tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78454459372190708492024-03-26T17:47:01.607+11:00Sparker's Wargaming BlogSparker's Wargaming Blog: Tabletop battles by Land and Sea...Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.comBlogger330125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-4404528070629654372024-03-23T15:24:00.008+11:002024-03-23T15:35:25.645+11:00Team Yankee 12mil: The Rautas Standoff<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINJNXNYWJCfpe3JazPV_tnmBjC7xlhA0C03uJFvof_1FU9J0T3TRgGvHgaO5O0a1-b1ElV3xKgB2vt36DJL1HliGCYaNaJb6qBtb_aXkqLBOee1lROPEM-5zy0S81YXi07NBlI5IwJ9Oxi_Ua1HjmOLQXAdx-lQiyUBFQm8zRC5PJVYGwl5mOzCV2JiK9/s1479/431855472_423489103548667_7821015913845064286_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="1479" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINJNXNYWJCfpe3JazPV_tnmBjC7xlhA0C03uJFvof_1FU9J0T3TRgGvHgaO5O0a1-b1ElV3xKgB2vt36DJL1HliGCYaNaJb6qBtb_aXkqLBOee1lROPEM-5zy0S81YXi07NBlI5IwJ9Oxi_Ua1HjmOLQXAdx-lQiyUBFQm8zRC5PJVYGwl5mOzCV2JiK9/w640-h524/431855472_423489103548667_7821015913845064286_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">A cynical and unconscionable invasion of neutral territory directly responsible for the escalation into, effectively, World War 3. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">General Sir Bernie Rogers US Army, NATO SACEUR.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">A temporary special operation necessary to confront Swedish Nazis, who were intent on disrupting the irresistible tide of European liberation. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Colonel-General Alexei Andropov Soviet Army, Special Administrator, Nordic Anti-Fascist Zone.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Whichever view you take of the 1985 Soviet incursion into Sweden, sadly overshadowed by the intense combat that also erupted further south right across the former 'Iron Curtain', no-one can doubt the severity of the combat in the north nor anticipate the protracted fighting and guerrilla activity that continues to this day in this wild region of endless forests and lakes... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggKizRGerRXQFmTjUh3Vpy-jAK0Zxjg5_Q2jsmLEWWkZt9g1812vYZkcA91FdWqQovREYV_5wEY09psIaa0BPHCBucH5I1Z2MP0sZPjkg3gF8VjLEEDu6wk3WBMoT75EpFRetMMlXqt6yfQzOtfSNzkUVYUSicDTmpTtFLxCk_LCskBeOLd3kNBqLd98rL/s2698/IMG_0013.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2039" data-original-width="2698" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggKizRGerRXQFmTjUh3Vpy-jAK0Zxjg5_Q2jsmLEWWkZt9g1812vYZkcA91FdWqQovREYV_5wEY09psIaa0BPHCBucH5I1Z2MP0sZPjkg3gF8VjLEEDu6wk3WBMoT75EpFRetMMlXqt6yfQzOtfSNzkUVYUSicDTmpTtFLxCk_LCskBeOLd3kNBqLd98rL/w640-h484/IMG_0013.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";">The intel was </span><i style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";">technically</i><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";"> correct - the Soviet armour did consist of 1970's second generation tanks typical of a low readiness Category 3 Motor Rifle Division. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1ig6zXd0aMfsJ0_tv0-6k3CaMeJZHFJMQUV8d-Ne2g83943-9fgpwmgTlIU-US5VsvN1LKzhnkulP-9fT5gb8xHDiMkUapLLYQLO9HIWozcDfmGZU2OW-tDk1mCg2ebqR3gFkU_5a4jplFnHBmZUquykULfOG07m14o4SkGIC8-DwCqqVex1sl8q0ytR/s439/431081701_407416911916898_7779432300409782485_n.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The lakes that dot the area however had no impact on the mighty Soviet war machine!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmNVIzBMXloBOKaK6iupK1zv88A43hti1odbic2RcIOvsNl_hQKeiootJ2ZnuP1T-IvjRbgwlSuMqiA7mmYxaOy0VgmZUeVQbSKOluI2OtVMnsd8BzxTmX_OdS0NRvWGJl2Iu6lac-V8b3E7mrWgor-9DOPWgWeOEHiMZFWOEoBAU5tzQxq0BtUmSxzwX/s3338/IMG_0030.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1483" data-original-width="3338" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmNVIzBMXloBOKaK6iupK1zv88A43hti1odbic2RcIOvsNl_hQKeiootJ2ZnuP1T-IvjRbgwlSuMqiA7mmYxaOy0VgmZUeVQbSKOluI2OtVMnsd8BzxTmX_OdS0NRvWGJl2Iu6lac-V8b3E7mrWgor-9DOPWgWeOEHiMZFWOEoBAU5tzQxq0BtUmSxzwX/w640-h284/IMG_0030.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">For whatever reason in 12mm scale it seems easier to translate the map to the table:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuM96zU9te9wR_ivhKMRk75P_6vt7oFiQXNngj3KNqdjcLfN67mPQnZQlCmK-vpMXmUsBC5pBz3A0OyEhvMs9UFCCtp6dO3aPxXU5TdVjwjLos2VDTojaUz-M6889O4bgBeQFy7l_9KNNIGppoVN5dMCVhyphenhyphenWyx1JVbDqhuPNIlE0MfzN5SkEuiDOQK3BWQ/s3450/IMG_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1846" data-original-width="3450" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuM96zU9te9wR_ivhKMRk75P_6vt7oFiQXNngj3KNqdjcLfN67mPQnZQlCmK-vpMXmUsBC5pBz3A0OyEhvMs9UFCCtp6dO3aPxXU5TdVjwjLos2VDTojaUz-M6889O4bgBeQFy7l_9KNNIGppoVN5dMCVhyphenhyphenWyx1JVbDqhuPNIlE0MfzN5SkEuiDOQK3BWQ/w640-h342/IMG_0003.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I've noticed in my travels that Scandinavian rural buildings tend to be painted in bright primary colours. Absolutely no idea what a reindeer farm looks like though - but it probably features a barn or two!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIoe2ozmmluKi2Js-fdicGPSjynAQpCJc-9HSr9bAHoQSaR-RAkNNAw23ssGYUveptInEzd9OFyp8fY8AzlKWfiAhweu1EY3jU47hSwpduiCkhd_L3-IpGckn9W6A4p9uvLGyXFK9hqMGZgv8BRJAPlwGA232VJ2j4-uTCQdauF5q1T-Axk7KXM3m8xSz/s3073/IMG_9996.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1887" data-original-width="3073" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIoe2ozmmluKi2Js-fdicGPSjynAQpCJc-9HSr9bAHoQSaR-RAkNNAw23ssGYUveptInEzd9OFyp8fY8AzlKWfiAhweu1EY3jU47hSwpduiCkhd_L3-IpGckn9W6A4p9uvLGyXFK9hqMGZgv8BRJAPlwGA232VJ2j4-uTCQdauF5q1T-Axk7KXM3m8xSz/w640-h392/IMG_9996.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Daniel, Declan and Peter as the Swedish team arrayed their defences around the near objective, retaining one platoon of S Tanks in ambush and their ATGW missile teams also providing some depth defence.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UCHecmExLSmPc7f2xoJYbt3z7vP8RImVkYE-oP8F_Kd8dU1KETeb3rfRFB1PP_eLfL-tkswW3ENfXqcVeIfDIFXmSvyzr6GAnm_AKISWnqd2_RtE7OGRcg5oDeSQKlS8nCYi3DYqp3UiwskPAvUzpFBgIIElGNEI_Meji2AbPvIkCdhfzksmhrcKCbLJ/s1862/431949905_7233983193322249_7329480476839344712_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1862" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UCHecmExLSmPc7f2xoJYbt3z7vP8RImVkYE-oP8F_Kd8dU1KETeb3rfRFB1PP_eLfL-tkswW3ENfXqcVeIfDIFXmSvyzr6GAnm_AKISWnqd2_RtE7OGRcg5oDeSQKlS8nCYi3DYqp3UiwskPAvUzpFBgIIElGNEI_Meji2AbPvIkCdhfzksmhrcKCbLJ/w640-h346/431949905_7233983193322249_7329480476839344712_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ocgIdssgpGtMknGLF8db_NAdH7JEKxO4UqYMrVKqQXiSAahgA_88pzyVphhlN8mCUtbGEymq7TjFtTkeig_OAf7Xo9UxZorgioNC4MXG6yMhcTL6WttSkDu5mdsz1fJql8DrzUtX05j_DSh7_2RGnR6-2VhKNciv0F59KX7L1yqqeS34vNjDNhIonsiZ/s4193/IMG_0008.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="4193" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ocgIdssgpGtMknGLF8db_NAdH7JEKxO4UqYMrVKqQXiSAahgA_88pzyVphhlN8mCUtbGEymq7TjFtTkeig_OAf7Xo9UxZorgioNC4MXG6yMhcTL6WttSkDu5mdsz1fJql8DrzUtX05j_DSh7_2RGnR6-2VhKNciv0F59KX7L1yqqeS34vNjDNhIonsiZ/w640-h202/IMG_0008.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Darren came up with a tactical plan that was so cunning you could pin a tail on it and call it Reynard! I would take the Motor Rifles and T-55s down our right flank and seduce the defences away to the east and north, whilst Darren punched hard with the T-62s straight for the objective from the south-east.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ26muX9N1Uki98FSJhTi9W6sA_zAmq-TpokRFWheJcmqcYx5FqVcHrr2Md3sK2R75SN4yu104Nmq7NfKxP8MrDPDjfumVg7PCkm4s_xZ2d9U2bjbSum6gBdg1somWPnDgXTebj9kqOH7sBK_Yhtw3YUwLAn-V00wPubuTlWcksSF_ueOvcL0J3y8br1-c/s3177/IMG_0021ANNO.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="3177" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ26muX9N1Uki98FSJhTi9W6sA_zAmq-TpokRFWheJcmqcYx5FqVcHrr2Md3sK2R75SN4yu104Nmq7NfKxP8MrDPDjfumVg7PCkm4s_xZ2d9U2bjbSum6gBdg1somWPnDgXTebj9kqOH7sBK_Yhtw3YUwLAn-V00wPubuTlWcksSF_ueOvcL0J3y8br1-c/w640-h250/IMG_0021ANNO.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">As the attackers Darren and I got the first move. Our Fast Air showed up bang on time and in fact was on call pretty much throughout the game - unlike the Swedish pilots!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrS7TaF6oIjPiY8j19-wpHgEHOoI3efZ_TYTPtZAh2nt1RWXMZXp7r2lNdZlCNbwcsy_dbwevM8iHDxvR8v5jt8ULomSyq0AIHSiA6_6j8jQ-Dm35OH1eZH0uRXMoTozH_mfRuFui9N2g_FY7kTa7Cx2_18BbJDfT2vmmGfrET0hie3GJPEpVJwKgV4hB/s1728/431776877_2150211628699054_7167993963421583093_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1728" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrS7TaF6oIjPiY8j19-wpHgEHOoI3efZ_TYTPtZAh2nt1RWXMZXp7r2lNdZlCNbwcsy_dbwevM8iHDxvR8v5jt8ULomSyq0AIHSiA6_6j8jQ-Dm35OH1eZH0uRXMoTozH_mfRuFui9N2g_FY7kTa7Cx2_18BbJDfT2vmmGfrET0hie3GJPEpVJwKgV4hB/w640-h316/431776877_2150211628699054_7167993963421583093_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Whilst our air and aviation assets picked off the iconic S Tanks at stand-off ranges, our AFVs and Motor Rifles were free to exploit the ample cover to close the defences.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhqBwafpAJ12bzjpxiO5hKuDyCUwFHmdbF7_SXkpIisnF1_xl21t-7CVIywVP2Ai_XnY2KkWvmoFOogJKB5bTpwiKETBjCf0t5UsFHDP5NpPVp8g_-Xheb5Mbs4AwjUSUQ5LzAeA9QAZtWQ0DTwv1jxVSveyAad5Rh-QXOdv3AThd5CpY2QO90vh9ckYi/s3280/IMG_0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2280" data-original-width="3280" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhqBwafpAJ12bzjpxiO5hKuDyCUwFHmdbF7_SXkpIisnF1_xl21t-7CVIywVP2Ai_XnY2KkWvmoFOogJKB5bTpwiKETBjCf0t5UsFHDP5NpPVp8g_-Xheb5Mbs4AwjUSUQ5LzAeA9QAZtWQ0DTwv1jxVSveyAad5Rh-QXOdv3AThd5CpY2QO90vh9ckYi/w640-h444/IMG_0005.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Approaching the objective, my Motor Rifles did indeed attract a lot of attention - at a cost! </span><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAW72iavPQqPgXoFSvf2g134fVJP09nju1s4ig34kGGDs2nDD12g1JUT9EKRkMmBtwh1cDt-oXbxuuTY1UoX8jfFLjYm17cufLvp6mGPrRx51aGBD2ThV-kiGDVmNcy9McHt1CkVD2935IImSVY8Kj2ryTQti6J08tLTnwysIEHvs_NbUyVzdIM-f6ECkp/s3543/IMG_0041.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="3543" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAW72iavPQqPgXoFSvf2g134fVJP09nju1s4ig34kGGDs2nDD12g1JUT9EKRkMmBtwh1cDt-oXbxuuTY1UoX8jfFLjYm17cufLvp6mGPrRx51aGBD2ThV-kiGDVmNcy9McHt1CkVD2935IImSVY8Kj2ryTQti6J08tLTnwysIEHvs_NbUyVzdIM-f6ECkp/w640-h176/IMG_0041.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Luckily for us the Swedish Air Force was largely conspicuous by its absence! Then when they did finally show up they went into anti helicopter mode. They chose...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">unwisely!<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8OpI_uNA0Je6BVeSZ8Orb_5tKTEGLjUQDoUvv-cRPSQQ5QVtxkKwXVguXr6QPWLOXF3zgIqw2nR4rofHhHJrSEVvqZ1IinhaAi962skz6UiTNQTmswQ8mWjL8MxebDNo5zMzDE_MeshLT4yUAawDqF4zzfzm0Rkicg-SygC6J1Ay8810LaYRo0mdfkP1/s1585/431972376_1121227899301150_2132487514066539150_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1585" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8OpI_uNA0Je6BVeSZ8Orb_5tKTEGLjUQDoUvv-cRPSQQ5QVtxkKwXVguXr6QPWLOXF3zgIqw2nR4rofHhHJrSEVvqZ1IinhaAi962skz6UiTNQTmswQ8mWjL8MxebDNo5zMzDE_MeshLT4yUAawDqF4zzfzm0Rkicg-SygC6J1Ay8810LaYRo0mdfkP1/w640-h528/431972376_1121227899301150_2132487514066539150_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Now it was the turn of our AFVs to stay in plain sight whilst the dismounts closed with the enemy infantry using the cover of the woods.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-x9sfd7udK1i6XXsAjwn03g89sQroH7GKy1F8pBOOFDJykvvNM-gNtVMbPPRLRVhTvHuK3lZZtPVjUcdNV3f5YDW2HFp6K0JMW5jLI2AXYsxu5ZHozx1ocZYAViK7oU5GT76Tmrj4VAh9T1c9EdTsgaILBmPg_YenUSAY3hK63JUoQ8tw-YCs7hYSPrj/s2540/IMG_0043.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1745" data-original-width="2540" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-x9sfd7udK1i6XXsAjwn03g89sQroH7GKy1F8pBOOFDJykvvNM-gNtVMbPPRLRVhTvHuK3lZZtPVjUcdNV3f5YDW2HFp6K0JMW5jLI2AXYsxu5ZHozx1ocZYAViK7oU5GT76Tmrj4VAh9T1c9EdTsgaILBmPg_YenUSAY3hK63JUoQ8tw-YCs7hYSPrj/w640-h440/IMG_0043.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVSre4vrTHxXEyVVATdNWa6mDsNl_439kuEsSM6Vc-YT9Pd3koIfbgQOMD6w6qOsPSSg2-rfp42IgM90XxN5UKpPV3KMUhLFHBsrKCxl0KherE08UE0ZmbET2I2N3Q0OOXXW_MWhyphenhyphenvKegkehhARmACnor0KnQywZmvNj8cQX5ge3ojSvUx_sLPVBzx6oe/s3379/IMG_0044.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="3379" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVSre4vrTHxXEyVVATdNWa6mDsNl_439kuEsSM6Vc-YT9Pd3koIfbgQOMD6w6qOsPSSg2-rfp42IgM90XxN5UKpPV3KMUhLFHBsrKCxl0KherE08UE0ZmbET2I2N3Q0OOXXW_MWhyphenhyphenvKegkehhARmACnor0KnQywZmvNj8cQX5ge3ojSvUx_sLPVBzx6oe/w640-h176/IMG_0044.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Whilst Darren took his tanks straight for the objective!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrxyMw-YAdc4aZQOinyiruI79ikL4-QMgjqRSuXhq4RWfpKp6XACiChxAnaEzIhtQnnFvYz368VhkRYnJQYQPke3YxEZAV_H3iYlHW7vjlGSfA5ULVlff6oOzoMPmsU8JwleQ7yay6N_HjiyfkQSvewR3lkyTqDv_DqK1UOq5GstgvF9Jxmpb5IloGEsO/s3441/IMG_0059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3441" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrxyMw-YAdc4aZQOinyiruI79ikL4-QMgjqRSuXhq4RWfpKp6XACiChxAnaEzIhtQnnFvYz368VhkRYnJQYQPke3YxEZAV_H3iYlHW7vjlGSfA5ULVlff6oOzoMPmsU8JwleQ7yay6N_HjiyfkQSvewR3lkyTqDv_DqK1UOq5GstgvF9Jxmpb5IloGEsO/w640-h476/IMG_0059.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However the crafty Swedes did not fall entirely for our cunning plan - they didn't spring the S Tank ambush until our tanks were well within short range! Fortunately for us, their dice were communist sympathisers!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkC3ILD-SexakINKrUWaS0IzS5AyncLk_vjrSHsaMtLYwt8W8faKzp2wl6TEpSNX4LETAaywI1l8AjNttAdyKAZ2auJqu-iFN66UY1ngnArqxNK_-f3YagqcIceROZQYwJL226WSw3mLXTlTmZ2O3zdBgyIamvpMJgpPU8UrBdWwO4pq8ErUnZeuBSdUV/s3804/IMG_0049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="3804" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkC3ILD-SexakINKrUWaS0IzS5AyncLk_vjrSHsaMtLYwt8W8faKzp2wl6TEpSNX4LETAaywI1l8AjNttAdyKAZ2auJqu-iFN66UY1ngnArqxNK_-f3YagqcIceROZQYwJL226WSw3mLXTlTmZ2O3zdBgyIamvpMJgpPU8UrBdWwO4pq8ErUnZeuBSdUV/w640-h286/IMG_0049.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">So that by turn 5 we had the objective in a pincer between the Motor Rifle's T-55s and the T-62s. With most of their AFVs brewed, largely by our ubiquitous Frontal Aviation comrades, the Swedish infantry fell back to fight another day...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq97IBokHNQm1fVRt5IeX4rjypeCSELxNiuiWG1WwKAabWmPvxTaaNCw1Erbsg28EQ3vHJLOohKzWc16DWP8QSZ94z2zacol_AJ2m0Y3DqvZBTFeg-89gBeoFXHj0O__vdf-7K9WbJyKIjG9fD99M07fGCUbEOHh56r3yXi4T4SLk4r9mbIeZ5be54mhhd/s3104/IMG_0060.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2036" data-original-width="3104" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq97IBokHNQm1fVRt5IeX4rjypeCSELxNiuiWG1WwKAabWmPvxTaaNCw1Erbsg28EQ3vHJLOohKzWc16DWP8QSZ94z2zacol_AJ2m0Y3DqvZBTFeg-89gBeoFXHj0O__vdf-7K9WbJyKIjG9fD99M07fGCUbEOHh56r3yXi4T4SLk4r9mbIeZ5be54mhhd/w640-h420/IMG_0060.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This was Daniel's first scenario for Team Yankee, and he came up with an absolute corker! At some point I hope we replay this, perhaps with the teams swapping roles. And I daresay a fresh set of Swedish dice!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQvepVuUuu6Zfv4m_C-5LLpcjzJYRPvuJh95CudlKe8l7GKvEhn_zh75qNWVVr7ML_ExfDV8nVJJ-NE7pyE4N3Gob0smrWekDH9igkJ4B1l_cWUld36EZPfH3CGqEcOntSLcsAkVQEomfvW92Dbbx1KXly9y6qSC4Xo8Ap-Ywv9mpg75Oj5Nn5gk1drIe/s1930/431945335_918671646579975_7258412139728748132_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="1930" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQvepVuUuu6Zfv4m_C-5LLpcjzJYRPvuJh95CudlKe8l7GKvEhn_zh75qNWVVr7ML_ExfDV8nVJJ-NE7pyE4N3Gob0smrWekDH9igkJ4B1l_cWUld36EZPfH3CGqEcOntSLcsAkVQEomfvW92Dbbx1KXly9y6qSC4Xo8Ap-Ywv9mpg75Oj5Nn5gk1drIe/w640-h270/431945335_918671646579975_7258412139728748132_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo Credits: SOVFOTO & Daniel Larssonsonson</span></i></div><p></p></div></div></div>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-80679441116493827272024-03-18T08:42:00.000+11:002024-03-18T08:42:27.649+11:00Valour & Fortitude: Sambre Skirmish <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1C5MoZbaPhbd1Sj9_6ZmOgfAAN3NZ3blAQwIx2qzya4YH1xJujH4BCRO4lzMRxzUV0_OKPNjE0M6QKpDcxX9Ree8CoyjrjVhVzAGZRqYGke3xbzHjSSLNAX2XpjWJREbGq17bW7kMNNnMHtGbMTSTERYhj8plYyPlGPV9ScnAKr9ehZ05H2hscqkV54Bq/s3127/IMG_9871anno.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="3127" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1C5MoZbaPhbd1Sj9_6ZmOgfAAN3NZ3blAQwIx2qzya4YH1xJujH4BCRO4lzMRxzUV0_OKPNjE0M6QKpDcxX9Ree8CoyjrjVhVzAGZRqYGke3xbzHjSSLNAX2XpjWJREbGq17bW7kMNNnMHtGbMTSTERYhj8plYyPlGPV9ScnAKr9ehZ05H2hscqkV54Bq/w640-h402/IMG_9871anno.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">For this week's Sunday Solo game I wanted to get what few Epic scale units I have painted on the table.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSzQsKm_AewN6Hos10X7-1sfuHx8oVV9KWld1TYeaVavLb6JVPn_Ck0yueZdhWzxM_SlnQ-15GCRQ92e3Vg9dzTfQVpF4blQa_ICi0FnVZj168iJ4eOtXVnseURrYbV_quvCiEeMj9ibaP5LI60T37LnlG_1xIKNF9XvfMCtZVamJpFl5yWF-LulMuqW3/s3070/IMG_9969.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1755" data-original-width="3070" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSzQsKm_AewN6Hos10X7-1sfuHx8oVV9KWld1TYeaVavLb6JVPn_Ck0yueZdhWzxM_SlnQ-15GCRQ92e3Vg9dzTfQVpF4blQa_ICi0FnVZj168iJ4eOtXVnseURrYbV_quvCiEeMj9ibaP5LI60T37LnlG_1xIKNF9XvfMCtZVamJpFl5yWF-LulMuqW3/w640-h366/IMG_9969.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Finally a crack at Valour & Fortitude in Epic scale with Napoleonic's!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFjFIy15ycBLTJSHeOMP0H1rWvEBek-_1OzUraqSkXi6NUeANvsZURkf725iyHikAfamvkJRjcGBYhyeC8vtIBisBXas92cY0qPGCjsqIJ9p7caNymRPl_wSRwLI4CrQCTv9Qlr75YA8A72xtjVovfAbzgPuGBjsa75OXk7I233wT9I9lCkB20YWXwPRY/s3433/IMG_9916.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1409" data-original-width="3433" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFjFIy15ycBLTJSHeOMP0H1rWvEBek-_1OzUraqSkXi6NUeANvsZURkf725iyHikAfamvkJRjcGBYhyeC8vtIBisBXas92cY0qPGCjsqIJ9p7caNymRPl_wSRwLI4CrQCTv9Qlr75YA8A72xtjVovfAbzgPuGBjsa75OXk7I233wT9I9lCkB20YWXwPRY/w640-h262/IMG_9916.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Designed for big games with at least several brigades, its not really a fair test for the rules, but would improve my knowledge of them. All I have painted so far for the allies is a British infantry brigade, helped out by a lone Prussian Infantry Bn. and the 'Chainy' 10th Hussars.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnn25FMTNxqpOgUhdRFYM1gFuaYrAqm_6eN04_Sk480nZXOyHEoa63ADPI5uxZJPp_Aq6mvBS0GeUTZV4y0jvyXXMJBDSxj66UkeoEXVsAH1_7Y-B6RSqCZ9fwOQIqF2YgWn2wUdIvSQpQM8gY6blRe0OLV_-VVz1htck29cK5iWt13hu0bm-WtgHogsSD/s2348/IMG_9983.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="2348" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnn25FMTNxqpOgUhdRFYM1gFuaYrAqm_6eN04_Sk480nZXOyHEoa63ADPI5uxZJPp_Aq6mvBS0GeUTZV4y0jvyXXMJBDSxj66UkeoEXVsAH1_7Y-B6RSqCZ9fwOQIqF2YgWn2wUdIvSQpQM8gY6blRe0OLV_-VVz1htck29cK5iWt13hu0bm-WtgHogsSD/w640-h354/IMG_9983.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The French are slightly better off: two infantry brigades...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmu3PbLraQy_dpNryma9Nrv-V6Wfw4Asql_EYc3awU_04SUz0zVhNWN_X7kKr8wg9R11cW-7ReCtRrjpzVukNB2an8g4i-UQ0kEGiROp_pT33iSdGh5oCqlI37UkR16sKHfCiG30OKBOA8Wsu2XLCVpNFvvfuEqrNkZohyOeKsbifwreB2LbLAivpjVQE/s3807/IMG_9914.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1922" data-original-width="3807" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmu3PbLraQy_dpNryma9Nrv-V6Wfw4Asql_EYc3awU_04SUz0zVhNWN_X7kKr8wg9R11cW-7ReCtRrjpzVukNB2an8g4i-UQ0kEGiROp_pT33iSdGh5oCqlI37UkR16sKHfCiG30OKBOA8Wsu2XLCVpNFvvfuEqrNkZohyOeKsbifwreB2LbLAivpjVQE/w640-h324/IMG_9914.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Also with a single light cavalry regiment, backed up by an as yet incomplete regiment of Dragoons whose paint was still wet!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0nCZ4Krth5mCo2mTg7mvGPlBiGObYGfVEwh7BGVR2FhDsXVrE4nYR6Y-TTin_cRQYN6LzYjlFaxK-gO73IDML36TDMc_GLhMhOl8l2lvbqrJYqzdVoOY9vmyQ_k3SE3AuDrdw5hBLBWtgEO-aNjpw67Zr-swF1qrifdXrXu_aSHRwFjVPNXBkB7zYqAm/s3844/IMG_9887.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3844" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0nCZ4Krth5mCo2mTg7mvGPlBiGObYGfVEwh7BGVR2FhDsXVrE4nYR6Y-TTin_cRQYN6LzYjlFaxK-gO73IDML36TDMc_GLhMhOl8l2lvbqrJYqzdVoOY9vmyQ_k3SE3AuDrdw5hBLBWtgEO-aNjpw67Zr-swF1qrifdXrXu_aSHRwFjVPNXBkB7zYqAm/w640-h426/IMG_9887.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Given it would be a very quick game, the scenario was sketchy to say the least. Mid June 1815, somewhere on the Franco Belgian border, between the Sambre and the Meuse...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFtoEQosroKU1tY_Z4EIh8BCZiXYosX6ZNtUS4CrouHYvChGIb1gh4joZ3kXVa6xUFFhQRYEyiRylfY8oZcfTJHsr5D6pxYQT5J-4oX48y_2ecYkY3BomDcVlsMCGJvRj0qoojC-Jp6CLqnv7DSDR8FsL-6m_BcIE2eJSU1pWqzMOkCAeRhg8MFU5kwWY/s3844/IMG_9890.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1267" data-original-width="3844" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFtoEQosroKU1tY_Z4EIh8BCZiXYosX6ZNtUS4CrouHYvChGIb1gh4joZ3kXVa6xUFFhQRYEyiRylfY8oZcfTJHsr5D6pxYQT5J-4oX48y_2ecYkY3BomDcVlsMCGJvRj0qoojC-Jp6CLqnv7DSDR8FsL-6m_BcIE2eJSU1pWqzMOkCAeRhg8MFU5kwWY/w640-h210/IMG_9890.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The French Army is finally on the March, crashing across the frontier!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgnrfJXyBuhbde2t_l9G_5tYz7RkYJGjrmERY8YmIJDAJZWK5JlnlRzkcJmUvaQ6baAscjmLPMabZAoprGAE29YVWv8LBgXIZABKvwnJiE9tgItJuOp-93GxIM3bSOPNQ44lqPYN53AM1hHLpBc7F8Q1ENcgIbsikqnnPtaixbvHrVXA-hUWPGGBc7KpW/s3398/IMG_9911.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1817" data-original-width="3398" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgnrfJXyBuhbde2t_l9G_5tYz7RkYJGjrmERY8YmIJDAJZWK5JlnlRzkcJmUvaQ6baAscjmLPMabZAoprGAE29YVWv8LBgXIZABKvwnJiE9tgItJuOp-93GxIM3bSOPNQ44lqPYN53AM1hHLpBc7F8Q1ENcgIbsikqnnPtaixbvHrVXA-hUWPGGBc7KpW/w640-h342/IMG_9911.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The tiny Allied force has to buy time for the allies to muster and concentrate, so has adopted a reverse slope position on a convenient ridge of high ground where two high roads merge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xh3RZKINc2jNN2hGisX6WSbxiupPw3Yn7VEcjc63rhveSh-_L-4o7vmyw5uOZkAT4LYqlsrNXut0gLyOCakQybgcpjdr21VACpSlLVNdDxXy22AoxVHGGbahabbWdIAOPpF0dUVSKGnpzaqokTxLcEstc6f3T7Uc4wwi4Jne3Zt4ItXS0rMVKXKOF0WH/s3701/IMG_9949.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="3701" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xh3RZKINc2jNN2hGisX6WSbxiupPw3Yn7VEcjc63rhveSh-_L-4o7vmyw5uOZkAT4LYqlsrNXut0gLyOCakQybgcpjdr21VACpSlLVNdDxXy22AoxVHGGbahabbWdIAOPpF0dUVSKGnpzaqokTxLcEstc6f3T7Uc4wwi4Jne3Zt4ItXS0rMVKXKOF0WH/w640-h138/IMG_9949.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The French division divides its forces between the two roads. On the right flank the divisional artillery and both cavalry units screen the infantry as it works its way through and around the town.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVCbhgwCqtejgC3sEYZeUHxl_S8JFxWBYbsnZ7kbStKiqblMv0_2c5gyHe2F9vx8AvkBKXt7bpkfaBgFPRL3ON9WDaTHgtioMyDWKPsBb2d5gwnMeqf1M84W8TGD7gzZh6862-JftHayrzdmctGT8vlarK-bRcaH8EMTPWoPqSUH5eodpdqIQmoLFKl8S/s3614/IMG_9922.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="3614" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVCbhgwCqtejgC3sEYZeUHxl_S8JFxWBYbsnZ7kbStKiqblMv0_2c5gyHe2F9vx8AvkBKXt7bpkfaBgFPRL3ON9WDaTHgtioMyDWKPsBb2d5gwnMeqf1M84W8TGD7gzZh6862-JftHayrzdmctGT8vlarK-bRcaH8EMTPWoPqSUH5eodpdqIQmoLFKl8S/w640-h286/IMG_9922.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However its over on the French left flank that the decisive assault occurred! The British 'disciplined musketry' was not quite effective enough...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzO-1J5cbYa6uvg4OevR1FNq_PDXhzortjt76lK-YkUSk89G681lDp25k4g2WajAWt9SIaTasmpk7KYqFMw_o3P0LJ3Pia-4VXSZ-z0k-NTZgn3c4HnbGw79r2sy9M1zf6UyvnV34srwZyy11tl8Kggxczcew6GDTYZrEVd98cML-eF03-DrIV1WPAKqjH/s2893/IMG_9960.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2210" data-original-width="2893" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzO-1J5cbYa6uvg4OevR1FNq_PDXhzortjt76lK-YkUSk89G681lDp25k4g2WajAWt9SIaTasmpk7KYqFMw_o3P0LJ3Pia-4VXSZ-z0k-NTZgn3c4HnbGw79r2sy9M1zf6UyvnV34srwZyy11tl8Kggxczcew6GDTYZrEVd98cML-eF03-DrIV1WPAKqjH/w640-h488/IMG_9960.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And the French were able to send in two battalions against one, for a total of 6 attack dice against 4. Both sides would be hitting on 4s, but the Brits would be rerolling any 1s. The other British battalion only had one opponent, but completely fresh and in receipt of 'Brigade Support', and so rolling only 5 dice against the Allied 4, but this time hitting on 3s. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZVchBtEWID5WDxtM-9RclrZ0ZqjQvGMdBW2jJZ4XSgJJf92VvZCXtqPySaQrB1psVJ8d7RxSlecBOrbVJcRBsoRTChgEoz3e2LZArbfzcUj8D-oqxFWC5QXHtRgpjvN4lADTJN09faABiR0vmpl8zWMvF2v8AzCAbm-p2_BL1v2EPb1cGRUX0nR84QwP/s3439/IMG_9966.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="3439" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZVchBtEWID5WDxtM-9RclrZ0ZqjQvGMdBW2jJZ4XSgJJf92VvZCXtqPySaQrB1psVJ8d7RxSlecBOrbVJcRBsoRTChgEoz3e2LZArbfzcUj8D-oqxFWC5QXHtRgpjvN4lADTJN09faABiR0vmpl8zWMvF2v8AzCAbm-p2_BL1v2EPb1cGRUX0nR84QwP/w640-h118/IMG_9966.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">As the British were slightly behind the crest of the hill, the French, coming up and over, would win any ties...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ezu9oHLltjB_-1rJQkNm7KSAB8786vpKv36ZWJ9L6JMkZRfy72u7-It-aZYmoYAOrtV3EUgCKgESnt5geWyWsPs86UbTwQ_rmmiTLf1WMqCriFdz6THCsHtdpipEhyYS8k7OEh2kb5FnQqC4x88p75mrTaGEyoJfVdyYfhzrYF5IgBHZ5Q1pxhSK5Ien/s3575/IMG_9984.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="3575" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ezu9oHLltjB_-1rJQkNm7KSAB8786vpKv36ZWJ9L6JMkZRfy72u7-It-aZYmoYAOrtV3EUgCKgESnt5geWyWsPs86UbTwQ_rmmiTLf1WMqCriFdz6THCsHtdpipEhyYS8k7OEh2kb5FnQqC4x88p75mrTaGEyoJfVdyYfhzrYF5IgBHZ5Q1pxhSK5Ien/w640-h230/IMG_9984.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The French rolled more hits than they received in both cases, but the Brits passed their Valour tests...the combat continues...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitH1Z6GD_7UMMxON9EZTxHDDQW5pphaqst3myTc6BO3Ayc1IVclYgSs2jGeFB0mjz0RovCxWXKgkIyObVzrBhuRLI23NchrhyngUOo02Yr-xfay_lLxX0Ijk_P5fi7PEbuuuBdkvSQIQPIctXGtNOQMCFi5zXTLZn8Gw6ZA8_yutHjpVLBZq2CfA58NwRo/s3546/IMG_9988.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="3546" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitH1Z6GD_7UMMxON9EZTxHDDQW5pphaqst3myTc6BO3Ayc1IVclYgSs2jGeFB0mjz0RovCxWXKgkIyObVzrBhuRLI23NchrhyngUOo02Yr-xfay_lLxX0Ijk_P5fi7PEbuuuBdkvSQIQPIctXGtNOQMCFi5zXTLZn8Gw6ZA8_yutHjpVLBZq2CfA58NwRo/w640-h154/IMG_9988.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However for the next round in the British turn one of the British battalions is also fighting shaken and both battalions lose the fight and rout after failing their Valour tests. With their flank wide open the remainder of the Brigade has to retreat to the next fall back position...</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This game proved to my satisfaction not only that Epic Naps look good on the table, but also that Valour & Fortitude work well when played solo. I'll now return to my brushes...</span></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-63055323440362294282024-03-15T12:59:00.001+11:002024-03-15T12:59:34.055+11:00Valour & Fortitude: Cedar Mountain<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWFMkDccE-LJvcDwVq6KKs9EHnGFBvjEkJVGkaU5vXx_YnX-IpVU54pJxkIZYMQdUGeqzB-HIi6pH3x6MjzKDYWvhyTmny5QjSHBbEZEbLpzkaTKp6X7YxByh0atLCX6wy_6aVhvMk9m9kDFniLGyDyqGD26Z3XxLwnmFTFkkMyOHOVrOUJRgSZGLWksI/s3884/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1707" data-original-width="3884" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWFMkDccE-LJvcDwVq6KKs9EHnGFBvjEkJVGkaU5vXx_YnX-IpVU54pJxkIZYMQdUGeqzB-HIi6pH3x6MjzKDYWvhyTmny5QjSHBbEZEbLpzkaTKp6X7YxByh0atLCX6wy_6aVhvMk9m9kDFniLGyDyqGD26Z3XxLwnmFTFkkMyOHOVrOUJRgSZGLWksI/w640-h282/1.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKz1t09QaBrQchO3VXU6csjFEWwbL03Q9G3DOHaLTE43P5YDFMFlQKT3Xk6QjZBHBu4BbOMMHt4lmo4Juq3D_UYxyN1ir1WlsVUY8EK0JU6uYNKrjJu0mwqzi0TQUj2rTjL7r2LY4turU-V4gToNvK0h97MQUe_N8ndQkWKPUhgsmovY9R-KR6qRYBanDV/s3844/IMG_9809%20anno.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3844" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKz1t09QaBrQchO3VXU6csjFEWwbL03Q9G3DOHaLTE43P5YDFMFlQKT3Xk6QjZBHBu4BbOMMHt4lmo4Juq3D_UYxyN1ir1WlsVUY8EK0JU6uYNKrjJu0mwqzi0TQUj2rTjL7r2LY4turU-V4gToNvK0h97MQUe_N8ndQkWKPUhgsmovY9R-KR6qRYBanDV/w640-h426/IMG_9809%20anno.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This was our first ACW game of V&F with the new ACW army sheets, so it was a learning game.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSUWkq5Tn89lTJZCAwzykCpEBnonKTSywR-8opLTuQtqVcQ4m19IrrS7xL9f1goiZ6FPbGlmv2X9ecDbHpn538KztKx2FCh_uHtmKFxl2lvPfDWIZ3T5zfM_w55l-qeO1k9vYm3rspJBT9RfpFSTTUhCk1lm2fOcyexu-rufE6yKboXfr0TI1-TgGHPbx/s2647/IMG_9812.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2297" data-original-width="2647" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSUWkq5Tn89lTJZCAwzykCpEBnonKTSywR-8opLTuQtqVcQ4m19IrrS7xL9f1goiZ6FPbGlmv2X9ecDbHpn538KztKx2FCh_uHtmKFxl2lvPfDWIZ3T5zfM_w55l-qeO1k9vYm3rspJBT9RfpFSTTUhCk1lm2fOcyexu-rufE6yKboXfr0TI1-TgGHPbx/w640-h556/IMG_9812.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Cedar Mountain strikes me as something of an encounter battle: General Banks is quite aggressive and has a few hours before dark to exploit the window of opportunity before the Confederate forces arrive in strength. The Union had four Brigades to the Confederacy's three - at least until turn 3!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7H5mFdRBZQ-asIqhj0Ew3kF7krbK664KEblAg93BzQLbpQV0JB9w-RoWAbsF30CZpsf-G0ZRU_v2T0lvAqLjjIIVdM_bqTfvPlcsNqpcozrl0ESHeKAK-tb_MgKtfgYYG8bO8OgqfMHgxfCrlroX67BZKQ-EBDbqCal9Zea57bPnD3XUh6QZZSOkw3tMh/s3672/IMG_9818.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="3672" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7H5mFdRBZQ-asIqhj0Ew3kF7krbK664KEblAg93BzQLbpQV0JB9w-RoWAbsF30CZpsf-G0ZRU_v2T0lvAqLjjIIVdM_bqTfvPlcsNqpcozrl0ESHeKAK-tb_MgKtfgYYG8bO8OgqfMHgxfCrlroX67BZKQ-EBDbqCal9Zea57bPnD3XUh6QZZSOkw3tMh/w640-h382/IMG_9818.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">We defined all the woods as light, so as to not impede movement; they were classed as light cover and obscuring terrain.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSsr9pTVqv1HZpEXsG54lztegBSCgNuwTRgj5tHkdhqQMUmojAqZVJCm8F2sDlx3hyphenhyphennpWuBeta7YAbqvUQqXDGBtubLQ6a4IaN1h7g8tPU5G_lATM5fQ4QbiruIjGyua9b3_BT2pHpO7vrIYFdfNfhPEFyW677v9zF-kpgIQcokUWFMeZuUVuUZvUcZwT/s3711/IMG_9828.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1437" data-original-width="3711" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSsr9pTVqv1HZpEXsG54lztegBSCgNuwTRgj5tHkdhqQMUmojAqZVJCm8F2sDlx3hyphenhyphennpWuBeta7YAbqvUQqXDGBtubLQ6a4IaN1h7g8tPU5G_lATM5fQ4QbiruIjGyua9b3_BT2pHpO7vrIYFdfNfhPEFyW677v9zF-kpgIQcokUWFMeZuUVuUZvUcZwT/w640-h248/IMG_9828.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Union team had a choice of where to place their objective: 'The Gate', or Crittenden.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9VgLajWSAQFNGciQsVkxBpCFM8tBuuQvyhRDwSl3QPp9ubiAFwQKQ9UicbeTkJ8-Kz80ZFJK0BSE3AFXQ6blA54aH_pZSj4cp0nq0P8RLCafh_m9TpnIa1_L8qVAjuf7IIFoX0K47nacA1XTrFJ0RivuDAF7Jy9yuQeQ2ltA1PzlT9rK6xsBuYddSwYS/s3613/IMG_9842.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="3613" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9VgLajWSAQFNGciQsVkxBpCFM8tBuuQvyhRDwSl3QPp9ubiAFwQKQ9UicbeTkJ8-Kz80ZFJK0BSE3AFXQ6blA54aH_pZSj4cp0nq0P8RLCafh_m9TpnIa1_L8qVAjuf7IIFoX0K47nacA1XTrFJ0RivuDAF7Jy9yuQeQ2ltA1PzlT9rK6xsBuYddSwYS/w640-h268/IMG_9842.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> They chose the latter: </span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0wEXT-aCWdcfw5GHs1NbKOn59KPFrEPzPJ7C-59DH3CnmFdPHF9VOq4u_A3w3l32yFoZ8rV5B-p1ZP90CQUEW4llEiMnHy7M6gL9ssqgQSZdxHBJ21MSZ4Gq-8Jc1LHV4ICa8DubzVUtlkz5klV7RBhJKR8TLTcP_3Fe_h8Kq3l3zCawnkDzRhCzZ9dt/s2742/IMG_9841.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="2742" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0wEXT-aCWdcfw5GHs1NbKOn59KPFrEPzPJ7C-59DH3CnmFdPHF9VOq4u_A3w3l32yFoZ8rV5B-p1ZP90CQUEW4llEiMnHy7M6gL9ssqgQSZdxHBJ21MSZ4Gq-8Jc1LHV4ICa8DubzVUtlkz5klV7RBhJKR8TLTcP_3Fe_h8Kq3l3zCawnkDzRhCzZ9dt/w640-h354/IMG_9841.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But then seemed to be pushing hard for 'The Gate' anyhow? What knavish tricks are these?</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0LwIjJ9S8z5aexlpxHYvX30j2ECyi_odxSs3K3todJBRUX_gY1Yjl1iDwW0_dyzDS-qetOMhqU-IcQZIVMToxKWzTi4Q3NDBxw4UixcdHdxIMid_KPBFMmyH1MbhshZzAEbbY8bJpAIYfIOpBG246OmkFA2QFvT_U75i-L_cxSR3qwolojspwdTyp6MY/s3872/IMG_9844.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="3872" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0LwIjJ9S8z5aexlpxHYvX30j2ECyi_odxSs3K3todJBRUX_gY1Yjl1iDwW0_dyzDS-qetOMhqU-IcQZIVMToxKWzTi4Q3NDBxw4UixcdHdxIMid_KPBFMmyH1MbhshZzAEbbY8bJpAIYfIOpBG246OmkFA2QFvT_U75i-L_cxSR3qwolojspwdTyp6MY/w640-h234/IMG_9844.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">They realised they had something of a gap in their centre but it was covered by 3 artillery batteries, which kept us Rebs honest - for a while...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb7wWe_5S9LuTaQiKzeZFcLpqEhLlsWfaVi1IppXTs4RUd8fGAmCg0V99rQRX-8mGEfqSmMMypNV6qenfO-s4yWtIS1o1QvD6Si-SiE3oOgp_8biLCXcG-guybOPc9EiFzOhtKHx8PmHgZxCivcXUKNzC8oYkz3AfOnFpvQVyjdJ80jxME-BB0lQ4xaJR/s3694/IMG_9846.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2102" data-original-width="3694" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb7wWe_5S9LuTaQiKzeZFcLpqEhLlsWfaVi1IppXTs4RUd8fGAmCg0V99rQRX-8mGEfqSmMMypNV6qenfO-s4yWtIS1o1QvD6Si-SiE3oOgp_8biLCXcG-guybOPc9EiFzOhtKHx8PmHgZxCivcXUKNzC8oYkz3AfOnFpvQVyjdJ80jxME-BB0lQ4xaJR/w640-h364/IMG_9846.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Below, a view from the north looking south towards the eponymous mountain. The Union team know that Ewell won't stir from Cedar Mountain until A.P. Hill's reinforcements arrive after turn 3, but having those troops on their left flank seemed to prey on their minds, so we got a bit cheeky and pressed forward to link up with Ewell.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisc8kaXHrSdk-3EMuo3lVwv5OWj8uoq6afEZNyFIm5jFFrnQRbKpj5amhzBKrrip8rx8f7g6gTdu_MCdkATWH1IcDiXCxNmzZg5nzMefYCUVyVkVjHyvK0n_MPa912zCjULy20ARXSunvWmmtqTJJgkQKXBlrbwZ-Ik_OZhCPzMkhyKRMqxNu1YS9K5LM4/s3455/IMG_9849.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1925" data-original-width="3455" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisc8kaXHrSdk-3EMuo3lVwv5OWj8uoq6afEZNyFIm5jFFrnQRbKpj5amhzBKrrip8rx8f7g6gTdu_MCdkATWH1IcDiXCxNmzZg5nzMefYCUVyVkVjHyvK0n_MPa912zCjULy20ARXSunvWmmtqTJJgkQKXBlrbwZ-Ik_OZhCPzMkhyKRMqxNu1YS9K5LM4/w640-h356/IMG_9849.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However there were no such constraints on the Union right flank and they came on hard! Had we left the objective too weakly held?</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCObT2Kg01N94YTzpubgK_GeytNlUVAsKk6RBQ-I2UMkrhKT0D0DiswxhZLBbNhZjVUFe_i31hUI3uG9y8WggCgF-VNrQJ8xOHaqfbFpexPql82yIxi0sSb-s0QmfLzIziAArkdBou5fm0pzHTZAaqoF70N8wZm9GgxsWVX9ZlATaO16WGf3OWmLrTt9h/s3776/IMG_9850.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1685" data-original-width="3776" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCObT2Kg01N94YTzpubgK_GeytNlUVAsKk6RBQ-I2UMkrhKT0D0DiswxhZLBbNhZjVUFe_i31hUI3uG9y8WggCgF-VNrQJ8xOHaqfbFpexPql82yIxi0sSb-s0QmfLzIziAArkdBou5fm0pzHTZAaqoF70N8wZm9GgxsWVX9ZlATaO16WGf3OWmLrTt9h/w640-h286/IMG_9850.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But then, turn three - the situation changed!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglk7NP6ja5TXNmM83CkJUR2Eci430RNmTLoCj9HrSwS8HWmvdM0IzrYUSvhDZ1jwVK5CKbbJaGlwayJ5UFBEkFOjQnAbgCH_R7QUPS2ElhTX6gmLLYwulxLamizP5gR4HocK_jePhXw5o6wnGSl6bLkfTcInjL-SuR4R6qjnBxg0qRy1ivt05qMypl7YAs/s3208/IMG_9852.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2206" data-original-width="3208" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglk7NP6ja5TXNmM83CkJUR2Eci430RNmTLoCj9HrSwS8HWmvdM0IzrYUSvhDZ1jwVK5CKbbJaGlwayJ5UFBEkFOjQnAbgCH_R7QUPS2ElhTX6gmLLYwulxLamizP5gR4HocK_jePhXw5o6wnGSl6bLkfTcInjL-SuR4R6qjnBxg0qRy1ivt05qMypl7YAs/w640-h440/IMG_9852.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Ewell arrives leading off with the Stonewall Brigade - an extra large brigade of five regiments of Veteran infantry!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObYd5XsE3r7BJpG_tHv1AHnuytR5ErTPr-dICc7SEkr9Bq2rD0fSe2HLJd1NVG-6nVWDxm1tGf85QcJIS4HabZTl6eG0KfhJbJZAq6Zp1P5bJYKxoCnIehbtnmL2r2FbK_LuHQB6hXPcvlsuG5K_O91JIJckuoTpEAnIpBGWp0IHbk0BhFUmWFQu2_D6o/s3725/IMG_9854.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1613" data-original-width="3725" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObYd5XsE3r7BJpG_tHv1AHnuytR5ErTPr-dICc7SEkr9Bq2rD0fSe2HLJd1NVG-6nVWDxm1tGf85QcJIS4HabZTl6eG0KfhJbJZAq6Zp1P5bJYKxoCnIehbtnmL2r2FbK_LuHQB6hXPcvlsuG5K_O91JIJckuoTpEAnIpBGWp0IHbk0BhFUmWFQu2_D6o/w640-h278/IMG_9854.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Nothing daunted, the Union team determined to press on regardless and let their Redlegs hold the centre with shot and shell!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF296okO1Rheb52_vUfziLwsBZccXuC-ZKq0xllWLukXDOWIERUnFsRFXt0TR1RBVW4sg21FrVMAy-GZOJDgeCvH8x8j1xabpzGoI5rgg5ngMGprnIECtH4Php7XhKUCFzci1hnr8wqBvtiYDz52t6eD1EQfuY5c7Mib2ZUx54cKjvFAs_junpXrFuGlhs/s3820/IMG_9855.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2116" data-original-width="3820" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF296okO1Rheb52_vUfziLwsBZccXuC-ZKq0xllWLukXDOWIERUnFsRFXt0TR1RBVW4sg21FrVMAy-GZOJDgeCvH8x8j1xabpzGoI5rgg5ngMGprnIECtH4Php7XhKUCFzci1hnr8wqBvtiYDz52t6eD1EQfuY5c7Mib2ZUx54cKjvFAs_junpXrFuGlhs/w640-h354/IMG_9855.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Union grand battery concentrates its fire on the Stonewall Brigade all lined up in March Column on the road - casualties are high but this is the Stonewall Brigade!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbMeFMoiYNnqsC036AHIXYHYS-cbBNzP33c4JuMfda1S3I4rCt2pyRXH-xfK-GpKe20YrXGkfmEwORgAb4z8o6aarJcPAKigkuKjyTVuR51x3ePUdY3BREECoPDCoBgKHKDrXK0c_cItEv3fbR0GwlD3-gEdEhdULSnSSwxUuiQLw4QgSnIZ14W2K_tLg/s3704/IMG_9858.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="3704" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbMeFMoiYNnqsC036AHIXYHYS-cbBNzP33c4JuMfda1S3I4rCt2pyRXH-xfK-GpKe20YrXGkfmEwORgAb4z8o6aarJcPAKigkuKjyTVuR51x3ePUdY3BREECoPDCoBgKHKDrXK0c_cItEv3fbR0GwlD3-gEdEhdULSnSSwxUuiQLw4QgSnIZ14W2K_tLg/w640-h178/IMG_9858.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And they coolly brave the fire to form up on the Union flank...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fbkBnthar7v0nFUJZN2U4xTqjOtzaLd1g9VqZsaCtdLfjKqhwkTDqOYU_BwhjSQbAMULQ3PiRcSvD8yB5RWzNH16gQOFZ7mtyILngspcZj9LZAOvd32oGlslikRJ81F059aNeZKVwdYZLfmlu-Iu6ZPjmpybjuKgWJ7yJJNaSfa7vleJufUkKrRP28Oi/s3512/IMG_9863.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1976" data-original-width="3512" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fbkBnthar7v0nFUJZN2U4xTqjOtzaLd1g9VqZsaCtdLfjKqhwkTDqOYU_BwhjSQbAMULQ3PiRcSvD8yB5RWzNH16gQOFZ7mtyILngspcZj9LZAOvd32oGlslikRJ81F059aNeZKVwdYZLfmlu-Iu6ZPjmpybjuKgWJ7yJJNaSfa7vleJufUkKrRP28Oi/w640-h360/IMG_9863.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">As the dusk deepens the Union high tide recedes and the objective remains in Confederate hands.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXYTou5SL76TEbr9YpBDYUW-LvCWCcxGhyJSOy6RHRQvN3U3BJI4CuSTWE8J5kbAisXTcGYB6cMnyW4bxcE2CjEMpQGvAFwhnSMMwV6Xcx8lJXQeNrPse_3DpKubvNfEe0i88hbeUeYM4R73YLi9-RXyjPrxAOIbe6tYoTyrMVbGz-Ccp3WoO0XUjNpUt/s2354/IMG_9816.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2354" data-original-width="1934" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXYTou5SL76TEbr9YpBDYUW-LvCWCcxGhyJSOy6RHRQvN3U3BJI4CuSTWE8J5kbAisXTcGYB6cMnyW4bxcE2CjEMpQGvAFwhnSMMwV6Xcx8lJXQeNrPse_3DpKubvNfEe0i88hbeUeYM4R73YLi9-RXyjPrxAOIbe6tYoTyrMVbGz-Ccp3WoO0XUjNpUt/w526-h640/IMG_9816.JPG" width="526" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Good to see Caesar and Daniel dressing the part!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">We were all impressed with how Valour & Fortitude handles the ACW - despite inexperienced players and a fairly large game we got through five turns in 2.5 hours to get a historical result.</span></div><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-69743173074950834592024-03-08T12:57:00.000+11:002024-03-08T12:57:20.959+11:00Flames of War 12mil: Hill 239 The Korsun Pocket<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pY5CswOX_nlSJSB9v3fHRMVSxXh5YJsSck6-eTFo2-391HRHkKqxG5d3UUJDh7nZZIwG3fkRKeQ0bSQoaz8Bu5FiUbtwE1hn4ROLps-Vd2rd90g7BLN6joXmTj3zsWXIuxqVLuPoUiEsyj9nbtI50bth6FNSFzphk8-gq882ZuQtCCluTpb_ZJezgLUp/s1500/Slide%20aa1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pY5CswOX_nlSJSB9v3fHRMVSxXh5YJsSck6-eTFo2-391HRHkKqxG5d3UUJDh7nZZIwG3fkRKeQ0bSQoaz8Bu5FiUbtwE1hn4ROLps-Vd2rd90g7BLN6joXmTj3zsWXIuxqVLuPoUiEsyj9nbtI50bth6FNSFzphk8-gq882ZuQtCCluTpb_ZJezgLUp/w640-h428/Slide%20aa1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegBefTTpI1stcUCDyeVloXLdknuTbQvDjktIkEsCrSPY1librq_DEICXmA783-c9qpXxCEpRXTrmA_vYcKfCduVJZWBg3C7XjM-QOH7M4Zcq1O9shMPZDOIoaAoIvFP1M8URmpk-bmKm4k-un3gM4VisS6sVuRNxw7WszoWaAbR5TfGqHhbQzW9poKbow/s3680/IMG_9793.