tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10614246883972043652024-03-13T05:24:59.593-04:00MINIGAMR's Man CaveNeal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-2847221133624353912012-06-16T23:35:00.000-04:002012-06-18T22:04:26.136-04:00KG Leichtgehen defeats Soviet attempt to take Hertford!<table border="0" cellpadding="25" style="background-color: #ffcc00; border-color: black; border-spacing: 2px; border-style: dashed; border-width: 1px; width: 95%;"><tbody>
<tr><td>My son and I played another game this weekend. It worked out to be a Breakthrough with him being the attacker. I had setup the table with a large town (Hertford) in the center. I got to use my brand new road sets! The point totals were 1750.
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<li>HQ - Cmd, 2iC, Komissar, AT Rifles, 2 45mm AT guns</li>
<li>1st Company - Cmd, Komissar, HMG, 14 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>2nd Company - Cmd, Komissar, HMG, 14 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>SMG Company - Cmd, 14 SMG Teams</li>
<li>Heavy Mortar Company - Cmd, Observer, 6 120mm mortars</li>
<li>Tankovy Company - 5 T34/85s</li>
<li>Artillery Battalion - Cmd, Staff, Observer, 8 76mm ZIS-3, 4 122mm Howitzers</li>
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<li>HQ - Maj. Leichtgehen, 2iC, 2 Panzerschreck, 3 8cm Mortars</li>
<li>1st Platoon - Cmd, 9 Rifle/MG teams</li>
<li>2nd Platoon - Cmd, 6 Rifle/MG teams</li>
<li>Panzer Platoon - 5 MK IVs</li>
<li>FJ AT Gun Platoon - Cmd, 4 Pak40 AT guns</li>
<li>Rocket Launcher Battery - Cmd, 3 15cm Nebelwerfers</li>
<li>Gebirgsjäger Platoon - Cmd, 6 Rifle/MG teams</li>
<li>Luftwaffe Heavy AA Gun Platoon - Cmd, 2 8.8cm FlaK36 (extra crew)</li>
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SETUP AND DEPLOYMENT</h2>
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<li>1st Strelkovy Company</li>
<li>2nd Strelkovy Company</li>
<li>SMG Company</li>
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<li>None</li>
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<tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy: </b>The Soviets deployed their Artillery battalion in the north along with their heavy mortars in the treeline west and north of the artillery battalion. The AT Sections were formed into a platoon by the 2iC and had the BN Cmd and Komissar attached. They were deployed behind the woods north of the western exit road.
The flank march consisted of the two Strelkovy companies and the SMG company.<br />
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<b>KG Leichtgehen (FJ): </b>Because I only had one "mobile" platoon, I was able to start with every platoon on the board.
The AT gun platoon setup in the woods north of the eastern exit road with a line of fire towards the objectives. Second Platoon setup in the town occupying the train station and a few other buildings. First platoon is occupying foxholes just south of the eastern exit road. The Panzer platoon was deployed along the main road. <br />
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The two objectives can be seen to the south of the town.
On the left, the Gebirgsjäger are forming a screen to protect the firing positions of the guns. The 88's are just visible south of the barren field. The nebelwerfers are deployed to the left in some woods.</td></tr>
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TURN 1</h2>
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<tr><td>A Mk IV knocked out by a T34</td></tr>
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<tr><td>HQ mortars smoke the Soviet artillery battalion</td></tr>
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<tr><td>The Nebelwerfer observer calls in fire onto the AT platoon</td></tr>
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<tr><td>The 88 battery scores a couple long range kills!</td></tr>
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<tr><td>A panzerschreck adds another bail and the T34s are hurting</td></tr>
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<li>Tankovy Platoon - 5 T34/85 tanks</li>
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<li>2nd FJ Platoon - 1 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>Panzer Platoon - 1 MK IV</li>
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<tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy: </b>The T34/85 platoon cautiously moves up to get better shots. They get a good number of hits on the Gebirgsjäger and have several that seem to hit home only to be negated by the foxholes. The T34 platoon commander shoots at one of the MK IVs and registers a kill.
Neither the heavy mortars nor the 122mm howitzers range in on their respective targets. The 76mm guns direct fire against 2nd FJ Platoon scoring some hits and a kill.
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<b>KG Leichtgehen (FJ): </b>Major Leichtgehen, realizing that he needs to contest the objectives against a horde of approaching Soviet infantry starts moving the 1st FJ Platoon and the AT gun platoon towards the objectives so they can dig-in and try to hold off the advancing horde.<br />
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The HQ mortar platoon smokes the 76mm ZIS-3 guns of the artillery battalion. <br />
Nebelwerfers target the Soviet AT Platoon and pin it. The 88 battery shoots at the T34s and manages to get two kills and a bail at long range. A panzerschreck team, attached to 2nd FJ Platoon, hits and bails another T-34.<br />
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At this point, the platoon needs to take a morale check which it promptly fails... Scratch one Tank Platoon!
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TURN 2</h2>
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<li>Tankovy Platoon - 5 T34/85 tanks</li>
<li>Artillery Battalion - 1 76mm ZIS-3</li>
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<li>2nd FJ Platoon - 1 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>Panzer Platoon - 1 MK IV</li>
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<tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy: </b>Not much happens this turn.<br />
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The 122mm howitzers fail to range in again. The ZIS-3 guns fail to score any hits against 2nd Platoon in the buildings and the heavy mortars get no hits when they range in on the nebelwerfer smoke trails.
The AT platoon remains pinned. A status that will plague them for most of the game...
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<b>KG Leichtgehen (FJ): </b>The HQ mortars smoke the ZIS-3 guns again. The 88's manage to get one of the ZIS-3 guns that is on the south side of the smoke and the nebelwerfers score some hits on the AT platoon keeping it "double secret pinned".</td></tr>
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TURN 3</h2>
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<tr><td>One of the nebelwefers is put out of action!</td></tr>
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<li>Tankovy Platoon - 5 T34/85 tanks</li>
<li>Artillery Battalion - 2 76mm ZIS-3</li>
<li>Heavy Mortar Company - 1 120mm mortar</li>
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<li>2nd FJ Platoon - 1 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>Panzer Platoon - 1 MK IV</li>
<li>Nebelwerfer Platoon - 1 15cm launcher</li>
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<tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy: </b>Soviets do not get reserves this turn. The artillery battalion fires at the nebelwerfers and manages a hit that pins them. The heavy mortars also fire on the nebelwerfers and kill one of the launchers!<br />
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<b>KG Leichtgehen (FJ): </b>1st FJ Platoon digs in on the objectives with the AT gun platoon backing them up. For some reason I forgot to dig the guns in too! Arrrrgggghh!<br />
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The nebelwerfers score a kill against the heavy mortars and the 88's score a kill against the ZIS-3 guns. The remaining fire was ineffective.</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Here they come boys! Soviet Rifle Companies arrive...</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Nebelwerfers pounded again</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Heavy mortars try to take out a Mk IV</td></tr>
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<tr><td>The Mk IVs move out to try to help with the Soviet infantry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iN_DTJ_i6ZE/T91MSXXlo0I/AAAAAAAABJM/YEMMJpLxUdg/s512/2012-06-16_20-07-36_448.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iN_DTJ_i6ZE/T91MSXXlo0I/AAAAAAAABJM/YEMMJpLxUdg/s512/2012-06-16_20-07-36_448.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>We need to kill them as fast as possible!</td></tr>
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<td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Tankovy Platoon - 5 T34/85 tanks</li>
<li>Artillery Battalion - 3 76mm ZIS-3</li>
<li>Heavy Mortar Company - 1 120mm mortar</li>
<li>2nd Rifle Company - 4 Rifle/MG</li>
</ul>
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<td valign="top"><b>KG Leichtgehen (FJ)</b><br />
<ul>
<li>2nd FJ Platoon - 1 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>Panzer Platoon - 1 MK IV</li>
<li>Nebelwerfer Platoon - 1 15cm launcher</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy: </b>The Soviet reserves start to arrive and head straight for the objectives! <br />
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The artillery battalion repeats its bombardment on the nebelwerfers and manage to pin them. The heavy mortars score a hit on the Mk IV in the village, but it is saved. The rifle companies fire on 1st FJ platoon, but only score a hit which is saved.<br />
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<b>KG Leichtgehen (FJ): </b>We now have a target rich environment!<br />
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The Mk IVs manage 5 hits with 1 kill on the 2nd Rifle Company. The 1st FJ Platoon gets a further 8 hits and 3 kills thus pinning the the 2nd Rifle Company. The AT guns, and the rest of 1st Platoon score minimal hits, with no casualties, on the Soviet 1st Rifle Company. The HQ mortar platoon manages a 1 shot-1kill hit on the ZIS-3 guns of the artillery battalion!
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TURN 5</h2>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VyYpdlGdlzY/T91OUg1neSI/AAAAAAAABJQ/TSC6Z7y-H3s/s512/2012-06-16_20-25-46_311.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VyYpdlGdlzY/T91OUg1neSI/AAAAAAAABJQ/TSC6Z7y-H3s/s512/2012-06-16_20-25-46_311.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>The reinforcements fill the gaps...</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IEl-90V9J6w/T93O1y6_E7I/AAAAAAAABM4/ttObLfDVMNY/s512/2012-06-16_20-31-13_518.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IEl-90V9J6w/T93O1y6_E7I/AAAAAAAABM4/ttObLfDVMNY/s512/2012-06-16_20-31-13_518.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Soviets target the panzer platoon and score one kill</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HEzi5DXrLps/T93PE0tyK8I/AAAAAAAABM8/1Byv45tDGdc/s512/2012-06-16_20-40-11_29.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HEzi5DXrLps/T93PE0tyK8I/AAAAAAAABM8/1Byv45tDGdc/s512/2012-06-16_20-40-11_29.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>The rest of the platoon comes on line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qANloEIydTo/T93PUOWHzjI/AAAAAAAABNA/Fou3xqKh1VA/s512/2012-06-16_20-40-57_48.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qANloEIydTo/T93PUOWHzjI/AAAAAAAABNA/Fou3xqKh1VA/s512/2012-06-16_20-40-57_48.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>The Gebirgsjäger move towards the Soviet flank march.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--shBhrzfzyU/T93PhbPBf1I/AAAAAAAABNE/W12TfhXkMGQ/s512/2012-06-16_20-45-02_479.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--shBhrzfzyU/T93PhbPBf1I/AAAAAAAABNE/W12TfhXkMGQ/s512/2012-06-16_20-45-02_479.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Nebelwerfers pound the Soviet artillery</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XRsI39-RT0w/T93PvzIo4OI/AAAAAAAABNI/U6JO9JS5sr8/s512/2012-06-16_20-54-48_928.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XRsI39-RT0w/T93PvzIo4OI/AAAAAAAABNI/U6JO9JS5sr8/s512/2012-06-16_20-54-48_928.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>More riflemen die for the Motherland!</td></tr>
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<center><b>COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr>
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<td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Tankovy Platoon - 5 T34/85 tanks</li>
<li>Artillery Battalion - 3 76mm ZIS-3, 2 122mm howitzers</li>
<li>Heavy Mortar Company - 2 120mm mortar</li>
<li>2nd Rifle Company - 6 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>1st Rifle Company - 5 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>SMG Company - 4 SMG stands</li>
</ul>
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<td valign="top"><b>KG Leichtgehen (FJ)</b><br />
<ul>
<li>2nd FJ Platoon - 1 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>Panzer Platoon - 2 MK IV</li>
<li>Nebelwerfer Platoon - 1 15cm launcher</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy: </b>The SMG company comes on as a reserve and quickly fills in the gaps in the 2nd Company's formation who remain pinned this turn even after the Komissar makes an example of a few frontniks.<br />
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The artillery battalion ranges in on the panzer platoon and scores one kill! 1st and 2nd Rifle Companies fail to hit any of the defenders dug-in on the objectives.
