This will be held on the 20th of August at Newark Showground.
Please feel free to join Simon and myself for the day if you feel so inclined.
Rob.
The Other Partizan.
This will be held on the 20th of August at Newark Showground.
Please feel free to join Simon and myself for the day if you feel so inclined.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Count me in guys can't leave it to the boaty boys or we'll all be swimming for it.....
Can use it as a warm up for Doncaster
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
Good to have you aboard Chris.
Oops!
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
I intend to be there but how long I last will, as ever, be in the lap of the Gods.
Had the quack look at my hip and it's sort of good news/bad news in that there's nothing wrong with the joint (good), it's just an extention of my chronic back pain associated with the 48 year old amputation (bad). So now it's painkillers and Ibuprofen gel.
Sorry chaps need to save all me reserve for Doncaster.
See you on the Dark Side......
First Reg, it is always good to see you for however long you can manage, and to you Neil no apology needed. We just want you to feel right again.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
I hope to be available - it's a bit too soon to know for certain.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Whats up Tim? afraid of my Bristols?
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
Rob, I am helping out with another game in the morning, but if there is space, I have a WGS scenario or two to pick from for the afternoon.
Bridges over the Maas or a North Africa '41 shindig
Lest we forget
I've seen your Bristols...........
still in therapy
Lest we forget
Thank you John for a genuine laugh out loud moment.Originally Posted by johnbiggles
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
Seen them Gentlemen. Better watch out you don't get up the sharp end!
Kyte.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Will be attending the show with my youngest, as per usual.
However, as my club isn't putting a game on this time round, I am happy to come and help out for a spell, if required...
Sails is well staffed
Chris (Boney10)
and
Simon (Mav)
will be either sinking or swimming...!
The Boss will be 'patrolling' both tables to ensure order is maintained
Look forward to seeing the team again at Partizan II
Mav
Any help will be gladly accepted Paul, even if only to give one of us a bit of a break.
Thanks.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Not promising anything, but sorely temptedAny help will be gladly acceptedShall let you know nearer the time.
I can confirm that I shall be going.
Thats brilliant news Mark, will be great to see you again
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
Ditto Chris. I shall look forward to, knowing my luck from my experiance at Barrage I shall be spending most of my time being KIA lol.
Looking forward to seeing you there Mark.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Thanks Rob, I am looking forward to another day out enjoying my hobby.
OK folks, spanner in the works, my stupid friend is having his daughter christened on this date, not sure I am allowed to be godfather by proxy, so it looks like I might be grounded for this one now
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
Look on the bright side Chris. If your friend finds out you just (publicly) called him stupid he might decide to dispense with your God-Fathering role in favour of someone else.OK folks, spanner in the works, my stupid friend is having his daughter christened on this date, not sure I am allowed to be godfather by proxy, so it looks like I might be grounded for this one now
We will miss you if you can't make it.
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We won't miss if you can make it!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
All mine know better than to arrange things without notifying me first, and never to expect anything during the re-enactment season.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Alas mine are not so well informed and having just got the green light for Prague next year I am not looking to rock the boat, lol
All mine know better than to arrange things without notifying me first, and never to expect anything during the re-enactment season.
Rob.
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
Very much regret I shall not be able to make this one after all
All the best and have lots of fun. If the second show is anything like the first it will be a sorry thing to miss.
Mike
If John is running one of his most excellent WGS games in the afternoon then I'll drop by for a game.
Will be around but getting a lift this year so not sure of timings so will just pop over and say Hi.
Tony.
Confirmed - I'll be there for the day.
I'll just bring my WGF stuff; if John does a WGS North Afrika in the afternoon, I hope he won't mind me borrowing a plane or two of his (I haven't started my North Afrika stuff yet, anyway!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Great to know you have our backs again Tim.
Any particular aircraft you are after?
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Probably any that he might not, wait a minute he has them all doesn't he(?), have yet.
See you on the Dark Side......
Must get some 109Fs at some point - not just yet, though.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Just a quick reminder, I shall fighting the fuzzy wuzzies in the morning, someone may need to pop over to tell me when the table is free to set up for WW2 desert action.
Basic scenario, Stukas with 109e escorts attacking target near Tobruk, while Hurricane IIb Hurribombers and IIb fighter escorts attack targets near Tobruk. What could possibly go wrong?.......
A game for up to 8 players, can be done with 6. One plane per player is optimum.
