Fighting Withdrawal Campaign (CoC) Game Four Added 20/02

[TWD68]

Chum Martin and I finally began our delayed Fighting Withdrawal (Summer Special 2016 PSC) campaign.
I took the plucky British and Martin the beastly Jerries.



Report and more pictures on my blog
http://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/202 ... rawal.html

[oozeboss]

Thrilling game, and excellent report. Many thanks for taking the time & effort to record and share it.

[7dot62mm]

This was a great report, many thanks! Looking forward to the next one!

[DougM]

That terrain is simply superb. very well done.

[Capt Fortier]

Excellent AAR - captures a good sense of some desperate rearguard fighting and self-sacrifice... the Dunkirk spirit on full display

[TWD68]

And so on to the second game - which was over quite quickly....



http://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/202 ... 70048.html

[TWD68]

After a delay of some months - game three



More here:
http://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/202 ... rawal.html

[Baldie]

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[tburgt]

Amazing result of the game. I'd think the Germans would have a really tough time against a dug in enemy, crossing open ground. The German jump-off points seem to be in the middle of the field (no cover). I was under the impression jump-off points can only be behind cover or at the table edge.
Or is the field "undulating ground" with enough cover spots to put down jump-off points?

[TWD68]

Amazing result of the game. I'd think the Germans would have a really tough time against a dug in enemy, crossing open ground. The German jump-off points seem to be in the middle of the field (no cover). I was under the impression jump-off points can only be behind cover or at the table edge.
Or is the field "undulating ground" with enough cover spots to put down jump-off points?

The pictures on the blog show the Patrol Markers at the end of the patrol phase, not the JoPs. The Germans ended up with one on the road on the table edge and one on the table edge on each flank - quite high up the board as he benefited from extra initial moves for his Patrol markers.
Martin was lucky with a couple of early double phases and a lot of 5s - which meant he could use a CoC dice to push a JoP right up one flank and deploy almost directly into the graveyard.
I was hampered by the Pre Game Barrage - meaning my Vickers and some troops failed to deploy a couple of phases.
The arrival of the StuG meant the unit I deployed in the graveyard got shot up pretty badly very quickly.
Martin rolled some good shooting dice and I rolled some average ones.
Also it's a campaign and I need to preserve troops. So I withdrew before one section even hit the table as I'd already lost one whole section and the other was reduced to just two men. Eight men British sections are very brittle.
I made some mistakes - and fortune favoured the Germans a bit but this scenario (and campaign) isn't easy for the defending Brits who are always out numbered and outgunned but have to try and preserve strength.