WWII Rapid Fire - Extreme Cowardice

In this well-balanced scenario, the Americans - represented by 2 infantry battalions, supported by a company of Shermans, and off-table 105mm howitzers - had to clear several villages of German defenders - represented by 2 understrength infantry battalions and a couple of Stugs.

The American infantry battalion on the left flank made steady progress in pushing towards their objectives, whilst the battalion on the right flank exhibited one of the most sickening acts of cowardice in the history of Nottingham Wargames Club, when they decided to hide behind cover and refuse to advance against the enemy! This left the Shermans to advance unsupported, resulting in two of them sustaining heavy damage. 

Despite this disgraceful display, the German morale eventually cracked and they retired from the battlefield, giving the Americans the win.

More Mid War WWII

Another Flames of War Game. This time 200 points on an 8'x6' table. This worked a bit better than the Team Yankee game we tried on the same sized table, although the infantry are pretty useless in that all they can really do is hold objectives.

The Soviets eventually won by KO'ing one Ferdinand, the second one failing its morale test, stripping the Germans of their best unit.

WWII Mid War Eastern Front - Flames of War

This was one of the most exciting games of FoW in a long time. The initiative swayed too and forth right up until the end, until the Germans eventually landed the knock out blow. 

The stars of the show were some German 7.5cm infantry guns that held up the Soviet surge for several turns, knocking out a couple of T34s (with rear shots) and a few BA10s in the process. The knock out blow was delivered by the PzIIs when they arrived from reserve and shredded the Russian infantry holding the objective.

It was also nice to see the Germans uniformly kitted out in feldgrau, rather than the late war dunkelgelb.

WWII Burma - "The Race to Rangoon"

The XIVth Army race to clear the battlefield of diehard Japanese defenders and make their way to Rangoon, for a well deserved Scotch and Soda, before closing time at the bar of the Strand Hotel (if the Japanese haven't destroyed the famous hostelry during their dastardly occupation!).

Despite losing a Lee tank to a well dug-in Chi-Ha, and an India Pattern Carrier to a well placed 47mm A/T gun, the British kept their cool and winkled out the Japanese defenders, helped by the fact that the Japanese were prone to launching suicidal Banzai charges, rather than holding their defensive their positions.