AAR: 2016.4 Battle on the Mississippi

And the fourth Flames of War tournament held this year by the Screaming Eagles is in the can. Saturday October 29th, we held a late war 1900 pt 3 round tournament using just the LW Rome books.

The games that limit players create fun and very balanced games we find, more so then something that is so very wide open, especially in LW.

We had 18 players all total, which once again equals our all time high for player participation. Thanks again to everyone that came out. Always great to see the turnout and there were even a few new players attending that hadn’t made it out before. We really want everyone to have a good time and a positive experience with Flames.

Chuck Hiner, to whom we owe a huge debt of gratitude for pulling many of the aspects of the tournament together, served as the TO. Things ran really smooth all day and he’s to thank for that.

Prize support was thanks to a number of people, especially Patrick Barkuloo and Battlefront. Chuck Hiner did all the work to arrange our fabulous trophies for overall, Best Allied, Best Axis, Best Painted and Best Sportsman awards. The traveling dinosaur award was back as well, I was more than happy to pass that on.

For tables, the crew did their best to put together representative Italian themed tables.

This table features a bunch of mud and muck in and around the area of Anzio.

Another table from the Anzio area, portraying the troubles that the men that fought there had to face, little concealing terrain, mud, and rolling hills.

The ‘dreaded’ Monte Cassino. Bill Wojahn did all the work to put together this table. Lots of carving to make that terrain.

What looks like patches of tree is actually mud as this models in the area of Anzio where allied troops had to fight through the muck.

This table features the Continental hotel in Monte Cassino. All the buildings (with the exception of the two battle front buildings) on this table (and many of the others too) were painted by Chuck Hiner.

Rounds
Round 1 No Retreat
Round 2 Counterattack
Round 3 Encounter

Awards

Best overall general: Chris Novack 18 points

Best Allied Commander: Keith Gilmour, BR Lorried Rifle Co (Guards) 16 points

Best Axis Commander: Patrick Barkloo, German Schwere Panzer Kompanie 13 points

Best Sportsman: John Dudiewicz,, German Grenadier Kompanie 362 ID

Best Painted Army: Brain McLaughin,, German HG Tank Kompanie

T-Rex the bad dice row: Michael Mathews, French Goum Infantry

Points:
1. Chris Novak, US 3rd Infantry Div (18)
2. Keith Gilmour, BR Lorried Rifle Co (Guards) (16)
3. Patrick Barkloo, German Schwere Panzer Kompanie (13) Tie Breaker
4. Tom Gall, German HG Pionierkompanie (13)
5. Rick Davis, Armoured Rifle Co (13)
6. John Dudiewicz,, German Grenadier Kompanie 362 ID (12) Best Sportsman
7. Eric Saterdalen, US 3rd Infantry Rifle Co (12)
8. Jim Bodine, 92nd Rifle Co (12)
9. Matt Mundsack US 1st Armored Div (10)
10. Brain McLaughin,, German HG Tank Kompanie (9)
11. Chuck Hiner, Rifle Gurkha Co (9) Ringer
12. Collin Chouinard, US First Special Service Force (8)
13. Pat Ismil, German 26th PanzergrenadierKompanie (7)
14. Bill Wojahn, German Luftaffe Jagerkompanie (7)
15. Michael Mathews, French Goum Infantry (5)
16. Mark Bullen, German Fallschirmjagerkompanie .4 (5)
17. Will Yankausky, German Reichsgrenadierkompanie Infantry (5) Did not finish
18. David Ekstam, German Schwere Panzer Kompanie (3)

Next up?

It’ll be a Battle of the Bulge event sometime in or around February. Stay tuned!