My Metal Meneken

This time it was 54mm, Mikes collection of WW2 Russian and German 'minis', at a village at the end of the war along the road to Berlin maybe ... a scenario from the rulebook of the skirmishing rules ... that I forgot, sorry, but the rules were super easy!

So, while Peter and Alisdair fought for the Endsieg, me and Bart were putting a prematurely end to the 1000yrs Reich. In the middle of the 6x4 table was a bombed-out house, and both parties had to fight over it - a prime objective. The secondary one, was to get a or some men in the deployment zone of the enemy. The third, to kill as much of the enemy as possible - easy!

Bart had a plan, I was storming the house, while his troops and the sniper would sneak around and provide fire cover! My captain was first in the house - the hero of the people! After that, we made sure we won the initiative as much as possible, and every German that dared to show up in the window of the house at their side was shot to pieces.

The HMG42 in particular was a bullet magnet! I guess I shot 3 soldiers in total, I don't know how much Bart killed, but we got in the house with 2 soldiers, Mike, who was umpiring, wanted to do a final count, but Peter just waved by ... we had had lost just one trooper, while only a few Germans, were left and we had the house ... the fall of the reich was a bit nearer and Nikki/Valerie/Petrouschka or Katja or whatever her real name was could file in a positive report for the Stalin ... and we might would get home after all ....

the evil Nazi Germans defending the Reich

The heroic Captain Molotov is the first in the house!

more comrades show up!

while the other comrades sneak around the ruins

But the Germans are armed with a deadly heavy MG the 42... uofff!

But we have Petrouschka ... or Valerie? ...

I called her Nikki our sniper veteran in the trees!

Comrade Grigory with his SMG giving fire cover for the hero of the people

and another comrade at the edge of the house appeared

whenever a German face appeared in that window we would pull the trigger

The Captain Molotov jumped and threw a grenade ...

but not much happened ... the 2 Germans were shot before the grenade detonated elsewhere

In the end we had 2 soldiers in the house - victory for the revolution!!!

DISCLAIMER: If you think this is the actual battle of Waterloo, Pustekuchen! Read further on your own peril! It‘s just the day after ...

54mm (yes, we are getting older and all need glasses), Napoleonics, Rules system, I‘m sorry I forgot , but something along the lines of To the drums and shakos (???). This time Mike surprised us with this excellent scenario and his lovely miniatures. Bart was playing a Polish hussar commander who lost his horses and his chutzpah, understandably after the events of the night before. And (MDF) Mike and (old and new)Mike himself and some lost French troopers were helping him to get out. Me (as Prussian reserve), Chris (as Prussian Jaeger and LI), and Peter and Campbell (as British Line and LI) and Alisdair (as British Cavalry) were hunting him down. One would get points for every killed man, double the officers etc... may the best team win!

So the French Infantry (Mike and Mike) tried to hold us off while Bart thought to await Alisdairs cavalry and shoot him to pieces ... Haha! But the allies were fleet-footed and quick. And shortly we were surrounding the French stragglers and shot them back to hell again. The rules worked really fine for this kind of skirmish, the little brown tokens aren't morale they indicated units that had shot!

Alisdair came later onto the table on the other side of the road were Bart tried to and nearly did annihilate him ... we decided to pull him off before that. Yes, he had the team permission to withdraw! That was a good decision and we finally won point wise 12 to 10 points!

My line of Prussians

Campbell or Peters British

The French and the Polish Hussar Captain

and their initial setup

But soon Chris sneakily flanked them out of the woods

Peters Brits stormed the walls

Campbells line behind a wall

And the "Polish-Frech" unit left over the bridge already

My Line and reserve arrived and shot volleys into the French

.. which they didn't survived

Then Mikes French were coming out of a burned down house!

And Alisdairs hussars arrived!

The shooting continued

... ach re-loading!

But then Alisdair retreated!

View from the bridge ... a man hunt!

yes very vindictive we shot most of them down ...