Elder's Wargaming Blog

Last weekend our club had our Fall club convention.  We had three to five games for each session on Saturday or Sunday.  There were about 15 people attending Saturday and close to 40 on Sunday.  I thought Saturday was a little disappointing attendance wise, but a lot of people were busy (i.e. attending an old club member memorial service).  I ran my Korean War game Saturday morning and it ran very well.  Overall I think everyone had a good time.  It was good to see everyone at our latest club convention.

Convention photos:

    

In my attempt to do more photography and videos at the Colorado Military Historians (CMH) club, I had the opportunity to spend some time taking a video and do some editing afterwards (using YouTube editing).  The video should give you a sense on what a typical CMH club meeting looks like.  No shortage of action.

Photos from our March monthly club meeting with my new used camera.  Not sure if they look better than my previous camera, but thought I'd give it a try.  I also used software to improve the photos, mainly to brighten them.

At our last club convention I put on a Philippine-American War skirmish scenario between Filipino forces and A Company, 1st Colorado Volunteer Regiment.  The scenario was based on a real skirmish battle that happened on March 25, 1899 between well trained Filipino troops and US volunteer troops.

The 28mm figures are from 1898 Miniaturas and a few Tiger Miniatures thrown in.  Rules used were The Men Who Would Be Kings with some house rules.  Terrain that affected the battle was the jungle, rice paddies and hedges.

The objective for the the Filipino troops was to defend the area and prevent the US forces from breaking through.  Just like the historic battle, the US forces were able to push the Filipino forces out of the area but it was a tough battle.

Initial deployment for the Filipinos and US forces started off table. Two additional Filipino units would arrive as reinforcements.

A Filipino unit with the support of a bugler and flag defend the edge of a forested area.

A unit of volunteers charges pinned Filipinos defending the rice paddy berm. The Filipino troops could not hold the berm.

The Filipino left flank trying to hold back the advancing US troops. Ignore the two dice trays.

Here are some photos from the October monthly meeting of our club.  Two 360° photos are included.  Games are Blood and Plunder, WWII tanks, and Chinese

Click to view and pan in 360°.

Click to view and pan in 360°.

Unit of the month figures laid out on table. Oh ya...and one of my rice paddies.