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Monday, January 10, 2011
Flames of War - Market Garden
Well, several club members braved the crappy weather on Sunday (lots of snow) to play Flames of War at the monthly meeting. Stan and Jeff brought down the Market Garden table they have been working on for Genghis Con - in order to test out a couple of the scenarios. I played, I had a great time, and I snapped a few pics. Not really enough to document the scenarios, as my camera was running out of battery power. But, enough to show you all the depth of the investment these fellows have made - not just in miniatures, but in buildings and terrain construction! Wow! And, they brought the stuff out in the terrible weather to get the games played!
Much appreciated guys!
Much appreciated guys!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Russian Storm Battalion Completed!
Yes! My Russian Storm Battalion is ready for battle! An earlier post showed the order of battle and now the little troopers are ready for action...and, they'll get that action this Sunday at the club meeting.
Here are some pictures (that are of generally poor quality), apologies. But it shows the flavor of what is in the force.
The above image shows only the 2 SMG teams in the second assault group. This is because the other 5 teams can be of several types, including more SMG teams. The below picture shows some of the non-SMG team types I have available now for these other 5 teams. I wish to add some HMG and other goodies to this.
The next picture shows the artillery battalion. They are supposed to have horse-drawn limbers, but I could not locate suitable models fore them. So for now, the Stalinets will have to fill-in, treated as the horse-drawn limbers of course.
Ok, I hope these guys are as ready for battle as I am!
Here are some pictures (that are of generally poor quality), apologies. But it shows the flavor of what is in the force.
The above image shows only the 2 SMG teams in the second assault group. This is because the other 5 teams can be of several types, including more SMG teams. The below picture shows some of the non-SMG team types I have available now for these other 5 teams. I wish to add some HMG and other goodies to this.
The next picture shows the artillery battalion. They are supposed to have horse-drawn limbers, but I could not locate suitable models fore them. So for now, the Stalinets will have to fill-in, treated as the horse-drawn limbers of course.
Ok, I hope these guys are as ready for battle as I am!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Russian Artillery
Yesterday, I finished up some Soviet artillery for my storm battalion. Nice models. They are 76mm ZIS-3 Field Guns. I got the box set that included the staff team. command team and the observer. My only complaint is that this set is ridiculously expensive...$70USD.
In the set, you get 4 guns, 20 crewmen, 9 other soldiers (staff, command, observers) and 7 bases, 5 of which are nicely detailed resin bases for the guns and staff. There is another boxed set of infantry that contains nothing but 157 miniature infantrymen and the bases for them for the same cost...I simply feel that in comparison, the infantry box is a better economic deal. Well, these are all the guns I need, thank God.
Gripes aside, here is an image:
In the set, you get 4 guns, 20 crewmen, 9 other soldiers (staff, command, observers) and 7 bases, 5 of which are nicely detailed resin bases for the guns and staff. There is another boxed set of infantry that contains nothing but 157 miniature infantrymen and the bases for them for the same cost...I simply feel that in comparison, the infantry box is a better economic deal. Well, these are all the guns I need, thank God.
Gripes aside, here is an image:
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
FoW Soviet Storm Battalion
Well, having purchased the FoW book "Stalin's Europe" and having some 15MM Soviet troops on hand, I am gonna build a Soviet force...1500 points worth. Here is the content of that force, tell me what you think:
Battalion Headquarters 35 pts. 35 running total pts.
• 1, Company Command SMG Team
• 1, 2-in-Command SMG Team
• 1, Komissar Team
Strelkovy Company 270 pts. 305 running total pts.
Headquarters Section
• 1, Rifle/MG Command Team
• 1, Maksim HMG Team 25 pts. 330 running total pts.
• 1, Komissar Team 15 pts. 345 running total pts.
Rifle Platoon 1
• 7, Rifle/MG Team
Rifle Platoon 2
• 7, Rifle/MG Team
Shturmovye Group 315 pts. 660 running total pts.
Headquarters Section
• 1, SMG Command Team
Assault Group
• 7, SMG Team
Reinforcement Group
• 2, SMG Team
• 5, Storm Team
Tankovy Company 440 1100 running total pts.
Headquarters Section
• 1, T-34/85 obr 1943
Tankovy Platoon 1
• 3, T-34/85 obr 1943
Tankovy Platoon 2
• 3, T-34/85 obr 1943
Artillery Battalion 125 pts. 1225 running total pts.
Headquarters Section
• 1, Command Rifle Team
• 1, Staff Team & Horse-drawn Wagon
• 1, Rifle Observer Team 15 pts. 1240 running total pts.
Gun Platoon 1
• 2, 76mm ZIS-3 Field Gun
• 2, Horse-drawn Limber
Gun Platoon 2
• 2, 76mm ZIS-3 Field Gun
• 2, Horse-drawn Limber
Limited Air Support 200 pts. 1440 running total pts.
• IL2-Shturmovik
Antiaircraft Company 50 pts. 1490 running total pts.
Headquarters Section
• 1, Command Rifle Team
AA Gun Platoon 1
• 2, 37mm obr 1939 AA Gun
• 2, Trucks 5 pts. 1495 running total pts.
My thought is that for city battles, I may skip the aircraft and even the anti-aircraft guns in favor of other infantry.
Battalion Headquarters 35 pts. 35 running total pts.
• 1, Company Command SMG Team
• 1, 2-in-Command SMG Team
• 1, Komissar Team
Strelkovy Company 270 pts. 305 running total pts.
Headquarters Section
• 1, Rifle/MG Command Team
• 1, Maksim HMG Team 25 pts. 330 running total pts.
