Battle of Shedisky : RCW

 I have been a little preoccupied with work lately and some taxing DIY. Hence a limited amount of time for blogging. However we played another face to face game at the weekend, we might hope that soon we won’t need to mention this fact but it still feels significant somehow.

Anyway the Russian Civil War collection saw some action. A simple Bolt action game, we rolled for the defender and the ‘Whites’ would be defending and attempting to hold three objectives whilst the ‘Reds’ would be attacking.

The central of the three objectives held at the start 

The left hand objective the fuel truck, is in the light woods

The Reds fan out and advance, they have been forced to split their assault as a minefield is located in the area where the trees have been cut down

The Reds left flank, the Sailors are classed as elite, but we have downgraded the vehicles slightly so they are not overpowered 

The Reds tremble as the Whippet crawls forward ! Intimidating in 1918

Digging in to the damaged building for cover

The Rolls Royce advances but then pulls back when it realises the enemy artillery is ready and waiting

Ordered to cross the road the reds leave their cover

Local independent militia forces are supporting the Whites but will be easily scared off I suspect if they come under pressure

Contact with the enemy as gunshots ring out in the woods

Fierce fighting by the cross roads but the armoured vehicle isn’t being supported by the infantry !and is isolated

The Sailors can’t make any progress across the fields

The assault goes in on the left and the Whites are knocked out 

The Rolls Royce has been immobilised and pinned down but the Sailors are make a bid for the objective supported on their right by more infantry

After the assault the Reds have had their number significantly thinned out but they have captured one of the objectives, can they dig in and hold it ?

The Priest can only look on is despair as they start to unload the fuel

His prayers are answered when a rare random event causes two of the Red units to flee 😀

The whites have been thinned out but the attack is running out of steam and there isn’t enough manpower left for the Reds to take the objectives.

The remaining Reds flee 👍

This was a scenario straight from the rule book but was tough for the reds, they didn’t manage to do-ordinate and were unfortunate when their machine gun was knocked out first turn. Great to get another game in and the RCW collection on the battlefield. The Russians needed a warm up for a planned game in the near future. It has also reminded me I have a couple more units to get painted up.

A couple of people have questioned gaming in the garden so I took wider shot of the table set up in our ‘shed’ outdoor living area. As you can see it is well covered and as long as it isn’t too windy/cold it is a spacious and pleasant place to game. I have the space to game here a 13x6 table so more of this in the summer 🙂

Hope all are well 👍