The game has been a bit of a stand still. The Germans are defending a bridge, and I've been having trouble pushing though the front line. Dice rolls have been abysmal for both sides, and I've been forced to pull back and regroup. Additionally, both forces need to hold some forces in reserve to prevent enemy troops from crossing the field and leaving the table. The Soviets numbers haven't been as useful as I'd hoped.
If I manage to finish this skirmish it may expand into a campaign.
Very nice :-)
ReplyDeleteFrom my limited experience with BA, low quality troops can melt away pretty quickly under sustained fire.
I think their army book gives them a bonus squad as a freebie, to balance it out a bit.
+Ivan Sorensen yeah, the Soviets get a free Inexperienced Unit. Despite the penalty to fire, thats still 14 dice (with LMG) on fire order that o thought would amount to more than it has. You're right about melting away though, that's the only unit to take any serious casualties so far. I'm trying to squeeze in a few more activations while dinner is in the oven to see where it goes.
ReplyDeleteThose minis...
ReplyDeletePossibly the coolest use of improvised minis I've seen! Bravo! Never played Bolt Action, but would love to know which represents what? The one is an LMG I am guessing, and the others look like bazooka or panzerfausts, but that would be a lot of AT in a single platoon I would think...
ReplyDeleteIf they are Panzerfaust, having a couple in each squad isn't out of the norm.
ReplyDelete(Off Topic)... Ivan Sorensen, I'm getting old. I read your name then comment. Your name kept niggling at my noodle. Literally took me doing some Google searching, then a scan of my email, to put 1+1 together! Solo playing FiveCore is what has brought me here and fancy seeing a 'friendly face'! Thanks for 5Core BTW!! I really dig it.
ReplyDeleteJohn Risus The internet is a small place :-)
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you too and glad you enjoyed the game!
John Risus thanks! And you got their designations exactly right. One squad for the Germans does have 4 PFs, which is nuts. However it was my first platoon, the rules said I could, and I didn't have much experience with historic wargames. Before Bolt Action I was strictly a fantasy wargamer, where the rule of cool carried the day. I keep meaning to adjust that roster and never seem to get around to it.
ReplyDeleteI’m actually not sure how many are “legit”.
ReplyDeleteGeoff Osterberg, yeah, you have me searching the internet for places to buy Lego pieces individually, like Brick Yard now. El Oh El. Going to have to look into how to build vehicles in that scale perhaps. Ivan Sorensen, yeah, love all the 5Core rules sets I bought. Lost all my PowerPoint slides I made for solo gaming them though with a PC crash. Looking at buying the... dang forgot the name... Blade something or other maybe, for solo or dual play, that I saw you did.
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