Popski's Private Army, or how I can annoy my son with machine-gun armed jeeps

When my son and I began playing Bolt Action, he was about 7. He really didn't like my machine-gun armed jeeps as I could rush in and pepper his infantry to bits with all the guns blazing. He usually won though by using his mortars. At first I usually let him win so that i could still have an opponent to play with.
8 years later, he still doesn't like my machine-gun jeeps, and I really am trying not to let him win. I still need to learn to take out his mortars!

Going through my Wargames Illustrated issues, I have found another article which I can turn into tabletop madness.

This force can be used with the 8th Army in North Africa and Italy, great to go with my Bolt Action theatre themed book. I also have sufficient trucks, jeeps and the like to give him a headache, no worry son, Tylenol is down in the medicine cabinet.

So this force I'm going to model with the figures I've painted up as Poles in para kit, and lots of the jeeps, and some carriers. those pesky ones he really hates, like the ones with flamethrower, mortar, MMGs, you know the stuff to make Germans grit their teeth.

Skirmish game, Dad's army action in England

Ok, so this game shall be a mix of A Very British Civil War flavor with WW2, from Wargames illustrated issue 386 Dec 2019

The figures will be a mix of First World War and Second World War, depending on weapons.

And also, there is a mix of treachery. The figures are a mix of civilian types which I have, and WW2 and WW1 British.

Home Guard: 32 figures
Capt. Mainwaring with pistol, 7 men with rifles.
Sgt. Wilson with rifle, a Lewis LMG 6 Rifles
Cpl. Jones with rifle, one smg, 5 rifles
Pte Sponge with smg, 7 men rifles

Germans: 23 figures
Brandenburgers (special forces) Sgt and 7 men 1 Bren, 7 rifles
Para Lt pistol, 3 rifles, 1 LMG
Para Sgt smg, 3 rifles 1 LMG
Para Cpl smg, 4 rifles

objective is for the Home Guard to hold the post office
the Germans need to take the post office and destroy the telephone exchange.
Games shots to follow

Anhilation Afrika Korps vs 8th Army, North Africa 1942

Ian and i continue on our Bolt Action journey. He's taken to reading the rule book which means 1. he doesnt accuse me of being sneaky, 2. hes finding stuff to hit me hard with 3. Actually understanding how to resolve casualties.

The first action we are working on is a desert campaign. Just a flat table, with a small hill.
Masonry enough in the startled the access player that was in Lost His nerve and fell back in a complete Retreat that was after the 8th Army with Australian an Indian support Advance taking the high grounds which was the only High Ground on the entire Battlefield and which completely demoralized the axis player

Covid 19 means more Axis and Allies

This was one of the games that Ian my son and I have played in the last month. Despite my aggressive attack, Ian's Soviets still managed to steamroll over me.

Over the Rhine, April 1945

Ian has been itching to get a Bolt Action game going.
I've got some super heavy tanks both for the British/Canadian forces and the Germans have some pretty heavy hitters.
So as the weather is planning on being warmon Easter Sunday I shall do battle in my garage

Canadian 1st Division moved from Italy to Northwest Europe, Spring 1945

Canadian and British troops begin to assault the Siegfried Line

The first Armoured assault goes in

and the Waffen SS begin to hammer the allied lines with well placed artillery fire

and the Waffen SS have amassed their heaviest armour to take on the British-Canadian attack

The King Tiger and Brumbar armor keeps getting built

So far, the Germans have increased by a short barrelled Panzer IV and a King Tiger getting put together. As well as a Brummbar 
The intent is to get a spring 1945 a going.
with my job affected by the Covid 19 Crisis, I will be able to get on some updates with this blog.
Both German tanks have been  built. My idea is to run a campaign of the British and Canadians taking on the Germans in the Rhineland.

my Mindy wants to take on the King tiger