I got together with my friend Iannick for a Chain of Command game. He had recently painted an Early War German platoon for Chain of Command and also got a friend of ours, Graham, to paint a French Platoon. He used Crusader Miniatures for the figures and they were really very nice indeed. He had put together the basic platoons with some supports.
We decided to play the Probe Scenario from the main rulebook but used the 1940 source book to play. The Germans were the attacker of course and Iannick decided to play them. He rolled a 2 for support.
Germans FM 10
Shutzen Platoon-Panzer Division A
Sniper
French FM 11
Infantry Platoon
Entrenchment
Patrol Phase
The Game
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| I decided to deploy early with a group de combat on each flank with my grenadiers in an entrenchment. I usually do not like to do this but the path of the German attack was clear. |
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| and here they come initially on my right. |
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| The group de combats are quite large and maybe unwieldy |
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| Another Geran Squad makes an appearance |
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| Getting down to the end now, the Germans make a rapid advance to my left flank, the French have a slight advantage....... |
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| .......and do win but it is quite costly. |
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| A badly malled German squad make a run for the edge. |
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| The Germans are inches away from victory but their FM drops to zero. A French Victory! |
It was a fun game and it was nice to get Iannick's troops out. It was quite close and a swing of the dice would have given the game to the Germans.
