So first game played on Discord yesterday.
Here’s the scenario -
The Brits are looking for a Tillotson valve. Without it the gunboat is stationary.
Unfortunately due to several radio enquiries (looking for such a replacement)
and lax security (conversations were not carried out in code) the Germans
know of the British quest.
We have an encounter battle.
Two British forces entering the town looking for the valve, and two German forces entering the town, for the same purpose.
Here are the initial deployments.
British sailors with the blue markers. British infantry with the pink markers. German infantry with the green markers.
At the other end of the town, the German sailors appear, with the red markers.
The idea of the coloured markers, was to make it easier to the lads on line, to identify their units.
I had positioned five markers for possible valve locations, so we had the different groups approaching these five locations, then rolling to see what they find.
Because I didn’t have shock, wounded or out of ammo markers, I made my own from cheap wooden “flower” markers. You can see them painted red for wound, and yellow for shock, on the table.
Forces moved round the table investigating the possible valve locations, and to be honest, I ended up too busy to take some of the early photos.
We had technical issues with one of our players and he had to drop out, so we continued with three players, with them telling me where to move their figures.
They had their own packs of playing cards, and their own dice. This kept them involved and invested in the game.
Ultimately the game came down to a massive brawl between the British sailors and the German infantry, in the middle of the towns Main Street.
The German figure “Hans” was remarkable, kicking British sailors left and right.
Hans at play!
After investigating four of the five valve locations, all players realised that the valve must be in the railway station, so the British infantry, and German sailors closed on it.
German sailors crossing the railway lines to close in on the last possible valve location.
We ended up with a firefight in the railway forecourt.
The British officer gallantly trying to fight off three German sailors for the valve, but to no avail, as he was finally gunned down.
So, a win for the British forces. The valve was found, and the gunboat could be fixed.
It kept us busy for fours hours playing a game. The last game we played was in the summer.
We had, discord issues, internet issues, camera issues, bandwidth issues, and lost one man along the way.
We will learn from this, and give it another go.
The important thing is.....DICE WERE ROLLED.