Attack on the Red Dacha

Last weekend we managed another game outdoors in the ‘shed’ area allowing us to socially distance what had threatened to be a cold day turned out quite hot. Taking photos outdoors can be a real mess so I apologise for the quality. Anyway onto the action.

The scenario was a simple one as we hadn’t played for a while. The local ‘Red’ commander has been taking a well earned rest at his holiday home Known by the locals as the Red Dacha (for obvious reasons) White forces in the area have been tipped off and have advanced to capture him.

The White commander advances with two regular units through the woods

Dismounted Cossacks advance behind a recently acquired tank, this trundles slowly forward down the road behind a much faster moving Rolls Royce armoured car

The Reds who are defending already have two units close to the objective which is the officers car parked in the road.

Pushing forward towards the Dacha......

Whilst the Cossacks advance down the road, the Tank has been hit by a lucky artillery shot and with a stunned crew can’t do anything for a turn

The Reds also have a captured Sopwith Camel, whilst only armed with machine guns it automatically pins any units it attacks.

It is obvious there is going to be a mass brawl for the objective so the Reds run a regular unit into the Area

The camel continues to cause the Whites to keep their heads down but they are making good progress......

.....and don’t you love it when a plan falls apart, just as this unit runs into the Dacha’s back garden they are spooked and forced to flee

Closer to the objective the tank pushes through the fence but slows to a stop

.....this time the Officers unit fails its activation test and decides to flee before getting into combat

The tank driver finally gets it into gear and rumbles through the edge of the woods scattering and destroying the defending irregulars

.....one final twist the White commander pulling a special event falls over drunk

Whilst the armoured troops has easily broken through to the objective they can’t claim it and despite some feared fighting the Red infantry can’t be shaken off and there is more Red infantry approaching through the woods.

So there you have it a fun an easy game played in the garden shed/structure. A pleasant way to spend the afternoon 😀