First battle in Sealion tomorrow. Running Canadians, 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Still facing those pesky Wiking mob. The Russians have withdrawn thier support from our sector but a hardy group of Romainians have stepped up to fill the void. Still using thier german supplied equipment, there is some doubts as to wether they come cut it on the big stage of combat in England.....only time will tell I suppose ! 

    Have signed up to the "operation sealion" campainge on WWPD with our group. First rounds will be fired friday night. My british army will be defending our part of the home ilse's with the help of a gun happy contingent of russians. Its looking like our opposition will be from the ranks of SS Wiking division. Me thinks I smell the faint musk of car wee ??? Panther ? or maybe Tiger ? Guess we we will know friday night.
    I will be doing a battle report for WWPD, which I will post here. Its my first effort at it, so if its a bit crappy sorry. Hopefully they will get better. Had two warm up games last friday. Got carried away and completly forgot to take notes past turn one to do a report and took the camera to the club but left the battery for it in the charger on the kitchen bench. Will do better this week ! On the plus side I did win both games :)

   Strangely enough the first real thing up is Napoleonics....Just arrived in the post, my new British foot and horse artillery batteries from Napoleon At War. These guys are 18mm and come boxed very similar to Flames of War box sets. (somones taking lessons methinks)
   The figures have a good amount of detail, which is very pronounced. Should paint up nicely. They fit reasonably well with AB 15mm figures, they just look a little better fed. Hieght wise there is not much in it. Side by side you can see it but based in units I dont think you would notice.

   As a plus in a three gun battery they give you four gun carrages, so you can have one on your limber as well.(nice touch) There is four 9lb barrels, four 6lb barrels and two howitzer barrels in the box. So you can make up any battery type you need, with barrels to spare for those extra gun carrages you have lying around....you know you do !

   On the back of the box there is a handy little paint colour guide for what you need to paint with and a picture of one of the gunners to give you an idea of where the colours go. A nice idea for people new to Napoleonics but hardly a comprehensive painting guide.lol
   Napoleon At War is probably as close as you can come to Flames of War for Napoleonics without getting sued. The marketing, scenarios and even the rules will feel vaguely familiar to any FOW gamer. Having only had the chance to play one game so far. I am undecided wether its a success. We did have fun and a few laughs but also found a few holes in the rules. They do have a forum, ala Flames of War. So we might be able to find some answers/errata there. Will see how the next game of it goes. Has promise to become our set Napoleonic rules of choice but FOG Napoleonics is on the way soon and will have to see ?

Ta Dah !! First post is up...
    This blog will "hopefully" be where I can share the joys of my smashing victories and bemoan those occasional crushing defeats :( .With some pics, so anyone interested can ride the highs and chuckle at the lows.
   Mostly this will be on Flames of War, as this is currently our groups game of choice. However we do play Napoleonics and Full Thrust among other things, just not as often as we would like. I will also put on here painting progress and anything thing I find remotely amusing....so be warned !  Apparently I'm not very funny and have an unusual sense of humour.
   Hope you enjoy and feel free to comment.....please be nice ;)