Meh…preferred the rhino meself
TAG WAR UK 2024!
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Chaos champion Amanda Toohugnhugnhug and her warband find themselves in strange realms indeed.
Later on the frenzied beastmen mourn a fellow felled flying beast.
Later on the frenzied beastmen mourn a fellow felled flying beast.
And we have a new 42023 champion!
Unknown Warrior! Coached by @Franco and owned by @The Tailor
Honourable mention to our fighter Pagumb 2 who travelled a long way across the toxic ash-wastes to be here! And was the first loser! @Pagumb
We also nearly had a double champion in The Grox @Scavvierising who got to the final before being chucked to his doom in a corpse grinder.
Unknown Warrior! Coached by @Franco and owned by @The Tailor
Honourable mention to our fighter Pagumb 2 who travelled a long way across the toxic ash-wastes to be here! And was the first loser! @Pagumb
We also nearly had a double champion in The Grox @Scavvierising who got to the final before being chucked to his doom in a corpse grinder.
And as we enter day 3, the Troll is a little worse for wear! it turns out constant Bolt Actioning takes it out of this old Trolls bones 
Today is also going to be the rain lottery as to when you take your tent down….
If you havent got the hints yet, The legend that is @Pagumb travelled all the way from the states to be here this year! Well done that Yak!
Today is also going to be the rain lottery as to when you take your tent down….If you havent got the hints yet, The legend that is @Pagumb travelled all the way from the states to be here this year! Well done that Yak!
CaptainDangerous
Officer, without number, head turner, troll burner
Staff member
Yak Comp 3rd Place
Tribe Council
Don’t forget to take the awkward group photo!
I want to hear everyone call Yaktribe from up here in Durham!
I want to hear everyone call Yaktribe from up here in Durham!
Having stumbled ash blind and sleep deprived into a tournament I managed to lose to the eventual champion in all three rounds. Yet another tale of near greatness courtesy of the world famous Thundercube!
Desperate to discover the secrets of Hugo Boss's new autumnal collection (orange camo, how chic!), Il Stoofle sets out to capture the German commanding officer - Il Stoofle isn't quite sure what side he's supposed to be on now, but since the Germans aren't returning his calls armed conflict is clearly the only option.
The big (relative term - not quite so small) tank trundles towards the church through the woods and spots where the officer is hiding by his armoured car parked outside.
Infantry move into the woods to follow, including the colonial troops who don't seem particularly keen, but join the attack nonetheless.
After the big Italian tank failed to hit the armoured car, my air force spotter called in a fighter bomber to take it out. What he said was "Bomb the armoured vehicle in the trees".
What the fighter pilot did was bomb the armoured vehicle in the trees.
Just not the German one...
Luckily the rookie pilot's aim was as poor as his vehicle identification skills, and he just made the tank commander hunker down shouting obscenities and gesticulating wildly.
With a heartfelt facepalm, Il Stoofle sent on the small Italian tank (its first outing!) to counter a truck full of troops which had arrived after realising something was up. With a single shot it blew the truck's engine, forcing the soldiers to bail before it caught fire.
Unfortunately for the troops, they dismounted into a withering hail of bullets and were routed almost immediately. Not ones to let something like that stand, the Germans sent on a quad 20mm anti aircraft tank to pepper the mini tank - the fine Italian steel didn't quite manage to protect it, and it brewed up.
Still, being effective first game... Unusual!
Sadly for the quad barreled meat chopper tank, my flamethrower team decided to hurl themselves at it in an all-or-nothing flamey attack...which was executed perfectly... FWOOOOSH (flamethrower plus open topped vehicles - effective)
Ammunition was soon cooking off beautifully as it began to dawn on the Germans that for some reason these particular Italians didn't seem to be messing around.
They sent out salvo after salvo ofwailing buffalo howling cow rockets and repeatedly failed to hit the colonials hiding in the tree line, the tank, my AT gun or indeed Il Stoofle himself who had been forced to personally run at great risk across the field to try and get the colonial troops to move out of the woods. They were quite adamant that the woods were lovely and there was no reason to leave them.