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The German perspective below - no question they had a tough mission and a long way to go - this was a historical scenario rather than a balanced one!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPWfGUNL5A04xjhXl9T5FXG2mdMrDKdv1JBuRoEp1K85S8nc6qrOpUtl-9A8l61L541J6eqyPAS2GQnj2hWe6_3ymZEt-_JQlBncBDrPX0la0eATUSuSg7iMT6WjRhutcaZFUT0t_7582HmCJqWfpneNG1DFAFy753ndDIPuHAJLh0MvbMLHaEBHX6N1s/s3098/IMG_9758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="3098" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPWfGUNL5A04xjhXl9T5FXG2mdMrDKdv1JBuRoEp1K85S8nc6qrOpUtl-9A8l61L541J6eqyPAS2GQnj2hWe6_3ymZEt-_JQlBncBDrPX0la0eATUSuSg7iMT6WjRhutcaZFUT0t_7582HmCJqWfpneNG1DFAFy753ndDIPuHAJLh0MvbMLHaEBHX6N1s/w640-h308/IMG_9758.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Heavy Panzer Detachment Bake started on table and headed out with high hopes...they had not yet encountered IS-2s and Guards standard T-34-85s who are hit on 4+...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA120x-2G3tKRJh1XYNgdaA_iXKCn2il3mWq2CrxswTkbv9PuhKBlW8hwx5NSv_JLHIYIEZQ7fYizaJfmhAuQswxg39lM41syuiSB7-7hvQryWz4PONRpXfzmpQPgP3rCveyq1CzPg8Ab3J_kQwUfUDBdVf8p0qar8OyuLbzYzoxHPYf7uFcLAZG1My2jT/s3593/IMG_9761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="3593" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA120x-2G3tKRJh1XYNgdaA_iXKCn2il3mWq2CrxswTkbv9PuhKBlW8hwx5NSv_JLHIYIEZQ7fYizaJfmhAuQswxg39lM41syuiSB7-7hvQryWz4PONRpXfzmpQPgP3rCveyq1CzPg8Ab3J_kQwUfUDBdVf8p0qar8OyuLbzYzoxHPYf7uFcLAZG1My2jT/w640-h202/IMG_9761.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Russian team were consistently lucky with their airstrike rolls - but these Tigers survived!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dz9KxwCWhBGJeBvMQ3LDITElaHPysHBbiBfifZkd9PrkA5BJlVTyRizLiA7C3xdMRQtVIK_Nj-UKUCkZBwKCzWzRSiIFgVeZRIM647eXJ0vaBOg05AIhIdtOEJuDyTyVmKoHfA2Hx9D8EEzKKyTccz47oIwVy5EScT2Z3P8g9-2QsK77kzd2os0csyPB/s2852/IMG_9764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2035" data-original-width="2852" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dz9KxwCWhBGJeBvMQ3LDITElaHPysHBbiBfifZkd9PrkA5BJlVTyRizLiA7C3xdMRQtVIK_Nj-UKUCkZBwKCzWzRSiIFgVeZRIM647eXJ0vaBOg05AIhIdtOEJuDyTyVmKoHfA2Hx9D8EEzKKyTccz47oIwVy5EScT2Z3P8g9-2QsK77kzd2os0csyPB/w640-h456/IMG_9764.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However the IS-2s immediately passed their reinforcement roll and caught at least one Panther with a side shot.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuisR5WAtZ1vrPq4c5h3DoLgfRdC17C59f60Aclxn0NvX5vm-fbOi6AiwswD4uXtRXEHuR36ufqvwp31IApAJ4DX4DbaLr5kVNbrrGbINnjKpLc3-8Cqas3du1GV9GPOicn6qjvVLEsnZvHXr44gh4gwv65P7IrzktkRSW9-qYnqckMA9NWAqj1i-CvTw7/s3786/IMG_9769.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="3786" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuisR5WAtZ1vrPq4c5h3DoLgfRdC17C59f60Aclxn0NvX5vm-fbOi6AiwswD4uXtRXEHuR36ufqvwp31IApAJ4DX4DbaLr5kVNbrrGbINnjKpLc3-8Cqas3du1GV9GPOicn6qjvVLEsnZvHXr44gh4gwv65P7IrzktkRSW9-qYnqckMA9NWAqj1i-CvTw7/w640-h252/IMG_9769.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The German team were not so lucky with their reinforcement rolls, and a significant gap opened up between Bake's spearhead and the main body from 1st Panzer.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfUYD9VxlEtQMR8SzhikB-uoOyCcSWaX32ROrYvn7bLyZ4h7mXPLS_ZVWgscvwV0nT5ct-pbOS4Qh1y3SrbPAn-3MaOP4e9nF3iJSfW6kDF4k9FvnL9i0oT-fL9NR0of6wvdxZI6OFTsiFfTXMkL4IzUtfMwTRU_LefxG-uyxpRsqhyZFYKNlLWLxju1e/s3413/IMG_9770.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="3413" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfUYD9VxlEtQMR8SzhikB-uoOyCcSWaX32ROrYvn7bLyZ4h7mXPLS_ZVWgscvwV0nT5ct-pbOS4Qh1y3SrbPAn-3MaOP4e9nF3iJSfW6kDF4k9FvnL9i0oT-fL9NR0of6wvdxZI6OFTsiFfTXMkL4IzUtfMwTRU_LefxG-uyxpRsqhyZFYKNlLWLxju1e/w640-h288/IMG_9770.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Russians had specified they would bring reinforcements on from both north and south so the Germans were restricted to a narrow wedge and had to fight on two fronts just to reach the objective!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qDpRILSjeKjmfecfWz1XQAthqw_fJNAEQd8BxNS1xxIzEiY99t-EZEJFqv909xlUebpIGLuIiL7v7DvaTZ6NkwdmAQ0WDn6oD48HElI_MzElBLPsCMtOSfN6dcG1u0gGrvqx5k54CjgAWICHza0kxtFeaqo35a587WmH3VHFMbrDShV3ERo68b6lo-N2/s2528/IMG_9772.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="2528" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qDpRILSjeKjmfecfWz1XQAthqw_fJNAEQd8BxNS1xxIzEiY99t-EZEJFqv909xlUebpIGLuIiL7v7DvaTZ6NkwdmAQ0WDn6oD48HElI_MzElBLPsCMtOSfN6dcG1u0gGrvqx5k54CjgAWICHza0kxtFeaqo35a587WmH3VHFMbrDShV3ERo68b6lo-N2/w640-h376/IMG_9772.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The wily Russians, with another secret weapon - Darren's automatic 6 rolling dice, were whittling away the heavy German armour.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30MW9REwyjyRjvWJIX6UtF8ZqlLKmFysqkeuxQB3goPVSpuy_SkwPZMfcTZ5xx3VVRxIAusVzDpZRz1f0BylT_nAyeOqzpsVlUKnzRoqcZmDTFfaPhbhBO-IRjFW9vNZ9SFSF4JoIMLPmEFFuM3Belym643bbHUPoXK7Vf6fEsi4KkZ_ZTLzZGJYeVGzh/s3782/IMG_9782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2108" data-original-width="3782" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30MW9REwyjyRjvWJIX6UtF8ZqlLKmFysqkeuxQB3goPVSpuy_SkwPZMfcTZ5xx3VVRxIAusVzDpZRz1f0BylT_nAyeOqzpsVlUKnzRoqcZmDTFfaPhbhBO-IRjFW9vNZ9SFSF4JoIMLPmEFFuM3Belym643bbHUPoXK7Vf6fEsi4KkZ_ZTLzZGJYeVGzh/w640-h356/IMG_9782.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But they were equally constrained by mud and terrain.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQK8GvbvO2zFY1P8ni6P086QdezBYXG_1v8KVRtaUnpDmF4PEE5Qv2b3VubJdSh3LQu_CUD6U64nPfHZNzM0Ff2Hm7u4z-9pJFPam21ly-hI-FsnLS5Pq2s4LG7zg7d71xvgg8RMmvj1IEUE4pOaU96SsdlRQxUOEuaTpfAnSztxr_yIKDR6H8Lz8-yitl/s1935/IMG_9783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1935" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQK8GvbvO2zFY1P8ni6P086QdezBYXG_1v8KVRtaUnpDmF4PEE5Qv2b3VubJdSh3LQu_CUD6U64nPfHZNzM0Ff2Hm7u4z-9pJFPam21ly-hI-FsnLS5Pq2s4LG7zg7d71xvgg8RMmvj1IEUE4pOaU96SsdlRQxUOEuaTpfAnSztxr_yIKDR6H8Lz8-yitl/w640-h264/IMG_9783.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">With the Russian Motor Rifles making haste to dig in on the objective in all round defence against both the relief effort and any escapers from the pocket, Panzer Grenadier SPWs assumed an higher priority than usual as Russian targets.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDVH-XgwNe0CX1MxEWdTexBChkXhnyLdcqcpA2-h55o2hJkCwZ4Ofy6vxCZQ_qT_KbHTDZ9TBkrvhnLsVGMZLUNA6FmAQjwfbLybfRIIjIBeO5iGXVHmwEmKb5NGjAVScC_NAYg682SjPB2-Wd113ddhQ3wqnWbmFUbaf3DKZ39JNYOd7CG_iau6rmgrO/s4054/IMG_9787.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="4054" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDVH-XgwNe0CX1MxEWdTexBChkXhnyLdcqcpA2-h55o2hJkCwZ4Ofy6vxCZQ_qT_KbHTDZ9TBkrvhnLsVGMZLUNA6FmAQjwfbLybfRIIjIBeO5iGXVHmwEmKb5NGjAVScC_NAYg682SjPB2-Wd113ddhQ3wqnWbmFUbaf3DKZ39JNYOd7CG_iau6rmgrO/w640-h236/IMG_9787.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However the Russians weren't having it all their own way, although the IS-2s were starting to appear invulnerable...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvj9vOQtNQURdQE6dhHloZKUKAimzT_A_KmCo-0gzNZKeaXU8QsFo_ym1uALJjYPLbTxq9psy2VnlAdBTtPJgMKYFcPYbcttOcZNxib1-hv5KPZJyJsmjrtakxe4xOOqy34O4fD29jvcdSldo_FJy4I9rQyp0tnqwpRXiG04L4SiSsACaB7anLihqdR6t/s3845/IMG_9789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1631" data-original-width="3845" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvj9vOQtNQURdQE6dhHloZKUKAimzT_A_KmCo-0gzNZKeaXU8QsFo_ym1uALJjYPLbTxq9psy2VnlAdBTtPJgMKYFcPYbcttOcZNxib1-hv5KPZJyJsmjrtakxe4xOOqy34O4fD29jvcdSldo_FJy4I9rQyp0tnqwpRXiG04L4SiSsACaB7anLihqdR6t/w640-h272/IMG_9789.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">As the ISU-152s came on the Germans steeled themselves for a tough fight to the objective.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPZM2XGrnwMfyP7hycEtwMELpiBVOQxrGp-E1gz88RUuGLG8Hk64TFIiEPF_sZDvB2YED7Fk7e2hkF0x6ABy39f4TN7x8o9kxQSzUq0qo-wsevszqpuT6h9r7381bnSLNtrkK3atqbT0xnzXI_SIuK_LVUod-SeIUm7ajHxgOkrVKNXe16cQsZ-I6VJXU/s3423/IMG_9795.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="3423" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPZM2XGrnwMfyP7hycEtwMELpiBVOQxrGp-E1gz88RUuGLG8Hk64TFIiEPF_sZDvB2YED7Fk7e2hkF0x6ABy39f4TN7x8o9kxQSzUq0qo-wsevszqpuT6h9r7381bnSLNtrkK3atqbT0xnzXI_SIuK_LVUod-SeIUm7ajHxgOkrVKNXe16cQsZ-I6VJXU/w640-h288/IMG_9795.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Even the diminutive SU-76s can take out SPWs!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28be6m6h1OdqowaiUY1c75Lmbzdb0Dn2f8tlRXwVCY98sQLjWEpLSlV2vdc2u3CQ0qv9C6s2DLDEzJ7x6pwdDKe8yvLfsJl25vW_H8ufMD4Hj9L0OI51ZF5b_u6mxDbFj9QU0HiHXY3Ad7z8n6yaYfFLYy8hA_4rf3pBCydof4gSQhakLoL-JrjzAfi9R/s3694/IMG_9797.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1549" data-original-width="3694" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28be6m6h1OdqowaiUY1c75Lmbzdb0Dn2f8tlRXwVCY98sQLjWEpLSlV2vdc2u3CQ0qv9C6s2DLDEzJ7x6pwdDKe8yvLfsJl25vW_H8ufMD4Hj9L0OI51ZF5b_u6mxDbFj9QU0HiHXY3Ad7z8n6yaYfFLYy8hA_4rf3pBCydof4gSQhakLoL-JrjzAfi9R/w640-h268/IMG_9797.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">With the Motor Rifles now securely dug in on Hill 239 and a second company on the way, the Russians devote their air strikes to neutralising the nearest Panzer Grenadiers. </span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzsMUGyVCgeB8ipklS9oNCYnqS0zkoRyTnfuXNAqvTbR0xOGQDUBP05PfT9HOemGVize48PEakZ8IxPxpq3e6ol6IAwo5ILAtdAqEM0vk5vTYHWTZVR9qg2-G7P1EYFz3tSBSApCYFiYSE-HiGVlkGpcVNyH59GHo629wMYUsp4UNCRYBiiyaTt0f6HFc/s3080/IMG_9800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2067" data-original-width="3080" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzsMUGyVCgeB8ipklS9oNCYnqS0zkoRyTnfuXNAqvTbR0xOGQDUBP05PfT9HOemGVize48PEakZ8IxPxpq3e6ol6IAwo5ILAtdAqEM0vk5vTYHWTZVR9qg2-G7P1EYFz3tSBSApCYFiYSE-HiGVlkGpcVNyH59GHo629wMYUsp4UNCRYBiiyaTt0f6HFc/w640-h430/IMG_9800.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">A successful Stuka attack is too little too late...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikacd41fpzjQ7mvZk8RuohL0h5BdJvd-y_TY__VGw51u8NxNW9HB9HJuAMIrEXzZh2Z4YuPATmKg9-ugNWAu0-gmQ2tNw0gDNHU8xF4XDMSRnvIOCmrHxBK8l8NqLUmGEFRr85kV5HKPn5unXR1KKSMUpYVjuJ-FtRcqij-r12bZKIigeRtmp8NRhyDqag/s2735/IMG_9806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2039" data-original-width="2735" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikacd41fpzjQ7mvZk8RuohL0h5BdJvd-y_TY__VGw51u8NxNW9HB9HJuAMIrEXzZh2Z4YuPATmKg9-ugNWAu0-gmQ2tNw0gDNHU8xF4XDMSRnvIOCmrHxBK8l8NqLUmGEFRr85kV5HKPn5unXR1KKSMUpYVjuJ-FtRcqij-r12bZKIigeRtmp8NRhyDqag/w640-h478/IMG_9806.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">A hard fought game, but, as historically, Hill 239 was just too far for the German relief effort, starved of logistics in the sea of mud. I</span><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";">ndividuals and small teams from Group Stemmerman were forced to work around to the south, hiding in the broken country, to reach salvation! </span><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyKuS2fNlfHJchtdYZeNaqUMHl47QwwJxpE4OFoYl2fnvt5_PFUW85w4gRMCouluC_VA5tZDP6qiwpQ3XnAhynHFTaaH_Effpz7vRNoIKBFWCQFuT3QYj3vqk2zj9FNnqrXSXh3avMU4zKOZjBQl8J-hIgJjkZgxxOZjWgzgynuKCeaedkfXl7Ve6fWuu/s602/battle-of-the-korsuncherkassy-pocket-6c19158f-c642-4f72-b7da-526d58b40e2-resize-750.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="602" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyKuS2fNlfHJchtdYZeNaqUMHl47QwwJxpE4OFoYl2fnvt5_PFUW85w4gRMCouluC_VA5tZDP6qiwpQ3XnAhynHFTaaH_Effpz7vRNoIKBFWCQFuT3QYj3vqk2zj9FNnqrXSXh3avMU4zKOZjBQl8J-hIgJjkZgxxOZjWgzgynuKCeaedkfXl7Ve6fWuu/w640-h612/battle-of-the-korsuncherkassy-pocket-6c19158f-c642-4f72-b7da-526d58b40e2-resize-750.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">W</span><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";">ith hindsight I should have delayed Russian reinforcements to make more of a game of it. </span></div>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-66800660951599888932024-02-23T16:25:00.002+11:002024-02-23T16:34:14.004+11:00Broadside: Empires of Steel - Battle for the Pacific<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdO3C5_8LU58_Xc21z-9JbBaMoQkoM-u5TxouozsIXQSu3Iq6bjCMK4-yfhp66DQuEePF1TKinekDRf52Oza2aqKMUzSYcH-nh1WsGU8i-qIKVYxe1F-6cYrpelhS0ekylasJhui9uvkNJnXDIfs2AO2eVC3CyOtbbhBaSpMXhXK9KhNd650w8NizMaXI/s1805/IMG_9644.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="941" data-original-width="1805" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdO3C5_8LU58_Xc21z-9JbBaMoQkoM-u5TxouozsIXQSu3Iq6bjCMK4-yfhp66DQuEePF1TKinekDRf52Oza2aqKMUzSYcH-nh1WsGU8i-qIKVYxe1F-6cYrpelhS0ekylasJhui9uvkNJnXDIfs2AO2eVC3CyOtbbhBaSpMXhXK9KhNd650w8NizMaXI/w640-h334/IMG_9644.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The languid tropical waters (sometimes!) of the Pacific Ocean may seem an unlikely setting for a mighty clash of Dreadnought fleets...But in an alternate timeline, things are going well for the Kaiser and his HochSeeFlotte. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0JvjYlsbUGPjvhse_CsWaOuyG0sQtXhPZMn2ZZykre7cnNt_mFDjWGlmQyYmWDlYxDWvjqfygWooOXeyQC2KZVYwpaIEJJEPQ3zsNKh7LbsCo8jeGA9p_LgM0t_Qg95hoLZdKVN3L3eeG7mBHRHGvVgirzVNRwhtLUD5_Rm4WPCckjwCEjfb0OfyD372/s3414/IMG_9682.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="3414" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0JvjYlsbUGPjvhse_CsWaOuyG0sQtXhPZMn2ZZykre7cnNt_mFDjWGlmQyYmWDlYxDWvjqfygWooOXeyQC2KZVYwpaIEJJEPQ3zsNKh7LbsCo8jeGA9p_LgM0t_Qg95hoLZdKVN3L3eeG7mBHRHGvVgirzVNRwhtLUD5_Rm4WPCckjwCEjfb0OfyD372/w640-h161/IMG_9682.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Russia is out of the war, busy with revolution, and after French actress and infamous demi-mondaine Mata Harry, rejected on Broadway, assassinated President Wilson, it seems unlikely that the US will come into the war on the Allied side anytime soon...The British Royal Navy is also out of the picture, kicking its heels whilst its First Sea Lord, Sir Winston Churchill, is casting about for somewhere suitably irrelevant, heavily defended and difficult to navigate to send it to. The shallow, mine infested waters of the Baltic, or perhaps the twisting narrows of the Dardanelles, lined with with forts and gun emplacements? </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiU_xPcXmVy0AiYM9yjmDWNjfuiWB4MeVdLXMje6fijvkgUzz4pI7WCVSHcDeWEZ9uf3SRnNPxFOBLEfoauu9hxgW17TX0F8yHM3vq9bIZEj3MY3fgAJSfu3dUgC4OBtCdF3maXHj2AVoTfotmVEKJPBPooJjeLPyvQ2wyWd4YXfgAY-De7NQ8aMzNUpBa/s997/Chart%20compo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="997" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiU_xPcXmVy0AiYM9yjmDWNjfuiWB4MeVdLXMje6fijvkgUzz4pI7WCVSHcDeWEZ9uf3SRnNPxFOBLEfoauu9hxgW17TX0F8yHM3vq9bIZEj3MY3fgAJSfu3dUgC4OBtCdF3maXHj2AVoTfotmVEKJPBPooJjeLPyvQ2wyWd4YXfgAY-De7NQ8aMzNUpBa/w640-h508/Chart%20compo.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">With the Royal Navy, US Navy and Russian Pacific fleet out of the picture, the Kaiser deems the time ripe to reconstitute the <i>OstAsienGeschwader</i> of glorious memory and retake his Pacific possessions. A small but powerful fleet is despatched. It will be up to the nascent Imperial Japanese Navy, led by Lord High Admiral of the Inner Sea His Excellency Baron Darren Sake...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="3429" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXx-F79RZnZriFt37fOm4hy0iGONkh1KHGxlmZRGBM2WHBNr6MmnccwO5aQfHkd1Wn1wuAPLoElSiCHrWVkAyI9N4fxqyqbR6B5-aDU2XDTXb1HdkTtJd4R_FaiqK3GI4tbgRxFJgog5QCkELpKTxYsUzYs8HPzmkHCH6nK29SEEZMl4XmsoAMpl6Sqecf/w640-h210/IMG_9643.JPG" width="640" /></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and the French Marine National, led by Contre-Amiral Le Caesar de La Touche Froide, to foil his knavish plans....</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcggje9edmFJOP6G3_-U3eT41xcIo07KbRbT_W9mEOsYEcFaQ463plMJRkfwfrCFq2X7Tqg-RF6CtmrZDPxI_pN58dClrg4z7wTilCSK0yQiZQkmoio3yMgyW4XOf-P4Co4ead8c1ZtY3BZQq5GY_3kg7emo0EGxJMocur8lY-hO675GPaqMovfqL6BHqH/s1912/French%20Fleet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1912" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcggje9edmFJOP6G3_-U3eT41xcIo07KbRbT_W9mEOsYEcFaQ463plMJRkfwfrCFq2X7Tqg-RF6CtmrZDPxI_pN58dClrg4z7wTilCSK0yQiZQkmoio3yMgyW4XOf-P4Co4ead8c1ZtY3BZQq5GY_3kg7emo0EGxJMocur8lY-hO675GPaqMovfqL6BHqH/w640-h306/French%20Fleet.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The attackers would be the German High Seas Fleet 1st Expeditionary Battle Squadron, centred around the flagship SMS <i>Konig, </i>Gross Admiral Drew von Maschinen-Kreiger commanding, which would start the game on table.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qyo_RXmih0yoN9Lkx8UIYVzqfxhmRkSeq0JTDyLyRijEWhBxgnx7WUwUWiCn2Q5Avhg2vRA3_hOhliQIw2PNmCQS3f1nn0TQAQdPp_dzZONu62AVW_POJw221oGUhzFU1GpJXs9ZZuJQ8t_B-XyJdm2191RRXA8Pfbycb5U-Ltax0N8XSp4AyZPAsNQT/s3471/IMG_9635.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1855" data-original-width="3471" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qyo_RXmih0yoN9Lkx8UIYVzqfxhmRkSeq0JTDyLyRijEWhBxgnx7WUwUWiCn2Q5Avhg2vRA3_hOhliQIw2PNmCQS3f1nn0TQAQdPp_dzZONu62AVW_POJw221oGUhzFU1GpJXs9ZZuJQ8t_B-XyJdm2191RRXA8Pfbycb5U-Ltax0N8XSp4AyZPAsNQT/w640-h342/IMG_9635.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Opposed on table by the defending IJN Home Fleet centered on HIMS <i>Kongo. </i>Staggered reinforcements for the Allies would consist of the Marine National for the Allies, and the 2nd Expeditionary Battle Squadron for the Germans. Whilst the three eminent naval gentlemen already named opted for sensible, balanced fleets with a good mix of heavy, medium and light units, this squadron was anything but. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JwMk97SadHAw0xELaXufAw4me-ykPtnc_u570pbOzRRz8VeyqJNGPnnewnA4qnAqojTHEcQm-3UTrKm7HYMR6tu5lvZLFYjvibXLi-hwPivHXW7WtFevXzLmtk_eprAkQKyt28m85ujolBbnETX4EX0iFIal0lBfLaIyBFuaTFldHe7FOXU_MWDyMsrL/s1963/Lutzow%20and%20Defflinger%20crop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1963" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JwMk97SadHAw0xELaXufAw4me-ykPtnc_u570pbOzRRz8VeyqJNGPnnewnA4qnAqojTHEcQm-3UTrKm7HYMR6tu5lvZLFYjvibXLi-hwPivHXW7WtFevXzLmtk_eprAkQKyt28m85ujolBbnETX4EX0iFIal0lBfLaIyBFuaTFldHe7FOXU_MWDyMsrL/w640-h229/Lutzow%20and%20Defflinger%20crop.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Under the command of Lots of Vice Admiral 'German Engineering' Ralf von Hardhead, this consisted entirely of dreadnoughts, trusting to sustained high speed and tough construction to whether all manner of torpedoes and other hazards: SMS <i>Bayern</i> (Flag), <i>Derfflinger</i> and <i>Lutzow</i>. All forces were around 600 points.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqQNtPk5uqMUP2R7DhSQT97MjdsR99qOsv3v3FNCuwGsxc_IASDRqqCN3qz4eaqQBSFT1DScyFHas84BnDIbUVbUUYmFKF8Hy1fd4YR3VtelimlE8yKAjBVgj_6oOkYXSzUXZO1FsOxQarrTATQ5JOjs1-dCRPcB_RGQ9lPiGn1QJ5OYEiXM33GBqoQDJ/s719/Out%20of%20the%20fog.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="719" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqQNtPk5uqMUP2R7DhSQT97MjdsR99qOsv3v3FNCuwGsxc_IASDRqqCN3qz4eaqQBSFT1DScyFHas84BnDIbUVbUUYmFKF8Hy1fd4YR3VtelimlE8yKAjBVgj_6oOkYXSzUXZO1FsOxQarrTATQ5JOjs1-dCRPcB_RGQ9lPiGn1QJ5OYEiXM33GBqoQDJ/w640-h622/Out%20of%20the%20fog.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">As the fog lifts to reveal clear skies and calm waters, the initial battlefleets sight each other. Admiral Drew has his German fleet, nearest the camera, arrayed in line abreast, with Torpedo Boats well to the fore to cover any unpleasant surprises.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQfhSLnOorFpW0-c5SDO-dZUa0pBqR-FkaSclAS2Xw9kQAr6naLLGQFdsByMgEoP2cDKXyLMuUC-bXnrDKDjCx7HBI8qyhfnLYgVEVBZ59KY0J7Yvmzyxxxede5eHwb-q1kXYsjZanzreWDCqDXgjsSmUHZDgrwE8FEUwGY6345J7_K6X0nMY302ielna/s3410/IMG_9633.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1890" data-original-width="3410" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQfhSLnOorFpW0-c5SDO-dZUa0pBqR-FkaSclAS2Xw9kQAr6naLLGQFdsByMgEoP2cDKXyLMuUC-bXnrDKDjCx7HBI8qyhfnLYgVEVBZ59KY0J7Yvmzyxxxede5eHwb-q1kXYsjZanzreWDCqDXgjsSmUHZDgrwE8FEUwGY6345J7_K6X0nMY302ielna/w640-h354/IMG_9633.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Whereas Baron Darren has the Japanese fleet well in hand as befits a navy steeped in Royal Navy practice and tradition - line astern centred on the Guide! </span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCa_KmfjoHl-1UnpW6H77JHxRA29EjRc0XEmi-Y6iujHzfRzE5BXUI5K7Lpo3TnLStnlxlGA5Z6CEJnYsKol3VObLztY962InfAERzD92nvknvJ6dIdoILT4FJIN113IRICmDDMw9HxfTq9Yj4lqjUbZt6X8hkT7Je7xplDdO8K8tq7LN0R6G12ga4rbR/s3227/IMG_9647.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="3227" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCa_KmfjoHl-1UnpW6H77JHxRA29EjRc0XEmi-Y6iujHzfRzE5BXUI5K7Lpo3TnLStnlxlGA5Z6CEJnYsKol3VObLztY962InfAERzD92nvknvJ6dIdoILT4FJIN113IRICmDDMw9HxfTq9Yj4lqjUbZt6X8hkT7Je7xplDdO8K8tq7LN0R6G12ga4rbR/w640-h188/IMG_9647.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">With the initiative held by the Allies, the good Baron also peels away his light forces to attempt to link up with his French allies - who, after a couple of heavy nights 'resting' in Saigon, have sailed late and are formed in Formation 'Straggle On'...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Xlcc6Ua3u2q7L1a7MV5Znp9IlEft0B3HHgXG6DhM3Cooj8yl-7Y93QTBIh7RJ2WDdATnlgF-MI8kPuqNqlBTnNO3Jub7ggv0BJUaAuvCtbRzbELYFacjJa1IiZDk_GMTDh1OYI555Qa1wCmc-NlKUstTsqbPN4cRl_dxyHQkJrEt3lSQU0MdWc8FoDbS/s3821/IMG_9654.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="3821" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Xlcc6Ua3u2q7L1a7MV5Znp9IlEft0B3HHgXG6DhM3Cooj8yl-7Y93QTBIh7RJ2WDdATnlgF-MI8kPuqNqlBTnNO3Jub7ggv0BJUaAuvCtbRzbELYFacjJa1IiZDk_GMTDh1OYI555Qa1wCmc-NlKUstTsqbPN4cRl_dxyHQkJrEt3lSQU0MdWc8FoDbS/w640-h246/IMG_9654.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">With Teutonic precision the German reinforcement arrive on schedule...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCwZxW0gxxHToUE2wdva3zwJ9SYONVcOEsH8zPwlOE8kvN2aEczF6FQRu6Vin4r7z1fIOaXcDNvzg08XVeWfq7WR5uQsk857bZ3TaoMEADdCnZoYEvE7qdkgy1I_tZ8kWONKC1as3eNuF4Er-2ZN18Bq7c4JqCLFX5TsUjvo5Df-lzXOZ3LjDI2GLgJMK/s3517/IMG_9660.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="3517" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCwZxW0gxxHToUE2wdva3zwJ9SYONVcOEsH8zPwlOE8kvN2aEczF6FQRu6Vin4r7z1fIOaXcDNvzg08XVeWfq7WR5uQsk857bZ3TaoMEADdCnZoYEvE7qdkgy1I_tZ8kWONKC1as3eNuF4Er-2ZN18Bq7c4JqCLFX5TsUjvo5Df-lzXOZ3LjDI2GLgJMK/w640-h240/IMG_9660.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and soon find the range on the <i>Kongo</i>!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6_AJpXzd8RQkadxxsYE_6g8JNUHhFjMFY6JT-li5OZ5T52L71NNgkmdfjB1a6uFbAUgetz0SX6vxMBxZnmw575lAJnMqY29QSza0VT4JDu6ozMS-Q8R39WC3sWS9ka3JZ0wwZPAJ3XuC0aoNLiBbggcgg8dU5ID7lhTwGiitXo6TTsIR4z_-WVPha7gF/s2212/IMG_9659.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="2212" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6_AJpXzd8RQkadxxsYE_6g8JNUHhFjMFY6JT-li5OZ5T52L71NNgkmdfjB1a6uFbAUgetz0SX6vxMBxZnmw575lAJnMqY29QSza0VT4JDu6ozMS-Q8R39WC3sWS9ka3JZ0wwZPAJ3XuC0aoNLiBbggcgg8dU5ID7lhTwGiitXo6TTsIR4z_-WVPha7gF/w640-h418/IMG_9659.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">With barely a flicker of emotion under the deluge of 12 and 15 inch shells, the iron faced Baron orders a smoke screen and takes evasive action!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5i9Z6ZWm1bCo0fdwU5pA4pdodfB4z1u7vam_WNbzxobQp4WkNvHo0O3UhglL4N34i6Isc_gaLoPx_R-TcGxMw4CPH53wRdpdGO2fj1u1C_lXQF0N5KgmQTUingiMQQwx-FHk_oLxXV5l4nvrTZJItbAkBQ0QDgeN2Aec-axTfgjHbtO8pr_jrpbprABLC/s3880/IMG_9661.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="3880" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5i9Z6ZWm1bCo0fdwU5pA4pdodfB4z1u7vam_WNbzxobQp4WkNvHo0O3UhglL4N34i6Isc_gaLoPx_R-TcGxMw4CPH53wRdpdGO2fj1u1C_lXQF0N5KgmQTUingiMQQwx-FHk_oLxXV5l4nvrTZJItbAkBQ0QDgeN2Aec-axTfgjHbtO8pr_jrpbprABLC/w640-h256/IMG_9661.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But the 1st German squadron has meantime drawn closer and despatched its torpedo boats forward to attempt to get torpedo firing solutions... </span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJUCHIU1xblcdQUZo8BdIGKsOjYURUNxJNKXRTjAcGvhE6KEXwlHjg55AUWLa0NALIjmC_17MPLT6qKlm0LGhD5hJl5c9FSoTKFg2YW6CzfvB_fa3gL4mpgkF9tZ42A_JS0hP5BgONQjvPDv19b0Oq9L4V-qkZubLp19oJYPBm3X8NTcfDQdKLRQ5SnD3/s3842/IMG_9662.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="3842" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJUCHIU1xblcdQUZo8BdIGKsOjYURUNxJNKXRTjAcGvhE6KEXwlHjg55AUWLa0NALIjmC_17MPLT6qKlm0LGhD5hJl5c9FSoTKFg2YW6CzfvB_fa3gL4mpgkF9tZ42A_JS0hP5BgONQjvPDv19b0Oq9L4V-qkZubLp19oJYPBm3X8NTcfDQdKLRQ5SnD3/w640-h202/IMG_9662.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">By turn 2 action is now general and even the French are thinking hard about entering the fray!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQIIyc2283LFt4JsWYC7sZhGE8mE4FncXJNGHpnj3CnCg7J02rRBQ9QFC4A0fzEE9asuVOeBJdirCGf7xaIPXfJ-Yr1KZsMXPJ0avOZskDaYD3tDOjnnAQVVas32hLuWUjmtjvLcAIcTzMwxFTQ27XERoLywx2Xa9AXgT0uRwAmUSiaP_A-GiYGeHi2mb/s2546/IMG_9664.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="2546" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQIIyc2283LFt4JsWYC7sZhGE8mE4FncXJNGHpnj3CnCg7J02rRBQ9QFC4A0fzEE9asuVOeBJdirCGf7xaIPXfJ-Yr1KZsMXPJ0avOZskDaYD3tDOjnnAQVVas32hLuWUjmtjvLcAIcTzMwxFTQ27XERoLywx2Xa9AXgT0uRwAmUSiaP_A-GiYGeHi2mb/w640-h506/IMG_9664.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But what is this! - the Japanese destroyers come about hard and make for the <i>Lutzow</i>...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeLyXcEDkpBnu0CnOEgQoo1Y7uEVHF99jg3SS-S6odT9wvzR9Z8QlQvJRpI7jlz7vyCkkQA4IXYI26wZVd7FH15TxzLhrWRyGSi9CjIXC9KjSGXzjLoOKfxpS5_a3HxZyY2GpJtpuArxi0bBTzu0SJQd2T0VR5Z8Jg5cY2xY4rIrpelerHnw-n3s37_EkX/s3290/IMG_9671.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="3290" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeLyXcEDkpBnu0CnOEgQoo1Y7uEVHF99jg3SS-S6odT9wvzR9Z8QlQvJRpI7jlz7vyCkkQA4IXYI26wZVd7FH15TxzLhrWRyGSi9CjIXC9KjSGXzjLoOKfxpS5_a3HxZyY2GpJtpuArxi0bBTzu0SJQd2T0VR5Z8Jg5cY2xY4rIrpelerHnw-n3s37_EkX/w640-h222/IMG_9671.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Looks like a torpedo run too! <i>Lutzow</i>'s secondary batteries smother the impudent rascals with - well, water...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWhXczf6Re-nQUbRLZw0oGnoU5mzSm74qsNedfyJ5YWGD8oHydTQhZpyBxWyFdrb9mbNlgjU57Nz2acgqDm5Nxv3csJnN96zJZbG42ufiv4PMQ2FsDyaJlWzO9c7fgzBEYnY1UZxhIaybkdJDsd_D-aP_oMhwDgiqDiZ1D4qr9jhGlmuIPtPF1O9L4a7u/s1950/IMG_9676.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1950" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWhXczf6Re-nQUbRLZw0oGnoU5mzSm74qsNedfyJ5YWGD8oHydTQhZpyBxWyFdrb9mbNlgjU57Nz2acgqDm5Nxv3csJnN96zJZbG42ufiv4PMQ2FsDyaJlWzO9c7fgzBEYnY1UZxhIaybkdJDsd_D-aP_oMhwDgiqDiZ1D4qr9jhGlmuIPtPF1O9L4a7u/w640-h356/IMG_9676.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Ten torpedoes launched - three run straight and true! But with her superb construction and intrepid Damage Control teams <i>Lutzow</i> barely misses a stride and continues raining down 12 inch messengers of doom onto the <i>Kongo</i>!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF7XZB236nKXiZ1OAl1l20HiPXvFWQ8gDZxIF0FnplUvB0s0gmzUV11I_AVG5Tc1_44SZjqdQ4Ny5XBocOQZdAICCbOPu35VhqDh12VSB2VrPIivvL7KcuHJEfhYF71LoBkT8LebeKspwUmABYG4Pn1ON9AMV3leU3XtDj9XmODtOGF08cs2jMyvowuur/s3060/IMG_9678.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1729" data-original-width="3060" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF7XZB236nKXiZ1OAl1l20HiPXvFWQ8gDZxIF0FnplUvB0s0gmzUV11I_AVG5Tc1_44SZjqdQ4Ny5XBocOQZdAICCbOPu35VhqDh12VSB2VrPIivvL7KcuHJEfhYF71LoBkT8LebeKspwUmABYG4Pn1ON9AMV3leU3XtDj9XmODtOGF08cs2jMyvowuur/w640-h362/IMG_9678.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The <i>Kongo</i>, battered by a crossfire of 15 and 12 inch shells from three directions, made possible by the invaluable 'Co-ordinated Firing' ship upgrade card (a steal at a mere 5 points) meets her watery grave.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMogn0S_70DA90O7peb3aFCkXNttmmdKBT8PkI4eylZ16PsGXoxIyapeOHs7FYD4UFD98VaxTs61Kby27g17k8zrgF-WQqs_54ROfWkPiywamnJZD5s5eOiGiW8vkAHhNh1z2HTFL8yp2vzdpzbET_KEV8TwF7y6yiDWv7B1mEnEP8NS2lZY16eP0cascE/s3212/IMG_9679.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1739" data-original-width="3212" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMogn0S_70DA90O7peb3aFCkXNttmmdKBT8PkI4eylZ16PsGXoxIyapeOHs7FYD4UFD98VaxTs61Kby27g17k8zrgF-WQqs_54ROfWkPiywamnJZD5s5eOiGiW8vkAHhNh1z2HTFL8yp2vzdpzbET_KEV8TwF7y6yiDWv7B1mEnEP8NS2lZY16eP0cascE/w640-h346/IMG_9679.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Allies put on a brave face!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxb6UQY3pTlTCzRUhSODKaIivWCP-EqO2GyL0RsOjxPROOc-ulYvoKwc4RKGajt_wyauy5KR1o8bu8CZscEoSod1FygrduW-y2oYkEKbXyh5ielTPQEA5-V1hnUi4AwQJnGkdG_32GBR5Cj83xOiP2cFk_LrbVCMp0L6ATWE35BO1Vm7T_23b9RFW_fJR/s3612/IMG_9683.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2114" data-original-width="3612" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxb6UQY3pTlTCzRUhSODKaIivWCP-EqO2GyL0RsOjxPROOc-ulYvoKwc4RKGajt_wyauy5KR1o8bu8CZscEoSod1FygrduW-y2oYkEKbXyh5ielTPQEA5-V1hnUi4AwQJnGkdG_32GBR5Cj83xOiP2cFk_LrbVCMp0L6ATWE35BO1Vm7T_23b9RFW_fJR/w640-h374/IMG_9683.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And to be fair, the damage on <i>Lutzow</i> is comprehensive. She has lost 4 of her 10 hull integrity points, several of her boilers have flooded, two main battery turrets and several casemates have been destroyed, and the bridge has taken hits...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGd5ZW0Quj5-ZR7Nl8y6gUCboqORis-_BnN_gjLXa6M1Ccsd85m2Ca-nbzBZC1kSRNci4BOcSiyUQ0KEGzle3RVrmhyphenhyphenxFxH8KO6-w64i9cGfsnPgOcaUE-2UY1RfRRDnJt3qURqOMBs5Ue8-szCQcf_gtQw6ddaGLb1UpXX6tnLSIPWB_UUd66beD648F/s3492/IMG_9684.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2455" data-original-width="3492" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGd5ZW0Quj5-ZR7Nl8y6gUCboqORis-_BnN_gjLXa6M1Ccsd85m2Ca-nbzBZC1kSRNci4BOcSiyUQ0KEGzle3RVrmhyphenhyphenxFxH8KO6-w64i9cGfsnPgOcaUE-2UY1RfRRDnJt3qURqOMBs5Ue8-szCQcf_gtQw6ddaGLb1UpXX6tnLSIPWB_UUd66beD648F/w640-h450/IMG_9684.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But with the delayed arrival of the French, the Japanese fleet is increasingly steaming into a vice of large calibre pain...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwX-uoVE6twKSkVi70WOB5ueHZXOiUNaT4DU9w7pHwa1yUVwuiuRJQzevOKrym8wiCpJZvP1ia3C8sPOGVLL2T_UAiogPlC7uJOnHECplQVOjolvPECiVTNxBnt1MdQ3vyjeZIgDug11GxpXdhz-vcHB3j0NGTskQJ7pTxc4xe-a06H6zJv0Aym0T4GXe/s3650/IMG_9687.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="3650" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwX-uoVE6twKSkVi70WOB5ueHZXOiUNaT4DU9w7pHwa1yUVwuiuRJQzevOKrym8wiCpJZvP1ia3C8sPOGVLL2T_UAiogPlC7uJOnHECplQVOjolvPECiVTNxBnt1MdQ3vyjeZIgDug11GxpXdhz-vcHB3j0NGTskQJ7pTxc4xe-a06H6zJv0Aym0T4GXe/w640-h144/IMG_9687.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And finally the German Torpedo boats get within range and do their stuff!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">- TORPEDO LOS!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz1M_ccjKPkmoxQobAeLryQ1p5gu5jLryTYm6mUUlaop6fj2xEMv-lx-JG_ao5lo7E_EnAgReCSElrZCUqi-PgW8TvzmNSpjRcYem9e1QeCbIRGglRUeeN5N-MuCxtvzGW8Eqid5jjHXe7TFC8dj3sBjFDkdl3hICHx5zsetgtMMzmg8zLzFsItmdl_GG/s3748/IMG_9689.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1894" data-original-width="3748" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz1M_ccjKPkmoxQobAeLryQ1p5gu5jLryTYm6mUUlaop6fj2xEMv-lx-JG_ao5lo7E_EnAgReCSElrZCUqi-PgW8TvzmNSpjRcYem9e1QeCbIRGglRUeeN5N-MuCxtvzGW8Eqid5jjHXe7TFC8dj3sBjFDkdl3hICHx5zsetgtMMzmg8zLzFsItmdl_GG/w640-h324/IMG_9689.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Anxious to uphold the honour of the Marine Nationale, the gallant French Destroyer FS <i>Hussard</i> charges into the maelstrom alone, unleashing torpedoes to port and starboard. Overwhelmed and sinking under the weight of gunfire, we can only hope her Captain and crew survived to see one of their fish strike and sink a German cruiser - </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Hurrah for the <i>Hussard</i>!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxk1u97SSeXZLsZ0uF_GkLQDSPOtNP5ekRzUxBVnn-7G50Igh7pYhz8Agi5KGZGnb2CFuc3NtItnxbZ6E5FwMaZpr0T57Jf112ooVdJCf6f8n5xvbqSd9AOnmzQnCA9x54fYI0pEpwYFWkUWj0vUwgyxilF0lkccZGx2I7BuuqpgzxJy2Chg8-8GYlm2s1/s3414/IMG_9691.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2011" data-original-width="3414" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxk1u97SSeXZLsZ0uF_GkLQDSPOtNP5ekRzUxBVnn-7G50Igh7pYhz8Agi5KGZGnb2CFuc3NtItnxbZ6E5FwMaZpr0T57Jf112ooVdJCf6f8n5xvbqSd9AOnmzQnCA9x54fYI0pEpwYFWkUWj0vUwgyxilF0lkccZGx2I7BuuqpgzxJy2Chg8-8GYlm2s1/w640-h376/IMG_9691.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Stunned and perhaps out of respect for the little destroyer's sacrifice, both fleets disengaged from what was a minor German victory, dealing out 286 points of damage and receiving 206 points in return. It looks as if a German Pacific will require many more such battles...</span></div><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-74795634849173103942024-02-13T15:04:00.000+11:002024-02-13T15:04:57.780+11:00Valour & Fortitude: Thoughts and Impressions on the Road to Moscow<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nKMSx4_BWHXr8X8T86W2xNoOQBslNljgbRqpnX8vVwmO6gP6uoRyKm9L1QREZtnAtt0Y_zUNnmJYE4xyolCCBgpFTtytTbNWG3qw3Vql00R2S7QvJG3PeEYQrG5Yy-Zv5LRRPuNPAlmJEhhToPvBflyRtixOXOajskFpjZXkAR3u_ubc5NLBR46e0-iz/s4272/IMG_9489.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2389" data-original-width="4272" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nKMSx4_BWHXr8X8T86W2xNoOQBslNljgbRqpnX8vVwmO6gP6uoRyKm9L1QREZtnAtt0Y_zUNnmJYE4xyolCCBgpFTtytTbNWG3qw3Vql00R2S7QvJG3PeEYQrG5Yy-Zv5LRRPuNPAlmJEhhToPvBflyRtixOXOajskFpjZXkAR3u_ubc5NLBR46e0-iz/w640-h358/IMG_9489.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This week's 'Sunday Solo' game was mainly to dive deeper into the <b><i>Valour & Fortitude</i></b> rules. We've played these a few times at the club now, but you know how it is with big club games - its too easy to let others do the heavy lifting on the rules detail...A solo game is the best way to reinforce learning as you can't be lazy!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhro9g7MeuxEIbQqWZNXzedF5RVSXK9qefYpoGJKgYyxFXTqqqRkl_aNPj0_zIRa9lenRkh1_aSsuAdAkVMgzmLGfxa3beK63omOXe7qYCwNLkeMT8CGuQRmXjrgPI18dEHXynoGIdWOIv9vS7KISawEXPUx4K12RdnNi9f1WsN8XAjze8SaPGd7L7it_Nn/s2319/IMG_9487.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="2319" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhro9g7MeuxEIbQqWZNXzedF5RVSXK9qefYpoGJKgYyxFXTqqqRkl_aNPj0_zIRa9lenRkh1_aSsuAdAkVMgzmLGfxa3beK63omOXe7qYCwNLkeMT8CGuQRmXjrgPI18dEHXynoGIdWOIv9vS7KISawEXPUx4K12RdnNi9f1WsN8XAjze8SaPGd7L7it_Nn/w640-h326/IMG_9487.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">So I spent a minimum time on army lists and scenario. I've always been fascinated with the early aspects of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 - the vast empty tracts of land, the heat and dust, sightings of mysterious Cossacks in the distance, the ongoing attempts to out march and encircle the retreating Russians, the occasional desperate rear-guard action...which is essentially what the scenario was - scads of French with ample arty and cav, coming across a Russian rear guard road block.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TL9mU81AbuE" width="320" youtube-src-id="TL9mU81AbuE"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I shot a video of the game as I was going - see above - and hopefully you can gain some idea of how the game played from that - essentially the French gave the Russian grand battery a respectful zone of avoidance and came in hard on both flanks, which, after doughty resistance, inevitably crumbled so that the main position also had to retire. Despite my blathering's below about 'Epic' scale, this game was played in what I now refer to as '15/18mm' scale, largely using AB miniatures castings.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2bupPZoeYVrkf_DwNH3Na9A2rDAUSVMzbnp7aZCMn3O5IgL7VSJuFwEp0RMqWfnSWut5M9kAwVuV8E4uPoI6wTk3j83i7IbuvzTxBn1-H95n0MS-eXAzStziQmI0aHG_X-TceJFlvoA9AtT4yM1kgsBaYUc8YhyKqoeJ0yOFamrsAx-9P401hoxlCZnx/s1750/Valour-Fortitude-Logo.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1750" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2bupPZoeYVrkf_DwNH3Na9A2rDAUSVMzbnp7aZCMn3O5IgL7VSJuFwEp0RMqWfnSWut5M9kAwVuV8E4uPoI6wTk3j83i7IbuvzTxBn1-H95n0MS-eXAzStziQmI0aHG_X-TceJFlvoA9AtT4yM1kgsBaYUc8YhyKqoeJ0yOFamrsAx-9P401hoxlCZnx/w640-h292/Valour-Fortitude-Logo.webp" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">What I'd like to share here are my impressions of Valour & Fortitude rules after a couple of club games and this slow time deep dive...(for Napoleonic's - the ACW army lists have only just come out and I really hope to get into those before too long)</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2X2eAVqu1c_uWvh1qgyGZ8znUpsG_kQVQ8oSdYifyjySHkfFfqYRroyR9JsU5oZoYTwT3vL5YjVnmBIv9ks_xo3lj98pedhP3f6o68JcbkRxFFWmaUNlQdTn-Ob8J4BWV5kRuwWN5oCw1QSiYEhHXWyhrGctDwNU4hCNBxh4EkcFmhhdvd57vRY0k2lp/s4010/IMG_9513.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2282" data-original-width="4010" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2X2eAVqu1c_uWvh1qgyGZ8znUpsG_kQVQ8oSdYifyjySHkfFfqYRroyR9JsU5oZoYTwT3vL5YjVnmBIv9ks_xo3lj98pedhP3f6o68JcbkRxFFWmaUNlQdTn-Ob8J4BWV5kRuwWN5oCw1QSiYEhHXWyhrGctDwNU4hCNBxh4EkcFmhhdvd57vRY0k2lp/w640-h364/IMG_9513.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">First I should come clean with my intended use for them, which differs from what they were designed for! The Perry brothers of 28mm fame asked Jervis Johnson to come up with a set of rules evolved from <b><i>Black Powder</i></b> for large games of 28mm figures which would fit on 4 sides of paper to reduce time taken in looking things up at big convention games. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Refreshingly, the rules and scads of supporting material are available online from the Perry Miniatures website <a href="https://www.perry-miniatures.com/valour-fortitude/" target="_blank">https://www.perry-miniatures.com/valour-fortitude/</a> and there is a friendly and active Facebook group dedicated to these rules, often with help and advice from the author himself! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/587578706569153/" target="_blank">Valour & Fortitude - Gamer's Group</a></span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzDI3DPLyVtAfnloiVa7XRy0NAj36Q9unf8PH2Uie4oGbLuxJobku94eiGha10RRZyax18dDrwQ2Q_Mk3PrT13XpfV5qM6begAeIegeckSLhTyJSloWyZ4d8C6VqzT7mBBnVFEKTEZ4x3kPKKUSrnyPvoyEORdg1aVE4G1HDCr7rAHQztLrQuNIKcZnWW/s4114/IMG_9521.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2023" data-original-width="4114" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzDI3DPLyVtAfnloiVa7XRy0NAj36Q9unf8PH2Uie4oGbLuxJobku94eiGha10RRZyax18dDrwQ2Q_Mk3PrT13XpfV5qM6begAeIegeckSLhTyJSloWyZ4d8C6VqzT7mBBnVFEKTEZ4x3kPKKUSrnyPvoyEORdg1aVE4G1HDCr7rAHQztLrQuNIKcZnWW/w640-h314/IMG_9521.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Whilst I am familiar with Black Powder, and used to play in 28mm, I am an enthusiastic adopter of Warlord Games' Epic scale, and plan to use this '13.5mm?' scale to lay on games which are, well, epic in scale! Black Powder does allow this, but for the games of the magnitude I enjoy it requires local rules and short cuts that can lead to dissention and frustration. Certainly there are always unintended consequences to fiddling with one or other aspect of a ruleset.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXYEcd85wM_MxIJeCsW_N_D07sykRwBlNPpK_dR_O75WZTSP3o3EClJP40fmvLyXbGd7fGPZ9V7iH0jDuLcQkRw__oIXlKzvBQ_mCTDTCrqGUENA2jysTIn1OkALaa6aIRdu2oAyHBuKw4o6N-KwULcfrPj65r9nHNNfvxb93BvG2nimM_rEaf9f-v0L8/s4003/IMG_9522.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2287" data-original-width="4003" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXYEcd85wM_MxIJeCsW_N_D07sykRwBlNPpK_dR_O75WZTSP3o3EClJP40fmvLyXbGd7fGPZ9V7iH0jDuLcQkRw__oIXlKzvBQ_mCTDTCrqGUENA2jysTIn1OkALaa6aIRdu2oAyHBuKw4o6N-KwULcfrPj65r9nHNNfvxb93BvG2nimM_rEaf9f-v0L8/w640-h366/IMG_9522.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">So what I'm hoping for is to be able to leverage the speed and ease of use of Valour & Fortitude to play a unfeasibly huge game of Waterloo for the 210 anniversary in 2025. Featuring every unit present, Anglo Allies, French, and Prussians too! But in Epic scale. If V&F plays even faster than Black Powder, then we shouldn't need to change any aspect of the rules, thus satisfying rules purists.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM93DHidH8q5NpYRF5WWd5a-x8xRm1_4DuZKgTFpjy13-twlWb0ow5Rkj3HTiYteunbvOMa_3G8bZTa7A4V5TFwZUj8cVT-FKhwkmTlevBst8lI6Bnvonyz1W-ZHtwVZP-Xuv_mao0_mkrfQ_9W4Ffh4ZkWudPLSno3BugVU9dlhQTQML1sAsK1PkEgtb0/s3925/IMG_9529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1663" data-original-width="3925" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM93DHidH8q5NpYRF5WWd5a-x8xRm1_4DuZKgTFpjy13-twlWb0ow5Rkj3HTiYteunbvOMa_3G8bZTa7A4V5TFwZUj8cVT-FKhwkmTlevBst8lI6Bnvonyz1W-ZHtwVZP-Xuv_mao0_mkrfQ_9W4Ffh4ZkWudPLSno3BugVU9dlhQTQML1sAsK1PkEgtb0/w640-h272/IMG_9529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">So how exactly does V&F work faster than the already 'beer and pretzels' Black Powder? I think there are two distinct aspects to this: the rules mechanisms and the morale aspect.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4lkA2cEhHR3S2RTamAYr1yn4Qh2ojt7bPlcR-ofEpVnr5x-wU0tT1iSfPaCClPyzOR0kvogi7qyco42EBDwA4UAm28ptEuzrM5yxb9tb9zDUTO1ceFNgBLC6JeOxrcUA_mgcy_YQNWckFBpYd_pJfkao1cic0hZ1Q9OibbxG-JtQ2ZNu24-hmQIKZMRk/s4011/IMG_9532.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1562" data-original-width="4011" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4lkA2cEhHR3S2RTamAYr1yn4Qh2ojt7bPlcR-ofEpVnr5x-wU0tT1iSfPaCClPyzOR0kvogi7qyco42EBDwA4UAm28ptEuzrM5yxb9tb9zDUTO1ceFNgBLC6JeOxrcUA_mgcy_YQNWckFBpYd_pJfkao1cic0hZ1Q9OibbxG-JtQ2ZNu24-hmQIKZMRk/w640-h250/IMG_9532.