macrobo
King of Boxcars
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2005
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- 1,284
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- Location
- Geelong Melbourne
- First name
- Rob
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RV of March Madness Pack Close Combat – a series of very short games where your encouraged (by giving you HtH rules) to get in close and take the VCs by guts alone!
MM52 – a small Stalingrad game in Nov 42 using Bd 22 (light city) and 40 (River) over 4.5 turns with ground snow – 12 German squads (DC and LMG) set up in the city with 1 x PzIIIG and 75mm Armed Ht enter from board edge -and try and take the River board defended by 10 Russian Sqds with only 2 ATRs – so really a bit of a quick snatch and grab – one setup probably and then Germans try and punch a hole and exploit
MM53 – A small Partisan Game in Warsaw – 5 turns using a very small area of the Bnd Fire Boards DW-7b and DW7-a (both dense city bds) – with cellars and MOl for partisans – the VCs are kill partisans! - so–6 partisans (3 special civilians types) and 18 concealments to confuse you where the Axis have 6 x 347s (called Trawniki-man auxillary battalion) with 2 x 548, 5 x 447 SS police battalion – a huge bug hunt game if you like them its yours!
MM54 – A Village attack in May 43 (pre the big attack coming in Kursk) on Bd 1a (litte village in the corner of a big open space with fields and orchards – The Ruskies defend over 5 turns in two groups – 9 x 447 with Lmg and atr – 4 x 527s with lmg and DC and 4 x Valentine V (40L gun) – The Germans attack in a setup group of 2,5 sqds with MMG and ATR and an entry group of 8 x 468 with DC and ATR – it’s a big ask is my take cross the orchards and fields quickly and the take the village – one attack and one attack only
MM55 – Time For Sicily! – a 5 turn game on bd 61 (hills) and 43 (huge wheatfiled) – So the 1st Airborne (12 x 648’s) in fortifications but only with LMGs setup on the hills - some 10 Italian prisoners in tow to slow them down (if they let them go the Germans get their help – attacked by 15 x 548 German paras attacing from one flank – on T2 they get 2 x ACs (PSW222) as help – Wow after setup the Germans have to have guts and take lots of risks!!!
MM56 – Time for Burma – So the IJA defend on bd 6a (the board with the long bridge over a river – hill on one side – village on the other) – over 4.5 turns by setting up one side to the river (Hill) with 6 x 447, 2 x MMG with crew in 2 pilboxes and 4 trenches are attacked from the other side (gota get across the bridge to take the VC hex) by 10 x 458, 3 x 247 Brits with 3 x LMG, 1 x FT and 1 x DC supported by a 3 x 60mm Mtrs – a a rela tough ask for the Brits – Bridge of Death should be the name of this one!
MM57 – Partisans again – French this time in July 44 – over 4.5 turns 4 partisan sqds, 1 crew with a LMG and Light Mtr on Bd 81 and 83 (super high mountain connected boards from FW try and defend a position again 11 German sqds with 2 MMgs and 3 Lmgs and 2 81mm Mtrs – I suppose it looks a bit of a challenge with very few partisans, no time and lots of dummy’s on the partisan side (15)
MM58 – (MIGHT BE ERRATA TO THIS SINCE US ENTER AND NOT SETUP _ LIKELY IJA SETUP FIRST BUT MAYBE US SETUP OFF BOARD) Back to Island hopping in the Pacific and time for NIGHT – Sept 44 on Bd 52 (a big jungle with a very long Railroad through it!- unique terrain for the area)- The 9 x American sqds with 3 x MMGs, 1 x Mtr and 6 x trip flares enter to I think surround a IJA group 6x Sqds, 1 x HMG, 2 x MMG, 3 x LMg, 1 x 81mmMtr and 1 x 50mm Mtr – The IJA have to try and exit so the US have to bottle them up – If it is not Errata then the US are Off board at Entry hexes and the IJA avoid them by setting up in a position that makes them difficult to stop – WOW unique and likely a difficult game to have played since one plan of running is all the IJA have!
