Bloody Big Bash Day IV - the last post.

BBB Bash Day IV has happened, mostly to plan, so here's the report of what we did on the day.... 😊

With 8 hosts and 11 players, we decided to change the format so that 4 games were played in the morning and a different 4 in the afternoon.  This meant that hosts could join in a game, as well as hosting a game.

Apologies, in advance, for the lack of photos for some games, I did not get photos of them all.

The morning games were Chancellorsville (ACW), Kissingen (Austro-Prussian War), Nyezane (Zulu War) & Sedan (FPW).  Here's what they looked like:

Chancellorsville

An impressive 8' x 4' table, showing heavily wooded terrain.

One of the two balloons in operation on the day.

Kissengen - early on in the game.

Nyezane - start position

Nyezane - the game progresses.  Bruce (game host) took BBB upscale with a 28mm figure per base, rather than our more usual group of 6-10mm figures.  It looked fun!

Tom getting into the spirit of the game!

Sedan - the one I actually played - photo at start.....   and that's it for this game....   see below for more reports.

We broke at mid-day for lunch, with the scores as follows:

Chancellorsville - Rebel (Patriot?) win.

Kissengen - Bavarian win

Nyezane - Zulu win

Sedan - draw (it was in play till the end...   which is what BBB is all about).

The next 4 games were set up, as follows:

Aspern-Essling - I had lent Ned the troops and houses & rivers, I understand that it was a fun game, more of that below...

Gujrat was our Anglo-Sikh offering,   A flat, dusty plain - it won the award for fastest set-up/pack down

As can be seen, some point with fingers, some with sticks...

Lutzen - it happened, and I contributed, but sadly took no photos!  Sorry!

2nd Bull Run - once again, the preference for ACW battles to take place in wooded, hilly places - at least it makes the battlefield sites nice place to visit in the modern day.  The woods are bath mat - once again proving that warmers look at every-day objects and think "now if I change this a little, it will make a superb....."

The scores at the end of the day (yes, we were sorting the evening curry and some people were STILL rolling dice) were:

Aspern-Essling - French win

Gujrat - Sikh win

Lutzen - French win 

2nd Bull Run - draw

Some of the participants have posted on their own blogs, see here Tom Davis and here Blackshaw gaming 

 

Check out the BBB FB page Bloody Big Battles and Chris Pringle's BBB Blog for his report

It only remains for me to thank the Leeds club, the game hosts, the participants and my long suffering wife  who made this a memorable and fun day.  

Oh, if this inspires you to try the rules, buy a copy and come to the next BBB day - wherever and whenever that will be.

Colin