Arnhem Big Game Friday afternoon set up.Updated

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Not a great journey up to Yorkshire,three accidents on the various motorways and rain all the way meant a 6 hour trip.

I arrived at the village hall with most of the tables set up, so it didn't take long to ad my bridges and canals and do the Driel table.

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The Yeghel Bridge in place on the Northern end of the 101st table.

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The bridge proved to be an important crossing.

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The Son Bridge in place.

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View of the 101st table looking north, Eindhoven is the large built up area in the fore ground.

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The Grave bridge on the 82nd table.

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The main prize the bridge at Arnhem.

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You can tell the Driel table as it has my darker cloth on it.

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This is my best attempt at an all table shot.

Everything was ready for the action to begin.

Before we left the hall we did the American para drops to save time on Saturday morning.

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The 101st landing zone to the west of the highway between Veghel and Son.

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The 82nd to the west of Nijmegen near Groesbeek

Don
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Wow simply outstanding!

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Looks excellent. Am looking forward to reading the AAR to find out if the prize fell into the Allies hands!
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SPECTACULAR !!!!!!!
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Love it.
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Superb tables! Looking forward to the AAR.... thmbs2)
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Brilliant looking table so looking forward to more. :-)
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Love those hills in the last picture, are they Last Valley by any chance?
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Fantastic. How I wish that I could attempt something similar. Looking forward to the AAR.
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Great looking table set up. I love the look of those big games and it's always a pleasure to see how each individual table fits into the big picture - assuming you have time to look around of course. Looking forward to seeing how the game plays out.

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Looks amazing. Have always wanted to do a Market Garden big game spanning the various bridges (if you excuse the pun). Look forward to the full AAR!
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wargameroz wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 7:28 am Love those hills in the last picture, are they Last Valley by any chance?
Home made by one of the guys.

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Hi all,

Great looking games. A lot more open than the Normandy scenarios.
Where's XXX Corp :lol:

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Ianwill wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 8:15 pm Hi all,

Great looking games. A lot more open than the Normandy scenarios.
Where's XXX Corp :lol:

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Wow.............
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Thank you all for your kind comments.

The terrain and troops were a team effort by about 8 to 10 people, except the Arnhem table which is Colin Rumford's work.

These games are not possible without a very good organiser (Colin) and a team of helpers.

I have be lucky to play in a number of large games over the years and they are certainly well worth all the work.

What follows will not be a full AAR, as I was heavily involved on the Arnhem table and only looked at the other tables in the breaks.

Colin is hoping to have all the orbats published in a battlegroups style book this year, with a scenario book hopefully next year.

Alan and I are already planning replaying some of the tables at the Bristol shop, but we are busy with our Goodwood project at the moment, so it will be a couple of months.

Glad you are enjoying the pictures.

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Don McHugh wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 7:59 am Thank you all for your kind comments.

The terrain and troops were a team effort by about 8 to 10 people, except the Arnhem table which is Colin Rumford's work.

These games are not possible without a very good organiser (Colin) and a team of helpers.

I have be lucky to play in a number of large games over the years and they are certainly well worth all the work.

What follows will not be a full AAR, as I was heavily involved on the Arnhem table and only looked at the other tables in the breaks.

Colin is hoping to have all the orbats published in a battlegroups style book this year, with a scenario book hopefully next year.

Alan and I are already planning replaying some of the tables at the Bristol shop, but we are busy with our Goodwood project at the moment, so it will be a couple of months.

Glad you are enjoying the pictures.

Don
Great work by everyone involved.

Looking forward to the book and keep me posted about any games at Bristol

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All of the tables look fantastic. I would love to see some more pictures of all of the tables, but especially the Arnhem one.
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Tunnel Rat wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 3:46 pm All of the tables look fantastic. I would love to see some more pictures of all of the tables, but especially the Arnhem one.
Going to take a few days to post up all the photos.

I have just been sent some more of the table set ups and one of Nijmegen that I missed.

Hopefully will sort over the coming weekend.

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