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Miniatures Adventure => Back of Beyond => Topic started by: Father Primus on January 19, 2017, 08:42:11 AM
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After Christmas/New Year pause our mini-campaign continues with some change of rules. This time we used "Trench Storm", also from Mr.Sorensen and find them appropriate for our Civil War cause ))
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So, after beating back red counterattack, Denikin continues his victorious march towards Ekaterinodar. Next station - Tikhoretskaya, rich and strictly pro-bolshevik town, fiercely defended by locals. Reinforcement column of freshly-raised conscripts with armored car and artillery heads on to prevent its capture, but time is running out...
Initial deployment and battle plan.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uEhXLEkHsaM/WIB0vW_1AqI/AAAAAAAAAHY/jSb6qguIZi0nB0XPmFYmQG6be7qXkYCVwCLcB/s1600/plan.jpg)
View from bolshevik perspective.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xyV3qWCRtL0/WIB0vDq47pI/AAAAAAAAAHU/zciBTJaBO1watJSesFmxmmYfGjZOI6CxACLcB/s1600/red_deploy.jpg)
Battle starts badly for the relief force: Austin car is destroyed by direct hit from white battery, flank companies are mauled by Kornilov's fire.
Plastoons make successful front assault of the village, despite nearly half of them being shot by villagers.
Drozdovsky regiment makes sneaky flank march, which finally turns out in total success.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5VPcmpupQos/WIB0vraCxuI/AAAAAAAAAHg/NFLM3w_XPpoXBb5n7xLApB4vr3-WLsKRQCLcB/s1600/white_victory.jpg)
Finally red conscripts arrive at Tikhoretskaya, pinned by artillery and air attacks, but lack moral to beat back small Kornilov's blocking force. Townfolk and some sailors that came to assist are also broken and leave town to whites.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GuRnoQbS0E4/WIB0vX6H8OI/AAAAAAAAAHc/fJVFkSAglvo1aGRvfKfeJ14RCsj0EZEHwCLcB/s1600/village.jpg)
Battle ended in white victory again, thanks to excellent usage of fire and manouver.
White artillery used very smart tactics of "hitting nothing, but pinning everything", which proved to win the day - red infantry spent most of their turns in the dirt. Red artillery made some nice shots, destroyed Kornilov's HMG company and killed some riflemen, but all these achievements were local and changed nothing.
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Nice mix of troops and AAR! I look forward to your campaign continuing.
LB
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Can you say what figures did you use for both sides. Thanks. :-)
Hunlion
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Thanks!
Reds are mostly Copplestone, whites are partly Copplestone, partly conversion from Gripping beast, Warlord and Wargames Factory.
Austin is scratch-built, plane is 1:48 plastic set (forgot the company) with scratch-built pilot.
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Great job ..thanx for sharing
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Any chance of some chose up photo shots of both sides? or even a link to your website?
Can you say a little bit more about the rules and why do you think they capture the feeling of the Russian Civil War.
Can you also post the rules changes that you made.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Hunlion
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Huzzah!
Excellent work. Well done Comrades!
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Lovely AAR that gives a real feel for the action. Nice one!
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Any chance of some chose up photo shots of both sides? or even a link to your website?
Can you say a little bit more about the rules and why do you think they capture the feeling of the Russian Civil War.
Can you also post the rules changes that you made.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Hunlion
Unfortunately, rest of the photos are even more blurry (((
Well, these rules use small companies (originally, multi-figure bases) with huge emphasis on morale of troops.
The only change we made - we decreased the number of commanders (from 1 in each company to 1 in each battalion).
Next time I will try to make more detailed report ))
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Thanks for the reply.
Could you give and indication as to the different morales between the Reds and Whites.
Look forward to seeing the next report with more close up pictures :).
HunLion