T&T game report & photos

[James Morris]

I played a T&T game based in the Italo-Ethiopian War (1936) last week with my group, and took some photos.  There's a full report posted at:

http://wabforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=6600

Cheers

James

[Westfalia Chris]

Excellent work! I like how you used different colours for unit and order cards. Very useful idea, which I´ll probably and shamelessly adopt.

[RJ]

A very nice report thanks for posting!

Im finding this period very tempting to game and your report is very inspirational. Please post more of your T&T games when you can.

[Driscoles]

Thank you for posting that great  report. A very nice table and figures.
Björn

[Paul @ Empress Miniatures]

Superb looking game.

Glad you liked the rules 

[Plynkes]

Oh yes! This is what we want. Great report, thanks for posting it. More please!

[James Morris]

Glad you enjoyed it!  I'm not sure that using different coloured card for unit/order cards is exactly original so please don't feel guilty about copying it...

Rules-wise, my group are really enjoying the card/order system, and the basics of shooting and close combat have been picked up pretty quickly.  We are still getting an awful lot of supressions, but I think we are using too many machine guns (3 LMGs and 2 HMGs in this particular game).  We are also playing a house rule that units that have double the number of active figures in supression counters are automatically pinned.

The sniper rules were a lot of fun, though the -2 to spot within the same terrain piece was pretty evil - especially when the sniper moved every turn with enemy underneath him, and they still couldn't spot him!  Reminded me of 'Predator'!  I think we would do well to forget the -2 if the sniper is moving around.

The main rules query was with close combat.  In one combat, the Ethiopian chargers won, but the Italian enemy unit passed its morale check and chose to continue fighting.  After the second fight, the Ethiopians lost and passed a morale check.  What happens now?  We weren't sure, but the rules seem to suggest that you keep fighting until one side runs away or is destroyed - is that right?  We played a third round of combat and the Ethiopians were beaten again, they failed a morale check and fled.

I'll try to photo my next game as well if people enjoyed it.  I've got quite a lot on the painting table right now, I'm adding lorries, Italian mountain guns and a plane to the collection.  I'll let you know how it goes...

[Driscoles]

close combat needs a result in the same turn. So you fight on until one unit runs off or is destroyed. When you loose a close combat check morale. If you make it choose to stay or run. If you fail you `re destroyed.
Please check the download section at the website. Some new close combat rules are not in the rule book.
Cheers
Björn

[commissarmoody]

Oh super sweet! I love seeing games set in the  Italian-Ethiopian wars

[James Morris]

close combat needs a result in the same turn. So you fight on until one unit runs off or is destroyed. When you loose a close combat check morale. If you make it choose to stay or run. If you fail you `re destroyed.
Please check the download section at the website. Some new close combat rules are not in the rule book.
Cheers
Björn

Thanks, Björn!  I will have a look.....I see they're also in my SCW T&T supplement.  Thanks!

[Dashetal]

Looks like a fun game. Like your rugged terrain.

[Trozak]

Nice figures and terrain, who is the manufacturer of the Ethiopian Regulars

[argsilverson]

Nice figures and terrain, who is the manufacturer of the Ethiopian Regulars

Empress miniatures!

[James Morris]

Empress miniatures!

...and also Askari Miniatures of the US.  I rate their range very highly, especially for Mahel Safari.