[Paul Nettle]

We have a house rule that snipers can only kill people, not equipment, and this makes team weapons more survivable.

[Paul Nettle]

You don’t need to use a Generic Reinforced Platoon to get unhistorical lists.  A Panther tank and panzerfausts are available to Romanians in 1941 in the theatre selections due to lazy list writing.  The theatre selectors in the army lists should be more accurate to stop Soviets using captured panzerfausts in Stalingrad.  These unhistorical examples are in the theatre selections in the main army books, so you don’t need to use a generic platoon to use them.  But I agree the campaign books themselves are much more accurate.

[Paul Nettle]

The thing that annoys me the most is the rubbish army lists – you can drive a horse and coach through most of them and get very competitive but completley unhistorical army lists.  This is mainly lazy writing, I think, but Panthers and panzerfausts in 1941 just doesn’t sit well with me.

[Paul Nettle]

After some thought, I agree the rule on page 56 triumphs.  I did originally think that the rule on page 107 only refers to heavy weapons.

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The Italy and Allies book is poorly researched and written.  The Romanians also have no flamethrower in their list despite flamethrowers being widely used (6 per Assault Engineer company).  The Romanians also have no Assault Engineers in the Italy and Allies book!  The book also contains no Romanian armoured cars (which they had).  On the bright side, in Italy and Allies book the Romanians can use Panzerfausts and take a Panther tank in 1941.  (I said the book was badly written).

If the Bulgarians had equipment that is not in the book then I suggest you use it with your opponent’s permission.

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[Paul Nettle]

Wasn’t French Indochina under Vichy control until March 1945 (when it came under Japanese control)?  So I didn’t realise there was much Free french activity there.  BTW, Perry Miniatures make a range of French WWII colonial figures with varients for Free french or Vichy French.  These are mainly in desert uniforms though.

[Paul Nettle]

Yes, a very daft rule which my club has a special rule for.  If hit by a preliminary bombardment on a “6” we use the heavy howitzer template so any one under the template is hit with a 3+ pen.   If a squad is hit by a heavy howitzer shell it seems daft that only one person is hit.

It is the same daft rule with minefields.  Ten veterans advance into a 6″ by 6″ minefield so most will be standing on a mine.  Roll a “5” and only one man is hit my a mine.  It does make minefield clearing units useless.

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I run a “tank” platoon of four BMWs with sidecars as a “Recce” platoon.  In the campaign system I run they don’t have to fear tanks becuase they can retreat without a fight.

 

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[Paul Nettle]

The French Berliet VUDB Carrier is also 7+ and fully enclosed.

[Paul Nettle]

This is a poorly written scenario.  I think the victory conditions are a misprint – it must mean the western edge.  Also, on Turn One I guess the Germans enter on the southern or eastern edge, like they do on Turn 3?  But it is not clear at all.  Best to just agree it with your opponent.

[Paul Nettle]

Thanks very much for the link.  They do look very good missions – very well balanced.  After the club’s current Market Garden campaign is over we can give them a try.

[Paul Nettle]

My best advice is to find a wargaming club where members know fun is more important than winning.  BTW we have a club rule that stops snipers killing teams – snipers can only kill humans.  If they kill the whole team then that is fine, but Exceptional damage can’t kill the equipment the team are using.  We have quite a few other club rules too, which we find makes the game better for BOTH opponents.

[Paul Nettle]

Fantastic battle report.  I do like the idea of 500 point armies – it really limits what you can take and gives a quick and fun game.  I also really liked the terrain, especially the buildings – scratch built?

[Paul Nettle]

Ebay is a good resource.  I found a two and four horse limber on there, and the manufacturer was happy to give me two spare horses to make a six horse limber.  These are all 3D prints and so are pretty cheap (£9.99 for the two horse limber).

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