First up a group of skirmishers these are commoners, perhaps their first battle or levied troops who have not been involved in action before. Issued with missile weapons to harass the enemy. A skirmish unit in Lion Rampant.
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Sunday, August 17, 2025
Aztec Warband - Wargames Atlantic
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Tactics II - Campaign Allied Battle 3 - "Dust up in the Wadi"
Continuation of the Tactics II campaign and a useful way of joining up the odd games. Several months ago the British launched their assault which resulted in 3 games, finally the last game of the set.
On the battle map the allied forces had the choice of Allied Armour as their selection with supports from a veteran Mountain Unit, Up against a German Axis Armoured unit selection.
Using Platoon Forward the scenario was a Point Recon Battle - Not quite the clash of armour I was expecting.
The random force roll gave the Allies 2 Vickers Light Tanks, an MMG plus a Mortar Barrage not a bad haul but it did give the Axis forces plenty of blinds to position across the front.
The table presented an interesting predicament for the allies on the far left was a string of minefields and wire, with a wadi running through the remainder of the table, plenty of places to hide multiple German units. The main objective was the wadi crossing.
None of the options looked great for the Commonwealth forces so with limited options they decided to go straight down the middle. Under the cover of a Mortar Barrage which pinned a German section.
This allowed the allies to push on to the through the limited greenery still unsure on what they were facing.
Game over.
A short but fun game, easing my opponent into Chain of Command.
The loss of a section and an MMG team for the German's who were forced to fall back on the map, with limited losses for the Allies.
Let's see what the Axis initiative will bring.
Saturday, August 02, 2025
Spain in the new world - A new project looms.
Welcome to August and a change from the bouncing between the Crusades and the AWI project.