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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: 14th brooklyn on 01 April 2014, 02:33:19 PM

Title: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: 14th brooklyn on 01 April 2014, 02:33:19 PM
Yesterday we had our first go at the Battlegroup series of rules and here is the resulting AAR:

http://dhcwargamesblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/battlegroup-fall-of-the-reich-aar/ (http://dhcwargamesblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/battlegroup-fall-of-the-reich-aar/)

Enjoy,

Burkhard

P.S.: And here is the mandatory pre-view (as usual many more clickable photos on the blog itself):

(http://dhcwargamesblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/js-2-in-the-fields.jpg?w=645&h=294)

(http://dhcwargamesblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/pak-43-kc3b6nigstiger-and-volkssturm.jpg?w=645&h=292)

(http://dhcwargamesblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/panzergrenadiere-debussing.jpg?w=645&h=439)
Title: Re: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: Arrigo on 01 April 2014, 02:55:25 PM
Sorry Burkhard I cannot resist the last picture:

"Aaarghhh... Barbed Wire!"

 lol

Also nice JS.
Title: Re: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: 14th brooklyn on 01 April 2014, 03:21:40 PM
Thanks Arrigo... I guess barbed wire can ruin anyone's day... Or trousers!  lol
Title: Re: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: Arrigo on 01 April 2014, 03:36:18 PM
Definitely trousers...

happened to a girl when we were doing surveys in southern Italy... it was quite embarassing... by the way, why in your blog you have * after each unit and vehicle? Also, while simple the table was definitely nice.

Arrigo
Title: Re: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: 14th brooklyn on 01 April 2014, 03:41:39 PM
Well, I guess this would be embarrassing to anyone! ;)

The asterisks denote the units that were in reserve at the beginning of the game. Since there were quiet a few, this makes the text easier to read.
Title: Re: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: pixelgeek on 01 April 2014, 03:53:54 PM
Was that a midget Hitler figure in one of the photos?
Title: Re: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: 14th brooklyn on 01 April 2014, 04:10:45 PM
He is the leader for the Volkssturm unit. Not Hitler himself, but he is wearing the same mustache. I always imagined him to be one of those completely loyal and fanatic Bierkeller Nazis. So fanatic that he never had the guts to join the proper army, but joined the Allgemeine SS instead to escape the drafts. And now that it is all going down the drain and he finds himself leading a detachment of Volkssturm, promoted as a reward by some even more fanatic Nazi. He is probably all the time threatening to shoot the old men for a lack in faith in the Endsieg and most likely wetting his pants and leaving them to "get new orders" the moment the first bullets fly.  ;)
Title: Re: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: Mr. Peabody on 01 April 2014, 04:14:00 PM
Great AAR. Nicely done sir.

One of the great fun things about Battlegroup is the way random scenarios ask you to break up your 'group', and then work to get them on the table in an effective manner.

Title: Re: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: Phil Robinson on 01 April 2014, 04:20:40 PM
A great report and very nice pics.
Title: Re: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: Captain_Hook on 01 April 2014, 04:32:51 PM
Great report. Thank you for sharing. Loved the action photo of the troops dismounting the halftrack.
 
Title: Re: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: tomek917 on 01 April 2014, 06:10:00 PM
Great report!

That JS-II is really nice! :-*

Nice to see someone else doing Battlegroup in 28mm!
Title: Re: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: 14th brooklyn on 01 April 2014, 07:18:23 PM
Thank you guys!

The dismounting Grenadiere seems to be a all round favourite!

@ Tomek: you are welcome. The rules are just great and since I already have such a large collection in 28mm there was no chance of me playing it smaller! ;)
Title: Re: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: Cecil Gaybody on 01 April 2014, 09:43:29 PM
Dear Boy,
A fine game.

keep it up
Cecil
Title: Re: Battlegroup Fall of the Reich ARR
Post by: 14th brooklyn on 01 April 2014, 09:54:16 PM
Thanks Cecil!