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<b>KG Leichtgehen (FJ): </b>The nebelwerfers score three kills on the artillery battalion and the heavy mortars! Mk IV tanks score 4 kills on the SMG company. The AT guns and the 1st Platoon manage 5 kills on 1st Rifle Company and pin them down.</td></tr>
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TURN 6</h2>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2cOh1E8eI4Q/T93Qnwzz3-I/AAAAAAAABKE/86H539vfvcs/s512/2012-06-16_20-55-08_253.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2cOh1E8eI4Q/T93Qnwzz3-I/AAAAAAAABKE/86H539vfvcs/s512/2012-06-16_20-55-08_253.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5OFMo-JWz8I/T93Q-g50tjI/AAAAAAAABKM/mN_oYCqEqzg/s512/2012-06-16_20-55-25_156.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5OFMo-JWz8I/T93Q-g50tjI/AAAAAAAABKM/mN_oYCqEqzg/s512/2012-06-16_20-55-25_156.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-e8_9ObWFmgs/T93RRvU4bWI/AAAAAAAABNM/owB93m6Wc5Q/s512/2012-06-16_21-02-21_71.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-e8_9ObWFmgs/T93RRvU4bWI/AAAAAAAABNM/owB93m6Wc5Q/s512/2012-06-16_21-02-21_71.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Komissars lead the infantry forward!</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2WUGJ6SBTTs/T93RlV2UVoI/AAAAAAAABNU/S8mIQsKEYpk/s512/2012-06-16_21-05-56_29.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2WUGJ6SBTTs/T93RlV2UVoI/AAAAAAAABNU/S8mIQsKEYpk/s512/2012-06-16_21-05-56_29.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>The panzer platoon is gutted.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--gbU2JR-4TQ/T93YtU4x2AI/AAAAAAAABNc/rXzfGlivsFU/s512/2012-06-16_21-10-10_123.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--gbU2JR-4TQ/T93YtU4x2AI/AAAAAAAABNc/rXzfGlivsFU/s512/2012-06-16_21-10-10_123.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>The Gebirgsjäger take some shells and rethink their involvement...</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WL1nq9Le6Pw/T93eplKX-WI/AAAAAAAABNY/Jw8hyM1MqVg/s512/2012-06-16_21-18-17_136.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WL1nq9Le6Pw/T93eplKX-WI/AAAAAAAABNY/Jw8hyM1MqVg/s512/2012-06-16_21-18-17_136.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>1st Company assaults!</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-N_SH3DOSqKg/T93h8VsS_NI/AAAAAAAABNg/2l7Ojo_il2M/s512/2012-06-16_21-21-08_911.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-N_SH3DOSqKg/T93h8VsS_NI/AAAAAAAABNg/2l7Ojo_il2M/s512/2012-06-16_21-21-08_911.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>...and are driven back by withering defensive fire...</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gJYv2wlCl0M/T93iOuFdqoI/AAAAAAAABNk/ONeeDvE3lHk/s512/2012-06-16_21-25-07_312.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gJYv2wlCl0M/T93iOuFdqoI/AAAAAAAABNk/ONeeDvE3lHk/s512/2012-06-16_21-25-07_312.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>The 2nd Company gives it a try!</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xIu-MDe6Kjw/T93jMydaWLI/AAAAAAAABNs/LLCz8ZjqTf4/s512/2012-06-16_21-51-54_527.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xIu-MDe6Kjw/T93jMydaWLI/AAAAAAAABNs/LLCz8ZjqTf4/s512/2012-06-16_21-51-54_527.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Tankovy Platoon - 5 T34/85 tanks</li>
<li>Artillery Battalion - 3 76mm ZIS-3, 2 122mm howitzers</li>
<li>Heavy Mortar Company - 2 120mm mortar</li>
<li>2nd Rifle Company - 9 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>1st Rifle Company - 10 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>SMG Company - 6 SMG stands</li>
</ul>
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<td valign="top"><b>KG Leichtgehen (FJ)</b><br />
<ul>
<li>2nd FJ Platoon - 1 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>Panzer Platoon - 4 MK IV</li>
<li>Nebelwerfer Platoon - 1 15cm launcher</li>
<li>Gebirgsjäger Platoon - 1 Rifle/MG</li>
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<tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy: </b>The komissars make their presence felt and rally the men, after making further examples of a few cowards! The wave moves forward, pins down 1st FJ Platoon, and then assaults them! The two assaults are beaten back with enough casualties to stop the assaults.<br />
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The artillery battalion repeats its bombardment from last turn, but this time they have an even juicier target as the panzer platoon has lined up to shoot the Soviet riflemen. (I forgot about the repeat and didn't see the ranged in marker!) The fire is accurate and two more Mk IVs go up in flames! The platoon leader was one of the ones hit. He transfers command to the last remaining vehicle and manages to keep the crew in the fight!<br />
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<b>KG Leichtgehen (FJ): </b>Major Leichtgehen calls in the HQ mortars onto the 2nd Rifle Company and scores two more kills! That will be enough to force a morale check!<br />
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The SMG Company attracts the fire of the 88's and a few Gebirgsjäger stands resulting in 2 stands lost.
First FJ Platoon and the AT gun platoon fire into the remnants of the 1st and 2nd Rifle Companies scoring 3 more teams killed between them.
This all forces morale checks on the rifle companies. 1st Company passes, but the komissar is needed to keep the 2nd Company in the fight!
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TURN 7</h2>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AtQ6eMcBM88/T93qzBzgKjI/AAAAAAAABL0/0NLX9gEyD00/s512/2012-06-16_21-52-11_114.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AtQ6eMcBM88/T93qzBzgKjI/AAAAAAAABL0/0NLX9gEyD00/s512/2012-06-16_21-52-11_114.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hF8KJhBEFtU/T93rDYWSJHI/AAAAAAAABL8/n-EweUY5IUA/s512/2012-06-16_21-52-25_890.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hF8KJhBEFtU/T93rDYWSJHI/AAAAAAAABL8/n-EweUY5IUA/s512/2012-06-16_21-52-25_890.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-v-4_-Hpr4Ds/T93rVGf3uRI/AAAAAAAABNw/UhhScxNuQ1s/s512/2012-06-16_22-02-30_536.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-v-4_-Hpr4Ds/T93rVGf3uRI/AAAAAAAABNw/UhhScxNuQ1s/s512/2012-06-16_22-02-30_536.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>The artillery battalion shifts its fire directly onto the Gebirgsjägers</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pHP_z_nLbgw/T93rnV-nVYI/AAAAAAAABN0/C0CrgHMFPrU/s512/2012-06-16_22-02-38_713.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pHP_z_nLbgw/T93rnV-nVYI/AAAAAAAABN0/C0CrgHMFPrU/s512/2012-06-16_22-02-38_713.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>The brave riflemen form up for one more try!</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V8gBICD-zSg/T93r2CM-3ZI/AAAAAAAABN4/LOXkz6cztm0/s512/2012-06-16_22-31-35_254.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="center" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V8gBICD-zSg/T93r2CM-3ZI/AAAAAAAABN4/LOXkz6cztm0/s512/2012-06-16_22-31-35_254.jpg" style="width: 100%;" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>But when the smoke clears they are beaten and must retreat...</td></tr>
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<td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Tankovy Platoon - 5 T34/85 tanks</li>
<li>Artillery Battalion - 3 76mm ZIS-3, 2 122mm howitzers</li>
<li>Heavy Mortar Company - 2 120mm mortar</li>
<li>2nd Rifle Company -13 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>1st Rifle Company - 10 Rifle/MG, komissar</li>
<li>SMG Company - 11 SMG stands</li>
</ul>
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<td valign="top"><b>KG Leichtgehen (FJ)</b><br />
<ul>
<li>2nd FJ Platoon - 1 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>Panzer Platoon - 4 MK IV</li>
<li>Nebelwerfer Platoon - 1 15cm launcher</li>
<li>Gebirgsjäger Platoon - 2 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>AT Gun Platoon - 1 PaK 40</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy: </b>The Soviet rifle companies are near their breaking point. First Company's komissar makes an example of another comrade, but the men have had enough and kill the komissar. No one sees anything wrong with it and they continue trying to hide from the withering fire.<br />
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Second Rifle Company remains pinned after the komissar is too far away to have any real effect on the morale of the unit.<br />
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The SMG Company rallies and moves up to try their hand at taking the German defenders down. Their charge is predictably stopped by horendous MG and AT gun fire from the defending Fallschirmjägers.<br />
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The artillery and the heavy mortars manage a few more kills, but it's not enough to turn the tide.
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<b>KG Leichtgehen (FJ): </b>The Soviet riflemen are almost beaten, but we need to keep firing to hurry them along! <br />
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The 88's and lone Mk IV get 4 kills on 2nd Rifle Company. 1st FJ Platoon fires on the SMG Company and scores 3 kills. The AT gun platoon manages 1 kill on 1st Rifle Company.
