The French army retreated to the next town to regroup their forces. Fully expecting the forces of Great England to follow them. But in a surprise move the English went into one of the borderland areas, following an old highway towards an abandoned scientific base. What were they up to!!
I am using scenario 11 Surprise attack from Neil Thomas' One Hour Wargames book. Not a very fair scenario with the rifle armed English units attacking the musket armed Skirmishes of the Outlanders.
The scenario has been slightly altered with an abandoned satellite ground station at the cross roads which is the objective of the English, They are also escorting two wagons to the ground station for their nefarious purposes.
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| The starting positions. The English forces arrive from the bottom of the picture composed of 3 Infantry companies, 3 gatling guns and the 2 wagons. 2 Skirmishers of the outlanders are waiting at the first cross road and 2 more will come on on turn 3 from the top and another 2 on turn 9 from the top left. |
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| The English race forward while the Outlanders take cover in the crater on the right and the line of destroyed vehicles on the road. |
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| While the English infantry push forward the gatling guns open fire |
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| The English forces charge the weakened Outlanders on the road and destroy them. On the right the Outlanders hold on in their cover facing only one English company |
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| But the main English forces pushes through ignoring its flanks. More Outlanders arrive and occupy the ground station. |
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| The English push forward, ignoring the odds and not waiting for their supports. |
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| At the first cross road the Outlanders retreat as they are nearly destroyed. Unable to face the English Infantry and supporting gatling gun. At the ground station the two English Infantry companies once again ignore casualties and push forward. The supporting guns race forward to attack the flanking Outlanders. |
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| The Outlanders in the ground station have been destroyed.The ones on the flank continue their fire but are now badly outnumbered. |
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| The Outlanders retreat having been blasted by the English firepower. The final two outlander companies never made it to the battle. The English waste no time in bringing their wagons up. |
The French commander reads the report. What dastardly plan do the English have. What are they trying to resurrect from the old ground station. Sending commands to dormant satellites? Or worse sending commands to dormant missile silos! Will a Fourth Apocalypse follow the Third so quickly!
Continuing my small campaign / world. I have a few more small NPC armies in the pipeline. Not sure if they will make it though. I am also working on a map to help organise the various powers and give me a bit more structure to hang my ideas/battles from.
At the moment I am thinking that the English will be the power that is driving the narrative, seeking dominance in the fourth age with a cunning plan to conquer first Europe and then the world.
More of a way to play with the toys rather than build a coherent story.
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Such a crazy battlefield. Covered wagons with rusted cars and satellite dishes that look covered in blood. 😀
ReplyDeleteThe English seem pretty unstoppable. Will make a good pro or antagonist for any campaign. 😀
My impression too!
DeleteBen, I finally figured out why your updates were not showing up in my Blogs Followed List and made the corrections.
Hey Stew it is after the Third Apocalypse 😁 not all tidy and neat like the first one.
DeleteIt is meant to be rust on the satellite dishes - my painting fails again 😂
The Evil English - they must be stopped!! Or they will conquer the world and make everyone drink tea, play cricket and complain about the weather 😊 Lets see what happens
Thanks Jonathan. Getting updates is difficult and thanks for taking the time to sort out mine 😁
DeleteBen those burnt out cars look ace. You always seem to have interesting little elements on your tables. Where do you get all this stuff? is it 3D printed?
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DeleteI have bought multiple sets of train scenery from China.
DeleteSorry tried to link to the supplier but epic fail. All these things come from AliExpress which is cheap but you need to be patient. I have seen that a lot of the suppliers are now starting to sell on eBay as well. Just search for N Scale train terrain or something similar and it should come up. From my purchase history in Aliexpress I bought the last set of cars from a supplier called "SPmart Store" and they still seem to sell them.
I have bought a lot from AliExpress and have had no real issues. A few things have gone astray but from experience I know that this can be the local Post Office -not the supplier ,
SPmart are currently selling 100 cars for AUD$22.00 so not too bad (including delivery)
PS thanks for the kind words regarding the tables. I like to have an interesting game board and sometimes spend much more time on that than the figures.
DeleteThe English forces certainly pushed on to gain the objective. A good apocalyptic feel to the tabletop.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter!
DeleteA great little game Ben. As an Australian, I am surprised you list cricket as being one of the Evil Englishes greatest sins, your countrymen seem to have embraced it with gusto (personally, I would just as soon watch paint dry!). Look g forward to seeing how this all develops although you can't possibly be suggesting the French are the goodies in the post 4th apocalyptical world???!!
ReplyDeleteNot a fan of formal cricket Keith. Alright for a quick game at the beach or park but no way to spend your weekends 😁 I agree with you - at least the paint only takes two hours to dry!
DeleteOh dear! I am thinking that the French will be the goodies this time. Just conquering the world in the name of good cooking and baguettes 😊 So maybe just relatively good. But who knows what will happen.