In testing various World War 2 naval rules we had found that "GHQ WW2 Micronauts", "General Quarters 3" and "Naval Thunder" all handled ship-to-ship combat well. There are distinct differences in the way they handle gunnery and damage, but each works okay in their own way. Each of us had slight preferences, but this did not clearly choose one rule set over another. So we turned to see how each of these rules handled air and submarine combat to see if this would break the tie.

General Quarters 3 has two methods of handling aerial combat. The first is a campaign set which is a quick and effective way of handling the combat if you don't want to go into details. The other is the tactical set which has more detail. Having tried the campaign rules it was now time to try the tactical.

In preparation for the upcoming Wagram re-fight, we played a 1:120 scale battle French versus Austrians. Tim and Andrew S. playing the horrible Hapsburgs, while Tony and I commanded the Emperor's finest.

I hadn't really got my head around what 1:120 meant, assuming that for the same number of points, I'd have half the number of troops I'd usually have on the table-top, so Tony and I started out drastically outnumbered! 

The Mitcham meeting of Nunawading Wargames Association on the 18th November covered lots of different games. There was more jolly pirate action, WW1 dogfighting, the usual popular napoleonic match, some Secrets of the 3rd Reich, an unusual version of Field of Glory plus some typical World War 2 action.

Click on the "read more" below to see some pictures of these varied games that were being played at Mitcham by NWA members.

GAMES 2011, NWA's annual exhibition was held on Saturday 6th August at our Croydon venue. The latest issue of the club magazine, The Armchair General, was released. It will also be available at the next few club meetings. It includes a free wargame to copy, cut out the counters and play. 

Great games such as 1st Battle of Bull Run/Manassas (American Civil War), Stalingrad 1949 (Secrets of the 3rd Reich), Crete 1941 (Flames of War), Battle of Cheriton Wood (English Civil War), Helm's Deep (Lord of the Rings), Are You as Brave as Major McElwee (CrossFire), Battle of Redinha (Napoleonics), Warhammer Fantasy Battles, Field of Glory, Magic The Gathering plus traders, raffles, food and soft drinks.