Meanwhile a half track of flamethrower armed engineers had cruelly ambushed my mortar team brutally taking them out hand to hand. Unfortunately they hadn't counted on the Italian paratrooper squad who were having lunch nearby and took exception to the noise. A hail of submachine gun fire eradicated the engineers before they could even ignite their flamer.
The German officer began to suspect things were going seriously south, and left the church to try and get away. Meanwhile their armoured car continued to fail to hit my big tank whilst in return my tank and AT gun either failed to fire or missed the armoured car in return, despite Il Stoofle's moral support from the rear.
A machine gun squad however had sprinted round the church and after taking out the crew of the howling cow, jumped the officer's squad, killing all but him.
Having literally fought to the very last man, the beaten and bruised officer was taken to Il Stoofle. Who promptly invited him to dinner at a nearby chateau.
...once a little outstanding business with a certain pilot had been sorted out...
"What a great mission, I hit the tank in the woods, exactly what was wanted. They'll be so happy with me!"
"Come with me please..."
"Ready... Aim..."
*********
In case you're confused, because it is a puzzling occurrence, yes, the Italians did win a game (the only game I won all weekend). Not only that, they utterly stormed it.
However, rumour has it those colonial troops are still camping in those woods to this day...
The big (relative term - not quite so small) tank trundles towards the church through the woods and spots where the officer is hiding by his armoured car parked outside.
Infantry move into the woods to follow, including the colonial troops who don't seem particularly keen, but join the attack nonetheless.
After the big Italian tank failed to hit the armoured car, my air force spotter called in a fighter bomber to take it out. What he said was "Bomb the armoured vehicle in the trees".
What the fighter pilot did was bomb the armoured vehicle in the trees.
Just not the German one...
Luckily the rookie pilot's aim was as poor as his vehicle identification skills, and he just made the tank commander hunker down shouting obscenities and gesticulating wildly.
With a heartfelt facepalm, Il Stoofle sent on the small Italian tank (its first outing!) to counter a truck full of troops which had arrived after realising something was up. With a single shot it blew the truck's engine, forcing the soldiers to bail before it caught fire.
Unfortunately for the troops, they dismounted into a withering hail of bullets and were routed almost immediately. Not ones to let something like that stand, the Germans sent on a quad 20mm anti aircraft tank to pepper the mini tank - the fine Italian steel didn't quite manage to protect it, and it brewed up.
Still, being effective first game... Unusual!
Sadly for the quad barreled meat chopper tank, my flamethrower team decided to hurl themselves at it in an all-or-nothing flamey attack...which was executed perfectly... FWOOOOSH (flamethrower plus open topped vehicles - effective)
Ammunition was soon cooking off beautifully as it began to dawn on the Germans that for some reason these particular Italians didn't seem to be messing around.
They sent out salvo after salvo of
Meanwhile a half track of flamethrower armed engineers had cruelly ambushed my mortar team brutally taking them out hand to hand. Unfortunately they hadn't counted on the Italian paratrooper squad who were having lunch nearby and took exception to the noise. A hail of submachine gun fire eradicated the engineers before they could even ignite their flamer.
The German officer began to suspect things were going seriously south, and left the church to try and get away. Meanwhile their armoured car continued to fail to hit my big tank whilst in return my tank and AT gun either failed to fire or missed the armoured car in return, despite Il Stoofle's moral support from the rear.
A machine gun squad however had sprinted round the church and after taking out the crew of the howling cow, jumped the officer's squad, killing all but him.
Having literally fought to the very last man, the beaten and bruised officer was taken to Il Stoofle. Who promptly invited him to dinner at a nearby chateau.
...once a little outstanding business with a certain pilot had been sorted out...
"What a great mission, I hit the tank in the woods, exactly what was wanted. They'll be so happy with me!"
"Come with me please..."
"Ready... Aim..."
*********
In case you're confused, because it is a puzzling occurrence, yes, the Italians did win a game (the only game I won all weekend). Not only that, they utterly stormed it.
However, rumour has it those colonial troops are still camping in those woods to this day...
Wait a minute, you won a game? Madness.
My weekend went as follows:
My weekend went as follows:
- 1 win vs SAS, the long awaited airfield raid went very wrong.
- Some confused driving in matchbox circles with @MusingWarboss
- 1 defeat to the cheaty Indians, which counts as a win.