MM59 – A second one on the same Pacific Island but massive an Fortification Heaven! – Sept 44 – The IJA defend Bds 39 (Hill covered in Jungle) and 47 (jungle board with more open and long dry stream dissecting it) over 9 Turns!!! – with 11 x Sqds, 1 x HMG, 2 x MMG, 4 x LMG, 2 x 50mm Mtr, 6 x DC, 1 x 81mm Mtr, 1 x 47 ATG, 1 x 70INf in 12 caves, 3 pillboxes, 6 trenches, 8 foxholes, 10 Panaji, 4 Roadblock, 3 Cleared Fire Zones and 42 Mines (on the hill covered in Jungle) – with the US attacking with 13 x Sqds, 1 x 50xal, 2 x MMG, 3x Baz, 1 x FT, 4 x DCs, 2 x 60mmMtr, 1 x OBA100mm, and 4 x M4A1’s – sooo a big bash lots of time and killing each other is the VPs – hard to tell at a glance – US may be under strength
MM52 – a small Stalingrad game in Nov 42 using Bd 22 (light city) and 40 (River) over 4.5 turns with ground snow – 12 German squads (DC and LMG) set up in the city with 1 x PzIIIG and 75mm Armed Ht enter from board edge -and try and take the River board defended by 10 Russian Sqds with only 2 ATRs – so really a bit of a quick snatch and grab – one setup probably and then Germans try and punch a hole and exploit
MM53 – A small Partisan Game in Warsaw – 5 turns using a very small area of the Bnd Fire Boards DW-7b and DW7-a (both dense city bds) – with cellars and MOl for partisans – the VCs are kill partisans! - so–6 partisans (3 special civilians types) and 18 concealments to confuse you where the Axis have 6 x 347s (called Trawniki-man auxillary battalion) with 2 x 548, 5 x 447 SS police battalion – a huge bug hunt game if you like them its yours!
MM54 – A Village attack in May 43 (pre the big attack coming in Kursk) on Bd 1a (litte village in the corner of a big open space with fields and orchards – The Ruskies defend over 5 turns in two groups – 9 x 447 with Lmg and atr – 4 x 527s with lmg and DC and 4 x Valentine V (40L gun) – The Germans attack in a setup group of 2,5 sqds with MMG and ATR and an entry group of 8 x 468 with DC and ATR – it’s a big ask is my take cross the orchards and fields quickly and the take the village – one attack and one attack only
MM55 – Time For Sicily! – a 5 turn game on bd 61 (hills) and 43 (huge wheatfiled) – So the 1st Airborne (12 x 648’s) in fortifications but only with LMGs setup on the hills - some 10 Italian prisoners in tow to slow them down (if they let them go the Germans get their help – attacked by 15 x 548 German paras attacing from one flank – on T2 they get 2 x ACs (PSW222) as help – Wow after setup the Germans have to have guts and take lots of risks!!!
MM56 – Time for Burma – So the IJA defend on bd 6a (the board with the long bridge over a river – hill on one side – village on the other) – over 4.5 turns by setting up one side to the river (Hill) with 6 x 447, 2 x MMG with crew in 2 pilboxes and 4 trenches are attacked from the other side (gota get across the bridge to take the VC hex) by 10 x 458, 3 x 247 Brits with 3 x LMG, 1 x FT and 1 x DC supported by a 3 x 60mm Mtrs – a a rela tough ask for the Brits – Bridge of Death should be the name of this one!
MM57 – Partisans again – French this time in July 44 – over 4.5 turns 4 partisan sqds, 1 crew with a LMG and Light Mtr on Bd 81 and 83 (super high mountain connected boards from FW try and defend a position again 11 German sqds with 2 MMgs and 3 Lmgs and 2 81mm Mtrs – I suppose it looks a bit of a challenge with very few partisans, no time and lots of dummy’s on the partisan side (15)
MM58 – (MIGHT BE ERRATA TO THIS SINCE US ENTER AND NOT SETUP _ LIKELY IJA SETUP FIRST BUT MAYBE US SETUP OFF BOARD) Back to Island hopping in the Pacific and time for NIGHT – Sept 44 on Bd 52 (a big jungle with a very long Railroad through it!- unique terrain for the area)- The 9 x American sqds with 3 x MMGs, 1 x Mtr and 6 x trip flares enter to I think surround a IJA group 6x Sqds, 1 x HMG, 2 x MMG, 3 x LMg, 1 x 81mmMtr and 1 x 50mm Mtr – The IJA have to try and exit so the US have to bottle them up – If it is not Errata then the US are Off board at Entry hexes and the IJA avoid them by setting up in a position that makes them difficult to stop – WOW unique and likely a difficult game to have played since one plan of running is all the IJA have!
MM59 – A second one on the same Pacific Island but massive an Fortification Heaven! – Sept 44 – The IJA defend Bds 39 (Hill covered in Jungle) and 47 (jungle board with more open and long dry stream dissecting it) over 9 Turns!!! – with 11 x Sqds, 1 x HMG, 2 x MMG, 4 x LMG, 2 x 50mm Mtr, 6 x DC, 1 x 81mm Mtr, 1 x 47 ATG, 1 x 70INf in 12 caves, 3 pillboxes, 6 trenches, 8 foxholes, 10 Panaji, 4 Roadblock, 3 Cleared Fire Zones and 42 Mines (on the hill covered in Jungle) – with the US attacking with 13 x Sqds, 1 x 50xal, 2 x MMG, 3x Baz, 1 x FT, 4 x DCs, 2 x 60mmMtr, 1 x OBA100mm, and 4 x M4A1’s – sooo a big bash lots of time and killing each other is the VPs – hard to tell at a glance – US may be under strength