• 1, Komissar Team 15 pts. 345 running total pts.
Rifle Platoon 1
• 7, Rifle/MG Team
Rifle Platoon 2
• 7, Rifle/MG Team
Shturmovye Group 315 pts. 660 running total pts.
Headquarters Section
• 1, SMG Command Team
Assault Group
• 7, SMG Team
Reinforcement Group
• 2, SMG Team
• 5, Storm Team
Tankovy Company 440 1100 running total pts.
Headquarters Section
• 1, T-34/85 obr 1943
Tankovy Platoon 1
• 3, T-34/85 obr 1943
Tankovy Platoon 2
• 3, T-34/85 obr 1943
Artillery Battalion 125 pts. 1225 running total pts.
Headquarters Section
• 1, Command Rifle Team
• 1, Staff Team & Horse-drawn Wagon
• 1, Rifle Observer Team 15 pts. 1240 running total pts.
Gun Platoon 1
• 2, 76mm ZIS-3 Field Gun
• 2, Horse-drawn Limber
Gun Platoon 2
• 2, 76mm ZIS-3 Field Gun
• 2, Horse-drawn Limber
Limited Air Support 200 pts. 1440 running total pts.
• IL2-Shturmovik
Antiaircraft Company 50 pts. 1490 running total pts.
Headquarters Section
• 1, Command Rifle Team
AA Gun Platoon 1
• 2, 37mm obr 1939 AA Gun
• 2, Trucks 5 pts. 1495 running total pts.
My thought is that for city battles, I may skip the aircraft and even the anti-aircraft guns in favor of other infantry.
Flames of War
Well. I am gonna bite the bullet for Flames of War (FoW) - and in the process, delay my excursion into the Vietnam War. This past Sunday, I attended - but did not play in (due to my time constraints that day) - a local FoW tournament. This is what tipped me to it...there were 21 players! 21! I hung around for like 3 hours and watched several games - I saw some good players, and good sportsmanship - and - I saw folks having fun! I gotta tell ya, it resonated with me.
It was a "mid-war" get together and I saw the ever present Germans and Americans, but also saw a couple Soviet players, a couple Italian players and several British players - one was even British Paras! The age group of the gathering was widely varied as well. One player - a very excellent one actually - was 10! In fact, the previous Friday night, Scott and Colin (the 10 year old) came over to my house and gave me my introductory FoW game, of course, Colin won a tough battle!
The tourney was officiated by an excellent person too. Fair, organized, good sportsmanship! He even kicked in prizes for the players (FoW models of course)!
In my club there are folks that dislike FoW, in fact, other than at the recent Veteran's Wars weekend, I have almost never seen a FoW battle being played at the club. I really think this is a shame.
Sure, the rules are "tournament-centric" when it comes to scenario stuff - but you know what, come up with a scenario. I like this feature of the rules. In addition, they have "Total War" now too (free) that seems to help people play multi-player games if they cannot get it going themselves. Fact: this "tournament-centric" feature gets people playing and playing often. It doesn't differ in concept from DBA, DBM, Legends of the Old West, etc.
Sure, the National Characteristics stuff can be gimmicky at times, but...who cares? This is a game, it adds flavor and fun and helps give the forces special capabilities that may come onto the tabletop to mimic historical capabilities. I like this feature. I want to have fun and I don't want to play "red" versus "blue" armies all the time. It isn't that far of a stretch from "Confederates get +1 when charging". Several rules out there have similar concepts (Legends, Great War, Black Powder).
Yes, the models are getting pricey. I care nothing about international money exchange rates and if they do or do not have anything to do with it (since I cannot influence it anyway). But, the range of models is simply outstanding and are of very good quality.
So, I will complete a Soviet army and go play some FoW. My Denver club mates will be seeing less of me on Fridays and Sundays for a bit. Unless of course, they want to play with me! I hope they do!
It was a "mid-war" get together and I saw the ever present Germans and Americans, but also saw a couple Soviet players, a couple Italian players and several British players - one was even British Paras! The age group of the gathering was widely varied as well. One player - a very excellent one actually - was 10! In fact, the previous Friday night, Scott and Colin (the 10 year old) came over to my house and gave me my introductory FoW game, of course, Colin won a tough battle!
The tourney was officiated by an excellent person too. Fair, organized, good sportsmanship! He even kicked in prizes for the players (FoW models of course)!
In my club there are folks that dislike FoW, in fact, other than at the recent Veteran's Wars weekend, I have almost never seen a FoW battle being played at the club. I really think this is a shame.
Sure, the rules are "tournament-centric" when it comes to scenario stuff - but you know what, come up with a scenario. I like this feature of the rules. In addition, they have "Total War" now too (free) that seems to help people play multi-player games if they cannot get it going themselves. Fact: this "tournament-centric" feature gets people playing and playing often. It doesn't differ in concept from DBA, DBM, Legends of the Old West, etc.
Sure, the National Characteristics stuff can be gimmicky at times, but...who cares? This is a game, it adds flavor and fun and helps give the forces special capabilities that may come onto the tabletop to mimic historical capabilities. I like this feature. I want to have fun and I don't want to play "red" versus "blue" armies all the time. It isn't that far of a stretch from "Confederates get +1 when charging". Several rules out there have similar concepts (Legends, Great War, Black Powder).
Yes, the models are getting pricey. I care nothing about international money exchange rates and if they do or do not have anything to do with it (since I cannot influence it anyway). But, the range of models is simply outstanding and are of very good quality.
So, I will complete a Soviet army and go play some FoW. My Denver club mates will be seeing less of me on Fridays and Sundays for a bit. Unless of course, they want to play with me! I hope they do!
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