"About this battle I saw at Salute..." Topic
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| 4th Cuirassier | 17 Apr 2011 1:07 p.m. PST |
It looked like it was in 1/32 or 1/35 and featured two banks of a river with a girder bridge crossing. The figures were grouped on bases of three. They looked really good, to my surprise as I'm not a huge fan of grouped figures. Does anyone know what rules this game might have been using? I meant to go back and find someone to ask them but it clean slipped my mind. I was wandering around looking at stuff and totally forgot to do it. Whatever it was they have found a way to play in 1/32 that looks really good. |
| aercdr | 17 Apr 2011 1:28 p.m. PST |
It was an Arnhem game based on tweeked Crossfire rules. |
| By John 54 | 17 Apr 2011 2:41 p.m. PST |
It was indeed with Arnhem at one end, and covering the British and Polish Paras drop zones, through Driel, Oosterbeek etc, and their attempts to reach the bridge at Arnhem. the gap in the middle being the Rhine river, it was, as mentioned, crossfire-based, with add-on rules for Aircraft, different vehicle types, Brigade, and Divisional command. The bases were of 4, not 3 figures, another small change to crossfire. It used about 600 figures, and 100 vehicles of all types from jeeps, to Tiger IIs. Thanks for the nice comments! it was great fun to play! John |
| 4th Cuirassier | 18 Apr 2011 1:56 a.m. PST |
Great, thanks John. It looked superb to me. My ancient 1/32 are the only figs I have left from when I was a kid so I am keen to put them back into action. I loved your display. I clocked it, meant to come back and have a natter and then got absorbed into buying stuff and… I will check out Crossfire. The other mega piece of eye candy was the Gallipoli setup someone had done in ~20mm. I have long thought it would be cool to have an Eastern jungle set up like that, but in 1/32, with lost temples, gorges, waterfalls, kampongs, etc. Small figures can disappear in dense terrain so the larger scale would help. |
| alien BLOODY HELL surfer | 18 Apr 2011 5:14 a.m. PST |
I don't think you can buy Crossfire anywhere at the moment – well, at least I have been trying to get it and can't :-( |
| stenicplus | 18 Apr 2011 5:56 a.m. PST |
Pictures of said battle on TMP already: TMP link |
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