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The two Rifle Companies then decide they've had enough and quit the field. Leaving the remnants of the SMG company to hold the ground...</td></tr>
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<tr><td>At this point we "hand waved" our way through the 8th turn where it mattered and I was able to take out the SMG Company too, so we called the game after Turn 7.<br />
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My son's play was much improved and I helped by making a couple mental mistakes forgetting to do some things!<br />
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One thing that turned out well was that my son attached the two observers (artillery & heavy mortars) to the Rifle Companies so that they could have some fire support on their side of the table. Most of the rest of my forces could be spotted directly so they weren't needed at the beginning of the game.<br />
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All-in-all a really fun game. Now I'll have to dream up a breakout scenario as the German parachute assault was just a hamlet too far...</td></tr>
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<i>Generated by <a href="http://www.wwpd.net/p/software.html">WWPD's BatRepper Software.</a></i>Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-47088391072259643122012-06-10T18:38:00.001-04:002012-06-10T23:42:47.571-04:00KG Leichtgehen Lands in Hertford!<!-- DO NOT ENTER COMPOSE MODE ON BLOGGER ONCE THIS HAS BEEN ENTERED!!! REPEAT DO NOT ENTER COMPOSE MODE ON BLOGGER!!! --><table border="0" cellpadding="25" style="background-color: #ffcc00; border-color: black; border-spacing: 2px; border-style: dashed; border-width: 1px; width: 95%;"><tbody> <tr><td>Cauldron, 1480 points, Germans were attacker
Kampfgruppe Leichtgehen jumped into Hertfordshire as part of Operation Nibelungenlied (the encirclement of London).
The KG made a daytime drop and moved to secure two important crossroad villages. As the various platoons were converging on the area, they ran into a Soviet artillery detachment that was engaged in a live fire exercise. Later we found out that the unit was a Red Army Strelkovy battalion that had newly arrived in England and was being trained up before being assigned to one of the Guards Divisions.
Major Leichtgehen immediately set about organizing an attack on the gun positions. Just as the attack was about to start, unseen Soviet infantry opened up on the FJ.</td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<li>Stelk BN HQ - 2 Cmd Rifle, BN Komissar, 5 Pioneer Rifle Teams</li>
<li>1st Company - Cmd, 14 Rifle/MG, 1 HMG</li>
<li>2nd Company - Cmd, Komissar, 14 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>SMG Company - Cmd, Komissar, 14 SMG</li>
<li>Heavy Mortar Co - Cmd, 6 120mm Mtrs, Observer</li>
<li>Light Tankovy Co - 7 T-70 obr 1943</li>
<li>Artillery BN - Cmd, Staff, Observer, 8 76mm ZIS-3, 4 122mm obr 1938 </li>
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<td valign="top" style="width: 95%; background-color: #FFFF66;"><b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ)</b>
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<li>FJ HQ - 2 Cmd, 3 Panzershreck, 3 8cm Mortars</li>
<li>1st FJ Platoon - Cmd, 6 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>2nd FJ Platoon - Cmd, 9 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>3rd FJ Platoon - Cmd, 9 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>FJ Mortar Platoon - Cmd, 2 Observers, 4 8cm Mortars</li>
<li>FJ AT Gun Platoon - Cmd, 4 PaK 40 AT guns</li>
<li>Priority Air - Ju 87D (Bombs)</li>
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<br><div height="20px" style="background-color:#DEDEDE; width: 95%; layer-background-color:#ff0000;"><center><h2>SETUP AND DEPLOYMENT</h2></center></div>
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<tr><td>Right Side</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>Left Side</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army</b><ul><li>2nd Company</li><li>SMG Company</li><li>Light Tankovy Company</li></ul></td>
<td valign="top"><b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ)</b><ul><li>3rd FJ Platoon</li><li>HQ Mortar Platoon</li><li>FJ AT Gun Platoon</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><center><b>DEPLOYMENT SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army: </b>The Soviets started with the Mortar Co, Artillery BN, and the 1st Strelkovy Co on the board. The artillery and mortars setup along the backline of the deployment area with the Strelkovy in immediate ambush. Once he saw where my units were deployed, he deployed the infantry company around the right hand objective as seen on the photo.<br>
<b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ): </b>In Cauldron, my deployment is completely random. I started with the 1st FJ Platoon and it ended up on the Soviet right near the mortar company. The 2nd FJ Platoon was in the corner near the artillery battalion. Just about where I would have wanted them if I were placing them myself! The FJ mortar platoon was placed in the bottom right quadrant ready to fire over the intervening hill at the Soviet artillery.
Then he sprang the immediate ambush and the mortars realized they had just setup in the infantry's kill zone.<br>
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<tr><td>Soviet Artillery ranges in on the mortar platoon.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>FJ Mortars ranging in on part of 1st Strelkovy Co.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-78HCe5X8xNA/T9VCc16yB0I/AAAAAAAAA8U/GhtjSoD3RmY/s512/2012-06-08_21-00-22_403.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-78HCe5X8xNA/T9VCc16yB0I/AAAAAAAAA8U/GhtjSoD3RmY/s512/2012-06-08_21-00-22_403.jpg" style="width: 100%;" align="center"/></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>1st FJ Platoon kills a dug-in heavy mortar!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>Stukas attack the artillery battalion.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army</b><ul><li>Heavy Mortar Co - 3 120mm mortars</li><li>Artillery BN - 2 ZIS-3 guns</li></ul></td>
<td valign="top"><b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ)</b><ul><li>1st FJ Platoon - 2 Rifle/MG</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><center><b>TURN 1 SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army: </b>The Soviets didn't do any fancy maneuvering, they just opened up with everything they had. The 1st Strelkovy Co fired at the 2nd FJ Platoon, but completely missed. They must have been surprised to see Germans this far north! The other part of the company has a little better luck firing on the FJ mortar platoon, but could not cause any damage either.
The Soviet mortar platoon was too close to use their weapons, so they defended their positions with rifle fire resulting in some hits, but no damage.
The Soviet artillery battery used their special rule to fire some of the ZIS-3 guns in direct fire at the 2nd FJ platoon to no effect. Meanwhile the 122mm howitzers ranged in on the FJ mortar platoon causing them to be pinned.<br>
<b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ): </b>Major Leichtgehen calls in air support on the Soviet artillery resulting in several hits. The firepower of those large bombs dig out two of the ZIS-3 guns.
The FJ mortars range in on 1st Strelkovy and manage to pin them down.
2nd FJ Platoon, lead by Maj. Leichtgehen, opens up into the Soviet artillery park managing devestating numbers of hits, but on succeeds in pinning down the gunners.
The 1st FJ platoon surgically hits and destroys one of the heavy mortars. Knowing they will only face rifle fire, they charge into contact with the heavy mortars. Defensive fire is withering knocking out two FJ stands, but it is not enough to stop the assault. The FJ get in amongst the foxholes and knock out two of the mortars. The rest break and run, but they were far enough away that they were able to take their mortars with them. With all of the firepower still in the area, 1st Platoon retreats into the treeline to await further developments.<br>
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<tr><td>Top of Turn 2</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>The mortars are on the run!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>1st Strelkovy assaults the FJ mortar platoon...</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>... and wipe it out to a man!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>1st FJ platoon shoots down the Soviet heavy mortars.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army</b><ul><li>Heavy Mortar Co - 6 120mm mortars, leader</li><li>Artillery BN - 3 ZIS-3 guns</li><li>1st Strelkovy Co - leader</li></ul></td>
<td valign="top"><b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ)</b><ul><li>1st FJ Platoon - 2 Rifle/MG</li><li>FJ Mortar Platoon - Cmd, 4 8cm mortars</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><center><b>TURN 2 SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army: </b>The Soviet commanders have their hands full getting their troops up out of their foxholes, but they manage to unpin everyone!
The ZIS-3 guns for a gunline facing the 2nd FJ platoon. The movement takes longer than expected and they score no decisive hits on the Germans.
The Heavy mortars are ordered to fire from where they stand! They don't manage to hit anything... Maybe they are worried about being exposed in the open?
1st Strelkovy moves towards the FJ mortar platoon to setup an assault. Their fire is ineffective. They get the observer to call in fire on the mortars, but that proves ineffective too.
Boris, the 1st Company commander, orders his men to charge the mortar position anyway! The defensive fire is surprisingly effective killing one team, but not good enough to stop the assault. The Soviet infantry gets in amongst the German mortar teams and cuts them down. The mortar platoon is completely wiped out.<br>
<b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ): </b>Maj. Leichtgehen calls in air support again. This time they attack the 1st Strelkovy company. They home in on what appears to be an officer figure exhorting his troops... After the smoke clears, Boris is no more.
1st FJ Platoon shoots at the remaining Soviet heavy mortars killing the crewman where they stand. The leader fails the Sole Survivor test and the company is destroyed.
2nd Platoon fires at the artillery battalion targeting the ZIS-3 guns. They manage 13 hits, but the gunshields save all but one of the guns!<br>
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<tr><td>Situation on right.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>Situation on left.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>German Stukas attack again!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army</b><ul><li>Heavy Mortar Co - 6 120mm mortars, leader</li><li>Artillery BN - 4 ZIS-3 guns, 2 122mm howitzers</li><li>1st Strelkovy Co - leader, 5 Rifle/MG</li></ul></td>
<td valign="top"><b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ)</b><ul><li>1st FJ Platoon - 2 Rifle/MG</li><li>FJ Mortar Platoon - Cmd, 4 8cm mortars</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><center><b>TURN 3 SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army: </b>The Soviet commander frantically calls for reserves, but there is no answer. The Strelkovy and ZIS-3 guns fire on the 2nd FJ Platoon and cause enough hits to pin it, but do no further damage. The BN adjutant takes over as 1st Strelkovy's company commander.<br>
<b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ): </b>Major Leichtgehen has the Luftwaffe's number today and is able to call in the Stukas on the Soviet Strelkovy again killing three stands.
1st Platoon shoots at the Soviet howitzers but is ineffective as the crewman hunker down in their holes. They take advantage of this and close to assualt. Defensive fire is light and the attack goes in killing two gun teams.
2nd Platoon fires at the ZIS-3 guns is able to get enough shots through the gunshields to make another gun silent.
