Some Flames of War Action. Late War Germans v Soviets. The
Soviets, spearheaded by twelve T34/85s found it hard work to tackle a
Panzergrenadier army, with lots of AT guns, supported by three SS Tiger Is. The
Russians were on the verge of defeat, when an objective was left open by the
Germans, only for the two remaining T34s to use their faster speed to race
through to take the objective marker, snatching victory form the jaws of
defeat.
Tonight we ran an English Civil War game. ECW is always
popular – it looks great on tabletop, there is usually an exciting push of pike
or clash of horse to keep the punters entertained and, for us, there are always
battlefields and/or siege locations nearby to visit. It’s as if it only
happened just yesterday…..
In this game the Royalists saw off the less experienced
Roundheads with aggressive use of their more confident and cavalier Cavaliers!
In this refight of Germantown, from the Philadelphia Campaign, the American rebels defeated the British quite convincingly. The mutinous colonists assaulted the Crown Forces' right flank with vigour, and sent the red coats running for their lives to the rear.
Actually, the British elite Light Infantry failed an early morale role and routed on a 'double one' die role, setting the tone for a the rest of the game. This culminated with an, albeit depleted, unit of Grenadiers failing their morale on a role of a 3 on 2d6, leaving traitorous units of Continentals to maraud through Germantown!
Meanwhile on the British right flank, the Hessians took ages to dress their lines and to move to to engage with the American militia. By the time they had, the battle was essentially over.
This was a refight of a portion of the meat-grinding Battle of Wagram, 1809. In this game, the French onslaught was halted by a staunch Austrian defence. The rule set used are a homemade set of very fast play rules, to enable completion of large games in a 2-2.5 hour window.
1985 - Soviet troops enter Aschaffenburg, a town to the south east of Frankfurt, on their relentless drive westwards in this Cold War Gone Hot encounter.
In the first game, American firepower decimated the Soviets as they attempted to close on the enemy, approaching along the relatively narrow streets.
In the second game, The Soviets made a bold dash for one of the objectives and took it. They were helped by terrible die rolls form US Apaches and A10s. The SU-25s made and appearance, knocking out 2 M1A1s, upon which, the third failed morale and was abandoned by its crew.
