Hi folks,
Dave and
Martin have already got posts up showing off this game, so I thought I had better put my pic's up before I forget.
We used the 4th edition Flames of War rules, with my usual few tweaks for random events using tiddly winks, and a little bit of 'roleplay' thrown in - were we tend to do things which make sense rather than strictly follow the rules (we would apply this to any game, not just FoW). Basically for this game I was being the 'Gamesmaster' and controlling the dastardly Germans while Martin played the plucky British Para's and Dave played the swaggering Yanks.
Terrain was a mix of what Dave had and some stuff I brought - mainly hedges from me.
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Bottom end of the town |
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Top end of the town and the bridge |
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Road into the town, where the Yanks will be advancing |
The table looked pretty sweet, we did our best to make it nice and busy.
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Wider view of the table |
Some wider shots of the town. The Para's had to conduct a night attack on the town, while during daylight the Yanks had to attack up the roads to relieve them. 'Hold until relieved...'
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View of the 2nd, wooden, bridge |
The game started with a few turns of night time fighting, while the Para's attempted to secure the whole town.
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The muzzle flash tokens show what bases have fired at night |
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Para's use smoke to reduce incoming MG fire |
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A bit of a mixed melee around the town, with the wooden bridge defenders forming an all round defence. |
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2cm German AA holds one end of the bridge, along with German infantry in the other buildings. Para's secure the end closest to the camera. |
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Some of the Para units around the town didn't do too much for the game... |
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Smoke on the German MG42's holding the wooden bridge. |
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Fighting rages around the town |
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However, all the buildings on this side are secured by the Para's |
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Para's moving up the road to help - German reinforcements came in randomly all over the board, which resulted in some odd situations |
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Such as a platoon of Panzer IV's rocking up in the rear - thankfully intercepted by some Para stragglers which included a couple of PIAT teams and Gammon Bomb armed Para's. When daylight broke, it revealed a battery of German 10.5cm guns firing on the advancing Yanks. |
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Meanwhile, the Para's tee up to try and take the bridge, relying on a wide flanking move. |
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The lead two Panzer IV's drive into a Para ambush, the others break around in the close terrain |
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The Yank recce makes progress up the road, encountering German ambushers on the way. |
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The Bridge remains just out of reach... |
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Those Yanks better hurry up! |
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But there are a lot of Para's lurking in these hedgerows... |
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Different focus, showing the terrain from a different angle. |
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P-47 doing some sterling work dealing with surprise StuGs! |
Great game, lots of randomness going on and the table looked cracking. Great to get newly painted stuff on the board - it was both the Para's and the Yank's first outing, with my German tanks getting their first showing as well.
Hopefully, we'll get some more games soon!
Grand photos . It was indeed a good day. Roll on more battles in Normandy
ReplyDeleteCool, was a great game
ReplyDeleteNice photos and report James :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab looking game and report!
ReplyDeleteA great looking game Jmes
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