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sparker s wargaming blog labels by rules and scale black powder flames of war team yankee epic valour fortitude 12 mil acw 1 144 lasalle nimitz clash of steel black seas bolt action foan hail caesar broadside blucher maurice longstreet rommel friday 8 may 2026 battle of montmirail 1814 the wollongong wargamers horse and musketeers on the left the prussian team their russian ally in the right foreground and their three french opponents right background darren s iron cross is no accident as will be revealed at first sight the allied superiority in the relatively bare landscape looked unassailable but the french were deploying the creme de la creme the allied hordes were positioned to encompass the french so that outnumbered though they were deployment space was limited potentially a powerful punch dusk approaching the game would only last 6 turns so the allies lost no time in advancing to contact the french team responded equally aggressively sneaking the old guard cavalry through the snowy forested wilderness on their right flank to gain more deployment space and outflank the prussians hordes of cossacks on the french left forced the young guard into squares the chasseurs of the old guard contemptuously deployed into line to fight as god intended however it was the prussians who launched the first assaults on the middle guard big mistake the allies paused for thought the french heavy cavalry kept up momentum on the increasingly pressured prussian left flank which was being outflanked to the rear by the imperial horse and thoroughly chewed up by the middle guard over on the allied right flank the cossacks had now tied down the entire young guard with a series of hit and run attacks whilst dispatching the dragoon brigade away at the double in an attempt to shore up their crumbling left flank in the centre the prussians were keeping up the pressure warily and carefully marshalling their forces to put in a well supported attack on the grenadiers of the old guard but what is this can it be la garde recule hence darren s iron cross fortunately for the french a series of well timed heavy cavalry charges restored the situation in the centre whilst the old guard cavalry emerged from the woods to complete the rout of the prussian left flank with the allied dragoon brigade arriving just to late to restore the allied flank it was time to call it the french had inflicted 4 army defeat points on the allies whilst suffering none the french team bask in their well deserved victory posted by sparker at 13 17 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels epic naps valour fortitude friday 24 april 2026 rehearsal fulda gap demo game last night at the wollongong wargamers we set up a mini practice game for a forthcoming team yankee demo game at the illawarra plastic modellers association show we were figuring out the scenario how the terrain looked and the balance of forces as well as checking our pooled resources the basic ideal is a rehash of an old favourite when given access to two long tables two adjacent attack corridors one on each table for the warsaw pact to advance down in the critical fulda gap area rasdorf leibolz and grusselbach unterrufhausen on the day we will have four forces for nato us and bundeswehr for warpact soviet and east german view of the rasdorf valley from the inner german border looking west for this evening we would just be using one table and playing out the rasdorf valley table the soviet force was mainly t 80s the us force was focused on infantry and atgw supported by a company of venerable m 60s the us team peter and stuart set up their anti armour ambushes on both sides of the valley ed took one company of t 80s left flanking along the edge of the hills i took the other one straight down the middle after losing half our fast air and aviation to us air defences the surviving frogfoots and hinds made inroads targeting the us chapparals and vads at this point my invulnerable t 80s started taking losses to itv tow 2s lining the northern side of the valley ed suggested i use the mobility of the t 80 to get within the tow minimum range great suggestion it was unclear where our motor rifles would be needed so they kept to the middle of the valley occasionally firing off a stabber atgw up at the hills on either side using t 80s against the us infantry and m113s was great fun until their dragon atgw joined in the fight against my side armour era can only go so far and i lost another couple of tanks by this time the su 25s had all crashed and burned so the surviving hinds joined in picking off the us atgws up in the hills the us platoons of two itv proved surprisingly good at passing their last stand checks unfortunately with their cobras helos placed in delayed reserve when they eventually arrived on scene deep in the warpact rear they caused some consternation our shilkas up covering the t 80s were out of range and our sa 13 gophers utterly useless but ed recalled that my bmp 3s loitering in the rear had cannon with an anti helicopter capability it was the turn of us aviation to crash and burn at this point having spent a lot of time discussing the the look and feel of the game we are going to present we ran out of time much useful experience had been gained we are going to modify the scenario somewhat so that all sides stagger the arrival of reserves to be determined by a smaller covering force battle the week before the big game i think both side s forces lists will be revisited the us gaining a spearhead capable force to expand their deployment area and the soviets not wasting points on arming t 80s with at 11 stabber atgw when the heaviest thing they will have to face are m 60s posted by sparker at 18 37 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1 144 12 mil team yankee older posts home subscribe to posts atom theme images by konradlew powered by blogger search this blog