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">To take the rules mechanisms first, to anyone acquainted with Black Powder, most of the process will seem familiar - after the initial, and unfamiliar 'fate card' phase, at least! So instead of a Command phase, we have brigade activation tests, then shooting, then move/assault/rally etc. But the tests for shooting and assaults are all unopposed! So that is a big saving in time, and looking up modifiers, right away. The activation test is also much quicker than BP Command tests, as there is only one result - pass or fail.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFiWUxKoDmV4W-wcCqEDSIsXPtNoSaA4XLyAl4kfSBKixuy1ejwNka7WFai4iMTpzlULKxg2PmXz09mwrJqfL0X6Z7ajypQEXP9c6f8FmN_EKRJslDSsFBKBuj9VI8vh1JOB4kqMzESrrhNl6yqPu0Tql2ksV91JadyWK_keR1LL9Q0UcS7G87NOnYzHB/s3464/IMG_9543.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2458" data-original-width="3464" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFiWUxKoDmV4W-wcCqEDSIsXPtNoSaA4XLyAl4kfSBKixuy1ejwNka7WFai4iMTpzlULKxg2PmXz09mwrJqfL0X6Z7ajypQEXP9c6f8FmN_EKRJslDSsFBKBuj9VI8vh1JOB4kqMzESrrhNl6yqPu0Tql2ksV91JadyWK_keR1LL9Q0UcS7G87NOnYzHB/w640-h454/IMG_9543.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The other aspect of V&F that may make it a better tool for mega-games are the two levels of morale test. The Valour test is akin to the Break test in Black Powder, although again much streamlined - a unit either passes, or fails and is thus routed off table. But there is a second, higher level morale test, the Fortitude test, which applies to entire Brigades and is also quick and straightforward to administer. But as a result, your Brigades can 'Waver', and thus rapidly lose units. Before long half your army may be streaming to the rear - all good for getting a result in a big game!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtj63pXrjamG7QMwBQeIiMRRfDG86UCcC2XsSp7F5AFJe9O0T3zuCVvN3G4BDuMEzjcEjuTHnOymAqwvNdia5AtPP8otBszF5EVn0fKOrVi61TpBovRapulaw7X22WVWsoQIipRHIlq3B08V11v_M8jrxBm_8UmGhmU6tJb1Yytg3PNNglpuRXMEpYWLtJ/s4272/IMG_9544.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="4272" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtj63pXrjamG7QMwBQeIiMRRfDG86UCcC2XsSp7F5AFJe9O0T3zuCVvN3G4BDuMEzjcEjuTHnOymAqwvNdia5AtPP8otBszF5EVn0fKOrVi61TpBovRapulaw7X22WVWsoQIipRHIlq3B08V11v_M8jrxBm_8UmGhmU6tJb1Yytg3PNNglpuRXMEpYWLtJ/w640-h206/IMG_9544.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">My main niggle with Black Powder has always been what I call the '<i>flank attack from the front</i>' aspect of the front and side zones the rules specify. These make it possible, and some players actively seek, a situation whereby a defender 'sees' an attacking unit to its front, but technically in its 'flank' zone, and can do absolutely nothing in response but await a flank attack. Once experienced never forgotten - and I now know that the hard cover version of BP makes a poor Frisby!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">One aspect of these V&F rules I found at odds with Black Powder and initially disliked was that Artillery have to shoot at the nearest target at long range, which can reduce the impact of massed or 'grand' batteries. However with this game that seemed to come out in the wash and I got over myself!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyc4DzMyY4MHGfacAfrAmCOU2Bf4VlwcR8FnflYwIg25etd7qqAt6a6zOsej9e-RTv1pcLW4LirD6BA0CLvec9M0YvbGrGxp7c_SBs5om7iL37Unqloz4xnIZbsPxyrOOjdVGN4bGxRUYUW2-v7UN-Qdc7S2Feoo-caw-tGjWQ002L4uReEVZGeKlnXifp/s4272/IMG_9545.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="4272" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyc4DzMyY4MHGfacAfrAmCOU2Bf4VlwcR8FnflYwIg25etd7qqAt6a6zOsej9e-RTv1pcLW4LirD6BA0CLvec9M0YvbGrGxp7c_SBs5om7iL37Unqloz4xnIZbsPxyrOOjdVGN4bGxRUYUW2-v7UN-Qdc7S2Feoo-caw-tGjWQ002L4uReEVZGeKlnXifp/w640-h274/IMG_9545.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">My only remaining niggle is that some key aspects of the rules, such as for cannister ammo, square formations and skirmishing, are only found in the army lists rather than the main body of the rules. This can be confusing at first. A cynic might think this was a cunning way to meet the original design criteria of no more than 4 sheets of text, but actually it makes the core rules at least as flexible chronologically as Black Powder. ACW and Franco-Prussian War variant Army Lists are already on the website, and I'm sure a SYW List is not too far off...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxif2FQZEKEdoSVEXHFR5gIcDwTUAS8XIgt6L71HOmaVHN8O4b_A8uT6KwjsSKElqgYHMP_HGO6UDwh-oMFtrm85KI8BPh0739dmu-4fLCvWIl04-3xDKNX5vKfvgIxRpUB-Ip7wYOBMO_zZVldCZRq7XHQcJaXch3lk9EwngVRKGQ8ubNHX4zAfLOOdt/s3291/IMG_9492.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1978" data-original-width="3291" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxif2FQZEKEdoSVEXHFR5gIcDwTUAS8XIgt6L71HOmaVHN8O4b_A8uT6KwjsSKElqgYHMP_HGO6UDwh-oMFtrm85KI8BPh0739dmu-4fLCvWIl04-3xDKNX5vKfvgIxRpUB-Ip7wYOBMO_zZVldCZRq7XHQcJaXch3lk9EwngVRKGQ8ubNHX4zAfLOOdt/w640-h384/IMG_9492.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">An aspect I have not covered are the Fate Phase, where a fate card is drawn and can influence your play in a variety of ways. There are 13 of these, tailored to each Army list. About half reflect that army's historical characteristics, the remainder more general acts of fate that might impact any army. Ordinary playing cards may be used or bespoke ones downloaded. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Not having access to a pack of cards during my deep dive, and leaving their use to more intellectual team members in our club games, I am not qualified to opine on these. Intriguingly, despite my opening aversion to rules tweaking, making up your own fate cards might be a way of adding even more battle or campaign specific spice to your game! (<i>Grouchy disobeys orders and marches to the sound of the guns, </i>anyone?) </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBour-7NjTBDfzsoIH2zKqX8b2fp2v43RjiS7y6gKD4b-xxwY6TRF129l1aQDMfe33H2fOCWu48sNZ_8Km1WR3g6ILQWT6gwFIk-4yAls3v29-AlApJLz3bU8cCTAnkoX2W2Sj42abGWZOZ0k9kbuVt0mRGj_bQLcrS6X7q_UaDM5R4Aet0OJ90x5GBLRp/s510/ee48710f99a66aba68ebe6ac37d0d8ce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="510" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBour-7NjTBDfzsoIH2zKqX8b2fp2v43RjiS7y6gKD4b-xxwY6TRF129l1aQDMfe33H2fOCWu48sNZ_8Km1WR3g6ILQWT6gwFIk-4yAls3v29-AlApJLz3bU8cCTAnkoX2W2Sj42abGWZOZ0k9kbuVt0mRGj_bQLcrS6X7q_UaDM5R4Aet0OJ90x5GBLRp/w640-h432/ee48710f99a66aba68ebe6ac37d0d8ce.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Now, can such a stripped down and fast playing set of rules really deliver a historically worthwhile 'authentic' outcome? Impossible to answer this objectively, all I can say is that all three large games I have played have delivered credible outcomes both overall and in resolving individual firefights and combats. I've long thought that authoritative rules need not be complex, just clear, logical and comprehensive. Valour & Fortitude deliver on all counts. Overall, I am a huge fan and look forward to using these rules for (relatively) quickly </span></span><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans"; text-align: left;">resolving unfeasibly large games in Epic scale.</span></div></span></div><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-14321783316993559732024-02-02T16:17:00.002+11:002024-02-02T16:17:15.580+11:00Nimitz: Mayhem in the Med!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_t48iX8NZm7ncLPX0E_zhOtaNQM5qIVA53kg4SAvAJA5f8t7YtLP43qmZsFIsXNM1WI5AfatXg4OdJUn_MX3Y1qYRsWnl4NV3JLhv-SmWgkTTyUxRKXA0CqU08YqS1QcaT8m4g_6KJNMMrEdJ7Lf8LeqQoPHedfOyyBYs5qZrvRg7N4WrOf-gXDzp2u9/s3378/IMG_9423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="3378" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_t48iX8NZm7ncLPX0E_zhOtaNQM5qIVA53kg4SAvAJA5f8t7YtLP43qmZsFIsXNM1WI5AfatXg4OdJUn_MX3Y1qYRsWnl4NV3JLhv-SmWgkTTyUxRKXA0CqU08YqS1QcaT8m4g_6KJNMMrEdJ7Lf8LeqQoPHedfOyyBYs5qZrvRg7N4WrOf-gXDzp2u9/w640-h290/IMG_9423.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Thursday's Nimitz game was laid on by Darren, who provided all the model ships and cards, and provided a succinct rules refresher for old and new Nimitzers alike...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lvxbE3lb3Kx9nCMMzivtk4XbFcxoc7u4q7VCBiPVdelnKwYu1xXzPuOEk0ejcesAoC8A9sRWpqiH68Ke9R8z9asKmArBm-6baFEquil_eg2JsPVLVrfbSnFWRrzK78WVzbTiO_LS3c8EkHGZR9hmfSuQYP6U-aEJ4wovAZ9Kb9qrICWk6tbb87Ndiyzv/s3747/IMG_9413.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="3747" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lvxbE3lb3Kx9nCMMzivtk4XbFcxoc7u4q7VCBiPVdelnKwYu1xXzPuOEk0ejcesAoC8A9sRWpqiH68Ke9R8z9asKmArBm-6baFEquil_eg2JsPVLVrfbSnFWRrzK78WVzbTiO_LS3c8EkHGZR9hmfSuQYP6U-aEJ4wovAZ9Kb9qrICWk6tbb87Ndiyzv/w640-h252/IMG_9413.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It would be an encounter battle between equal fleets. The Royal Navy flagship was HMS Warspite, escorted by two heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and four destroyers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKw9rV4wKt7_jIvZve-dLo0fDAtII2ZrH9-NpGz2IbIzvDzvyqsq8noizBlTYo4cOIH_jODIAZNEjk2ekFzJWor_ynJUuKIJV8H10Kjcj8cQofkw1y0hQMwRy13h4oj-Rur08Ywj1rQjvqlT4NRLUb74GL2-mCYspiOBkC5ONBSyiPXC6KFL4JPhL8Gwz/s1869/HMS%20Warspite%201943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="1869" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKw9rV4wKt7_jIvZve-dLo0fDAtII2ZrH9-NpGz2IbIzvDzvyqsq8noizBlTYo4cOIH_jODIAZNEjk2ekFzJWor_ynJUuKIJV8H10Kjcj8cQofkw1y0hQMwRy13h4oj-Rur08Ywj1rQjvqlT4NRLUb74GL2-mCYspiOBkC5ONBSyiPXC6KFL4JPhL8Gwz/w640-h358/HMS%20Warspite%201943.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">That grand old warrior lady <i>Warspite</i> would be meeting a much faster foe, the <i>Vittorio Veneto</i>!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82dsSav9hLlaadCE6ou-0vqgekxAAQ_4OT9_rKj6fIwI9Rl2BDHaHs3sopyEWwzPcA3l42tsETIt-0zW36bBiC9XgfZBytcauSYXM0R-XLW8EIJVc-lXkMufYwv7MZpF4FwqZ_VY57Oaw-BgQ-3Ses39TVxwDcqPCm1JRSakrhgdoZ5vLsvfKWVBEgkmx/s4003/IMG_9416.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="4003" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82dsSav9hLlaadCE6ou-0vqgekxAAQ_4OT9_rKj6fIwI9Rl2BDHaHs3sopyEWwzPcA3l42tsETIt-0zW36bBiC9XgfZBytcauSYXM0R-XLW8EIJVc-lXkMufYwv7MZpF4FwqZ_VY57Oaw-BgQ-3Ses39TVxwDcqPCm1JRSakrhgdoZ5vLsvfKWVBEgkmx/w640-h194/IMG_9416.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Who enjoyed a comparable escort:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADp_nCAi_TME5Yfp1tMGNNpvME0G4AAPegrbf7miqBWP9Ff89pls738kUjUvAJy7BBIuhJBBQUawZRghMmTi5a1GVSl5TQ8YpzRSBqySq4qIdow-ItRsoHKpinkGY4MbWbo57m7QzggSYOYbFnTFtEx1PA6HTHsAM0q81lOTQX-HsOe7Ysx4unB5wCYS6/s1500/RM%20Fleet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1500" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADp_nCAi_TME5Yfp1tMGNNpvME0G4AAPegrbf7miqBWP9Ff89pls738kUjUvAJy7BBIuhJBBQUawZRghMmTi5a1GVSl5TQ8YpzRSBqySq4qIdow-ItRsoHKpinkGY4MbWbo57m7QzggSYOYbFnTFtEx1PA6HTHsAM0q81lOTQX-HsOe7Ysx4unB5wCYS6/w640-h512/RM%20Fleet.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">All of Darren's beautifully painted ships are 1/1800 scale XP Forge prints, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeA8KbbzZy4vCkofgkwU7nEtQdknlefde6ky42XusQe1tY8M5CdogXLaeRDIuPKD-ORKoz3SJmyzC5YxGvOHM8gYjUQew5j7lkAn-gUVFOW9w-JA2YBIKqo70FzNi10tj8eEur3v8dcGt_0-xGv4XUmWpP0C1IEbs8MPgnQeLrlU2qA8X3OnjA-oRYpv7W/s3791/IMG_9445.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="3791" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeA8KbbzZy4vCkofgkwU7nEtQdknlefde6ky42XusQe1tY8M5CdogXLaeRDIuPKD-ORKoz3SJmyzC5YxGvOHM8gYjUQew5j7lkAn-gUVFOW9w-JA2YBIKqo70FzNi10tj8eEur3v8dcGt_0-xGv4XUmWpP0C1IEbs8MPgnQeLrlU2qA8X3OnjA-oRYpv7W/w640-h108/IMG_9445.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">lovingly based on Top Down Miniatures bases.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQj5D4fvdo_YX7vOb5gQuaM8jUNXXQLTNp_GhtdeBUaZaDVIAveaSTksSdYy8Ox8cGV8lQqnZhvKf3V-iHAxy5qdXg4U9GgtRmf3MyL1XZAGOLGTUqG9F6HchBqzAMNbyUCmDhHIqTI66wHJ58xpKBELYJpxsEhYEoxba2iri9YoTO7A3bVRjc7DW9M7q/s3795/IMG_9419.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="3795" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQj5D4fvdo_YX7vOb5gQuaM8jUNXXQLTNp_GhtdeBUaZaDVIAveaSTksSdYy8Ox8cGV8lQqnZhvKf3V-iHAxy5qdXg4U9GgtRmf3MyL1XZAGOLGTUqG9F6HchBqzAMNbyUCmDhHIqTI66wHJ58xpKBELYJpxsEhYEoxba2iri9YoTO7A3bVRjc7DW9M7q/w640-h332/IMG_9419.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The scenario was generic - somewhere in the Eastern Med. circa 1940-'43 as the Regia Marina guards the vital sea lanes of communication south to North Africa, whilst the Royal Navy has more of a East - West focus from the UK to Suez and points east...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7RN7RvzoAyr2_4eV4zkqK7yvJ7D2pw9neAw2AYI_E_0cQ3uaLEn9iS7aRcb2invUWC8Mj98_Btvm2ydDw2httTtB5e9c31mPENwDxQsCzL28jyZ7ppjM_iwJt2J8r4p6nnANfd0dQGBFsH5UrUoTGxTkk6swPOQXoJiHuSfWtPjKKfQRjTf3UuvGt367/s6244/Admiralty%20Chart%20marked%20up%20bases.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3168" data-original-width="6244" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7RN7RvzoAyr2_4eV4zkqK7yvJ7D2pw9neAw2AYI_E_0cQ3uaLEn9iS7aRcb2invUWC8Mj98_Btvm2ydDw2httTtB5e9c31mPENwDxQsCzL28jyZ7ppjM_iwJt2J8r4p6nnANfd0dQGBFsH5UrUoTGxTkk6swPOQXoJiHuSfWtPjKKfQRjTf3UuvGt367/w640-h324/Admiralty%20Chart%20marked%20up%20bases.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Geoff (left) and Peter (second from right) played the British. Darren (right) presided, and Bob (centre) is Declan's chauffer. Declan and I played the Regia Marina.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0L-ychu9yOn0dwmI4IhlYj5lt9DAB9zF2685qht_H0r2j_2A8uInSlrhvUL_4ipHIXd6l9xJdR6XDIN8A7aJxXpwR4IDgpPkM8zRBOPN0UyLnKsfsjpn-GYRtt8rcUE3nARw8kMPlONmDXTGaLgs67Tvh_FUES54aQOHayr6uW7GGzmAEe5Z8gppLJ7qT/s3174/IMG_9441.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2452" data-original-width="3174" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0L-ychu9yOn0dwmI4IhlYj5lt9DAB9zF2685qht_H0r2j_2A8uInSlrhvUL_4ipHIXd6l9xJdR6XDIN8A7aJxXpwR4IDgpPkM8zRBOPN0UyLnKsfsjpn-GYRtt8rcUE3nARw8kMPlONmDXTGaLgs67Tvh_FUES54aQOHayr6uW7GGzmAEe5Z8gppLJ7qT/w640-h494/IMG_9441.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This was Declan's first game so we agree he would take the Vittorio and the two <i>Zara</i> class heavies as we thought they would take longer to get into action, whilst Dec could watch and learn from my mistakes early on with the DDs and light cruisers...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRc9qcYhJBZUnLBj-BGb4JwDlxwhevJW9hAx7ekrxBQwjuqzl5Ka-_3FN9kCzF9xohIJjyxO8VliRquqpgHhYD9E7TjsGR03TtawU7ytAsoB1WAjauSXCXBSVSKAlHHbSt4imYPhjBdnoP2rw-I9YAKX92QPeYdZpzdHZl3rPb_sF2gCTgi5iL8O2TYJcw/s3502/IMG_9425.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1303" data-original-width="3502" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRc9qcYhJBZUnLBj-BGb4JwDlxwhevJW9hAx7ekrxBQwjuqzl5Ka-_3FN9kCzF9xohIJjyxO8VliRquqpgHhYD9E7TjsGR03TtawU7ytAsoB1WAjauSXCXBSVSKAlHHbSt4imYPhjBdnoP2rw-I9YAKX92QPeYdZpzdHZl3rPb_sF2gCTgi5iL8O2TYJcw/w640-h238/IMG_9425.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Below are the initial fleet dispositions. Nearest the camera are the Italian destroyers, split into two formations in line astern. In the centre the <i>Vittorio</i> and <i>Zara</i>s. Far out on the left flank the leading light cruiser, <i>Abruzzi</i>, can just be made out. The idea was to keep the two sets of torpedo carriers far apart for a subsequent 'anvil' attack...The Tommies seem to have reversed our formation, with their heavies protecting their destroyers?</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gC1HlDjuLnCJuq51_1lF70utZjeVMHbxK8nfkLNRn4AYiQs29EzklbiTeAPcyOiiTO-bhszGD5a6yzhWyVdrZ-ZVi1ju688mrvtRWGbSZMRyQQeH8Nm_82Pek6PXn9oybaM21BFSij2zNLyzaXnXsJsXVMLsf0VmjudM3en0EHirUb97eQiHn9UjzlqU/s3660/IMG_9427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2249" data-original-width="3660" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gC1HlDjuLnCJuq51_1lF70utZjeVMHbxK8nfkLNRn4AYiQs29EzklbiTeAPcyOiiTO-bhszGD5a6yzhWyVdrZ-ZVi1ju688mrvtRWGbSZMRyQQeH8Nm_82Pek6PXn9oybaM21BFSij2zNLyzaXnXsJsXVMLsf0VmjudM3en0EHirUb97eQiHn9UjzlqU/w640-h394/IMG_9427.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">As expected it didn't take long for the light forces to get into action - the British destroyers were clearly setting up to launch fish at the <i>Vittorio</i> so I wasted no time in crossing their 'T' and sinking their lead DD - the only one which had a firing solution on our big girl...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsERc04VBu7NR9GetPaFx_X3867Ec4kBdaPndZqG3ZIutTvaYccgfc3wg5mxT-bU3_ikKlo1mR1QMiu210-hapP-JL3mVtNm5p8xZsByIsHpH9QlAU-Y9mmOXZxeHxfFNBbljLDQq9UODdwOnR-UbQGcNOwUfR5eRJGIdp4UNZBR8nTajBX2bHYJmuOMG/s2824/IMG_9434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="2824" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsERc04VBu7NR9GetPaFx_X3867Ec4kBdaPndZqG3ZIutTvaYccgfc3wg5mxT-bU3_ikKlo1mR1QMiu210-hapP-JL3mVtNm5p8xZsByIsHpH9QlAU-Y9mmOXZxeHxfFNBbljLDQq9UODdwOnR-UbQGcNOwUfR5eRJGIdp4UNZBR8nTajBX2bHYJmuOMG/w640-h176/IMG_9434.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Unfortunately the <i>London</i> took umbrage and knocked my light cruisers around, destroying one of their precious torpedo launchers - Basta!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53-YV-__JrgF_mPuZkn4QJLmvrMG_gYlNtw7llxZzBWUdVWUNp_Bc2jEMoE0l-XZPSr71h_Wf551LVHXLYRpIznFS74pYnXo0zFzi0sF3PUJHUUQ71hfogQPol_8FkwrtCEXoXcFv1HAWIRsEFLqdA6K3C81klmx4UM9xt000ENrs_HKVfbaCCq7lXW-7/s2717/IMG_9437.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="2717" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53-YV-__JrgF_mPuZkn4QJLmvrMG_gYlNtw7llxZzBWUdVWUNp_Bc2jEMoE0l-XZPSr71h_Wf551LVHXLYRpIznFS74pYnXo0zFzi0sF3PUJHUUQ71hfogQPol_8FkwrtCEXoXcFv1HAWIRsEFLqdA6K3C81klmx4UM9xt000ENrs_HKVfbaCCq7lXW-7/w640-h196/IMG_9437.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Soon the battlewagons were in range of each other but initial salvos were harmless enough...But the British destroyers, bravely launching their torpedoes to no effect...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWLmO1nURdLDwvnRxKcAdTDRtZajKYzSINqsjTVxbPMDEoNJJkp2OyiI519AbfBxyDfpFtfPw0e_Y_4ZAvnBLGDpH3qmebXy7orgfSILOISznk-1sB5QUhtcyN1CTFXL_wShtUjmY4t3szky0usnb_x9cszQr2JqS8Ncgj-nHmjs-VMCu_ziNfI6zIki9e/s960/Torp%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="960" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWLmO1nURdLDwvnRxKcAdTDRtZajKYzSINqsjTVxbPMDEoNJJkp2OyiI519AbfBxyDfpFtfPw0e_Y_4ZAvnBLGDpH3qmebXy7orgfSILOISznk-1sB5QUhtcyN1CTFXL_wShtUjmY4t3szky0usnb_x9cszQr2JqS8Ncgj-nHmjs-VMCu_ziNfI6zIki9e/w640-h486/Torp%202.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";">were then caught in a crossfire between my light cruisers and Declan's heavies, and suffered!</span></div></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrplKYrPP8EblfPGZ-E9EhvFdtJpq3aSoBR-EXao1EaRg8o6TePqP-GLgVDwBYLt04xoCK7-ZlCCTJSjoYhNVm-s3cD6b-0nGxmOWx-oIcoeuv_Q7I5eshmziF79_qLn5FyxIKZ3EJ2gd3_5zijdBGzDWVfn76qxJBVHYJxd_N1nvBPhjMAExyHwpMfS3/s3844/IMG_9447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3844" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrplKYrPP8EblfPGZ-E9EhvFdtJpq3aSoBR-EXao1EaRg8o6TePqP-GLgVDwBYLt04xoCK7-ZlCCTJSjoYhNVm-s3cD6b-0nGxmOWx-oIcoeuv_Q7I5eshmziF79_qLn5FyxIKZ3EJ2gd3_5zijdBGzDWVfn76qxJBVHYJxd_N1nvBPhjMAExyHwpMfS3/w640-h426/IMG_9447.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">After many turns of hard work and careful tactical manoeuvring I was finally ready to set up a torpedo anvil solution on the <i>Warspite </i>: fish from two light cruisers (their starboard launchers still intact) and three destroyers were all set to criss-cross her patch of oggin....What a way to end the game this would be!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLck0E28XSUim0V7Gc_6EUQQEE6J3_TPThI0YqeQV1gw2oq6KK12kKByMF46P1_34d0GXKZvV4xh_hyphenhyphen0PHVFI_Cb8TxmK1UMCnv7Cn6ktjmety9r4Mi4vgUCNoGNt7xk4VDBnveBfhyphenhyphenT8wX-JWF-UBMNP-7LaglA0nZ425x3_0bj1kZ69Lg2YTbtc9LEFB/s4035/IMG_9444.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="4035" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLck0E28XSUim0V7Gc_6EUQQEE6J3_TPThI0YqeQV1gw2oq6KK12kKByMF46P1_34d0GXKZvV4xh_hyphenhyphen0PHVFI_Cb8TxmK1UMCnv7Cn6ktjmety9r4Mi4vgUCNoGNt7xk4VDBnveBfhyphenhyphenT8wX-JWF-UBMNP-7LaglA0nZ425x3_0bj1kZ69Lg2YTbtc9LEFB/w640-h160/IMG_9444.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But Declan beat me to the punch, sinking the <i>Warspite</i> with the <i>Vittorio</i> and <i>Zara</i>'s main batteries! Thanks Mate!</span><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdpNQvbV2B3GttKeJmFqNU44UsmT_gU4-adAPJxSuCJzWbE99jYlMklU56BvOgUmMW_jomer9R4eZ2xQo4xwLxOw1scNV02txXBdAElvx-8ONQtMJo_YkFAPU-7fnYWGKQn4P_RhpEoFUUsTJCeN5pOiPXf7S3PYEaKWD_hH8OL5siNR_O5ISNkYdme7e/s945/italian-battleships-firing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="945" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdpNQvbV2B3GttKeJmFqNU44UsmT_gU4-adAPJxSuCJzWbE99jYlMklU56BvOgUmMW_jomer9R4eZ2xQo4xwLxOw1scNV02txXBdAElvx-8ONQtMJo_YkFAPU-7fnYWGKQn4P_RhpEoFUUsTJCeN5pOiPXf7S3PYEaKWD_hH8OL5siNR_O5ISNkYdme7e/w640-h396/italian-battleships-firing.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">A very exciting and fun game with lots of craic and trash talking. To be fair to the British team I should say that Darren's Regia Marina dice are pretty devastating, especially when rolled by Declan...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizzmr-7ZxdWDeT9baJ5cgrqbTPF2_gNTsNP8mea-nwF1Qw1f0RAS0YyR-rtqFn4TAJw0_BMMXUyUJIhGw5olT8pOl5bqxWGPw-iaF-bTJ40fKHbJD05nlfVQACp2WuluMqgbi7O8d81O-nuTh0nJqwnL_WLLdqa2B-tq6VjAUVOH4BxZw0IFQt1Aqvsiow/s3436/IMG_9452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="3436" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizzmr-7ZxdWDeT9baJ5cgrqbTPF2_gNTsNP8mea-nwF1Qw1f0RAS0YyR-rtqFn4TAJw0_BMMXUyUJIhGw5olT8pOl5bqxWGPw-iaF-bTJ40fKHbJD05nlfVQACp2WuluMqgbi7O8d81O-nuTh0nJqwnL_WLLdqa2B-tq6VjAUVOH4BxZw0IFQt1Aqvsiow/w640-h230/IMG_9452.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-49218783145394664512024-01-22T16:03:00.000+11:002024-01-22T16:04:09.588+11:00Team Yankee 12mil: Canadians at Krassolsheim!<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhndiH698jK_JDbVpfMLytreC_7xdLQN82UPEqct6E5whloQeoXrZL_FYWPvnSzKs2rkdRX3hiNMkYcR53w5lR3SlAR2_hM5e3lzH7CEuaVImLVac-5E8ReBjoQACW44hGL3l3NBIuB5HbLEcryuRQMayRTahOZrA5jXRgo0TWVm-OByW_uQ9L7yU0ZY8Vh/s3537/IMG_9351.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Daniel printed up some specific RCAF CF-104 ground attack aircraft; a bit elderly by 1985 but carrying some useful payload:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsIwomBgP4HWcVlZ_D3LA3hZccmZ6DS0SQ5BjmcgD0uXtDipnbAw8KX1S0WJ-dHiffke_BY0fosKlTJF93b15GAuEI9dXt76DjBQfUbSg6ZVnQd_RFHYsNlVvFlOhT6pgInJRclux5q9AEcyzsRUV4bMCx9bKx4XDpkytJzou3ZgeSrvfdvUNgWvzYrTv/s1502/F104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1502" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsIwomBgP4HWcVlZ_D3LA3hZccmZ6DS0SQ5BjmcgD0uXtDipnbAw8KX1S0WJ-dHiffke_BY0fosKlTJF93b15GAuEI9dXt76DjBQfUbSg6ZVnQd_RFHYsNlVvFlOhT6pgInJRclux5q9AEcyzsRUV4bMCx9bKx4XDpkytJzou3ZgeSrvfdvUNgWvzYrTv/w640-h512/F104.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="2382" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyY-HCex-wyi9_Kq1CSZrxHfScARgkv9UzXcvy9FptOB9BphCPoRKIvkOX5_PqpbGnjFaXNIxjGyxiqrbjkvQwCisoQP3sWFe18rZqQYIbSqxB_B9pUtO-tpT88nmPiNAmYZ2Wkv0bS12V9fUqAVmet9-q1oMm-hk6uVZd3lfQgq3wttG1Dd0y3APx1oql/w640-h352/IMG_9384.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">After these early losses, Declan and I took stock...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDqBRUuMJZHuquPQIZ52t1Ohcol8tAR_ZqcBHBBgVK59g2V_ojn7Bv9Vx9F_0AmsBlWjGiSJCt2gpbxREgRSnVskEvkYq82kaYzvVTr2YNfPBN2ZyLrunimC-JTpj36QENF2UwYnH9HxjzyzZ9l2-myJnF7tV90tO9ipa74-pNk0eytBGn9F2ckQFS1DZa/s4123/IMG_9383.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="4123" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDqBRUuMJZHuquPQIZ52t1Ohcol8tAR_ZqcBHBBgVK59g2V_ojn7Bv9Vx9F_0AmsBlWjGiSJCt2gpbxREgRSnVskEvkYq82kaYzvVTr2YNfPBN2ZyLrunimC-JTpj36QENF2UwYnH9HxjzyzZ9l2-myJnF7tV90tO9ipa74-pNk0eytBGn9F2ckQFS1DZa/w640-h229/IMG_9383.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And decided to press on regardless...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4rdWTTpQ-vU3Eok_d8Nv02pXfp70ITMC7kiTeVLCJEqU33FkviSRFrAg1FhlyDZ7q2Vo0a9h1fnWOgz23Geo091XipWvGz4VCIjLucGbvBJwkp0cnzA5M1KWG9THwoUPHjcTXpK6OcqhHJGsXjcjzDYvOlPglu6b_oSxgzyP-Q4ZSIw2HqrkMMcF6ArFF/s3558/IMG_9386.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1549" data-original-width="3558" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4rdWTTpQ-vU3Eok_d8Nv02pXfp70ITMC7kiTeVLCJEqU33FkviSRFrAg1FhlyDZ7q2Vo0a9h1fnWOgz23Geo091XipWvGz4VCIjLucGbvBJwkp0cnzA5M1KWG9THwoUPHjcTXpK6OcqhHJGsXjcjzDYvOlPglu6b_oSxgzyP-Q4ZSIw2HqrkMMcF6ArFF/w640-h278/IMG_9386.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">After all, we'd managed to inflict a few casualties on the Canadians ourselves...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhuW3-L8QdTKpufRNifuQ-fhnvlkB-Oopv0jNysqRQGHkkINE4lVN2kIYj2qNbiyyKB-fmFTamUS8C47HJUf_0mENQdCSEyOmAO-JnI4IhcTVVN23Dd8s_HQcZwK88YDkIyNtTMTT0vGmTwnOWV9p4D1ikBzK8rdsP6m7fLWbM6D3I6xxXVsU61ZWiwML/s3815/IMG_9388.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="3815" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhuW3-L8QdTKpufRNifuQ-fhnvlkB-Oopv0jNysqRQGHkkINE4lVN2kIYj2qNbiyyKB-fmFTamUS8C47HJUf_0mENQdCSEyOmAO-JnI4IhcTVVN23Dd8s_HQcZwK88YDkIyNtTMTT0vGmTwnOWV9p4D1ikBzK8rdsP6m7fLWbM6D3I6xxXVsU61ZWiwML/w640-h118/IMG_9388.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Daniel revealed his ambush of 4 Leopard 1Cs in the village, but Declan succeeded in clearing it regardless...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMmla7pmZHk9T54nGt2SRnjP30uGkM4P3uQM4_7MdANKockz-_1l6qxnUuiR39TUlHxGz_-Dr4DSe_KKxubrp23l2Ezxlu1bqaDYtLPDQk0M7CzBUyICaeLMoDwifd71fUO_me1rR6glIM_Y8u3dg712POLrrZo8XPDqHQVUhAl5cSNR3VctoN57e5ACD/s3177/IMG_9391.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3177" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMmla7pmZHk9T54nGt2SRnjP30uGkM4P3uQM4_7MdANKockz-_1l6qxnUuiR39TUlHxGz_-Dr4DSe_KKxubrp23l2Ezxlu1bqaDYtLPDQk0M7CzBUyICaeLMoDwifd71fUO_me1rR6glIM_Y8u3dg712POLrrZo8XPDqHQVUhAl5cSNR3VctoN57e5ACD/w640-h402/IMG_9391.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And pressed on for the near objective on the Soviet left flank...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6SGzVil9Ubt2qsgT3-cMPY8NH9yf6CJs_Lljfu7s-KVgP6w1Wghq9MMstW25m5vm_ulIsgJ43Y1YJcJRFPn6GUj3dYlxIGFZYZfVT0udXDEw0THzHVu4_fbWJlnVniOf1P2vfsZep3HPLH8niMDKVdHDYocAEyfO6o6MZ8rPUjy9JG5cMbZ5FU189KNX/s3357/IMG_9392.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="3357" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6SGzVil9Ubt2qsgT3-cMPY8NH9yf6CJs_Lljfu7s-KVgP6w1Wghq9MMstW25m5vm_ulIsgJ43Y1YJcJRFPn6GUj3dYlxIGFZYZfVT0udXDEw0THzHVu4_fbWJlnVniOf1P2vfsZep3HPLH8niMDKVdHDYocAEyfO6o6MZ8rPUjy9JG5cMbZ5FU189KNX/w640-h428/IMG_9392.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">On our right flank I was making slow progress up the wooded hillsides but I hope I succeeded in taking some of the attention away from Declan's T-72s...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmnhz9Bn5y9OcW73TO7Z9DaOidF6IIeY-Clv8LiJX0AcUnMv-w4L1xADU3gmfvnq-msTWGbKPSAG-rsMydPXvARq6YjjXN7debkU7hQOrEaExRuXKPcIAHuPtVWm3-sBs-4kJ1nOvL15hSgOgjV4OY9zUEM8-tNBhNl5YvvEMJDjwZv6RnKB1Ubhwe9wP/s3844/IMG_9397.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3844" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmnhz9Bn5y9OcW73TO7Z9DaOidF6IIeY-Clv8LiJX0AcUnMv-w4L1xADU3gmfvnq-msTWGbKPSAG-rsMydPXvARq6YjjXN7debkU7hQOrEaExRuXKPcIAHuPtVWm3-sBs-4kJ1nOvL15hSgOgjV4OY9zUEM8-tNBhNl5YvvEMJDjwZv6RnKB1Ubhwe9wP/w640-h426/IMG_9397.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">In a missile rich environment its a good Soviet tactic to rush in and get up close and personal - the Canadian ATGWs were struggling with minimum range, and their arty and air were having <i>DANGER CLOSE</i> issues!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNLPjqkJgkk2Ul8x-6T1N7SXrb-Kd1rPr4fzSZH60qyZM83blT0aWqv6U0L7cRjdU6Lo1BipVdCflugMdBBGofcQCZMxSPeT1po1N1gGgZxz4k51kyeKsmiUydcityx3rJvaFjockBiaOm0EK9G7Iynwa9Vq6eJ3uiFo1QK081YkmqvQsDbghUdFOphrD/s3844/IMG_9399.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3844" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNLPjqkJgkk2Ul8x-6T1N7SXrb-Kd1rPr4fzSZH60qyZM83blT0aWqv6U0L7cRjdU6Lo1BipVdCflugMdBBGofcQCZMxSPeT1po1N1gGgZxz4k51kyeKsmiUydcityx3rJvaFjockBiaOm0EK9G7Iynwa9Vq6eJ3uiFo1QK081YkmqvQsDbghUdFOphrD/w640-h426/IMG_9399.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">...unfortunately for us this didn't apply to the CF-104 cannons!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">In the last turn of the game our T-72s claiming the objective were riddled with cannon hits into their side armour and destroyed or abandoned...Game Over - well done Daniel!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2r7lIc_e3ysOpiRp4qrjlFTce9q1wpQy9Nhyphenhyphen8s5EkSCjpV4KTBmQ0d4Cenj8SQYor73U9Kf820XfShD1OBWM2XrIAPZzJN2te4nlQhro9b-B0iAPBS9qViiymWCtJR7fXJwJuGLThKWI4x2IvJMFRJG0671OB4jLt4WoXC0QBmd_DpRHrFv6hruTjEeP/s3844/IMG_9407.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3844" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2r7lIc_e3ysOpiRp4qrjlFTce9q1wpQy9Nhyphenhyphen8s5EkSCjpV4KTBmQ0d4Cenj8SQYor73U9Kf820XfShD1OBWM2XrIAPZzJN2te4nlQhro9b-B0iAPBS9qViiymWCtJR7fXJwJuGLThKWI4x2IvJMFRJG0671OB4jLt4WoXC0QBmd_DpRHrFv6hruTjEeP/w640-h426/IMG_9407.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-67118177201077366852024-01-14T16:16:00.011+11:002024-01-15T11:57:44.551+11:00Flames of War: Hellcats at Anzio!<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3vpwmMkz8h_9KZ_9N276Gv12hBb3LVeJBj0V-SWH4PHVwJNoYiTkK_P5OEgQT20bo0PkQSEnVgH5kIP27XSICg53n192KcmVkZG9j2K5UlbCDq39fdJz37yH0c4rbT9BpjQ2qHTDFzB8A7xcrNtvwFpu_agPVXTqMPSx14oLGWv7YWchHwnm1pQOLQaoo/s3729/IMG_9298.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="3729" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3vpwmMkz8h_9KZ_9N276Gv12hBb3LVeJBj0V-SWH4PHVwJNoYiTkK_P5OEgQT20bo0PkQSEnVgH5kIP27XSICg53n192KcmVkZG9j2K5UlbCDq39fdJz37yH0c4rbT9BpjQ2qHTDFzB8A7xcrNtvwFpu_agPVXTqMPSx14oLGWv7YWchHwnm1pQOLQaoo/w640-h300/IMG_9298.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">One thinks of the M18 'Hellcat' Tank Destroyer as a north west Europe 'Late-War' AFV, debuting in Normandy and then the Bulge and all that. But in researching the Anzio landings, I came across one of those weird snippets of history that just cry out for a scenario!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZm-Dh3dbfpjqob3tnR3lj_EJ0Y8Z3X2J72-L1gxuYlybWdsRVMcjPnFT8yKD3PiZEAXokZEvYWXMffX7i1ot08HfMzHLpz5xB8eABJjVqxn9VHHzAu-yJxiWHM6U6NWusCAuC8tWjZocONlYj7wAi7BqK2bHe7Rl424_lCJNb0iwG1QhW28971OeF0F8x/s3798/IMG_9290.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="3798" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZm-Dh3dbfpjqob3tnR3lj_EJ0Y8Z3X2J72-L1gxuYlybWdsRVMcjPnFT8yKD3PiZEAXokZEvYWXMffX7i1ot08HfMzHLpz5xB8eABJjVqxn9VHHzAu-yJxiWHM6U6NWusCAuC8tWjZocONlYj7wAi7BqK2bHe7Rl424_lCJNb0iwG1QhW28971OeF0F8x/w640-h138/IMG_9290.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Eighty years ago, it seems Tank Destroyer command wanted the early version (T70) of the M18 evaluated under combat conditions, so they shipped three or five (sources vary) to the Anzio beachhead. These were issued to the 894th TD Battalion, who, concerned at their paper thin armour, attached them to their recon company.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheL8HdH2sFXadLTsGZERuIo59vXillgV15W5JF9-IU8v3ptVjttfjEBi_anESAmWA1sxuQlP6uqXxIKjMb_KaOWrgEesWrrHaskkiM4EJ6TDcAzOi973HpiH5reQWsiJsu9lXrsZMi_DMN6T2zMfT60LEv42jhfbzsF-pRJ-oXzu1AomxE2_9hM_8rCPH4/s650/894th_Gamel_and_Fitzgerald_in_M18_after_Rome-2946.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="650" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheL8HdH2sFXadLTsGZERuIo59vXillgV15W5JF9-IU8v3ptVjttfjEBi_anESAmWA1sxuQlP6uqXxIKjMb_KaOWrgEesWrrHaskkiM4EJ6TDcAzOi973HpiH5reQWsiJsu9lXrsZMi_DMN6T2zMfT60LEv42jhfbzsF-pRJ-oXzu1AomxE2_9hM_8rCPH4/w640-h336/894th_Gamel_and_Fitzgerald_in_M18_after_Rome-2946.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">894th M18 (later, in Rome)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This coincided with the a German counter-attack against the west of the bridgehead against the British 24th Infantry Brigade (Guards). The 894th were sent up to provide support to the 5th Bn. Grenadier Guards defending the outskirts of CARROCETO.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinilGQgYAh5PE_PVe2DpYt98LXLQjAWfeaxL3EdwUp_eDdVsv7xczGUeyF7F5sdn1iIqHu68rV2zQoMzHQvr3gVMD7eSEe3fX25ugTvAA8dnuhQWeoquHXq3lc_dWHMB1kqckaMK6fipMqAnmbdvHhw241lUkK_rCal15sLd_n5dY0LJE9Jf5WTnHOex_S/s766/Anzio%20bridgehead%2024%20Jan%201944%20Carroceto%20Crop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="766" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinilGQgYAh5PE_PVe2DpYt98LXLQjAWfeaxL3EdwUp_eDdVsv7xczGUeyF7F5sdn1iIqHu68rV2zQoMzHQvr3gVMD7eSEe3fX25ugTvAA8dnuhQWeoquHXq3lc_dWHMB1kqckaMK6fipMqAnmbdvHhw241lUkK_rCal15sLd_n5dY0LJE9Jf5WTnHOex_S/w640-h578/Anzio%20bridgehead%2024%20Jan%201944%20Carroceto%20Crop.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATitDmqAgJEC3BzQMMK42f7bXfvOYkr8HDtEEMbFGBEGORrAZTpD_MEbEZho0bEa3-URb35lomk8zQo6vbGfTqzF7RG2wUsPd4QzMCGbVbuYcq3S7LTF31cwSyhWg34B_-bbGXyqnuu_98nO_eqRaMHASIs6TolEx1xNv5JMd_1evkwuMtwWEYAFPGTUv/s617/Para%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="147" data-original-width="617" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATitDmqAgJEC3BzQMMK42f7bXfvOYkr8HDtEEMbFGBEGORrAZTpD_MEbEZho0bEa3-URb35lomk8zQo6vbGfTqzF7RG2wUsPd4QzMCGbVbuYcq3S7LTF31cwSyhWg34B_-bbGXyqnuu_98nO_eqRaMHASIs6TolEx1xNv5JMd_1evkwuMtwWEYAFPGTUv/w640-h152/Para%201.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This called for a small game as part of my commemorations of 1944 in 2024 attempting to echo particular actions on or about the same calendar date. This can provide rewarding historical insight into the relative length of the campaigns and the wider war.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXZrbtHQ0Vrc-vGQRNrVuHvdcHYwwL8jouLXuKv-8lkGaAOwAayCGmCwYd-7jJLeexmaeXXGNtpNJwNnABpCgc-jw61W3PnP-QDl1r4QRn5OZr8DGiGq2VYOVUMQcekg3QYWEbd6mG2EHo4m9sfH1Bb-WJsQxF-lhcEn-lswYJiiVmSe6zqGsrT4xze-w/s2862/IMG_9293.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2410" data-original-width="2862" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXZrbtHQ0Vrc-vGQRNrVuHvdcHYwwL8jouLXuKv-8lkGaAOwAayCGmCwYd-7jJLeexmaeXXGNtpNJwNnABpCgc-jw61W3PnP-QDl1r4QRn5OZr8DGiGq2VYOVUMQcekg3QYWEbd6mG2EHo4m9sfH1Bb-WJsQxF-lhcEn-lswYJiiVmSe6zqGsrT4xze-w/w640-h538/IMG_9293.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Wheeling out my fave <i>Buying Time</i> scenario, I put together a small 50 point force for the Allied defence of CARROCETO: a Platoon of Grenadier Guards, a 25 Pounder Battery to represent the 2nd Field Regiment RA, and of course our 894th Tank Destroyers complete with Hellcats!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdpfSAjRZFOOJpv2CMTR1qg-j9oZMGvv0wGX3N3HoWWuHNk7Som43il9yHxhL5Rv2Iyw-2ZDuu5GJwwyKBO0dFgQRKKOu9p11fric7DLhNZuG75e97O8OeHW-ayewNqPMkRiCodzeYvQKwGp9iLG_vmadLP4ykx5wiIRJLETDi_zsqo71zrwPakecZIJm/s2136/IMG_9294.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="2136" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdpfSAjRZFOOJpv2CMTR1qg-j9oZMGvv0wGX3N3HoWWuHNk7Som43il9yHxhL5Rv2Iyw-2ZDuu5GJwwyKBO0dFgQRKKOu9p11fric7DLhNZuG75e97O8OeHW-ayewNqPMkRiCodzeYvQKwGp9iLG_vmadLP4ykx5wiIRJLETDi_zsqo71zrwPakecZIJm/w640-h426/IMG_9294.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The German attackers of Kampfgruppe <i>FALKE</i> of the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division would come in at around twice the points: 2 infantry platoons, StuG company, Wespe battery and a single surviving Panther. </span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_KJpVzbiu1x6aW5MXS8XQ9RN4tR_6Xg24dUIy13SdVuuMk4KBviEItavqE1EdPUcI8-dTek6iDUVCYWqoKLSERHq4f4avBXbUFwLmukJKAcsYsBoY34sQXFZLw6F9Q1d3lVF5W9cG5fmk0lsRNGG7gTedk3WkKQNuY_eAz3mVlQy4eJqH1CY2Mf5_Uzd/s3865/IMG_9297.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1941" data-original-width="3865" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_KJpVzbiu1x6aW5MXS8XQ9RN4tR_6Xg24dUIy13SdVuuMk4KBviEItavqE1EdPUcI8-dTek6iDUVCYWqoKLSERHq4f4avBXbUFwLmukJKAcsYsBoY34sQXFZLw6F9Q1d3lVF5W9cG5fmk0lsRNGG7gTedk3WkKQNuY_eAz3mVlQy4eJqH1CY2Mf5_Uzd/w640-h322/IMG_9297.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_DxTTH_B2P_UQCQlCECAji1WEB0Yhvn5c2ZPV8-NoqcXHBT4D07JUIrLglfOU2ATz0DPiBIpyIprz08rAxSdbFKNvNN6NXiRobnbQr6JcH1brOlJA4X-dD1E_W7aU1F1xWvwAoopS8AJq15I5RnArMcb_wDrBWG-5NDtRSqIqPjdr7KVVTsvsXl82c5x/s739/olive-grove-winter-20379596.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="739" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_DxTTH_B2P_UQCQlCECAji1WEB0Yhvn5c2ZPV8-NoqcXHBT4D07JUIrLglfOU2ATz0DPiBIpyIprz08rAxSdbFKNvNN6NXiRobnbQr6JcH1brOlJA4X-dD1E_W7aU1F1xWvwAoopS8AJq15I5RnArMcb_wDrBWG-5NDtRSqIqPjdr7KVVTsvsXl82c5x/w320-h211/olive-grove-winter-20379596.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The area north of CARROCETO was flat and open, divided by a single track railway and a metalled road running N-S. The only cover was provided by numerous large olive groves, but in winter these would have been somewhat stripped back and not providing much in the way of a cross-check hazard. For this scenario they would not need a cross check and visibility would extend all the way through them. They would count as Terrain for dashing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjfJfwDcJZTKQjwnpwhFybSITX057_WMIa6FmH4Ac89uLxzdhbcntgj5ShuqtsFszSQewDpQKToFt_YerbSUywSwnj1jtODoURr4v7sV3j1tKOLsyzEU5LxJikqEnjlB2AmQh_4aVl6s78e9IyeUleSNgUF08I7PfUNwUgoT-6iFLMLYLylX7GWRqBnZd/s2136/IMG_9300.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1271" data-original-width="2136" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjfJfwDcJZTKQjwnpwhFybSITX057_WMIa6FmH4Ac89uLxzdhbcntgj5ShuqtsFszSQewDpQKToFt_YerbSUywSwnj1jtODoURr4v7sV3j1tKOLsyzEU5LxJikqEnjlB2AmQh_4aVl6s78e9IyeUleSNgUF08I7PfUNwUgoT-6iFLMLYLylX7GWRqBnZd/w640-h380/IMG_9300.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">With the enemy infantry expected to come up the more heavily groved left flank, the Grenadiers Rifle Platoon was placed in and around the left hand side of the village, PIAT team well to the fore covering the main road. The arty FOO was placed, as is traditional, in the Church tower.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoWm6HIhucIOgzHbcxSzy3C18aVd_iU2bkfP7zO7vtOhXStT4DLGLB46om1eJeGgPFMwGhDOSHJwqz-MH8heSQN2f5QgsLhBpPt_y94l3zSSvNYsekm0FkL35KlhucvP_fQam8X5lNard1QHzxIvN-kzgnV-F4Bvnn2euCFNMSy3cWBXf1YNEOjq1b_h5/s2629/IMG_9299.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2321" data-original-width="2629" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoWm6HIhucIOgzHbcxSzy3C18aVd_iU2bkfP7zO7vtOhXStT4DLGLB46om1eJeGgPFMwGhDOSHJwqz-MH8heSQN2f5QgsLhBpPt_y94l3zSSvNYsekm0FkL35KlhucvP_fQam8X5lNard1QHzxIvN-kzgnV-F4Bvnn2euCFNMSy3cWBXf1YNEOjq1b_h5/w640-h566/IMG_9299.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The guns themselves dug in around the village square.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wLyVLRSy_xYv6NglmDMBTHGSrNxn2Q9vju6lch-HVQp3oOYfJaAKy5Ks6K6YHTnDa-LoUZSmqGe1RFuqIpxUYoZjnANofnw5Tpvs3wCL5bHEG9s1bJ4DqnEZ0NikUVLG1_G7F-ROdEDCFErq94fgDJlvxPk29ZcKjONg6Uh748bPnGfi7cGoRmApS8jK/s3610/IMG_9302.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1938" data-original-width="3610" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wLyVLRSy_xYv6NglmDMBTHGSrNxn2Q9vju6lch-HVQp3oOYfJaAKy5Ks6K6YHTnDa-LoUZSmqGe1RFuqIpxUYoZjnANofnw5Tpvs3wCL5bHEG9s1bJ4DqnEZ0NikUVLG1_G7F-ROdEDCFErq94fgDJlvxPk29ZcKjONg6Uh748bPnGfi7cGoRmApS8jK/w640-h344/IMG_9302.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The 894th's security element was well forward also on the left flank to provide additional firepower against the panzer grenadiers expected to come this way...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaX2rnsogGW7cQsRevGYsGIDPpkfAOrq8rfqnrUcMGIxhiax8ivBmSIMqM5egtGh0XtWeZPLU6fNa8ZDBUv4E-aHq4XlMN2JExB9QLalZTt8dDjaFVUWfSEREr8ls4v680-pj0tzWsy2n6ZRm2OvlV0ppNYteVpU4P36k6t5KuvLVrkw1nVI7dqX6k7hV/s3385/IMG_9308.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1883" data-original-width="3385" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaX2rnsogGW7cQsRevGYsGIDPpkfAOrq8rfqnrUcMGIxhiax8ivBmSIMqM5egtGh0XtWeZPLU6fNa8ZDBUv4E-aHq4XlMN2JExB9QLalZTt8dDjaFVUWfSEREr8ls4v680-pj0tzWsy2n6ZRm2OvlV0ppNYteVpU4P36k6t5KuvLVrkw1nVI7dqX6k7hV/w640-h356/IMG_9308.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">On this occasion the Germans came on as expected, the armour going to their left flank which was comparatively open...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHe975JolSllIyL-D_2iZKpRU7i_OIPzAs-hE0kNaLzpaV24JRaqYcmxyBxbjU_5LO9pI9s_KGbme6sQhEj1h-jYPcqVLca1_cdIo6kdNEwO7DihaFNOPzKBArgojyIs5ug-pXhKlpSqs0IfmuT-A4D0X34WwFGQMbv_OksjqPkqanaWaz7UU2XLlsT5m8/s4272/IMG_9311.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="4272" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHe975JolSllIyL-D_2iZKpRU7i_OIPzAs-hE0kNaLzpaV24JRaqYcmxyBxbjU_5LO9pI9s_KGbme6sQhEj1h-jYPcqVLca1_cdIo6kdNEwO7DihaFNOPzKBArgojyIs5ug-pXhKlpSqs0IfmuT-A4D0X34WwFGQMbv_OksjqPkqanaWaz7UU2XLlsT5m8/w640-h294/IMG_9311.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Leaving the covered approach to the dismounted panzer-grenadiers. The Panther stood overwatch in the centre.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglegNYxOjUBIy752Hbs_KcyIsZ9HJ4lRaA60h7WJaDv01znPpRgq21BkR9LVDkoeqYTEKjRj5I0ytRCzZ90iNoJzxVWis05FqRkHrgVKRxgl3GV11Bbtw2V6k0iwIKqy-u7j8SvXTRBo_UXpUTArM4DCjAwp4Qu37OMd29bMa17sYN23vPBtNoEpQnJi9/s2820/IMG_9319.