3rd FJ Platoon arrives and extends the line along the left of 2nd platoon. They are ordered to engage the Soviet strelkovy. They are fairly effective killing two teams.<br>
</td></tr></table><br><div height="20px" style="background-color:#DEDEDE; width: 95%; layer-background-color:#ff0000;"><center><h2>TURN 4</h2></center></div>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_l1ONrqFkPs/T9VIuHpmOwI/AAAAAAAABB8/1CmmMdEHMic/s512/2012-06-09_10-19-25_668.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_l1ONrqFkPs/T9VIuHpmOwI/AAAAAAAABB8/1CmmMdEHMic/s512/2012-06-09_10-19-25_668.jpg" style="width: 100%;" align="center"/></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Right</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BKbWIY1VTCA/T9VJCsOq5xI/AAAAAAAABCI/0htFEWBQJGc/s512/2012-06-09_10-19-35_67.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BKbWIY1VTCA/T9VJCsOq5xI/AAAAAAAABCI/0htFEWBQJGc/s512/2012-06-09_10-19-35_67.jpg" style="width: 100%;" align="center"/></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Left</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vow4O68sHj8/T9VJpb_leHI/AAAAAAAABCM/SM3S4fi2WUY/s512/2012-06-10_14-36-08_92.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vow4O68sHj8/T9VJpb_leHI/AAAAAAAABCM/SM3S4fi2WUY/s512/2012-06-10_14-36-08_92.jpg" style="width: 100%;" align="center"/></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>T-70s arrive!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1VymXQ9IP-I/T9VJ7VJ5vEI/AAAAAAAABCQ/iSd5vyMTUyM/s512/2012-06-10_14-49-18_956.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1VymXQ9IP-I/T9VJ7VJ5vEI/AAAAAAAABCQ/iSd5vyMTUyM/s512/2012-06-10_14-49-18_956.jpg" style="width: 100%;" align="center"/></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>1st Strelkovy assaults 3rd Platoon!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cpByjD9MKyE/T9VKPdpe2RI/AAAAAAAABCU/y19OBN7Q8LQ/s512/2012-06-10_14-54-59_527.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cpByjD9MKyE/T9VKPdpe2RI/AAAAAAAABCU/y19OBN7Q8LQ/s512/2012-06-10_14-54-59_527.jpg" style="width: 100%;" align="center"/></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>The defensive fire takes out a few stands.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>Stukas arrive again and target the T-70s!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6nHVAI0ed6M/T9VKfhEirUI/AAAAAAAABCk/zuQy5VrFDIw/s512/2012-06-10_15-05-53_303.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6nHVAI0ed6M/T9VKfhEirUI/AAAAAAAABCk/zuQy5VrFDIw/s512/2012-06-10_15-05-53_303.jpg" style="width: 100%;" align="center"/></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Stukas arrive again and target the T-70s!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6YV6p_WC0m8/T9VKvE8MSCI/AAAAAAAABCo/3xy0L1h5LkU/s512/2012-06-10_15-17-54_711.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6YV6p_WC0m8/T9VKvE8MSCI/AAAAAAAABCo/3xy0L1h5LkU/s512/2012-06-10_15-17-54_711.jpg" style="width: 100%;" align="center"/></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>More FJ reinforcements arrive.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army</b><ul><li>Heavy Mortar Co - 6 120mm mortars, leader</li><li>Artillery BN - 8 ZIS-3 guns, 3 122mm howitzers</li><li>1st Strelkovy Co - leader, 14 Rifle/MG</li><li>Light Tankovy Company - 2 T-70s</li></ul></td>
<td valign="top"><b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ)</b><ul><li>1st FJ Platoon - 2 Rifle/MG</li><li>FJ Mortar Platoon - Cmd, 4 8cm mortars</li><li>3rd FJ Platoon - 5 Rifle/MG</li><li>2nd FJ Platoon - 2 Rifle/MG</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><center><b>TURN 4 SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army: </b>The squeak of tank treads can be heard in the distance! Hope soars as a company of light tanks appears! They fire at the newly arrived 3rd FJ Platoon and manage to cause damage and pin them down!
1st Strelkovy is still recovering from the shock of the losing their beloved Boris and manage a desultory fire.
The ZIS-3 guns fire at the 2nd FJ Platoon and are able to dig two teams out of their foxholes!
1st Strelkovy is roused to the assault by the 2iC and charge the 3rd FJ platoon! A withering defensive fire knocks down dozens of Soviet riflemen and the assault halts and goes to ground.<br>
<b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ): </b>Major Leichtgehen joins 3rd FJ Platoon and manages to direct the Stukas onto the newly arrived T-70 tanks. (There was about a 1" difference in where the 16" from my troops stopped and the 4" placement area for aircraft ended. It was very close!) The Stukas destroy two T-70's and bail one out.
The FJ AT gun platoon and the HQ mortars show up behind the 2nd and 3rd Platoons. Now Major Leichtgehen has a all of his tools!
3rd FJ Platoon fires at the Soviet 1st Strelkovy and decimates 4 teams (very low save rolls!). The company had very few men left, but they manage to hang around! Major Leichtgehen orders 3rd Platoon to assault the remnant of the Strelkovy, but is stopped by some well aimed MG fire from the T-70 company!
2nd Platoon fires at the remaining ZIS-3 guns and disables another team. 1st Platoon fires into the artillery battery and is close enough now to hit even the ZIS-3 guns from behind! This fire kills 3 of the ZIS-3 guns and 1 of the howitzers. The artillery battalion is now below half strength, but their long tradition of defending their guns keeps the crews there and in the fight!<br>
</td></tr></table><br><div height="20px" style="background-color:#DEDEDE; width: 95%; layer-background-color:#ff0000;"><center><h2>TURN 5</h2></center></div>
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<tr><td>Right.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EM_ZgRhsWEU/T9VMInXbt3I/AAAAAAAABC0/Aj6bzoBTeg4/s512/2012-06-10_15-29-14_575.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EM_ZgRhsWEU/T9VMInXbt3I/AAAAAAAABC0/Aj6bzoBTeg4/s512/2012-06-10_15-29-14_575.jpg" style="width: 100%;" align="center"/></a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army</b><ul><li>Heavy Mortar Co - 6 120mm mortars, leader</li><li>Artillery BN - 8 ZIS-3 guns, 3 122mm howitzers</li><li>1st Strelkovy Co - leader, 14 Rifle/MG, HMG</li><li>Light Tankovy Company - 2 T-70s</li></ul></td>
<td valign="top"><b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ)</b><ul><li>1st FJ Platoon - 2 Rifle/MG</li><li>FJ Mortar Platoon - Cmd, 4 8cm mortars</li><li>3rd FJ Platoon - 5 Rifle/MG</li><li>2nd FJ Platoon - 2 Rifle/MG</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><center><b>TURN 5 SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army: </b>The Soviet reserves finally show up! Both infantry companies move onto the table and start heading towards the objectives, double timing it!
They other units are so shell-shocked that they manage only minimal fire.
The T-70s close on 3rd FJ Platoon, but their MGs can't find the range.<br>
<b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ): </b>1st Platoon moves to the left most objective and hunkers down.
1st Strelkovy is wiped out and the BN Command staff retreat. <br>
</td></tr></table><br><div height="20px" style="background-color:#DEDEDE; width: 95%; layer-background-color:#ff0000;"><center><h2>TURN 6</h2></center></div>
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<td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army</b><ul><li>Heavy Mortar Co - 6 120mm mortars, leader</li><li>Artillery BN - 8 ZIS-3 guns, 3 122mm howitzers</li><li>1st Strelkovy Co - leader, 14 Rifle/MG, HMG</li><li>Light Tankovy Company - 2 T-70s</li></ul></td>
<td valign="top"><b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ)</b><ul><li>1st FJ Platoon - 2 Rifle/MG</li><li>FJ Mortar Platoon - Cmd, 4 8cm mortars</li><li>3rd FJ Platoon - 5 Rifle/MG</li><li>2nd FJ Platoon - 2 Rifle/MG</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><center><b>TURN 6 SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>Soviet Strelkovy (Red Army: </b>The only way to contest the objective is for the Soviet infantry to double time again. Doing this, they can't actually contest until turn 7.<br>
<b>KG Leichtgehen (Cassino FJ): </b>The objectives went hot and with 1st FJ platoon sitting on the objective, the game ends.
Axis 5-2 victory.<br>
</td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="25" style="background-color: #ffcc00; border-color: black; border-spacing: 2px; border-style: dashed; border-width: 1px; width: 95%;"><tbody> <tr><td>What a great time with my son! We vowed to play more FOW!
He did really well considering the very bad position he was in from the beginning. We talked about next time how he might want to take a little more infantry in this mission and let the guns come on later from reserve. It would have been interesting.
I think he might want to try tanks next time!</td></tr></tbody></table><br><br><br><br><i>Generated by <a href="http://www.wwpd.net/p/software.html">WWPD's BatRepper Software.</a></i>Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-18443470955871174302012-05-10T23:39:00.000-04:002012-06-10T23:42:59.317-04:00Appleford, Kent (Royal Military Canal) - Operation Sealion<!-- DO NOT ENTER COMPOSE MODE ON BLOGGER ONCE THIS HAS BEEN ENTERED!!! REPEAT DO NOT ENTER COMPOSE MODE ON BLOGGER!!! --><table border="0" cellpadding="25" style="background-color: #ffcc00; border-color: black; border-spacing: 2px; border-style: dashed; border-width: 1px; width: 95%;"><tbody> <tr><td>Bob and I decided to do the FJ Assault on the Royal Military Canal scenario that Craig Baxter created for the Operation Sealion campaign.
Major Leichtgehen was confident that his elite Fallschirmjägers would capture the canal bridges sweeping the British Home Guard defenders aside. His battalion had been assigned two of the bridges near the hamlet of Appleford, Kent.
