SAGA - Pagan Rus
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- Parent Category: DARK AGES
- Published on Sunday, 01 December 2013 22:46
- Written by Administrator
The Vikings that established themselves in Eastern Europe were known as the Rus. They established a expanding kingdom that eventually became Russia.
The Rus have some interesting abilities on the "Battle Board" with great names such as "Biting Like Wolves" and "Endless Wastes".
SAGA - Dark Age Battles
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- Parent Category: DARK AGES
- Published on Sunday, 01 December 2013 17:12
- Written by Administrator
Saga is a game for playing Dark Age battles. The initially released armies and army lists centred around the British Isles and nearby countries. The main rules included Vikings, Anglo-Danish, Normans and Welsh.
Due to the popularity of the game, Anglo-Saxons, Bretons, Jomsvikings and Scots were added in a supplement called "Northern Fury".
Croydon Meeting 2-Mar-13
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- Parent Category: EVENTS
- Published on Saturday, 02 March 2013 21:00
- Written by John Shaw
Continuing the trend of the meetings this year, Croydon had a large turnout on the 2nd March.
A megagame of English Civil War was accompanied by 3 Napoleonic games, The Hobbit, Malifaux and Warmachine. These games covered a variety of scales and rules. Of course, the role player's were having fun as usual.
Click on the "read more" below to see some pictures of these games that were being played at NWA.
FOGN Rule of Thum
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- Parent Category: NAPOLEONIC - FOGN
- Published on Saturday, 14 April 2012 20:00
- Written by John Shaw
At the start of October 1813, the Prussians and Russians were trying to evict the French from Saxony. The Prussian corps of Bülow was aware that a French corps under Bertrand was operating in the area south of Chemnitz, in Saxony. By early afternoon, the Prussian advanced guard had passed the village of Ehrenfriedersdorf. They did not get much further north after encountering the light cavalry screen from Bertrand's corps around the village of Thum.
Click on the "read more" below to see who gained the rule of Thum.
Pirate Mega-Game 2 21-Sep-12
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- Parent Category: EVENTS
- Published on Friday, 21 September 2012 23:00
- Written by Captain Darkheart
Avast there lubbers! Pirate September continued at Mitcham. The Pirate Mega Game moved into the final rounds with even more players joining the fray. To add to the fun there was also a prize for the best dressed pirate Captain.
Click on the "read more" below to see some pictures of these pirate games and others that were being played by NWA members and guests.
Croydon Meeting 15-Sep-12
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- Parent Category: EVENTS
- Published on Saturday, 15 September 2012 20:00
- Written by John Shaw
Not just pirates, but troops of all sorts were taking part in many different games at the Croydon venue of NWA. Napoleonics in 25mm and 6mm, Lord of the Rings, Malifaux and Warmachine were some of the games being played in addition to the popular Pirate Mega-game.
Click on the "read more" below to see some pictures of these games that were being played at NWA.
FOGN Army List and Label Generator
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- Parent Category: NAPOLEONIC - FOGN
- Published on Friday, 13 April 2012 10:00
- Written by John Shaw
Download the free Army List and Label Generator program for Field of Glory Napoleonic. Written by NWA member John Shaw, this is a spreadsheet for Excel 2010 which has been endorsed by Slitherine Ltd.
It uses pull-down menus to easily choose the units you want in your FOGN army. The program automatically generates the points total for your army and the ACV (Army Combat Value) as per the rulebook.
Getting Started in SOTR
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- Parent Category: FANTASY WARGAMING
- Published on Thursday, 02 August 2012 10:00
- Written by James Wright
1949 Secrets of the Third Reich, SOTR for short, is the 28mm Weird World War Two miniature game from West Wind Productions. Players field armies of a Platoon of troops backed up by a variety of support units and led by daring heroes. As well as traditional infantry and vehicles, armies can include super-science, walking tanks, supernatural creatures and more.
Convoy to Arkangelsk
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- Parent Category: WW2 NAVAL
- Published on Friday, 13 July 2012 18:00
- Written by Our Arctic Correspondant
Convoy to Arkangelsk, Summer, 1942. It was just after half way through the year of '42 when the convoy set forth from Scotland, bound to bring aid to our Russian allies.
Only a small convoy was able to be formed from the available merchant ships as many were not ready in time. The dockyards were working around the clock to produce some more, but they had not yet arrived. (That is, we had only ordered some more merchantmen recently from GHQ, CinC and Panzerschiffe but they did not have time to arrive yet).
Convoy to Borneo
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- Parent Category: WW2 NAVAL
- Published on Saturday, 07 July 2012 18:00
- Written by X his Mark
Last Saturday, we here at NWA in Melbourne had a visit from Mal Wright of Adelaide, who brought with him a demo of his forthcoming module in his WW2 convoy series which deals with Japanese convoys in the Pacific. This is an add-on to a system he has already had published. Mal is a prolific rules writer and researcher. It was great to chat to him about his wargaming projects and historical research.
Island Cruiser Patrol
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- Parent Category: WW2 NAVAL
- Published on Saturday, 09 June 2012 18:00
- Written by Our Pacific Correspondant
With two opposing fleets assembling amongst the Pacific islands, both sides were probing for weaknesses. Neither fleet was yet ready to take on the other, but they were keen to gain moral advantage before the oncoming battle.
Two cruiser forces were on intersecting courses. A British cruiser force was heading east, patrolling a line past which the Fleet Commander did not want the Japanese to go. A Japanese cruiser force was heading roughly south, mapping out possible lines of advance and probing the Allied picket lines.
NWA at Little Wars Melbourne 27-May-12
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- Parent Category: EVENTS
- Published on Sunday, 27 May 2012 20:00
- Written by John Shaw
On Sunday 27th May, NWA put on several displays at Little Wars Melbourne. Little Wars Melbourne is a get together of many of the wargames clubs and wargamers from Victoria. It was held at Club Tivoli, which is at 291 Dandenong Road, Windsor VIC 3181.
NWA put on 4 games: Battle of Waterloo (Field of Glory Napoleonic), D-Day (Flames of War), Stalingrad (Secrets of the 3rd Reich) and WW2 Skirmish (Crossfire). They also ran the Bring and Buy stall to help wargamers sell or buy some old treasures. See photos of the many different games being played. Just click on the "read more" below.
Resupply at Camugra Island
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- Parent Category: WW2 NAVAL
- Published on Friday, 20 April 2012 23:00
- Written by Our Pacific Correspondant
World War 2 in the Pacific. Light easterly winds. Visibility 23,000 yards. Hot as Hades.
The British cruiser force steamed north through the islands, hunting for Japanese ships. A coastwatch observer had alerted them to a small Japanese force in the vicinity. The Japanese were aware that the islands were used as a base to refuel and rearm Allied submarines, but the Japanese force did not know exactly where.