David Knight visited me on Wednesday. We played a total of five games. The first two were Force on Force. The scenario is called “Encounter on the Yehuda Road” and is in the Force on Force Rulebook. This game comprises of 6 x Syrian T62A verses 2 x Israeli Centurion Sho’t and is based on real events. The Syrians are invading and the Israelis have sent tanks to make a defensive line on the mountain pass.
Tanks and figures are 10mm scale from Pendraken, bought by David and painted by Mick.
The board is 6’x4’ with a road running diagonally from end to end. The table is flat on the Syrian side and the last third rises steeply up the Golan Heights. The area by the side of the road has some rocky outcrops and a few trees. The Israeli tanks arrive from the road at the top edge and the Syrians from the opposite edge. The Syrians cannot elevate their main guns sufficiently so must run the gauntlet until they are at a similar height to the Israelis. This results in a dash for the high ground with the Israelis trying to stop them.
The first game did not flow well as we were not interpreting the rules correctly, which meant that the Israelis only had two shots per turn. The first game was an easy Syrian win as two tanks got through the defensive line by turn 4. (David played Israel, Mick played Syria)
FoF game, 1 turn 4
Vehicle combat in FoF is less complex than infantry with fewer variables. Vehicles use stats for weapon and armour, not number of crew. Modifiers such as cover are already included in stats. Important is that every vehicle activation results in reaction test that can mean other sides units move or shoot in response (or choose to ignore). Firing reduces by 1 die per shot, therefore Israelis have max 4 shots per turn. It would be useful to have red & yellow counters to differentiate between two Centurions to match two different coloured reaction test dice.
The second game was much more interesting and Israel won by disabling or destroying all Syrian tanks after 5 brutal turns. One was destroyed 6” from the table edge. (Mick Israel, David Syria)
FoF game 1, turn 5
Here is a close up of a Syrian Tank and infantry representing bailed out crew. These same vehicles will act as Cubans and Angloans in Bush Wars scenarios. Note - these have white dots to number the tanks and the red flash & green tuft on each base to aid recognition.
Here is a close up of Israeli forces who will also act as South Africans for Bush Wars. Note - These have white dots to number the tanks and a blue flash & white flower tuft on each base to aid recognition. The rocky outcrops are pine bark chips.
February 18, 2014, 07:20:56 PM