The club hosted four separate games on Monday night. The Team Yankee WWIII engagement saw an East German Tank formation tackle a highly defensively minded US Mechanised formation. The ‘Ossies’ fielded some new T72Bs, a BTR60 company and a large amount of air assets, including SU-17 and Mi-24 helicopters. In the Strategic Withdrawal mission, the Warsaw Pact assault was thwarted by extensive use of pre-deployed minefields and additional minelet fields dropped by M270 MLRS ‘Gypsy Wagons’. This made it very difficult for the Germans to get to grips with the dug-in Americans. The US formation was bristling with TOW2s and Dragon ATGWs. Despite the SU-17s clearing out the American ‘back line’ – including taking out the three M1A1s - the Americans held on stubbornly to eek out the narrowest of victories.
Members put on a great looking game based in the Crusades
using Lion Rampant (first edition)Rules. The Norman Knights appeared to be a
one shot weapon, benefitting form a thunderous charge, but seem to flag after
that. Either way, the Arabs were victorious in this encounter. I am informed
that the guys have purchased the new edition of Lion Rampant, so hopefully we
will see some games using this new set of rules soon.
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