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2820" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglegNYxOjUBIy752Hbs_KcyIsZ9HJ4lRaA60h7WJaDv01znPpRgq21BkR9LVDkoeqYTEKjRj5I0ytRCzZ90iNoJzxVWis05FqRkHrgVKRxgl3GV11Bbtw2V6k0iwIKqy-u7j8SvXTRBo_UXpUTArM4DCjAwp4Qu37OMd29bMa17sYN23vPBtNoEpQnJi9/w640-h274/IMG_9319.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Hellcats sprang their ambush straight away, benefitting from the cover of the olive groves to confront the StuGs at short range.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Panzer Grenadiers trudged up, dodging artillery barrages in the gaps between groves.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPWPRCJypNuxEW3f1CpU2aXhG2hjAYGD4zZZBnCIpccjpZ7KoW4Js3lbZWLqQJfL9CLxhpZHMaFvJXTJUUGP41qSZuVruVXURSkAFLI2PKfeaqiVcEQJ-S9Jrj4YoNHA0VqSkXLCHeQaic17qKDL2JDrRMUJpoElyFQnFjDCDT0U-600oehSiY0b2b11_/s3780/IMG_9327.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2284" data-original-width="3780" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPWPRCJypNuxEW3f1CpU2aXhG2hjAYGD4zZZBnCIpccjpZ7KoW4Js3lbZWLqQJfL9CLxhpZHMaFvJXTJUUGP41qSZuVruVXURSkAFLI2PKfeaqiVcEQJ-S9Jrj4YoNHA0VqSkXLCHeQaic17qKDL2JDrRMUJpoElyFQnFjDCDT0U-600oehSiY0b2b11_/w640-h386/IMG_9327.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The ambush sprung to little avail, the Hellcats attempted to disengage, but the Panther's claws struck at long range!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-mjk7-cLhnfraEPHEjsH7v-1PoajStT7vnbclqbi5GZD75B-7ZZB5FsPgeqdGVCiIzxHn7IyykuQ1BP35jdj9ngi-Txdzt5jiW-N-G7MhL9QeaRfbMYnxEYe6O3qR8S59Gd2p8BuBqHbZKyyZFpyA9lDnG69NX3gFEjp9aTv6vxt6fVaB0eu13PC-0MA/s1914/IMG_9337.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="1914" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-mjk7-cLhnfraEPHEjsH7v-1PoajStT7vnbclqbi5GZD75B-7ZZB5FsPgeqdGVCiIzxHn7IyykuQ1BP35jdj9ngi-Txdzt5jiW-N-G7MhL9QeaRfbMYnxEYe6O3qR8S59Gd2p8BuBqHbZKyyZFpyA9lDnG69NX3gFEjp9aTv6vxt6fVaB0eu13PC-0MA/w640-h404/IMG_9337.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Now with only light armour in support, the 5th Grenadier Guards withdrew from their forward positions, and the Panther claimed the objective. A quick game is a good game, and this one followed the overall historical outcome to a surprising degree, as shown by the Presidential Unit Citation earned by 'B' Company of the 894th at Anzio:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTg0FWei2Kfq4vSRuuxQcIo2P_wkqt8r1kondo6umk2FieHZgaTW6AHDDHSctcCwBPl_8PDetsIss2dEfYTsjvmJ4SHNruiW9HwUhDyPOXMOHZwrw2R-npjK2MxYXGUBz7Sck3tcCeZe0v3mEQ5PKAoTe0IlmVsCVKjEXL8Y8_I-2Sf7_U5nPhXl3aAAn/s785/2024-01-14%2016_06_32-894th_-_B_Co._Pres_Unit_Citation_2.pdf%20-%20Profile%201%20-%20Microsoft%E2%80%8B%20Edge.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTg0FWei2Kfq4vSRuuxQcIo2P_wkqt8r1kondo6umk2FieHZgaTW6AHDDHSctcCwBPl_8PDetsIss2dEfYTsjvmJ4SHNruiW9HwUhDyPOXMOHZwrw2R-npjK2MxYXGUBz7Sck3tcCeZe0v3mEQ5PKAoTe0IlmVsCVKjEXL8Y8_I-2Sf7_U5nPhXl3aAAn/s16000/2024-01-14%2016_06_32-894th_-_B_Co._Pres_Unit_Citation_2.pdf%20-%20Profile%201%20-%20Microsoft%E2%80%8B%20Edge.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">A video version of this batrep is available on Youtube - 3mins duration:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d2_vZZ67ODI" width="320" youtube-src-id="d2_vZZ67ODI"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-8761284435772159902024-01-12T15:48:00.000+11:002024-01-12T15:48:04.145+11:00Valour and Fortitude: An Epic Antietam Dawn<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtVzblX92fXao2kByH5bkvwObyoT-DjseuWwhNkhj-l2Ltbxk4qQsoBpKg6UqDuDWz8YUNzoYtpXtx4W_S51X2C0Wl_XUskUYaWjbbLtpck6CyGY8BfnnqkSlbZenBR9GsXXtaSz5sJPlmZQlPhmXzrDD1R0uhonNPL4Ha5zNbyPutJRdfD1-OIq6EUUs/s3786/IMG_9276.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1827" data-original-width="3786" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtVzblX92fXao2kByH5bkvwObyoT-DjseuWwhNkhj-l2Ltbxk4qQsoBpKg6UqDuDWz8YUNzoYtpXtx4W_S51X2C0Wl_XUskUYaWjbbLtpck6CyGY8BfnnqkSlbZenBR9GsXXtaSz5sJPlmZQlPhmXzrDD1R0uhonNPL4Ha5zNbyPutJRdfD1-OIq6EUUs/w640-h308/IMG_9276.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This week at the Wollongong Wargamers the scheduled genre was 'Horse and Musket'. But there was only one 'horse' show in town - a mishmash game based on Hooker's I Corp's dawn attack at Antietam.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM06soPwhxHIy4ClUjlYrdUIpB-IVTP7PqaABZiCqlHMs1aZVVNS5AlrqwN4qQ9x4BdODaMGJWZ_DzSIZR4bRUeE7ZoSes4A62dEkeKWREf6yXR62qWN6BnXYWfsRt8xaTiBaeTJWIFmRVYBnOKSHSOnUN1TCRyu-qzwBwLQTZlExnibv9nR0HTX6rsJjY/s3722/Antietam0600crop.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3582" data-original-width="3722" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM06soPwhxHIy4ClUjlYrdUIpB-IVTP7PqaABZiCqlHMs1aZVVNS5AlrqwN4qQ9x4BdODaMGJWZ_DzSIZR4bRUeE7ZoSes4A62dEkeKWREf6yXR62qWN6BnXYWfsRt8xaTiBaeTJWIFmRVYBnOKSHSOnUN1TCRyu-qzwBwLQTZlExnibv9nR0HTX6rsJjY/w640-h616/Antietam0600crop.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9wVTvVzjY6COThNo5SmzQ1wHyrBLM_09zgJ_WONfer9XU0_cOKvdn5LU5YNOW_nC-CxlOrg_3zSlkSmwY2H19gDQOU4teS0_i6bn5JdcO7qTV33FeG8SUYiG0PcP3-9AI53Op_xxGpxFdl2AdfbyJHug_jJzJP53UcfyhzflwLIR6iTzYZ0OKxbF3_OB/s666/2024-01-12%2009_28_28-ANTIETAM%20-%20Word.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="396" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9wVTvVzjY6COThNo5SmzQ1wHyrBLM_09zgJ_WONfer9XU0_cOKvdn5LU5YNOW_nC-CxlOrg_3zSlkSmwY2H19gDQOU4teS0_i6bn5JdcO7qTV33FeG8SUYiG0PcP3-9AI53Op_xxGpxFdl2AdfbyJHug_jJzJP53UcfyhzflwLIR6iTzYZ0OKxbF3_OB/w238-h400/2024-01-12%2009_28_28-ANTIETAM%20-%20Word.png" width="238" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It was a mishmash for several reasons - we were impatient to apply Valour and Fortitude rules to the ACW, before those adaptions have been officially drafted. With V&F rules a lot of the period and army flavour comes with the Fate Cards, and these we made up, relying heavily on Sam Mustafa's action cards from his <i>Longstreet</i> ruleset. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The only significant collection of ACW we have is in Epic scale or smaller, so we were also trialling halving distances and ranges to see if that better suited this diminutive scale, in particular extending artillery ranges considerably - my pet project. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And if I'm honest, my ulterior motive was to stage a Horse and Musket epic to enthuse the group to get painting for the Epic scale Waterloo game I'm planning for the 210 anniversary next year!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">So just to be clear, we made up the rules, made up the ranges and distances, and tried to play a Corps level game in an evening - what could possibly go wrong?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu3bVcetlBs4ir6lwKW-ObBJgAmVLcZT2M05VHW-_BAhdxAsLbBcrVawgQPg2biV3e_4qz5zHb6djMyWbYfAbJH1OAGakp6jTwcbXU29hUbv0Mc3gpiUmfQeC_KseeGeUQ1UZFojgBa7I3BBk-2wXg4zqcg0mJgkzxqCl_q_Qg0U9DFCytD9bezIhR19o/s2504/IMG_9232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="2504" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu3bVcetlBs4ir6lwKW-ObBJgAmVLcZT2M05VHW-_BAhdxAsLbBcrVawgQPg2biV3e_4qz5zHb6djMyWbYfAbJH1OAGakp6jTwcbXU29hUbv0Mc3gpiUmfQeC_KseeGeUQ1UZFojgBa7I3BBk-2wXg4zqcg0mJgkzxqCl_q_Qg0U9DFCytD9bezIhR19o/w640-h292/IMG_9232.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">There were three objective markers placed: one at the Dunker Church, and two about a foot further North down each of the roads. Also with V&F rules defeat points are acquired each time a brigade fails a Fortitude test.</span></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRaybbGznXzLvmoD_Msp5Xsd-I4Way2gl0ee65YkCnKxI_pkex-klOK-cuLERQnUbmMYR6nRRC2R5GVLyXL1xlVkp62Fv4EgE9drifBQflxBrwKqMN22KiBx7tvoIt6dQE67FkDkcXYo-O8CQkzGcNxWtGSk1Q9uaSyMR7yPdpXnK6miPL7tgCspM2s81m/s2763/IMG_9237.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1553" data-original-width="2763" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRaybbGznXzLvmoD_Msp5Xsd-I4Way2gl0ee65YkCnKxI_pkex-klOK-cuLERQnUbmMYR6nRRC2R5GVLyXL1xlVkp62Fv4EgE9drifBQflxBrwKqMN22KiBx7tvoIt6dQE67FkDkcXYo-O8CQkzGcNxWtGSk1Q9uaSyMR7yPdpXnK6miPL7tgCspM2s81m/w640-h360/IMG_9237.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The northern part of this field of honour is heavily wooded. Despite agreeing that they would all be 'Open Woods', they still halved movement, which together with my halving of all 28mm measurements for Epic scale, meant that movement in line through woodlots would be a measly 2 inches!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZewMwpZHz7cQhf4plCVw4e9KvamBbLwcRoIG-ucdAvhuM8_RQtmTK073cc3Hwq_xwp4Q6HZz0cU0Jw45YILlaGDZOdcddpk816mxRTYZHELUZ2wfCXy1woO1h-fhkjXjj6jRIkob8WyenCOoUTcXHnDPSHx9C7PCY7EP5aWGAE2MVsDVyWxSwXxD22Dx/s3035/IMG_9238.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3035" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZewMwpZHz7cQhf4plCVw4e9KvamBbLwcRoIG-ucdAvhuM8_RQtmTK073cc3Hwq_xwp4Q6HZz0cU0Jw45YILlaGDZOdcddpk816mxRTYZHELUZ2wfCXy1woO1h-fhkjXjj6jRIkob8WyenCOoUTcXHnDPSHx9C7PCY7EP5aWGAE2MVsDVyWxSwXxD22Dx/w640-h388/IMG_9238.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Therefore the deploying armies kept to march columns longer than they might otherwise have done.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMxl-lccwUBpqCo9rB_Esxt7s3eWiLeFJvh52EgAAtCR5E72gkd1eAndr5fnaSzcIPZSoIrYKtShys1tfm-Kg6l7A08JKqO4ZhZzWc_RreyIQ2Xnnx89hqpdyp6KUkFJFMwYLuDX2w5tirVWv5_4luN9jKfngcTm1GPXKpJ3oVKq1uhFJbhxcLLJlkgh1p/s3899/IMG_9245.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="3899" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMxl-lccwUBpqCo9rB_Esxt7s3eWiLeFJvh52EgAAtCR5E72gkd1eAndr5fnaSzcIPZSoIrYKtShys1tfm-Kg6l7A08JKqO4ZhZzWc_RreyIQ2Xnnx89hqpdyp6KUkFJFMwYLuDX2w5tirVWv5_4luN9jKfngcTm1GPXKpJ3oVKq1uhFJbhxcLLJlkgh1p/w640-h296/IMG_9245.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Union team had superior numbers but deployment was a challenge caused by the bottleneck between East and West Woods.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However things must have looked daunting for the Rebels...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRZpH-xX-QQRII_EfC4SNZV4AzUG9BtcHF0Vr9LaZ6bXTh51D8NMLk4CtxAO3Rk50quM_-w7g1xwoiq-dd8W7bqQq-r6uUkSpAjBPeHNZlkRxUHgZncY2YYGUUsSUcTUDT-pBQv-cf15xKPfCBO6-fBvzPPDQIVf2LDGcLO8yn6z5XVvYGkpeYjwR_qbf/s4045/IMG_9255.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1487" data-original-width="4045" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRZpH-xX-QQRII_EfC4SNZV4AzUG9BtcHF0Vr9LaZ6bXTh51D8NMLk4CtxAO3Rk50quM_-w7g1xwoiq-dd8W7bqQq-r6uUkSpAjBPeHNZlkRxUHgZncY2YYGUUsSUcTUDT-pBQv-cf15xKPfCBO6-fBvzPPDQIVf2LDGcLO8yn6z5XVvYGkpeYjwR_qbf/w640-h236/IMG_9255.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But they managed to deploy their sole Artillery battalion to sweep the Cornfield.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPnnaLWYp57Bqy0ADPQCM1Prbdr5_9UBx5g5CeEfv0R9Viple8zdWihXV0S9EipbfwNr-R950xPgJ8qmb9_rZqj4u70IRfpTLCTjRIR3I9-lTjA9Kp3X2AzT0Sdc67bNqYRyR70BOFGQtdFCqOWCyotWMcqX4Ff1g3wr-wFOnm-fD3zQ4kaRyLd6yMr2c/s4205/IMG_9252.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1641" data-original-width="4205" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPnnaLWYp57Bqy0ADPQCM1Prbdr5_9UBx5g5CeEfv0R9Viple8zdWihXV0S9EipbfwNr-R950xPgJ8qmb9_rZqj4u70IRfpTLCTjRIR3I9-lTjA9Kp3X2AzT0Sdc67bNqYRyR70BOFGQtdFCqOWCyotWMcqX4Ff1g3wr-wFOnm-fD3zQ4kaRyLd6yMr2c/w640-h250/IMG_9252.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">With our home grown Army Lists and Fate Cards I had tried to emphasise Firepower over Melee to reflect the character of the ACW, and in that at least I succeeded in encouraging many firefights, all of which were quickly decisive, some deadly! </span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimy8wuG7r8QqUE1JaHFuimX6Fcv7CDmAbks6NXPEJyvD_o-MMBaTiz1lc1BaSltc92VgBj-KFoBA4-3JPvArWVAXOHRwBrMtCynBCAQNFep6sys3UlMJamjnH66XHl1PoUERQGo3YR1uAMdQdrflj7qrCzvHrUXpruYFH5RvHz-eOn-g3hgD_hZcA9bj0B/s2491/IMG_9257.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="2491" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimy8wuG7r8QqUE1JaHFuimX6Fcv7CDmAbks6NXPEJyvD_o-MMBaTiz1lc1BaSltc92VgBj-KFoBA4-3JPvArWVAXOHRwBrMtCynBCAQNFep6sys3UlMJamjnH66XHl1PoUERQGo3YR1uAMdQdrflj7qrCzvHrUXpruYFH5RvHz-eOn-g3hgD_hZcA9bj0B/w640-h366/IMG_9257.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">On the eastern side of the battlefield brigade activation went fine and the action hummed along, restrained only by crawling through the woodlots! But on the western half both sides struggled to activate their brigades turn after turn. One of Alan 'Doubleday's Brigadiers gave his command a protracted harangue - which got things moving!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PkqrN_aV4_I6aOeaFjOOEJl7-wmu1AIljAFxnJIkmmR96WAkKrTlytnM60Invv7zp-__ELuBNrKrmsycY7Rt7PMYL7mh_wwrXBOAvjb9E0mpFSD1QUqFz2SHN0AKrW_ZwuJAREyi38UW2pGSmlsYvn2g5rpxuMSvbnBHKUl0NZM1lV3bemB4gcpgXg87/s3319/IMG_9260.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2243" data-original-width="3319" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PkqrN_aV4_I6aOeaFjOOEJl7-wmu1AIljAFxnJIkmmR96WAkKrTlytnM60Invv7zp-__ELuBNrKrmsycY7Rt7PMYL7mh_wwrXBOAvjb9E0mpFSD1QUqFz2SHN0AKrW_ZwuJAREyi38UW2pGSmlsYvn2g5rpxuMSvbnBHKUl0NZM1lV3bemB4gcpgXg87/w640-h432/IMG_9260.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">So that a general firefight spread right across the table, interrupted by massed artillery over the Cornfield.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxK8r80QZ55EhTo9lr8vdJ_BIIsvo23dIuXQSVp-vgELklH7sEqygh9nNMIGYGIWG3hzqWMJAQF3g_4kTrHVmI8eTkeLdcpxE8DlucdKiGEKnJjUJMPZm4CHLzn30v-z1jXHWW0RnGXWR4q16a_1mXJZPNgeTkhma2j9lg80Myq2Mvlm-l667hVRCpOF7z/s2375/IMG_9263.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="2375" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxK8r80QZ55EhTo9lr8vdJ_BIIsvo23dIuXQSVp-vgELklH7sEqygh9nNMIGYGIWG3hzqWMJAQF3g_4kTrHVmI8eTkeLdcpxE8DlucdKiGEKnJjUJMPZm4CHLzn30v-z1jXHWW0RnGXWR4q16a_1mXJZPNgeTkhma2j9lg80Myq2Mvlm-l667hVRCpOF7z/w640-h416/IMG_9263.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">With Meade's Division arriving, the Confederates faced a sea of blue, but stuck to their rebel stand!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lnfe6lcteOGnnnPIcS7Wzz-pbKxkd8TN0vKJGAhIcMxwpbBN7RiLM6CcZ_I72KyMMbWQf8AdLpscWjJ9fWwVBT-MOmNnRdygOICbYoJsXhlEv3qUN0nw9kv3Ss7SbNziTOu4GHOrVouoZljz5U9SBkQfOmDAa-X85RMX2YGDADPTnyBDU3Y-TPUagOte/s1978/IMG_9267.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1978" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lnfe6lcteOGnnnPIcS7Wzz-pbKxkd8TN0vKJGAhIcMxwpbBN7RiLM6CcZ_I72KyMMbWQf8AdLpscWjJ9fWwVBT-MOmNnRdygOICbYoJsXhlEv3qUN0nw9kv3Ss7SbNziTOu4GHOrVouoZljz5U9SBkQfOmDAa-X85RMX2YGDADPTnyBDU3Y-TPUagOte/w640-h436/IMG_9267.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Locked in protracted firefights, both sides faced the agonising decision about whether to shoot or rally!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeTEAhVNY2D_fkgorusHNs2lz7QQCOQoOKEvPsH6q5o_ouigdt0YuqQi1ZBov3RjPl5cUC_1azsGsxPziea1rOfsKu4dyfmSigQxshFokRYCxFjcfSrvE4Ryyq3idryrtKz6xfUQK8FlAaYOV_nme87hV4ogA3EPlf8_bZh4_ulfkIvlJGnl5hfA-MSJs/s2561/IMG_9283.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="2561" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeTEAhVNY2D_fkgorusHNs2lz7QQCOQoOKEvPsH6q5o_ouigdt0YuqQi1ZBov3RjPl5cUC_1azsGsxPziea1rOfsKu4dyfmSigQxshFokRYCxFjcfSrvE4Ryyq3idryrtKz6xfUQK8FlAaYOV_nme87hV4ogA3EPlf8_bZh4_ulfkIvlJGnl5hfA-MSJs/w640-h274/IMG_9283.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Eventually managing to bring their superior numbers to bear, the Union forced a couple of Rebel regiments to rout, inflicting two defeat points on the Confederates.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSduWU_5hdXuKs6gg7kiIKqxLudfkPMeZzgbQnkKEKpwxlDHwDZUc2byFMYxUG-xSDqmEm8ohjLoIjXyTATKkaBZ3UF5UgMMsNUwAbGhUdXQIUlMENpRy3OSvddKjGZDs-dFGdS8p8XrS5k5RzrfqOzB-iq-olv6G3SmhvmFgCFXiwiIn9s19NxrJ6ert/s2497/IMG_9282.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1437" data-original-width="2497" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSduWU_5hdXuKs6gg7kiIKqxLudfkPMeZzgbQnkKEKpwxlDHwDZUc2byFMYxUG-xSDqmEm8ohjLoIjXyTATKkaBZ3UF5UgMMsNUwAbGhUdXQIUlMENpRy3OSvddKjGZDs-dFGdS8p8XrS5k5RzrfqOzB-iq-olv6G3SmhvmFgCFXiwiIn9s19NxrJ6ert/w640-h368/IMG_9282.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Given the size of the game and our inexperience with these rules, we called the game after two hours of play. The objectives were still held by the Rebs but with more time the game could have gone either way and the Bluebellies themselves were not far off accruing some Defeat Points themselves.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EzA-MqqSOY8Mcm6yyubej3aJWvL3R2F1nCZCZpB03HlqkI7NLcufa8XmXDCV4ysPtK0RMXyM0BZl-scBIaETSp4SW3caU_5e4nQ21uf4TZkilK0aybtmQXExAR7Fd__31WBuffbDVyuNm3tSHCVKKJcdqeZM0Z9-uoXvZf7Sa-jF3kV2WDiY6mBXjH6m/s2175/IMG_9272.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="2175" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EzA-MqqSOY8Mcm6yyubej3aJWvL3R2F1nCZCZpB03HlqkI7NLcufa8XmXDCV4ysPtK0RMXyM0BZl-scBIaETSp4SW3caU_5e4nQ21uf4TZkilK0aybtmQXExAR7Fd__31WBuffbDVyuNm3tSHCVKKJcdqeZM0Z9-uoXvZf7Sa-jF3kV2WDiY6mBXjH6m/w640-h376/IMG_9272.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">There were many lessons learnt. The Army Lists and Fate Cards certainly need some work, not least to align the system with the Napoleonic sets - I got a bit carried away! But these will probably be superseded by the official ones before too long... (All V&F rules and supporting material is available on the Perry Miniatures website). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXNRsEL4gDtLunqFUcq2qN3KejnOPs7UJ7VTph0z-PMeZ8q9fTNdp-L8Jo-dd9bxUIVae7DNQX0CWCO780aHxc9TQpt44qXAy6nYlQCGwu19i3HEHfJMg62663tF0HG8hpskwJZtre_pGSxUjxkuMrMseekGHs4UC4i5rOg8FBILAuA8ey6xB5g5tFVQL/s4130/IMG_9247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="4130" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXNRsEL4gDtLunqFUcq2qN3KejnOPs7UJ7VTph0z-PMeZ8q9fTNdp-L8Jo-dd9bxUIVae7DNQX0CWCO780aHxc9TQpt44qXAy6nYlQCGwu19i3HEHfJMg62663tF0HG8hpskwJZtre_pGSxUjxkuMrMseekGHs4UC4i5rOg8FBILAuA8ey6xB5g5tFVQL/w640-h212/IMG_9247.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans"; text-align: left;">A greater challenge is how best to adapt the distances and ranges for the Epic scale. V&F is clearly, and very effectively, written for playing 28mm figures on a large table. As recounted, my knee-jerk was to halve the 28mm ranges, but as well as causing some confusion, it also slowed the 'advance to contact'. More thought required here - one idea was to simply stick to the 28mm ones!</span></div></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuBohsC-83VuP0byGcdb_TjXo2q-X88fbt6vH8BBf-Ua7FaK_gqFe_hUnLdkeHPyrILCXQEs54VC0l8TlZTx9H_PFm2b_v5W89q3CPg3zoRjWmA03JRU9zaLaPaaLbZpPYAsm3CPLiv_2rzUq65Ns7kJGq8JMQpA54bglj3SNRIP_j1Nmh3IGqKUIVOni/s2392/IMG_9281.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="2392" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuBohsC-83VuP0byGcdb_TjXo2q-X88fbt6vH8BBf-Ua7FaK_gqFe_hUnLdkeHPyrILCXQEs54VC0l8TlZTx9H_PFm2b_v5W89q3CPg3zoRjWmA03JRU9zaLaPaaLbZpPYAsm3CPLiv_2rzUq65Ns7kJGq8JMQpA54bglj3SNRIP_j1Nmh3IGqKUIVOni/w640-h352/IMG_9281.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Despite these shortcomings, it was an enjoyable game and hopefully provided some inspiration for what is possible with these rules in the Epic universe!</span></div><p></p></div>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-8313893843198959982024-01-05T12:15:00.003+11:002024-01-05T12:15:31.635+11:00Flames of War 12mil: Kirovograd!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05W6ivh1wiyd65__1wK124YmAijOUOAhzRXUB-czgA49kN3U174GC2kannOTV7UL1IP5OPKHMtlR5JHQWUBR9At9WbLRognC3QLWZtF3wSfnOOcGNcWuFsgHOZg35vDTXhlukD6ZcuNuMcC70cTcMMzESqgN79k5gZ9rsjS6kUB7KLu6Id7fM_XKHMyqv/s3669/IMG_9221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1565" data-original-width="3669" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05W6ivh1wiyd65__1wK124YmAijOUOAhzRXUB-czgA49kN3U174GC2kannOTV7UL1IP5OPKHMtlR5JHQWUBR9At9WbLRognC3QLWZtF3wSfnOOcGNcWuFsgHOZg35vDTXhlukD6ZcuNuMcC70cTcMMzESqgN79k5gZ9rsjS6kUB7KLu6Id7fM_XKHMyqv/w640-h272/IMG_9221.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></p><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Eighty years ago, the Soviet Union’s ten grand offensives of 1944 started and ended in the south of the massive eastern front, concentrating on destroying Army Group South and the various splinter Army Groups it collapsed into. First the Western Ukraine from December ’43 to April ’44, and then the Carpathians and Budapest from August ’44 to February ’45.</span><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br />With only an overall superiority of 1.6 to 1, Soviet superior leadership and planning at strategic and operational levels repeatedly massed overwhelming local odds against a skilful and stubborn defence. Both sides maximised armour, artillery and close air support to make up for increasingly rare manpower, in a series of desperate, titanic armoured clashes that raged from the Dnepr then all the way 500 miles west to the Vistula.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju89xxdICKJPYYsOfg3-kmD0r9UynmSoue89VsJmeffoUkmW2juud9-wgeojemj27ZcVdMxjNZOL7HJ4Zzxr4hkmfpSbdPnIxxf-DcUvgj7hqvudYkAinttAmPhOE7Wl0NNuTMVlT9uH4zoWTG9Rp76SkC8KLvBAJnXaDM2vUwx9b9WaqM2AtEj4_0bumG/s2417/IMG_9186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2108" data-original-width="2417" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju89xxdICKJPYYsOfg3-kmD0r9UynmSoue89VsJmeffoUkmW2juud9-wgeojemj27ZcVdMxjNZOL7HJ4Zzxr4hkmfpSbdPnIxxf-DcUvgj7hqvudYkAinttAmPhOE7Wl0NNuTMVlT9uH4zoWTG9Rp76SkC8KLvBAJnXaDM2vUwx9b9WaqM2AtEj4_0bumG/w640-h558/IMG_9186.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">We join the northern pincer of Konev’s 2nd Ukrainian Front as the attack to surround Kirovograd is launched on the 5th January…</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWhBTD6G9biwdR7SP3wC2ZTCyGThOwEpWab_Zt5hb38pHw2KiIF9drD-ApGSae-yvALr4fXXstSikFuMe7oXRr150EVI3iKqh4h8YjW9A404iQmos9lSGf06qiLYRog9GxwK8C1H8kMlEM-Q__OOpH8M2aPR1LeJsX2KAhLIqaIgHHJ7j8xjM87Ud5kVC/w640-h426/IMG_9185.JPG" /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Mission is BUYING TIME, Germans defending…</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFINAfpP4dpce8FsdXz4GS1zTe7XbFO7IW3ZnI0X9r2uXgCudEUdemmD39fz8oqajtFfm_r6KuNiu6e-qFjVBjL8gwfx7PWV1jDfPxDj2z1kGR8sHOPIW4xgwPFhcygflMFpHrAWNYubPwPDXsvP-YNGgcxUTDEeH-PDGIEr9_oQJjT1MGtVVJcmxxDVCw/s1955/IMG_9188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="1955" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFINAfpP4dpce8FsdXz4GS1zTe7XbFO7IW3ZnI0X9r2uXgCudEUdemmD39fz8oqajtFfm_r6KuNiu6e-qFjVBjL8gwfx7PWV1jDfPxDj2z1kGR8sHOPIW4xgwPFhcygflMFpHrAWNYubPwPDXsvP-YNGgcxUTDEeH-PDGIEr9_oQJjT1MGtVVJcmxxDVCw/w640-h462/IMG_9188.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The temperature is below freezing so the snowy ground is hard, making for fast movement. The sky is clear, ideal flying weather. The terrain is flat and open - very open...</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2i4UHN-QZ5VOspSOdHeETmpT9kXGVTATE3k-j22k1i4ucDNvFUu2mBQaz2uCZQEl77BozygqqZ44aLWDC8rEanNEGT1_kvjrixVVPmJTCJsSb0Tukep911wywPXBWQBey8bfpuWBj-iAMH1GHJsWeNwfK3vGa7Mna0OD6orWijBDPMBDSMXwCzBQmdRb/s3095/IMG_9190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1938" data-original-width="3095" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2i4UHN-QZ5VOspSOdHeETmpT9kXGVTATE3k-j22k1i4ucDNvFUu2mBQaz2uCZQEl77BozygqqZ44aLWDC8rEanNEGT1_kvjrixVVPmJTCJsSb0Tukep911wywPXBWQBey8bfpuWBj-iAMH1GHJsWeNwfK3vGa7Mna0OD6orWijBDPMBDSMXwCzBQmdRb/w640-h400/IMG_9190.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Red Army has 220 points, including 21 T-34-85s. The Germans 110, mainly 7 Panthers. Despite the apparently hopeless odds, Darren volunteers to be the German player.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUmF8xYxjRP18KOdKby0Xt-ZBmBVUDihMZTpQEP2gsM0r6TUgkTT97Fih8qpRtpn7os26IbiLbeOq0OUjBunb9z8V4lgZHCHwhcyxK4tLYn_J_k-dcKFywHTBb3C0qsixdTOFxFH1bW9pQQP7B8QA9bLREGQKwVB_c7scc4FKh6Sw5mBUIYd_E8C-2ZG0/s2278/IMG_9193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="2278" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUmF8xYxjRP18KOdKby0Xt-ZBmBVUDihMZTpQEP2gsM0r6TUgkTT97Fih8qpRtpn7os26IbiLbeOq0OUjBunb9z8V4lgZHCHwhcyxK4tLYn_J_k-dcKFywHTBb3C0qsixdTOFxFH1bW9pQQP7B8QA9bLREGQKwVB_c7scc4FKh6Sw5mBUIYd_E8C-2ZG0/w640-h430/IMG_9193.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Stuart and Daniel, the Russian team, lose no time in launching an air strike. If this is successful, half of Darren's points could be wiped out in Turn 1! However the iron bombs are frozen solid to the cradles and the mission is aborted...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqQP5MrXMTnY7OACdCNbb1H7qpVXneiElDbXuZWQUKh1RWNr3lvMrEL8DnyZEBg1sBLyv-8VvDKrNsVFou4jP1uMfhe7ZBqeZccUMcWooFEcMs3GYb_2dwew4We98RtgNheO-qOEUJ6O7ATQN4d9xx48pYnFEWgJTadi4lvTDSmmqCZI8p0iVHw478InB/s2234/IMG_9197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="2234" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqQP5MrXMTnY7OACdCNbb1H7qpVXneiElDbXuZWQUKh1RWNr3lvMrEL8DnyZEBg1sBLyv-8VvDKrNsVFou4jP1uMfhe7ZBqeZccUMcWooFEcMs3GYb_2dwew4We98RtgNheO-qOEUJ6O7ATQN4d9xx48pYnFEWgJTadi4lvTDSmmqCZI8p0iVHw478InB/w640-h304/IMG_9197.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Russians instead rely on their trusty Tridsachetnies and Motor Rifles to cross the start line...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9yTCMJEBjDh2jn4bx1p75VbI_2vD2nMQ8YCvSHsa18YBAsz-fdzqK3Mtv4RkAfIabOB46Ibqss4b9W0Ag3uHFUaZEwXccde4zSHzlMsH87EUfs8Q6l67oG5iww6x7OrQNwhH5yb5mIlTpcLbfYi6j1L15gFImcMu0cSZa6dx_lxO6WHVGzxgS5NmYwMm/s3379/IMG_9198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="3379" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9yTCMJEBjDh2jn4bx1p75VbI_2vD2nMQ8YCvSHsa18YBAsz-fdzqK3Mtv4RkAfIabOB46Ibqss4b9W0Ag3uHFUaZEwXccde4zSHzlMsH87EUfs8Q6l67oG5iww6x7OrQNwhH5yb5mIlTpcLbfYi6j1L15gFImcMu0cSZa6dx_lxO6WHVGzxgS5NmYwMm/w640-h198/IMG_9198.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Darren, faced with overwhelming odds, deploys his ambush unit of PaK40s right away and they start whittling away at the T-34-85s that are making a beeline for the objective...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXkVziqTkB66hSbyjv5Yz_VuZIrh7mq3Rt_7faqI_mYjLvvpz0LAg-IeNaH0BlgK3rsGcoyS82TS4uJM91Y5uKfpn182zt97djpQsmOjg5gzYsbfaSSaC83s4nidfrIjcxkltOYunq_EIABwrRH39fwp2lnWA-91RMw0w1QYjqr1pZbYqweq-l3X-QJVK/s2972/IMG_9199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="2972" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXkVziqTkB66hSbyjv5Yz_VuZIrh7mq3Rt_7faqI_mYjLvvpz0LAg-IeNaH0BlgK3rsGcoyS82TS4uJM91Y5uKfpn182zt97djpQsmOjg5gzYsbfaSSaC83s4nidfrIjcxkltOYunq_EIABwrRH39fwp2lnWA-91RMw0w1QYjqr1pZbYqweq-l3X-QJVK/w640-h360/IMG_9199.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">A second strike from Frontal Aviation with cannon has more success, bailing out a Panther.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgciSrKd2lAEWieZtlMicQP0Tm5SP2y-H7q1BqJObCE7FumPjc2z1i_I8xdtyEbrovXLTkw0ULyTLE-f1u_YWBjp-mBAW5x8OPuGKhcnrdKEofl65DHwdMepXpbeDEs9ZC0nAaegcaFw6JiVAmd9e_jBlAz5D08yFztcjn0XTYr0fj_kfeE4N4gBo_i6W/s3363/IMG_9201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2267" data-original-width="3363" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgciSrKd2lAEWieZtlMicQP0Tm5SP2y-H7q1BqJObCE7FumPjc2z1i_I8xdtyEbrovXLTkw0ULyTLE-f1u_YWBjp-mBAW5x8OPuGKhcnrdKEofl65DHwdMepXpbeDEs9ZC0nAaegcaFw6JiVAmd9e_jBlAz5D08yFztcjn0XTYr0fj_kfeE4N4gBo_i6W/w640-h432/IMG_9201.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But combined with the PaKs, as soon as the Panthers get the range the T-34s, advancing across the wide open spaces of the Ukrainian steppe, have no chance...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0i1po4AziMOSzyr5TA4FmbNMrvPXbFQ_Bn0ea70zo-oVlyTtxmcgyu7Al2uIrlWvUTNhegXa7FF6EhyphenhyphenipqfjHdxoxrffKeu9i936aEU8o4HC_1-uNrWUO5KqHXGxqncc7DsL7GoFwaJ9tQqlW4WTd7xlNlUAueYBfRyiikSMhIgwsEziO3saK9EkH1Gy_/s3262/IMG_9202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2169" data-original-width="3262" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0i1po4AziMOSzyr5TA4FmbNMrvPXbFQ_Bn0ea70zo-oVlyTtxmcgyu7Al2uIrlWvUTNhegXa7FF6EhyphenhyphenipqfjHdxoxrffKeu9i936aEU8o4HC_1-uNrWUO5KqHXGxqncc7DsL7GoFwaJ9tQqlW4WTd7xlNlUAueYBfRyiikSMhIgwsEziO3saK9EkH1Gy_/w640-h426/IMG_9202.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The T-34-76s become a little more circumspect!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-xdNK3s5GlgSEJHF-rmxHIkP0orrk6pOkiBh5Ck1wdG5mrMaUvYajaHRfu-PEqqRN3cjJCWHcWQk0so9rHj-sd4kCAwKqq1QjIHLwF8LGrFuDmYG999MOPd_D4IzqB_9E5egtG4Ks1iD11ZvMTesFQ7Kl-XB3UdmxtpGn9hXsJqVV9orImIlkJQR6pj0/s2362/IMG_9204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="2362" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-xdNK3s5GlgSEJHF-rmxHIkP0orrk6pOkiBh5Ck1wdG5mrMaUvYajaHRfu-PEqqRN3cjJCWHcWQk0so9rHj-sd4kCAwKqq1QjIHLwF8LGrFuDmYG999MOPd_D4IzqB_9E5egtG4Ks1iD11ZvMTesFQ7Kl-XB3UdmxtpGn9hXsJqVV9orImIlkJQR6pj0/w640-h350/IMG_9204.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Much is riding on the flying tanks but they have yet to intervene decisively...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsu8acCqT53dOErYoqEydsOgy0FxQ6mC26_aMzyawGDFPxv4qp8c0SqUWGCc4j20DHlPh0ddMDfHPjPILlIEjtlsb_Tnw8keUR2r1maOa9JScY4VjRXz1PmaM8yoiROQTwig_9gEfQA7ctB6JzZ8xGetvwOlXxQ_TJgAy5wj5JHXKJgCnHtd4Wbqw6p63T/s2846/IMG_9206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="2846" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsu8acCqT53dOErYoqEydsOgy0FxQ6mC26_aMzyawGDFPxv4qp8c0SqUWGCc4j20DHlPh0ddMDfHPjPILlIEjtlsb_Tnw8keUR2r1maOa9JScY4VjRXz1PmaM8yoiROQTwig_9gEfQA7ctB6JzZ8xGetvwOlXxQ_TJgAy5wj5JHXKJgCnHtd4Wbqw6p63T/w640-h336/IMG_9206.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">At this point the Russian team realise the Germans won't be a pushover - but they are alert rather than alarmed!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsU7bf9HklSjzTO_S1fTHk9zmHQDyQSho-GBjzViDqJEzc4yYr1SVx8yCFk0P4lUZYfHxabMB0EzS4jna2uHciC_9HhZXn-iNWTS7846Y5rS0SczMJMwLxAAogYFkf-3Su0VDlEYabCFyaHChBipZOPzeN-zenWEmQ2jWnEKrRWLFhnPjrdzoB4mmwP33l/s3420/IMG_9210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="3420" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsU7bf9HklSjzTO_S1fTHk9zmHQDyQSho-GBjzViDqJEzc4yYr1SVx8yCFk0P4lUZYfHxabMB0EzS4jna2uHciC_9HhZXn-iNWTS7846Y5rS0SczMJMwLxAAogYFkf-3Su0VDlEYabCFyaHChBipZOPzeN-zenWEmQ2jWnEKrRWLFhnPjrdzoB4mmwP33l/w640-h324/IMG_9210.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Coordinating advances by both formations of T-34 and the Motor Rifles, and with the guns of the Red God of War having continuously pummelled the Panzer Grenadiers dug in around the objective, they break cover for the objective...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RAVqo93ioG8lr6TBOSYJGxVL3lNIcO7_R4oiHeaJ_5ug-42gswXwecds6qE1qk9zhP0Fq0HMsxatNhtlAL2bhFFmu93FT1Tt_mXA-95m2W40C_YQwqJTIW3YZmM4FXC7WkHMvJlla-kHP3G1SGbWmIK4U6enqRH8zhhBWLjEqoqoS8mjJbRS_13xzez7/s4272/IMG_9215.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1291" data-original-width="4272" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RAVqo93ioG8lr6TBOSYJGxVL3lNIcO7_R4oiHeaJ_5ug-42gswXwecds6qE1qk9zhP0Fq0HMsxatNhtlAL2bhFFmu93FT1Tt_mXA-95m2W40C_YQwqJTIW3YZmM4FXC7WkHMvJlla-kHP3G1SGbWmIK4U6enqRH8zhhBWLjEqoqoS8mjJbRS_13xzez7/w640-h194/IMG_9215.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However its the Luftwaffe's turn to strike!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgkXJXFtkZAXCaAtU92zsTV7F22ddSYpSWTvTSJwN6LAHbLhX8BE-JypQFfcV9eFfgDqy5OSJEefNTzQZew_qHbHQuVHWhwd1aQjLRt-_zNYJSGwQ7ofmKC8UAdtkHEidZdrQPhLmaVFN7QxWgfNcEDsiK7iLFbXyc47uOzxCu0eQOejguSXF10puCM6w/s3880/IMG_9217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1291" data-original-width="3880" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgkXJXFtkZAXCaAtU92zsTV7F22ddSYpSWTvTSJwN6LAHbLhX8BE-JypQFfcV9eFfgDqy5OSJEefNTzQZew_qHbHQuVHWhwd1aQjLRt-_zNYJSGwQ7ofmKC8UAdtkHEidZdrQPhLmaVFN7QxWgfNcEDsiK7iLFbXyc47uOzxCu0eQOejguSXF10puCM6w/w640-h212/IMG_9217.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">They strike deep! Surviving T-34-76s desperately charge the Panthers and bag one with a side shot. </span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKVjod3ZChnlbVux3-HspBvV5PAqJixfUJvBNmA-qfpRKwijRhMc_yLEEJl9ACwk_Nh-J6DpCfAK8_M_pB70z84QD6ksoXQQ_y5X0m-z3fU1YH-BPfmsslA0vGlISAxsZvzoTgPP_eDNdV0bUmDKUbJDxaLcKQg9rnowIHHoT4gwt4jRSGFVCtfY1DtiP/s2512/IMG_9224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1698" data-original-width="2512" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKVjod3ZChnlbVux3-HspBvV5PAqJixfUJvBNmA-qfpRKwijRhMc_yLEEJl9ACwk_Nh-J6DpCfAK8_M_pB70z84QD6ksoXQQ_y5X0m-z3fU1YH-BPfmsslA0vGlISAxsZvzoTgPP_eDNdV0bUmDKUbJDxaLcKQg9rnowIHHoT4gwt4jRSGFVCtfY1DtiP/w640-h432/IMG_9224.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Despite having to abandon the objective, the firepower of the Panthers and PaKs manages to stall the attack. With neither side's victory conditions met, this is a hard fought draw! </span></div></div>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-56400190514013172302023-12-22T13:13:00.000+11:002023-12-22T13:13:51.632+11:00Valeur et Fortitude: Busaco - Reynier Attacks!<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlPSXx0R5dxbFWuH2lJ-e35joT54pcawEdsIBzV7_wZmvX8jeK_BE0u8lhvxaF379we5aGwOIIxonKzkh9Sd-M5NbXzYbzXeLd4bhrUdEc0U_ZhAdTPSaWuBIDbv-x7Ft2MqU781_65FBqHAiPH7IH20hWtorEUbo65NkbGioJdta2p2bSNl5278DaeQH/s3231/IMG_9155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="3231" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlPSXx0R5dxbFWuH2lJ-e35joT54pcawEdsIBzV7_wZmvX8jeK_BE0u8lhvxaF379we5aGwOIIxonKzkh9Sd-M5NbXzYbzXeLd4bhrUdEc0U_ZhAdTPSaWuBIDbv-x7Ft2MqU781_65FBqHAiPH7IH20hWtorEUbo65NkbGioJdta2p2bSNl5278DaeQH/w640-h372/IMG_9155.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Its probably getting a little late in the year to call in the Wollongong Wargamers faithful for another game, particularly as we had such a good Christmas social and quiz last week, but a couple of us were keen to swiftly reinforce our Valour and Fortitude learnings after our Friedland game...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7NCF60n9IrovoZUxnPCs2yIFD9Bom4x0UxZ-UJMIxrOaFlaXdzGCxGZ2pFIA51LiACBVsSmosBCCbZEc-Td8cFnM96mVHLH_XZMBgD5LjBLPZIEGhtLW42yOPIxbwmat9c3703FNOwBFS4hu8tRbqShFO33Bzw2dEtj_IiZxXk_HZo2ADFrKhGvkqwVQ/s596/Bussaco%20scenario.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="406" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7NCF60n9IrovoZUxnPCs2yIFD9Bom4x0UxZ-UJMIxrOaFlaXdzGCxGZ2pFIA51LiACBVsSmosBCCbZEc-Td8cFnM96mVHLH_XZMBgD5LjBLPZIEGhtLW42yOPIxbwmat9c3703FNOwBFS4hu8tRbqShFO33Bzw2dEtj_IiZxXk_HZo2ADFrKhGvkqwVQ/w436-h640/Bussaco%20scenario.png" width="436" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Given that the objective once again was to master the rules and see how they handled a large game I didn't spend too much time on the scenario and army lists - we would just smash Reynier's Corps up the steep slopes of the Busaco ridge against Picton's Division.</span><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqp2VXHy6d8MWZXpz-SYQ6PLfvdWto2PJF5-qKQcrwk1oRdUD5Nk22bAxTDSDVUrtNXtOodSclJAFhtYwxsQ9QSiolZggDMpp_5UtAqy5sfBzIs9j-LvxwLRT9Qpiu_zx3kl3mVsHYKyg05ZFIynZBCncy6fa_roPcGz8x6LAshRutZgFVX-2Oi5IeQPu/s720/9d50826dc95341bf9c13253e9f28652d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="720" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqp2VXHy6d8MWZXpz-SYQ6PLfvdWto2PJF5-qKQcrwk1oRdUD5Nk22bAxTDSDVUrtNXtOodSclJAFhtYwxsQ9QSiolZggDMpp_5UtAqy5sfBzIs9j-LvxwLRT9Qpiu_zx3kl3mVsHYKyg05ZFIynZBCncy6fa_roPcGz8x6LAshRutZgFVX-2Oi5IeQPu/w640-h440/9d50826dc95341bf9c13253e9f28652d.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Elements of Leith's Division, twiddling their thumbs, would arrive to reinforce the Anglo-Portuguese line. I had envisaged a 'what-if' twist with Marchand's Division of Ney's Corps losing its bearings and supporting Reynier, but time did not permit on this occasion...</span><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzefGyjHDPuk4dyrOQ45q8ojRN4bzsrO7nztJkQ663nIWZ3NM3BtxUsLpixxSgft-GPkVXUDKPSV_vpKsrtSkti2pgIyIKQuBEkfVJkzt0sv5VqPb_9-6nmQrwYsqDgiuuZBWDQFj5LhsIquKy62bMEBKDz4yo9l-pfMK8WNb-1miYPiz8G0TMquPgRsG/s3849/IMG_9133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1543" data-original-width="3849" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzefGyjHDPuk4dyrOQ45q8ojRN4bzsrO7nztJkQ663nIWZ3NM3BtxUsLpixxSgft-GPkVXUDKPSV_vpKsrtSkti2pgIyIKQuBEkfVJkzt0sv5VqPb_9-6nmQrwYsqDgiuuZBWDQFj5LhsIquKy62bMEBKDz4yo9l-pfMK8WNb-1miYPiz8G0TMquPgRsG/w640-h256/IMG_9133.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I'm afraid with my 2D approach to topography these days you'll have to use your imagination to visualise the steep Busaco Ridge - it's represented by the area covered in flock and edged by trees!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-fuQ45lmXzTdpbAHmEBNU2SLyBMWGi3Gfj_GxHvKJCanoKf5mwuVhSIwwG6Lnp3-XaeodrV3lg6Sjy5bhYyuYaHcCrmUyR2uiK3vr0e4E-qqKrW5E_dYA2GPIU0fq3iqp8w8-nIBzoKWJ2QgzsQH15QnWariSGYCFMQZXO7g66HS3ntMt2_ItzBKbo4Y/s2168/IMG_9143.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="2168" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-fuQ45lmXzTdpbAHmEBNU2SLyBMWGi3Gfj_GxHvKJCanoKf5mwuVhSIwwG6Lnp3-XaeodrV3lg6Sjy5bhYyuYaHcCrmUyR2uiK3vr0e4E-qqKrW5E_dYA2GPIU0fq3iqp8w8-nIBzoKWJ2QgzsQH15QnWariSGYCFMQZXO7g66HS3ntMt2_ItzBKbo4Y/w640-h358/IMG_9143.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">An interesting thing about Busaco 1810 was that it was the first acid test of the reformed Portuguese Army. Famously, the 'fighting cocks of the army' as Wellington then dubbed them passed with flying colours so we simply gave them British Line stats.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanuGSXJ_Vf5kyRPaWZPCNetzr-lkpC8syoD2_AdypKOYy_fo4lNk4rw04zI_-UrhMk8G6OLhVea9zupuEtNdX7Er1GKEuk1NBox4qDFVVBPZSGYdIM8rGfUIvs-BF9KRfDQRUSqTyz7TCbytELa8mWWplO-MApmsWGwVPfrIcA_xL_MIyzrTXPw7q42R8/s3695/IMG_9145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="3695" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanuGSXJ_Vf5kyRPaWZPCNetzr-lkpC8syoD2_AdypKOYy_fo4lNk4rw04zI_-UrhMk8G6OLhVea9zupuEtNdX7Er1GKEuk1NBox4qDFVVBPZSGYdIM8rGfUIvs-BF9KRfDQRUSqTyz7TCbytELa8mWWplO-MApmsWGwVPfrIcA_xL_MIyzrTXPw7q42R8/w640-h252/IMG_9145.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">David suggested we allocate teams by rolling dice - since the British were up on the ridge the 3 highest rolling players would be Anglo-Portuguese, the 3 lowest the French! </span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJHRjpHP7R6CO8i6nO8q2qPDVqx3xeYYCTS9LTcWTye7kN6BqaC_ys511Gh3ievAaqOj3NdBf3z6f0lmAo0_yK8xWq-Ta5rFIIO9kKEeDrGgzw60-QUhOfJBGS4YAaSwGk2wIQJCwcSXBj1cb0XLPCOZHjT82kqBxcDeKhmOA5PYxenyaQ25_gyCACDP8/s3810/IMG_9148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1259" data-original-width="3810" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJHRjpHP7R6CO8i6nO8q2qPDVqx3xeYYCTS9LTcWTye7kN6BqaC_ys511Gh3ievAaqOj3NdBf3z6f0lmAo0_yK8xWq-Ta5rFIIO9kKEeDrGgzw60-QUhOfJBGS4YAaSwGk2wIQJCwcSXBj1cb0XLPCOZHjT82kqBxcDeKhmOA5PYxenyaQ25_gyCACDP8/w640-h212/IMG_9148.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Since Leith's Division wouldn't arrive until Turn 3 I attempted to close rapidly against Picton's open southern flank...not easy on a mountainside!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7w4Vg_tpQkcecPMo6TAMKb2oLS3U1KvwkRQUzuOgTTAKtc9uRxxcTrTg7Zu6Mg4ZJALY5oKSKek7BlxX8PQd4mt_yGHDtKr65wgQ5OZ3lz6XZuGKkpIEejVqGlpA6sJR2TyqOsDehyphenhyphenoHuuFph3G2_Q5PJ585e_PAfLHh_Ivu5vKT4ZrdxQRkjzKkdF6s/s3300/IMG_9161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1647" data-original-width="3300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7w4Vg_tpQkcecPMo6TAMKb2oLS3U1KvwkRQUzuOgTTAKtc9uRxxcTrTg7Zu6Mg4ZJALY5oKSKek7BlxX8PQd4mt_yGHDtKr65wgQ5OZ3lz6XZuGKkpIEejVqGlpA6sJR2TyqOsDehyphenhyphenoHuuFph3G2_Q5PJ585e_PAfLHh_Ivu5vKT4ZrdxQRkjzKkdF6s/w640-h320/IMG_9161.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But Daniel was on to me and extended his Portuguese brigade and then commandeered the first few units of Leith's Division as they arrived in the nick of time...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurHVhckvbjYgPsTN6MNni4gVq-9TXjj8tPShirQeZfcJC-8eyj0IV8aiLHRUNxLTPRTlKw9xOmZncB49fDuq8Y3ssRCN_LsxZdZoNxOkEW_2N1QxAwFAyuj7elCHW6gRfftOkHA-xGz1FJxfQIK6yq2oYgJ1j_3Y7KUsB0eziflhY4hladjMjel7Dfh0G/s3536/IMG_9163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="3536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurHVhckvbjYgPsTN6MNni4gVq-9TXjj8tPShirQeZfcJC-8eyj0IV8aiLHRUNxLTPRTlKw9xOmZncB49fDuq8Y3ssRCN_LsxZdZoNxOkEW_2N1QxAwFAyuj7elCHW6gRfftOkHA-xGz1FJxfQIK6yq2oYgJ1j_3Y7KUsB0eziflhY4hladjMjel7Dfh0G/w640-h240/IMG_9163.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The RHA battery was particularly deadly firing down on my attack columns...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmBt6TOhliJPpemTPtY3Bmjjh8Z_4MaYp6bPBHRSHT3k5KvML8GfgF5Ari_RyQSeBjXv9B5TwqPx7l8ThDPM_fQsntlkMSfUN9JhMKtFyibrFFFYsDldzn2LRv4Q3jbrCblsfa09cdiVj14A10pyyJg6VNYtLTBhIGXMjC5oga3PmDFkhNDFNZvAP30lc/s2356/IMG_9165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2356" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmBt6TOhliJPpemTPtY3Bmjjh8Z_4MaYp6bPBHRSHT3k5KvML8GfgF5Ari_RyQSeBjXv9B5TwqPx7l8ThDPM_fQsntlkMSfUN9JhMKtFyibrFFFYsDldzn2LRv4Q3jbrCblsfa09cdiVj14A10pyyJg6VNYtLTBhIGXMjC5oga3PmDFkhNDFNZvAP30lc/w640-h418/IMG_9165.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">With the open flank secured it became a traditional column vs line engagement as we French 'came on in the same old style' - at least it looked good...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHJIXzl0iuT0V64WaiFO68juD8qd2My-RVx9Lc0UZIj2UgRiEdcE4D5uWc1X_Igm1zWil-aVlv35Tw8p0cTkN74D8LFZH3dydTeJm9UltMnrTd-lCgk9VFNo6EcgaNGuW_WBgdqxNYcae_egxBqFqaJOHrLtiibJt37s1onI-XiR5KOEPm_5t6uqurQv5/s2319/IMG_9168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="2319" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHJIXzl0iuT0V64WaiFO68juD8qd2My-RVx9Lc0UZIj2UgRiEdcE4D5uWc1X_Igm1zWil-aVlv35Tw8p0cTkN74D8LFZH3dydTeJm9UltMnrTd-lCgk9VFNo6EcgaNGuW_WBgdqxNYcae_egxBqFqaJOHrLtiibJt37s1onI-XiR5KOEPm_5t6uqurQv5/w640-h416/IMG_9168.