This Second World War game was put on by Mark at Mike N's venue and represents the first in a linked series of games planned for this summer, seeing the Red Army push on through Germany as the close of the war gets nearer and nearer.
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General Layout of the tabletop, Russians advancing from bottom to top of table,
Germans dug in past the river line. |
The game was started Friday 20th May and is planned to run at least two weeks. The Germans were led by John, helped by Dave, Mike W and Ollie. The Russians were led by Phil and helped by pretty much everyone else!
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| Panoramic view of the tabletop, Russians to right, Germans to left |
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| Detail of the tabletop |
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| More detail... |
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| Defensive positions along the river line |
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| More of the railway line |
This scenario was on a compact 6' x 4' table with the Germans defending one short end and the Russians arriving at the other end. The table top is awash with defences and the Russian's goal is to cross the table in 20 +1d6 turns or less. The German's goal is to delay them as much as possible.
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| Pre Turn One, Russian observation sorte was beaten back by German AA teams |
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| German AA Team |
I'll leave the pictures to do most of the talking, by end of week one, the Russians had advanced to
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| Russians cautiously checking out Tank traps on the railway bridge |
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| More Russians advancing through forests to side of railway lines |
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Stormaviks come flying on to the tabletop and blast one of the German AA positions
as well as causing collateral damage on German supply wagons etc. |
More details to follow next week...
