Paul - Cracking me up!

Peter - Yeah, won't see them until the end.

Phil - Thanks!

Steve - Glad you liked it, hope the rest of them warrant the interest!

Lemmey - Yeah, I thought the machine gun position on the hill would have been a lot more effective, must have had defective ammo or something

V/R,
Jack

Quote from: bigjackmac on 30 March 2020, 07:26:24 PM

Lemmey - Yeah, I thought the machine gun position on the hill would have been a lot more effective, must have had defective ammo or something

Maybe Lemmey's Peaky Blinder mates got the good stuff and left the British Army with belts of practice 0.303" instead - Don't the Peaky Blinders have links to the BSA factory in Burmingham? not sure as not a series I have seen much of yet.

Anyway, the campaign looks really good Jack, your Chain of Command variant rules are very interesting....

Oh yeah, we's got yon production line union in our pockets! 

Hmmm, I had no idea! Well then, it's Lemmey's fault the Commonwealth troops are getting the crapped kicked out of them!

"Anyway, the campaign looks really good Jack, your Chain of Command variant rules are very interesting...."
Thanks Peter, and yes, I'm very happy with how the rules modifications worked out, already planning my next campaign, Operation Barbarossa (and just sent in a sizeable order to Leon for it)!

V/R,
Jack

Hmm, linked campaigns! 

I'd say sure, but I don't understand what the hell Peeky Blinders is.

V/R,
Jack

Quote from: bigjackmac on 01 April 2020, 12:50:28 AM
I'd say sure, but I don't understand what the hell Peeky Blinders is.

V/R,
Jack

Peaky Blinders is a British period crime drama television series. Set in Birmingham, England, the series follows the exploits of the Shelby crime family in the direct aftermath of the First World War. The fictional family is loosely based on a real 19th century urban youth gang of the same name, who were active in the city from the 1890s to the early twentieth century.

The name Peaky Blinders is supposedly because they had razor blades sewn in to the peaks of their caps. It is unlikely that the real life Peaky Blinders of the late 1800s actually had razor blades in their caps and that the name came from the peak caps that were their trademark and their generally fashionable appearance.

Quote from: bigjackmac on 01 April 2020, 12:50:28 AM
I'd say sure, but I don't understand what the hell Peeky Blinders is.

V/R,
Jack

See this thread: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,19429.0.html

Sorry, didn't mean to confuse anyone.........

Great stuff, looking forward to the next game.

Thanks for the explanation, Ithoriel, and no problem Peter!

Glad you liked it, Sunjester!

V/R,
Jack

All,

Morning, 11 April 1941

Here we are, continuing Kampfgruppe Klink's campaign in Greece.  The first battle saw Captain Freitag's 1st Schutzen Battlegroup take a key mountain crossroads manned by members of the British Royal Engineers supported by Armored Cavalry from New Zealand.  The fight saw the Germans infantry nearly eliminate the Commonwealth battlegroup, which fell back in disarray.  Captain Freitag pressed his advantage, immediately pursuing south down, where it ran into defensive positions manned by the remnants of the New Zealand 21st Infantry Battalion.


Captain Freitag (center top) looks on as his advancing rifle platoons get caught in the open and pounded by Kiwi machine guns and mortars!


The New Zealanders become overconfident, pushing a rifle platoon forward (top right) to finish off the German infantry, but they run straight into the German machine guns (center) and mortars (far left).


In a desperate move to alleviate pressure on his infantry (top left), Captain Freitag calls his Stugs in on the far right flank (bottom left).


But the Kiwi commander, Major Hunt, responds by bringing his 2-pdr ATGs in on Hill 316 (bottom right), and they immediately engage the German armored vehicles (top left).

To see how the fight went, please check the blog at:
https://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2020/04/kg-klink-in-greece-fight-2.html?m=1

Here is the next set of map turn moves, which resulted in only one fight:

https://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2020/04/kg-klink-mini-campaign-in-greece-map.html?m=1

More fighting, coming right up!

V/R,
Jack

Great stuff Jack and some major fire power there from both sides.

Excellent, once again, Jack !

(Where did my first reply go ?.....Must have hit preview instead of Post.....Derrrrr. )

Cheers - Phil

Really thought the kiwis had you.
Dash those Stukas!

Thanks, guys, and yes, it was a close-run thing!  The method of deployment for the hidden defenders is working pretty well, I think, and certainly throws a lot of uncertainty in the game.

V/R,
Jack

Bl&#dy Aucklanders, rush of blood to the head

Should have kept that infantry as reserve or deployed them between the weapons platoon and the 2pdrs

Counter-attacking into German machines guns, we learnt not to do that in the last war

Paul,

"Bl&#dy Aucklanders, rush of blood to the head"
Yeah, they were a bit excitable, weren't they?

"Should have kept that infantry as reserve or deployed them between the weapons platoon and the 2pdrs"
Yeah, there were a few different options that may have turned out better, but...

"Counter-attacking into German machines guns, we learnt not to do that in the last war"
The counter to that is if their own mortars and MGs had been more effective, maybe even gotten a Chain of Command dice to call in some 25-pdr artillery, then perhaps the German MGs would have been neutralized, and if the Kiwi infantry got in they would have eliminated the German Weapons Platoon and both rifle platoons, winning the battle and eliminating BG Freitag from the entire campaign!  It didn't pay off, but it seemed like a risk worth taking, especially knowing it's still early in the campaign and there's still a lot of ground to give.

V/R,
Jack

In case you haven't guessed I've decided to lob gentle abuse in the direction of the Commonwealth commanders to keep me entertained during my current confinement

I'm enjoying the campaign

Knock yourself out, they've got plenty of bad news for you

And I'm very glad to hear you're enjoying it.  Next fight will post Sunday night or Monday morning.  I'm off tomorrow (a three-day weekend), so I'm headed back upstairs to continue my Cuba Libre campaign.  I've already played 14 fights, so I'm hoping to finish off the campaign this weekend, but it's pretty big and there's room for at least another 14...

V/R,
Jack

Your AAR's are very entertaining! Please keep 'em coming...

Cheers,
Rob