Saturday 23 September 2017

GRIMSBY 2017 - First Pictures

So after Friday's set up and fantastic Indian meal, Saturday morning dawned and the Cold War Commanders descended on the Grimsby Wargames Society. After some sorting out of the players who couldn't make it Friday night it was time to get started. First up some pictures of the tables.

The Venue

The Docks at Aarhus

NATO supply area at the Docks at Aarhus

The area to the east of Aarhus looking towards the Airport in the distance

The Danish Coast

Power Station

Aarhus and the Docks

Danish Coastal Artillery

Highway 15 continuing east

Forests to the south of the Airfield

Aarhus Airport

Table One - looking west

Table One - looking east

Aarhus

Table Two - Highway 15 and the 195 to the east of Aarhus

The three roads were being used by NATO as MSR's. 

NATO would be tasked with protecting these supply routes to keep the forces around Aarhus operational

The small town of Skovby at the western end of the table

Table Two - showing all three supply routes

The village of Hover

Table Two - looking West

Galten


Communication Tower - minor game objective

Communication Mast - another minor objective

One of the best things about the Cold War Commanders are the superb little dioramas that are produced by the players. Here we see Colonel Poirot, commander of the Belgian forces standing atop his Command vehicle. Great job Alan M 

NEXT UP SOME PICTURES OF DAY ONE AS THE ACTION UNFOLDED

As always thanks for looking :-)

14 comments:

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    1. Thanks Andy, tables looked superb this year. Well done everyone :-)

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  2. Looking great guys! Can't wait to see the lead hit the table.
    If they exist (or if you've got time to take some), it'd be great to see individual photos of each force with an ORBAT :)

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    1. Thanks Ben, unfortunately not able to do the individual photos but will be posting as much Orbat stuff as I can over the next week or two :-)

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  3. Brilliant looking tables, as ever! Aarhus looks great. Can't wait to see more!

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  4. Superb job all!

    Hope the fighting goes well :)

    Nathan

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    1. Thanks Nathan, it was a great weekend and I will be posting lots over the next week or two :-)

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    2. Cracking, I'll look forward to that :)

      Nathan

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  5. Great looking tables. The docks at Aarhus look superb.

    Cheers, Andy

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    1. Thanks Andy, shame you couldn't make it you mate you were missed :-)

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    2. Thanks Richard. Still here in Germany until Thursday. Looks like a great game. Wish I could have been there. Cheers Andy

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    3. Thanks Richard. Still here in Germany until Thursday. Looks like a great game. Wish I could have been there. Cheers Andy

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  6. Outstanding terrain and a great game Richard - many thanks to you and our hosts Grimsby Wargames Society. Another fantastic Cold War Commanders weekend.

    Mark

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