I did not got with blinds as I like to have the enemy already known and deploy based on the generated force. It generates a scenario (as per platoon Forward), your force and then the enemy force based on your force. I'd love to slim these rules down a bit and come back to them, but I can tell you we've already planned our next game together: Osprey's "Black Ops," coming soon. I liked the rules, particularly the 'Battle Rating' piece (though I laughed at how we somehow drew three mine strikes out of twelve total chit pulls!), but I feel like I still need something a bit more pared down to play with the boys and keep their interest. I really enjoyed this, the first time I've really had both boys playing a game against each other. I think we ended up playing for about three hours, which could have been halved if we'd have played firing 'relaxed' the entire way. The boys really enjoyed the game, though it did drag a bit due to the ineffectual fire. Even after I 'relaxed' things a bit, the fire still only resulted in pins, no units were destroyed by fire, they were all pinned units destroyed in close combat. The Germans ultimately pulled six chits, one of which was a mine strike, but the other five took them from 18 to 0, while the Americans pulled five chits, but two of them were mine strikes, and they were much luckier, only taking them from 18 down to 10, so it wasn't even really close in terms of force morale.Īs I said, early on the fire was extremely ineffective, with save values making it so that hits were easily racked up, but were always taken off by making the saves.
So, in the final tally, the Germans lost three infantry teams while the Americans lost two infantry teams and a tank, but the early seizure of two objectives by the Americans and the Germans having to pull a chit to rally the Panther early on really started racking up losses to their Battle Rating. Which causes the Germans to break and run, ending the fight! Lt Danny and his American infantrymen are victorious! So I guess I'm back in 15mm WWII for the 4th (fourth!!!) dame time. But I keep buying 15mm terrain and I keep thinking I should be using 15mm troops with all this 15mm terrain, rather than my trusty 10mm troops. Then I bought a couple hundred dollars worth of 15mm British and Germans from Plastic Soldier Company, painted them, and sold them off online. Then I bought a couple hundred dollars worth of 15mm US and Germans from Plastic Soldier Company, halfway painted them up, then gave them to a buddy. When I first began wargaming in 2009 I bought several hundred dollars worth of 15mm US and Germans from Old Glory, painted them up, played a few games, then gave them to a buddy. The troops are all 15mm Battlefront figures*, while the mat is from The Wargaming Company, the roads are from Fat Frank, the flat fields are from Hotz Mats, the high fields are from Terran4Games, and the hedges, trees, and buildings are from Crescent Root Studios. The two sides are exactly matched for a perfectly 'fair' wargame ) Thuseld had the Americans with a BR of 18 and the Germans 16, but I gave both sides 18 so it would be fair. The opposing forces, with Germans on left and US on right.
Nevertheless, with Thuseld providing the 'Battle Rating' for each force, I felt like I had enough to go on and play a game, so I did.Īnd I didn't just play a game, I got a chance to play with my two boys, which made it that much more fun and interesting!
I will say that the main reason I haven't gotten them onto the table is because I only have the core rules, none of the supplements, I don't want to spend a bunch of money on one of the book supplements, and I can't seem to find any of them as PDFs, even though it appears such things exist. He has owned the Battlegroup rules for awhile but not gotten them on the table until recently seeing his batrep reminded me that I, too, have the Battlegroup rules, and that I've never gotten them onto the table. The inspiration for this fought is brought to you by my buddy "Thuseld," who posted this little gem: Somewhere in Normandy, August 1944, the US Army is about to scrap it up with the Wehrmacht.