Warbanner 2016 Report

Warbanner 2016 Report 8 - 9 October 2016, Napier, New Zealand. with Craig Ramsay This was first time Flames Of War featured at Warbanner. But with Battlefront teaming up with local hobby supplier Jambo Games to sponsor the event, 21 keen Flames Of War enthusiasts from all over the North Island took part in this year’s 1625 point, Late-war competition. Held over two days and contested over six rounds, the scenarios used were split into two of each type and featured Encounter, Hold the Line, Breakthrough, Dust Up, Cauldron and Surrounded. Each round lasted two and a half hours and used the standard Flames Of War seven point scoring system. Where trophies or prizes were concerned a low score wins; dice off to break ties.

Below: Rob's 'City' table.

Best painted was restricted to those who had painted at least 90% of their whole army with Graham Henderson taking the award. Best Sport was Chris Stewart and the Young Gun (the best young up and coming player) was Harry Bird.

Below: Campbell's ‘Winter’ themed table. Campbell was unable to attend the event but was still kind enough to lend his terrain for the weekend.

Below: German forces in action.

Below: Simon Taylor (left) squares off against Chris Stewart in Round Five.

Below: John Fletcher assists Flynn Ramsay (Round Five) with the finer points of the game. Flynn only played on Day Two of the tournament to square up the numbers and get some tournament experience in for next year.

Below: Life on the farm.

Below: Brian Trott (right) takes first prize and first pick from the prize pool.

Below: Graham Henderson (right) collecting his ‘Best Painted’ award. Graham also took second place this year.

Below: Harry Bird (right) collecting his ‘Young Gun’ award.

Below: Chris Stewart (right) receiving his ‘Best Sport’ award. Chris was a great help sorting out the draw each round.

Final Results

Rank Name Points Games Nation Awards 1. Brain Trott 30 6 German First overall. 2. Graham Henderson 28 6 British Second overall; Best Painted. 3. Rob Shirley 27 6 German Third overall. 4. Warren Hart 25 6 German   5. Craig Ramsey 23 6 Hungarian   5. Kevin King 23 6 German   7. Kris Bristow 21 6 Italian   8. Harry Bird 20 6 United States Young Gun award. 8. Matt Stewart 20 6 British   8. Michael Hamilton 20 6 German   11. Chris Stewart 19 6 Canadian Best Sport. 11. Mark Taylor 19 6 United States   13. Hamish Crafar 18 6 German   13. Paul Rhode 18 6 United States   13. Phil Mellor 18 6 Soviets   16. Simon Taylor 17 6 British   17. David Hobbs 14 5 German   18. John Fletcher 12 6 United States   18. Karl Peterson 12 6 German   21. Flynn Ramsey 10 3 British   21. Phil Ward 7 3 Soviets

For this event, I fielded my Hungarian Infantry Company that consisted of the HQ section, two infantry platoons, four Hetzers, four Jadgpanzer IV/70s, three 7.5cm PaK 40s and a battery of 15cm howitzers.

Round Opponent Nation Type Result Mission 1. Kris Bristow Italian Tank 4 - 3 Encounter 2. Michael Hamilton German Tank 3 - 4 Hold The Line 3. Phil Mellor Soviet Tank 6 - 1 Breakthrough 4. Graham Henderson British N / A 2 - 4 Dust Up 5. Harry Bird United States (Marines) Infantry 5 - 2 Cauldron 6. Rob Shirley German Tank 3 - 4 Surrounded

Special thanks to Battlefront for sponsoring this event in conjunction with Jambo Hobbies and those locals and travellers who assisted with the supply of tables, terrain, setting up and generally giving up there time to ensure this year’s Flames Of War Warbanner event was successful. ~ Craig.