- Some THUNDERCUBE distractions. @radulykan didnt win so that counts as a win.
- 1 draw vs the Italians, which counted as a last minute win.
- A game of cheaty space ships. Meh.
- 1 draw vs the Germans.
I see your L6 fared better than mine...
It actually killed something at least...
"Wheeled vehicles are quicker than tracked on roads you say?"
I shall call it.. the Limpet!
I shall call it.. the Limpet!
I think if we’d chosen to play a scenario - like a race, set up three gates and a start/finish line and whoever completes the circuit wins, would’ve made it quicker!!
In the end, with no weapons in the mix to help whittle down hull points I think we just ended up simulating fighting over finding the last car parking space at a packed festival!!
I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the whole event. Thank you to all the organisers for all your hard work.
Ended up playing far more Necromunda than I expected (considering I only threw my Escher in as an afterthought) and my Bolt Action Italians got their debut and performed well and I had fun with the couple of games of Inquisitor we played. Shame we didn't get any Battletech games in, but there simply wasn't time to do everything.
The best thing is the event has brought me out of my hobby funk and so I've been digging out all my incomplete projects for various games since getting home.
The only downside is I really want more.. when's the next event?
Ended up playing far more Necromunda than I expected (considering I only threw my Escher in as an afterthought) and my Bolt Action Italians got their debut and performed well and I had fun with the couple of games of Inquisitor we played. Shame we didn't get any Battletech games in, but there simply wasn't time to do everything.
The best thing is the event has brought me out of my hobby funk and so I've been digging out all my incomplete projects for various games since getting home.
The only downside is I really want more.. when's the next event?
Thank you again for the event this year.
I really enjoyed getting to play inquisitor again even though I forgot half the rules
My necromunda inquisitorial agents were fun to run again, those who I managed to play you guys were amazing. But it is time to build a new gang ready for TribeMEET 25.
And damn you bolt action players I now want a airborne army!
I really enjoyed getting to play inquisitor again even though I forgot half the rules
My necromunda inquisitorial agents were fun to run again, those who I managed to play you guys were amazing. But it is time to build a new gang ready for TribeMEET 25.
And damn you bolt action players I now want a airborne army!
*whispers quietly* One of us... One of us....
If anyone else has some pics, please post them. Any good tales of the table too!
The all important results of the Bolt Action campaign...
Many battles were fought, the lines moved towards Tobruk, back towards Tripoli, there were last stands, brave assaults, abysmal shooting rounds and...
...the lines ended up where they started.
There are two games I don't know the result of off the top of my head but I have a suspicion one was an allied and one an axis victory. I counted the last battle between Il Stoofle and the Germans as an Allied victory, because it was against Gernans and Italians were... fluid in their allegiance.
So there we have it. A crushing exposure of the futility of war.
We should run a BoltMeet again next year...
Many battles were fought, the lines moved towards Tobruk, back towards Tripoli, there were last stands, brave assaults, abysmal shooting rounds and...
...the lines ended up where they started.
There are two games I don't know the result of off the top of my head but I have a suspicion one was an allied and one an axis victory. I counted the last battle between Il Stoofle and the Germans as an Allied victory, because it was against Gernans and Italians were... fluid in their allegiance.
So there we have it. A crushing exposure of the futility of war.
We should run a BoltMeet again next year...
Are those in scale?"Wheeled vehicles are quicker than tracked on roads you say?"
I shall call it.. the Limpet!
Really? Wow! I never imagined a truck would be bigger than a tank. I figured putting a tank in the back of a truck would be impossible. More than just because of the weight.
It did weigh something like 7 tons, so my truck contraption may still be a fantasy (but not by a lot - the truck is a Fiat 666 with a payload of just over 6 tons).
But to be fair it's quite a large truck, and calling an L6 a tank is being quiet generous to it - it's a tankette/light tank. And for a light tank other nations would consider it small - British or German Armoured Cars for instance dwarf it.
But to be fair it's quite a large truck, and calling an L6 a tank is being quiet generous to it - it's a tankette/light tank. And for a light tank other nations would consider it small - British or German Armoured Cars for instance dwarf it.
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