RETURN OF PRINCE ALBERT!

We interrupt our usual programming to bring news potentially vital to the future of the Herefordshire VBCW campaign : the return of Prince Albert! After a period of exile in Canada, the fully illustrated first reports of the Prince's return to British (specifically, Welsh) shores can be read HERE [note1]

Herefordians may contrast Prince Albert's return and proximity to Herefordshire with the apparent decision of his brother, King Emperor Oathbreaker Traitor Playboy Adulterer Atheist oh for goodness sake get on with it Edward VIII, not to visit the County by "touching down" at Shobdon Airfield during the course of the recent Second Battle of Shobdon. It is unlikely that the County's disappointment can be assuaged by any "Royal" spokesman's explanation....[note 2]

Notes

(1). courtesy of Nick M, archivist of the Forest of Dean AVBCW (and local battlefield guide);

(2). the true explanation, namely that "we didn't throw a double 6 on the Aircraft Reinforcement Table" may be regarded as "simply rather odd" by the good people of the County.

SPRING BIG GAME 2019 : RADIO MOSCOW!

Comrade Professor Winters clearly has a new, ultra high frequency Radio Transmitter. Radio Moscow has been transmitting fully illustrated news bulletins of "the inevitable triumph of the proletarian forces" at the recent (Second) Battle of Shobdon for many days...but some (including this umpire) had not known to retune their sets....[note 1]

Radio Moscow's version is HERE.

Some have noticed the curious lack of boastful propaganda within Radio Moscow's lavishly illustrated but otherwise relatively factual account of the battle, and are at a loss to account for such change. Is Comrade Professor Winters seeking to shed his reputation as "the Red Ogre" of Herefordshire? Perhaps a more statesmanlike tone sets the scene for a bout of diplomacy to come? Or is the Comrade Professor simply exhausted from absorbing not only his new Radio Transmitter, but also clearing Royalist debris from his equally recently acquired "advance air landing field"? Only time will tell...

[Note1] The VBCW Facebook Group HERE has lots of good stuff available even to those who do not usually frequent Facebook...

SPRING BIG GAME 2019 : FIRST REPORT!

The Second Battle of Shobdon is over, the Battle of Mortimer's Cross is about to begin.......[note1]

Commander Queeg of WYRD Force, that courageous veteran of His Majesty's Forces [note2] has proved "first out of the traps" in providing a splendid and fully illustrated After Action Report upon his distinguished (and only latterly aerial) part in the recent Battle of Shobdon. All of our world-wide VBCW fans should check it out (three parts, starting HERE) as we await the Umpires' Account [note3]

Notes

(1). The Second Battle of Shobdon was the Spring Big Game 2019, held on Saturday 23rd March. The Autumn Big Game 2019, taking place probably on a Saturday in October, has already been planned and titled: "The Badlands of Mortimer's Cross, aka Operation Scylla". Why the Second Battle of Shobdon? Because it is not the first time that the Shobdon Instructional Centre has featured in Hereford VBCW history : see HERE. Why "Operation Scylla"? Such is "UBER ULTRA" classified information. No-one knows. Shhhh........

(2). As a new commander, full judgment must be delayed upon the 28mm Queeg's experience and qualities : nevertheless, all of his troops at the Second Battle of Shobdon seemed to be rated (in common with at least one or two other players, ho hum...) as "courageous veterans". Obviously supremely lucky with the Platoon Generator's random die rolls, please ask such players to pick your Lotto Numbers! The Umpires, to date as helpless as the League of Nations in the face of aggression, "are conferring" and will "take steps" in relation to "the apparent issue of prospective and almost universal grade inflation" for the next Big Game......where Commander Queeg will NOT be facing odds of 3 Platoons vs. 1 Platoon, promise....

(3). including written accounts/reports from Alex, JP, Alan and photos from Giles, Tym, JP, Alan et al. As ever, many thanks to all.