Little did he know he was about to drop into an inferno created by the elite 82nd Airborne Division. The Americans had just moved into the area, recently taking over defense of the canal from the Appleford Home Guard unit that were being called northward for further combat training.</td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
<table style="background-color: black; border-width: 1px; border-spacing: 2px; border-style: dashed; width: 95%;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="50%" style="background-color: #FFFF66"><b>1st Fallschirmjäger Division</b>
<ul>
<li>FJ HQ - 2 Cmd SMG PzKnack, 3 PzSh, 3 GW42 mtr</li>
<li>1st FJ Platoon - 1 Cmd SMG PzKnack, 9 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>2nd FJ Platoon - 1 Cmd SMG PzKnack, 9 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>3rd FJ Platoon - 1 Cmd SMG PzKnack, 9 Rifle/MG</li>
<li>FJ AT Gun Plt - 4 PaK 40, Cmd SMG</li>
<li>Sporadic Air - Ju 87D</li>
<li>Naval Gunfire Support</li>
<li></li>
<li>Total - 1580</li>
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<td valign="top" style="width: 95%; background-color: #99CC66;"><b>82nd Parachute Division</b>
<ul>
<li>Parachute Rifle Co HQ - 2 Cmd Carbine</li>
<li>1st Parachute Rifle Plt - 1 Cmd R/MG, 1 Bazooka, 6 R/MG, 1 60mm Mtr</li>
<li>2nd Parachute Rifle Plt - 1 Cmd R/MG, 1 Bazooka, 6 R/MG, 1 60mm Mtr</li>
<li>3rd Parachute Rifle Plt - 1 Cmd R/MG, 1 Bazooka, 6 R/MG, 1 60mm Mtr</li>
<li>Parachute MG Plt - 4 M1919 LMG (attached out)</li>
<li>Parachute Mtr Plt - 1 Cmd Carbine, 2 Bazooka, 4 81mm Mtr</li>
</ul></td>
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<tr><td>North side of the canal. Americans defending the canal line and the village. Two platoons with the mortar platoon. Germans on the right with 1st FJ Plt.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>South side of the canal. American 3rd platoon placed in immediate ambush after the German PaK 40 Plt and the HQ mortar Plt deployed on the left.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<td valign="top"><b>1st Fallschirmjäger Division</b><ul><li>Sporadic Air (Night turns)</li><li>Naval Gunfire Support</li><li>2nd FJ Platoon</li><li>3rd FJ Platoon</li></ul></td>
<td valign="top"><b>82nd Parachute Division</b><ul></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><center><b>DEPLOYMENT SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>1st Fallschirmjäger Division: </b>Before the drop, the HQ PzSch teams were assigned to the combat FJ platoons.
The drop was widely scattered with Major Leichtgehen finding the 1st FJ Platoon and leading it south towards the canal. Finally spotting the canal east of the hamlet of Appleford.
The HQ mortar platoon and the PaK 40 platoon found their way north towards the canal stumbling into each other and the defenders at about the same time. They quickly deployed hoping to defend their gains until reinforcements from the rest of the battalion could arrive.<br>
<b>82nd Parachute Division: </b>As the defender the 82nd forces were restricted to a narrow deployment around the canal. With one platoon allowed to be in Immediate Ambush.
The defense was deployed around the canal area and the buildings of Appleford, near the crossing points. The Parachute MG Platoon was attached out to the 1st and 3rd Parachute Platoons.
The ambush (3rd Parachute Platoon) was deployed on the extreme edge of the deployment zone facing the FJ Mortar and PaK 40 support platoons. <br>
</td></tr></table><br><div height="20px" style="background-color:#DEDEDE; width: 95%; layer-background-color:#ff0000;"><center><h2>TURN 1</h2></center></div>
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<tr><td>The 2iC, in the church steeple, calls in the mortars on some noises in the woods north of the canal.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>Somebody's there!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>The only manage to pin them down.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<td valign="top"><b>1st Fallschirmjäger Division</b><ul><li>None</li></ul></td>
<td valign="top"><b>82nd Parachute Division</b><ul><li>None</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><center><b>TURN 1 SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>1st Fallschirmjäger Division: </b>Night - No Reserves, No shooting. Mostly just moving up trying to get in closer range to be able to hit GtG, Concealed, Vets!<br>
<b>82nd Parachute Division: </b>Night - The Americans hear some movement north of the canal and the 2iC calls down the mortars on suspected enemy. Hits, but only pins down the 1st FJ platoon. <br>
</td></tr></table><br><div height="20px" style="background-color:#DEDEDE; width: 95%; layer-background-color:#ff0000;"><center><h2>TURN 2</h2></center></div>
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<tr><td>The 1st FJ platoon remains pinned! Where's a Commissar when you need one?</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>Three dead mortar teams... This is NOT starting well...</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<td valign="top"><b>1st Fallschirmjäger Division</b><ul><li>HQ Mortars - 3 81m mortars</li></ul></td>
<td valign="top"><b>82nd Parachute Division</b><ul><li>None</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><center><b>TURN 2 SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>1st Fallschirmjäger Division: </b>Night - No Reserves (a common theme... Thank goodness for V3 reserve rules!)
The 1st FJ platoon does not rally, even with the Maj. Leichtgehen encouraging the troopers! They wait their turn to assault, but do shoot into the house to their front with no effect. Most of the other units find the thickness of the night too much to identify any enemy.<br>
<b>82nd Parachute Division: </b>Night
The American 3rd Para Platoon has no problem seeing through the darkness and manage to get 4 hits on the FJ HQ mortar platoon. Some bad die rolls later and 3 HQ mortars buy the farm... The 2iC survives and becomes just a 2iC again...<br>
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<tr><td>The firing line is ready!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>2nd FJ Platoon arrives!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-XCJqtshis-c/T6w8B9e28jI/AAAAAAAAAtA/L57paTHgEhI/s1152/2012-05-09_21-06-56_737.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-XCJqtshis-c/T6w8B9e28jI/AAAAAAAAAtA/L57paTHgEhI/s1152/2012-05-09_21-06-56_737.jpg" style="width: 100%;" align="center"/></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Those mortars are accurate little pests!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<td valign="top"><b>1st Fallschirmjäger Division</b><ul><li>HQ Mortars - 3 81m mortars</li><li>1st FJ Plt - 1 R/MG</li></ul></td>
<td valign="top"><b>82nd Parachute Division</b><ul><li>None</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><center><b>TURN 3 SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>1st Fallschirmjäger Division: </b>Night - 2nd FJ Platoon arrives from reserve
Maj. Leichtgehen finally finishes interrogating the British farm lass, Millicent, also deciding the mead cache is sufficiently guarded and rallys the 1st FJ platoon! They fire into platoon holding the house with only two hits. They choose not to assault yet.
The 2nd FJ platoon arrives, but is slowed picking their way through the darkness. The PaK 40s arrive at a reasonable distance and fire on the American 3rd platoon with no results.
When is daylight coming?<br>
<b>82nd Parachute Division: </b>Night
The 2iC radios the mortar platoon to see if they can spot the Germans to their front since a low fog bank seems to have disrupted his sightline. The mortars open fire and cause hits on the 1st FJ platoon resulting in one casualty and pinning them again. No one else can see anything in the shadows.<br>
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<tr><td>South of the canal - top of turn 4</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>North of the canal - after the FJ have unpinned</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>The 1st FJ Platoon takes the house!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>Day breaks leaving a good portion of the FJ in the open. Mortar fire pins them again!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<td valign="top"><b>1st Fallschirmjäger Division</b><ul><li>HQ Mortars - 3 81m mortars</li><li>1st FJ Plt - 3 R/MG</li></ul></td>
<td valign="top"><b>82nd Parachute Division</b><ul><li>1st Parachute Platoon - 2 R/MG</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><center><b>TURN 4 SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>1st Fallschirmjäger Division: </b>Night - Naval Gunfire observer shows up (as the automatic reinforcement...)
Maj. Leichtgehen ignores the pleadings of Millicent to return to the hay loft and rallies the 1st FJ Platoon! This time, we're going to get that house! After a hail of bullets, the American defenders suffer no casualties, but do seem to be pinned down. Charge! Three teams hear the call and rush the two American defenders in the house. The defensive fire from the defending platoon, who is strung out, and the the mortar platoon within 8" doesn't cause enough hits to drive back the assault. Two of the German teams hit and then push into the house. The rest of the American platoon chooses to not rush in foolhardily and breaks off. The 1st FJ Platoon consolidates their position with a risky move to setup an assault on the mortar platoon next turn. It looks like daylight is still a ways off...
The 2nd FJ Platoon and the PaK 40s hear the fighting north of the canal, but can't seem to find any enemies on this side (night range rolls were really terrible...)<br>
<b>82nd Parachute Division: </b>Daylight!
Mortars see the Fallschirmjäger clearly now and fire everything they have! The heavy firepower only manages to wound a few paratroopers, but does pin down the platoon.
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<tr><td>North of the canal - The naval gunfre observer has worked his way into a good position in the vineyard.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2P6yFVaEzkE/T6xMLYKow9I/AAAAAAAAAts/2Z10GHPf3Pk/s1152/2012-05-09_21-38-50_654.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2P6yFVaEzkE/T6xMLYKow9I/AAAAAAAAAts/2Z10GHPf3Pk/s1152/2012-05-09_21-38-50_654.jpg" style="width: 100%;" align="center"/></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>South of the canal - The 2nd FJ platoon slowly works it's way up through the woods </td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>Stukas arrive, but have no real effect on the company HQ</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>Leichtgehen moves the platoon out in preparation for the assault on the bridge!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>The destroyer fire is called in, but they appear to be a bit rusty.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>The assault is ordered against the better judgement of some of the NCOs...</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>Hans! Why are they shooting at us?</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<tr><td>More fire whittles the 1st FJ platoon down even further!</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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<td valign="top"><b>1st Fallschirmjäger Division</b><ul><li>HQ Mortars - 3 81m mortars</li><li>1st FJ Plt - 7 R/MG</li></ul></td>
<td valign="top"><b>82nd Parachute Division</b><ul><li>1st Parachute Platoon - 2 R/MG</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><center><b>TURN 5 SUMMARY</b></center></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>1st Fallschirmjäger Division: </b>Now that daylight has finally arrived, Leichtgehen sees his opportunity to capture the bridge by a lightning assault! The tanks will be needing these bridges soon!
The roar of Stuka divebombers is also heard above the gunfire. They bomb the American company HQ in the town of Appleford, but do no real damage.
The 3rd FJ platoon arrives in reserve (another default arrival...) and force marches (doubles) to the sound of battle north of the canal. They are still a ways off.
The naval observer targets the platoon that was defending the house, but ends up not being able to get the ships to understand where he wants the shells. Maybe sitting in port for so long has made the crews rusty?
Fresh off his recent victory, Leichtgehen, orders his men to assault the mortar platoon even though he isn't able to pin them down. Their fire, combined with support from the American 2nd Parachute Platoon, mows down four of the FJ stands (I rolled at least 6-7 1s&2s!) They are stopped and pass the platoon morale check.
The 2nd FJ platoon finally finds the enemy, but can't put enough hits on them. The assault doesn't look like a good proposition especially after having identified several American LMGs in the defense. The PaK 40s are fairly useless today. Maybe the barrels were bent on landing...<br>
<b>82nd Parachute Division: </b>The 2iC calls in the mortar platoon onto the naval observer before he can coax those big guns on to a target. They aren't much better at finding the observer and he survives.
