Wednesday saw me down at George’s to continue our early war 1940 CoC campaign
The first scenario is a tough one for the Germans and in the first running of the scenario the Germans did pretty dismally, each time you retry the scenario the attacking German get slightly more support points giving them an advantage.
In the last running my Germans focussed down the left but got horribly shot up, game for anything I pushed the jump off points down the right this time. With some good/lucky early dice rolling the Germans were able to throw back the French grenadiers. With an extra support points the Germans had been able to bring a 75mm infantry gun to try and handle any French armour ?
Again with some luck and after three attempts they managed to knock out the French R35 this was a real bonus for the Germans throwing the french onto the back foot.
Instead of the Stuka we tried an off table Mortar barrage which whilst dramatic wasn’t actually very effective, but it did hold the french down
The Germans were then able to concentrate their fire on the French left driving them back with surprisingly few loses to the Germans. A real turn around form the last playing and just shows who dice rolling and a bit of luck helps. Certainly the German deployment down the right using the buildings to break up the french helped.
With all this excitement I spent the evening finishing another unit of Roundheads for the ECW project. I’m stilling basing them as 15’s but can’t decide if 10’s would be better. I will try some more random cavalry in the next few days.
Thanks as always Matt ❤️
After your extended holiday, you are back to full speed! Great looking game at George’s and more super looking horsemen. Your gaming calendar is filling up!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jon ………speed ? Hopefully back to a stead state of one or so games per week
DeleteSoon back into the swing of things there Matt after your Grand Tour! A fine game by the looks of it. The Diddy Men on ponies look the part too.
ReplyDeleteA great game at George’s and the dice gods were very kind to me which was nice for a change.
DeleteLovely looking game Matt, really looks good. Your work on the ECW cavalry are rather nice as well, great work on them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie, I’m well on with the next unit so hopefully completed in the next couple of days
DeleteCongrats on the win Matt, and the table looks fabulous, as do the ECW cavalry.
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith I’ll take a win on this scenario as it is a tough one
DeleteGreat stuff Matt that pint size campaign is a real cracker.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Stu
Thanks Stu George has a large collection of these CoC campaigns which are well thought out with lots of detail, my only Criticism is some of the scenarios are potentially a bit one sided.
DeleteThe early war table looks great, and that mortar barrage did look very dramatic. The ECW basing looks good as it is, and i wonder if 10mm basing would be just that bit too tight.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence, sorry you misunderstood my comment on size. The potential drop form 15 to 10 is the number of figures in the unit rather than the width of the base ๐
DeleteYou will have to wait a few days yet for the French tale of woe. I was simply outplayed and caught napping, well done Matt.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great game George and I’ve learnt not to cast scorn as what comes round comes round again ๐
DeleteGeorge set a particulary fine table there for a great game, your ECW Lilliputians are just the ticket too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil. A fine game at George’s palace indeed
DeleteAn excellent CoC game there Matt and I do feel the Attackers need more of an advantage than given in the rules. Fine ECW chaps too:).
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve, in this scenario the Germans had 12 points of support the French I think 6 but even though this didn’t seem enough the Germans were pretty dominant
DeleteGood looking game, sounds like fun, the ECW types look lovely!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain more to come ๐
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