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Whilst Caesar, our CinC, and myself put in some charges more in hope than expectation, right up on the northern flank Darren came within an inch of success, but Alan's deft fate card playing pulled his chestnuts out of the fire.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7E1pfJT9idL-Xd9mZMy0VJN4vWOvpiV5OnMpq2C1PQuFQ9Co_ZtIe8fBO6-RsJWALPvBHl7YENAU5uYpBn098UiA3ZHQa5n9tRBAsbCGQrOYyj-niSEXWudLgg4bney4dGuN_cps47A4YYc8pgAmxwD0DpW9fAO731Cba7CEprIuviL_htnubBhlDnGrA/s2812/IMG_9170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2812" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7E1pfJT9idL-Xd9mZMy0VJN4vWOvpiV5OnMpq2C1PQuFQ9Co_ZtIe8fBO6-RsJWALPvBHl7YENAU5uYpBn098UiA3ZHQa5n9tRBAsbCGQrOYyj-niSEXWudLgg4bney4dGuN_cps47A4YYc8pgAmxwD0DpW9fAO731Cba7CEprIuviL_htnubBhlDnGrA/w640-h350/IMG_9170.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Even with a novice player and the rest of us pretty inexperienced, in a game of this size we still managed to play seven moves in 2 hours, so were impressed with the speed and simplicity of the rules. </span><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";">Did they deliver an authentic outcome? Looking at the ruins of my two brigades, I'm afraid I'd have to say so!</span></div><p></p></div>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-62938936864126062152023-12-02T15:00:00.008+11:002023-12-02T15:03:09.267+11:002023 - My wargaming retrospective<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrAZGqbebywhTJ_0YQMIRH1ZIN5jcv-qJthKaSdGVqmWX0-QXIOkvv-sA_Nv9HEYzLTNNEi85hP4IW5Rmni9GB6NvdzAmk0O0XJHxZGBeCyYp38anbAy0Hw_1N0Ot_pjbfTkjk_HWR8IZBhDnGVMdtTmTV-H78Oa2Q8QstMlW4BZuYGf-8J3YKZgH_SLf/s3481/IMG_4505.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1929" data-original-width="3481" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrAZGqbebywhTJ_0YQMIRH1ZIN5jcv-qJthKaSdGVqmWX0-QXIOkvv-sA_Nv9HEYzLTNNEi85hP4IW5Rmni9GB6NvdzAmk0O0XJHxZGBeCyYp38anbAy0Hw_1N0Ot_pjbfTkjk_HWR8IZBhDnGVMdtTmTV-H78Oa2Q8QstMlW4BZuYGf-8J3YKZgH_SLf/w640-h354/IMG_4505.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This post attempts to review my, and my club's, wargaming activities of 2023. Above you can see the Wollongong Wargamers celebrating two of our founding fathers: Alan in the Mad Max T, and Caesar, whose 50th it was, on his right. </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvpNd-E_-7l64DwEUunNc4PXWkmwZQXb1cBrBLsW7O2kVIyWymaFGdKMsh8yi8gKLNBAbVfo8UPkJj0TLJ2Gaob00iCZ-zUphC6WuBUnWg2GAohLL9_eWbBPpoauEe8kcwN2K7_4njlsNLWr_sY_R1__AVrIS4U1-0ON8uh57TomBJa_gkiPx1h0Xzxhc/s637/Epic%20Gettysburg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="637" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvpNd-E_-7l64DwEUunNc4PXWkmwZQXb1cBrBLsW7O2kVIyWymaFGdKMsh8yi8gKLNBAbVfo8UPkJj0TLJ2Gaob00iCZ-zUphC6WuBUnWg2GAohLL9_eWbBPpoauEe8kcwN2K7_4njlsNLWr_sY_R1__AVrIS4U1-0ON8uh57TomBJa_gkiPx1h0Xzxhc/w640-h156/Epic%20Gettysburg.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">As I compose this blog post my overriding sense is of gratitude to my club members and the local and world wide wargaming community in general who make this hobby what it is. (But I do also refer to some solo games if I think they may be of interest!) I generally haven't linked to specific blogs of battles mentioned, if further interested please browse by scale or genre using the 'Label grid' above. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qSmbfYxj_UOoSiKSp6UGi8bKV_WDIsA3ZwFpvNdkTEkSOLC8KYZ-nKiooa2NBLGA-FFleHf5V3ROppBGJPmsX6tckRhroR0Glr6ksfKyZqtl_UWnKLb_OMh6-Zg8drRr9iVTeNrqCV6TWACdFO6ad4g31U8Rlq9SW8n690JsZ8XHP3Bv5rqa4XpG9vZR/s639/Epic%20Gettys%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="639" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qSmbfYxj_UOoSiKSp6UGi8bKV_WDIsA3ZwFpvNdkTEkSOLC8KYZ-nKiooa2NBLGA-FFleHf5V3ROppBGJPmsX6tckRhroR0Glr6ksfKyZqtl_UWnKLb_OMh6-Zg8drRr9iVTeNrqCV6TWACdFO6ad4g31U8Rlq9SW8n690JsZ8XHP3Bv5rqa4XpG9vZR/w640-h518/Epic%20Gettys%202.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">By far and away the biggest event of 2023 for me was our two day <i>Gettysburg The Second Day</i> 160th game we staged at the Campbelltown Hall of Heroes FLGS. Using Epic scale minis, it was, well, Epic! For more details on this game please see the <a href="https://warlord-community.warlordgames.com/gettysburg-down-under-black-powder-epic-battles-mega-game/" target="_blank">Warlord Games Article here</a>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvsTNV1-WbuJ5lc1A-4iTqEbVaRUD_Js7Fwpi3WyT9B9jxozsX_PpCvXN1rps4RBsAc8pmHtMDssh0HV26K7FXxtSPzke8Y6HwV9WaCP76FMXxHqYEMJO9ysW-ctkrPN8m7HyhiARZm0jJsb5a9zn3ZgeImCMQtxtBa7_xkLJETUmHy6uAg6WofQGjehR/s640/EPIC%20Port%20Republic.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="640" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvsTNV1-WbuJ5lc1A-4iTqEbVaRUD_Js7Fwpi3WyT9B9jxozsX_PpCvXN1rps4RBsAc8pmHtMDssh0HV26K7FXxtSPzke8Y6HwV9WaCP76FMXxHqYEMJO9ysW-ctkrPN8m7HyhiARZm0jJsb5a9zn3ZgeImCMQtxtBa7_xkLJETUmHy6uAg6WofQGjehR/w640-h420/EPIC%20Port%20Republic.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Whilst this post is thematic rather than chronological, the Gettysburg game did emerge from the tail end of the Shenandoah Valley campaign with which the Wollongong Wargamers started the year: above - Port Republic, below - Cross Keys:</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWY_Cz72teZcIPbrJdubTKJ_i9zeFaDXr5NQ5GMhT_GODFXNks0oMY121ZZH3IFX3Ks5KI5EQO0AdU7augoy53iX_nraPchCDHN995oQKRCSgVqsVh2fT26pzRxwK8suQq6sfuLwKUc-3dIJ0AqVWi_02fvCkBZ6pGN9ciKxTUFX786F0xrQjx1jL9NbV/s639/Cross%20Keys.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="639" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWY_Cz72teZcIPbrJdubTKJ_i9zeFaDXr5NQ5GMhT_GODFXNks0oMY121ZZH3IFX3Ks5KI5EQO0AdU7augoy53iX_nraPchCDHN995oQKRCSgVqsVh2fT26pzRxwK8suQq6sfuLwKUc-3dIJ0AqVWi_02fvCkBZ6pGN9ciKxTUFX786F0xrQjx1jL9NbV/w640-h350/Cross%20Keys.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">For fictional ACW campaigns, I came up with the idea of translating HP Lovecraft's mysterious and isolated Miskatonic valley several hundred miles further south down the American Atlantic seaboard to provide the cockpit for further smaller battles:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9biUmhpJ_pLvZuIMMxkkHEhgy2xqKIM9yVwkUbfsWB7jbbPzTMmfnMpoY2wHT2Roo4IJWT4e9-llImUc46cWvniKOEB2gY2F09MYRoepN4eftm1yYYjeCuc8jExlKdxcC0So8F_jVICr-wNZbQECytuGfCNMRS8p8B0Ne-asGKkOV5M58tWdYv2BhBSRp/s3666/IMG_8749.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="3666" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9biUmhpJ_pLvZuIMMxkkHEhgy2xqKIM9yVwkUbfsWB7jbbPzTMmfnMpoY2wHT2Roo4IJWT4e9-llImUc46cWvniKOEB2gY2F09MYRoepN4eftm1yYYjeCuc8jExlKdxcC0So8F_jVICr-wNZbQECytuGfCNMRS8p8B0Ne-asGKkOV5M58tWdYv2BhBSRp/w640-h282/IMG_8749.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Sticking to the Horse 'n Musket theme, Lasalle 2 remains a favourite at the club, including below '<i>Waterloo - the fight for the farm</i>'. Peter M, centre, watches aghast as Darren comes down off his ridge: </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0edeqQlPhTh_XG6SGIUyLyHqmrkbrOCTRqCzLcdTqygeiovK-un2Ro7sobq5GnXjJapuIFcFdfqHgc2rpTuMUAUgoK6jvjGD2JdMVl4uv5Yy_4tEKZF1nc04_xu75CE0CSqgT8BUeJ-OSgu75D7fEsuSCy7KyubhyphenhyphenHCeMfk23j5VdoLoqdwzF2lwsZZd/s2510/IMG_4801.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1885" data-original-width="2510" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0edeqQlPhTh_XG6SGIUyLyHqmrkbrOCTRqCzLcdTqygeiovK-un2Ro7sobq5GnXjJapuIFcFdfqHgc2rpTuMUAUgoK6jvjGD2JdMVl4uv5Yy_4tEKZF1nc04_xu75CE0CSqgT8BUeJ-OSgu75D7fEsuSCy7KyubhyphenhyphenHCeMfk23j5VdoLoqdwzF2lwsZZd/w640-h480/IMG_4801.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The club also repeated our annual Lasalle Games day for the wider gaming community, which was again a success, organised by David (Centre - UOW T):</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKZ39dqBjg3zaEblkcdNCgVGB-HvJao9iuoteZrx2yrNpLJKexL7489xKAwDZtR7Wil9_XnY0IKBWnjCQXVDJDjQq3XAa-fOMeyWk9OA_3JwVQFlbnFqdfjc1FlX2e-drUoNQoVk3z-qNvx-eTJ7UOuwNL03FRCnI8ZUvd_-Xpm1BlwVK3vHTQmYGMFw8/s3605/IMG_6762.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1596" data-original-width="3605" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKZ39dqBjg3zaEblkcdNCgVGB-HvJao9iuoteZrx2yrNpLJKexL7489xKAwDZtR7Wil9_XnY0IKBWnjCQXVDJDjQq3XAa-fOMeyWk9OA_3JwVQFlbnFqdfjc1FlX2e-drUoNQoVk3z-qNvx-eTJ7UOuwNL03FRCnI8ZUvd_-Xpm1BlwVK3vHTQmYGMFw8/w640-h284/IMG_6762.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Black Powder remains a firm standby - below a solo game set in 1813:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG4DBa01yO5GVcotx6Zutq3cL4MpqjDjt7qQLYzv45WuYFH-DaVhz4bGSH2nfOJRLXV-aT2t6uL2f2GTSels2flGYD9Q3NOuZiVNYSPRniLjS3e9rS-QphhYTJRLKiRgrtV1mhgWBiDNzznyZKRTJCO8T4aB_ZVmlSsMNQCfawOTMFsvFku-DNtVCXVi_/s3622/IMG_8919.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1721" data-original-width="3622" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG4DBa01yO5GVcotx6Zutq3cL4MpqjDjt7qQLYzv45WuYFH-DaVhz4bGSH2nfOJRLXV-aT2t6uL2f2GTSels2flGYD9Q3NOuZiVNYSPRniLjS3e9rS-QphhYTJRLKiRgrtV1mhgWBiDNzznyZKRTJCO8T4aB_ZVmlSsMNQCfawOTMFsvFku-DNtVCXVi_/w640-h304/IMG_8919.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But there is burgeoning interest, with really big games in mind, to master the new Valour & Fortitude rules:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvddrTvSNQd5qhBL4P5xzV3JQlQNIOe26xlA9MugbqdYXqwM_YfRj6l_tDsQeqjAFKLp3GiDHYsRsguFwgXKM-mT7ahahsllaNFKX0jKO7boKDROsLj665tfc6beSd_Vpw-X8X-JqnBfgz47t1qfhzvlf8LeI10Zd8YZCQ_jkQIbyihNgEn6m6pjQU6RAr/s3030/V%20ET%20f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1983" data-original-width="3030" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvddrTvSNQd5qhBL4P5xzV3JQlQNIOe26xlA9MugbqdYXqwM_YfRj6l_tDsQeqjAFKLp3GiDHYsRsguFwgXKM-mT7ahahsllaNFKX0jKO7boKDROsLj665tfc6beSd_Vpw-X8X-JqnBfgz47t1qfhzvlf8LeI10Zd8YZCQ_jkQIbyihNgEn6m6pjQU6RAr/w640-h418/V%20ET%20f.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">After having played V&F twice or even thrice now these may be played much more regularly in 2024...Below, Caesar's Battle of Friedland scenario, photo courtesy of Kaptain Kobold:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjPuokSLapXuBrWI95EPcTOAXIEsdtXRiGmNrwzbgokj5ZpVaykNt4lAy1dCBgIQhXQXlCbfDzCksVuXrwA3oYHaLwcCzsBMJN4yhNWGKQz1mIw-ncJzJzOA5K3o0b9NeyPh2U_eX832tYLPDbG8u_X3lCw003jGL4e8SXzderGWKun3R8O1MQqYfnPF-/s1781/PXL_20231130_080824830.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="1781" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjPuokSLapXuBrWI95EPcTOAXIEsdtXRiGmNrwzbgokj5ZpVaykNt4lAy1dCBgIQhXQXlCbfDzCksVuXrwA3oYHaLwcCzsBMJN4yhNWGKQz1mIw-ncJzJzOA5K3o0b9NeyPh2U_eX832tYLPDbG8u_X3lCw003jGL4e8SXzderGWKun3R8O1MQqYfnPF-/w640-h420/PXL_20231130_080824830.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";">A key goal for me in 2023 was to mature and evangelise about the benefits of 1/144th or 12 mil scale as a viable way of playing both WW2 and Cold War games.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga56wtN7uwvxwOhcxrAdhSY0rv_eCsnQ58mxZNBeaqquGWLWbN4Dtm6AT6y9nkU2Gmli5pvEHZZFcu4jtW0ajfNIqe8n9t0W1FMGA2EFg2MjRcQgrdrn2QK4_eAoMrXVwWtAvsJ8NXTcxgkzKo2qg3DNkmxW5jG6W-F2fNVpadyodbFCkPvy4NQff4yjuG/s640/12mil%20foan.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="640" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga56wtN7uwvxwOhcxrAdhSY0rv_eCsnQ58mxZNBeaqquGWLWbN4Dtm6AT6y9nkU2Gmli5pvEHZZFcu4jtW0ajfNIqe8n9t0W1FMGA2EFg2MjRcQgrdrn2QK4_eAoMrXVwWtAvsJ8NXTcxgkzKo2qg3DNkmxW5jG6W-F2fNVpadyodbFCkPvy4NQff4yjuG/w640-h470/12mil%20foan.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">There was already some acceptance of this scale for playing Arab-Israeli Wars using Fate of a Nation rules, simply because no-one has a rival scale! Above: The Golan Heights, Below: Mitla Pass, The Sinai.</span></p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuofSzAb9-Z4UmF8veXVvYgTMuJY3A_vxBgGBi51s8av71yMz82YoV3b1DbftsZvUrNPMZfUdaW_2xCKaF4LcCXHdze_HQW9CFbWT8tfNakCZgCtJQaZkhk3ZncCUp63gSduslui08jjPK6DgzrOvKhdopigPA-B7FKq4A_A3VsRGv-7Xbcv4qQFJoZDyx/s640/foan%20sinai.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="640" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuofSzAb9-Z4UmF8veXVvYgTMuJY3A_vxBgGBi51s8av71yMz82YoV3b1DbftsZvUrNPMZfUdaW_2xCKaF4LcCXHdze_HQW9CFbWT8tfNakCZgCtJQaZkhk3ZncCUp63gSduslui08jjPK6DgzrOvKhdopigPA-B7FKq4A_A3VsRGv-7Xbcv4qQFJoZDyx/w640-h378/foan%20sinai.JPG" width="640" /></span></a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But gradually I have persuaded some of the club to try this small, but not diminutive, scale, where infantry figures can just about be made out properly, in other genres. Below, a Cold War Gone Hot Soviet OMG advances using Team Yankee rules:</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_20d5hnBRZr5mFAhY5Y3fZ0V1E-E2lGB5eb6j9IkZTMK5jF59grYPN89diSNLsizrI_eEdcUsysWShjlEiZAhlWtjdEJe7SA1VoAC7D_lS6dyo7n-5FwHq3n4RpC_S5iKrL-vwVd5nFRz3WqDzWhgnUg9XIHKvZaK3YHk39gUQ8qWplSCzSdCQyi9Cblm/s640/12MIL%20IMG_3481.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="640" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_20d5hnBRZr5mFAhY5Y3fZ0V1E-E2lGB5eb6j9IkZTMK5jF59grYPN89diSNLsizrI_eEdcUsysWShjlEiZAhlWtjdEJe7SA1VoAC7D_lS6dyo7n-5FwHq3n4RpC_S5iKrL-vwVd5nFRz3WqDzWhgnUg9XIHKvZaK3YHk39gUQ8qWplSCzSdCQyi9Cblm/w640-h302/12MIL%20IMG_3481.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Latterly, I have even persuaded club members to attempt the sacrilege of playing Flames of War (FOW) in 12mil scale. Below, 5GTA advances out of Prokhorovka during the Battle of Kursk: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWem96zd8y3xCU63IH9R05xV1z9_fYy5EKXxHYGjiRNhj1WI6LlFlup7jp2TlSnwb_flmzlGFrZBTaKW0tVmrguK87V_uAJ0pvMUydj-Ckf-KWcxrGkvmYPYT__9G7L38Blyakp1XWrgsh3Bomqx90Z3cwVVbZRU3eG9kHldBvQhrrPlW3nMUsf-6aco-/s640/12%20MIL%20PROK.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="640" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWem96zd8y3xCU63IH9R05xV1z9_fYy5EKXxHYGjiRNhj1WI6LlFlup7jp2TlSnwb_flmzlGFrZBTaKW0tVmrguK87V_uAJ0pvMUydj-Ckf-KWcxrGkvmYPYT__9G7L38Blyakp1XWrgsh3Bomqx90Z3cwVVbZRU3eG9kHldBvQhrrPlW3nMUsf-6aco-/w640-h384/12%20MIL%20PROK.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">After a couple of games the sky has yet to fall in and indeed some mates are furiously printing up their own armies in this scale! In fact most of the 7th Armoured Division we see below in the vicinity of Villiers - Bocage were provided by Stuart, left.</span><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AM146Ym5RhWsfWruLDdueqJ7UGKyi6wqnDx55rAkBFegiJdbNBzDVKwmv_CzLTcPZ6Cadqy3FFqtjhj-jpZDlt-3QM0RSr-lQnrDlghsTjLgKes5f40xvpF3Y_gTHYzZkb5Kde4ObSBeZOVZyBIHI6i4wMWVvPDefmOj33ntyaVfYkEvuEfu5Sq-UHfs/s640/12%20MIL%20vILLIERS.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="640" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AM146Ym5RhWsfWruLDdueqJ7UGKyi6wqnDx55rAkBFegiJdbNBzDVKwmv_CzLTcPZ6Cadqy3FFqtjhj-jpZDlt-3QM0RSr-lQnrDlghsTjLgKes5f40xvpF3Y_gTHYzZkb5Kde4ObSBeZOVZyBIHI6i4wMWVvPDefmOj33ntyaVfYkEvuEfu5Sq-UHfs/w640-h444/12%20MIL%20vILLIERS.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This is not to say the traditional 15mm scale for tanky games has been neglected. In fact a major highlight of the year was Ed's (above, centre) staging of the Battle of 73 Easting in Gulf War 1, which was so spectacular we took it to our local show at the Illawarra Plastic Modellers Society:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fk1cEXFZH7o6r-VoVJBVGAFkjxuGkgElLSmbjQTuGSE5FUf4dueXVTVFr9SFSF3ad9isG1BcB54Eal1_PgmRsWFRw4RH0DFS31S6fTtBthj_MhhGZyGDigozUnvH9FJw2xnJo24ok9uyifMicpw-HE8kibF5a8ONFhCzvUgEFQq0P5nbIeYyNrciG7dd/s640/ty%2073%20easting.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="640" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fk1cEXFZH7o6r-VoVJBVGAFkjxuGkgElLSmbjQTuGSE5FUf4dueXVTVFr9SFSF3ad9isG1BcB54Eal1_PgmRsWFRw4RH0DFS31S6fTtBthj_MhhGZyGDigozUnvH9FJw2xnJo24ok9uyifMicpw-HE8kibF5a8ONFhCzvUgEFQq0P5nbIeYyNrciG7dd/w640-h432/ty%2073%20easting.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This Team Yankee game was such a success it allowed us to attract several new young club members to become valued regulars! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpnDS1ktEylmDuBF1i5wEghYb2xq8ZtKx0-wjW9n2q8oDJX-3ggAK-Ugu3kXQJuuDK5fjsim7eUEj3F9OO31lI5M0OBeu5jT1Wg5hjc345uZOCYDlRE1ukZA4Xfax2rQvt5dj3cln5sYlCqtcdBwD69rP2ZRhAfqg7oYv1O56YKby2swFdHH_8VPbEXyx/s3497/IMG_4462.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="3497" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpnDS1ktEylmDuBF1i5wEghYb2xq8ZtKx0-wjW9n2q8oDJX-3ggAK-Ugu3kXQJuuDK5fjsim7eUEj3F9OO31lI5M0OBeu5jT1Wg5hjc345uZOCYDlRE1ukZA4Xfax2rQvt5dj3cln5sYlCqtcdBwD69rP2ZRhAfqg7oYv1O56YKby2swFdHH_8VPbEXyx/w640-h326/IMG_4462.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">FOW also featured regularly in 15mm and continues to attract attention from younger gamers, and again I am grateful to our club members, such as Bryan, (below, left) who spend so much time and effort introducing newer members to our hobby:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hHSQ_fhI9cDrZF0QKO40XFNtNGqTM41tq_S0nsYCRi3Il1T7ssFsLNpXHK3qfpETJ2UQopoPjwRZneVo2dQbkohiIK53MH3xuY1uBwWr1MlXpJpT0aTHujzaPmLcc1IqFvq7aE4PaNDPQx1EFhbg0LhBjQME7DUvU2PCX4fH1dGIcq5X6WrMUrZeHjPc/s3302/FOW%202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1897" data-original-width="3302" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hHSQ_fhI9cDrZF0QKO40XFNtNGqTM41tq_S0nsYCRi3Il1T7ssFsLNpXHK3qfpETJ2UQopoPjwRZneVo2dQbkohiIK53MH3xuY1uBwWr1MlXpJpT0aTHujzaPmLcc1IqFvq7aE4PaNDPQx1EFhbg0LhBjQME7DUvU2PCX4fH1dGIcq5X6WrMUrZeHjPc/w640-h368/FOW%202.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">There were two highlights for me in the 15mm FOW space. Colin (Space 1999 T below) set up a 'Peiper's Charge' campaign early in the year: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQyxt3jdl-S-k7DK3K97WBaPa0JjgsRycgQk3MLaRHSlEF4P3HLo1rZXc3CZDqSF55cA67GFfv5Ooq4yVrsWdgoCz5iMlMRfAg-MXiDNpx0Br_j-W3xA_8_DV4tz7xrmQlVP7chq5j7OpLBLn5zRAknF2g7DkdkayISsuPhjJ4Nat-4_0wrUwt_-aXrug/s2751/fow%20peiper.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="2751" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQyxt3jdl-S-k7DK3K97WBaPa0JjgsRycgQk3MLaRHSlEF4P3HLo1rZXc3CZDqSF55cA67GFfv5Ooq4yVrsWdgoCz5iMlMRfAg-MXiDNpx0Br_j-W3xA_8_DV4tz7xrmQlVP7chq5j7OpLBLn5zRAknF2g7DkdkayISsuPhjJ4Nat-4_0wrUwt_-aXrug/w640-h360/fow%20peiper.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But equally spectacular and entertaining was our combined Bolt Action (BA) and FOW Market Garden evening organised by one of our younger members, Daniel (centre, black T). In the foreground, the Wilhelmina Canal of the BA game:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbDAN0fJhgtX_zqwYtNQysxn0nZBlb1IEIa0D0NgiAoyjfGxvUkavFs-OFFLqoDOwkoKJmv1DzHA9l-c3JOSV1tRnpoP8RIz9bmcexD4F9j1PFyow9Zb655Lllzch0F1S0VA5WzWmmMKC_dCRRdHKALuRyUhHT-ozAo6J7DKDG2k8y_tBpVM-uLUDpAPE/s640/FOW%20Market%20Garden.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="640" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbDAN0fJhgtX_zqwYtNQysxn0nZBlb1IEIa0D0NgiAoyjfGxvUkavFs-OFFLqoDOwkoKJmv1DzHA9l-c3JOSV1tRnpoP8RIz9bmcexD4F9j1PFyow9Zb655Lllzch0F1S0VA5WzWmmMKC_dCRRdHKALuRyUhHT-ozAo6J7DKDG2k8y_tBpVM-uLUDpAPE/w640-h298/FOW%20Market%20Garden.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Whilst the FOW component was based on the XXX Corps start line to Hell's Highway:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JdPW9a9WfI8XoM3tTc8RDBQdHUi_D8QZBdOJbG7hdhjEk5L1GJmEnr-XBW1unUzGvK3haYk0q_SSfPLf2P9yeiTde6scBuv5AT2jJWmGwWGzjO9yUTpgefSzY3uKMxIx3COba1GrvlB-9Sq5ge-FjvrQ3wF34HUtsLtO_CFCgmh0jjGp4QhmtjieBFTv/s2746/IMG_7299.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1613" data-original-width="2746" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JdPW9a9WfI8XoM3tTc8RDBQdHUi_D8QZBdOJbG7hdhjEk5L1GJmEnr-XBW1unUzGvK3haYk0q_SSfPLf2P9yeiTde6scBuv5AT2jJWmGwWGzjO9yUTpgefSzY3uKMxIx3COba1GrvlB-9Sq5ge-FjvrQ3wF34HUtsLtO_CFCgmh0jjGp4QhmtjieBFTv/w640-h376/IMG_7299.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Team Yankee was also regularly played in 15mm scale, in this case a more traditional Soviet scenario set at the Inner German Border at the time of the Moscow coup:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jZDfvh4EE-JDanRUmcUBfsrHe6tCQ1MM86iK5NsFESySrqtdJdi02IEaeDIzMufGWZE9N5vNm8zz6AP0FLrd6yeIszCtbR6cjrHmfYarVjRgxp5cF4c5lb0W1i0gRngY3GtMMVppApEfNRZQT5ztczXN9UATxZUDPCi2NE3P4gJlCLtkzNgXxGhIBDXM/s639/ty.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="639" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jZDfvh4EE-JDanRUmcUBfsrHe6tCQ1MM86iK5NsFESySrqtdJdi02IEaeDIzMufGWZE9N5vNm8zz6AP0FLrd6yeIszCtbR6cjrHmfYarVjRgxp5cF4c5lb0W1i0gRngY3GtMMVppApEfNRZQT5ztczXN9UATxZUDPCi2NE3P4gJlCLtkzNgXxGhIBDXM/w640-h354/ty.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Turning to matters maritime, the by now traditional October Trafalgar game was played at the local Returned Servicemen's League club:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqogfeWzu0Gjwl10Ntn-4JBZIJ7-cm0hWc2Rn1ds4YJ0zt5fvKwF5RCAFAGy62rkMf-NOaYyR0rnMXvbv_N2VwnuCoYIlxu04kpVlN6F6Z3Oubjt6bdCaExe161_Ww3lGXZpUkd6vpjjI10btElJA-ebgL3STudlnLv_VKWQ3Dn00XksYfJ3H0ImZpl6M/s638/bs%20traf.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="638" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqogfeWzu0Gjwl10Ntn-4JBZIJ7-cm0hWc2Rn1ds4YJ0zt5fvKwF5RCAFAGy62rkMf-NOaYyR0rnMXvbv_N2VwnuCoYIlxu04kpVlN6F6Z3Oubjt6bdCaExe161_Ww3lGXZpUkd6vpjjI10btElJA-ebgL3STudlnLv_VKWQ3Dn00XksYfJ3H0ImZpl6M/w640-h268/bs%20traf.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But we also found opportunities to reap the reward of our Nimitz Play testing with a series of games set in the Pacific (1st Naval Battle of Guadalcanal) :</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Mediterranean (Battle Off Calabria - also displayed at the IPMS Show thanks to Darren's stunning terrain): </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-6KOtUqRx_nVZz9rW4nl9mVT2Cf-5ybYpo0xjAK_MqwkNmRHnAoBiLhQePEy1AoIrv1K4tC3EFvpjbW7kTA659IpL7IbNfp-0GcLRbwRPVjLWthyzj1ZFSxFLfAF71KoNXO7QH5FKfApBXJs9q-qPEvSRi4fdKYoGGMcyLekJoxn-z5L2fW7wW3OgIpu/s640/nIM%20Battle%20off%20Calabria.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="640" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-6KOtUqRx_nVZz9rW4nl9mVT2Cf-5ybYpo0xjAK_MqwkNmRHnAoBiLhQePEy1AoIrv1K4tC3EFvpjbW7kTA659IpL7IbNfp-0GcLRbwRPVjLWthyzj1ZFSxFLfAF71KoNXO7QH5FKfApBXJs9q-qPEvSRi4fdKYoGGMcyLekJoxn-z5L2fW7wW3OgIpu/w640-h460/nIM%20Battle%20off%20Calabria.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And the Atlantic - The Battle of the Denmark Strait:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVcjGRE4Q3f8WnXQltGn6MUFzfd5zBL-PSavbIK7ASoLy1Wwvyqh3QFcSnRXRoXxrKSHNqo4QQwxcUbH58YvWKWIr2H1Qy8FjAn7hvTOStdf5egzFAPBgqW2rxgHWFmZoIui6oPOzTktijHK7dQ9chVjR8vOMPigh7oiNiMOS2AuS5io0jARzHhS7LAG3/s639/Nim%20IMG_3690.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="639" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVcjGRE4Q3f8WnXQltGn6MUFzfd5zBL-PSavbIK7ASoLy1Wwvyqh3QFcSnRXRoXxrKSHNqo4QQwxcUbH58YvWKWIr2H1Qy8FjAn7hvTOStdf5egzFAPBgqW2rxgHWFmZoIui6oPOzTktijHK7dQ9chVjR8vOMPigh7oiNiMOS2AuS5io0jARzHhS7LAG3/w640-h348/Nim%20IMG_3690.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Another popular (and local - well by Aussie standards!) naval ruleset, for WW1, we played regularly was Broadside Age of Empires - below we see the Battle off Imbros:</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTAPvvASEJWpfrHrNjkdNBvOyedJvckwhIC5eX76A-col3PAEyZadWgJc_DBdkOEstMcVyAXW7fMTyEDYejnEbWufcvLvKwnvE4r5FRhqSbzLKFHOaoMgP6k6rtiChGH0_vYB4FiZ_WZt1xNB_Y7xD4_TKpLiPSyyG4S080O-eIym8uBcGQQCNNqGeoHZ/s640/bROADSIDEImbros.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="640" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTAPvvASEJWpfrHrNjkdNBvOyedJvckwhIC5eX76A-col3PAEyZadWgJc_DBdkOEstMcVyAXW7fMTyEDYejnEbWufcvLvKwnvE4r5FRhqSbzLKFHOaoMgP6k6rtiChGH0_vYB4FiZ_WZt1xNB_Y7xD4_TKpLiPSyyG4S080O-eIym8uBcGQQCNNqGeoHZ/w640-h388/bROADSIDEImbros.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And here an action based around the Dogger Bank:</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmTKVXrceF5eyGAx2-M1XRVZQjMVDIQLhw1ZUKnIAALRF55_PhlyfGms3JctYx9SV3uASCxfrieB_9l5KoGacuMsZm9Oc_ZSUGEBWbyKu8m7jZFlu-jQBR87dPDKon3CTmf5lwJorAg23zxujgO5OssGWSe8TvhUJkxM24Vo-kAlMOuHoBLin4g40mCPQ/s640/Broadside.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="640" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmTKVXrceF5eyGAx2-M1XRVZQjMVDIQLhw1ZUKnIAALRF55_PhlyfGms3JctYx9SV3uASCxfrieB_9l5KoGacuMsZm9Oc_ZSUGEBWbyKu8m7jZFlu-jQBR87dPDKon3CTmf5lwJorAg23zxujgO5OssGWSe8TvhUJkxM24Vo-kAlMOuHoBLin4g40mCPQ/w640-h554/Broadside.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But of course naval warfare is as old as time, going right back to galleys:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQLR6wLEW_M2I1cg5oOBLIUj_k-OqQREIz2PAk6RGKagDQInh1RpTlYBS6Zd4lNbZ9Wybj3K9LDubAOiRrtHKVkvZ39vlfyc2nO0DVTr6qzS4omi8pzlM88qidp3uDXS-KHbCy4Spn9n471Cdm99lhO7muUx0QbRVYGfVtHE6I4uo4tybIFUAt7ciLOvD/s3589/Galleys.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="3589" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQLR6wLEW_M2I1cg5oOBLIUj_k-OqQREIz2PAk6RGKagDQInh1RpTlYBS6Zd4lNbZ9Wybj3K9LDubAOiRrtHKVkvZ39vlfyc2nO0DVTr6qzS4omi8pzlM88qidp3uDXS-KHbCy4Spn9n471Cdm99lhO7muUx0QbRVYGfVtHE6I4uo4tybIFUAt7ciLOvD/w640-h326/Galleys.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">As a club we also pay our play testing dues in the form of assisting talented wargames designers with their future projects - including pushing the boundaries of strategic level WW2 games:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg409pstbb0iK5odh-ARhaGA4VqTBZ6aoRMQtDtO8bymbcUJFVjtc-Tjv3dz7qIttQocqPlk9ICYp75nz79ovfhkdVn6EkPJdfMYtrewCsuldoCQeNzgla1g-YKTE-Jdl6DHUEY0HSAeA37SuMeLM-h9thngT4i_sphrMGOpy6qZ52lsDmkOKJxCBxxd2Fh/s3308/Play%20test.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1929" data-original-width="3308" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg409pstbb0iK5odh-ARhaGA4VqTBZ6aoRMQtDtO8bymbcUJFVjtc-Tjv3dz7qIttQocqPlk9ICYp75nz79ovfhkdVn6EkPJdfMYtrewCsuldoCQeNzgla1g-YKTE-Jdl6DHUEY0HSAeA37SuMeLM-h9thngT4i_sphrMGOpy6qZ52lsDmkOKJxCBxxd2Fh/w640-h374/Play%20test.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And of course, the small in scale but big in terms of fun games mean that usually every week there are at least 2-3 games on, something for everyone's taste! Bolt Action:</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BVjaC2-omOk0YMA3QGAvJdIlNRagexwubxwFc0gh9fJ_JmqWBA0JLrczgtbz20M6ckVrAJnWuEdVjIAmbuFqrxiDA_uNjJ7t8DEY10d98OmwgS2G9p1rPl1XRlwo1aB7OQY12bIpuJoamOY_tnW-QlkeeQ3_ZQl-l_Ts6sd3rVcg3d8Ek6ig4KyZQy1g/s3229/Bolt%20Action.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="3229" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BVjaC2-omOk0YMA3QGAvJdIlNRagexwubxwFc0gh9fJ_JmqWBA0JLrczgtbz20M6ckVrAJnWuEdVjIAmbuFqrxiDA_uNjJ7t8DEY10d98OmwgS2G9p1rPl1XRlwo1aB7OQY12bIpuJoamOY_tnW-QlkeeQ3_ZQl-l_Ts6sd3rVcg3d8Ek6ig4KyZQy1g/w640-h370/Bolt%20Action.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Hordes of the Things and various other DBMM variants:</span></div></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39ihQ_2mgy4X87XJ4UiJoPgWuncz9PHV2nf0lGB-CEj7OKi9ND76j_Pn3rKft2sw1f8PTKs3cyqrkZEmAOL3xx-Is3DUJi1K5G2zmfusoLkHeK7gxpZYh85_XzYZxgE7TOHQv0u4slFCgE8acZRArHPyaSAUIYGo54Zuj8BJVONsQTEvh_Gq95cjEXFuB/s2958/HOTT.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1954" data-original-width="2958" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39ihQ_2mgy4X87XJ4UiJoPgWuncz9PHV2nf0lGB-CEj7OKi9ND76j_Pn3rKft2sw1f8PTKs3cyqrkZEmAOL3xx-Is3DUJi1K5G2zmfusoLkHeK7gxpZYh85_XzYZxgE7TOHQv0u4slFCgE8acZRArHPyaSAUIYGo54Zuj8BJVONsQTEvh_Gq95cjEXFuB/w640-h422/HOTT.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and a variety of Skirmish games:</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeM1-QcT6GfVPTxMx8Ng30KWZfanC1_pnQfps_agNy641ADXcEPmOIqlk0lCy1mVIK1reC2TXrkL6MEHS14OMJUrZaoFK-5nqgNlQi8o2eGDJcxdUKboRD2fN1oOdzOxluPRjaSqe99HHOs1epSZ00aryD8CU995X0bLx_lL4hQF5tudwRWmpJBio1X1T8/s3631/Skirmish.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3631" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeM1-QcT6GfVPTxMx8Ng30KWZfanC1_pnQfps_agNy641ADXcEPmOIqlk0lCy1mVIK1reC2TXrkL6MEHS14OMJUrZaoFK-5nqgNlQi8o2eGDJcxdUKboRD2fN1oOdzOxluPRjaSqe99HHOs1epSZ00aryD8CU995X0bLx_lL4hQF5tudwRWmpJBio1X1T8/w640-h452/Skirmish.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">So, thanks again to (L-R below) Darren, Bailey, Ed, Bryan, David, Alan, Caesar, Peter, and of course Peter M, Geoff, Colin, Stuart, John, Theo, Drew and the other Wollongong regular and not so regulars! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVirfqfC0HWNJQev7A2RSQJOvNSrC2_uEBvxxPz7WhFlDdxURfmkKf5AxhFiKgoiZq4fhI-G2EmeQS3vxj_kD73yHMjEzlSkpUBosh-7GGupTM-VfW2quTXlX8KSgi8_EiGuass8cEgPHpKfiStapPq7EKotXYYmhQQvb0w3O0zBfU2easze_7eZbB1Ie/s3844/Caesar%2050.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3844" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVirfqfC0HWNJQev7A2RSQJOvNSrC2_uEBvxxPz7WhFlDdxURfmkKf5AxhFiKgoiZq4fhI-G2EmeQS3vxj_kD73yHMjEzlSkpUBosh-7GGupTM-VfW2quTXlX8KSgi8_EiGuass8cEgPHpKfiStapPq7EKotXYYmhQQvb0w3O0zBfU2easze_7eZbB1Ie/w640-h426/Caesar%2050.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Not to forget gamers from the wider local community for the bigger projects, and the global wargaming massif from whom I get my on-line inspiration! Lets do it all again in 2024! <i>Which will be the 80th anniversary of 1944 - just sayin'</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2IEVzYuPfi3YSdIbqokc2TdLodrrju9qz4EDZBV7A4ai2xYPyTk6_obdy99YxkCOwfBPlllUTt2WhcK65johv5Yi89MFAcs7DMzjkO_EXuO4w3ccg6HyThy_nESCiw286x2uCUh4qqOJTSjOdZ3jpjkO3NobBn33gGZ3pCI1RabpH6T-8Ya5DeruJ8vK/s2801/IMG_7101.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2801" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2IEVzYuPfi3YSdIbqokc2TdLodrrju9qz4EDZBV7A4ai2xYPyTk6_obdy99YxkCOwfBPlllUTt2WhcK65johv5Yi89MFAcs7DMzjkO_EXuO4w3ccg6HyThy_nESCiw286x2uCUh4qqOJTSjOdZ3jpjkO3NobBn33gGZ3pCI1RabpH6T-8Ya5DeruJ8vK/w640-h452/IMG_7101.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L-R Declan and Bailey at the Battle of Geilenkirchen, winter '44.</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><p></p></div>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-28155320780865572742023-12-01T15:04:00.011+11:002023-12-01T15:23:14.227+11:00Valeur et Fortitude: The Battle of Friedland<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdHmsA0H13woZVdfhbHneSLrMH0aikxuXvs8CHeG3vSFDqI9dVSgwJmQmhRLXt0QqialXLqDdgIk4urvErvwSPVnjPc2mh1lJ4j_EqONv6v8rtHWBgOin40wBPkz2_NHGByx_nd0jstxhI9VZOZM6XCoz8u2C1zOnu0l1CSudnKNFOSTK_VWGGeWIt0zn/s3796/IMG_9003.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="3796" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdHmsA0H13woZVdfhbHneSLrMH0aikxuXvs8CHeG3vSFDqI9dVSgwJmQmhRLXt0QqialXLqDdgIk4urvErvwSPVnjPc2mh1lJ4j_EqONv6v8rtHWBgOin40wBPkz2_NHGByx_nd0jstxhI9VZOZM6XCoz8u2C1zOnu0l1CSudnKNFOSTK_VWGGeWIt0zn/w640-h316/IMG_9003.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">All right peeps, you can all put your hands down - I know its actually '<i>Valour & Fortitude</i>'! Its just that my Franglais version seems more Napoleonic somehow. And yes, I know, that nice Mr Jervis Johnson is working on an ACW and SYW version too, so we shouldn't 'oppress' these rules by limiting their potential to a patriarchal linear historical construct dominated by a single individual....(Jeez, so glad I've retired!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8Y3lcq3Eqllj3QN4e17a-9SNWfGw9rZ37SHzHIs7pDcies7VeKFyzLBlq4hRQSex_mEJTFIQFsC18HLZ4Jkcv7_ADWcmCaUWhKrYrharNErPLC5MaN2t8nF9X6-lwIFp-8nO0QGOd-nJYt9I98QFZtCqypGu0frMziWAsNbbF9eITf2c-V_AXUhsI6FD/s2706/Blandford%20Garrison%20poster%20crop%20and%20schmal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1907" data-original-width="2706" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8Y3lcq3Eqllj3QN4e17a-9SNWfGw9rZ37SHzHIs7pDcies7VeKFyzLBlq4hRQSex_mEJTFIQFsC18HLZ4Jkcv7_ADWcmCaUWhKrYrharNErPLC5MaN2t8nF9X6-lwIFp-8nO0QGOd-nJYt9I98QFZtCqypGu0frMziWAsNbbF9eITf2c-V_AXUhsI6FD/w640-h452/Blandford%20Garrison%20poster%20crop%20and%20schmal.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Anyhoo, The Battle of Friedland has long captured my imagination, and was the subject of one of my earliest 'Unfeasibly Large Mega Games' way back in the day in full 28mm glory...(Unfortunately before digital photography was a thing!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil93Oel6Zh9YOin2v955JfrY1Pn6Hrsg0u6XvFU2lSLNmwo1Y4TtkW2ql9E_BesyxzxgnwjfoHNfafXeJdMMG0J8S8SlN15u0I1MbkME-AbCL93cLuJH47kJdehkWWVwxkiBt11R2Jea7t-tE0KG3VNQAMK9bHVSI2etECTyMdWjj-tcWlvmIoXLYVCRqT/s686/Caesars%20table.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="662" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil93Oel6Zh9YOin2v955JfrY1Pn6Hrsg0u6XvFU2lSLNmwo1Y4TtkW2ql9E_BesyxzxgnwjfoHNfafXeJdMMG0J8S8SlN15u0I1MbkME-AbCL93cLuJH47kJdehkWWVwxkiBt11R2Jea7t-tE0KG3VNQAMK9bHVSI2etECTyMdWjj-tcWlvmIoXLYVCRqT/w618-h640/Caesars%20table.jpg" width="618" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">So when my mate Caesar (below) came up with an ingenious scenario for the Wollongong Wargamers to continue our protracted flirting with these rules, I jumped at the chance to get involved!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnm5jYWycnabcv_PWvTBr0xq0L-tdDzL5P57WyEOQbTCL4G43tuzFBDOAscCGKN2otdMLGRlemUs63nHbz6qVuBlpM0oSEz10npn9uWKVE-v8oJt0GTMHb9ql8gaJpdk4DEWOh1DcM2XtCms5X3bVL5O2gZWlDrSbNGAUNyNC2yIKIzg_qCQTd880eN6wt/s3158/IMG_9007.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="3158" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnm5jYWycnabcv_PWvTBr0xq0L-tdDzL5P57WyEOQbTCL4G43tuzFBDOAscCGKN2otdMLGRlemUs63nHbz6qVuBlpM0oSEz10npn9uWKVE-v8oJt0GTMHb9ql8gaJpdk4DEWOh1DcM2XtCms5X3bVL5O2gZWlDrSbNGAUNyNC2yIKIzg_qCQTd880eN6wt/w640-h474/IMG_9007.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br />Caesar's scenario stipulates:</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Rounded;">The French start with one command, Lannes, anchored between Heinrichsdorf and Posthenen (both small urban areas). The Russians start with two commands, Gortschakoff and Bagration, who have just crossed the Alle river and are arrayed along the western bank. Their mission is to destroy Lannes before Mortier and Ney can arrive as reserves along the roads from Konigsberg and Eylau respectively. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Rounded;">When reserves arrive, the French will have three commands and the tables are turned, as the Russians attempt a fighting withdrawal with their backs to the river. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Rounded;">The Alle is impassable except for several bridges near Friedland. Other rivers/streams are bad going.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUyWe4xybbKP1isv6PE6AXzFC9EdkRdFfBp8mcX4IGzdE8JUzEGOEwjSVgV3mZ_vbaaNsTM3sczpTGJzFlx3RNZl5vdGCbLqRS75TofSqztON_x8y1zhsb9JoeyOcYURNuAcWQ0sUQXhyTi_D9LgMMMT9J8C5gnS7UhBFvV6-ypCDhlAe1KSjuhqdFmhL/s3793/IMG_8997.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="3793" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUyWe4xybbKP1isv6PE6AXzFC9EdkRdFfBp8mcX4IGzdE8JUzEGOEwjSVgV3mZ_vbaaNsTM3sczpTGJzFlx3RNZl5vdGCbLqRS75TofSqztON_x8y1zhsb9JoeyOcYURNuAcWQ0sUQXhyTi_D9LgMMMT9J8C5gnS7UhBFvV6-ypCDhlAe1KSjuhqdFmhL/w640-h260/IMG_8997.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Above, Lannes' Corps is set up between Heinrichsdorf on the left and Posthenen on his right, looking across the plain to the outskirts of Friedland and the sinuous bends of the River Alle. Sortlack wood on the far right.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq4TRy7c11vsY8zifDo0uTTuqMPdwJFj9Gm1B_tXsL9J2wLoNffKPsmCgGLd9r8xVpMSEsKzUCDiag6pOGb2VFCFGdcqXjY3KLOgeVxNZQf67x0DW9Qs_YE4rImQ8Pp4a5HXU_d8W0JCkwSYN-9TDyRn_RmSAaYDkM27od3FgbDC_nF3KDZAbBilh2lVD/s3302/IMG_8999.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="3302" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq4TRy7c11vsY8zifDo0uTTuqMPdwJFj9Gm1B_tXsL9J2wLoNffKPsmCgGLd9r8xVpMSEsKzUCDiag6pOGb2VFCFGdcqXjY3KLOgeVxNZQf67x0DW9Qs_YE4rImQ8Pp4a5HXU_d8W0JCkwSYN-9TDyRn_RmSAaYDkM27od3FgbDC_nF3KDZAbBilh2lVD/w640-h274/IMG_8999.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Above, the Russian masses press forward their temporary advantage.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSbmItJ8pjSnEVLEtan6v42DkA6TmeDpNb3RBTxf1OL0lf1d1fHJzrrYWykmV4vRjjPSFmdJHkQ4oG5dsS6lUZuxiDTsjzGz5H-qD7DquD-QWKnRg5aM3tHdBP7iVjaOOuYBB03wr9t9corJ3Opaqr3bzD7rdagFsOHTQT6tk4AISVimgJ5iR4rnmZg5x/s3547/IMG_9002.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="3547" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSbmItJ8pjSnEVLEtan6v42DkA6TmeDpNb3RBTxf1OL0lf1d1fHJzrrYWykmV4vRjjPSFmdJHkQ4oG5dsS6lUZuxiDTsjzGz5H-qD7DquD-QWKnRg5aM3tHdBP7iVjaOOuYBB03wr9t9corJ3Opaqr3bzD7rdagFsOHTQT6tk4AISVimgJ5iR4rnmZg5x/w640-h330/IMG_9002.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Lannes has no choice, after garrisoning both villages to secure his flanks, but to deploy his few remaining troops in line and to plug the gap with light cavalry. Not the Directing Staff solution, but what choice does he have?</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hdAziMm92I92F4k24k4-SOKxRNGYrtfUjDB3kdJJN46PDIx3UfsiZ1zPAexb7PLtmCIhIyDFiDIq1HKryXexLXGT0YU5O5zbBBlPBzdck6F9NTSEr19syRusSACVenfEs1u5rsDtxnAxjpETTKpTQdI_mNBlmdCXQXb9v9VjsUwv4Z0Tn3w-1skNXodC/s3169/IMG_9008.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1658" data-original-width="3169" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hdAziMm92I92F4k24k4-SOKxRNGYrtfUjDB3kdJJN46PDIx3UfsiZ1zPAexb7PLtmCIhIyDFiDIq1HKryXexLXGT0YU5O5zbBBlPBzdck6F9NTSEr19syRusSACVenfEs1u5rsDtxnAxjpETTKpTQdI_mNBlmdCXQXb9v9VjsUwv4Z0Tn3w-1skNXodC/w640-h334/IMG_9008.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Russians creep closer, frustrated by the limitations of terrain rather than anything else!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt85xrQmBCmTVBRXPVj-S5LAWHZXtSiGok-K8VzUV6GjqOxC9ag0f9amd7NNFc7EJuM2uxtM9c5d4e6eju-JXuGqvZpEOQlaDrua14mhHc2P7FEF6L33wUu7Ve1hKi3ZvPKhzh6JFoV4ht7YDbLRyUpNkfgMBbzHhi64cgGD1uMXmAcVCCrD7cwBOO6ZkI/s3339/IMG_9012.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1497" data-original-width="3339" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt85xrQmBCmTVBRXPVj-S5LAWHZXtSiGok-K8VzUV6GjqOxC9ag0f9amd7NNFc7EJuM2uxtM9c5d4e6eju-JXuGqvZpEOQlaDrua14mhHc2P7FEF6L33wUu7Ve1hKi3ZvPKhzh6JFoV4ht7YDbLRyUpNkfgMBbzHhi64cgGD1uMXmAcVCCrD7cwBOO6ZkI/w640-h286/IMG_9012.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Lannes, worried by the masses of Russian Heavy Cavalry looming on his right flank, sent in the 'Infernal Brigade' of Hussars to get their retaliation in first!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipM-Gcz8B7OFUrUNP0LXRAVcCy4smxpOugHgVUoSj9HfA0Lqm1PtBdsTeINwO9KUJLBTHxrDd7sMSxIvpzmpON3XahincSbsb1hY-wY3pN3N7cHHjmMqtR_ja7fu0l46zhOR9AdpZ1aMP57ip4A4NrLdVB6uYU2RCWC3qWzI19Z8F688h87WlfGd_1IvE6/s3844/IMG_9022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="3844" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipM-Gcz8B7OFUrUNP0LXRAVcCy4smxpOugHgVUoSj9HfA0Lqm1PtBdsTeINwO9KUJLBTHxrDd7sMSxIvpzmpON3XahincSbsb1hY-wY3pN3N7cHHjmMqtR_ja7fu0l46zhOR9AdpZ1aMP57ip4A4NrLdVB6uYU2RCWC3qWzI19Z8F688h87WlfGd_1IvE6/w640-h238/IMG_9022.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";">This brought the lone French Corps a little more time...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHtEWLS1R_93vhVUDgUK-lJdQM2O6pJlrvKVeq7TdD63BT_IK5Cm2YEHB48PWSNzaCyWJQpFNp2e0o3usPDB7UE4hm86QMBpNSknsPyilDHaRRwwomvTU5sw0El2ML-L_LU4kQdvpWzMGAeBaq3DUHYuV6ieiO2K0QGhHyjM2Y_IeV2bCpKqm4wHHa0VW/s4101/IMG_9019.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="4101" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHtEWLS1R_93vhVUDgUK-lJdQM2O6pJlrvKVeq7TdD63BT_IK5Cm2YEHB48PWSNzaCyWJQpFNp2e0o3usPDB7UE4hm86QMBpNSknsPyilDHaRRwwomvTU5sw0El2ML-L_LU4kQdvpWzMGAeBaq3DUHYuV6ieiO2K0QGhHyjM2Y_IeV2bCpKqm4wHHa0VW/w640-h154/IMG_9019.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Until Ney's Corps finally turned up - Dieu Merci! (The dark masses on the left, above)</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eohIeoLpllSXHVT3A11XXwH1cHidzW2BLUHv-00XLW3vdsZP1BTasA9A2Z9fYsYwiZJYsV9GoX4n9vk3_NyyYhd40sg7kjwuLnF54NRcezG7C0oL67-PVLPtt28ub46jx5TPMj8aw83KyeO_krkKBGQ0gxlBXv2jaKA_mlv2euwut0oxEjcb1fY1O7nF/s3294/IMG_9025.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1647" data-original-width="3294" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eohIeoLpllSXHVT3A11XXwH1cHidzW2BLUHv-00XLW3vdsZP1BTasA9A2Z9fYsYwiZJYsV9GoX4n9vk3_NyyYhd40sg7kjwuLnF54NRcezG7C0oL67-PVLPtt28ub46jx5TPMj8aw83KyeO_krkKBGQ0gxlBXv2jaKA_mlv2euwut0oxEjcb1fY1O7nF/w640-h320/IMG_9025.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Equilibrium restored, the French line stabilised, but having played four turns we left it too late to start the long push back to the River Alle...effectively a draw.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRo-dfRqT-HIDvqt16Zl_m074d2ne1CKNvucj6NIo06eapIzVyTBHXQDX9pZC9gkB-WQZZ14cMtQPy7Rpk6r64pbRoj1EI9OagMETq1JV9s-u-7oI6Mc6xKhGh4Gv5NaFYRUWXKUQGcRU2-5bFlhJwDd-JBkcTNcvKmFzmdl2QBVjgTrkc89Ck6mxqvdrM/s3404/IMG_9017.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2218" data-original-width="3404" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRo-dfRqT-HIDvqt16Zl_m074d2ne1CKNvucj6NIo06eapIzVyTBHXQDX9pZC9gkB-WQZZ14cMtQPy7Rpk6r64pbRoj1EI9OagMETq1JV9s-u-7oI6Mc6xKhGh4Gv5NaFYRUWXKUQGcRU2-5bFlhJwDd-JBkcTNcvKmFzmdl2QBVjgTrkc89Ck6mxqvdrM/w640-h418/IMG_9017.