Last night at the club the collection got another run out. I had made some changes to the activation system to try and speed things up. Now each side would have a randomly generated command pool each turn to use when command sections were activated. It still needs a little tweaking, but definitely speeded things up and helped the game run more smoothly.
I do need to make a few amendments to mortars hitting buildings and the troops inside. There was also a glaring omission on the pluck test outcomes for close combat.
Anyway the game revolved around control of a small village with both sides advancing on to the table. For the Nationalists, 2 platoons of Morrocans supported by a HMG team with a mortar in reserve. The Republicans had a platoon of Brigadistas and a platoon of Carabinieros. Again these were supported by a HMG and mortar.
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| The set up |
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| Morrocans advance |
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| Republicans finally appear |
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| Brigadistas occupy the farm house |
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| Carabinieros advance through the vinyard |
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| Morrocans prepare for an assault |
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| Take cover |
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| Assault begins on the farm house |
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| Firefight in the village |
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| More Morrocans advance |
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| Carabinieros clear the street |
The game also saw the first outing of my new gaming mat from Geek villain. Very happy with it. Overall the game flowed well with a minor Republican victory as they remained in control of the village, but they had suffered heacy casualties. With more time the Morrocans may have evicted them.
Great to see the collection getting into combat and getting stuck in 👍
ReplyDeleteCheers Matt. Good to give the rules another run out
DeleteNice looking game, I can never seem to get the Republicans to do well.
ReplyDeleteThey got lucky in one of the Morrocan platoons pretty much didn't move for most of the game
DeleteThat all looks very good Neill. I'll be interested to see how your rules develop.
ReplyDeleteCheers Mate
DeleteNeil, we are being treated to a surge in SCW games on a number of blogs. Interest in the period has really picked up.
ReplyDeleteCheers Jonathan, I had also noted that. Pretty unusual when no new figures have been realeased which would normally trigger interest
DeleteA nice looking game and a good result - nice to see the Fascists repulsed!
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith, currently 2-1 in favour of the Republicans
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