CoC Vs Bolt Action Pt 1

Posted on by willitongamers in Chain of Command

At the beginning of April Colin and I played another game of Chain of Command. The idea behind this game was to use it as comparison between the Chain of Command and Bolt Action rule sets.

In this post I’ll write an AAR on the CoC game and in the next I’ll do the the same for the BA game and then follow by giving my opinions on how the rules compare. The scenario was ‘The Patrol’ with the Germans (me) attacking.

Table setup

Patrol Phase
Patrol Phase

The CoC game started well for Colin, who in my opinion won the patrol and deployment phase, having greater flexibility with where he could deploy from. As you can see from the photo above I ended up pretty much out on the flank with not much room to manoeuvre.

Start of the German Deployment.
Start of the German Deployment.

The Germans managed to deploy two infantry sections and two SL’s with both sections going on to Over-watch.

The British start to deploy.
The British start to deploy.
More British deploy on their flank.
More British deploy on their flank.
Overview of the battlefield
Overview of the battlefield
The third German infantry section deploys on their right flank.
The third German infantry section deploys on their right flank.
One of the German Sl's moves to the right flank to take command.
One of the German Sl’s moves to the right flank to take command.
The British left flank comes under sustained fire resulting in a number of casualties and the section becoming pinned.
The British left flank comes under sustained fire resulting in a number of casualties and the section becoming pinned.
A SL and a Light Mortar team joins the British section behind a small rise.
A SL and a Light Mortar team joins the British section behind a small rise.
The Light Mortar team starts to provide smoke cover.
The Light Mortar team starts to provide smoke cover.
British infantry advance and open fire on the Germans.
British infantry advance and open fire on the Germans.
German infantry return fire as the Light Mortar brings down more smoke.
German infantry return fire as the Light Mortar brings down more smoke.
The battlefield becomes more and more obscured by smoke.
As the battlefield becomes more and more obscured by smoke the German right redeploys to the centre.
The German senior leadership helps to bolster the men and keep shock down.
The German senior leadership helps to bolster the men and keep shock down.
The British infantry start to suffer more casualties and the end of the turn brings an end to the smoke cover.
The British infantry start to suffer more casualties and the end of the turn brings an end to the smoke cover.
The German left flank holds and continues to return fire on the the British infantry opposite.
The German left flank holds and continues to return fire on the the British infantry opposite.
The few remaining British hold on for as long as they can.
The few remaining British hold on for as long as they can.
But the mounting losses become too much for them and they are forced to withdraw from the table.
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