dead! It is brutal.
Very cool. Kia ora from wellington. It's been many years since I've played warmaster (or any wargaming) and really miss it. One of my friends lent me the new Warhammer Old World rule book and I thought to myself, do you know what I really miss? Warmaster! haha Very glad it's still being played in NZ.
Yep, there are a few of us. One of the Wellington guys did a big Warmaster game at Valleycon or one of the other comps last year.
Simple but good looking terrain. I wargame ww2 in 1/72 scale, might try to make some next week.
Cheers. Let me know how you get on.
Bloody game - don't be a crunchie :)
Yep. BA is pretty bloody. I always seem to run out of infantry.
Nice!
Looks great Craig! :)
Cheers Mark
Both were fun and enjoyed the lesson on why reckless generals don't exist in Warmaster. Safe travels.
Thanks Craig, it was good fun esp. the 3-way battle :)
Nice work again!
Cheers Tiff. A wee report of last weekends Warmaster games being uploaded :)
Great. Did you scratch build the town too?
@c3aloha No. The buildings were bought a few years ago. Quite a few laser cut mdf ones (can't remember company) and some plastic kits- Iteleri.
Nice report. I liked your intro to the scenario and the “what really happened” info.
agree!
@@andrewtiffany1733 Thanks for the feedback guys. I am trying to do a wee bit of research into each engagement and follow up with what actualy occurred to put it into a bit of context. The "campaign" is purely narrative driven but I am enjoying the research and putting together of whole thing.
This is cool because the reason I got into BA was to teach kids about the 100th Infantry Battalion (34th Division) who were on left flank of the French and almost took the town of Cassino at that time after crossing the Rapido River.
Lots of fascinating aspects of this campaign and so many nationalities involved. My own interest coming from growing up as a young kiwi it was seen as one of the most important events in WWII for NZ. In recent decades as the veterans of WWII have died off our focus as a country has tended to shift back to Gallipoli whereas a few decades back Cassino was one of, if not the, defining moments in that lives of that generation of kiwi's for those that survived it and so more widely known than it apepars to be now. I'm glad like the report, I'm trying to do something a bit different by puting each game into a historical context, creating some special rules for the game based on the engagement I am representing and then at the end touch on the actual outcome of that encounter. I should have anoher game to upload later this evening.
@@Courham sweet as. It might be nice to see how you built those pillboxes too! In Hawaii the Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion is regarded with great reverence but the memory of it is fading as the last veterans pass away. They were severely depleted at Cassino after which they were joined to become part of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. People often don’t realize that the Americans assaulted the town before they decided to bomb the monastery. We are very fond of our Kiwi allies! Cheers
The original version of the pilbox video showed them being made but the sound quality was poor as my digital camera wasn't working properly (thanks to user error) so removed it but will show a close up at some point- very easy. They took about 1/2 an hour (+ drying time) as they are simply foam core and some filler. The 100th Nesei was one of the most decorated units in the US army IIRC. Will be moving onto the ititial American assaults in a few weeks time. I've 2 more battles for the British sector to do, then the 34th's attempt to cross the Rapido before moving onto the the 36th's attacks.
I like your using the mouse pointer over a still pic to describe the action. Much better than other reports with constant moving cameras making me motion sick.
Cheers. I am not very good with video technology so make the reports in powerpoint and it has a handy pointer function :). You are right about the zooming round the table. I tried that recently and at the time I was recording it it seemed okay but when I played back a static photo and explanation seemed much better. I am still experimenting though as it is trying to get a balance.
@@Courham ah I used PowerPoint for an after action when I played BA with some officer cadets. I recommend for summary you draw arrows to show the squad movements. Then it looks like the battle maps you see in history books!