Gaming 2021. A Fresh New Start.

[Norm]

What a great gaming cabin - that would be my dream solution.

[Smiley Miley 66]

It's also Family entertainment room as we thought it a better solution than a conservatory. As our back garden is SW facing, it can get really hot in High Summer, so in a 'glass house' 40 degrees plus wouldn't be unheard of; as we recorded 35 & 37 degrees in my wooden cabins last year. But the wood en cabin doesn't cool down quite as much in the winter either.
It makes the lawn area smaller too ? Which is a bonus in my book...
Miles

[Norm]

My game space has a LOT of glass and is currently too hot to use! Boo hiss.

[martin goddard]

My advice Norm is to announce to one and all
"What a great sunny summer this is ".
That should bring down the cooling rain  and probaly some snow too


martin

[Leslie BT]

Norm get some tomatoes in for this summer then.

[Smiley Miley 66]

John came again today.
I can actually report a win today.
My first in the cabin.
Must thank John for coming over.
Miles

[Colonel Kilgore]

Well done both - and they're nice looking boards, Miles!

I see that John borrowed Colin's bike. Can't be too careful around all those millionaires.

Simon

[Leslie BT]

So John cycled over for the game.

The table looks great Miles.

[martin goddard]

Yes, a good looking table and opponent Miles.
Glad that Colin's bike is getting good use.
John is very fit and the 20 mile ride is easily done by him.


martin

[Sean Clark]

Great pictures and great to see some face to faace gaming. I think you forgot to say cheese though to get John to smile! 

[John Watson]

Sadly Sean I had nothing to smile about. My veteran Afrika Korps, Rommel's elite, got well and truly smacked by the Desert Rats. We didn't even count up at the end. I had two Pz IVs, a company commander and a platoon commander on the table at the end. Miles shot all my defenders on the crossroad objective and then walked into the other two objectives when my first platoon broke. The second platoon arrived too late to affect the result but carried out suicidal assaults on the two objectives and duly died in the attempt.
Still a good game. Thank you Miles.
John
PS I am thinking of entering the Tour de France next year.

[Big Mike]

Ah, the fortunes of war, John.
It took both Colin and I to win through against Miles last time and it was still close up to the last turn. Perfidious Albion is turning the tide against the Reich.
Mike.

[Colonel Kilgore]

I think it might be something to do with home advantage in Miles's case?

Simon

[Smiley Miley 66]

Not really Simon that's the first game I ve won in that cabin. Losing and/or drawing the last 5/6 games.  I was starting to think that I was sitting on the unlucky side or something?
I had some very fortunate dice rolls yesterday. Twice hitting one of his objectives with 2 MMG and an LMG 24 (48 in all) dice a turn and getting 13 6's; even Veteran's can't sub stain that kind of firepower. But his PC wouldn't die....
Also an HE asset pinning one objective and pinning his mortar unit and killing that PC helped too.
Miles

[Sean Clark]

It's things like the PC surviving all of that firepower that create the narrative of a game for me. In an old version of the game I remember having a PC for US Paras needing to run across 2 open squares to get to a couple bases who were in trouble. He recieved Opportunity fire from all over the place but dodged every bullet before leaping over a hedge into cover.

An example of what a great game PBI is when it creates moments like this.