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Title: Operation Sea Lion - Brandenburger Coastal Raid
Post by: Chris Abbey on July 07, 2017, 12:39:34 PM

(http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/WebRoot/Namesco/Shops/950003459/MediaGallery/Hobby_Articles/Op_Sealion_1/operation_sea_lion_wargame_9.jpg)

Last night Doug and I had a great game of Combat Patrol. The scenario was Brandenburger  Coastal Raid, the first scenario in the Bolt Action Campaign Sea Lion book. This scenario sees a small raiding party of Brandenburg commandos landing by Sturmboat on a section of the South East coast with the aim of destroying a British HQ in preparation for the main Operation Sea Lion landings.

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The target of the German raid was 'The George and Dragon', once a prosperous seaside pub, now the headquarters of the local Home Guard platoon.

(http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/WebRoot/Namesco/Shops/950003459/MediaGallery/Hobby_Articles/Op_Sealion_1/operation_sea_lion_wargame_10.jpg)

It was a hard fought battle, narrowly won by the plucky Brits.

Full report and loads more photos on my Hobby Blog @http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Pages/Hobby-Blog/First-Operation-Sea-Lion-game-with-Combat-Patrol (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Pages/Hobby-Blog/First-Operation-Sea-Lion-game-with-Combat-Patrol)

Title: Re: Operation Sea Lion - Brandenburger Coastal Raid
Post by: Ballardian on July 07, 2017, 04:19:41 PM

 Nice AAR, fun looking game.

Title: Re: Operation Sea Lion - Brandenburger Coastal Raid
Post by: Poiter50 on July 07, 2017, 04:20:43 PM

Hah, I recognise those Sturmboots!  ;)

Title: Re: Operation Sea Lion - Brandenburger Coastal Raid
Post by: Chris Abbey on July 10, 2017, 10:08:20 AM

The Sturmboats are an excellent free design from Thingiverse. They are designed as a 12' boat, I just increased the dimension to 18' / 6 metres and printed away. They are great little models, at that size you can even get 6 passengers to stand up (with over lapping bases).

Title: Re: Operation Sea Lion - Brandenburger Coastal Raid
Post by: SABOT on July 10, 2017, 04:50:25 PM

Great inspirational stuff .

Title: Re: Operation Sea Lion - Brandenburger Coastal Raid
Post by: Chris Abbey on July 10, 2017, 05:14:51 PM

We are having a re-run tonight but with a 'proper' German rifle platoon attacking, so hopefully will have another set of photos for latter in the week.

Title: Re: Operation Sea Lion - Brandenburger Coastal Raid
Post by: SABOT on July 10, 2017, 05:18:04 PM

That's great news . Look forward to the next report mate.

Title: Re: Operation Sea Lion - Brandenburger Coastal Raid
Post by: Captain Darling on July 11, 2017, 01:29:50 PM

Hey Chris,

Thanks for posting your game pics and link, a very enjoyable read and some nice eye candy!

Cheers...

Title: Re: Operation Sea Lion - Brandenburger Coastal Raid
Post by: Chris Abbey on July 12, 2017, 01:49:21 PM

We replayed the coastal raid scenario, this time landing a regular infantry platoon rather than Brandenburg commandos.
(http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/WebRoot/Namesco/Shops/950003459/MediaGallery/Hobby_Articles/Op_Sea_Lion_2/bolt_action_sea_lion_12.jpg)

It was another great Op Sea Lion game. We had great fun on Monday, although their always seems to be a lot of sea and beach to cross before reaching that first bit of cover!

(http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/WebRoot/Namesco/Shops/950003459/MediaGallery/Hobby_Articles/Op_Sea_Lion_2/bolt_action_sea_lion_13.jpg)

Full photo-battle report @ http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Pages/Hobby-Blog/Operation-Sea-Lion-Coastal-Raid-Two (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Pages/Hobby-Blog/Operation-Sea-Lion-Coastal-Raid-Two)

Title: Re: Operation Sea Lion - Brandenburger Coastal Raid
Post by: surdu on July 12, 2017, 04:40:20 PM

That is an excellent battle report, Chris.  Thanks for sharing.

<shameless plug>For those of you who have the Band of Brothers Bolt Action 2 starter set, there is a free set of unit cards you can download to use with Combat Patrol.  With those cards and the July sale on Combat Patrol, this is a good time to give the rules a try.</shameless plug>

Buck Surdu