All,
I'm playtesting the new rules "Some Corner of a Foreign Field," for Matt, AKA Invented Regiment. The rules are specifically written for moderns, so I regret to say I used them with WWII forces due to the lack of having stuff ready that made sense for these rules (I really wish my Vietnam stuff was finished, or that I had singly based some Brit, US, or French modern forces to face off against my terrorists). In any case, I got two games in, and they were a lot of fun, despite getting my butt kicked in the second one (will post later).
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Here's an overview of the board, somewhere in the British sector, Normandy, July 1944, north is 'up.' A Brit reinforced squad is conducting a combat patrol to locate and destroy the German machine-gun position at top right. The Germans have a couple pickets just east of the crossroads, and a couple more southeast of the crossroads.
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Brit start positions, with Bren group at top left and Rifle Group on the road moving east.
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It gets quite hot at the crossroads...
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And the Bren Group gets cut to pieces by the MG-42...
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But the good Sergeant (far right, with a ton of 'stress') is able to push the issue and force the Germans to quit the field.
For the rest of the write up and a lot more pics, please visit the blog at:
http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2014/05/playtest-2-for-some-corner-of-foreign.html
Stay tuned for another one!
V/R,
Jack
Great report.
Cheers - Phil.
Another good report Jack, thanks.