Holiday GASLIGHT game

[BaronVonJ]

Thought I'd share some pics from a game we had over the xmas break.

Our usual Thursday game has become Wednesday game do to sports practice schedules. This Wednesday game happened between Christmas and New Years and I knew it would attract quite a crowd. Nothing pleases everyone like GASLIGHT.
That notorious nasty Professor Nightshade was at it again with his German and Russian flunkies. Only the brave forces of Britain, France and the United States stood in their way. The adventurous Sir Archibald Standpipe had captured the secret invasion plans from the League of Calamitous Intents's HQ, and was hiding in the village in the center of the board, awaiting rescue.

The very first turn began with the French Spyder blasting a big chunk on armor plating off the PN's Walking Monitor. Soon after, Russian forces invaded the town. Archduke Ladislaus found Standpipe and struggle ensued. It ended with bullet in the Arch Duke's heart.

Meanwhile, Rokkitruppen captured a fortified farmhouse to use as a forward fire base. Their short range repeaters proved useless to the firefight in the middle so they moved up.

The British, on the Allied right, couldn't get their Brute Class Land Ironclad started, but that didn't keep it from raining lead on the Professor's center. The U.S. forces on the left, spent most of their time cowering in the woods awaiting the Germans to their front.
Under covering fire from the Tricycle Artillery, French forces routed the remaining Russians out of the town. French Marines killed off the exposed Rokkitruppen, but were slaughtered themselves by Nightshades clankers.


All in all, another great game. It was a slugfest the whole way through, and a marginal victory for the Allies with Standpipe escaping with the plans.

Gotta love all the clankiness.
-J

[Criamon]

Very good game  , The steam walkers are cool !

[Mancha]

NICE paintjobs.  Can I throw this in my gallery?

[Malamute]

Looks like it was a lot of fun

[Chairface]

The game looks like it was a lot of fun. I feel like I've followed the career of Professor Nightshade closely ove the years! I LOVE the lady hussars! What a great colour scheme. 

[Dr. The Viking]

Very nice. Where can I see more pictures of your armies?

[Jonas]

Looks great, wonderful miniatures and setup.

[Gibby]

This is brilliant! Threads like this end up costing me money, though...

[BaronVonJ]

More goodness, as always at the Baron's Blog: http://www.baronvonj.blogspot.com/
You can hit the VSF tag and see all we've done over the ages.
Mancha, here's a better picture of the ladies:


I stole the color scheme shamelessly from Captain Blood's Transylvannian's but made my fur caps black to better show off the skull emblem.
Here's some of the characters involved.

Left to right: General Custer, hero of the Little Bighorn. His early adoption of armored steam conveyances helped conquer the West. Nigel Tuftnell, 4th Earl of Spindletap, stalwart chap and all around hero. Archduke Ladislas, one of the Czar's dandies, but a crack shot. And finally, Lucrecia Fume, the Duchess D'Harme, mistress or intrigue and founding member of the League of Calamitous Intent. She has a standing "Kill on Sight" order on her in 12 countries.
Finally, here's a link to another basement General's perspective on the game with more shots:
http://leadaddict.blogspot.com/2010/12/pip-pip-and-all-that.html
Thanks for all the encouragement and comments.
-J

[Ray Rivers]

 

Fantastic lot of minis, clanks and steam tanks.

I love the steam monitor... what a super idea!

[Mancha]

Mancha, here's a better picture of the ladies:

I actually prefer the earlier picture of them in their scenary, if you don't mind me using it?

http://hinterlandminiatures.weebly.com/customer-gallery.html

(While my children ran amok in the background  , I laboriously rearranged my customer gallery to show the latest submissions at the top.)

[BaronVonJ]

Fine by me. Now get those ladies some horses.
-J

[Thunderchicken]

Oooooooooooh! Lots of goodies! Great report and eye candy. Thanks for sharing.

[Jonas]

I actually prefer the earlier picture of them in their scenary, if you don't mind me using it?

http://hinterlandminiatures.weebly.com/customer-gallery.html

(While my children ran amok in the background  , I laboriously rearranged my customer gallery to show the latest submissions at the top.)

WOW, I feel lucky that I managed to get the maxim crew and skirmishers, I see now under news that they won't be avialable again before 2019 

[Mancha]

WOW, I feel lucky that I managed to get the maxim crew and skirmishers, I see now under news that they won't be avialable again before 2019 

Dag nab!  Off to fix my website.