The American 1st and 2nd Parachute platoons poor heavy fire into the remnants of the 1st FJ platoon. They cause two more casualties including Lt. Grübber. Sgt. Feldeis takes over from his position in the house. Again, the 1st FJ Plt survives the motivation check, but they need a little help from Maj. Leichtgehen. <br>
</td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="25" style="background-color: #ffcc00; border-color: black; border-spacing: 2px; border-style: dashed; border-width: 1px; width: 95%;"><tbody> <tr><td>At this point it was getting a bit late and we decided to leave the game where it was since there is a whole lot of fighting left to do.
We also discussed scrapping this game in favor of a game that counts towards the other parts of the campaign. We figure that the Germans will be able to hold Kent even without another victory! Although that is far from certain at this point.
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Delayed daylight helped and hurt the Germans. They were able to preserve a good portion of their force, but they haven't been able to inflict much damage on the Americans either. Daylight brings all of the German weapons to bear, so maybe the tide will begin to turn.
Still a lot of fight left!
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Today we had the finale megagame celebrating the end of the Late War Escalation League run at Gamer's Armory. I only got to play in about the first three weeks of the league, but I definitely wanted to play in the grande finale!<br />
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We had 6 German players and 5 Allied players (split between Soviets and US). Each one of us had our full 1750 point armies to push and we played on a 6x16-20(?) foot table. The Germans were the attackers and we gave the Allies some extra fortifications and a couple ambushes to help make up for the missing player. <br />
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We played the Total War scenario and victory was determined by cumulative victory points gained by holding the objectives. We had a 5 minute planning session and then a 15 minute deployment for each side. Whatever you couldn't place, came in as reserves. The Germans setup first and then the Allies. <br />
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We played 4 complete turns in about 3-3.5 hours of game time. The Germans were able to get an extra objective in the middle and get a three point lead which won the game for us. It was mostly a draw, but the Germans were starting to get an advantage by starting to destroy more of the Allied forces.<br />
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A great game and wonderful company made it a fantastic afternoon. Met a couple new players of whom one has only been playing FOW for about a week or so. My son came away with a renewed interest in the game and we are going to start playing more at our house. <br />
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Here is a link to Facebook photos taken by the store owner: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150311461137137&set=a.10150226986417137.336151.322595942136&type=1">Gamer's Armory Pics</a><br />
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In no particular order or anything here are some pics of the game.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mixed Soviet and American force facing my son and my force of Fallschirmjagers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A full Guards Mortar Battery! First time I've seen a full one before!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "COW" objective. This is the objective we were able to take and hold for a couple extra turns for the win!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "other" Soviet artillery park. He had a full GOW battery and a 152mm battery.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Soviet infantry moves out towards the brave Fallshirmjagers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Soviet armored attack against the "Silver Surfer" Brigade! The guy's only been play a week so we cut him some slack.... :) The IS-2s are painted in an awesome winter whitewash.</td></tr>
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Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-72100687206509069272011-07-13T11:26:00.000-04:002011-07-13T11:26:55.466-04:00Southern Front 2011 - FOW Regional Qualifier TournamentNow that Historicon is over, we're starting to talk up the Flames of War tournament we are having at Southern Front this year.<br />
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It's the FIRST East Coast regional qualifier of the 2011-2012 season! <br />
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Here is the snapshot from the BF website list:<br />
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</td> <td class="normal10">September 24, 2011</td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="right" class="normal10" valign="top">Location:<br />
</td> <td class="normal10">Southern Front Regional Qualifier<br />
Southern Front Convention<br />
3415 Wake Forest Rd<br />
Raleigh, NC 27609-7330<br />
<a href="http://www.trianglesimsociety.org/southernfront">www.trianglesimsociety.org/southernfront</a> <br />
<a href="mailto:keith.miles2@gmail.com">keith.miles2@gmail.com</a> <br />
The convention fee is $20 for the weekend, $15 for a single day. There is no additional fee for the tournament registration. In addition to full access to the convention, registering for the tournament earns three tickets for the convention raffle. Amongst other things, the raffle will include several Flames of War items including a fully painted 1750 FOW Fallschirmjager army!!!! Additional raffle tickets are available for purchase on site. Look for additional details on the Southern Front website as they become available. Hope to see you there!!!</td> </tr>
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</td> <td class="normal10">Late War</td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="right" class="normal10">Points:<br />
</td> <td class="normal10">1750</td> </tr>
<tr> <td align="right" class="normal10">Players:<br />
</td> <td class="normal10">24</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-4551622130159708382011-07-01T09:38:00.002-04:002011-07-01T09:41:25.852-04:00Lameness....I've been busy with many things lately and haven't been able to properly AAR the last two games I've had in the escalation league. One just happened last night, so I have an excuse there..<br />
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Two weeks ago, I played an 800 point game with my Cassino FJ against Bruce Nemet's Fanatic Hungarian University students. We rolled up Cauldron with me attacking, again... This time Bruce was able to get his students setup with good fields of fire and my FJs just couldn't get the assault to charge home early enough before his reserves started to arrive. He was also able to get his aircraft to come in this game and that kept my nebelwerfers hopping! I was finally able to break into his defenses, but didn't have enough left to completely dislodge him. He won 7-2.<br />
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Last night I played Ben Hanley (Cassino 91st Recon) at 1000 points. We played Hasty Assault. Can you guess who the attacker was? I really need to get some fortifications in that list! It was a disaster. It was over in three turns. I setup with my guns (AT, mortars, nebs) on the board and the FJ platoons as reserve. He had a Sherman platoon in immediate ambush along with a 105 battery and some sort of recon infantry platoon on the table. I think I ranged in with the nebs one time, the mortars were destroyed by the Shermans. I got my first FJ platoon on turn 2 which was good, but his Shermans then destroyed them. Main Gun/stabilizer 6 shots - 4 hits - two "1s" rolled for saves. Two dead stands. Six MG shots - 5-6 hits - 3 "1s" rolled as saves. Most of platoon gone. He assaults and ends up killing the rest. I conceded at this point because my last platoon was just going to be helping defend my objective for the rest of the game and that wasn't going to be fun. 7-2 to him.<br />
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I'm falling way behind in the league not just because of my spectacular losses :), but because I also haven't been able to play as much as everyone else. I'll probably still try to get one game/week, but I'm not worried about "placing" now. :)<br />
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I have been spending a lot of time working with Gregg Siter on the <a href="http://easyarmy.com/">easyarmy.com</a> website. He's had me entering data for the company diagrams. I've worked on the East Front Germans and now I'm working through the Cassino book. We're hoping we can start getting more and more lists out there for everyone to use.<br />
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I have all of next week off (Independence Holiday here in the US) and I hope to start documenting my painting that I've been doing this year. Going to work on the easyarmy stuff and try to get some painting in along with the "Honey Do" list... :)Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-83672139100497734242011-06-25T00:28:00.000-04:002011-06-25T00:28:59.033-04:00Plastic Soldier Company MkIVs and T-34sAfter seeing cbaxter's (Craig?) review of the Mk IVs and indie's talks about the T-34s from Plastic Soldier Company, I decided to finally order some and see what the fuss was really about! <br />
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Neal (no relation...) at the Warstore carries Plastic Soldier Company stuff. I didn't know that before Tuesday morning! So by Tuesday afternoon, the order is packed up and is ready for UPS. I get it delivered sometime late mid-morning on Thursday! <br />
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I bought 10 Mk IVs (2 boxes) and 1 box of the T-34s. After shipping the cost/tank was $5.80!<br />
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Thursday night I put together one of the T-34 76/85 tanks and tonight I put together one of the Mk IVs. I've taken some pics of the process. Also, some folks were asking about the compatibility with Battlefront tanks. I've taken some pics of that too, so you can see it firsthand. Eventually I'm going to try to take some measurements.<br />
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Overall, I like the vehicles. Very detailed, easy to build but do take longer than BF tanks usually. The parts are more finely detailed and and produce a better model, IMO. One thing, be sparing with the glue!<br />
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I think the Mk IV kit has had some improvements made to it over the T-34 kit and I believe the model fits better with the BF ones, but you can be the judge... <br />
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Apologies for a lot of terrible photos... :)<br />
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The Battlefront vehicle is on the left. The T-34 is a bit smaller in height and width, but it generally fits pretty well I think. One draw back of the T-34/76 turret is that it doesn't come with a cupola option.<br />
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For grins I put the T-34/85 turret onto the BF body to see what it would look like. I think it looks pretty passable and would let me field a late war Tankovy much more quickly since I already have all of these T-34 bodies painted! To make it really work, some sort of sabot would need to be fitted into the large BF hull turret hole since the PSC ones have a small tab coming from the bottom.<br />
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<b>Mk VI F2/G/H</b><br />
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Just as in the real war, the German tanks are much harder to produce (i.e. has more parts!) :)<br />
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The Battlefront vehicle is on the left. First a comparison of the Mk IV F2 variant. I think this model fits with BF's figure much more closely.<br />
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The Mk IV H variant. PSC schurzen is MUCH easier to put on and looks much better than the plastic BF ones I have here. The PSC side pieces have a "bar" that runs on the inside of the armor and is supposed to be glued against the side of the tank to help keep it straight and more sturdy. In these pics, the BF tank is base coated with Middlestone. <br />
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Here are some things I've done, but my opponents not so much, that have worked for me. Some of these are somewhat redundant with each other...<br />
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- Ignore the "toys", bring low-level Combat/Weapons platoons for the most part.<br />
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- Bring as many "combat platoon" types of units as you can. If you are an infantry company bring a couple infantry platoons. It's OK, at this point level, to bring a "sub-standard" option. I did this with the Gebirgsjager platoon to save points. I ended up with two 7 stand units instead of two small FJ platoons. Same can be said for the tanks. Bring some lighter tanks or tank hunters, etc.<br />
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- Mortars are the "King of Battle" on this level. Even the short ranged FJ stummelwerfer is worth it on this level. When we go to full size boards I may have to go with a regular mortar battery, but these HQ guys are great right now.<br />
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- Bring something that can kill at range (AT and Anti-infantry). Mortars and then AT guns. They are cheaper than tanks/SP guns. Unless of course you are a tank company. :) This also gives you something to do while you move in with your "kill team". Never let the enemy have a turn where they don't have to react to something you are doing. If you do, then it gives them time to think about their turn and what they are going to do to you! :)<br />
