Fascist and Communist violence plagues Hobbs End - A Mean Streets Tabletop Game in 28mm

 HOBBS END GAZETTE - SPECIAL EDITION.

This nonsense has to stop before someone is killed!

Last Saturday afternoon two rival political meetings were held at either end of Drovers Road, at one end the British Union of Fascists and at the other outside the factory gates were the Communist Party of Great Britain. Our readers will know that a few weeks ago the Fascists were quite severely beaten at this location, tensions have been high since.

At the termination of the Fascist meeting the Blackshirts formed up to march up Drovers Road past the Communists, the mounted policeman thought this was a bad idea and tried to dissuade them. Meanwhile a Fascist Defence Force van was just turning into Drovers Road from the High Street.

The other two mounted policemen who were watching the Communists now joined their colleague in trying to stop the Fascist march. The Fascist van quickly parked up and in an astonishing (we say astonishing because it actually worked!) display of misdirection the Fascists actually drew the police away from a vicious assault right under their noses. 

 While the police were in a state of confusion the Fascist marchers ran to the fray to back up their comrades, taken by surprise the Communists gave a good account of themselves but they were outnumbered, soon police reinforcements were on their way.

More Fascist tricks! The police car is blocked by the Fascist marchers who are still demanding to anyone who will listen that it is their right to march. While this is going on the Communists are starting to get a battering, but help is on it's way, with the threat of a night in the cells the Fascists finally get out of the way.

At some point in the struggle the Communist lorry caught fire, fingers have been pointed and accusations have flown from both sides, but in the confusion of flame and casualties the Fascists slipped away. Feeling smug and not a little bewildered that they actually managed to pull this attack off the Fascists were ready to exploit their enemy's misfortune and organise more meetings.

A few days later the Fascists were out in force selling their newspapers in Station Road and using the Drovers Road factory gates spot for a meeting, in Hobbs Park the Communists were getting fired up, which didn't take long as they were very annoyed anyway.

Luckily the damage to the Communist lorry was minimal and it was soon back in service, never believing it would work again, the Communists decided to use the diversion tactic the Fascists had recently used and they engaged the one policeman in conversation. Meanwhile, the newspaper sellers were about to get the shock of their lives.

With the fighting getting rather brutal young Betty is sent through the arches into Drovers Road to grab some reinforcements. From the park some Communist reinforcements are already approaching the scene.

The Fascists are now hopelessly outnumbered but fighting on, word has got back to the police station in Drovers Yard and a mounted section are on their way, eventually Fascist reinforcements arrive.

 With the police nearing the fighting got more intense, by the time the police arrived four Blackshirts had been knocked out. Not wanting to get arrested fighting stopped as soon as the police arrived and an ambulance was called. The four Blackshirts were taken to hospital and neither side pressed any charges against each other. Once the Communists were escorted away the Blackshirts were allowed to return to their headquarters.