Wednesday 21 July 2021

A culvert too far……..Battle Report

 Those who have seen Phil’s post will know he kindly invited me for another virtual bash. This time a hold until relieved scenario, the Germans have captured the small bridge outside the village the British must attempt to capture it. I’m sharing this report partly as Phil forgot to take and photos 😢

The British choose to advance on mass, three infantry squads with Bren guns a Cromwell (hidden behind the tree) and two supporting Mortars. The Germans are dug in by the bridge with a machine gun in the demolished house.
The Mortars start to fire from a distance, the Cromwell attempts to push the defenders of the bridge back, but risking taking fire from the newly arrive Pak40. British infantry spread to the right and charge down the road but come under fire from a German machine gun in one of the buildings.
About half way through the game, the Cromwell has been immobilised and one of the infantry units pinned down, the first British unit has however charged forward to the objective. Using the cover of the buildings the German start to bring their infantry forward
The battle becomes a tough hand to hand combat across the bridge , changing hands several times
Potentially the end of the battle, Germans around the bridge have been knocked out, as has the Pak40 by a direct mortar hit. The British have flanked from the right but they may be too late !
Luckily a random extra turn is rolled. Both forces are nearly worn out but the British HQ unit is able to push forward and capture the objective, the Germans don’t have enough units to contest as the battle draws to a close 😀
Given the hot weather I thought I would show another landscape , for those interested this is Angle Tarn looking roughly west

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23 comments:

  1. Good to see you enjoyed another web based game with Phil. The landscape picture still my favourite part though.

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    1. Thanks of course go to Phil for his efforts setting up the game, but I’ll claim the landscape

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  2. Good looking game and another tempting landscape photo. You may singlehanded drive tourism to your region. Now, if you included a Wargames Holiday in the package, you may have a winner. Do you notice that the host often loses in these remote games? Hmm.

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    1. Given the current travel restrictions and COVID we already have a lot of people visiting the area, on holiday, which can be both blessing and curse. There are a couple of wargame holdiay venues in the uk although none near us, I have pondered the idea but it would require significant investment and I would be nervous of turning a wonderful hobby into a business. Of course any regular followers of the blog would be welcome anyway if they found themselves in the area. As to losing when hosting that does seem a common occurrence 🤔

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  3. Great game. I like how the base grass color on the table matches that of the country side. ;-)

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    1. Thanks I guess some of our modelling does reflect the environment we see around us ?

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  4. Thank you Matt, the pics give a great view of how the engagement went. Great outdoor shot as ever Matt.

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    1. Thank you Phil for the efforts of organising , we’ll have some cavalry nest time 👍

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  5. It’s hot everywhere it seems…
    Nice looking game. It’s nice when our strategy pays off…and e get the extra lucky turn. 😀

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    1. Strategy may be a little kind for my general approach which is to charge forward 😀

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  6. Nice to have another view of the game and the arrows etc made it easy to follow the action. Given the extreme heat of late, I just want to sit by the Tran and dangle my feet in the water to cool them down!

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    1. It was tempting to rest and relax, there were quite a few swimming

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  7. Fun sounding BA game, Matt. Great images capturing the game play too.

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    1. Thanks Dean screens shots off my iPad which is the best I can do for remote gaming

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  8. Thanks for sharing Matt. I have seen Phil's post, looks like it went right to the wire. A wonderful view but I think I would be heading for some shade in this hot weather.

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    1. It was certainly a tough combat around the bridge , no quarter given !

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  9. Fun sounding game and lovely looking landscape!
    Best Iain

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  10. Nice looking game, not quite managed to get a grip on the virtual gaming experience. Cheers Stu

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  11. A nice little action Matt and fortune favours the brave, which is why you got the extra turn required to win the game! Sounds like you are having some unusually warm weather in the UK of late - even parts of Scotland were 29 deg C the other day - dont complain too much, I am sure it wont last too long!

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  12. A lovely looking and sounding game Matt.
    Phil does put on a good show… and the good guys won 😁…

    All the best. Aly

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