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Miniatures Adventure => Back of Beyond => Topic started by: Rogerc on September 17, 2022, 07:20:32 PM

Title: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: Rogerc on September 17, 2022, 07:20:32 PM
We played a pretty large Triumph of the Will Russian Civil War game recently with hordes of foot and horse supported by armoured trains biplanes and a solitary armoured car, full write up and lots of pictures on my blog here:

https://gapagnw.blogspot.com/2022/09/assault-on-trans-siberian-rcw-aar.html
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: joekano on September 17, 2022, 08:25:24 PM
Great looking game!  Thanks for sharing!

Chris
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: Golgotha on September 17, 2022, 08:41:05 PM
That looks fantastic and no doubt loads of fun - do like the addition of the aircraft.
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Post by: juergen c. olk on September 17, 2022, 09:55:05 PM
Love it Beautiful figures and terrain. Captures the period.
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: marianas_gamer on September 17, 2022, 10:56:47 PM
Looks great fun Roger! Bravo!
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: Rogerc on September 18, 2022, 03:17:14 PM
Thanks very much. we are tweaking the firing rules so watch out for a smaller play test of the changes with Chinese and Whites in Mongolia coming soon.
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: scotty on September 18, 2022, 06:29:45 PM
Looks a superb game
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Post by: Terryb on September 19, 2022, 06:49:48 AM
What a brilliant battle report 😀
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Post by: flatpack on September 19, 2022, 08:02:19 AM
A great looking game.
Looks like fun was had by all.
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Post by: Sparrow on September 19, 2022, 09:20:40 AM
Joyous stuff 👍
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: sir_shvantselot on September 19, 2022, 10:58:32 AM
Gorgeous models. Interesting another rules set led to an evening of moving towards the enemy with no combat!
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: Rogerc on September 21, 2022, 08:51:10 PM
Thanks all, another one to share shortly, this time in Mongolia as we tweak the firing rules.
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: SJWi on September 22, 2022, 07:54:01 AM
Roger. Nice report. I presume "Triumph of the Will" are the Two Fat Lardies' set? How do you find them? I've found some of the "earlier" 2FL rulesets quite difficult to digest. I'm planning to game Spanish Civil War in 15mm . I have found a set of rules called "For Whom the Dice Roll" but an alternative is always of interest.
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: Rogerc on September 22, 2022, 09:44:43 PM
Yes TFL rules, they are not as well written as the newer sets but once digested are actually very nice and very intuitive. The firing rules are odd so we are changing them and making some clarifications for ourselves. Other than that I would certainly recomend them, no need to change for 15mm its the scale they were designed for.
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: SJWi on September 23, 2022, 04:31:35 AM
Rofer, thanks. Always good to get an objective view before buying.   At £7 for the Pdf I'll probably give them a go. I will give particular attention to the firing rules!
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: Rogerc on September 23, 2022, 03:58:20 PM
I will share the game write up link on here with a view on the changes so you can check them out.
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: MaleGriffin on September 27, 2022, 10:37:41 PM
Marvelous! Fantastic looking game! Great looking troops!
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: traveller on September 28, 2022, 09:49:22 AM
Marvelous! Fantastic looking game! Great looking troops!

Echo that!  :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: Rogerc on September 28, 2022, 01:36:00 PM
Cheers guys.
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: eilif on September 28, 2022, 07:23:25 PM
Good stuff and a great writeup.

If there was any doubt that we all need trains in our gaming lives, you just dispelled it!
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: Rogerc on September 29, 2022, 02:58:37 PM
Did I mention that as it was converted from a toy train it still has a button that will make it make sounds?

Got a mixed reaction to be honest.
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: eilif on September 29, 2022, 04:16:21 PM
Did I mention that as it was converted from a toy train it still has a button that will make it make sounds?

Got a mixed reaction to be honest.

That's fantastic! What toy did you use?
I build most of my terrain from toys, including my Sci-Fi train which is a mix of Toy Story and CAT toy trains. 
https://www.chicagoskirmishwargames.com/blog/2016/11/sci-fi-train-finished/
I've only recently been trying to keep the light and sound options though.  I think it's alot of fun to put a spaceship on the table and them watch it light-up and make appropriate noises.
https://www.chicagoskirmishwargames.com/blog/2022/07/paw-patrol-spacecraft-part-2-completed/
I should do a mini video of that one for the light and sound effects.

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Post by: JBaumal on September 30, 2022, 02:17:30 AM
Beautiful miniatures and awesome AAR. I must paint my toy train as well. Excellent sir!
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: Rogerc on September 30, 2022, 02:50:48 PM
Cheers, the train was by Teamsters, there is a blog post here from when I made it a few months ago:

https://gapagnw.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-slightly-dodgy-russian-civil-war.html
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: eilif on October 01, 2022, 02:34:08 AM
Cheers, the train was by Teamsters, there is a blog post here from when I made it a few months ago:

https://gapagnw.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-slightly-dodgy-russian-civil-war.html
Thanks for that!
Great to see the How-To process.
Title: Re: RCW AAR Assault on the Trans Siberian
Post by: Rogerc on October 01, 2022, 07:40:30 PM
Cheers, a bit rough and ready but looks okon the table.