Cold Wars 2016
Anyone heading to Cold Wars is invited to drop by Saturday at 1pm for a bombing raid on London, Gothas and Staakens take on the Home Defense.
Also Saturday at 6pm will be Coral Sea, attack on the US carriers. Hope some you the Aerodrome can drop by.
As I am running the games I might not be able to take a lot of photos but I will try and post when I can next week.
Have a great time, Peter! Cold Wars is always a fun time...some lads from our local group are heading there and hopefully they'll stop by to see what's up!
All the best,
Matt
Got to run a couple of great battles Saturday. Some photos will be posted in a day or two. Had one Aerodrome member and his son play in both and another dropped by to say hi.
Sounds like fun, if you did get a picture of the Coral Sea op, I'd be interested.
Ok, here we go. 1st game up was the bomber raid on London. 6 players joined the game and I ran the bombers with random movement. Each British player flew two planes.
3 Zeppelin Staakens and 3 Gothas cross the channel hoping to bomb London. 12 interceptors quickly engaged and immediately put a wrench in the German plans.
First shot and a Staaken is on fire!
Quickly a Gotha is also burning.
The nice formation is gone as the bombers try to avoid each other as well as the British.
The new BOOM rule where it equals half a bombers full strength... doesn't matter.
A N17 hugging a Staaken that has its rear gunners out of action.
Hot corner. Both Gotha and Strutter have jammed guns! Strutter pilot was quite frustrated but that he couldn't shoot as was the Gotha.
Look at those beautiful Staakens. Oh, they are both on fire, what a shame!
Seems all the BOOM cards were printed in German.
One Gotha did make it to London. He had a flock of angry birds with him.
The surviving crew were fished out of the Thames.
Last edited by Teaticket; 03-21-2016 at 12:27.
On to the Coral Sea... we had the two carriers, Yorktown and Lexington, two cruisers and three destroyers. (Damage points of 40, 30 and 20) Six Wildcats on CAP.
Japanese had five Zeros, four Kate torpedo bombers and 8 Val dive bombers to start. (5 Wildcats and many re spawns for the Japanese) Bombs and torpedoes drew a 'D' chit, torps could redraw a zero once. Bombs got full damage if the dot on the bomb card, (cards I made, basically the bomb icon) half if the bomb card hit the ship counter. Cruisers had two AA shots of 'C' out to two measure sticks, Carriers and Destroyers one each. The round counters in the water are AA plots. (Active when gun side was up)
All ships also had one 'A' chit shot per turn out to one measure.
Wildcats on CAP.
The Zeros in the lead approach the US fleet.
Some of the Kates and Vals.
One lucky Zero finds a way between the flak.
A line of Wildcats with Zeros giving chase.
Fish in the water! The New Orleans holds its collective breath.
Another torpedo heading towards the Lexington. Vals following in.
Another wave of attackers.
Wildcats hunting a Kate.
Two Zeros attacking a Wildcat taking off from the Yorktown.
A Val on a bad angle attack barely gets a half damage hit on the Lex.
One torpedo vs one Cruiser. One BOOM, no Portland.
A very busy sky over the Lexington.
The Lexington has been hit and is smoking.
Two Vals and a torpedo close in on the Yorktown.
Two Vals score hits on the Yorktown, a '15' and a half damage '0'. Too little too late.
I didn't get the shot but the New Orleans was hit with a second torp and took severe damage and a fire. The New Orleans succumbed to the fire.
Both Carriers survived the battle, Lex very badly damaged, Yorktown not so bad, both Cruisers went down and the destroyers were untouched.
I was puzzled as to why the cruisers were attacked when it was clearly stated the carriers were the key to the battle.convention gamers, what can you do!
It was an intense battle and fun to run. With 23 planes in the air there was a lot going on!
If the Aerodrome member that stopped by reads this could you raise your hand and introduce yourself (again) as I was totally brain dead
by the end of the evening and can't remember who you were!
Last edited by Teaticket; 03-21-2016 at 15:29.
Great report, pics and game
Awesome reports, Peter! Looks like tons of fun - are those Topside Minis you're using for the American ships in your Pacific scenario?
It looks like lots of action happening in both games - did the fellow who's an Aerodrome member with his son in tow have a full beard? If so, he was the guy from our merry band who was going to the con with his son...
All the best,
Matt
Good eye Matt, Topside Minis under actual minis!Originally Posted by matt56
Yes, a beard brother dropped by to say hi. I didn't get to turn in till 2am so when I woke up I forgot his name!
Hi
It was me!
Table looked great & hope everybody had fun
Very nicely done Peter
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
Very nicely done, Peter... whetting the appetite for HAVOC in a week and a half!
Hi Michael, thanks for stopping by to say hello. Good to meet another Drome member. Too bad you couldn't play, another pilot or two would have been nice.
Maybe next time. Usually show up for Fall In & Cold Wars
I usually run my Wings games on Saturdays. I think my next venture down there will be Cold Wars '17. I'll probably miss Fall In as I am thinking of going to a local con in Vermont that will save me 3+ hours driving each way!
What great looking games. I am gonna have to get to one of these larger events. Well done!
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