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">So what did we make of the rules? Well for most of us this was only the second game of Valour & Fortitude, so probably too early for a definitive judgement. My particular interest is to see if they will be suitable for staging really huge mega-games over a couple of days - Waterloo with the full orbat the 110 anniversary in 2025, say: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1317753302196620">Epic Waterloo 210 Project</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_sIp-q72BWQdaSxETLklv1ZYj5i1kM-SWKmC9_IL7nbcUVBWTlQSF2Xv9R9W24Ef-Tp3f-6Y3C9aRTEVzeYYIpYXNg-cFX5rlLYv4UZQYV06Zwqz2S4CJm_y0nDgocJijq4flF9Ooj4q1-oLq4vnHepuseM1W_Bu5-WBTe2NCPpGJqTrw3IKLki4bBQz/s775/355677621_3513140872292511_5542407659621505899_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="775" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_sIp-q72BWQdaSxETLklv1ZYj5i1kM-SWKmC9_IL7nbcUVBWTlQSF2Xv9R9W24Ef-Tp3f-6Y3C9aRTEVzeYYIpYXNg-cFX5rlLYv4UZQYV06Zwqz2S4CJm_y0nDgocJijq4flF9Ooj4q1-oLq4vnHepuseM1W_Bu5-WBTe2NCPpGJqTrw3IKLki4bBQz/w640-h346/355677621_3513140872292511_5542407659621505899_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">So far I'm impressed with V&F, and I daresay most of the players were too. Certainly the command friction is as effective but much faster in Black Powder. Essentially you get to activate a Brigade for free, thereafter there's a single die roll per brigade. You need either 'anything buts' if all is well, or a -1 modifier if any of the formation's units have routed. Simples! Hit rolls for both shooting and melee don't have saving rolls, so that's a huge time saving right there. But does the game play still feel Napoleonic? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9_Kh5LqKKic-BeBOTr4vr8Mak7JRNIPpLBUz5PLhj3SXCA0Nxi7LJ-LvLEt924B4vTW8kL3UJUllykjJDViZXDRUkUlEpjGrzmpPMocV784LbCkrGzSBtnOvyEXtjm8-9DTvleq3Wk-sF4dZSFkI6qlIUYEMjnvO4L6focLKPTsrs6jAerlGqfSmKrSa/s3407/IMG_9009.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="3407" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9_Kh5LqKKic-BeBOTr4vr8Mak7JRNIPpLBUz5PLhj3SXCA0Nxi7LJ-LvLEt924B4vTW8kL3UJUllykjJDViZXDRUkUlEpjGrzmpPMocV784LbCkrGzSBtnOvyEXtjm8-9DTvleq3Wk-sF4dZSFkI6qlIUYEMjnvO4L6focLKPTsrs6jAerlGqfSmKrSa/w640-h458/IMG_9009.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Well, initially I was surprised to discover that there was no chance for infantry to form square as a response to be charged by cavalry, similar to the 'Must Form Square' rule in Black Powder. Presumably with this level of gaming that's too granular a question to worry about, and, actually, as it turns out the combat is not all that unequal. More broadly, for a huge game, I like that units can rout much more easily than in Black Powder or Lasalle, and that larger formations may not be too far behind. It forces the player to think as a General rather than as a Colonel. So, for me, more games soon please! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">For an another player's perspective, please see Kaptain Kobold's batrep here:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><a href="https://hordesofthethings.blogspot.com/2023/12/friedland-1807-with-valour-fortitude.html" target="_blank">Friedland 1807 With Valour & Fortitude</a><br /></span></div><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-80632167477261911402023-11-25T09:41:00.000+11:002023-11-25T09:41:16.574+11:00Flames of War 12mil : Not Villiers-Bocage!<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNukflxLoymPs0LS9gwHfg2yQEQlqhpbVjIeJwWFHTetgFh4rQ-4_xmYObiHUDI6yhIZCnXXxvNYTxiAHDLgCv0K5UKlsJGqEcSaBRFDcjJ9ao-QHAPv56zVq_bxzHorHgzq2VK3U43oRww-9yP-wSwnqlGQb6lvoSBB0h2FPAzkLIb2hO19fcMlftFj_/s3575/IMG_8990.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="3575" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNukflxLoymPs0LS9gwHfg2yQEQlqhpbVjIeJwWFHTetgFh4rQ-4_xmYObiHUDI6yhIZCnXXxvNYTxiAHDLgCv0K5UKlsJGqEcSaBRFDcjJ9ao-QHAPv56zVq_bxzHorHgzq2VK3U43oRww-9yP-wSwnqlGQb6lvoSBB0h2FPAzkLIb2hO19fcMlftFj_/w640-h322/IMG_8990.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">12 mil is slowly and gradually gaining traction as a viable scale for WW2 and Cold War gaming at my club. So I approached the next game in this scale carefully. I wanted to deliver a 'big' small game, with lots of toys on the table, but still able to determine a result within an evening. The key to this seems to be a time limited mission for <strike>one hapless set of victims</strike> side or the other...</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67vRx3AesKbMr6Y6ouQIkFB1FeNi4gK5GEeGGRwUUS5LYLSGyeUC0pkRPk4HeiwPnmcDJjeglxFsJJvAO5zjva2n0mmYuXFwUU_CSW5N5syiIrIv1D-obhtp3RSiblqcKHEaglVI5XQjuN86dMe6Hkc8qdLOWSwPt-Alliyclp8MRLFv5LAZ3-TC9Yf8Z/s3325/IMG_8987.JPG" style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3325" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67vRx3AesKbMr6Y6ouQIkFB1FeNi4gK5GEeGGRwUUS5LYLSGyeUC0pkRPk4HeiwPnmcDJjeglxFsJJvAO5zjva2n0mmYuXFwUU_CSW5N5syiIrIv1D-obhtp3RSiblqcKHEaglVI5XQjuN86dMe6Hkc8qdLOWSwPt-Alliyclp8MRLFv5LAZ3-TC9Yf8Z/w640-h444/IMG_8987.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";">Stuart (left) and Daniel (right) formed the British team trying to beat the clock. Ed (centre) and I were the Germans attempting to build a coherent defence to seal off the southern edge of the table...</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdJvYIiaB2kdrdTfCTHqHxzsJmeZxj2Yozg72x7XvHew1WqCtNM3tA5Lqgvs8nldoFChpp-5nhUmcydGJUGrdfCEwoXI3SCvQ0HK8chau2uS4OA3wSOd5ucri8F-ApAVn4DMLaD4E0R3saB9V6uiRDplVRh-1_nPaURyUKboC8x8-iVpFXmjHcRcU9jqi/s1500/Original.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1500" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdJvYIiaB2kdrdTfCTHqHxzsJmeZxj2Yozg72x7XvHew1WqCtNM3tA5Lqgvs8nldoFChpp-5nhUmcydGJUGrdfCEwoXI3SCvQ0HK8chau2uS4OA3wSOd5ucri8F-ApAVn4DMLaD4E0R3saB9V6uiRDplVRh-1_nPaURyUKboC8x8-iVpFXmjHcRcU9jqi/w640-h364/Original.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrKD3AkOuNs1jz_OXmYtKDm3o-OdayqnvMi2aDKAtouYmzdfWISM7QXaxo6bACiI-W71g96Cf8nCilB9hG7Pptd3XfV8uV4b46r6kHR3wY3k0aJHM05pSNRg-QDcl3ojB6vLEw-EYfn0sM_uinKrqXRYzgFiY7OrtDCiTdiWefiO7lj9QPflGvgKaxhkf/s918/Thought%20bubble.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The German team deployed the limited assets of the on-table Aufklärung Kompanie to be as awkward as possible - no dash movement is permitted within 8 inches of the enemy!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2O0ZXNGQaOx05GPery3iihzyXy-jOgwFhofmJEZ9BoOF2aaXbrUJhL35V-zGvMcvol-lHVGq0dx_AwXT-4jQH0GbYutBKGrb_m2x13SrIA6IjMqkWbhNEKZQ9RZvKY1DpxIIF49xJvcaEHqoDysPsoT48hyphenhyphen1wXWIGl2UcbUBuZXXN3dMsaey5ecJrPCJ/s3262/IMG_8945.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2201" data-original-width="3262" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2O0ZXNGQaOx05GPery3iihzyXy-jOgwFhofmJEZ9BoOF2aaXbrUJhL35V-zGvMcvol-lHVGq0dx_AwXT-4jQH0GbYutBKGrb_m2x13SrIA6IjMqkWbhNEKZQ9RZvKY1DpxIIF49xJvcaEHqoDysPsoT48hyphenhyphen1wXWIGl2UcbUBuZXXN3dMsaey5ecJrPCJ/w640-h432/IMG_8945.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">At first it seemed the central road route was going to be left to the recce group from the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUdDL89gqj7gMX-JtblPD-sXGEVmji6L4_CnXlpbVvOV5bwROSa7_L5W16JBBQ1Ry9y_xO8XZ0wn5w5PFH98K_e2FKwYDt2x2e13eqnX63Dq-HclaSHoRwpyQeD7p6N_E-UAw5ePIW9cZED37e_iyIKzQC3TNTe_tvENPxDSIpKh-J6wAJiIvuA43k0FC/s3845/IMG_8947.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2352" data-original-width="3845" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUdDL89gqj7gMX-JtblPD-sXGEVmji6L4_CnXlpbVvOV5bwROSa7_L5W16JBBQ1Ry9y_xO8XZ0wn5w5PFH98K_e2FKwYDt2x2e13eqnX63Dq-HclaSHoRwpyQeD7p6N_E-UAw5ePIW9cZED37e_iyIKzQC3TNTe_tvENPxDSIpKh-J6wAJiIvuA43k0FC/w640-h392/IMG_8947.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Too easy!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCYKvKQ1n2-3nX1o4MaNE5K-Q1GsWRmWnmMgfhFGZWb-7k6emttC7bBd0q8AQH3tapJEv4RCy7II02OBYUdGJ-8qi3IzkCHjxdDEZWu3d2p-nC1nTi3i6qTT7-uR7bCgz51M_4-TPFRFKtje8V9siyxp-UfrbGpNZkWsg88Ow89I6phJkL6N9_OdwbZhF/s2564/IMG_8948.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1489" data-original-width="2564" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCYKvKQ1n2-3nX1o4MaNE5K-Q1GsWRmWnmMgfhFGZWb-7k6emttC7bBd0q8AQH3tapJEv4RCy7II02OBYUdGJ-8qi3IzkCHjxdDEZWu3d2p-nC1nTi3i6qTT7-uR7bCgz51M_4-TPFRFKtje8V9siyxp-UfrbGpNZkWsg88Ow89I6phJkL6N9_OdwbZhF/w640-h372/IMG_8948.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But the British were developing their fiendish plans...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEWkOe4gRsIEgzu6CqJNscasMWo587YSFwcpeyc4zR2xPxHGSmrUElmT5w_apojdNXrOohMb4vnhlXrvQn-ch4YkGYrt3B_Y-nHbOszGm5ptWXwbXJRMtUKTHwioQ5alKzsDRF0Ougdp77fmz7vNLapJ0Fr6_Z70oTZHOVtJILGRaors45fMnB103_-Bg/s3098/IMG_8954.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="3098" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEWkOe4gRsIEgzu6CqJNscasMWo587YSFwcpeyc4zR2xPxHGSmrUElmT5w_apojdNXrOohMb4vnhlXrvQn-ch4YkGYrt3B_Y-nHbOszGm5ptWXwbXJRMtUKTHwioQ5alKzsDRF0Ougdp77fmz7vNLapJ0Fr6_Z70oTZHOVtJILGRaors45fMnB103_-Bg/w640-h378/IMG_8954.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And their reinforcements arrived all too quickly, rapidly beefing up the central thrust to match their main effort out on their left flank! </span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEher-KriPndgVjGHErzHIa93SGUmscm1lhtloLbXzca8gwSfUzunEuUDTinISraKpsGRaEnHIfUFFdtKaeN1rIhY6e0mbE3yMjGFYTFX6zvzgG9r5LrPLQF4OKU0bf02ZJvjEtujTRNHzCgGAc6MG1TDDREw_UCtr26I2cijCz4ArZT5OCmwjC8QhIU9rwE/s3449/IMG_8958.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="3449" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEher-KriPndgVjGHErzHIa93SGUmscm1lhtloLbXzca8gwSfUzunEuUDTinISraKpsGRaEnHIfUFFdtKaeN1rIhY6e0mbE3yMjGFYTFX6zvzgG9r5LrPLQF4OKU0bf02ZJvjEtujTRNHzCgGAc6MG1TDDREw_UCtr26I2cijCz4ArZT5OCmwjC8QhIU9rwE/w640-h254/IMG_8958.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">With our limited resources we decided to abandon <i>La Poste</i>... </span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYl3UdzBgM7xVuCXJXZnY9ikpdofqSmFG6DlXg3sGAIoel0EhrebCvapQQsfDUs4OWYjjkHzGvJVRmNkXYSGeWhqWLGe8kAiciKE4OOzLrnUdwz25YcB2rv9_i6zDPyK0HipI-qZgQcJVvgRRIwWeHznZtl0149kLt2g5hpTExhd0YPP-h7u5X9QyJm_w/s3162/IMG_8960.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2265" data-original-width="3162" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYl3UdzBgM7xVuCXJXZnY9ikpdofqSmFG6DlXg3sGAIoel0EhrebCvapQQsfDUs4OWYjjkHzGvJVRmNkXYSGeWhqWLGe8kAiciKE4OOzLrnUdwz25YcB2rv9_i6zDPyK0HipI-qZgQcJVvgRRIwWeHznZtl0149kLt2g5hpTExhd0YPP-h7u5X9QyJm_w/w640-h458/IMG_8960.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">and have our Panzer Grenadiers make their stand in the next village down the road - <i>La Truelle</i>...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGfJ_aveedRh-nYL4y6PARocb_e77xrul0C6voquAqC73KaRsM1eUlhIJA6tVB1IOdEVNXwff5V7b676kq0SnQDwowbCWygXL88n32SbwT40YX33b06OkSqUBY-qj-z_Bl0-SU5ZLYdqkvoqsZ3xobr6A77L4Cwps1nVOWebFPF1Q24_vkuyUdXNrPcuM/s3698/IMG_8962.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="3698" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGfJ_aveedRh-nYL4y6PARocb_e77xrul0C6voquAqC73KaRsM1eUlhIJA6tVB1IOdEVNXwff5V7b676kq0SnQDwowbCWygXL88n32SbwT40YX33b06OkSqUBY-qj-z_Bl0-SU5ZLYdqkvoqsZ3xobr6A77L4Cwps1nVOWebFPF1Q24_vkuyUdXNrPcuM/w640-h266/IMG_8962.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">That's not to say the Aufklärung's lads didn't make an effort to contest <i>La Poste</i>. From the flanks they badly shot up the 1/5th Queen's AT platoon.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0BqGBeobGuB86FqaOVtt64hJRl_CO1K1JPJ27RcIqr17Gah9DWirIhC_hPKQbv26AEaBC3HbJEQNU1eVrOlODHqh4_IkSjfipgmarT2iSe8WFxQ-35J3gPq6AczByckmwXUs5aQKux01bP26HthY_L8P6S6vd2z1-bX0GzQ74ExnFojfeKGmFJLM9Krn/s3844/IMG_8967.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3844" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0BqGBeobGuB86FqaOVtt64hJRl_CO1K1JPJ27RcIqr17Gah9DWirIhC_hPKQbv26AEaBC3HbJEQNU1eVrOlODHqh4_IkSjfipgmarT2iSe8WFxQ-35J3gPq6AczByckmwXUs5aQKux01bP26HthY_L8P6S6vd2z1-bX0GzQ74ExnFojfeKGmFJLM9Krn/w640-h426/IMG_8967.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Pz-Grenadiers efforts down the road notwithstanding, 7th Armoured were making progress down both avenues of advance, despite a distinct lack of presence from the RAF...(even with two air strike dice to roll!)</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6NSO6t5MSFQnPLIX8KwgW_f0OnPTkNt52L9Tkjcrqq0vptIrU6UYCdoG68z_a-zKFLcSDSUkcEihqYMpnS5HqTipvaIz8O8NMoOllzuKzo5fixUKHbWRDwHSFB2zqcJm4hYN43M2ebnXsl-Jf_5zZy8xILuBjGqQRvHDB2mvdQF7WkBZluVlXSmr3ovB/s3845/IMG_8975.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="3845" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6NSO6t5MSFQnPLIX8KwgW_f0OnPTkNt52L9Tkjcrqq0vptIrU6UYCdoG68z_a-zKFLcSDSUkcEihqYMpnS5HqTipvaIz8O8NMoOllzuKzo5fixUKHbWRDwHSFB2zqcJm4hYN43M2ebnXsl-Jf_5zZy8xILuBjGqQRvHDB2mvdQF7WkBZluVlXSmr3ovB/w640-h342/IMG_8975.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Quite alarming progress I thought - had I made the scenario too easy for the British side?</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvfwIXBPSR3im4Jrl9TaP28RSoEC7ofHPEnxItmrv2w3mvzRhrNYqxPy1kShaSVGhspDSNbsxP-Ttw_kY-JaHwAa5ZpPwUGWH9WzodAIzriPbrXZRnSyFhJfI4gNFCkl-gpu3pFY1fUWTVIJac2XYxbVMDSIVwGy6tPhpgsw31Bml60QfUBt7tvkx_h-6/s3417/IMG_8973.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="3417" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvfwIXBPSR3im4Jrl9TaP28RSoEC7ofHPEnxItmrv2w3mvzRhrNYqxPy1kShaSVGhspDSNbsxP-Ttw_kY-JaHwAa5ZpPwUGWH9WzodAIzriPbrXZRnSyFhJfI4gNFCkl-gpu3pFY1fUWTVIJac2XYxbVMDSIVwGy6tPhpgsw31Bml60QfUBt7tvkx_h-6/w640-h272/IMG_8973.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Time to deploy our own AT platoon from ambush!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sBekNwmXDr6ZhxcNJPvmaw1PAHTHvyJcit4enH0OSJzzSsAFcFt_s3JhMu0FH5capxRUO0yrwwCPi9pCJYNPL2wyu055VpoCKElUpso-zWkNf5Gg66fgQ7yY1johup5Q0NLd2gKJzm3X7iKYeeoJyagmQeWBzVX2oV0bfg6o4z442hU9OH5gJ9fTBz0V/s2730/IMG_8977.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="2730" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sBekNwmXDr6ZhxcNJPvmaw1PAHTHvyJcit4enH0OSJzzSsAFcFt_s3JhMu0FH5capxRUO0yrwwCPi9pCJYNPL2wyu055VpoCKElUpso-zWkNf5Gg66fgQ7yY1johup5Q0NLd2gKJzm3X7iKYeeoJyagmQeWBzVX2oV0bfg6o4z442hU9OH5gJ9fTBz0V/w640-h370/IMG_8977.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The British team, accepting that the RAF were lingering over a long lunch, refocussed their efforts on their left flank...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2685y0iVXwlxsOCHN_kcmk0qgdfENw1kkpKWb2098r5PrxNUUdoCmgFwvAFyZW3ohgFhS-4Pq9oY_jB2H0qkczdoddcuR1KIrvZlHT7YXuXZFwCFLZvLvp1DAUFl0UdRgsTd4thcWcUlCynbtdpaywnjqpFiQSiE_JzXDF6JiMtw5smt9m-iXr7fRKkq/s3296/IMG_8983.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2306" data-original-width="3296" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2685y0iVXwlxsOCHN_kcmk0qgdfENw1kkpKWb2098r5PrxNUUdoCmgFwvAFyZW3ohgFhS-4Pq9oY_jB2H0qkczdoddcuR1KIrvZlHT7YXuXZFwCFLZvLvp1DAUFl0UdRgsTd4thcWcUlCynbtdpaywnjqpFiQSiE_JzXDF6JiMtw5smt9m-iXr7fRKkq/w640-h448/IMG_8983.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Where the combat was intense, but the British were making gains...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNNUqR2SCZJZZZCdZUiIArUO_RxjLgRSqt9lDsSZm70xPsKJIk4g9jGzzPsvt0VIlEc78UZQBou1tMfZtD7oxKF5tthBqWi3rdDbxOAhoacL8mQBD_WUe7LgrOeNt9CGLTZ_uphSrcseOpCKiNAuPlkO7iBpE5Am4rhlj1PaJQRqE1gnv1rssSCT1eKDj/s3844/IMG_8979.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="3844" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNNUqR2SCZJZZZCdZUiIArUO_RxjLgRSqt9lDsSZm70xPsKJIk4g9jGzzPsvt0VIlEc78UZQBou1tMfZtD7oxKF5tthBqWi3rdDbxOAhoacL8mQBD_WUe7LgrOeNt9CGLTZ_uphSrcseOpCKiNAuPlkO7iBpE5Am4rhlj1PaJQRqE1gnv1rssSCT1eKDj/w640-h292/IMG_8979.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Finally, having finished the brandy and cigars, the Brylcream Boys showed up and brewed a StuG - back to the airstrip for tea and medals!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9h4dzugHNfdW3m8rWguBnooTVjrrs_dA8tk2cWF3Cc2jLQ9SpKeuUCE5UlYiOVW48CGciVuhb3a7rZoYRNZJU2vu-IT9NOao4Ncdomzmkh5Am37GDjz1O0j94HjuQFXMw1bgWs034APYvi16DDaeSa8u1xhZzJu7Nk_8LHQrscQ_D0bKqWF5TkY2JOSW/s3589/IMG_8985.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1674" data-original-width="3589" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9h4dzugHNfdW3m8rWguBnooTVjrrs_dA8tk2cWF3Cc2jLQ9SpKeuUCE5UlYiOVW48CGciVuhb3a7rZoYRNZJU2vu-IT9NOao4Ncdomzmkh5Am37GDjz1O0j94HjuQFXMw1bgWs034APYvi16DDaeSa8u1xhZzJu7Nk_8LHQrscQ_D0bKqWF5TkY2JOSW/w640-h298/IMG_8985.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Despite taking heavy losses from the Hussars, Queensmen and Tankies, the Panzer Grenadiers were holding on at <i>La Truelle</i>, stopping the British from using dash movement and holding up the entire centre column.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnc38tyvN5AOeSOiQEKR4VO75EMV3cOxLK8yAxgq6FyBD2sqOqK7IRzSi2rDPGVIbyCNuTAlWyFPveLQqbMuAdePLbmxgZYG1oc_jAhBgr1wESOErsl6JjBPxkxX_4hwXtLcru5d2U2XMMutWrVNrh_FrL-oLCgdpGoUbvFdFS6zVgIaRaKx1LTXE81QV/s2973/IMG_8989.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="2973" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnc38tyvN5AOeSOiQEKR4VO75EMV3cOxLK8yAxgq6FyBD2sqOqK7IRzSi2rDPGVIbyCNuTAlWyFPveLQqbMuAdePLbmxgZYG1oc_jAhBgr1wESOErsl6JjBPxkxX_4hwXtLcru5d2U2XMMutWrVNrh_FrL-oLCgdpGoUbvFdFS6zVgIaRaKx1LTXE81QV/w640-h314/IMG_8989.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Whilst the British had made good and hard fought progress against both tough opposition and unforgiving terrain, by the end of Turn 5 it was clear they were not going to achieve their victory conditions.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQ6EVPtQ3rerMKNR3KY8KVzlzj0U8epWV27OgDQYuJ33UpCp76OrQcuR-aUfOOnQi9BzcQ4UYBD0NM02lldOKhOLdKltKh0JlP5T8y16ewmR6JjIgaSncZ1k8kSCIWKzt0_YNM3oxNMLOlnLSVXZCJTrC_Ol14_I3EmkAOaGQsuG8vQlIHseNvOBt7Jpk/s2256/IMG_8995.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="2256" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQ6EVPtQ3rerMKNR3KY8KVzlzj0U8epWV27OgDQYuJ33UpCp76OrQcuR-aUfOOnQi9BzcQ4UYBD0NM02lldOKhOLdKltKh0JlP5T8y16ewmR6JjIgaSncZ1k8kSCIWKzt0_YNM3oxNMLOlnLSVXZCJTrC_Ol14_I3EmkAOaGQsuG8vQlIHseNvOBt7Jpk/w640-h302/IMG_8995.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">At the game post mortem we agreed it had been an interesting and enjoyable game, but that the scenario needed some tweaking if we were to revisit. The streams needed to present less of an obstacle, and the British needed at least an extra turn. That said, as ever we are at the mercy of the reinforcement and air strike die rolls!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54Dtc2jGu5vxZ5cjUWnUseYpTNdux4c0RIfIX_u_dC3aYJBKA-xnGuqaR2NYwktB-Qb8P4QrR9gUcQGOPZANvj8nL2uiTs5obR5vw7XKLne4lOmkEHSesEExCETH-sRUHnURm9NQFOJzwUHMZc-8PcsQeKbH4v27_qwDCWUpe8P1sLtz6Nl9gGysbRhLu/s3844/IMG_8991.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3844" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54Dtc2jGu5vxZ5cjUWnUseYpTNdux4c0RIfIX_u_dC3aYJBKA-xnGuqaR2NYwktB-Qb8P4QrR9gUcQGOPZANvj8nL2uiTs5obR5vw7XKLne4lOmkEHSesEExCETH-sRUHnURm9NQFOJzwUHMZc-8PcsQeKbH4v27_qwDCWUpe8P1sLtz6Nl9gGysbRhLu/w640-h426/IMG_8991.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-24150258841132093782023-11-19T12:58:00.002+11:002023-11-19T12:58:33.360+11:00Black Powder: The improbable battle of Mussen<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4WV4oPV7xSy22A2mtHpIdbQiW0QQaZ-PXjRIRd4TvDn0PUgCZH1Nc9RsEwIJjQGQi8_n7OUZ1I4UuE2frAtc4V-SITu4E_2HObjbs0hkHX-Qrtof1OhD0jQwVDK7ticBPDKIdt6Ila01d5hZ8qewQCbqMDQwnwUECKM_1vxdaNDCVz9CoPMiTBIx2_Gg/s3622/IMG_8919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1721" data-original-width="3622" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4WV4oPV7xSy22A2mtHpIdbQiW0QQaZ-PXjRIRd4TvDn0PUgCZH1Nc9RsEwIJjQGQi8_n7OUZ1I4UuE2frAtc4V-SITu4E_2HObjbs0hkHX-Qrtof1OhD0jQwVDK7ticBPDKIdt6Ila01d5hZ8qewQCbqMDQwnwUECKM_1vxdaNDCVz9CoPMiTBIx2_Gg/w640-h304/IMG_8919.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOflIauYtFKm2pedq3t-Uyh2UaABxu9XFi4os80DXUT8Y1XDEuTLgasmEuVc72Mr-ZytTSTODYlJjwyX4rWcxn0NB009iM5r1sQSzo7ZwgPiQc3qMkgEQZ5r1YQZkKrX3f47Sv-nk7bsGBeiG-STHiHkbWC4Bv0cNs3PC6AWEGuDNYlInapHR8HIGILhH/s2973/IMG_8829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2073" data-original-width="2973" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOflIauYtFKm2pedq3t-Uyh2UaABxu9XFi4os80DXUT8Y1XDEuTLgasmEuVc72Mr-ZytTSTODYlJjwyX4rWcxn0NB009iM5r1sQSzo7ZwgPiQc3qMkgEQZ5r1YQZkKrX3f47Sv-nk7bsGBeiG-STHiHkbWC4Bv0cNs3PC6AWEGuDNYlInapHR8HIGILhH/w640-h446/IMG_8829.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyCqRvw3FlYxdsax6S1Z8hNy8JqGz5YJOWaQuLVqMCAYuae7tL7gJEweu0ixFRfyWXK4xco-oprxvZR_CMKmagRI9khm9cvcWI2Ntt2WigiA_uY2w0mxM3NqWWJY1z9wxpM2igO-ZrYVnfr38L1q8QTXcJWPWoAgmQ-aIV_WcI2ZTjabIVZv7XnWBc5ID/s3646/IMG_8815.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2323" data-original-width="3646" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyCqRvw3FlYxdsax6S1Z8hNy8JqGz5YJOWaQuLVqMCAYuae7tL7gJEweu0ixFRfyWXK4xco-oprxvZR_CMKmagRI9khm9cvcWI2Ntt2WigiA_uY2w0mxM3NqWWJY1z9wxpM2igO-ZrYVnfr38L1q8QTXcJWPWoAgmQ-aIV_WcI2ZTjabIVZv7XnWBc5ID/w640-h408/IMG_8815.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">As a meeting engagement, aside from His Venerableness' garrisons, both sides' infantry and artillery arrive in column of march, guns limbered. Only the respective light cavalry screens are deployed.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpC1OBr0ArqcEIc6zXJdW1ySPMJHWeAc5V_Gv0jfN2765YNqgqjD7y8an2l25cB65l5QNOmnzrYRplnUHDFNN_7_tadHztXR0ylRKMrMz9QP5JppqcEYrLD5GZBGFFD7ssFe1JFEqcjd8gavH3POblLozimAbgoNiJSbShDMo3V4uMJUknRVvye9XGj3S/s3606/IMG_8884.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="3606" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpC1OBr0ArqcEIc6zXJdW1ySPMJHWeAc5V_Gv0jfN2765YNqgqjD7y8an2l25cB65l5QNOmnzrYRplnUHDFNN_7_tadHztXR0ylRKMrMz9QP5JppqcEYrLD5GZBGFFD7ssFe1JFEqcjd8gavH3POblLozimAbgoNiJSbShDMo3V4uMJUknRVvye9XGj3S/w640-h250/IMG_8884.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The French commander, Marshal Ma Foie de la Touche Froid, realises that he must strengthen his right if he is to achieve overwhelming superiority close to the bridge and fords.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgju7eOFglAgfzxubOM3XITesfEXrPmKcfOHErxNMsehyphenhyphenLgjYEPAU6R50t6XYOqwcw4jI-8CGiTgHb6TFsn2kOXAf1skJJ0nxhh4vFDjwha10MSlMY9dqwvMoPKMCIef_ZIxPlMqku5A_HT2l4L6eRptPHniI8PZVzkx_kdAn-xAIfcwA9T6VLHi35bHtYb/s3844/IMG_8886.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="3844" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgju7eOFglAgfzxubOM3XITesfEXrPmKcfOHErxNMsehyphenhyphenLgjYEPAU6R50t6XYOqwcw4jI-8CGiTgHb6TFsn2kOXAf1skJJ0nxhh4vFDjwha10MSlMY9dqwvMoPKMCIef_ZIxPlMqku5A_HT2l4L6eRptPHniI8PZVzkx_kdAn-xAIfcwA9T6VLHi35bHtYb/w640-h192/IMG_8886.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However hasty redeployment is never easy in the face of the foe and several brigades simply head towards the nearest enemy!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU87TRLvjpKKthRtW7m7Q0DQ0gT-d2SgP130FCBw4gb_REchQjJZAkuiHCuW7I4ekzsJlP7mtHMWpuwFki1JoCLy-F24uToGXagsPjkXBP1wki1uY98zCwxyUpcguJcmWYm-G3bzW2GDkvCf2oBTpm0ELa9KOxjiRZ1d04hGhv1YdAileWMVUI3sljsls2/s2981/IMG_8892.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="2981" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU87TRLvjpKKthRtW7m7Q0DQ0gT-d2SgP130FCBw4gb_REchQjJZAkuiHCuW7I4ekzsJlP7mtHMWpuwFki1JoCLy-F24uToGXagsPjkXBP1wki1uY98zCwxyUpcguJcmWYm-G3bzW2GDkvCf2oBTpm0ELa9KOxjiRZ1d04hGhv1YdAileWMVUI3sljsls2/w640-h244/IMG_8892.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However these early blunders are not confined to the French: An Austrian brigades advances upon the French centre whilst in March Column, and several Russian battalions simply will not or cannot deploy out of March Column!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpDR6yYU0PBVcIsgCdRyxdwEYL8_uKEbfq7IC5eqI_nUUd1kbVwHZa4uk262hKSY2IuskV_tOuTMeAcuaQ-2cYh2zVMua9wAe_9TMwwuv1wr3NpfbHVKMp1PZzIikY-iNBpp4prrGs94ErCxO-NGYp0c-R705mbnbdn1ZJ2o0bC3PeK7Egn39jsfJ1OT_/s2320/IMG_8903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1922" data-original-width="2320" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpDR6yYU0PBVcIsgCdRyxdwEYL8_uKEbfq7IC5eqI_nUUd1kbVwHZa4uk262hKSY2IuskV_tOuTMeAcuaQ-2cYh2zVMua9wAe_9TMwwuv1wr3NpfbHVKMp1PZzIikY-iNBpp4prrGs94ErCxO-NGYp0c-R705mbnbdn1ZJ2o0bC3PeK7Egn39jsfJ1OT_/w640-h530/IMG_8903.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">They say victory goes to the side that makes fewest mistakes - today competition is fierce...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIPWayxFe9bnJGUAIashcCmzBZ3TaUvAuOAdA9JTsDa6_CzV46p-tAuyWbuT80ruiHOwkPePQM4UjLMGuJBxovxtM7QHM1Iq7PAFzoWQG9OQd0hoC8L9xljM_sS4WXCpKFdl8F2cBrSJiYFSYNCtEBi5Fai7lRBxKlWHOlgLpRinb-eAcsa73YjvZ2lix/s2212/IMG_8906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1687" data-original-width="2212" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIPWayxFe9bnJGUAIashcCmzBZ3TaUvAuOAdA9JTsDa6_CzV46p-tAuyWbuT80ruiHOwkPePQM4UjLMGuJBxovxtM7QHM1Iq7PAFzoWQG9OQd0hoC8L9xljM_sS4WXCpKFdl8F2cBrSJiYFSYNCtEBi5Fai7lRBxKlWHOlgLpRinb-eAcsa73YjvZ2lix/w640-h488/IMG_8906.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> but the French with their better Staff Ratings get their stuff together first...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAKS76Wntu7R_dQ4R5gX1SzajwpavQQIUJPCLGsZTg9fHYCtpe00b0zGweAO2ImuSDqYC9_K_EP3XpvXu5zal3kzWDINuICpMJ5sG3XM4xN8J9G-JkwPZ9O_q-cA410kKbEwWSi5x5VdODlPk0X2qPjNWSzrw6hWV2sEDFKkvmVtMSXvUkyw7GRVrPmR4/s2728/IMG_8888.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1247" data-original-width="2728" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAKS76Wntu7R_dQ4R5gX1SzajwpavQQIUJPCLGsZTg9fHYCtpe00b0zGweAO2ImuSDqYC9_K_EP3XpvXu5zal3kzWDINuICpMJ5sG3XM4xN8J9G-JkwPZ9O_q-cA410kKbEwWSi5x5VdODlPk0X2qPjNWSzrw6hWV2sEDFKkvmVtMSXvUkyw7GRVrPmR4/w640-h292/IMG_8888.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">They mass against the Coalition centre...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmiM-nvA3CpoR-VqPf_tMP0x97kMMpD1Uy_hh5jbOP2g_zSNs9oepOIFI4c6baoaVMVjCcgjrv2GndNE7cCaYfZM4vlwe1XESJcC-xe6v3Xr3PrOq-nvoCjTDiUjmaRzEWgg2tVt0Vc1YUHMoCS8Aho94H3vRZcTPG3yZT0Z5BY_2Secd5LuFwqqp3NX2/s3686/IMG_8925.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The road to the bridge is clear!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWcGuFMMhINIYtQSvNxPEXm-xndVIpvmD3DuzcNbwPDc5f092dNiAmNxEx-RwWca_j3D1tsWE96DWIPPmgQ_v5ruGR9oxw0BaBcDui1g5Qf27-j14Vh3Sv_YQXyB03A67f2D9e6xEKu0MsuO7dv2R_9vPvfr1WJoIcE1fJqUliga73NmYgfMx5qMiwdo1/s3384/IMG_8927.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="3384" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWcGuFMMhINIYtQSvNxPEXm-xndVIpvmD3DuzcNbwPDc5f092dNiAmNxEx-RwWca_j3D1tsWE96DWIPPmgQ_v5ruGR9oxw0BaBcDui1g5Qf27-j14Vh3Sv_YQXyB03A67f2D9e6xEKu0MsuO7dv2R_9vPvfr1WJoIcE1fJqUliga73NmYgfMx5qMiwdo1/w640-h268/IMG_8927.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-26458715983170489882023-11-10T16:55:00.004+11:002023-11-10T18:29:23.893+11:00Flames of War 12mil: Prokhorovka!<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXzFwYB917CguIiIQGjC39uG3yK8qrcRT6dUAdXC2V7iqWnfBafzLqEfmBzMj0VY6_h8giFkDZZnJBHtD4Gn-9rP5Oov1C9eFTQ5VBqG2pUGLUCBiWwJD1rRaDI-YKw3He9tHt1Luy_5rN8jJTpfoO8enUgKTtP-mGslXSfqLdSNAF1u3s5gHGyAv8ZSE/s3012/IMG_8798.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="3012" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXzFwYB917CguIiIQGjC39uG3yK8qrcRT6dUAdXC2V7iqWnfBafzLqEfmBzMj0VY6_h8giFkDZZnJBHtD4Gn-9rP5Oov1C9eFTQ5VBqG2pUGLUCBiWwJD1rRaDI-YKw3He9tHt1Luy_5rN8jJTpfoO8enUgKTtP-mGslXSfqLdSNAF1u3s5gHGyAv8ZSE/w640-h384/IMG_8798.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It was with some trepidation that I approached laying on this week's game at the Wollongong Wargamers. I was organising a WW2 Flames of War game in 1/144th or 12mil, a scale which is receiving some push back locally. I would have to make this game epic, yet allow players to get a result within an evening! I put some thought into the briefing:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganCakjyVsZxBEYvUepLrgVvWPrVfm72r470vlovVCrmszwq5oyqqZbT2t2uc9rLOWfZv4n85IHjUBE0vHnQ3_gqTI2YnckLdC5knAUm4kAlRvzJsV1ZOJJAor00IoFrBRS3fIm2c-9bdyaXlbEOe43DDcZs-Opc82co5_ZP5DzLXulLW_tyJLnzf5hg7G/s1116/Brief%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="1116" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganCakjyVsZxBEYvUepLrgVvWPrVfm72r470vlovVCrmszwq5oyqqZbT2t2uc9rLOWfZv4n85IHjUBE0vHnQ3_gqTI2YnckLdC5knAUm4kAlRvzJsV1ZOJJAor00IoFrBRS3fIm2c-9bdyaXlbEOe43DDcZs-Opc82co5_ZP5DzLXulLW_tyJLnzf5hg7G/w640-h478/Brief%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpwhDzmAaiXWYGxnaMYPeiKXMb2nyk9C1D327axbgE9VYCH6gGn8B_3TwtERMUAlJ3v2zMSyzJomzLak95zUQbKRe4qr8deGoFjqmUNdXmX5Oxj6MgOE4mdD5o_cA6n7GW_oswf2cyoRorvXvYJRmbOzxYz7KF0DasBVQh17zd5PZ22MC0_SRcncYDhfL/s913/Brief%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">To my amazement most of the players actually read the brief, so we could get started with a minimum of fuss - the LAH deployed first, only allowed to deploy tantalisingly short of the Hill 225 ridgeline!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsNSf_HVQPyE7wO_jMWxYqmMrffx_WnZGgUfcZWmQHYWa3Ny7DlLETFyEt-tTwmwv810gmt8ZQavMwW8aTJrX6XFo8kao7Qw3Me8DxojNbR_RgngU_QrRwqsAAw-Xb0f6G0AQsjui-9hcooMcmUPGmub7wwfZHGwG1cIfUCT25TmI6vILjznMLGkR2tni/s3486/IMG_8783.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1970" data-original-width="3486" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsNSf_HVQPyE7wO_jMWxYqmMrffx_WnZGgUfcZWmQHYWa3Ny7DlLETFyEt-tTwmwv810gmt8ZQavMwW8aTJrX6XFo8kao7Qw3Me8DxojNbR_RgngU_QrRwqsAAw-Xb0f6G0AQsjui-9hcooMcmUPGmub7wwfZHGwG1cIfUCT25TmI6vILjznMLGkR2tni/w640-h362/IMG_8783.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">They weren't allowed 'Ambush' or to dig in either, as they were caught forming up, so the vulnerable PAK gunners had to seek what limited cover they could find:</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBDYwF9DRzDTGHpgWo9guk6TxH3DWC8z01WTgEkI14Bq_AKzGfLtjrBemuB5Ga6-qfnJVxE8JcyCpyyfkMt-kiE80fxhYiVXMuaz-Jcx90otDjuM7geSr8kqJ5i6VHlTF-S_cf38aD3mgUKnqUkq-6LLQ273bO2AHMA-8Ym5_yyyvHVxQL2g2yYXnnHOI/s3459/IMG_8785.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="3459" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBDYwF9DRzDTGHpgWo9guk6TxH3DWC8z01WTgEkI14Bq_AKzGfLtjrBemuB5Ga6-qfnJVxE8JcyCpyyfkMt-kiE80fxhYiVXMuaz-Jcx90otDjuM7geSr8kqJ5i6VHlTF-S_cf38aD3mgUKnqUkq-6LLQ273bO2AHMA-8Ym5_yyyvHVxQL2g2yYXnnHOI/w640-h332/IMG_8785.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">On their right Rotmistrov's 5th Guards Tank Army came on hard and fast, making good use of 'Follow Me' orders.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVioCRpLJWdyx8C5yoApbsEcShtRFx3nBS65KS_IwOr549Vfz63XLdiYKmKGcBVt4oJ_wdlGCOgILxQQVZLfcmLG9l0t8koJXox7F3LP5G2huU2zBiZYapU61oNlJ6QtxVTiV4vDEtR6IxFimiOvZb36hPsvUsore9JwvDoS-0wLNHWOpzY-HxJOLjUTna/s3063/IMG_8786.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1652" data-original-width="3063" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVioCRpLJWdyx8C5yoApbsEcShtRFx3nBS65KS_IwOr549Vfz63XLdiYKmKGcBVt4oJ_wdlGCOgILxQQVZLfcmLG9l0t8koJXox7F3LP5G2huU2zBiZYapU61oNlJ6QtxVTiV4vDEtR6IxFimiOvZb36hPsvUsore9JwvDoS-0wLNHWOpzY-HxJOLjUTna/w640-h346/IMG_8786.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Whereas on their left, they advanced slightly more cautiously, seeking cover in the lee of State Collective Farm <i>October Heroes</i>' crop fields and isbas.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESlfOcbQC4vUBVjoSEIz2lajrHaPKfx9zB3MfpaTXvwWC8sD9w_utyPBdJ8NG6kVGYT3IN-pXZa-AFVqpFLz0cunpB_xdVe4DI39nGkx_S2yhQLr4dqjDK4eXLw4tB5yL83KonuBJQfQLO5cm0BoD-HtGU8QI74gDxv-5oKIHH4B93h-S5TYhyphenhyphenq-nwkSf/s3578/IMG_8787.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="3578" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESlfOcbQC4vUBVjoSEIz2lajrHaPKfx9zB3MfpaTXvwWC8sD9w_utyPBdJ8NG6kVGYT3IN-pXZa-AFVqpFLz0cunpB_xdVe4DI39nGkx_S2yhQLr4dqjDK4eXLw4tB5yL83KonuBJQfQLO5cm0BoD-HtGU8QI74gDxv-5oKIHH4B93h-S5TYhyphenhyphenq-nwkSf/w640-h314/IMG_8787.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">From the LAH perspective, it looked overwhelming - which of course it was on the day - 12th July 1943.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4QC43hqyT5sDIvv1Fl9x-vawFNTQpwxY0vndjzMmQMq59D9HDpwXwAG6O1p48Ty4m78Ss_9BYJ7hYJEgRE-9ipvV8W78fSEFffZitvZMMtJ2p1PvmspioKX39j2iUY2CepgEvStCCGHtL1klaeaYnwGkhkHr6ubqwCqDR1SIQbcTNvUAOheK6xMvfghz/s3845/IMG_8788.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2242" data-original-width="3845" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4QC43hqyT5sDIvv1Fl9x-vawFNTQpwxY0vndjzMmQMq59D9HDpwXwAG6O1p48Ty4m78Ss_9BYJ7hYJEgRE-9ipvV8W78fSEFffZitvZMMtJ2p1PvmspioKX39j2iUY2CepgEvStCCGHtL1klaeaYnwGkhkHr6ubqwCqDR1SIQbcTNvUAOheK6xMvfghz/w640-h374/IMG_8788.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However the Panzer IVs of the 1st SS Panzer Regiment jockeyed up to the ridgeline and opened up at long range, with a couple of successes...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iq_p5be4hk1dacTZb8MQxPNd-oMfYOUXJaD1YYU8AQr25Vmuwgm4HTvoniC9heCi7foXOi_elnrSzVvkdQSS9ldtRE6rkFjf-N37n07DXRgNEqYLxS61tNBSOMhRXqrFZZkq2djKzNvvXSQEBzvM-Iyn78yiW-ccoDdzOymu1aea8QlsAgEe-FIfx55H/s2380/IMG_8790.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="2380" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iq_p5be4hk1dacTZb8MQxPNd-oMfYOUXJaD1YYU8AQr25Vmuwgm4HTvoniC9heCi7foXOi_elnrSzVvkdQSS9ldtRE6rkFjf-N37n07DXRgNEqYLxS61tNBSOMhRXqrFZZkq2djKzNvvXSQEBzvM-Iyn78yiW-ccoDdzOymu1aea8QlsAgEe-FIfx55H/w640-h480/IMG_8790.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But the Soviet Tankers were nothing daunted and worked their way around behind the collective farm.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CowDJIFvN4HjcYR9_kgRGbsz2pTXbGdQ9bsYFTv8UWFE7W3RRSCoTahoKMzV19jx80GOvXb6LefVmWO7l6gnrB5oWGrx06bzvK22b_btZjAoYkpp8pvnaeO9FG5KERzrvERTK0QjL3cT24dWRoo8ObjUeMiDgUo2e79eWvaV40ypaifKB_giDSzn8wgf/s2567/IMG_8791.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1717" data-original-width="2567" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CowDJIFvN4HjcYR9_kgRGbsz2pTXbGdQ9bsYFTv8UWFE7W3RRSCoTahoKMzV19jx80GOvXb6LefVmWO7l6gnrB5oWGrx06bzvK22b_btZjAoYkpp8pvnaeO9FG5KERzrvERTK0QjL3cT24dWRoo8ObjUeMiDgUo2e79eWvaV40ypaifKB_giDSzn8wgf/w640-h428/IMG_8791.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Over to their right the leading elements were soon amongst the German defences, intent on a close range knife fight!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuAhgFszF2XC9Zx9N1wnhKBs8OatYFMnzYqjVtd4LL27X49ehBfwJWfTYxMB6PhgaAeuQPXTXF3wOU1kGhZdr-E5bj3DirEhbDADt-T8kvFjitbXUvmMQRm7hPqg0n2uZw7L8zKsBal0S0-Pcrmrb5lk33BfBKF1UniO1pJCY0FMAYeGTtmSwAEIU9zqL5/s3779/IMG_8792.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="3779" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuAhgFszF2XC9Zx9N1wnhKBs8OatYFMnzYqjVtd4LL27X49ehBfwJWfTYxMB6PhgaAeuQPXTXF3wOU1kGhZdr-E5bj3DirEhbDADt-T8kvFjitbXUvmMQRm7hPqg0n2uZw7L8zKsBal0S0-Pcrmrb5lk33BfBKF1UniO1pJCY0FMAYeGTtmSwAEIU9zqL5/w640-h272/IMG_8792.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It really wasn't looking good for the <i>Leibstandarte</i>!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguU_CEd8vOvKqfzmPpMmTmRSY33D2Ut-RMenHhuf0ftgADJbOhHAvJ4enCv2XoEB-49H98ZMbxVfnGjGOYs_5NltnxUf8ae3goT9lufnOowohVaFRoLv5WJbudvoAevXlQCkim4Hf8HWn-74OJKbmasle8z1mxuVAwvZ06nhRFhV-0YmqqTzWuWk7KfaFA/s3342/IMG_8796.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1812" data-original-width="3342" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguU_CEd8vOvKqfzmPpMmTmRSY33D2Ut-RMenHhuf0ftgADJbOhHAvJ4enCv2XoEB-49H98ZMbxVfnGjGOYs_5NltnxUf8ae3goT9lufnOowohVaFRoLv5WJbudvoAevXlQCkim4Hf8HWn-74OJKbmasle8z1mxuVAwvZ06nhRFhV-0YmqqTzWuWk7KfaFA/w640-h348/IMG_8796.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Despite some great shooting from the StuG Abteilung enough T-34s had broken through the German lines to achieve half the victory conditions - they only needed infantry support to claim victory!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVd5poa9TLGVylqG3sS10DvNhTpmQaVJwxX7w7hXTFToTiofWcx4B381lFgze0q7kJLsXrHm0D_-AaUC37lJ4cZaphvCp3BUBpQUNCIjy_gRR_lHClc2yvtPtTeSzxp2TcRloVtwkKf17zfTcNROxBcyWwactlf_XFRpV3zgv8e6m55NFpVXGIZu18Wxqz/s2816/IMG_8799.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1779" data-original-width="2816" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVd5poa9TLGVylqG3sS10DvNhTpmQaVJwxX7w7hXTFToTiofWcx4B381lFgze0q7kJLsXrHm0D_-AaUC37lJ4cZaphvCp3BUBpQUNCIjy_gRR_lHClc2yvtPtTeSzxp2TcRloVtwkKf17zfTcNROxBcyWwactlf_XFRpV3zgv8e6m55NFpVXGIZu18Wxqz/w640-h404/IMG_8799.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Successive waves of Red Armour kept the LAH tankers and gunners pinned to their positions with little scope for manoeuvre.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKHrQv6aquOQdFzeMGto6sVMdN8OzeO5fpq87rgMvUFO-7czABsHFfOc0_P5_JWepJ5zBxuA7KCwDYte1VWfYLNvokmaQ3_dKvih3n4CXH-BYPikYJCxfZgPFqKxzsksVWe2lILWae9zPW4BBapDOSEQlzrjRhkEPGKUPGWoBfGBZJcBcqfbpNBIEy2xq/s3621/IMG_8801.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2188" data-original-width="3621" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKHrQv6aquOQdFzeMGto6sVMdN8OzeO5fpq87rgMvUFO-7czABsHFfOc0_P5_JWepJ5zBxuA7KCwDYte1VWfYLNvokmaQ3_dKvih3n4CXH-BYPikYJCxfZgPFqKxzsksVWe2lILWae9zPW4BBapDOSEQlzrjRhkEPGKUPGWoBfGBZJcBcqfbpNBIEy2xq/w640-h386/IMG_8801.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It was left to the Panzer Grenadiers of 2nd SS PzGren Regt to attrit the Red Motor Rifles with a series of daring and effective attacks, ignoring all the Russian heavy armour around them!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPExJ6Grx3RHobwA2AtuZqVoLHvBk7ENBpFT6F4axZ_SyIm72v1RZN9kMZLtpb_y2oAXkJDeKTGDBwDVBcUQB_Z0I9cJnsVbkAKSIZj6ouc5n-qsX_Fik_gzOKMYRy1lddWSzMDwJInLNxlRI9Cb4xEObaCWQYMpUkqYlhzy7Ci_eNy4FdnuubHsPWmsco/s3122/IMG_8803.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="3122" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPExJ6Grx3RHobwA2AtuZqVoLHvBk7ENBpFT6F4axZ_SyIm72v1RZN9kMZLtpb_y2oAXkJDeKTGDBwDVBcUQB_Z0I9cJnsVbkAKSIZj6ouc5n-qsX_Fik_gzOKMYRy1lddWSzMDwJInLNxlRI9Cb4xEObaCWQYMpUkqYlhzy7Ci_eNy4FdnuubHsPWmsco/w640-h382/IMG_8803.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Coupled with a succession of accurate artillery bombardments from their two 105mm batteries, the Russian Motor Rifle troops were pinned then destroyed in place, stalling the attack and delivering victory to the <i>1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte </i>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICAMmP1zfQQ3aKTlMz0kQtyYy8TCPHFgnbJQQPH-QBI7-V6_MgwzEShpQ7wgS25xX_pmEAKYzsWIUMwZDj5r4HX6vBDUuihO1h65-fEwPlN23clExMq3P_RphG9QfE5_7-AQC_XlQd9dVOtgbGKs9FeA1qb5wqgD2LuwqavrAAljhNvPTt36HrncZ-zPw/s2998/IMG_8810.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="2998" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICAMmP1zfQQ3aKTlMz0kQtyYy8TCPHFgnbJQQPH-QBI7-V6_MgwzEShpQ7wgS25xX_pmEAKYzsWIUMwZDj5r4HX6vBDUuihO1h65-fEwPlN23clExMq3P_RphG9QfE5_7-AQC_XlQd9dVOtgbGKs9FeA1qb5wqgD2LuwqavrAAljhNvPTt36HrncZ-zPw/w640-h326/IMG_8810.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-27461976424421586842023-11-06T09:29:00.000+11:002023-11-06T09:29:04.689+11:00Epic Black Powder ACW: Chance Encounter!<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJ0Qcpgt96w8EryUqwemOqf8RsE31Qdgj3SCG4JeXnFpp3VU0vb3cjidHrOU61lohvUN9Xn76lYw5vV08PTgsWOyePGsa-bQ01ydFxZBgcIhR1kM-3_WWOvrnt8uGOxhq0p78HZw9BPYTId2f_VBS9DSiRFop6qV1_lp8yz1L4ec2FtRjF2x1dM2f_MzX/s3666/IMG_8749.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="3666" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJ0Qcpgt96w8EryUqwemOqf8RsE31Qdgj3SCG4JeXnFpp3VU0vb3cjidHrOU61lohvUN9Xn76lYw5vV08PTgsWOyePGsa-bQ01ydFxZBgcIhR1kM-3_WWOvrnt8uGOxhq0p78HZw9BPYTId2f_VBS9DSiRFop6qV1_lp8yz1L4ec2FtRjF2x1dM2f_MzX/w640-h282/IMG_8749.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">For this Sunday's Solo game I wanted to devise an exciting and randomised battle with an unpredictable flow of reserves building up the battle in ad-hoc fashion. So not at all a historical battle, although set in the eminently ancient and mysterious realm of the Lower Miskatonic Valley...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NuUx6hfkDkKsT_KYENH_bLBnkQww40YMLHzS53QeXRGPvO2HSFxsGvGBK4uXrOdAHyYzeNUY5FfYRnqsc9OlRdRiesYPctK6zNhfOFE1cyMTbaiFZWLaqkCW7eAMDc6gW0Wo8uWQk6dkhIIMArHOWQpgi_hwn7xH_BOSWJsJ_c2fxKFF9zl_owiavdAq/s3797/Table%20Scenario%20Terrain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2462" data-original-width="3797" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NuUx6hfkDkKsT_KYENH_bLBnkQww40YMLHzS53QeXRGPvO2HSFxsGvGBK4uXrOdAHyYzeNUY5FfYRnqsc9OlRdRiesYPctK6zNhfOFE1cyMTbaiFZWLaqkCW7eAMDc6gW0Wo8uWQk6dkhIIMArHOWQpgi_hwn7xH_BOSWJsJ_c2fxKFF9zl_owiavdAq/w640-h414/Table%20Scenario%20Terrain.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The objective for both armies was to occupy the small town of Harrison's Ford, which was split up into three discreet building blocks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOptY8YGona29FcqhR-Xq3DUYdjyqYG8i4_3wXR2a_NBn7_rhXOOxiU_Y6I0Q7APUO-ObgaeXuFoVU65Izd-9-1rvqkNMzqLQcWDptIfcMfAYvRLp6dRKXeTiJOSfX5ekiNsVQfLWHPAVGBTOi7GLX8a_eg2KyRbmnrpc8Vh20x_J0b8-fpFa6gJEBdLkB/s3114/Building%20blocks.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2534" data-original-width="3114" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOptY8YGona29FcqhR-Xq3DUYdjyqYG8i4_3wXR2a_NBn7_rhXOOxiU_Y6I0Q7APUO-ObgaeXuFoVU65Izd-9-1rvqkNMzqLQcWDptIfcMfAYvRLp6dRKXeTiJOSfX5ekiNsVQfLWHPAVGBTOi7GLX8a_eg2KyRbmnrpc8Vh20x_J0b8-fpFa6gJEBdLkB/w640-h520/Building%20blocks.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Adapted from Flames of War rules, the arrival of reinforcing brigades and artillery battalions would likely determine the course of the battle...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2geFdC_FV_pIddpVGNMfG6sH-1iwdeHvD8QmRNpRujAsXhcUv9OO8raV4mA4zdGP5atdFTxGw0GQaZOeUkbc5-RLfAhpEtFocdKtxvyjmWpc5tC61EPKl8fzEWtT3swaRjm3MxXB8tR5os9wFjmcG60FVlviJyksVSH3O6uSqjxSsS3McScyInW3TKvO/s3844/Table%20Scenario%20Reserves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3844" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2geFdC_FV_pIddpVGNMfG6sH-1iwdeHvD8QmRNpRujAsXhcUv9OO8raV4mA4zdGP5atdFTxGw0GQaZOeUkbc5-RLfAhpEtFocdKtxvyjmWpc5tC61EPKl8fzEWtT3swaRjm3MxXB8tR5os9wFjmcG60FVlviJyksVSH3O6uSqjxSsS3McScyInW3TKvO/w640-h426/Table%20Scenario%20Reserves.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Each side started with a single infantry brigade on table. (Note to self - must paint up some Cav!