Wargamer Generosity

Time after time I've found our hobby to be populated by good people who are incredibly generous with their time and resources.

Last week I asked on the SOTCW forum if anyone would spare some unwanted figures so I could make up Andreivia Lucky Bags.  The idea being that people could buy entry to Crisis Point IV, enough figures to make themselves a suitable force, and some background material on the setting. I figured that if four or five people provided a dozen or so plastic figures each we could make up, with what I have spare already, three or four such packs.

This evening I came home to find that John from Glasgow (aka Bannockburn Bhoy on the SOTCW forum) had sent me the following:

That's 131 metal figures!  With these we can make up Russian, British and American platoon packs and by adding some of my current stock of plastics and Atlantic Jeeps, a nice Armenian Militia unit too!

All I can say is, "Thank you, John.  Your generosity is greatly appreciated and will go some way to ensuring that we make a significant surplus and can make a useful donation to our chosen charity".

The Andreivian Battle Reports

I thought it might be helpful to have a single location with links to all of the reports of past Andreivian actions.  So here they are with the most recent battles first:

Battle For Tcherbevan

http://redstorm2016.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/crisis-point-3-pictures-part-one.html

http://redstorm2016.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/crisis-point-pictures-part-two.html

http://redstorm2016.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/crisis-point-pictures-part-three.html

http://thelandofcounterpane.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/battle-for-tcherbevan-day-one.html

http://thelandofcounterpane.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/more-of-crisis-point-iii.html

http://thelandofcounterpane.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/battle-for-tcherbevan-cast-and-crew-list.html

http://russellphillips.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/battle-for-tcherbevan-crisis-point-iii/

Practice Game

http://thelandofcounterpane.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-week-to-go.html

SAS in the Southern Hills

http://thelandofcounterpane.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/holiday-gaming-part-4-arc-of-fire-again.html

Street-fighting in Tcherbevan

http://thelandofcounterpane.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/holiday-gaming-part-1-arc-of-fire.html

Spetsnaz at Tcherbevan

http://andreivian-tales.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/spetsnaz-seize-tcherbavan-airport.html

Hill 154

http://andreivian-tales.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/battle-for-hill-154.html

http://andreivian-tales.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/hill-154-fighting-first-pictures.html

http://andreivian-tales.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/hill-154-andreivian-turk-account.html

Tuzkhur Valley

http://andreivian-tales.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/first-reactions.html

http://willwarweb.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/andreivian-victory.html

It's A Date

We now have a date for the next major episode in the sad history of post-Communist Andreivia.

Crisis Point IV will take place across the weekend of 28th and 29th March 2015.

Once more we'll be playing out the events in downtown Tcherbevan but this time the action is likely to spread to the surrounding district.  Who knows, we may see fighting around the Dvimin Military Academy?  Maybe the Russians will land on the coast?  Will the Armenians manage to hold onto the Northern Hills?  Can the Turks maintain a base for their Air Force (depicted above)?

Tcherbevan WIP

I have started three more buildings to add to Tcherbevan, I plan between now and Christmas to build enough buildingd to cover a 6' x 4' table with a 21" wide river running throught he middle. I didn't get time to complete this for Crisis Point III so I really want to get it sorted for next year.

So first up a Tower inspired by the Svaneti towers now being used as a riverside warehouse. I plan a few more Svaneti inspired buildings. If you look in the bottom left corner of the first photo you see pencil lines which signify the location of Richard C's fantastic ATV Tower which dominates the Tcherbevan skyline.

Next a couple of smaller warehouses that will near the outside market.

Completed TV Building

For those who haven't seen them elsewhere, here are some pics of the completed Andreivian TV building in downtown Tcherbevan:

That's a 1/72nd scale BTR-80 outside the front door.

...and that's a Russian SA-7 team on the roof of the observation platform.

Just a Couple of Weeks to Go

I think I'm getting on top of preparation for Crisis Point III - Battle for Tcherbevan.

The TV building is finished and yesterday I acquired the makings of some air support for the Andreivian Armenians (having decided I wouldn't get the Mi-24 Hind finished in time).  Pictures to follow.

I now have:

• 12'x6' of terrain cloths - more expected from other players.
• The river sections with big road bridge
• Most of the buildings for the city centre and outlying villages
• All the buildings for the airport
• Two Russian forces, one each for Jamie and Russ
• Some Andreivian Armenians for Rob 
• Some Government troops for George
• A Mujahideen force for Gordon
• Some spare NATO troops
• One aircraft for each faction
• Briefings for each faction (many of them with cunning, last-minute addenda)
• Some special civilian figures to add complexity

I still need to:

• Finish the coastal/river freighter
• Build some more Middle Eastern houses for the Turkish Quarter
• Make sure everyone gets a QR sheet
• Organise my NATO troops into one or two players'-worth of units
• Repaint my new aircraft in Armenian colours 

Andreivian TV Building

I've not published much in the way of new blog posts recently as I've been busy beavering away on this new building for Tcherbevan - the HQ of Andreivian Television:

At the moment it's just the foamcore shell and some detailing.  More pics later when I make more progress.