20mm Flames of War Desert game

Hi guys have been a bit slack posting anything in the last few months so here are some shots of games Mark Piper and I have played during this time. 

First up are some nice shots of Mark's great 20mm Desert collection, I always enjoy these FOW battles in 20mm.

Allied armour advancing on the thin German line

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                                      German 105 rushes their guns in position

                                                               

                                                                   My one 88mm which missed every bloody target

           Lonely recon boys

                                     Dug in infantry

                                                          

                                                              Lots of Allied armour

   

                                                           More Allies

               

                

                       Stoic Tuetons who bravely held against the tide of armour

                                 

                                                    German gun line under fire

                                              

                                                 Allied armour avoids the German infantry after losses

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                                                    88 had the best seat in the house but missed every shot

Regimental Fire and Fury

Had a great game of Regimental. Fire and Fury yesterday. Cameron Farrow brought over his brand new Union soldiers to battle against my Confedarate army. We played the battle of Little Round Top a scenario based upon that presented in the main RFF rulebook.

We played 6 turns each and whilst I as the Rebels had captured some of the ground required by the scenario Union re-inforcements arrived and would have made my gains very tenuous. We called the game a draw due to time limits and to be truthfull the damned heat in my garage which was in the late 30s. 

        

                                                                   

                  

                                                                     

                                 

Overview of the table at the start of the battle. 

                                           

                    

                                                                

Cams heavy casualty marker which did come into use.

Great game and do love how the game system plays. Mark Piper and I are in the process of doing the AWI in 40mm using the variant of these rules

FOW Normandy 20mm

Had another great 20mm WWII FOW game with Mark Piper last Thursday. British armour and infantry had to push through a small dug in German force. I ( Germans) had 4 platoons on the tanker with 5 others off board ready to come on from the third turn. I rolled badly of course and only got 2 platoons of tanks on the sixth turn. Mark advanced and captured the objectives by the start of turn 6 gaining victory for the Brits.

Table before the game

                                                        

British forces waiting to be deployed

German forces but only 6 out of 9 platoons were used due to bad rolls

           

Game pictures. I hate those Churchill Crocodiles

                                                               

German infantry burned by the Churchill Crocodiles, not sure I agree with the FOW one shot flamethrower rule.

                                                      

Mark's Shermans race for the objectives ignoring the surrounding German forces and winning the game. We played the German turn and saw two tank platoons come on and wipe out the last British armour near the objectives. 

Arnhem Bridge in 20mm

Had a fantastic FOW 20mm game last night with Mark Piper on his great Arnhem table. I must admit that the whole 'Bridge too Far' campaign has always been a WWII favourite but apart from a 28mm skirmish game I had never played a large battle set around the famous bridge. Mark has had an interest in the battle for even longer than I had and decided to bite the bullet and purchased the excellent MDF bridge in the photos from here http://store.gcmshop.com/p/1789/a-bridge-too-far-28mm-version-huge

The terrain, figures and vehicles are all from Mark's excellent collection apart from a couple of factory  buildings which were painted by Brian Buskell. I played the Germans and managed to push through under the bridge but infantry casualties were too high and when my Panzer platoon broke the Germans had reached their high tide and we conceded that it was a bloody tie. Mark had lost 4 platoons out of 10 and I had lost 3 out of 7 with 2 platoons breaking in the last turn (11). Great game and one I had been looking at playing for a very long time. Mark said that we will play other games from the campaign and I am eager to do so. 

After the game I finally folded and decided that I am going to order a half bridge to use on my Dust Warfare tables. Enjoy the photos.