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Mark Anderson did a playtest of the Trench Wars rules on 30 October with Jim Hill, Dennis and Eric. Perry
watched and commented. The Germans advanced towards a town held by British infantry and French marines. It was a tough slog
for the Germans as they had to move down the length of the table about 6-7 feet. The British artillery and HMG inflicted
a lot of casualties, which stymied the German attack. Mark plans to alter the scenario to give the Germans an even chance
on 13 November.
The WWI scenario was quite different from the playtest. The British and French assaulted a German-held
town unsuccessfully. Machine guns and a tenacious German defence caused lots of casualties.
Perry did a scenario based on the Battle of Lobositz from the SYW to introduce the members to his Lace Warfare
rules. The Austrian infantry easily defeated the Prussian infantry, while the Prussian cavalry swept the Austrian hors from
the field. Not quite the hstorical outcome of the real battle!
I missed the games in January so no comments from me.
February will feature the Hotlead games as playtest opportunities so come out and help the GMs. I shall
be providing a tripod upon which we can mount a club sign to advertise our games. Any volunteers for the sign?
Cangames will be the next convention for club scenarios. Jim Hill and Pat Laffey have already prepared
their scenarios, and there is lots of time for others.
Hot Lead went well and attendance was about 25% more than last year. The organisers were pleased and are
now planning for 2006. The club games went well. Jim Hill had a good turnot for his GASLIGHT scenario, the WW1 trench assault
was popular and Bob had enough players for his 1866 game. Jean and I were disappointed with the lack of players for our evening
games, which is partially a result in the crowd leaving for dinner.
