Wargame Warrior

may 10th vbcw at waylands, bookings please, will have lunch laid on by waylands (burger/hotdog crips drink (soft) and a choccie bar at £5 a head otherwise no cost.

its a three way battle between albertines BUF and the commies.

Sign me up.

If you insist..........I believe I've been alocated the good guys ?

yes Les, the BUF for you and adam

current people attending are marc del kelvin adam and les. maybe paul and steve and nick?

all welcome.

paul just confirmed. so confirmed players are :- les, del, marc, adam, kelvin and paul, so far.

just waiting on steve and nick.

You will have to circulate this on an email to make sure that Nick gets it...

What size are infantry units in case I get inspired to paint up a few more militia?

7 men 1 leader and a LMG section (2 figures)

Alternatively, you could just make up your organisation, sections in WW2 varied from 8 to 12 officially depending on nationality, period etc. Most were as Jim notes above, but in a militia unit if 14 men turned up...........

P.S it was really 'Fire Teams' that were important, normally 4 men or 2 and a light automatic weapon, made up into sections for admin/C&C, then platoons, then companies, then battalions, nearly always 3 of each to the next level plus attached HQ/support. Even at higher levals, it was nearly always 3, British 'square' brigades being an exception which contained 4 regiments, hence 'square'.

Hanni at April 1, 2015 at 5:10 AM

P.S it was really 'Fire Teams' that were important, normally 4 men or 2 and a light automatic weapon, made up into sections for admin/C&C, then platoons, then companies, then battalions, nearly always 3 of each to the next level plus attached HQ/support. Even at higher levals, it was nearly always 3, British 'square' brigades being an exception which contained 4 regiments, hence 'square'.

Yeah I am aware of the typical infantry organsation for the period and with wastage there could be almost any number in a "squad" - down to just one fireteam I suppose. Just checking if it is important for the rules that there be a particular number (like Donnybrook.)

not important as per the 'rules' for squad size, any figures extra will be those extra i just turned up 'joes'

possible dates (Sundays) for Coggeshall game - please reply ASAP so I can book it.

19/4

26/4

3/5

17/5

24/5

31/5

7/6

14/6

Nick

I am available for Waylands - & I have some heroic conscript reds

thats great nick as you are playing the commies

I'm OK for pretty much all the dates above. Adam is away in Amsterdam at the moment (Wedding anniversary), so don't expect a reply from him soon. I think he said he would be OK for the day after SALUTE (26th on the above list), so book that, if it's wrong, it's my bad, I'll turn up anyway. What will we do as a game ? An ancient can be bashed up pretty quickly.

Met someone you know at the Battle Day, Ernie (?), offered you a lift to SALUTE ? Ad gave him the site address so he may pop along sometime.

How are you anyway ?

i cant make 3rd may, beyond that i think im available every other date.

hope you are mending well nick.

I can do:  26/4,  31/5, 7/6

others clash withESAR training but I am always happy to loan figures on dates I cannot get to.

Nick, are we booked for 26th ?  Have you a scenario ready, if not I can do an ancient one if you'd like.

Hanni at April 16, 2015 at 3:28 PM

Nick, are we booked for 26th ?  Have you a scenario ready, if not I can do an ancient one if you'd like.

I had a few different ideas but unplanned 2 weeks in Dubai have put paid to that! (I'll write up some future scenarios whilst I kick my heels in my hotel room...)