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Miniatures Adventure => Interwar => Topic started by: scrivs on 27 March 2015, 12:51:36 PM

Title: Spanish Civil War 'Big CoC'
Post by: scrivs on 27 March 2015, 12:51:36 PM: Yesterday evening James, Nick, Rich and myself played a game of Big Chain of Command pitting two platoons of Bando Nacional Infantry against two platoons of Ejército Popular de la República

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UERmHWP6BJw/VRVO4NgvwOI/AAAAAAAAOng/k8cNJ8RAtu4/s1600/IMG_2356.JPG)

Both sides had plenty of supports but in the end it was a very one-sided fight.

Good practice for my game at Cannon this weekend.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kCOQdq_tzds/VRVO9FNEmKI/AAAAAAAAOpA/maFLT1hsIDw/s1600/IMG_2371.JPG)

Loads more pictures and a battle report over on Scrivsland. (http://scrivsland.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/spanish-civil-war-with-big-guns.html)
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Post by: flags_of_war on 27 March 2015, 12:59:15 PM: Great looking game mate :)
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Post by: Sparrow on 27 March 2015, 06:48:28 PM: Very nice!
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Post by: pocoloco on 27 March 2015, 07:29:43 PM: Thanks for the treat, lovely looking terrain and minis. Looks to have been a good one.
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Post by: Arlequín on 27 March 2015, 08:21:24 PM: As always I'm overly impressed by your game. If jealousy had a name it would be Jim. :D
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Post by: Durutti on 28 March 2015, 10:56:59 AM: Lovely stuff as usual.

Hope to make it up to Retford, so will be taking pics, and pinching idea for my own collection :D
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Post by: scrivs on 28 March 2015, 11:42:02 AM: Thanks chaps, Nigel, if you get a chance introduce yourself, there may be a light tapas in it for you :)
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Post by: H.M.Stanley on 28 March 2015, 11:50:19 AM: We're having tapas? Has Mrs Scrivs done us proud?
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Post by: scrivs on 28 March 2015, 01:05:12 PM: Not really, although I have purchased olives and manchego...
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Post by: H.M.Stanley on 28 March 2015, 01:06:46 PM: :D
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Post by: Anna Elizabeth on 28 March 2015, 05:59:02 PM: Another AWE-sum battle report, scrivs. I think I'd enjoy Big CoC myself.
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Post by: Arlequín on 28 March 2015, 08:30:56 PM: (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BHDREtDz9rg/VRcOlKuzWaI/AAAAAAAATyE/JETYZoWrHhY/w490-h332-no/jg88q.jpg)

I'm sorry... someone had to be childish enough to respond, may as well be me. :)
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Post by: Durutti on 28 March 2015, 09:03:18 PM: I was tempted, took all my willpower not to respond lol ;D
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Post by: pocoloco on 28 March 2015, 09:05:53 PM: i think her post was meant to be like that on purpose.
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Post by: Anna Elizabeth on 28 March 2015, 09:45:18 PM: What? lol I am looking for a rule set for Interwar. I'm interested in trying both teams.

Scrivs' battle reports are an inspiration, and I have gotten all my Empress SCW stuffs primed, anyway.
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Post by: Arlequín on 28 March 2015, 10:30:31 PM: Well personally and I think the guys will agree, that you could do far worse than Chain of Command for that. I've a few miles on the clock and they are the best rules I've ever come across for the size of game they are meant for.

A belated welcome to LAF by the way. :)
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Post by: Anna Elizabeth on 28 March 2015, 10:57:34 PM: Thank you, on both counts. :)

Is Chain of Command good for Great War as well?
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Post by: Arlequín on 29 March 2015, 02:26:34 AM: That I couldn't say as I don't play Great War, or know enough about it to take an educated guess. Offhand I don't see why they shouldn't, except perhaps with regard to the quite large platoons involved... but then again SCW units are of similar size.

Certainly I'm exploring using them for the Rif War and I know there is an adaptation laid out in the TFL 2014 Christmas Special for using them in the Great War, so some people certainly think so at least.

I believe H.M. and Scrivs are in the process of getting figures and stuff together for that in any case, so hopefully they'll give you their opinion...
:)
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Post by: scrivs on 29 March 2015, 06:55:02 AM: James Morris and myself have started playing Chain of Command with WWI, he has made a start on the French, myself the Germans.

We have played a couple of games so far - both using later war forces, but plan to eventually do some Verdun 1916 games.

A link to the WWI articles here:

http://scrivsland.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Verdun%201916
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Post by: Anna Elizabeth on 29 March 2015, 07:17:40 AM: scrivs - thank you! :) Don't know how I missed those.
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Post by: James Morris on 30 March 2015, 09:43:05 PM: Quote from: Anna Elizabeth on 28 March 2015, 10:57:34 PM
Thank you, on both counts. :)

Is Chain of Command good for Great War as well?

Yup, have enjoyed both my games so far, despite losing! Rich C's opinion is it works better for mid-late war, when units have interesting sections and teams - my French are great fun for the wacky variety of bombers, rifle grenades, Chauchats and riflemen. The bombardment rules are very flavourful as well.