The Germans are attempting to slow the Soviets down by seizing the lumber mill in the upper left of the board. Meanwhile the Russians are attempting to take the manor house on the center right to use for potential snipers nest or to invest light artillery.
So far both platoons have been working around the ample cover, attempting to force the other out into the open or at least out of position.
Since the Germans only have one squad with Anti-Tank weapons, the mere presence of the Soviet T34 has forced me to hold off on moving them to defend the enemies objective point.
I'll be interested to see how it resolves over the next couple of days. So far my experience with Bolt Action indicates that once the casualties start mounting momentum really picks up.
Great board! I bought Bolt Action a couple of years ago, but I never managed to play it. The fact that the QRS was several pages somehow scared me off :)
ReplyDeleteevandro novel I know what you mean. This is the fourth game I've setup, and I'm still referring to the reference sheets somewhat often. However that's only for lesser used systems. For movement and shooting with things like rifles and LMG that get used every round you get them memorized pretty quick.
ReplyDeleteNow Flames of War, that's a rulrbook that scared me. I have it and two campaign books from my second hand book store. Never attempted to play...yet.
It's easier than it reads, since a lot of the stuff, you won't be referencing consistently, but it does suffer a little from being laid out oddly.
ReplyDeleteGeoff, I always enjoy seeing your setups. They look so good, and so creative using what's on hand. I'm curious if you played these minis games with your kids when they were younger?
ReplyDeleteI've a 3.5 and 5 y/o I've been slowly introducing to RPGs and their most fun was using "Kids Dungeon Adventure", which advocates usong their own toys for heroes and legos, etc for dungeon-building. However, it's difficult to get them into "roleplaying" the adventure if it's outside the bounds of their internal scripts (My Little Pony), or even to keep them following some semblance of rules ("No, no... You can't just physically smash the monster and destroy that dungeon wall with your pony...").
Just curious if you'd tried it with younger kids and any successful tactics you'd found. Again, great setup and don't stop posting pics!
Spencer Salyer thanks for the kind words!
ReplyDeleteWe've always been a gaming household. Boardgames have been in the mix since they were quite young. In fact my first ever wargame was played about 5 years ago with my son (9 at the time) with rules called Very Simple Generic Mini Rules. My daughter started a little younger, about 7 playing Song of Blades And Heroes with me and my son. I also ran my first RPG (Tunnels and Trolls 5th) for them at about the same age range. For all of the games we've used what was on hand.
I will say that only recently have they been able to keep interest in a game that lasts more than 45 minutes. We ran Dungeon World on Monday for 2 hours, that was something of a hallmark for us.