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- Bring as many units as you can fit. The more dice you roll for fire, the more chances you have to kill something. This also dilutes the enemy's fire because they have more units to deal with. Again making him think more about the mechanics instead of his plans...<br />
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- Don't be afraid to sit and wait. Either for reinforcements or for your long range stuff to start working their magic.<br />
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I haven't taken on a purely tank force yet, so that will get interesting, but I think I can hold my own. Tomorrow we start the 800 point round...<br />
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Comments? Was this all just common sense? :)Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-77930220085189488802011-06-14T14:41:00.000-04:002011-06-14T14:41:17.299-04:00LW Escalation League - Game 2Saturday night I was able to get in two more games for the escalation league (600 point level) we are running. These were pretty fast paced games, so I got no pictures! I hope my minimal skills with MS Paint will suffice! :) I'll post the second game tomorrow as my lunch time wasn't sufficient to draw the pics for both! <br />
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We played on a 4x3 table and used the same table for both games. Free For All ended up being the mission for both games. Yes I rolled a "1" both times... I ended up being attacker both times with the defender getting to go first! I chose the same side of the board both times too! :)<br />
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The table had very sparse terrain. Here is a picture I drew in MS Paint... The yellow box is a "wheatfield" that was difficult going, did not give BP cover, but did block LOS/LOF like woods. The stream was difficult going and bogging except at the ford.<br />
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<b>Game 1</b><br />
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<b>Turn 1</b><br />
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<b>Turn 2</b><br />
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I was starting to notice a little shift of dice luck in my favor... It gets worse... :)<br />
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<b>Turn 3</b><br />
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In my part of the turn, I move the FJ platoon out into the open hoping to draw the StuG fire away from the AT guns since that's the biggest thing I have to hurt his tanks. I figure he's only got 6 MG shots now and I think he even has to move to get those into range. <br />
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Never fear however, the AT guns get 4 hits and ends up killing another StuG! The mortars are doing their thing killing a stand and pinning down his Sturm platoon and my infantry ends up killing the remaining teams of the platoon. He only has his CiC and 2iC left in that area. <br />
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The StuG platoon morale check is taken and he fails. He decides to forgo the company morale check and concedes the game. A 6-1(7-2) victory for me! It was a very fast game. I think it took us 1.5 hours from setup to finish.Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-87314074777286345052011-06-09T00:04:00.003-04:002011-06-09T23:49:06.072-04:00LW Escalation League - Game 1Keith Miles is running a LW Escalation League at The Gamer's Armory. We had our first meeting last Saturday, June 4th. Here is a link to the rules of the league: <a href="http://www.gamersarmory.com/index.php/store-amenities/90-flames-of-war-escalation-league">rules</a><br />
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I chose to run a Fallschirmjager army. I spent a lot of time working through which book to pull it from. I finally settled on using the list from the soon to be released Cassino book. Until June 11th, I haven't really taken anything that can't be found in the other FJ lists. After June 11th, I'll start popping out some of the more interesting choices. :)<br />
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The field of players runs the gamut of veterans to complete rookies. Keith even managed to convince his mom and dad to participate! That's awesome! We also have about a 50-50 mix of tank companies and infantry companies.<br />
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For the first set of games we tried to pair up the rookies with a veteran. I was paired up with Keith's mom, Jane. She complimented me on my teaching skills and all I could say was that I'm glad I played her now because in a couple more weeks she's going to be a very formidable opponent! She even hinted about a re-match when we are "allowed" to play each other again! <br />
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We both ended up bringing 600 point Fallschirmjager forces. I'm not sure which book her's came from. Talk about "Blue on Blue" games! It actually turned out really good because it let us play the game and talk tactics and rules without having to deal with big differences in the armies.<br />
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Again, I apologize for missing a lot of pics that I should have gotten! The heat of battle keeps me from remembering to take the pics! <br />
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We started on a 4x3 board for the 600 point games. The terrain was already setup by Keith. We rolled up Breakthrough which I seem to play a lot and I think Jane had at least one Breakthrough game before. I ended up being the attacker.<br />
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Using the pic below, she chose to setup in the top left and bottom right quadrants. Her StuGs, the light gun platoon, and the 2iC in the top left. The FJ platoon, CiC and the HMG platoon in the bottom right quadrant.<br />
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Everytime I've played Breakthrough, the flank march is the deciding factor, so I thought I would put both infantry platoons (FJ and GebirgsJager) in the flank march and "defend" my sector with the 8cm mortars and the AT gun platoon. <br />
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We agreed that the bridge did not obstruct fire, but did give concealment.<br />
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The first two turns showed very little movement. I was lucky to pick off her HMG platoon leader on my first shot with the Pak 40s. I then was able to pick off an HMG stand eventually. Her HMG platoon was hamstrung with the loss of the platoon leader so early and she wasn't able to reposition the stands to get the full effect on my Pak 40s. She did a lot of hits on the platoon, but was never able to make the FP test to get past my gunshields.<br />
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My mortars spent a couple turns bombarding her light gun platoon. I was able to get rid of one gun early on, but the other one hung around for the rest of the game. Her StuGs maneuvered around the woods and house to where you see them in this pic. They then started shooting up my mortars, which I forgot to dig-in... Duh...<br />
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Hans? Is that what I think it is? StuGs! Run!<br />
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A shot of Jane's very well painted FJ platoon. I understand she did the camo and Keith helped with things like equipment and the like! Very well done! These guys ended up staying in cover as her reserve waiting for my flank march to show up. A strong tactical move!<br />
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Where did those mortars get off to?!?!?! She killed two of them and the last mortar and 2iC moved into the brick house for protection! That was the last time the mortars fired a round. <br />
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My FJ platoon makes it onto the table and tries to hide behind the wooded area. I have the objective so she has to come to me now!<br />
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Jane moves her FJ platoon to the edge of the woods to be able to shoot at my FJ platoon. I think she ended up plinking a team, but most of the fire didn't do much since we were both Vets in cover.<br />
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This pic shows my Gebirgsjager platoon coming on from the flank march. I've also moved my FJ platoon into the woods and setup to defend the objective. Jane has doubled her StuGs around to the middle of the board after killing the last mortar team, leaving only my 2iC (panzerknacker) in the brick building. She's out of line of fire of my Pak 40s who continue, unsuccessfully, to kill off the remainder of the HMG platoon in the bottom middle of the picture. <br />
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My Gebirgsjager platoon continues to cautiously move up to the other objective wondering what to do next. My FJ platoon sits still and goes to ground... Remember the 2iC? Well I ended up assaulting her StuGs. I may have screwed up by not allowing her to defensive fire since I came up behind her. I'm still not sure of the rule and I need to read it again! Anyway, the 2iC took out one vehicle and forced her to breakoff towards the objective. <br />
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I did not take a picture of the final turn... Ugh...<br />
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I had finally gotten rid of the last HMG team and Jane moved her 2iC and the light gun platoon to fire on the Gebirgsjager platoon. I know they killed one Gebirgsjager team.<br />
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I told Jane that she would only be able get me off the other objective by assaulting me off since it would take too long to shoot me off the objective. The StuG and the platoon fired everything they had and then the FJ charged! I was able to pin the assault and keep her from going in for the kill!<br />
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Turn 6 and the objectives went hot. I got a 7-2 win out of this one. What's that? Very observant! In the league you get an extra bonus point for having a fully painted army. Cool!<br />
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We took about 3 hours for this game... We spent a lot of time going over the rules and having her learn them. We also talked about options she had during her turns. What might work and what might not. We talked about the risks of certain moves, etc. Yes, I even mentioned that my 2iC had a way to kill a StuG and would be able to reach her vehicles in my turn. She took the gutsy move anyway and it almost paid off. This was time well invested for the future as we now have another interested player who is learning the game instead of just getting beat up on! :)<br />
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Can't wait until the next game!Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-2678969661449006302011-06-08T17:50:00.002-04:002011-06-09T23:49:41.007-04:00600 Point LW Practice GameThis was a practice game for a LW, 600 point, escalation league starting up at <a href="http://www.gamersarmory.com/">The Gamer's Armory</a> in Cary North Carolina. Game date was Thursday, June 2nd.<br />
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It was a tuneup game for me against a good friend who's FOW game experience can still be counted on one hand. He got a bunch of figures painted up and was itching to try them out so we did! :)<br />
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We did 600 points with my Fallschirmjagers, coming out of the to be released Cassino book (nothing in this list that ain't really in others...), and Brent's Paras coming from Turning Tide via <a href="http://easyarmy.com/">easyarmy.com</a>.<br />
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We were playing on a 4x3 table and the mission rolled was Encounter. I think I was the attacker.<br />
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<i>I stole the table format from <a href="http://whatwouldpattondo.net/">WWPD</a>...</i><br />
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<b>Neal's Fallschirmjager</b><br />
<ul><li>HQ + 3 8cm Mortars + 1 Panzershreck<br />
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<li>1 x Fallschirmjager Platoon<br />
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<b>Brent's British Para</b><br />
<ul><li>HQ + 1 PIAT<br />
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<li>1x Parachute Platoon<br />
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<li>DD Armoured Platoon (1 Firefly, 3 DD Shermans (2 with .50 cal MGs))</li>
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I started with the Pak 40s (in woods bottom left) and my Gebirgsjager platoons (in woods near my other objective) on the board. I screwed up the rule about how HQ weapons were supposed to deploy and I thought they were another platoon under the 2iC command. Was that version 1? :) Anyway, the mortars and the FJ platoon were in reserve. He had his DD platoon deployed between the field and the woods and the HQ teams right behind the objective in the top right of the picture. He had his para platoon in reserve.<br />
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Got 'em sir!<br />
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Turn 3 - I got my FJ platoon on and the scattered reserve roll had them coming on in the left corner. I moved them up the side. Probably should have doubled them, but I didn't... His para platoon entered the same corner and promptly moved into the woods near the yellow tape measure.<br />
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This pic shows the end of Turn 3.<br />
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The Gerbirgsjager move to the back side of their woods to try to bring pressure on the British Paras threatening the objective. Desultory shooting resulted in nothing happening.<br />
