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A few days on from our last game Colin came round again, this time for a game of Bolt Action. Our intention was to use the same forces, or as close to as possible as those used in the previous Chain of Command game. Points wise this worked out at thoroughly 460 points per side. … Continue reading CoC Vs Bolt Action Pt 2.
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 … Continue reading CoC Vs Bolt Action Pt 1
AAR Wednesday 20thMarch 2019 The Set up Battle 3 was a full on German assault using the attack and defend scenario. The map was set up with a central road crossing the battlefield, fields, farmland wooded areas and hedges. Along with a three building hamlet on the German Right flank. Pregame table setup Support Options … Continue reading Europe 1944 Mini Campaign Pt. 3
by Dave Gardner AAR Wednesday 13th March 2019 Battle 2 was the 'Probe' scenario, fought over a mixed terrain map which included 3 centrally located buildings, a road running across the battlefield, fields and wooded areas. Terrain setup Support Options were chosen. The campaign said for this scenario that the Germans, as the attacker, had … Continue reading Europe 1944 Mini Campaign Pt. 2
Battle 1 was fought over a No man’s land using scenario 1 “The Patrol” scenario. The map was set up with two imposing rock features surrounded by hedges and fields. Although the terrain was basic both commanders would have to keep a vigilant eye out for sneaky lines of sight that would threaten their forces. … Continue reading Europe 1944 Mini Campaign – AAR Wednesday 6th March 2019
It was proving to be a busy weekend! A game of Chain of Command on Saturday evening with Dave and the boys and then another game with Colin on Sunday. The Sunday game was a good one. US Airborne platoon Vs German Heer Platoon. Colin opted for the attack and gained 9 support points from … Continue reading Sunday’s CoC Game
Early last week we received our new gaming mat from Killing Fields Terrain. This mat is made from 'Teddy Bear fur' material and was purchased to replace our older Games Workshop gaming mat. The cost was just under £80 including postage from the States and took just under two weeks to arrive. On opening the … Continue reading Killing Fields Terrain
Dave and the boys came back round on Saturday to finish off the game we started earlier in the week.The second part of the game started well for the Germans with a couple of shoots from the Panzerschreck team hitting the Churchill AVRE forcing the crew to bail. The battle continuesThe Panzerschreck team hides behind … Continue reading Adults Vs Kids CoC Game II part 2
Over the last couple of days I've been making up some smoke markers for Chain of Command. CoC uses 3" balls of smoke so these could be used for any other games system that uses 3" for it's smoke markers. New 3" Smoke Markers Made from 3" / 75mm 3mm mdd discs purchased from eBayWoodland … Continue reading Smoke!
After their defeat last week the boys were out for some revenge and wanted another match! So Dave and I hatched a plan to get the boys more involved and to give them their own men to control. To this end we decided to give them 24 support points to be divided between them. The … Continue reading Adults Vs Kids CoC Game II Part 1.
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