Games Day at the Albany Library in the SF Bay Area

Games Day at the Albany Library

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Charlie and Manny hosted a banner day of wargaming in a roomy, well-lit meeting room in the Albany Library. Admission was free, and four games were offered--see the photos, below. We ended the day over drinks at the nearby Pyramid Brewery. What a day!

Here's the library building at the corner of Marin and Masonic.	The meeting room was spacious enough for four games.	Habet Hoc Habet, a gladiatorial miniatures game, being taught to the players by the referee.	Habet Hoc Habet. No shortage of 25mm gladiator material for the contests.	Habet Hoc Habet 25mm gladiators.
Habet Hoc Habet 25mm gladiators.	Habet Hoc Habet 25mm gladiators.	Habet Hoc Habet 25mm gladiators.	Habet Hoc Habet 25mm gladiators.	Habet Hoc Habet 25mm gladiators.
Habet Hoc Habet 25mm gladiators.	Habet Hoc Habet 25mm gladiators.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.
Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.
Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.
Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.
Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Battle for the Grain Elevator; Battleground rules with 25mm figures.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944; a Jagdpanzer game with 6mm miniatures.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. German hidden units are marked with lettered chits.
Stalin's Hammer, 1944. Soviet infantry advance.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. A German King Tiger in a tank pit--a very dangerous opponent.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. Soviet T-34/85s move forward with infantry support.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. More Soviet T-34s.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. A German Panther platoon waits in ambush.
Stalin's Hammer, 1944. An exchange of fire knocks out most of the T-34/85s.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. Soviet JS-2 heavy breakthrough tanks use the cover of a hill to make their approach.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944; a Jagdpanzer game with 6mm miniatures.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944; a Jagdpanzer game with 6mm miniatures.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. Soviet tank destroyers support infantry advances.
Stalin's Hammer, 1944. German antitank defenses spring up in front of the enemy.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. A German towed PAK 40 antitank gun with prime mover.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. The Soviet left is quickly pressing forward.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944; a Jagdpanzer game with 6mm miniatures.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. The Soviet center comes under fire from a Panzerschreck team, and the response is to mask the position with smoke.
Stalin's Hammer, 1944. Tanks versus infantry.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. German combat engineers engage approaching T-34/85s.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. German Marder tank destroyer is knocked out.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. German infantry give ground grudgingly before enemy armored thrusts.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. German tanks counter-attack.
Stalin's Hammer, 1944. The Soviet right flank is stopped cold.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. German panzergrenadiers in armored halftracks.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944; a Jagdpanzer game with 6mm miniatures.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. A German antitank gun is silenced by Soviet tanks.	Stalin's Hammer, 1944. A couple of German Tiger I heavy tanks have been destroyed facing the Soviet left.
Stalin's Hammer, 1944. German defenders are holding fast as the game ends.	Invasion of Leros, 1943; a Rapid Fire 2 game with 20mm miniatures. The referee chats with the Allied players.	Leros, 1943. A lone British Gloster Gladiator biplane waits on the airfield.	Leros, 1943. The Gladiator takes to the air to attack incoming enemy landing craft, but is shot down during its attacks.	Leros, 1943. Axis vessels approach Leros laden with troops.
Leros, 1943. And from the air, a group of German Ju-52 transport aircraft drop many sticks of paratroops.	Leros, 1943. Each small paper square represents a group of German Falschirmjägers.	Leros, 1943. The pieces of paper have been transformed to figures. Note the equipment cannister with attached parachute, and the 37mm antitank gun with towing kettenkrad.	Leros, 1943. A British 40mm Bofors AA gun on one of the two hills overlooks the German landing. The gunners downed one of the Ju-52 transports.	Leros, 1943. Falschirmjägers tangle with a British light Mark VI light tank.
Leros, 1943. Partisans take some shots at the enemy paratroops.	Leros, 1943. British infantry (foreground) take their toll of German paratroops.	Leros, 1943. German infantry hit the beach.	Leros, 1943. Axis armor disembarks without enemy resistance.	Leros, 1943. Greek infantry on a small hill blast the landing Germans at close range.
Leros, 1943. More Greeks on another hill prepare to engage the enemy on the beach.	Leros, 1943. A 2-pounder portee antitank gun takes some shots at the Axis armor, then pulls out of sight.	Leros, 1943. German forces consolidate their gains at the beach.	Leros, 1943. The Falschirmjägers have been hit hard, their numbers dwindling.	Leros, 1943. The portee 2-pounder receives some unwanted attention from a Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber.
Leros, 1943. Axis armor moves up. The Italian tanks (left) include an M11/39 and an M13/40; the German vehicles are a Panzer IV E and a Jagdpanzer I.	Leros, 1943. The 40mm Bofors AA gun and Australian infantry take enemy fire.	Leros, 1943. Italian tanks blast away at nearby British infantry.	Leros, 1943. The Stukas are at it again--this time trying to silence the 40mm Bofors at the end of the game.