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At this point, my friend decided that he didn't have much more he could throw at my objectives and that he wouldn't be able to contest both of his, so graciously accepted defeat and conceded a 5-2 victory to me.Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-88507476802292373072011-04-30T23:56:00.002-04:002011-05-01T00:00:14.320-04:00The First EW French!<div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-1200357565939594222011-04-24T00:05:00.000-04:002011-04-24T00:05:29.666-04:00Spring Fever -Day 3Day three of Spring Fever was somewhat typical of a normal Sunday of a convention, but we had a lot more gaming going on and a lot more people hanging around to get that last game in!<br />
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I also got to play in a Battlefleet Gothic game. I'd played in a couple before this and generally like the system. I almost felt like I knew what I was doing this time! :)<br />
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Here is a shot after several direct fire hits and some lucky torpedo shots on our part. My escorts have essentially flanked the chaos escorts in the "south" and are coming in behind them where they can't get good shots back at me. My other squadron admiral is sending me some of his escorts to help deal with the flanking threat. <br />
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This last shot doesn't show it too well, but we have managed to just about cripple two of the chaos cruisers in the main force to the left of the asteroid field. The chaos battleship squadron has managed to tangle itself up in the large gas cloud in the "north". We were able to concentrate fire on its escorting cruiser and exploded although it did no additional damage to the battleship. By the end of this turn, the flanking squadron escorts are completely destroyed and the cruiser is all that's left of that force.<br />
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We called it on time after this point with the Imperials owning the upper hand in the fight. The chaos plan was to maneuver the one flanking cruiser to the planet and begin landing troops. I believe we would have been able to divert enough power from the main attack to stop it also.<br />
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A very enjoyable game. I've since added to my slowly growing Imperial fleet... Now I just have to find some time to paint them! :)Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-24047784612518025742011-04-19T23:12:00.001-04:002011-04-19T23:13:56.454-04:00Spring Fever - Day 2Day two of Spring Fever was a very full day. The entire game schedule was full all day long and we had two tournaments going at the same time. The Warhammer Fantasy event, Brawler Bash, has been held in conjunction with Spring Fever for three years now. We also hosted a Warmachine "Iron Arena" event for the first time this year. We are pretty sure it will become a regular feature from here on out. :)<br />
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First we have some general shots of the crowd from Saturday. When all was tallied we had about 175 people during the weekend. That was a 20% increase over last year's numbers!<br />
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Here are some photos of the Brawler Bash. They had their highest turnout yet of 38! Only two no-shows kept them from reaching 40!<br />
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This first army was very interesting. It was an Orcs and Goblins army, but he modeled his chariots with Goblins riding elephants and his Warg riders were mounted on camels! Loved it!<br />
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I failed to take any pictures of my first game of the day... Wings of War! I love this game! It's so easy to just jump into. It really is the perfect convention game! I was doing great, my first six damage cards were 0 and when I started taking some damage it was only 2 at a time... Then... I got the dreaded explosion card and I was awarded my second Sitting Duck award... He literally gives you a wooden bath toy looking duck.... The "ace" of the con gets a replica Blue Max award! That is fun<br />
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Later in the evening, Nick and I decided to setup a Flames of War game. It was MW 1750 Soviet Strelkovy (Me) vs. SS Pz Gren (Nick). The mission was Breakthrough. I seem to keep rolling this mission up but Nick hadn't played it yet, so I just decided to take one for the team... It definitely seemed like I was in for it when I realized he was an infantry company too and guess who rolled to be the attacker? Yep - Me! Lovely!<br />
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I'm going to post another entry about this game with some pictures. I did end up winning the game, but it was a near run thing and I wasn't at all confident it was going to happen.<br />
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The rest of Saturday night was spent sitting around drinking adult beverages and chatting about life and gaming!Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-48126789917169157462011-04-17T21:25:00.003-04:002011-04-17T22:21:46.647-04:00Spring Fever 2011 - Day 1Well, after an exciting afternoon of wondering if a tornado was going to hit us, I've decided to bring it down a little by posting some pics of our local miniatures gaming convention we held last weekend. <a href="http://www.trianglesimsociety.org/springfever">Spring Fever</a>.<br />
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It starts Friday afternoon and runs through Sunday. This is our 4th year for this convention an offshoot of our senior show <a href="http://www.trianglesimsociety.org/southernfront">Southern Front</a>.<br />
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First a couple shots of us setting the place up on Friday around 10am.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had our first game already too! It was a Colonial game for a local campaign that's being played! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HR_JoMW4Y40/TapM9IFbwTI/AAAAAAAAATE/yeOTtElNsDk/s1600/2011-04-08_11-07-20_852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HR_JoMW4Y40/TapM9IFbwTI/AAAAAAAAATE/yeOTtElNsDk/s640/2011-04-08_11-07-20_852.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are some pics of a Chir River (Flames of War) game I played in on Friday afternoon. Our brave Soviet infantry made it across the river, but could not push the fascists away from their defenses... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KAwcQIuUeOc/TapNSfRamQI/AAAAAAAAATI/NmuWMKvsMbw/s1600/2011-04-08_14-03-40_631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KAwcQIuUeOc/TapNSfRamQI/AAAAAAAAATI/NmuWMKvsMbw/s640/2011-04-08_14-03-40_631.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-15345958163356785962011-04-12T22:31:00.010-04:002011-04-12T22:49:39.329-04:00A Tour of the ManCave!I've got quite a few things to post about over the next week or so, but I'd like to start with some pics of the ManCave! I took these a week or so ago.<br />
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First... The Gamer Dog! (Ginger)<br />
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The obligatory pic of the painting area...<br />
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A closeup of the painting area...<br />
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The current project - US Paratrooper box!<br />
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The storage area... It needs to be reorg'd!<br />
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A wider shot of the gaming room. The table is 6'x12' and looks much bigger when it's not covered in projects! I've got too much stuff... :)<br />
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Inspired by Steveograd, I got out all of my buildings so I can contemplate maybe getting started on painting them.... because that's how I roll! :)<br />
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I took a lot more pics this time, but still not a lot of details of the battles. I took notes, but don't have them with me right now... I'll update later when I get my notes... :)<br />
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Our group, Triangle Simulation Society (TSS), has been running a mainly historical miniatures convention (<a href="http://www.trianglesimsociety.org/southernfront">Southern Front</a>) for over 20 years now and 4-5 years ago we had the idea to hold a second one that would be an "all inclusive" miniatures convention and thus was born <a href="http://www.trianglesimsociety.org/springfever">Spring Fever</a>!<br />
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At first mostly the same folks came to both conventions, but we did attract a few more sci-fi/fantasy genre games. I was actually exposed to 40K for the first time at our first Spring Fever convention and have enjoyed it in moderation since... :) The next year we hooked up with the Oak City Brawlers and their Warhammer Fantasy Battle tournament (Brawler Bash) they hold every year and we haven't looked back! This year's convention boasts two tournaments (Bash and a Warmachine event) and a fine mix of other games including some boardgames.<br />
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So if you happen to be in the Raleigh/Durham, NC area April 8-10 come on by and get some gaming in!Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-57997950813428383762011-03-20T12:40:00.003-04:002011-03-29T23:34:55.299-04:00FOW Game Day - March 5thPosting up some pics of a Flames of War Game Day that we recently held at <a href="http://www.thegameconnection.com/">The Game Connection</a> March 5th, 2011. It was the first one of these that we'd held in years. We had 10 players attend which was pretty amazing! We kept it free form and had 4 tables going the whole time with MW and LW games of 1500 to 1750 points.<br />
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</div><div>We are planning the next game day for March 26th with the same format, although I'm hoping to be able to get my first EW game in!</div><div><br />
</div><div>The pics were taken via my phone (Droid X). I didn't get a ton of pics and some folks did get to play two games so the pics might not make much sense. :) </div><div><br />
</div><div>Some pics of the game I played. LW 1750 Breakthrough - Kampfgruppe Bake (me) vs. Soviet Tankovy (Nolan). I had met Nolan before and never realized he is a high school student (well mannered - His momma would be proud! :) ) It was a really good game with both sides having the tables turned on them and thinking there was no way to win. I ended up capturing the objective with my Jager platoon that was part of the flanking force.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>These are some pics of two games on the wheatfield table. I think LW Finns (Chris) are in both games, but I think he took on two different opponents and I'm not sure which one these are pics of... :)</div><div><br />
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This was a LW German Tigers/Panzers (Ken) against German Panzers(?) (Britt)<br />
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This one was a LW Panther Kompanie (Brian) vs. Tankovy(?) (Nick)<br />
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</div>Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061424688397204365.post-50079474014236172232011-03-19T02:45:00.007-04:002011-03-29T23:35:58.108-04:00Stalingrad Project - Ongoing...This is a post about a project that I started back in the Fall of 2006. I worked on it off and on until about January 2008. I've dabbled in it a bit off and on since, but am getting the bug to get back to it again. It is currently a 4'x6' area with a 2'x4' section being the new part I'm working on. Ultimately, the entire board will be 8'x16'.<br />
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It is modeled off of the Red Barricades factory area of Stalingrad and I used the map from the old Advanced Squad Leader module <i>Red Barricades</i>. I blew up a digital copy, printed them out and taped them together into 2'x2' sections. Most everything, except for trees and the railroad tracks (N scale BTW), was built from scratch.<br />
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Here are a few key photos of the project. The rest of the photos can be found here: <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/109215432244081980195/StalingradProject?authkey=Gv1sRgCN_53drvrpbBPw#">StalingradProject</a><br />
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The maps:<br />
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The base foam. I picked 2" thick because I was originally going to dig cellars into it, but gave up on that idea... :)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kNsHiV0aols/TYRCiV63TJI/AAAAAAAAAOE/LCovBn1j1OM/s1600/IMG_2134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kNsHiV0aols/TYRCiV63TJI/AAAAAAAAAOE/LCovBn1j1OM/s640/IMG_2134.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>This is a long shot of the original 4'x6' section I have "finished"... I still haven't added rubble or details to any of it yet... :( <br />
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Yes this is yet ANOTHER blog about some miniature gamer's game room, miniature collection, and games he's played... <br />
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I was inspired by Steve MacLauchlan's <a href="http://www.whatwouldpattondo.net/">What Would Patton Do</a> blog and the number of great quality games his group was playing. I talked to him about starting the blog and he suggested that a blog makes a great diary of what you've been doing and you can look back and reminisce about the past year, etc.<br />
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I'm going to be starting out by just posting pics, etc. of some older projects that I've worked on in the past few years. I'll try to take pictures of games and post AARs although I haven't done much of that before. I'll also post up some pics of the ManCave proper...<br />
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Most of this will be Flames of War related, but I do play other stuff... Oh! And I'll be advertising our group's local conventions!<br />
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Yes, that is my license plate... :)Neal Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756150626631842788noreply@blogger.com0