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFeCON9RGN-51LihszESMhm3OfgrxpGNrgnmPMnCcv-B_1RJkjilRidCxwUc0gIu-kjMctcRwNesqHFWKKypdG7mw3RJzYWWjgyXxXuOpKGJLycSzXs1jmX3iKQHTAq4SEHjUB10OjP8krnTajLAWBOOfRvNUGG7LnH_jPXzuIevEKAolSr1pgH6bwBnm/s2848/IMG_8684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1277" data-original-width="2848" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFeCON9RGN-51LihszESMhm3OfgrxpGNrgnmPMnCcv-B_1RJkjilRidCxwUc0gIu-kjMctcRwNesqHFWKKypdG7mw3RJzYWWjgyXxXuOpKGJLycSzXs1jmX3iKQHTAq4SEHjUB10OjP8krnTajLAWBOOfRvNUGG7LnH_jPXzuIevEKAolSr1pgH6bwBnm/w640-h286/IMG_8684.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Unsurprisingly, both Brigade Commanders made a beeline for the town. With both formations in march column on roads, the fact that the Union commander had a Staff Rating of seven, one less than his Confederate counterpart, didn't affect things at this stage.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNy1GV1rf5OjKVm2es-h_dR0Zs5RrEDZMDkLu5Yw8Iz4_Yvaxsy_LRakyVOpHQmNkbG8vSgfg9A6D1LiVlPbHzEyEygmP8noSovW0JICxF6QjkfUhTX9PpYbvK8x-MkjTCq0CcQ4O-iZsB9kvz-_1aTalNJEe6ZDgoYg1Dom3SoNBaHer4o5CNy0nBzt_r/s3792/IMG_8690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="3792" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNy1GV1rf5OjKVm2es-h_dR0Zs5RrEDZMDkLu5Yw8Iz4_Yvaxsy_LRakyVOpHQmNkbG8vSgfg9A6D1LiVlPbHzEyEygmP8noSovW0JICxF6QjkfUhTX9PpYbvK8x-MkjTCq0CcQ4O-iZsB9kvz-_1aTalNJEe6ZDgoYg1Dom3SoNBaHer4o5CNy0nBzt_r/w640-h228/IMG_8690.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Indeed, the Union were initially much more successful with their reserve rolls - by the end of Turn 2 the single Rebel Bde was outnumbered 3:1! It had however beaten the Bluebellies to the punch and occupied the northern third of the town.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihixh4MckEbgSI6D-VVCEoGPkUCGDJRRJaU30ZAm6aHlZ9fS2u-CNEb66HTyaY54Yye_sudkW94UvYthXHV0I0d-0_xnHLpmsvP0hXR8oJ-l9PnJAaDRwBxaE9cPB03Kw2mwEFaUlqnJPGlYM9T6dm6thu0L8pJl9CW9zEllWW455kLGZ7W3-qUD_NV_K4/s3765/IMG_8703.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2073" data-original-width="3765" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihixh4MckEbgSI6D-VVCEoGPkUCGDJRRJaU30ZAm6aHlZ9fS2u-CNEb66HTyaY54Yye_sudkW94UvYthXHV0I0d-0_xnHLpmsvP0hXR8oJ-l9PnJAaDRwBxaE9cPB03Kw2mwEFaUlqnJPGlYM9T6dm6thu0L8pJl9CW9zEllWW455kLGZ7W3-qUD_NV_K4/w640-h352/IMG_8703.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But then the Confederate reserves started to turn up too.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVsq3yRZNxsms4hTlZEuPOh7E1qHCwQ-veBV9dV8mjWUOCr313zGe7nXLUhoO69odeNGh0Lbb-GvVUyC8FMK9nN-eFsM9TLBwFtcqJpOi-H5f_DRB5fYWkcPR0TeyYO-ZznQQzmMyXvkllciVnJ1pz1-CsJdAwYW07iiijgpMcVAOCl_HdHcl6jwoz9r5/s3691/IMG_8717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="3691" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVsq3yRZNxsms4hTlZEuPOh7E1qHCwQ-veBV9dV8mjWUOCr313zGe7nXLUhoO69odeNGh0Lbb-GvVUyC8FMK9nN-eFsM9TLBwFtcqJpOi-H5f_DRB5fYWkcPR0TeyYO-ZznQQzmMyXvkllciVnJ1pz1-CsJdAwYW07iiijgpMcVAOCl_HdHcl6jwoz9r5/w640-h316/IMG_8717.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Union, braving devastating enveloping fire whilst remaining in march column, managed to occupy the centre portion of town.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgjcQlO8H_uruLbMdt3z9z5b-qDEMhKNnKADYu5QMjUq2MFGboPZjU0cXMgy_0b_JHNWJBfe8W5cItvXZbeWezw6KDwqcW8DXEp_TsGRTUb3ZyjiGsdlYgEZh6xGBD3eAIsxR_aS10wmYYPXxZ4oSAHNbCuA95Yhv4G1H6T6ShQ_ZYArrq1rJa1qSyie3/s3844/IMG_8727.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3844" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgjcQlO8H_uruLbMdt3z9z5b-qDEMhKNnKADYu5QMjUq2MFGboPZjU0cXMgy_0b_JHNWJBfe8W5cItvXZbeWezw6KDwqcW8DXEp_TsGRTUb3ZyjiGsdlYgEZh6xGBD3eAIsxR_aS10wmYYPXxZ4oSAHNbCuA95Yhv4G1H6T6ShQ_ZYArrq1rJa1qSyie3/w640-h386/IMG_8727.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But rebel reserves arrived at exactly the right place to occupy the southern portion of town.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6kNNUlRMIwvBWhaqdkQIzUvUfQpNQt-X-aaQT15oHMfKRLTTU4oxA7GuOyp-5mp13f3Ax7ipDnoFHNN2zJLnWyuQ1V044xb27k8CaH0jwK0QFbqIISv8WasNbKJoDOdx3nk5Nm_CTMplmtWOEiBzhx0oAG8qkvvcs7V4viuDoh5i-tC4n4QU_lp-4Ucj/s4206/IMG_8734.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="4206" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6kNNUlRMIwvBWhaqdkQIzUvUfQpNQt-X-aaQT15oHMfKRLTTU4oxA7GuOyp-5mp13f3Ax7ipDnoFHNN2zJLnWyuQ1V044xb27k8CaH0jwK0QFbqIISv8WasNbKJoDOdx3nk5Nm_CTMplmtWOEiBzhx0oAG8qkvvcs7V4viuDoh5i-tC4n4QU_lp-4Ucj/w640-h120/IMG_8734.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This forced the Union troops in the open to adopt the unrewarding tactic of exchanging fire with the rebels ensconced in stone buildings!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_k3VtqfIXg-ccnhnC0_AkX98uxPze9-JmDODEdqJszupB2OPdiYhJ6Vj3aiV-pAPlV-aIwcu1wbYTK-ymUq6TOhEefFl0-a-R2MtkbLOhr2BtE8AtgP2R8J3wb4sQMz_recLfUuWdPHYvwZ7FOCwRhbeghdMqGYuaybTtuoIfNJfH7J6ekvl9UsaQfC9u/s3325/IMG_8739.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1941" data-original-width="3325" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_k3VtqfIXg-ccnhnC0_AkX98uxPze9-JmDODEdqJszupB2OPdiYhJ6Vj3aiV-pAPlV-aIwcu1wbYTK-ymUq6TOhEefFl0-a-R2MtkbLOhr2BtE8AtgP2R8J3wb4sQMz_recLfUuWdPHYvwZ7FOCwRhbeghdMqGYuaybTtuoIfNJfH7J6ekvl9UsaQfC9u/w640-h374/IMG_8739.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Union hurried up their artillery to Dunwich hill, hoping to bombard the northern side of town...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCtxecgi63vPQEB3NoLtlIwWXVO5dRYBHpgKVzgRe3gMKHXJo4tA0R7uQw3CwDkK56pPy7XNWytE8tRQfxRG4vXN8ogsQhjLk5-YpQ5jYH96l6eTajjeG7cQGR-PNcF_5owBFdsCUyO_uyZ4-Rxuzs90iuSQC5qd6iSh6Vr75ZEqEhJkPj6ItJrOBIOhb/s3829/IMG_8748.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="3829" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCtxecgi63vPQEB3NoLtlIwWXVO5dRYBHpgKVzgRe3gMKHXJo4tA0R7uQw3CwDkK56pPy7XNWytE8tRQfxRG4vXN8ogsQhjLk5-YpQ5jYH96l6eTajjeG7cQGR-PNcF_5owBFdsCUyO_uyZ4-Rxuzs90iuSQC5qd6iSh6Vr75ZEqEhJkPj6ItJrOBIOhb/w640-h196/IMG_8748.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But couldn't get sufficient space for overhead fire.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVOh0c9qKSHz3YQhbWg5xZBLGM31cKOSBqJ-rH99Xt_PW0hZ2o8AfhYeeecLlIHbs-SyP83w-e-pv5DZLs5Tu24G19HWGQxseomZRMyNANXNQn3rBII1Q5IukfIUcRZWnnfRBDvxqbsFy477Xib-Sa-PEfBW9Kzgb3d2ad4lF0aSyaw-zlo0EXHrAD5DI/s3413/IMG_8740.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2246" data-original-width="3413" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVOh0c9qKSHz3YQhbWg5xZBLGM31cKOSBqJ-rH99Xt_PW0hZ2o8AfhYeeecLlIHbs-SyP83w-e-pv5DZLs5Tu24G19HWGQxseomZRMyNANXNQn3rBII1Q5IukfIUcRZWnnfRBDvxqbsFy477Xib-Sa-PEfBW9Kzgb3d2ad4lF0aSyaw-zlo0EXHrAD5DI/w640-h422/IMG_8740.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The rifle firefight was general and heated, but it wasn't going to evict the Rebs from town!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCaX6oHIeDMYAzDQFyUZfTVOhDfkZlnXLrIa4oXNBeBCBWSAhoqnnJLLpfLku7G2eemSTsWbgNBqjpPxihGQ3BiyPCCyVoeSXWjWzqdtCO4F5Yk2C-ZQfkuH7eu4GnTCW2dQv9ojxDq2jsAPdzFYIm_OSbb4SAMayXInOjABrntKEgdSR9iiYQueEa0p14/s3621/IMG_8757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2177" data-original-width="3621" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCaX6oHIeDMYAzDQFyUZfTVOhDfkZlnXLrIa4oXNBeBCBWSAhoqnnJLLpfLku7G2eemSTsWbgNBqjpPxihGQ3BiyPCCyVoeSXWjWzqdtCO4F5Yk2C-ZQfkuH7eu4GnTCW2dQv9ojxDq2jsAPdzFYIm_OSbb4SAMayXInOjABrntKEgdSR9iiYQueEa0p14/w640-h384/IMG_8757.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Eventually the Union deployment shook out sufficiently for the guns to deploy and range in...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfr8CSH1cl2xOfB40rlR4mfXC6o7L5DqZwcuaykAF7mEwNM3Z_AC9cxfUHFApPaezTId0xBFO1AwHFrcMrF1h3BoipDxJey8_1_LnpLZpDJCVLLM7x9A2VGnbaYpyIdafbhg5xpzhVgfVavqHQEP323-pk4ifoQ1j-gaDSjvFWfFHTPDxnqSl0RN5XhOkt/s3373/IMG_8770.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2019" data-original-width="3373" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfr8CSH1cl2xOfB40rlR4mfXC6o7L5DqZwcuaykAF7mEwNM3Z_AC9cxfUHFApPaezTId0xBFO1AwHFrcMrF1h3BoipDxJey8_1_LnpLZpDJCVLLM7x9A2VGnbaYpyIdafbhg5xpzhVgfVavqHQEP323-pk4ifoQ1j-gaDSjvFWfFHTPDxnqSl0RN5XhOkt/w640-h384/IMG_8770.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But by this time dusk was falling over the Lower Miskatonic Valley and the eerie whippoorwill cries were heard as the musketry fell off. Lines were shortened, sentries posted, the wounded brought in, and coffee brewed. The fate of Harrison's Ford would be decided another day!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbmJOqU5qiTl1VFNmbSoVeF9biVoe7UO-gB1SY90hkOAb3khTJLkAwXpdZLI4OQBf0rMDKOR_ebqQCX06UUZAoUWJ788NzRhPkp1sTysYAnK8zAYMeYYgHcYP74r3H2wT4Ehz5b-K4knpY9079kby7iExztbAlMqvc08GV2_MzbOV7mVscK0xgFShH3QC/s3676/IMG_8773.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1394" data-original-width="3676" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbmJOqU5qiTl1VFNmbSoVeF9biVoe7UO-gB1SY90hkOAb3khTJLkAwXpdZLI4OQBf0rMDKOR_ebqQCX06UUZAoUWJ788NzRhPkp1sTysYAnK8zAYMeYYgHcYP74r3H2wT4Ehz5b-K4knpY9079kby7iExztbAlMqvc08GV2_MzbOV7mVscK0xgFShH3QC/w640-h242/IMG_8773.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-15968348587263271242023-10-30T11:15:00.000+11:002023-10-30T11:15:18.813+11:00Black Seas : Trafalgar!<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPhvuoZhQnkd74Zuvm-q2yO2Y1ttZFE3vqGexT1UNJZCZrqtdngsJMinGwSHyfo78m5JGdcwLtqz9XsYnMG_Irv9_OdCO8XT8WaeaBzlZVnLBOlWQ9vKcj-TzeIDloP8TJbRJmDAC2vtB614dPQFuNGWFMCoQxmKAgH2pj2lKV23JWgNl9QJwnSvPw-Ae/s4272/IMG_8509.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="4272" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPhvuoZhQnkd74Zuvm-q2yO2Y1ttZFE3vqGexT1UNJZCZrqtdngsJMinGwSHyfo78m5JGdcwLtqz9XsYnMG_Irv9_OdCO8XT8WaeaBzlZVnLBOlWQ9vKcj-TzeIDloP8TJbRJmDAC2vtB614dPQFuNGWFMCoQxmKAgH2pj2lKV23JWgNl9QJwnSvPw-Ae/w640-h124/IMG_8509.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This Sunday the Wollongong Wargamers reprised our annual October Trafalgar game. Most followers of my blog will be familiar with the battle so I won't dwell on the history, for a useful summary click here: <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/features/trafalgar-day/battle-of-trafalgar" target="_blank">Royal Navy: Trafalgar</a></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR171LO0k-NJpuz0VT9jbmjMT0HZrB3Kb95s8VlwVyNNtf3LZkTb-Ee2q_-_485Ti4Buvf5cT6AErvq8UNAAC2lTlz7esh8L9thrlBN-7e8NrBIRJZw3uauU8YxhDgSWCGPHd2UoQ3JEifpORHPhADA1_GQ9W-CTOIEzErPVcAFRTQpxsTU77PWKZ5Qtx/s3906/IMG_8503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="3906" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR171LO0k-NJpuz0VT9jbmjMT0HZrB3Kb95s8VlwVyNNtf3LZkTb-Ee2q_-_485Ti4Buvf5cT6AErvq8UNAAC2lTlz7esh8L9thrlBN-7e8NrBIRJZw3uauU8YxhDgSWCGPHd2UoQ3JEifpORHPhADA1_GQ9W-CTOIEzErPVcAFRTQpxsTU77PWKZ5Qtx/w640-h178/IMG_8503.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This year we tried to better portray the somewhat disjointed disposition of the Combined Fleet: initially in three lines and a single ship. Peter M took command of the Vanguard and I the Afterguard. We used the Trafalgar scenario from Black Seas, with a few minor changes: our French and Spanish seamen would be <i>Regular</i> rather than the more historical<i> Inexperienced</i> to make more of a game of it, along with boasting a high proportion of First and Second Rates compared to the RN.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KTvHwA_bfMavaVNi78qhJo73niSaT7t6VPJK_ah8hMDjU2bEKsbG3VC3ksKv8vJQ8nPBG4xD0DskBvpPERbaBP4aJ1K6PpdjVc-Y0GhW6FMMusye6vnrePgYI3nEnXjDOM8ilQffsduSDoBjA5cygMHZ_uo3mfrbSpKPWsLdQprTW-fqGd3pWjmw8Nr2/s4272/IMG_8501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="4272" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KTvHwA_bfMavaVNi78qhJo73niSaT7t6VPJK_ah8hMDjU2bEKsbG3VC3ksKv8vJQ8nPBG4xD0DskBvpPERbaBP4aJ1K6PpdjVc-Y0GhW6FMMusye6vnrePgYI3nEnXjDOM8ilQffsduSDoBjA5cygMHZ_uo3mfrbSpKPWsLdQprTW-fqGd3pWjmw8Nr2/w640-h136/IMG_8501.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The RN formed two columns each lead by a First Rate but only Nelson's port column was graced with an additional Second Rate. To make the numbers up several British frigates were promoted to Third Rates!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXSwAdfXIlw_cVLJ5A_mKodpbujyUqr-OKYSI0cQU738JzFiDBGvd8qWWl39AYXxu-r8CgTiCIAcgvKuUCEdLTqq42BJaRZQh-6Nj7bNUVgAWOpt-zfKtLgczz9PC_wbhWC7iVNCR3UmtLuk2QpyOA2IDaeFEw1buSYRNTOueGlnypHhk8-3PdP4lmCG7/s3795/IMG_8505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="3795" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXSwAdfXIlw_cVLJ5A_mKodpbujyUqr-OKYSI0cQU738JzFiDBGvd8qWWl39AYXxu-r8CgTiCIAcgvKuUCEdLTqq42BJaRZQh-6Nj7bNUVgAWOpt-zfKtLgczz9PC_wbhWC7iVNCR3UmtLuk2QpyOA2IDaeFEw1buSYRNTOueGlnypHhk8-3PdP4lmCG7/w640-h206/IMG_8505.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Admiral Collingwood's Royal Sovereign, sporting a brand new copper bottom, raced ahead of the fleet and suffered accordingly at the hands of the Spanish big guns!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHntbI1XphQv5KEXlHliPhFqfeh9Zr5iV6SfT7Fztk4dJIBu87pFkDAQ7DoqUFbr6UNySU5LJBDCKBJEhgyXAsSaLUcLSisfKP-cvNUKJ9j5pgLh5ZNmjNyMH1k_BUC7EMXcgcnzxtZgvItTE-XfYBLf9gCIZnznppvLhPt8A64-iCjx4CpoIFvTsjh98/s3558/IMG_8508.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1713" data-original-width="3558" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHntbI1XphQv5KEXlHliPhFqfeh9Zr5iV6SfT7Fztk4dJIBu87pFkDAQ7DoqUFbr6UNySU5LJBDCKBJEhgyXAsSaLUcLSisfKP-cvNUKJ9j5pgLh5ZNmjNyMH1k_BUC7EMXcgcnzxtZgvItTE-XfYBLf9gCIZnznppvLhPt8A64-iCjx4CpoIFvTsjh98/w640-h308/IMG_8508.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">What Peter and I had hoped would turn into a long range gunnery duel of parallel lines...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjCyrLb0rP-ukw7rwufmobfnjdoRdMpvRMi8lfR1OSryPdqAZFxfuGSwFhRim44V7zUXEYl1-_yfcXxKmlFfupPSsaz_XMOaoMQmWxIVLv0Ncdm7CX2qewUgzVI4DQGely73E7It2oCwxXMXvuaPlLic33FVtp1BhhmJp4U_u2djzXQyJQUSiRHPfVhnn/s4152/IMG_8511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="4152" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjCyrLb0rP-ukw7rwufmobfnjdoRdMpvRMi8lfR1OSryPdqAZFxfuGSwFhRim44V7zUXEYl1-_yfcXxKmlFfupPSsaz_XMOaoMQmWxIVLv0Ncdm7CX2qewUgzVI4DQGely73E7It2oCwxXMXvuaPlLic33FVtp1BhhmJp4U_u2djzXQyJQUSiRHPfVhnn/w640-h160/IMG_8511.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Was thwarted by some astute tactical thinking by Darren/Nelson - the RN would absorb more pain without retaliation for the sake of using the wind gage to wear around and isolate our vanguard! Peter took a deep breath and prepared for the worst - given the flat calm it would be a long, long time before my Afterguard could come up in support!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iXzhVIh_RfBGd1rMZhqd79IqJ1b5hM7FclcJgRjTiy9J-peoOZ-ePJqtyNnBFKvEbysxenJcRbEXvmX9ECnt0N49CVZFmT-cIrASprHdtDUSFm60Kun4knCssUrXyFiA9M7c4wSN8w-gYtDWlq1Ldq3YuSK2Oe4kIL0dw6QroYaXmn0mMScfb3aYVecl/s4164/IMG_8514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1749" data-original-width="4164" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iXzhVIh_RfBGd1rMZhqd79IqJ1b5hM7FclcJgRjTiy9J-peoOZ-ePJqtyNnBFKvEbysxenJcRbEXvmX9ECnt0N49CVZFmT-cIrASprHdtDUSFm60Kun4knCssUrXyFiA9M7c4wSN8w-gYtDWlq1Ldq3YuSK2Oe4kIL0dw6QroYaXmn0mMScfb3aYVecl/w640-h268/IMG_8514.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However our gunnery was able to disrupt the cunning British plans - as they were just at the point of wearing around a lucky shot inflicted some timely critical damage:</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjZSs7Dj-_uxvCU22x2sRV70aGnXdGvsxo2iz6p3kBFgaghPxkN2XtEYjhiidn5CYCHsS8yfPTZdCHYTU7f9Clypqn2m1-C82GX4jq71a92PQhAPglikRbtj3FiB1PrqDQPEooPQwU82Z-hZU3EmZbAZETGfmnmS8YBs_2wbnHYi6SH9muUvJvmrvYKtd/s3845/IMG_8515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1801" data-original-width="3845" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjZSs7Dj-_uxvCU22x2sRV70aGnXdGvsxo2iz6p3kBFgaghPxkN2XtEYjhiidn5CYCHsS8yfPTZdCHYTU7f9Clypqn2m1-C82GX4jq71a92PQhAPglikRbtj3FiB1PrqDQPEooPQwU82Z-hZU3EmZbAZETGfmnmS8YBs_2wbnHYi6SH9muUvJvmrvYKtd/w640-h300/IMG_8515.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">HMS <i>Belleisle's</i> rudder was shot away and she turned with the wind directly for the Combined Fleet, fouling the way for the rest of the column!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhle-MLb0gNLvwinFF6q5D-TdPOCjaegsXEsUlYDpI_75BmL7incecMvGEh2EczaDvliEyhKdKjEo6X1oS4FWbooFQy7LS3OGO896HbYsibVf3w-MVoLGHzyQlSADJ-2L0c9KBz9v8BLtYgMCEhiUTrqJHJAa0OVVUujHhUz2YkfozFykWtn1vlBFPSWoiS/s3778/IMG_8516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="3778" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhle-MLb0gNLvwinFF6q5D-TdPOCjaegsXEsUlYDpI_75BmL7incecMvGEh2EczaDvliEyhKdKjEo6X1oS4FWbooFQy7LS3OGO896HbYsibVf3w-MVoLGHzyQlSADJ-2L0c9KBz9v8BLtYgMCEhiUTrqJHJAa0OVVUujHhUz2YkfozFykWtn1vlBFPSWoiS/w640-h308/IMG_8516.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This was the point at which the Royal Navy fleet was at its most vulnerable, and the Combined Fleet delivered a hard pounding, particularly with Peter M's formidable dice rolling! As you can see below he has set fire to a couple of British Men O War and <i>Royal Sovereign</i>, in particularly, has been grievously damaged.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DIbhZoaTaGoWq1n0E6NC9urOqmwu1mLUQAkHhfCZvkZFw1mTz1eWzRsyIvWJuwmPt-Wm7vfibS4haYi8vF90L0__gSplkpNR1RujFg00t-l96vHpOZBEiCz0Zct-oBOYfql_6I2G06iVKr822P7Bnb12HsVY7F2XeMsHPU3e44DcKxOxeplwgffYP4qY/s3024/IMG_8523.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="3024" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DIbhZoaTaGoWq1n0E6NC9urOqmwu1mLUQAkHhfCZvkZFw1mTz1eWzRsyIvWJuwmPt-Wm7vfibS4haYi8vF90L0__gSplkpNR1RujFg00t-l96vHpOZBEiCz0Zct-oBOYfql_6I2G06iVKr822P7Bnb12HsVY7F2XeMsHPU3e44DcKxOxeplwgffYP4qY/w640-h406/IMG_8523.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">After lunch Peter served up a festive Rum Cake to celebrate the Immortal Memory!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKQX8c6fCkZGIZ_WwJdHbt2C49LlLEw0oweOMD1yZO2Y4ayg_kTMIA45Ar_VrXeYP81Fmb6tzXFZWuNYWVrXbDSwMFUPjYndhrR52_YvA3GT7sz_liIAS5_Zu3mRI4-29RBTPFmAWlVAQ_lNZ6Dtf_K5N04UhpYL4P4AqMYN9dTZa1-rQnGNei8Fpks86/s2275/IMG_8518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1906" data-original-width="2275" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKQX8c6fCkZGIZ_WwJdHbt2C49LlLEw0oweOMD1yZO2Y4ayg_kTMIA45Ar_VrXeYP81Fmb6tzXFZWuNYWVrXbDSwMFUPjYndhrR52_YvA3GT7sz_liIAS5_Zu3mRI4-29RBTPFmAWlVAQ_lNZ6Dtf_K5N04UhpYL4P4AqMYN9dTZa1-rQnGNei8Fpks86/w640-h536/IMG_8518.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Darren and Caesar returned to the table to plot the next stage of the battle - they had taken their punishment getting into position, now was their time!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3gdBdtQew2C5c-IzALGPn-g6DC3Z4hrlYQU-zdKcuUoh1x7dTgm5oIxvbIBUntIAU74cu0ehybJriFvmnGrKJ4sjd3ie-1Ao5TvWp_rWv-cdEnhLoibDGyKG3JdQMzKSB8GCbR2koSgyd2uXymAe27fCG477vnJMuxOeKhj4Z722xkKwMFvGiOpZD4gf/s2372/IMG_8528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2372" data-original-width="2334" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3gdBdtQew2C5c-IzALGPn-g6DC3Z4hrlYQU-zdKcuUoh1x7dTgm5oIxvbIBUntIAU74cu0ehybJriFvmnGrKJ4sjd3ie-1Ao5TvWp_rWv-cdEnhLoibDGyKG3JdQMzKSB8GCbR2koSgyd2uXymAe27fCG477vnJMuxOeKhj4Z722xkKwMFvGiOpZD4gf/w630-h640/IMG_8528.JPG" width="630" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">They broke through...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UAxV51BFqUJmKwPppF_8LovFe7Y1m7TNZLMVT2Tb_Zepn-nK59BxLYSZUow7fb-8LyJThVbFB_NPZJg209gYk1giyZ4jJ-i8BNsbQctOHeylv61A_WFSnCYcr_7BwI5ML6idU80zQnmytbonBmpmwVFOFmwDRh1UMb6oM-7XPhhak117OSjl4mljqwyE/s3013/IMG_8530.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2168" data-original-width="3013" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UAxV51BFqUJmKwPppF_8LovFe7Y1m7TNZLMVT2Tb_Zepn-nK59BxLYSZUow7fb-8LyJThVbFB_NPZJg209gYk1giyZ4jJ-i8BNsbQctOHeylv61A_WFSnCYcr_7BwI5ML6idU80zQnmytbonBmpmwVFOFmwDRh1UMb6oM-7XPhhak117OSjl4mljqwyE/w640-h460/IMG_8530.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Then isolated...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPbB0IrAv34eQQU9DMh65R3iJ04VYhBxxAanUP6k3gi3NmKkCoa_78lw9XbZ4h8V1SzSUofbdJJzSYhGA0GpF_mKcwpzgNWa2GZv82kWQ6FAkO1x99Zy1_iBkz0xUq6fi8trfeUDPf2b7UPStdwQJCCoCLB9D-Zu3xMAg-IwvSJ2_4aFeSW8AqtIRP8BiD/s2389/IMG_8532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2389" data-original-width="2389" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPbB0IrAv34eQQU9DMh65R3iJ04VYhBxxAanUP6k3gi3NmKkCoa_78lw9XbZ4h8V1SzSUofbdJJzSYhGA0GpF_mKcwpzgNWa2GZv82kWQ6FAkO1x99Zy1_iBkz0xUq6fi8trfeUDPf2b7UPStdwQJCCoCLB9D-Zu3xMAg-IwvSJ2_4aFeSW8AqtIRP8BiD/w640-h640/IMG_8532.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Then pounded, the Combined Fleet's Vanguard to smithereens. When even the <i>Santissima Trinidad </i>was forced to strike, we threw in the towel!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzjQA1fCvybi0Forxmk27uMJc9geDFJ0JTk3X87CA0mDnAk7lQoR5naPnT3-YOgSd5HBnMfGABxQXB4iqWVMFqHow9kLDhFOyhb4z_Wv7ZMH57UyyzVW-Jr0t0E0fA3j8mQobmUbN1bh6ODZyayVHKsMSJo8V47l1otWee_xTEgmOhaD8zRldM0QPBrv6/s1877/IMG_8533.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1849" data-original-width="1877" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzjQA1fCvybi0Forxmk27uMJc9geDFJ0JTk3X87CA0mDnAk7lQoR5naPnT3-YOgSd5HBnMfGABxQXB4iqWVMFqHow9kLDhFOyhb4z_Wv7ZMH57UyyzVW-Jr0t0E0fA3j8mQobmUbN1bh6ODZyayVHKsMSJo8V47l1otWee_xTEgmOhaD8zRldM0QPBrv6/w640-h630/IMG_8533.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Congratulations to Darren and Caesar on a very convincing win, and commiserations to my team mate Peter - it was never going to be easy, even with his devastating die rolls!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-E-nWo2wd4uvZERgV5c5vzW7KBjMMB9DTFWE5_-gcZCJrat82GQEOr0FrTQ9jEA1yFh8JJiL4AY0N2dDeBUU-WD0iD536jpqUOv1PeiTMYeYVesR8mMTFdOwegiNDNX59u6IEjhNO0WNmrRLIu1fAdilu0RCoycSIjrk5L1Dx2QHHIzwevsBbfKVKTLQw/s421/newspaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="370" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-E-nWo2wd4uvZERgV5c5vzW7KBjMMB9DTFWE5_-gcZCJrat82GQEOr0FrTQ9jEA1yFh8JJiL4AY0N2dDeBUU-WD0iD536jpqUOv1PeiTMYeYVesR8mMTFdOwegiNDNX59u6IEjhNO0WNmrRLIu1fAdilu0RCoycSIjrk5L1Dx2QHHIzwevsBbfKVKTLQw/w562-h640/newspaper.jpg" width="562" /></span></a></div><br /><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-640766946107134602023-10-15T18:31:00.003+11:002023-10-15T18:31:35.715+11:00Black Seas: Atlantic Encounter!<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXfl2ChRr9i9m-LAQVQ7V-ondG9TK5QATh3KNJw2LZZ7uG86829CjMmGOmJKUAqgt1pY1sdd0rAb4NX6-Va7x2kPg52jnQkm3iG3oA6Fs4oNXSj29ZsZSAWRIRuUzpIcZ7da6xS4hWtVhFL_LKH1iH9Qd9D_AbPaQqRh_oT0ZnGUijL0_EEp3eTv7I0yd/s2521/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="3622" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3O_q23qTD_rTFqgtzxa5EVVydbS27b9CjRFnsfiJoYW56bFusZIi5v4sfsgMPMElp85vVM0Uxi3-oxTtTosmy2OTNqZoehKAjU6pJ-CVVNs4sevFTYLl7QOgKBf4F93YFif831HYfKFgIHZESr5joK9NPtdTjF2PVMZP7alLhVmrTAsJtUwF3TCQjbx_8/w640-h248/IMG_7780.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This week's game at the Uni, planned for some time, was a 12mil / 1:144th scale game of Fate of A Nation, set at the beginning of the 1973 October War (<i>Yom Kippur</i>) when Israel was surprised, during its holiest day of the year, by invasion on all its borders by the Arab World.<br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWtDlhERle1lXO5YWQztPf1bV9crOjHelnHSvTboU5TVR_UgkcUE_FlYjJwdgdzyO6GJ_VoaOplIABDhLSq0cFxQuZD69RKOmlt6vguVm_C9lJBsG-JL_hNdZkiMKghng4O-pGDezQ87Xde4abqP4IB-qZZb6Eq_XIYYTz8u4ddywvnrAWDrDmWeAPS5w/s858/Valley%20of%20Tears.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="553" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWtDlhERle1lXO5YWQztPf1bV9crOjHelnHSvTboU5TVR_UgkcUE_FlYjJwdgdzyO6GJ_VoaOplIABDhLSq0cFxQuZD69RKOmlt6vguVm_C9lJBsG-JL_hNdZkiMKghng4O-pGDezQ87Xde4abqP4IB-qZZb6Eq_XIYYTz8u4ddywvnrAWDrDmWeAPS5w/w412-h640/Valley%20of%20Tears.jpg" width="412" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This game would focus on the epic stand of the <i>OZ</i> (the Hebrew acronym for courage) 77th Armored Battalion, 7th Armored Bde, commanded by Lt Col. (later Brigadier) Avigdor Kahalani in what would be immortalized as the <i>Valley of Tears</i>... </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6uyT97WIAiIbeksnhYRs_FgF3mkM0Mm7pw5ktcIeiu6SiD8rJ_GhC-B9nBQLu9gzxhIruosfjh8jpW1NzadITMnLqB0fHEcJlri6nTmPTQXhLkt0QhR5Z6y1AQNE37LKjj4BqgNQGhp-qRMV1l-fKm1PxABteveRq7GUMMwMs9bpYTi-z5UzqxB1618D/s1236/Valley%20of%20Tears%20Scenario%20Map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1236" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6uyT97WIAiIbeksnhYRs_FgF3mkM0Mm7pw5ktcIeiu6SiD8rJ_GhC-B9nBQLu9gzxhIruosfjh8jpW1NzadITMnLqB0fHEcJlri6nTmPTQXhLkt0QhR5Z6y1AQNE37LKjj4BqgNQGhp-qRMV1l-fKm1PxABteveRq7GUMMwMs9bpYTi-z5UzqxB1618D/w640-h470/Valley%20of%20Tears%20Scenario%20Map.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Designing a historical scenario to reflect 80 odd Centurion <i>Sho't Kals </i>holding off approx 2,000 T-54s and T-62s is impossible, so I extemporised...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06MQeXorvuRfsrjnHHhVRtxOcKIJ-M2l2VnCsXV9ApsZeI7D1iwnQtJjqFDs5Q47BK164AO_9qAXPdjZHnYPRHhNWfi90Si6kiW4MgGVpdTrUvBdxwMv9jGohSQ-T4_ssOi6-KYh1f-9OyukSiNmScV7aOUpLwJ_xkDPCuOeXQvlm-GYY3gcSb7F4KQ7R/s3620/IMG_7760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1984" data-original-width="3620" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06MQeXorvuRfsrjnHHhVRtxOcKIJ-M2l2VnCsXV9ApsZeI7D1iwnQtJjqFDs5Q47BK164AO_9qAXPdjZHnYPRHhNWfi90Si6kiW4MgGVpdTrUvBdxwMv9jGohSQ-T4_ssOi6-KYh1f-9OyukSiNmScV7aOUpLwJ_xkDPCuOeXQvlm-GYY3gcSb7F4KQ7R/w640-h350/IMG_7760.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The feeling I wanted to impart was of initially overwhelming Syrian strength being met by dribs and drabs of reserves strengthening a weak but well positioned defence, assisted by total Israeli Air Force supremacy:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1rMVZJK1OiaWV_XJ5BAu5mSCPLMP74tqo00NqNV6kNJdc5-98qQqYc24Avkz3hT2gANkxzxLqJ1lKp737AUN55YdUHtX-WIjnpdSeyx94FkiNgZGN03VNpiQb06HzvU7RyfnVPAqpeGg3v0yCc8MZfZ-HG_17cwsJuGH2aW7S7bO7MDu8uqIIjhkGcMA/s980/Valley%20of%20Tears%20Orbat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Entering into the spirit of things magnificently, Daniel, the Syrian player, published his briefing to the troops on our fB page:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZ-QxxcYPKm8VLZIRkntFGZSy8wjNWZ8gjxMN4D5rVcCck24S0lemFAtDt1YJaAUGlK6CEoEoq7EF7SsufUp2cZgNuF-LzHJdr91zQbtaRVsQC7YpLUQYkuv01upieenAfYgMCWK_SSv5_dFpZhi_lKKb0ejMk-USJVawqNCxCz_lB3M5QLNnytJKhhjN/s1302/386331505_998873018065133_6776117276415125009_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="844" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZ-QxxcYPKm8VLZIRkntFGZSy8wjNWZ8gjxMN4D5rVcCck24S0lemFAtDt1YJaAUGlK6CEoEoq7EF7SsufUp2cZgNuF-LzHJdr91zQbtaRVsQC7YpLUQYkuv01upieenAfYgMCWK_SSv5_dFpZhi_lKKb0ejMk-USJVawqNCxCz_lB3M5QLNnytJKhhjN/w415-h640/386331505_998873018065133_6776117276415125009_n.jpg" width="415" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9mEz8EHn896AkWNOAH7BHFUzhfjuZ-MKLEcKQpeidACQ5eAnLXMUIJFOd4E-nMHe61MLYBPchYVxJkONmhRxOJ2Sco7ywO7Njs95PCh79-NHXdvQ7SjXE24-gticjOCHt4s-RjgfvuY9X2y_AqqBOFM_6IpFq3AT2KWZNpl0iS9fU9L2Ynh-sZO8uHm7/s1204/387048901_998873058065129_1337084125577605277_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="824" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9mEz8EHn896AkWNOAH7BHFUzhfjuZ-MKLEcKQpeidACQ5eAnLXMUIJFOd4E-nMHe61MLYBPchYVxJkONmhRxOJ2Sco7ywO7Njs95PCh79-NHXdvQ7SjXE24-gticjOCHt4s-RjgfvuY9X2y_AqqBOFM_6IpFq3AT2KWZNpl0iS9fU9L2Ynh-sZO8uHm7/w438-h640/387048901_998873058065129_1337084125577605277_n.jpg" width="438" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Famously, Kahalani’s message to his Israeli tankers was simpler: if their leaders became casualties, OZ 77 soldiers would continue the fight to save their homes and country.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The advice I gave to Daniel was to get up close and personal with his T-54s and T-62s as quickly as possible, the advice I gave to Darren was to roll well for his air support! </span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd45z-BQ06w2HAO2ExQk7VfxNJNppjQoFs-S_VHGzQCUJc3h40lOfVIWC5UeKPhHokDXcQr6DlkHP-tr4OyfdlklhBWurNWf93Q5CEJl0OMzcd64jXJGBIuKoarMSvSK1_yt761MP_yQ3piGZUPTMVIlc072xx6Y-Ngikyw_gY2r6oG6DDqVZu6MsnLt67/s3784/IMG_7769.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2271" data-original-width="3784" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd45z-BQ06w2HAO2ExQk7VfxNJNppjQoFs-S_VHGzQCUJc3h40lOfVIWC5UeKPhHokDXcQr6DlkHP-tr4OyfdlklhBWurNWf93Q5CEJl0OMzcd64jXJGBIuKoarMSvSK1_yt761MP_yQ3piGZUPTMVIlc072xx6Y-Ngikyw_gY2r6oG6DDqVZu6MsnLt67/w640-h384/IMG_7769.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Daniel at least took my advice to heart...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEd4Gk2w3I26U5Xw7NunS1EmKQuVXEJpsqZ3D7pConA6N3tH6CU7XX8bVv_4IV-y7RMZtMENS21clv6UZdABfSj6XLtF7tTCf7-VXsBLL-IPQpAhXn9Ga5mtpAnE8RuJ-6vqNlYK6DsIyI9_-uWw1xRoY1bxpJXmQfAvN_VcIhcJzWsMoYIx5_uc8QdWT/s2587/IMG_7774.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1726" data-original-width="2587" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEd4Gk2w3I26U5Xw7NunS1EmKQuVXEJpsqZ3D7pConA6N3tH6CU7XX8bVv_4IV-y7RMZtMENS21clv6UZdABfSj6XLtF7tTCf7-VXsBLL-IPQpAhXn9Ga5mtpAnE8RuJ-6vqNlYK6DsIyI9_-uWw1xRoY1bxpJXmQfAvN_VcIhcJzWsMoYIx5_uc8QdWT/w640-h426/IMG_7774.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Launching his armour in a fast and furious pincer attack taking full advantage of Dash movement and 'Follow Me' orders to close up to the Israeli positions fast.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFGlHmuRsWgkmvujEYRLw9wn7tolYXu_wdaB3vQNVlstB7mqGuRkoy2dgLAmW9vvrZbiOumh5BC5hyBg-09QjaWbIUe2JII2aTvoxxiQs13FI_jEIXJ5VJ-Te2UeAv8YfWLpb-LWcu4ntz5-7lo_BhAo-9_1Bpwh1U98-LbrugrN2P8Jz4kfNpUgEHS_D/s3725/IMG_7783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="3725" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFGlHmuRsWgkmvujEYRLw9wn7tolYXu_wdaB3vQNVlstB7mqGuRkoy2dgLAmW9vvrZbiOumh5BC5hyBg-09QjaWbIUe2JII2aTvoxxiQs13FI_jEIXJ5VJ-Te2UeAv8YfWLpb-LWcu4ntz5-7lo_BhAo-9_1Bpwh1U98-LbrugrN2P8Jz4kfNpUgEHS_D/w640-h292/IMG_7783.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Daniel kept his options open, striking at both objectives from both flanks...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhautdhVqjXcKqFrrlCIHXsDWxD_e_flCm9V-x950hdWx10E7XTw9CgE6sMMtwt7UNWIIH-QYXXsEkN-DXIfCBWksG1AzcSTbRXrfTvZ4wWbAJWpWRVS5fEb_rKhM40k_rVsKdpcPn07vn3aeXgfIbFZWWqui8RvEuKA2iKsN3B2Ms86icFsV7L61YNEbbX/s3814/IMG_7790.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="3814" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhautdhVqjXcKqFrrlCIHXsDWxD_e_flCm9V-x950hdWx10E7XTw9CgE6sMMtwt7UNWIIH-QYXXsEkN-DXIfCBWksG1AzcSTbRXrfTvZ4wWbAJWpWRVS5fEb_rKhM40k_rVsKdpcPn07vn3aeXgfIbFZWWqui8RvEuKA2iKsN3B2Ms86icFsV7L61YNEbbX/w640-h214/IMG_7790.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">He was taking heavy casualties, but applying real pressure to the Israeli northern objective, held by a platoon of Paratroopers, light on Anti Tank weapons. Managing to deal with the leading recon platoon of BRDM-1s themselves, it was the <i>Sho'ts</i> that had to fend off the T-62s, at a heavy price.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtyEoNlmMT5dXOUwnJU_7MZuMZMhVsP1Y6R5_qrlS2ceQGdwQP0XDroLDJULwsAqu73bxMu44q32TmOSQ7LhcU7uIpSwpXSqy424jPDVmFvczg0rmv9F7aCbnhnyTGlRfW7IIbeDfJOV13YZB1k3I4txSHzozOK4oqE77YPqrI7qHyMqOjxYgUdqP2ClH/s3844/IMG_7794.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3844" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtyEoNlmMT5dXOUwnJU_7MZuMZMhVsP1Y6R5_qrlS2ceQGdwQP0XDroLDJULwsAqu73bxMu44q32TmOSQ7LhcU7uIpSwpXSqy424jPDVmFvczg0rmv9F7aCbnhnyTGlRfW7IIbeDfJOV13YZB1k3I4txSHzozOK4oqE77YPqrI7qHyMqOjxYgUdqP2ClH/w640-h426/IMG_7794.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">On the southern flank, the IAF now conspicuous by its absence, it was the reservist M-51 Shermans who would have to cope with the horde of T-54s- not a promising prospect...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtw3j73vl0-3UTU6tU3HrP0z9qkghWNm1L5qHLX_Ux_ruD5X50nuAJBAE6w0r1Fj9vFAhf03qv4xWSRgbrp63JX9iZ3WNDEpozWphommFJjGWldDi5Q2CzEHYU2xt8kaYCfQaKW4qQI3ZG_O7j0LDquX9MoQrWhj6zConMMt4GpxrbD8KX_bDOD6LqKBSz/s3328/IMG_7791.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1491" data-original-width="3328" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtw3j73vl0-3UTU6tU3HrP0z9qkghWNm1L5qHLX_Ux_ruD5X50nuAJBAE6w0r1Fj9vFAhf03qv4xWSRgbrp63JX9iZ3WNDEpozWphommFJjGWldDi5Q2CzEHYU2xt8kaYCfQaKW4qQI3ZG_O7j0LDquX9MoQrWhj6zConMMt4GpxrbD8KX_bDOD6LqKBSz/w640-h286/IMG_7791.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However they acquitted themselves surprisingly well:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8iJcbEjT6u3hO6qkx_n6ZFDsNoGyaqux35GTalmQe00rHKFhGXHXoTRPh-x2e2olQtLBLEBtNDtPyH7uaAZG_1Zwt_THHJDi8_UJCBmXacSVqOi2UkW2q4XzCzYmgJb7-_q8d8tVcF_RNMXy0ygvw2XtdcyVEBgOq6WPQiBC-UB-NH8OXMP7vJmzIOsv/s2294/ishermans.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="2294" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8iJcbEjT6u3hO6qkx_n6ZFDsNoGyaqux35GTalmQe00rHKFhGXHXoTRPh-x2e2olQtLBLEBtNDtPyH7uaAZG_1Zwt_THHJDi8_UJCBmXacSVqOi2UkW2q4XzCzYmgJb7-_q8d8tVcF_RNMXy0ygvw2XtdcyVEBgOq6WPQiBC-UB-NH8OXMP7vJmzIOsv/w640-h206/ishermans.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Yet the southern objective remained perilously exposed. Darren resorted to desperate measures: a platoon of Mech Infantry who had just arrived on-scene in their M113 APCs were rapidly dismounted and ordered in to assault the T-54's closest to the objective!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVxCFeTRQZWrbWng5PzdHULFFMqyMPdaHtjqGzn9mRHiVpOQeactRTAM4rhJlSIUQYNSii1Yl-K8eeun0VrPGT0RkdOl6AMriGeZClVPVrHMZkVSc8vLexniMCQrLD38iU6g7NjnhjlaIIxRs186UwpHpD1fItVpLw8Za8PzytAiWsggwjueG7AhOc8o7/s3307/IMG_7793.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2274" data-original-width="3307" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVxCFeTRQZWrbWng5PzdHULFFMqyMPdaHtjqGzn9mRHiVpOQeactRTAM4rhJlSIUQYNSii1Yl-K8eeun0VrPGT0RkdOl6AMriGeZClVPVrHMZkVSc8vLexniMCQrLD38iU6g7NjnhjlaIIxRs186UwpHpD1fItVpLw8Za8PzytAiWsggwjueG7AhOc8o7/w640-h440/IMG_7793.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">They prevailed! Promptly digging in to secure that objective, and with the Paratroopers confidently in control of the northern objective, the Syrian onslaught was stopped in its tracks. And the Israeli pilots didn't even have to leave their hotel!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1XTUvF67vk8mUyGOV4284Wbz1jIGFIj-F0L9dQndhzVaSPfandkzo3XJET9fMTRUssFCzoGyWHJJM98TpCTl-g8SrKxmYcDzMvopTfhyiVGPBjzs7qzxEwCSHad86iR1Uly0Iq41X8aFm0JVfCa6t4kH7hFVlKLFUh52ev-ZfyCw5EI-LWArZllD8RyF/s2808/IMG_7799.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="2808" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1XTUvF67vk8mUyGOV4284Wbz1jIGFIj-F0L9dQndhzVaSPfandkzo3XJET9fMTRUssFCzoGyWHJJM98TpCTl-g8SrKxmYcDzMvopTfhyiVGPBjzs7qzxEwCSHad86iR1Uly0Iq41X8aFm0JVfCa6t4kH7hFVlKLFUh52ev-ZfyCw5EI-LWArZllD8RyF/w640-h470/IMG_7799.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">An exciting game with both players overcoming their inexperience to fight the battle with historical tactics and right down to the wire: my kind of game! Thanks Gents!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK94jnmEnHLXD9RufKrq222eILpS5G7cR6E0KN1l6cZYsCEohy-kEaod7b0Bg_nka2IvlkTIQN3_9061r_qBMVlkr3dRTYf-_dlc7ZL79EPkJxtAFznn6nrABKy3aGQfj64-njIMmlz513TX9Dn7rvOfwZytQ08di2XPBWWCOqVY2LRPw0pVT3777GvuQ-/s1920/121585489_DigitalCombatSimulatorBlackSharkScreenshot2021_03.21-20_56_34_39.png.cded12b08b696809e3debb6b8e396ad3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK94jnmEnHLXD9RufKrq222eILpS5G7cR6E0KN1l6cZYsCEohy-kEaod7b0Bg_nka2IvlkTIQN3_9061r_qBMVlkr3dRTYf-_dlc7ZL79EPkJxtAFznn6nrABKy3aGQfj64-njIMmlz513TX9Dn7rvOfwZytQ08di2XPBWWCOqVY2LRPw0pVT3777GvuQ-/w640-h360/121585489_DigitalCombatSimulatorBlackSharkScreenshot2021_03.21-20_56_34_39.png.cded12b08b696809e3debb6b8e396ad3.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";">Oh, and Darren, not to rub it in, but this is what an Israeli A4 Skyhawk looks like...</span></div></div>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-81036472969719546682023-10-09T16:28:00.002+11:002023-10-09T16:34:16.523+11:00Team Yankee: Screening Cherries<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8cd4qp59dhbAFRvS_t7hTZBTV6xwnX4-k-NMC0-tPKx5inNa0v3QluFQG8GphsUVOvvHte-Zw0mCAF8GOaJPHRd6JH7i4umQQEK4fxJrQZRaqjK5t446_BPizmS0wuhUWHS96WuG2g3NHk0b1SigHBAtMPFxt7WcVOyKhnAS-bGVVw_qloM7xhyphenhyphentRYDA/s2780/IMG_7746.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1511" data-original-width="2780" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8cd4qp59dhbAFRvS_t7hTZBTV6xwnX4-k-NMC0-tPKx5inNa0v3QluFQG8GphsUVOvvHte-Zw0mCAF8GOaJPHRd6JH7i4umQQEK4fxJrQZRaqjK5t446_BPizmS0wuhUWHS96WuG2g3NHk0b1SigHBAtMPFxt7WcVOyKhnAS-bGVVw_qloM7xhyphenhyphentRYDA/w640-h348/IMG_7746.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">For this Sunday's Solo game I dug out my burgeoning 15mm Soviet T-80 force: 11 x T-80...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMEOH-ggIu7tT4Dgq83ecVflomvURA2BosbpR0SQig0CPCn5xdZV5aFUKJusjHOtriL1MNu1eoWuXcU0DLkf-eRu0gPZMnYyk3ef2aSLmd1UDfMLgA6AlUUJ2pZ4Adnaslpd4Qzy9GxaxZhScuCGooE1wXlPe2Wl1wLMEQsMV7rYG58Em3yPSKMI3Xkvy/s3272/IMG_7748.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1395" data-original-width="3272" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMEOH-ggIu7tT4Dgq83ecVflomvURA2BosbpR0SQig0CPCn5xdZV5aFUKJusjHOtriL1MNu1eoWuXcU0DLkf-eRu0gPZMnYyk3ef2aSLmd1UDfMLgA6AlUUJ2pZ4Adnaslpd4Qzy9GxaxZhScuCGooE1wXlPe2Wl1wLMEQsMV7rYG58Em3yPSKMI3Xkvy/w640-h272/IMG_7748.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And a couple of BMP-3, together forming a forward security element of the <i>7th Guards Tank Division</i> from the <i>3rd Shock Army</i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3C8PJ7oAQXUUJL_qqFdLQ8iDyr3wHiPdw2hFK3rTDhLPbKmSb7lv-5VIBlEJet5sdIlYPLWAsX2d7VUx_pFTDKFsvgoWhc5wujSYrQhjImat_kaNbZx5LgI3TP4Xew_UZmL8LKMoOri1ZWVSEw7E9tDQb8JImEqAekQFPQMPHkEPsRcf4uh6vuJXSp04P/s1505/IMG_7697.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1505" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3C8PJ7oAQXUUJL_qqFdLQ8iDyr3wHiPdw2hFK3rTDhLPbKmSb7lv-5VIBlEJet5sdIlYPLWAsX2d7VUx_pFTDKFsvgoWhc5wujSYrQhjImat_kaNbZx5LgI3TP4Xew_UZmL8LKMoOri1ZWVSEw7E9tDQb8JImEqAekQFPQMPHkEPsRcf4uh6vuJXSp04P/w640-h302/IMG_7697.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">They would be attacking an ad-hoc <i>7th Armoured Brigade</i> combat team also deployed as a forward screen: Five <i>Royal Hussars</i> Challenger Is supported by a couple of Bundeswehr Luchs patrols...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9l_E84L_nJQ567IextNIv_P8mtj2mHhQNtF3yv1DglX2vKakcmi4JuqXh73bP-sh1asTU2GRwXIjW11_BmDMdvnUYJDejT-qWm2hiO-4ZUcTeNj56Np-UEF_BC92LZg5esPm3yzyU_UzJ87etdIFn3W6kh7dAl_fNbT9PuYYsCtK09NlpDltPR0G1N2l/s2499/IMG_7696.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="2499" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9l_E84L_nJQ567IextNIv_P8mtj2mHhQNtF3yv1DglX2vKakcmi4JuqXh73bP-sh1asTU2GRwXIjW11_BmDMdvnUYJDejT-qWm2hiO-4ZUcTeNj56Np-UEF_BC92LZg5esPm3yzyU_UzJ87etdIFn3W6kh7dAl_fNbT9PuYYsCtK09NlpDltPR0G1N2l/w640-h244/IMG_7696.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And a Milan MR ATGW detachment from <i>3rd B</i></span><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";"><i>n The Queen's Regiment</i>:</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nV7fe23FjyaLNeChOTRN9x8unJxG2CHPYfAD0bix0yBwDeN-53SoyhCoafj6weof9narn9YoHWlmQUXu_4OjbEfdLCTNjzloxk1RMvkE43X0SxBsWSTTfZmu7WzttoBwGlUlurYNzqh93n7xSrMPI97g7LFLWAwr6WNUmTMP-c-dXURi7thJ-iOv5wy5/s3404/IMG_7736.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="3404" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nV7fe23FjyaLNeChOTRN9x8unJxG2CHPYfAD0bix0yBwDeN-53SoyhCoafj6weof9narn9YoHWlmQUXu_4OjbEfdLCTNjzloxk1RMvkE43X0SxBsWSTTfZmu7WzttoBwGlUlurYNzqh93n7xSrMPI97g7LFLWAwr6WNUmTMP-c-dXURi7thJ-iOv5wy5/w640-h380/IMG_7736.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The NATO Combat team, codename <i>Cherrypicker One One</i>, tasked to delay the Soviet advance guard from accessing the Autobahn network, settled in to wait...</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The thrum of distance gas turbines soon indicated contact was imminent...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3t4b4rF8LW2dCXlDVuM69HW-Lmt6fxXuUN3on2zRa5IJretJTHV_AzkhGFnWJX7vZwkE5aGdDNN_Qpm7NxLFezc59pAO9NgT9Aya70_QJFLJBDxCnDiF8640wsgiQCBy1BVlg006ayNge8LC04MwZo3Ih73VMQ3jDwqTkxRaDwt101yJtzOGPaPDOvFv/s3549/IMG_7702.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="3549" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3t4b4rF8LW2dCXlDVuM69HW-Lmt6fxXuUN3on2zRa5IJretJTHV_AzkhGFnWJX7vZwkE5aGdDNN_Qpm7NxLFezc59pAO9NgT9Aya70_QJFLJBDxCnDiF8640wsgiQCBy1BVlg006ayNge8LC04MwZo3Ih73VMQ3jDwqTkxRaDwt101yJtzOGPaPDOvFv/w640-h84/IMG_7702.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The BMP-3 recce element leading the way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg36Ku_6_1rh7eEjhJcn6DszBahwlUdMZdjoXePY7fdJmZ7zit72X7AXGgfrnOKr4m8S_MDxFxPjIm3xV19akW8GA0U33G2e75qUMULwsYOmqzwW0hSlFiliTF7PQTge21dCJUECcv8kgwupRo59I_s_ojDumeW5JWfblabIrtXEYjgWapS934zQsk8Sn3/s2536/IMG_7673.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="2536" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg36Ku_6_1rh7eEjhJcn6DszBahwlUdMZdjoXePY7fdJmZ7zit72X7AXGgfrnOKr4m8S_MDxFxPjIm3xV19akW8GA0U33G2e75qUMULwsYOmqzwW0hSlFiliTF7PQTge21dCJUECcv8kgwupRo59I_s_ojDumeW5JWfblabIrtXEYjgWapS934zQsk8Sn3/w640-h196/IMG_7673.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The Guards Tankers lost no time deploying out of their vulnerable columns!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vCV-Bo428QznPCWDlpGLhv2fQSYX9OH8c-kZPJvuK3p1PfZiuRnGj1l6NxSWyfZhirr1Hzc_bl9LJktcTVAzDly6civfjs7jfFmLOH9v-7uYfEqLQZV5YWgED1Dn5wffVh02rbGs4QsBTMfcHFoTGJEoN-pMXX_uDAOQKsYttVizt9DJmMsqV_6Fr_Gf/s2581/IMG_7701.