Recapture the Village - WWI Chain of Command

[scrivs]

As our collection of WWI miniatures and terrain continue to grow James and I are having some great games of Chain of Command WWI.



On Thursday evening a platoon of Frenchmen attempted to recapture the remnants of a village from the German defenders.



As the preliminary barrage lifted the Frenchmen moved up to their start lines, could the Germans be repelled?



You'll have to check out the full report on Scrivsland, where there are loads more photos.

http://scrivsland.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/recapture-village.html

[Atheling]

Google always beat Blogger to the post it would seem  .

Really enjoyed reading about the game- good that James has pulled his finger out and painted some more mini's up! 

(Don't tell him I said that although he will probably read it anyway!)

Darrell.

[H.M.Stanley]

Very nice AAR Paul.

Curses - you have me reading up on the Western Front now!! 

[Atheling]

Very nice AAR Paul.

Curses - you have me reading up on the Western Front now!! 

James old chum, you're more incorrigible than even me!! 

Darrell.

[H.M.Stanley]

James old chum, you're more incorrigible than even me!! 

Darrell.

Only reading up. I haven't actually bought anything. Yet ...

[Atheling]

Only reading up. I haven't actually bought anything. Yet ...

That is a big yet!! 

Darrell.

[monk2002uk]

The blog mentions 'trench-broom'. Do you know if this is a translation of 'nettoyeur'?

Robert

[scrivs]

From the supplement:

TRENCH BROOMS
Trench brooms are weapons devised to clean up enemy trenches rapidly, either through a high rate of fire, such as the sub‐machine gun, or blast effect, such as shotguns. These weapons do not have any ranged fire capability, but provide an enhanced ability in close combat.

[commissarmoody]

I am a fan of this trench broom you speak of. 

[James Morris]

Google always beat Blogger to the post it would seem  .

Really enjoyed reading about the game- good that James has pulled his finger out and painted some more mini's up! 

(Don't tell him I said that although he will probably read it anyway!)

Darrell.

Pot...kettle...

[James Morris]

Good report Scrivs.  We'll have to do something about that dodgy pub wallpaper as a backdrop though!

This was a really interesting game where we tried to get to grips with the barrage rules (I think a few clarifications on these will be handy as the TFL WW1 project develops.)  I was a bit stunned having 16 points of support to use, though without many support options painted I had to rely on some of the off-table options.  I enjoyed seeing the French looking a little more en masse, though they didn't last long once their force morale crumbled.  Anyway it's certainly given me the bug to get more painted.

[Atheling]

Pot...kettle...


Very true.... in my defence though, I do paint rather a lot of mini's for others 

Be great to see you down at Sunny Salute James 

Darrell.

[Metternich]

Thanks Scrivs - quite enjoyed your report and the pictures.