Paths of Glory 12!

This weekend was Paths of Glory '12 held at Perkins hobby house in Petawawa.  This was a 1500 pt MW tournament and there were 22 or so players from the surrounding area and Ottawa.  As always the tournament was first class and a special thanks to Bob for running it for us and Gary the owner of Perkins for running it for us.  I've got photos from all my games and I'll be posting battle reports as fast as I can (I now have 6 that I need to post).

Winners:
Best Overall Denis with Free French Armoured Rifles
Best General Ian with Italitan Bersigler
Best Army was a tie between Rob with Canadians and I with DAK
Best Sport was Darby with Tigers
 
Here are some shots of the armies, take a look at the Free French by Denis.

My 8th Panzer Regiment 15th Panzer Division DAK.  Tied for Best Army!

DAK vs German Infantry in Encounter

Marders stem the tide of incoming armour I managed to get out to Perkins Hobby House in Petawawa to get a practice game in before the MW 1500 tournament that he's hosting later in April. I'm trying out my DAK germans to get back into playing with them. Brad was getting ready for the same tournament so this would be an ideal practice match. We rolled up encounter and as always tanks attack infantry.

DAK OC and 2IC in PAnzer III Ms 3 x Panzer III Ms 3 x Panzer IV Es 4 x Panzer II Fs 3 x Nebs 2 x 8-rads Pioneer Pl with 2 x PaK 38s

German Infantry OC and 2IC Infantry Platoon Infantry Platoon Infantry Platoon 3 x Marders 3 x Panzer III Ms 4 x 10.5cm guns 3 x PaK 40s 3 x AA guns

MW Kiwi Infantry vs German Infantry in Encounter v3!

Maori Infantry advance on the objective and Panzers! This was my first time playing FoW since the Christmas break and I still haven't read all the way through the v3 rules. I'm chewing through it as fast as I can so I'm hoping by the next time I play I've at least read it once. It was really good to see the crowd of usual suspects at Perkins Hobby house this Tuesday night for FoW. Bob agreed to put me through my paces as a new recruit for v3. We rolled up Encounter and got ready for a slug fest!

Kiwi Infantry OC and 2IC Maori Infantry platoon with Piat and light mortar Maori Infantry platoon with Piat Maori Infantry platoon with Piat 4 x 3" mortars 4 x 6 pdr portee (repersented by the 6 pdr guns) 3 x Sherman IIIs 3 x UCs

German Infantry OC and 2IC Rifle Platoon Rifle Platoon 3 x PaK 38s 2 x 88's 3 x Marders 3 x Panzer III Ms 4 x 10.5cm guns

More reference photo photos!

 

 No one likes the team killer flame throwing guy, jj

This week we spent the time in Normandy hall which has a bunch of new pictures that are awesome!  The last group of pictures generated a bunch of comments, hopefully this group will too.  Again, if you know what something is and I have labelled it incorrectly, let me know so I can fix it.  Enjoy!

Reference Photo Photos....

March of the Churchills!

I've been in Kingston on course since the beginning of January and will be there until the end of March so I have been more than a little busy, hence no real posts.  One of the really cool things about the course is the number of black and white photos of the 2nd World War that they have hanging in the halls of the buildings.  I asked if they had digital copies of the pictures and no one really knew, so I snap these with my iPhone.  Here is the first of the collection, I don't know what everything is in these photos so some of the captions will be best guesses.  Hope you enjoy!

Commandos vs Italian Compagnia Carri in Cauldron!

What no Commando player wants to see..... I was able to get into Perkins Hobby House for what will likely be my last game of FoW in 2011. My friend T2B was around with his 1500 pts of MW Italians and we rolled up Cauldron. I haven't played it in a very long time so it sounded like a good mission where I would be defending. I chose my Shermans for immediate ambush, Commandos and 6 pdrs to be on the board with the other 2 Commando platoons and mortars to be in delayed reserves. T2B tooks his Arty, Lancias and 75/18s which all deployed in one table quarter (damn rolls of 5!)

Commando's HQ with 2 Piats Commando Platoon Commando Platoon Commando Platoon Commando Mortars with 2 tubes 4 x 6 Pdr Portees 3 x Sherman III Sporadic Hurricane support

Compangnia Carri HQ tank 5 x Carri (CV) 5 x Carri (CT) 5 x (SP) 75/18 (CV) 3 x 16/40 (CV) 4 x 100/17 guns 2 x Lancia da 90/53

Commandos vs Brit Infantry in Free for All

Undaunted the Commado's advance! With Skirmish 2012 fast approaching and the 1500 LW tournament with it, there are a lot of guys gearing up for it and trying different army lists. I won't be playing in it but wanted to help the guys get ready and wanted to try a new force out. So my Brits became Commando's (at least until I get my other ones painted). We played at Perkins Hobby House and went with Free for All as you will normally play it at least once in a tournament. Louie was rocking his Brits from the Hell's Hwy pdf.

Commando's HQ with 2 piats Commando platoon 1 section Commando platoon 1 section Commando mortar platoon 2 tubes Independent Armoured platoon (3 Shermans and a Firefly) 4 x Achilles 50th TT Infantry platoon Naval gun fire

Brits HQ Infantry platoon Infantry platoon 2 x Achilles 2 x Shermans, 2 x Firefly 8 gun Sexton battery Humber scout car platoon AOP