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="2581" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vCV-Bo428QznPCWDlpGLhv2fQSYX9OH8c-kZPJvuK3p1PfZiuRnGj1l6NxSWyfZhirr1Hzc_bl9LJktcTVAzDly6civfjs7jfFmLOH9v-7uYfEqLQZV5YWgED1Dn5wffVh02rbGs4QsBTMfcHFoTGJEoN-pMXX_uDAOQKsYttVizt9DJmMsqV_6Fr_Gf/w640-h286/IMG_7701.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And making full use of every available scrap of cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjbHRmWHE4RpBbh52mHw5ZUifmfaTRr-SVZwkqSWB05QEXdf2CfF_q0vpUVtnM1DsQPNNfdZT8BIaHkwNjxNv_71JrNkvt-a3uLNJIaZ8vpTW9-WnFRhJCLiBAG-xv8Ja0_jDj2qF2Df0IlYnXT3Iar8uBiotOyvGBfWXB3ad3c28iIAb96gaimE8ts-k/s3844/IMG_7713.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3844" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjbHRmWHE4RpBbh52mHw5ZUifmfaTRr-SVZwkqSWB05QEXdf2CfF_q0vpUVtnM1DsQPNNfdZT8BIaHkwNjxNv_71JrNkvt-a3uLNJIaZ8vpTW9-WnFRhJCLiBAG-xv8Ja0_jDj2qF2Df0IlYnXT3Iar8uBiotOyvGBfWXB3ad3c28iIAb96gaimE8ts-k/w640-h426/IMG_7713.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But they were coming on fast, confident in their laminate and explosive reactive armour.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlMBIljCgJpGa3oCKNQntJhxJHEI2rupoKGbOmIVCBhx6SASMNgzzknifyUio2F-5KIGpp6OUjhaAfWWYW2WbTa8kGjW3cMYkYyYq1G-66DsemIRoBmcPConit68CUwn_WNG8w0cgMG0lhqcOTROO9ATH1HMKBsLHvyJJ8pGnVRGALgMWB8tjh4MBfuK5/s3668/IMG_7715.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="3668" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlMBIljCgJpGa3oCKNQntJhxJHEI2rupoKGbOmIVCBhx6SASMNgzzknifyUio2F-5KIGpp6OUjhaAfWWYW2WbTa8kGjW3cMYkYyYq1G-66DsemIRoBmcPConit68CUwn_WNG8w0cgMG0lhqcOTROO9ATH1HMKBsLHvyJJ8pGnVRGALgMWB8tjh4MBfuK5/w640-h196/IMG_7715.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">It certainly provided protection against a volley of Milans!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIN23SzerQeMY2yZ0Dup3SNXD2g_aXXMIE8iECmr4ExTGCivLg09aGvLaQDxkZB-9axrMB7k6AZ7nhpKqPePDYJK5VllpEp_FqIOiFeAatndKjuXan_3wC4NvIkoGHVmBczlUCBBScbgS9bdNnkdMyZsNw-xnrbpr8fZaKREPo386wMzcTwxZHHxkCugPb/s3344/IMG_7738.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="3344" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIN23SzerQeMY2yZ0Dup3SNXD2g_aXXMIE8iECmr4ExTGCivLg09aGvLaQDxkZB-9axrMB7k6AZ7nhpKqPePDYJK5VllpEp_FqIOiFeAatndKjuXan_3wC4NvIkoGHVmBczlUCBBScbgS9bdNnkdMyZsNw-xnrbpr8fZaKREPo386wMzcTwxZHHxkCugPb/w640-h212/IMG_7738.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Meanwhile the BMP-3 scouts were detached to hunt down the Luchs, which had attempted to infiltrate behind the Soviets...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5PzZc45xbauoBS8AGCJHxBnNd9mFphCru9d9pF1jcMvWZkptOXZCTTdmiUXL6erts6M5ltkeXl6AZPGwItxWY4CfW08Ytt0rgGWzzsI2B8muzVj7nYveuh10FjLOFNF1kCJpAjKPhRc8B1EWYRdysXDXJWtlNIqBkBNFZOTmU4bixNbr4_2AvDLmlXEp/s2621/IMG_7747.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2181" data-original-width="2621" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5PzZc45xbauoBS8AGCJHxBnNd9mFphCru9d9pF1jcMvWZkptOXZCTTdmiUXL6erts6M5ltkeXl6AZPGwItxWY4CfW08Ytt0rgGWzzsI2B8muzVj7nYveuh10FjLOFNF1kCJpAjKPhRc8B1EWYRdysXDXJWtlNIqBkBNFZOTmU4bixNbr4_2AvDLmlXEp/w640-h532/IMG_7747.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Taking heavy punishment, the survivors withdrew to their fall back positions, leaving a key autobahn junction to the leading wave of the 3rd Shock Army!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUeOCwa_HjKRFijjn_7N3HLDJh3G1-RyI43wixvF-KXDkMCyAdJ7r0aew-QUGfcaITpUo4u6fCaZiY0ncNrLdxMyvArEPid_bueZ2pQC0BBp_8LkKKtmh4T9Lg10sfaGKMNRq3W5buhQDiu8N71lbCySkx1vBfjxGBuH42zAOiVGBQifVO66yM6rbLfFM/s3700/IMG_7756.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1394" data-original-width="3700" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUeOCwa_HjKRFijjn_7N3HLDJh3G1-RyI43wixvF-KXDkMCyAdJ7r0aew-QUGfcaITpUo4u6fCaZiY0ncNrLdxMyvArEPid_bueZ2pQC0BBp_8LkKKtmh4T9Lg10sfaGKMNRq3W5buhQDiu8N71lbCySkx1vBfjxGBuH42zAOiVGBQifVO66yM6rbLfFM/w640-h242/IMG_7756.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-80375778550397403362023-10-02T11:17:00.003+11:002023-10-02T11:17:26.915+11:00Flames of War 12mil: The Defence of State Farm 144 <p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVHnsAM2wk8O7nYb-2IYTWZ5dE4uXpTrnBRB4XA7I5UcP9PMOfpBNnK1OWK2aeCFW-9-URD3r0kz4qGhg59VkJ0j0TIfzS441bTZCk3iE8uF1DA5dd6rS8kKqx-Na9X93VCZnfMH233DJ7MoqWcFmLZpiqSpUdjeCZ2eFE9wls-YhAoV9XJtpsYDdaPp3/s2738/IMG_7596.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="2738" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVHnsAM2wk8O7nYb-2IYTWZ5dE4uXpTrnBRB4XA7I5UcP9PMOfpBNnK1OWK2aeCFW-9-URD3r0kz4qGhg59VkJ0j0TIfzS441bTZCk3iE8uF1DA5dd6rS8kKqx-Na9X93VCZnfMH233DJ7MoqWcFmLZpiqSpUdjeCZ2eFE9wls-YhAoV9XJtpsYDdaPp3/w640-h366/IMG_7596.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKK0hOJWYk0MZE4p2yqCRQvj3kmRwVqkrgefAsaRoa7XNazKOSoDZQsYmEb5SKHs4ZzYBx3iPAxQJfcwpRAss3hssQQ2tzmG6FD3LG2mVr75PmxaQbdGz9m9qAApsYxLFK0z-Yn2TqtyiLG7-wXMItolYqX0R3rYxCDT2HgoRYks5Jx1fYAhbbqD52v7z/s3649/IMG_7359.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3649" data-original-width="2315" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKK0hOJWYk0MZE4p2yqCRQvj3kmRwVqkrgefAsaRoa7XNazKOSoDZQsYmEb5SKHs4ZzYBx3iPAxQJfcwpRAss3hssQQ2tzmG6FD3LG2mVr75PmxaQbdGz9m9qAApsYxLFK0z-Yn2TqtyiLG7-wXMItolYqX0R3rYxCDT2HgoRYks5Jx1fYAhbbqD52v7z/w203-h320/IMG_7359.JPG" width="203" /></a><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">For this Sunday's Solo game I wanted to visit the Ost Front - specifically, North Western Ukraine circa 1943. However I used my favourite mission from the Berlin book: <i>Buying Time</i>. To my mind this is the most historically sound scenario yet, as the attacker has twice the points of the defender.</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I also wanted to go large and throw down all my newly painted Victrix 1:144th scale additions to my existing Dragon Armour and other 12mm AFVs from various sources.</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The scenario is generic for that time and place - hopefully a reasonable facsimile of industrial scale collective agriculture carved out of coniferous woodlands on the western edge of the 'black earth' region.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtEmtWADMGUVktEUiVQeYhbvQvD78C9BFq7lxB7GzbGEZfasxz4u6vMd_igx8QGv2mIjH5SzwlLYQRdmwmCvcjOsMS_MZ7BKQaJuXHZ1yGDecSFo_jMHFa-Oga8QN126A3oszs1JAGCY50377CnVP-NNAcL-8C-aUjW99jCzfhj00jp-mP_LpRbApkmck/s3963/IMG_7376.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1808" data-original-width="3963" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtEmtWADMGUVktEUiVQeYhbvQvD78C9BFq7lxB7GzbGEZfasxz4u6vMd_igx8QGv2mIjH5SzwlLYQRdmwmCvcjOsMS_MZ7BKQaJuXHZ1yGDecSFo_jMHFa-Oga8QN126A3oszs1JAGCY50377CnVP-NNAcL-8C-aUjW99jCzfhj00jp-mP_LpRbApkmck/w640-h292/IMG_7376.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyOgHXdIpFm6at-3QEI9yNZGObh9g8pKrJkYk_3v8LChplubjDRWqxub-o0cX6wl9zifijkqOHMX5cduQonfabnWH7_kcVyxoYsPEOpkP0z3C8FIKVWzAez7ZuSeWXUZ-K_L8ChIJcDVWoWy3Q0tPNarrg8QOOACR2iHjQtq8Bk22Xmub2BhbgBW7CGVk/s4250/IMG_7362.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2085" data-original-width="4250" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyOgHXdIpFm6at-3QEI9yNZGObh9g8pKrJkYk_3v8LChplubjDRWqxub-o0cX6wl9zifijkqOHMX5cduQonfabnWH7_kcVyxoYsPEOpkP0z3C8FIKVWzAez7ZuSeWXUZ-K_L8ChIJcDVWoWy3Q0tPNarrg8QOOACR2iHjQtq8Bk22Xmub2BhbgBW7CGVk/w640-h314/IMG_7362.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";">The Red Army's core force would be the trusty T-34/76, somewhat under gunned at this stage of the war but hopefully some SU-152s would help out! There were plenty of Motor Rifles and lashings of artillery:</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnVCIGFJJoNUpHg-XuymuHtrYkh6G2bdLuA02tD9kkmcTSq3SmJvbqa8CpofKoUjoco2qVehH6OzughtgLy4FJHkMvBim0XxLdJj2-oynOq_8IJEtiPQ9sMQKxZjFhOrC-gX_mzntnELtLJj0zPamUHE-uV-kKe4vpyHHYovbSeJ0Lkz9Rlc2urmcBHQW/s3952/IMG_7374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2404" data-original-width="3952" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnVCIGFJJoNUpHg-XuymuHtrYkh6G2bdLuA02tD9kkmcTSq3SmJvbqa8CpofKoUjoco2qVehH6OzughtgLy4FJHkMvBim0XxLdJj2-oynOq_8IJEtiPQ9sMQKxZjFhOrC-gX_mzntnELtLJj0zPamUHE-uV-kKe4vpyHHYovbSeJ0Lkz9Rlc2urmcBHQW/w640-h390/IMG_7374.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ctAZ3vh2SBge0bWC_P6BLq8aqLWdapCymejuOO1V7j0NhVH742DvkOMGxaQh5v2IRsfRlj49bR8new3yLH2-ee1ySJQAmkmpuRjG7NKl7t74Rv5b0bVHSLb1FXIc2vsWLMO4gggdPM0rSZ9PCbEkAcfpqrt6QTKM938snBqGWceMHU4oLV73PXVf-9gt/s3720/IMG_7366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2491" data-original-width="3720" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ctAZ3vh2SBge0bWC_P6BLq8aqLWdapCymejuOO1V7j0NhVH742DvkOMGxaQh5v2IRsfRlj49bR8new3yLH2-ee1ySJQAmkmpuRjG7NKl7t74Rv5b0bVHSLb1FXIc2vsWLMO4gggdPM0rSZ9PCbEkAcfpqrt6QTKM938snBqGWceMHU4oLV73PXVf-9gt/w640-h428/IMG_7366.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I initially resisted the temptation to have the German force full of big cats, but ultimately couldn't reach half the number of Russian points with my existing collection of PzIVs (and I don't have any PzIIIs in this scale - Victrix kindly note!) Hence the platoon of Tigers!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghV-VEq9IypseinVm1-otgo0SnnMnbFtPrIHZ95XYNPBdhQaylIMdH3QXwiYImg3OZNBxDzwJyYNIiZIZJ9MM8GCn7LL8t-K60sBVFuOWC07e8MnEoRN1jt4CC__NQclsSpfg7BJHXU3IYIDR5iOvsQ7w5CI91sT9Jc_-OWlaTWpUKP99Rz-PblvlLVBZo/s3609/IMG_7371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2429" data-original-width="3609" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghV-VEq9IypseinVm1-otgo0SnnMnbFtPrIHZ95XYNPBdhQaylIMdH3QXwiYImg3OZNBxDzwJyYNIiZIZJ9MM8GCn7LL8t-K60sBVFuOWC07e8MnEoRN1jt4CC__NQclsSpfg7BJHXU3IYIDR5iOvsQ7w5CI91sT9Jc_-OWlaTWpUKP99Rz-PblvlLVBZo/w640-h430/IMG_7371.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3G87mm3hpmW-kLTggMUiT-iMlDSKYPiBf1EcBQr37pJzVYl_zqZieXbM9g90pi0i7rapb4bxaGRc2PBfgt3MVuTHkBwphhglWiVSeWHnj3mdtTFYzzqMxTBMzB2a6YVimV4B9Fu33oZteBy_7OksrlV0DpGFj0aP6mB09UbFBSBp43d6jFWXg6y71t7du/s3924/IMG_7367.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2674" data-original-width="3924" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3G87mm3hpmW-kLTggMUiT-iMlDSKYPiBf1EcBQr37pJzVYl_zqZieXbM9g90pi0i7rapb4bxaGRc2PBfgt3MVuTHkBwphhglWiVSeWHnj3mdtTFYzzqMxTBMzB2a6YVimV4B9Fu33oZteBy_7OksrlV0DpGFj0aP6mB09UbFBSBp43d6jFWXg6y71t7du/w640-h436/IMG_7367.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Germans deployed first:</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1bQRB1-JUI2mY898RszJtzMfPedE4iXsFHQDl6-01KTZi6feBij9x6Vx0wKoH_WksXB-IqHPcDHZm5LTN2QY-JBDyWmxBHkNjltGBQ60Blc66D5KhXfrSgv6jRr4OJaj50L6rycJQ1tATlGca1p18xpCYHKqVq6DY-Eys4tkmrH5-USZelPMxSBQ39uY/s3543/IMG_7381.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Then it was the Red Army's turn to move up to the start line: clouds of dust, the roar of diesel and the trembling black earth meant that this would be no surprise attack!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQ98lXEbplWTuRxq2uRNlIJOfuaeea5OsBrVhV4j5fu_eamiOwLQglDmPzGNSYkpyacq_YiN0byUW5fhVW2EsVYGuhgngPc0BR4WnKTjIdAEuxA-Nt3aXMnrHjvqicziyHSCDMGR-dwumV4Rm6Ex_wnOUcZr4ROQtW-HFuLJLMI71zc-swjgxkQn_jHHF/s3632/IMG_7392.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1962" data-original-width="3632" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQ98lXEbplWTuRxq2uRNlIJOfuaeea5OsBrVhV4j5fu_eamiOwLQglDmPzGNSYkpyacq_YiN0byUW5fhVW2EsVYGuhgngPc0BR4WnKTjIdAEuxA-Nt3aXMnrHjvqicziyHSCDMGR-dwumV4Rm6Ex_wnOUcZr4ROQtW-HFuLJLMI71zc-swjgxkQn_jHHF/w640-h346/IMG_7392.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The diversionary feint moves forward maximising cover.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmcv_44eeCoC6Me-Asz43iFHczAHJeh5JgEKMCNPt8j_A7mDoIjzLwyOCB1nwdzJdoNlsORrSU24Q9jsTWjFfPqNviW4k8l8cASanGnr_KT8-kpnoER9SAm-iAdM6rVh8U-xBwzf7CjLzdiB8yE0djamyLLwwYbBLeCmO1p35OrgBh2DSjHyn3VCEOkhD/s2658/IMG_7401.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1603" data-original-width="2658" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmcv_44eeCoC6Me-Asz43iFHczAHJeh5JgEKMCNPt8j_A7mDoIjzLwyOCB1nwdzJdoNlsORrSU24Q9jsTWjFfPqNviW4k8l8cASanGnr_KT8-kpnoER9SAm-iAdM6rVh8U-xBwzf7CjLzdiB8yE0djamyLLwwYbBLeCmO1p35OrgBh2DSjHyn3VCEOkhD/w640-h386/IMG_7401.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The main attack meets early and determined resistance - the SU152's armour is weaker than expected!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDBTPWPQkvLtAmslHSWsBv7j7oDh3KoJVpIS3Dw8xcmaYeEoGBN9gb24heJ-Q96TBlroM5-Mxu_ntRf9vRqVgUwh2jWzFqKW3dwKXTsNx_7sYp0TbElBFmM0ijCsFbKrhNbw4xpBOF-op5-9BfIYDQqGL0DMMY-HrXjbX-ENdP-Fiz9-II3BBKz-8oqM9/s2866/IMG_7403.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2061" data-original-width="2866" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDBTPWPQkvLtAmslHSWsBv7j7oDh3KoJVpIS3Dw8xcmaYeEoGBN9gb24heJ-Q96TBlroM5-Mxu_ntRf9vRqVgUwh2jWzFqKW3dwKXTsNx_7sYp0TbElBFmM0ijCsFbKrhNbw4xpBOF-op5-9BfIYDQqGL0DMMY-HrXjbX-ENdP-Fiz9-II3BBKz-8oqM9/w640-h460/IMG_7403.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The KV1s forced the Tiger Ambush to sprung early!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eJ-mmQH-XAUbOdbTkXGevhr78Nh8zcSDfqSpg-kbCA9efCB3-fSv2uT4Af6hh3sj1aaN7mU4c75c2vXe6nECYC7abrGttbT-wDGCLoacvRV_v99idUA1HadWSq0S3H8BtAxk_IoyXBrfihUXs2Lv6IfA_boCG6W3Zg0hdurVlXBh3f96xY5nbW2vu624/s2935/IMG_7427.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1995" data-original-width="2935" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eJ-mmQH-XAUbOdbTkXGevhr78Nh8zcSDfqSpg-kbCA9efCB3-fSv2uT4Af6hh3sj1aaN7mU4c75c2vXe6nECYC7abrGttbT-wDGCLoacvRV_v99idUA1HadWSq0S3H8BtAxk_IoyXBrfihUXs2Lv6IfA_boCG6W3Zg0hdurVlXBh3f96xY5nbW2vu624/w640-h436/IMG_7427.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">At the point of the Red Army's main effort the diminutive SU-76s gamely tried to take over from the SU-152s...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinK7PB-MX27ZdTA5evvG50VA360KoLLJ_-38QKew1nxAFyulixyPKlY9CANhQ1b0s207a0V30d8XNVeL6lRj3UNRV7_xwLJWLBGk4AS0pbLR7DhwOnrQd_mytaHvwhpkybjLHOR6_vm_QNSb9cCDQN6-9IjeylDBdcGa7fdse7bD8RKbHX_NLiyKRyG3H-/s3782/IMG_7410.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2241" data-original-width="3782" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinK7PB-MX27ZdTA5evvG50VA360KoLLJ_-38QKew1nxAFyulixyPKlY9CANhQ1b0s207a0V30d8XNVeL6lRj3UNRV7_xwLJWLBGk4AS0pbLR7DhwOnrQd_mytaHvwhpkybjLHOR6_vm_QNSb9cCDQN6-9IjeylDBdcGa7fdse7bD8RKbHX_NLiyKRyG3H-/w640-h380/IMG_7410.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">At least they were a little more mobile and able to get in some side armour shots against the PzIVs.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-9ai-3dD_g4OdeCIwFN9X6l_UNCbnTogvOHjxlpE9akud5hSWOUItdKDWhBHiV691dVzyO4CZkWWrChlzg7a19F0k1cXpLbzRZvPlbwWZ9LgCH8fGOgMhrrzO9GfRtCKSV97VAfz1xTmwFb3mf3r3-a7SqKcDaohK5rvxmb9_W0pXIZikMhmqcWf523C/s3844/IMG_7422.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3844" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-9ai-3dD_g4OdeCIwFN9X6l_UNCbnTogvOHjxlpE9akud5hSWOUItdKDWhBHiV691dVzyO4CZkWWrChlzg7a19F0k1cXpLbzRZvPlbwWZ9LgCH8fGOgMhrrzO9GfRtCKSV97VAfz1xTmwFb3mf3r3-a7SqKcDaohK5rvxmb9_W0pXIZikMhmqcWf523C/w640-h426/IMG_7422.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However, having made short work of the KV-1s the Tiger's took an interest in the remaining Russian lighter AFVs. They made for messy eating!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGj1vjB3jfMXijrMvBTUQX7dqCojsnDLTe6zn4PBMfS7oeDDLG4179l5-o_je8Q_BwCMaIOlHBx0YV7eHjV4f2FYk0vVWV4iidTRuE55yuYu6BvQre1h3_9Suc3ush0NOpkBf6z6Z1tCe8aV2jTJ63cfCcU5a5HFEvMONfBwonNBGn8zXQcq7XNp3Ahh6w/s3567/IMG_7582.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="3567" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGj1vjB3jfMXijrMvBTUQX7dqCojsnDLTe6zn4PBMfS7oeDDLG4179l5-o_je8Q_BwCMaIOlHBx0YV7eHjV4f2FYk0vVWV4iidTRuE55yuYu6BvQre1h3_9Suc3ush0NOpkBf6z6Z1tCe8aV2jTJ63cfCcU5a5HFEvMONfBwonNBGn8zXQcq7XNp3Ahh6w/w640-h302/IMG_7582.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Over by the State Farm the diversion certainly succeeded in tying down one of the Pz IV platoons.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPinMRkpMoooWpZ7c0I7WEkBQ_ILkaqxQrHJSc0yvsxIe7KACejc5Lj2z0K11R-G8Ljcqm3fMMqXnCLvwg9J2CoQGiMsQFMuDrf3GF2dpDbVNHSkd4v0rTxSgvGFhawtOfKcUFeQXGlk7fko1sDTQm9s9ELlo4D1XxYmFrF4MaO1nsqZpqaJEyZDlcShc/s3658/IMG_7425.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1928" data-original-width="3658" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPinMRkpMoooWpZ7c0I7WEkBQ_ILkaqxQrHJSc0yvsxIe7KACejc5Lj2z0K11R-G8Ljcqm3fMMqXnCLvwg9J2CoQGiMsQFMuDrf3GF2dpDbVNHSkd4v0rTxSgvGFhawtOfKcUFeQXGlk7fko1sDTQm9s9ELlo4D1XxYmFrF4MaO1nsqZpqaJEyZDlcShc/w640-h338/IMG_7425.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But at great cost!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8j-iNFQKVcec7Y7NbPs5Wjgs1eYtAGejTQEyJPcUoXmPkyWZ6nsNw7tBYr_Ccl1pH1QdbcBlyD6U44SWfeRs64U2wkSSPdGOGMUwzciOTuxMKe54OdgF0vyJB2pLLyCGmMiUduLODcJjUxjYZf0ggrabeXw5elK8hCRp4bpvmW0oHUAU8LWCxKwxIBE9K/s2995/IMG_7586.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="2995" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8j-iNFQKVcec7Y7NbPs5Wjgs1eYtAGejTQEyJPcUoXmPkyWZ6nsNw7tBYr_Ccl1pH1QdbcBlyD6U44SWfeRs64U2wkSSPdGOGMUwzciOTuxMKe54OdgF0vyJB2pLLyCGmMiUduLODcJjUxjYZf0ggrabeXw5elK8hCRp4bpvmW0oHUAU8LWCxKwxIBE9K/w640-h284/IMG_7586.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The Red Army's focus of attack was easy to identify when finally the Stuka's showed up!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0q3mcaQXmq62xuQK4EmPKT_-eKZwVK1dppdmQGzYJFZw-V-7cyQ_GyAfyWwy5tZcOf5L8n2mL_nWpbQvp1vJiJHTjO9xGbOAfEp3IlnKFvp89DG9mW3vp493B8HoWOWZGJnHxa4BGn0e3JKgPXr6i6m3oKZeI573KxKZ8HdNi8jJQENNvAB4stcAoixy/s2888/IMG_7430.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1852" data-original-width="2888" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0q3mcaQXmq62xuQK4EmPKT_-eKZwVK1dppdmQGzYJFZw-V-7cyQ_GyAfyWwy5tZcOf5L8n2mL_nWpbQvp1vJiJHTjO9xGbOAfEp3IlnKFvp89DG9mW3vp493B8HoWOWZGJnHxa4BGn0e3JKgPXr6i6m3oKZeI573KxKZ8HdNi8jJQENNvAB4stcAoixy/w640-h410/IMG_7430.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">At the same time the German arty and mortars was keeping the Motor Rifles consistently pinned down.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_EmphaNKJcK6vgZM63c_iJpaf8VNgfAyIwSE-4-8yWEG61npj22okfoX3MFlH0up7xrMqVcHaEPz5Fzsn-KVCEIr5ISeY3-TdmFfYEZvbQ-e-NFpwj5ihdhpoxiNnrNWato6bs-govEFU_8qP3I-EqXyxcEEY4u_Pk-4xqBnKgYvu2dUgDstUcNEzPcz/s2984/IMG_7583.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="2984" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_EmphaNKJcK6vgZM63c_iJpaf8VNgfAyIwSE-4-8yWEG61npj22okfoX3MFlH0up7xrMqVcHaEPz5Fzsn-KVCEIr5ISeY3-TdmFfYEZvbQ-e-NFpwj5ihdhpoxiNnrNWato6bs-govEFU_8qP3I-EqXyxcEEY4u_Pk-4xqBnKgYvu2dUgDstUcNEzPcz/w640-h332/IMG_7583.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Having finished painting up another batch of <i>Tridtsat' chetyres </i>the Russians refused to reinforce failure and sent these reinforcements to the feint attack - it seemed to be doing better...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The feint attack had no hope of reaching the far objective by turn 6. The defence of State Farm 144 had held - for today!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcZhx4UuYKwIgFku_dAltu5Rt9aLudMQk5AJt2By5ZNCsUJ8_lT1ebTpYfk9Nc1qi8SFjQH0S8oB7JxQvcHJMaRzSn3j-Sor7ozXfyXzgHhckHp9AVx7yAbT-f-tDcX5oV8tUlka7ALKXA3-DAGYZRmmNeSH1GjDcUjANdU9t6HthksSZHHhslzUaTXF4/s2490/IMG_7602.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="2490" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcZhx4UuYKwIgFku_dAltu5Rt9aLudMQk5AJt2By5ZNCsUJ8_lT1ebTpYfk9Nc1qi8SFjQH0S8oB7JxQvcHJMaRzSn3j-Sor7ozXfyXzgHhckHp9AVx7yAbT-f-tDcX5oV8tUlka7ALKXA3-DAGYZRmmNeSH1GjDcUjANdU9t6HthksSZHHhslzUaTXF4/w640-h426/IMG_7602.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-33477519870413462702023-09-22T14:26:00.000+10:002023-09-22T14:26:33.082+10:00Flames of War: Operation GARDEN: A Theme Too Far?<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqhz8Km31EAxGvaK8nw4Ji5XyEXrXJ9inhx53ZBeb_3zUr-rRB04fSE7bGdlENcHf0aL2F4Vs6t_1Kc7gtyLPzLyjW3NJgEM3xZQFOek16W2jWzVCYrvOyhKaEss__AsZd4yK3WEbHJXZdbcfnu_Vkg1WLAr8XLfBHnNpUz0yTwQn18UFunueQdPoOpmY/s3102/IMG_7279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="3102" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqhz8Km31EAxGvaK8nw4Ji5XyEXrXJ9inhx53ZBeb_3zUr-rRB04fSE7bGdlENcHf0aL2F4Vs6t_1Kc7gtyLPzLyjW3NJgEM3xZQFOek16W2jWzVCYrvOyhKaEss__AsZd4yK3WEbHJXZdbcfnu_Vkg1WLAr8XLfBHnNpUz0yTwQn18UFunueQdPoOpmY/w640-h312/IMG_7279.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Last night the Wollongong Wargamers had a theme night, based on a certain film:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8fT1GkjYeG2bqtrvi2oQTnWADy4bUtsYUOYxQg7InPX-eG2lXyww_KMhfQfXhDZ4QNW6k41miqRBAQBaNccHCFIgsz2dAPLC_RRGjkZKCAwCfY5OV6vmZiafbINQZgb2QgIgsFKtirhUsLRS0-CpzQBlE9CEpXrIah__9G-tOFEtFuxmNTLqZxk-6o-0/s665/AAAABUK2r0I820KbTPjLYGVazyxZ7znbo4-_mJEtD7Dhovs_rYj941ccrjRr-ti0ep-1Ae1v1Fou95lqGWJKbS70RHjKFKud.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="665" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8fT1GkjYeG2bqtrvi2oQTnWADy4bUtsYUOYxQg7InPX-eG2lXyww_KMhfQfXhDZ4QNW6k41miqRBAQBaNccHCFIgsz2dAPLC_RRGjkZKCAwCfY5OV6vmZiafbINQZgb2QgIgsFKtirhUsLRS0-CpzQBlE9CEpXrIah__9G-tOFEtFuxmNTLqZxk-6o-0/w640-h360/AAAABUK2r0I820KbTPjLYGVazyxZ7znbo4-_mJEtD7Dhovs_rYj941ccrjRr-ti0ep-1Ae1v1Fou95lqGWJKbS70RHjKFKud.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Daniel whose idea the theme was, is pictured centre-right below, behind the Bolt Action aspect of the evening, which featured the 101st Airborne fight for the Son Bridge over the Wilhelmina canal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBTW-XxjlRy9ZcQIXtZjs2oigQI7QMsmAesgXXFL4Vi9GEihkdU7xGTTeeEPYeknC6mt-_lHg5Lwug2Xtd4V9i_5cq59-BECV-7kfmPLDANr6qF9ijndlExk2c_fgqM9UyMhdMYyZG0bYnJQTo2oTiakpwVXgIGDSao1U1nSqKjUZUE3fqmYlZO__C1tn/s3438/IMG_7291.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="3438" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBTW-XxjlRy9ZcQIXtZjs2oigQI7QMsmAesgXXFL4Vi9GEihkdU7xGTTeeEPYeknC6mt-_lHg5Lwug2Xtd4V9i_5cq59-BECV-7kfmPLDANr6qF9ijndlExk2c_fgqM9UyMhdMYyZG0bYnJQTo2oTiakpwVXgIGDSao1U1nSqKjUZUE3fqmYlZO__C1tn/w640-h298/IMG_7291.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Daniel devised the Flames of War scenario for the breakout attack of XXX Corps, led by the Guards Armoured Division, on 17th September from the start line:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"> to Valkenswaard, right over the other corner of the table:</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkXQhtQTcvVbzPMytlrgPu_vdEOXQa66GLWdblnqk4Ip5BRQYTFJtxvoVBxpz00j-FJTHTiikXxnxCE7BUPh6Tx0_viN29iLzbE1ZFDgZKt7_O0gvv1hOlOJdaZZYzmcS80vu1qZjqw1R1LvRqCqRF-acGfT1ie6TSyOOG5OdcJ60mrVi_n3q3YXxnpmm/s2952/IMG_7273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="2952" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkXQhtQTcvVbzPMytlrgPu_vdEOXQa66GLWdblnqk4Ip5BRQYTFJtxvoVBxpz00j-FJTHTiikXxnxCE7BUPh6Tx0_viN29iLzbE1ZFDgZKt7_O0gvv1hOlOJdaZZYzmcS80vu1qZjqw1R1LvRqCqRF-acGfT1ie6TSyOOG5OdcJ60mrVi_n3q3YXxnpmm/w640-h248/IMG_7273.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">We pooled our Sherman resources for this one! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNAsXIdHJH1L5ecpWWLCOQr48KiqHXEZPCoDu0P904FNYw8Q0R8L51Y0caPQLByIBnwuOVgFTrURF7xihYrYa-ItqUIWa7N1HcNzsA6SlbkS5yWwokIQyZagIXMMEt7MH76xq_hDDUHm7Jc_KQaiKEKa1FExmETnghpSeEboNPZFWmFZ0RY04gKOzvxzD/s600/600px-BridgeTooFar_2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="600" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNAsXIdHJH1L5ecpWWLCOQr48KiqHXEZPCoDu0P904FNYw8Q0R8L51Y0caPQLByIBnwuOVgFTrURF7xihYrYa-ItqUIWa7N1HcNzsA6SlbkS5yWwokIQyZagIXMMEt7MH76xq_hDDUHm7Jc_KQaiKEKa1FExmETnghpSeEboNPZFWmFZ0RY04gKOzvxzD/w640-h272/600px-BridgeTooFar_2015.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFP1H592VBdMdNm2gF1oJajjns9sAiw_PKl1yWmaiabuQx8Xs_XUQ3WZRBalFOtwZvEzBOgArwZcTtZkFeyQJIPO6chDKVenbQ9ZXWQSBXVFlJRYXvWeIAgvwhUbkcsSGSDJXoUEafclO9TG2WmMtTgLPcn7FvcCO8k2rTevr7hSgCc58P2m7cQ8UeWHVZ/s3659/IMG_7294.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="3659" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFP1H592VBdMdNm2gF1oJajjns9sAiw_PKl1yWmaiabuQx8Xs_XUQ3WZRBalFOtwZvEzBOgArwZcTtZkFeyQJIPO6chDKVenbQ9ZXWQSBXVFlJRYXvWeIAgvwhUbkcsSGSDJXoUEafclO9TG2WmMtTgLPcn7FvcCO8k2rTevr7hSgCc58P2m7cQ8UeWHVZ/w640-h210/IMG_7294.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Ed, pictured below, and I were the German defenders. Daniel and Darren were Michael Caine and Edward Fox for the evening!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiro2FaMgqjlYPS1FeJU5I7SvX3OPQiS4ittCtbRjWFmtUrRltPl5bjKnvn8Jze1pAPHJkAK6hI7HV5hME9IQR7RparWpieAprApMSp4j1jIaoSDluGZvMjriwWFLBMbC3T5RJ8936gnc_owJe_aLrjX0hoEj6Kmk3C0OXwO-TPmMxp0En3LmSsB24bu_2b/s2746/IMG_7299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1613" data-original-width="2746" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiro2FaMgqjlYPS1FeJU5I7SvX3OPQiS4ittCtbRjWFmtUrRltPl5bjKnvn8Jze1pAPHJkAK6hI7HV5hME9IQR7RparWpieAprApMSp4j1jIaoSDluGZvMjriwWFLBMbC3T5RJ8936gnc_owJe_aLrjX0hoEj6Kmk3C0OXwO-TPmMxp0En3LmSsB24bu_2b/w640-h376/IMG_7299.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">We deployed one platoon from Fallschirmjager-Regiment-6 well forward on the edge of the woods and kept the other further back as a reserve. We had a platoon of PaK40s in ambush and 2 platoons of Panthers in deep reserve. The objective was strongly covered by a pair of 88s.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RV5M4DSNiJdaTtHIWdP7fniSAVdUeTxclo3NGrXXjB4PzGDVWiPRo2T3B2tCJHoPrWZTpxsxoXd4d26u5rkhmraHjTIpzh_zn4pkywjLSUONQsTjiGmlzlpTpNH3UMnsGAcwjZoXojmIWNqNxpZNeze51vL_n3S2A4yBql4Q4KxbDiWhop4Kamp3UQTf/s1366/screenshot-1604.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1366" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RV5M4DSNiJdaTtHIWdP7fniSAVdUeTxclo3NGrXXjB4PzGDVWiPRo2T3B2tCJHoPrWZTpxsxoXd4d26u5rkhmraHjTIpzh_zn4pkywjLSUONQsTjiGmlzlpTpNH3UMnsGAcwjZoXojmIWNqNxpZNeze51vL_n3S2A4yBql4Q4KxbDiWhop4Kamp3UQTf/w640-h270/screenshot-1604.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The GAD put their multitude of 25 Pounders to good use in keeping our infantry pinned.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8quBcgREtTlvfzHtInbjQu0u9jTHhItYtySFHQ9Ih0bDI7Qpw4HRcmOsEpC9Bzmv6Io-Az41R_J8IqVcJN6DGsdolksLknQeP8DjarmyGmhcjp02J5hMSZ2S_R6qkIOhqk5isGmey5yL1O692m2OGU_EXGQq1ICWOLHty8EVdDArdcjpCpLzfK4jy7b3h/s2791/IMG_7302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1437" data-original-width="2791" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8quBcgREtTlvfzHtInbjQu0u9jTHhItYtySFHQ9Ih0bDI7Qpw4HRcmOsEpC9Bzmv6Io-Az41R_J8IqVcJN6DGsdolksLknQeP8DjarmyGmhcjp02J5hMSZ2S_R6qkIOhqk5isGmey5yL1O692m2OGU_EXGQq1ICWOLHty8EVdDArdcjpCpLzfK4jy7b3h/w640-h330/IMG_7302.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">We had lots of lovely ambush opportunities, unfortunately by dint of pre-planned arty DFs and diligent recce our opportunities to deploy the PaKs steadily narrowed.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDST7ThWwzdlGgz3TAeuNeSrpmZ4_G-x_R-Ew4XFtt803nP55glseR1FSgCGFGyte4HR68rgNu-gDMkRUWd-60QDiBwpMUnngoyYgTSw9g3Wbx6tQMpMYlyrFJMZdhDbPlvuTjCQM_TYZW7JL84MWb0UynxFppqCMjuLRceNUu-2amoiqCpwdMtg5Yhfue/s3299/IMG_7310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="3299" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDST7ThWwzdlGgz3TAeuNeSrpmZ4_G-x_R-Ew4XFtt803nP55glseR1FSgCGFGyte4HR68rgNu-gDMkRUWd-60QDiBwpMUnngoyYgTSw9g3Wbx6tQMpMYlyrFJMZdhDbPlvuTjCQM_TYZW7JL84MWb0UynxFppqCMjuLRceNUu-2amoiqCpwdMtg5Yhfue/w640-h154/IMG_7310.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">But once the Irish Guards struck the minefield, the time was right to spring the ambush!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JTp2re13_7i302QfwUWnyDox27TvByTMkQd2I6JTpwyWrHVxxnpejkBspdqay6AH1uTtpD4mHNdfu1Kk-iO7qfrexukhCiYHWB_s_mbAvoYGuuOQa4Nuiw2LlDMLFq4AycK5dKidjZInUXk284brKLmh-9HOmOcjE3dmJDVtMZHCh7gMepYDlRNzNaPY/s2584/IMG_7317.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="2584" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JTp2re13_7i302QfwUWnyDox27TvByTMkQd2I6JTpwyWrHVxxnpejkBspdqay6AH1uTtpD4mHNdfu1Kk-iO7qfrexukhCiYHWB_s_mbAvoYGuuOQa4Nuiw2LlDMLFq4AycK5dKidjZInUXk284brKLmh-9HOmOcjE3dmJDVtMZHCh7gMepYDlRNzNaPY/w640-h238/IMG_7317.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However, my die rolling was truly pitiful:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXQkiumRhipWCcVCcPnNq9JB4IDSA6ZCyDFiSXiXVnzXkzz3Sc-CsRnZuT2Gt5ZRtZsH_HqVacR8fUdHuKYWVtpSzzHi2h0QUi7wJDKfA7yoF21B7-8izhv0x8lVrUysmqZU1eLx2Sd8k9asf3rvIqWS2llSFaFG65r4gcA7XrCBqdpEXekcZaTEwf78D/s3372/IMG_7323.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1678" data-original-width="3372" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXQkiumRhipWCcVCcPnNq9JB4IDSA6ZCyDFiSXiXVnzXkzz3Sc-CsRnZuT2Gt5ZRtZsH_HqVacR8fUdHuKYWVtpSzzHi2h0QUi7wJDKfA7yoF21B7-8izhv0x8lVrUysmqZU1eLx2Sd8k9asf3rvIqWS2llSFaFG65r4gcA7XrCBqdpEXekcZaTEwf78D/w640-h318/IMG_7323.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">On the bright side, our gallant Fallschirms repelled an assault by the Guardsmen!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinccKko_WPqdiQ5Qsq7MWjBT_vzHJTM6Ikcg-sDLAKnscuq0Rd4fSSNzhMHMtJLexNDxBHlqGGcebaAe533uv6haODo8TqBzcs2WyKY78xxqCh4-YeA_-cOyyzXwrlXZWCq8yCywYyYW-xymYphnkXz9_wBg-LiiFVaEaJb8K4mp5IMgStepvMrdQOiEPR/s2495/IMG_7321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="2495" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinccKko_WPqdiQ5Qsq7MWjBT_vzHJTM6Ikcg-sDLAKnscuq0Rd4fSSNzhMHMtJLexNDxBHlqGGcebaAe533uv6haODo8TqBzcs2WyKY78xxqCh4-YeA_-cOyyzXwrlXZWCq8yCywYyYW-xymYphnkXz9_wBg-LiiFVaEaJb8K4mp5IMgStepvMrdQOiEPR/w640-h258/IMG_7321.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">However by Turn 3 things were looking up - the Allied column was snarled up around the minefields and the PaKs were starting to get their aim in, and best of all, our reinforcements arrived!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzjQu-Aqpr_OezqyWMOjYQNiaUQt1M6UbcRyO34wlB9nsdAOQtIQ_2ffexRhdJEXKHNsqbNpbg2lkdCMGplzLtU2cCVj3AReujvWX7avwVxsmuBQ308Nrcsfu1a7mlpgOur3mYNSv4cZmKFaHDXOBHn7ukoh83akxKL9GU9hU6ANB7z7a_lMRTXYHDIwR/s3098/IMG_7328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1271" data-original-width="3098" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzjQu-Aqpr_OezqyWMOjYQNiaUQt1M6UbcRyO34wlB9nsdAOQtIQ_2ffexRhdJEXKHNsqbNpbg2lkdCMGplzLtU2cCVj3AReujvWX7avwVxsmuBQ308Nrcsfu1a7mlpgOur3mYNSv4cZmKFaHDXOBHn7ukoh83akxKL9GU9hU6ANB7z7a_lMRTXYHDIwR/w640-h262/IMG_7328.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Ed and I agreed on an 'Anvil Attack' approach - he with thicker armoured Late Panthers would attack the column head on in conjuction with our 2 88s...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAnUBZuqH5tPzUQFfFJwU8_Om4kxFJHHfV3Dc8AGuO2B0BbxfIOMB6H2UeTMp9MuLWy_qWHKKRdfiItZJ1PAvD8SakOwUVDji3Kf1qyz0CF2hyqPpPPX_pD3Paz1C2uRqqbGeOjr7uBYnCZLeDQJjxmKsgiB20I8jxbv7tKZ12fLJj05j9y7QOYp-uIQs/s2706/IMG_7329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2260" data-original-width="2706" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAnUBZuqH5tPzUQFfFJwU8_Om4kxFJHHfV3Dc8AGuO2B0BbxfIOMB6H2UeTMp9MuLWy_qWHKKRdfiItZJ1PAvD8SakOwUVDji3Kf1qyz0CF2hyqPpPPX_pD3Paz1C2uRqqbGeOjr7uBYnCZLeDQJjxmKsgiB20I8jxbv7tKZ12fLJj05j9y7QOYp-uIQs/w640-h534/IMG_7329.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Whilst my platoon would work its way into the deep flank and come up on the column from the flank.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKXT18AONNFEkhEfpFnyx1uPlMW4Kp8gNeCUv-7dcJlXnKzbqrSOxBcGBp9ZceE94p_dMOpuh1bO1wy_IxrzmcGTRfiDejRiJTZVOhjZZJjU8Rrj7mM-YV5greEpzYgKtZUpgs-UgvX4t5-zL_ZQ2novG2f67Fqv_InE56OmJWJYbBYxKCeAMz3jNZUnc/s1123/Michael%20Caine%20Start%20the%20Purple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2427" data-original-width="3721" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBS_j-l8WsfObNmCi8eoyVhG0b2L46lpEJZIvp6vDoxL3vWCmEhJWpR7GM6FnMsZYkc0BLULJGSj-68CMdk17BhumqI7xKPxpTrm1NMAxQZ8Yd1qfypg09usR5G9pnVoRpXBxZBVeFKE5jtJqEUN7sQotMwboipv593o1lSuZRT-49ge20FR_pResZMwr/w640-h418/MV5BMjA2MDM2NDIwMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjM0MTg5MTE@._V1_.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Fortunately for us, the Tiffies failed to range in, and, the column in disarray and wedged by Panthers, the Allies decided to fall back, brew some tea, and call it a day.</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjcmfCLSSxWx8WwVYbGR635dwsIMczzAB3-xKt8DN-XV6OQ_1M6AaqYD9k8l_7CWf5fUx7FVJYrPTSnTVZW5nf_QSMnkywBOxxkjzvvmPfasTVgWfeBGZ1Q2gXHRwe5TqNmIrNdl4R0nLLf3T8HBVcVuxdX4zU2CQR0bxlX7k3YjKXt_emzGdtl7d9FuC/s960/EXGrYcuX0AEl3tV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjcmfCLSSxWx8WwVYbGR635dwsIMczzAB3-xKt8DN-XV6OQ_1M6AaqYD9k8l_7CWf5fUx7FVJYrPTSnTVZW5nf_QSMnkywBOxxkjzvvmPfasTVgWfeBGZ1Q2gXHRwe5TqNmIrNdl4R0nLLf3T8HBVcVuxdX4zU2CQR0bxlX7k3YjKXt_emzGdtl7d9FuC/w640-h360/EXGrYcuX0AEl3tV.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Over on the Bolt Action table, the gallant 101st Airborne succeeded in seizing one end of the Son Bridge, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-qA8nsGrEaD10FF-evvN6XYX08d_tH5S0vV6Y_jRUqEGhXAOaRDq1LFJ7JJb-TTnIY34BRtfAymbdD9qTYdFN3RJYb3PCpcToL_2460a-iqgiLHXfp-IVR5qRj6043Fe0j6s4AO6skACSSpHMLnsV2vwY9B7t7dpqvv7r0YT-RIaUsbwaP1_nrOrxuLv/s3722/IMG_7337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1803" data-original-width="3722" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-qA8nsGrEaD10FF-evvN6XYX08d_tH5S0vV6Y_jRUqEGhXAOaRDq1LFJ7JJb-TTnIY34BRtfAymbdD9qTYdFN3RJYb3PCpcToL_2460a-iqgiLHXfp-IVR5qRj6043Fe0j6s4AO6skACSSpHMLnsV2vwY9B7t7dpqvv7r0YT-RIaUsbwaP1_nrOrxuLv/w640-h310/IMG_7337.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">but were unable to eject the resolute defenders from the other end. To coin a phrase, the Allies went a bridge too far...</span></span></div><p></p>Sparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7845445937219070849.post-68448375020256130622023-09-20T12:42:00.000+10:002023-09-20T12:42:15.126+10:00Team Yankee 1:144 - 4CMBG Hold Out - Eh!<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1f7MzXUsci4NTsA_rqZ22ScPUDki7I2NwJMtg5CP0sfGJ_YnQmQ0us7ciLHY1YZOG9MUO8UPmhUfLMZ33LfEFdDd0i5M6af2-bk23pWXyooQiNzOnGCDgTbTV-irczyrQQg_Z_GQqC3bZqZCwTeyXpgje9GX2yK2VpdgZLtMOiApVjZ2f8w0UN6WsqGt/s2411/IMG_3482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2411" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1f7MzXUsci4NTsA_rqZ22ScPUDki7I2NwJMtg5CP0sfGJ_YnQmQ0us7ciLHY1YZOG9MUO8UPmhUfLMZ33LfEFdDd0i5M6af2-bk23pWXyooQiNzOnGCDgTbTV-irczyrQQg_Z_GQqC3bZqZCwTeyXpgje9GX2yK2VpdgZLtMOiApVjZ2f8w0UN6WsqGt/w640-h394/IMG_3482.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">This game actually took place at the Uni back in Feb but I didn't blog it then...but now the scars have healed - I think. I will not be discouraged in my mission to popularise 1:144 or 12mil wargames so am prepared to air my more egregious losses - enjoy!</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipqRzrtVKcMMZDbIewedUcgN9eKcA5TJUXBeI_sl0AFIHmpDqJEGbEWpfPAronsL2K554JcEgX8PR7xZ9WpRMQnBctLqQWUoOpnMUqpDQQfLdOBrYF8sRgick4H4mEGljo19aUbuBeAuVrO9vr6E93NANZYDxSN_RlzGZ5ghBqP_PkZ0xyp2RTDY1g7s5/s3004/IMG_3474.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3004" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipqRzrtVKcMMZDbIewedUcgN9eKcA5TJUXBeI_sl0AFIHmpDqJEGbEWpfPAronsL2K554JcEgX8PR7xZ9WpRMQnBctLqQWUoOpnMUqpDQQfLdOBrYF8sRgick4H4mEGljo19aUbuBeAuVrO9vr6E93NANZYDxSN_RlzGZ5ghBqP_PkZ0xyp2RTDY1g7s5/w640-h494/IMG_3474.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">The mission was 'No Retreat'. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6B3IbHT2LnDy4DZI-4dhVvnzQT3YrK6JPOLgbVWB79sA69f3CnylPyE4EWuX_FkUuEfme5OMHKpdIPUcYStso5sDf2ZZ4vQk6xqZmV2yPqUk4C7BahGmIh7wDIgHe8dHca7eBV7kqEvLCgUp8iG_BfbiYI0lSEC6oUmZ4vOnlTLXUyaGxRp3XYj5u1gJV/s1706/196803718_1662225977301337_5294976310598395554_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="1706" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6B3IbHT2LnDy4DZI-4dhVvnzQT3YrK6JPOLgbVWB79sA69f3CnylPyE4EWuX_FkUuEfme5OMHKpdIPUcYStso5sDf2ZZ4vQk6xqZmV2yPqUk4C7BahGmIh7wDIgHe8dHca7eBV7kqEvLCgUp8iG_BfbiYI0lSEC6oUmZ4vOnlTLXUyaGxRp3XYj5u1gJV/w640-h456/196803718_1662225977301337_5294976310598395554_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">John carefully canalized my Soviet attack routes with 4 fiendishly located minefields...</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJkPojINRbWb2E95FZsh0KdhHkY-PGwbThWGBwMcI51xJullNXv6cI94J44pZDH3D3qU2t0Yz8-P9-LEVUrGXwza3G8_ouQctkQ_UXSO8-RTTxOlehUBjPYWkV1tz-HwiOrdieHNoMfPYrz6oEAwDH_ZT2hNlcwhwP1ULRFDRkNxChiCZki64wi54Rr6L/s3218/IMG_3478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="3218" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJkPojINRbWb2E95FZsh0KdhHkY-PGwbThWGBwMcI51xJullNXv6cI94J44pZDH3D3qU2t0Yz8-P9-LEVUrGXwza3G8_ouQctkQ_UXSO8-RTTxOlehUBjPYWkV1tz-HwiOrdieHNoMfPYrz6oEAwDH_ZT2hNlcwhwP1ULRFDRkNxChiCZki64wi54Rr6L/w640-h330/IMG_3478.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I deployed as best I could having to forgo the road net! </span></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjr3aH-T43eYXaBAkjWGjUQQnQKt52hNOiAaH0SflWcHxTiYdVNm30nvAA7PhTmn3ncsaKgAmHtYO4d-ZS2BCDPlkGL9vG6KddT2QAlomdBHRgTtQRZ_VpPMPj7JzivnhinTtBVU3Je6nFVnlCZuDowiAh9JOO8NCBT5gItfs1inWIiZfcvxrcM16kM4qp/s3534/IMG_3481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1669" data-original-width="3534" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjr3aH-T43eYXaBAkjWGjUQQnQKt52hNOiAaH0SflWcHxTiYdVNm30nvAA7PhTmn3ncsaKgAmHtYO4d-ZS2BCDPlkGL9vG6KddT2QAlomdBHRgTtQRZ_VpPMPj7JzivnhinTtBVU3Je6nFVnlCZuDowiAh9JOO8NCBT5gItfs1inWIiZfcvxrcM16kM4qp/w640-h302/IMG_3481.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I was too cramped for my liking...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1GAZ8tQtxJn-oI4ePWtIgS2UBtz8y6SF6TCYZ6tzdpjzglTGPCbgw7ZoizXsAHR8GeIJn67awHeLJn-Gg-CzE1GXaGL47vD2E6-bF3cn7Q3Ksd-ybgiDZ6VEKAXxXwsu_ayF2SVKZ2JDTlAl6mIZz_P0znVniuQXN5tD-iib8prydW-ItdwRNF8T68Fh/s1587/659593.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="1587" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1GAZ8tQtxJn-oI4ePWtIgS2UBtz8y6SF6TCYZ6tzdpjzglTGPCbgw7ZoizXsAHR8GeIJn67awHeLJn-Gg-CzE1GXaGL47vD2E6-bF3cn7Q3Ksd-ybgiDZ6VEKAXxXwsu_ayF2SVKZ2JDTlAl6mIZz_P0znVniuQXN5tD-iib8prydW-ItdwRNF8T68Fh/w640-h318/659593.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Merriweather Sans";"> - especially as John had selected Luftwaffe Tornadoes armed with cluster bombs!</span></div></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2hA8szVFe_Oqe89rwXCyx0P_JfFfRa6qJxAPFONWpOp6XJUlbFla_NrGh3jMWqHHYbWvMQjksxn1fp8HVeHyNof0bL4R6TJrA20Vio50JroEFNR64QyXHf-pIGuy8rKGmOuj33fVKTW0iSwywxLlfjLoiEKfA4Y0XQTiyQ0szlWbLLgQa3WAwAzhwSMu/s3741/IMG_3486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1690" data-original-width="3741" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2hA8szVFe_Oqe89rwXCyx0P_JfFfRa6qJxAPFONWpOp6XJUlbFla_NrGh3jMWqHHYbWvMQjksxn1fp8HVeHyNof0bL4R6TJrA20Vio50JroEFNR64QyXHf-pIGuy8rKGmOuj33fVKTW0iSwywxLlfjLoiEKfA4Y0XQTiyQ0szlWbLLgQa3WAwAzhwSMu/w640-h290/IMG_3486.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Whilst he rolled well for his reserves, my air remained firmly off table!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgmINnoedO_yxRXoY_nN_abKGALxenfZKDB8mXXX1E-Z-SsEINwPB5WqD4K12_xIjc5UXHY-B4GItOrQ9sDODelY3wrZkxIs_iw5GAc4_p6nfwsY99-bKuUgWTGdSaEuORAg_FIP_ApLyTq9B_r8NB5fln_5z3Wav8Vkh-haZlcUyOTt-MS0drxxtla_0/s2367/IMG_3488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2367" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgmINnoedO_yxRXoY_nN_abKGALxenfZKDB8mXXX1E-Z-SsEINwPB5WqD4K12_xIjc5UXHY-B4GItOrQ9sDODelY3wrZkxIs_iw5GAc4_p6nfwsY99-bKuUgWTGdSaEuORAg_FIP_ApLyTq9B_r8NB5fln_5z3Wav8Vkh-haZlcUyOTt-MS0drxxtla_0/w640-h470/IMG_3488.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">Despite wiping out half his Leopard 1's, his skilful all-arms approach using infantry</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIWR31THyEpb-q4SLfoGMxVPjEdojCaFt3nVx_BmuBxPxWd1ZZmGhZlZkygtcdIDtGad5nYLerkGBOrYHSgOEkfmj1VtaVDxx2jMRuOF5MTdWxhGSHVtIl_tCreGZ9NFwd1lgFIydIl09RuWoFIulV2dp-dkSYPiH0S76zoZ7O41bS_6TZMwIYQVRYdu0/s916/74638424_2198814970416714_303129205384675328_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="916" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIWR31THyEpb-q4SLfoGMxVPjEdojCaFt3nVx_BmuBxPxWd1ZZmGhZlZkygtcdIDtGad5nYLerkGBOrYHSgOEkfmj1VtaVDxx2jMRuOF5MTdWxhGSHVtIl_tCreGZ9NFwd1lgFIydIl09RuWoFIulV2dp-dkSYPiH0S76zoZ7O41bS_6TZMwIYQVRYdu0/w640-h428/74638424_2198814970416714_303129205384675328_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">engineers, LRATGW and fast air to attrit my T-72s attenuated my attack to nothing by the end of move 3!</span></div><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjnkO9wqsWarCi6DaPXugEFVFSwARPlRMxzEWc6IHoXrJ-4p69z2v2Uemh8ecsHccyYk_cJm-xpYzPrzdDsXzBMzH2OsyGEf1sVFTQbM8BD8XNoboqMMAH7d0GlFAIrvXqcgaV6cYbKp4BSHp6lGumgLAi6RPdoKWhyY5iSzLO4C2rROXE8gprG4YhTL7/s3610/IMG_3493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1931" data-original-width="3610" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjnkO9wqsWarCi6DaPXugEFVFSwARPlRMxzEWc6IHoXrJ-4p69z2v2Uemh8ecsHccyYk_cJm-xpYzPrzdDsXzBMzH2OsyGEf1sVFTQbM8BD8XNoboqMMAH7d0GlFAIrvXqcgaV6cYbKp4BSHp6lGumgLAi6RPdoKWhyY5iSzLO4C2rROXE8gprG4YhTL7/w640-h342/IMG_3493.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;">And that's it really - Team Yankee really is that fast and brutal!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmG81JkubqUoKaPSZEcx-FecbCFbLf1oFpW5pn9oXutguwzA1RcDbsiTYCcWUcwCdMnwXrOBDSqhUZ0wxfizm-ZqKmOkxLSG0cGd7ThMEi9qHcvAopHAhxXhfoCSYXqOeuENMRgz8GwmQcPLPam8VYFM-qHNBLLesjQC7XBe0BBDQ8RdVfVzexoLhBuxB/s1836/122441175_10157452064841232_6542211370841209043_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather Sans;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmG81JkubqUoKaPSZEcx-FecbCFbLf1oFpW5pn9oXutguwzA1RcDbsiTYCcWUcwCdMnwXrOBDSqhUZ0wxfizm-ZqKmOkxLSG0cGd7ThMEi9qHcvAopHAhxXhfoCSYXqOeuENMRgz8GwmQcPLPam8VYFM-qHNBLLesjQC7XBe0BBDQ8RdVfVzexoLhBuxB/w640-h640/122441175_10157452064841232_6542211370841209043_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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