What a Steam Tanker!

 

I finally managed to get some of my VSF tanks onto the gaming table courtesy of What a Tanker! This was a test run of the rules. While I have played them before, it has been a few years while neither player had played the rules. So I acted as ref while each player took one tank each. The Tatsumaki (18 points) vs the Coohegen Corporation Armoured Electro-velocitor-Devastator. (13 points) 

Devastator Armoured Electro-velocitor	6	5	Turret	Fast: May change 1 die to a drive die.	Rapid Fire multiple times without a reload die in between shots. Instead must reload at start or end of turn.	13
	Armour	Strike	Features			Cost

Tatsumaki	7	8	Fixed	Heavy armour: Treat flank as front & rear as side armour
		4	Sponson		Rapid fire multiple times without a reload die in between shots. Instead must reload at start or end of turn.

The battlefield

The Japanese Tatsumaki in the foreground vs Cohaagen Corporation Armoured Electro-velocitor-Devastator in the far corner

The Devastator raced down the table in an effort to get around some of the terrain to get a clear shot at the Tatsumaki.

The lower part of the hill was classed as a minor obstacle, while vehicles behind the higher part of the hill would be hidden. 

Some fancy maneuvering by the Devastator got it to a position to have a clear shot on the Tatsumaki. Alas they failed to hit it. In the end, after three turns, the Tatsumaki was able to take out the Devastator with one shot!

So, it was a fun intro game, it played fast and was not taxing on the little grey cells. So, since that went  so fast we decided to have another go, with two more evenly matched tanks, two monitors. But that is a tale for the main blog HERE

Big damn game, too big really! A try at GASLIGHT rules

 

The battle underway, already the free Martian forces have lost some gunners!

Somewhere around 500 figures were slated to be in this game which as I said is too many. In fact many did not make it onto the battlefield, there just was not enough space!

Combined British, Prussian and Japanese forces

 

 

Defending the line

Scenes from our most recent game

 

Well guarded temple 

 

The British march in from the top of the picture, their target is the temple

 

 

 

British right flank encounter High Martians

VSF April 12th, second game of GAAS

 

Archeological dig site

 Game 2 table setup. An ancient temple being defied by an Earther archeological site in the foreground while in the distance a Martian farmstead harboring Martian fanatics. 

The farmstead with the hill objective behind it.

Fist Full of Lead GAAS edition

The 'Wild' Martians with the Franco-Irish on their left flank

 

 

 

 

 

So, we had our first game of Fist Full of Lead, Glorious Adventures in the Age of Steam. Given that this was our first go at the game you might think that we would start with only a few forces, but no, I could not resist adding more and more units. I just had to see my stuff on a table in action and I wanted to try out as many different 'things' as we could. So we had artillery, tanks, cavalry, infantry, an airship, beasts, special hi-tech artillery, flying forces and trikes with guns! We also went with a free for all format so it was everyone against each other.

It was chaos.

It was fun 

Here are some pics  of the action and some of each force. I will do up an AAR soon.

Upcoming VSF game

 

So, I am finally going to get a game of VSF on the table. Four-five players have strangely agreed to participate in a game of Glorious Adventures in the Age of Steam (GAAS) a Fist full of Lead game. 

It will be on an 8' by 4'+ table and there will be different factions all competing with each other. I have gathered together 6 different factions to choose from, each with there own goals and with different troop types.

Apparently I have a lot more finished (or nearly finished) units. I really did not realize how much I have painted until I suddenly decided to run this game. Depending on how many people show up, there could be over 300 miniatures on the table and to my surprise I still have many more figures that will not be shoeing up on the table.

Each faction has 5 infantry/cavalry units, an artillery piece and a tank or tank like equivalent. In the case of the 'Wild" Martians, they will be aided by a unit of High Martian flyers.

Most of them will be fighting over this plot point.

Queen Victoria, a local Prince & her bodyguards hide in ruins near their broken down conveyance

 

WIP Cloudships

 So, after more than a year without posting anything I have now suddenly made 3 posts in one day! 

This time up are some flyers that I am working on. These items are mostly built, though in some cases I have left them unfinished to make it easier to prime and paint. The ship pictured above does not need paint as it is a pre-coloured model. (but it will need some weathering) It is a small skiff that was clearly modeled after the Star Wars sand skiff, just a lot smaller. I actually have 4 of the Kenner sand skiff toys waiting to be converted to Martian and American air ships. 

The following ships all come from Blotz.