Squadron Orders/ Staffel Befehlen will be posted at the beginning of the game.
Lest we forget
I could tell you John.
How long have we got!
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Looks like I will be able to make this one now, wasn't sure before so kept quiet. Then again how could i miss a chance of seeing John in his Fuzzy Wuzzy outfit.
Hi Trev been missing your input on the forum. Looking forward to catching up at Doncaster.
See you on the Dark Side......
Me too Neil, Doncaster always great fun, good company, beer and lots of Boom Cards!!!!!!!!!
Oh, yes, lots of boom cards especially on Sunday.....hint, hint.
See you on the Dark Side......
See you Sunday Trev.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Good-oh!See you Sunday Trev.
Rob.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Hi Guys, the GM of the other game has just had to cancel due to family ilness so I will be with you lot all day.
The ladies had already expressed their intention of abandoning me and camping out with you anyway.
Trev, sadly no fuzzy wuzzy outfit.
Lest we forget
Have a great day tomorrow, sadly I will not be there to support, take part and be chot down countless times.
John you could still wear the fuzzy wuzzy costume, just a thought.
See you on the Dark Side......
I hope that you all have a good time later today and attract some new players.
Good luck today chaps sorry I can't be there
I know you will have a great time and do us proud
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
Just back from Partizan, absolutely knackered but had a great time again.
Thanks to Tim for a cracking 1916 scenario, I joined late and handed my aircraft over to a newbie after half an hour or so, but it was a hell of a game.
Thanks also to Ruth and the girls for helping me run the afternoon game, and for coaching a couple of new players, young and old, through the mysteries of WGS and for shooting me down ( I did shoot one of my daughters down first).
I will be posting pictures later.
Lest we forget
Had a great time today
Flying a Gunbus in the morning , trying to catch Trev's EIII whilst being chased by Tim's EIV. Unfortunately I couldn't get the Fokker off my tail !! Went down in a blaze of glory.
Hurricane Bomber in the afternoon got on target but forgot to drop the bombs ! ended up being shot down by Amy ( my own daughter !!! )
So fun day all round .
The afternoon battle, loosely based around the time of Operation Crusader, late 1941.
Elements from StG3 enter the field of play
The British, meanwhile, have their own operation underway
Hurribomber IIb and one of the escorts flying just south of Tobruk bay
As the Stukas and their escorts pass over the German troop build up west of the Tobruk defenses
the two sides eye each other up
the fighters leap to the attack
The young lad flying the Hurricane with the yellow dot on the base has done considerable damage (16/18) to the Stuka with the blue dot in two bursts
when some unspeakable swine chucks away a deflection shot on the off chance
yes, I stole his kill
I marked it on the Kill Sheet as a shared victory though.
Oh, and it was being flown by my youngest daughter Hannah.
Bad daddy
Anyway, back to the report.
Three of us then ganged up on Trev (Brambo) who seemed to be having trouble flying in a straight line (to much Schnapps?!!)
The Chap flying the Hurribomber with the green dot bombed one of the German encampments causing 50% damage, unfortunately the Hurricanes only have gun cameras so no image is available.
Immediately thereafter my eldest daughter Amy avenged her fallen sister and blew me out of the sky
Another young chap who was being coached by Amy shot down the green Hurribomber which crashed into the same target he had earlier bombed, finishing off the job.
the following picture shows the overall state of play at this point, with Trev, having finally lined his Stuka up perfectly on the British supply convoy, having a senior moment and veering off to the left (Schnapps)
shotly thereafter, daughter number one murdered yet another parent.... her own mother, who was circling back for another attempt to bomb her target
Trev is now eyeing up the convoy, but being an unspeakable swine as afore mentioned, I refused to allow him to divebomb on a turn
the sole remaining Hurricane escort, got up close and very personal, causing much damage from the rear, forceing Trev to attempt an illegal card resulting in a BOOM chit
.
At this point, given the distances between the 109s and the remaining Hurricane, with real time taken into account I called an end to the game.
The British had successfully destroyed one of the two ground targets, while the Germans failed to damage either of theirs, but the Germans had shot down 3/4 of the British force so overall a draw (just). there were complaints and calls for a stewards enquiry, but its that unspeakable swine thing.
finally, Amy's score card
Three kills for no damage, Iron Cross First Class for that methinks.
And an Aerodrome polo shirt next time Rob orders a batch.
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Lest we forget
Here are a few more random shots i managed to get of John's games today.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
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