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Offline Abwehrschlacht

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Unquiet on the Western Front
« on: January 28, 2015, 05:06:00 PM »
We played our second game of Through the Mud and the Blood on Saturday, on my blog is the AAR, I hope you like it:

http://stormofsteelwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/unquiet-on-western-front.html

Thanks for reading!



Offline von Lucky

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Re: Unquiet on the Western Front
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2015, 08:30:10 PM »
Looked like a fun game. I like the terrain and barbed wire, and the blind cards' backing.
- Karsten

"Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Blog: Donner und Blitzen

Offline Abwehrschlacht

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Re: Unquiet on the Western Front
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2015, 08:56:31 AM »
Thanks, it was good fun, we are just stumbling a little with the rules. The terrain was mainly made for 15mm Square Bashing, but it fits with 20mm as well. I made the barbed wire years ago, it is just some shop bought barbed wire wrapped around small lengths of copper wire mounted on mdf bases. I can't take credit for the blinds, they were sourced from Sidney Roundwood's blog (well worth Googling for if you don't know it), all I did was print them and laminate them!

Offline Phil Robinson

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Re: Unquiet on the Western Front
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2015, 10:02:36 AM »
Nice little report, TM&B are great and worth persevering with, you are correct, knowing how to use your Big Men is usually the key to success and the correct use of tactics of course.

We are trying out the TM&B/Chain of Command hybrid on Monday.

Offline Abwehrschlacht

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Re: Unquiet on the Western Front
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2015, 09:31:02 PM »
Cheers Phil, we will persevere and I am sure we will get there. we are just a bit hard of thinking sometimes...

Offline Metternich

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Re: Unquiet on the Western Front
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2015, 01:19:26 AM »
Thanks for posting the battle report and pictures on your blog.  I always enjoy Through the Mud and Blood accounts.

Offline Abwehrschlacht

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Re: Unquiet on the Western Front
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2015, 08:41:46 AM »
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed reading about it as much as we enjoyed playing!

Offline dampfpanzerwagon

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Re: Unquiet on the Western Front
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2015, 08:58:45 AM »
I like your barbed wire stands. Very original.

Tony

Offline Abwehrschlacht

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Re: Unquiet on the Western Front
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2015, 08:57:27 AM »
Thanks Tony, they were reasonably easy to make. It's just a small strip of mdf with upright copper wires holding shop bought scaled barbed wire. I made them years ago for 15mm Square Bashing, but they work well for 20mm as well. I have seen so many barbed wire models that are just circular (which was rarely used in the First War), I had to build my own proper fences!

 

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