Help support TMP


"Eastern Front 1914" Topic


6 Posts

All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.

Please remember not to make new product announcements on the forum. Our advertisers pay for the privilege of making such announcements.

For more information, see the TMP FAQ.


Back to the Early 20th Century Battle Reports Message Board


Areas of Interest

World War One

Featured Hobby News Article


Featured Recent Link


Top-Rated Ruleset

Horse, Foot and Guns


Rating: gold star gold star gold star gold star gold star gold star gold star 


Featured Showcase Article


Featured Profile Article


1,596 hits since 12 Mar 2012
©1994-2025 Bill Armintrout
Comments or corrections?


TMP logo

Membership

Please sign in to your membership account, or, if you are not yet a member, please sign up for your free membership account.
CAG 1912 Mar 2012 1:51 p.m. PST

A quick report from another playtest game of the new Square Bashing rules.

Game was set on the Eastern Front in 1914 between Russians and Germans, with the Russians attacking.
The Assault collapsed in the face of German firepower after 3 hours of playing. A couple of Playtest questions need to go back to Peter Pig but a good game even if I lost. I am now to be known as MG Bane as I lost 5 out of 6 Russian Machine Gun companies.

These are the new Square Bashing rules which use a much reduced table size. Playtesting has been ongoing for a while and I believe that PP are looking at the end of May. Figures are all Pendraken 10mm.

Full report can be found on the link
link

The Battlefield

The Troops. Russians at the top, Germans towards the bottom

In Progress shots looking from behind the Russian lines


Sean Clark12 Mar 2012 2:44 p.m. PST

Excellent looking game. Great blog!

John Leahy Sponsoring Member of TMP12 Mar 2012 4:30 p.m. PST

Cool looking game. How long did it last? Were units battalions for the infantry?

Thanks,

John

mghFond12 Mar 2012 8:30 p.m. PST

Thanks for the report. I have never played the first version of the rules but was always intrigued.

CAG 1913 Mar 2012 1:49 a.m. PST

Thanks for the comments.

The game lasted five turns which took us 3 hours to play. Don't be fooled both of us had taken the day off work to meet up and it included a meal break and it was also play testing so lots of discussions.

The units are Battalions for Infantry, Regiments for Cavalry and Batteries or Companies for On table arty and MGs.

All told a divisional level game on just short of 3000 yard frontage. Table width is about 2000 yards.

As to the rules, I have never played the current version of SB but was also intrigued by it. I don't know if I would go and get a copy of the old rules to see which I prefer but this version has a good feel to it. No intricate fire and manouvre. You hope your artillery has cleared the way and if it hasn't well your troops are going to suffer.

Peter Pig13 Mar 2012 1:16 p.m. PST

Looks good Si! Thanks for posting!

martin

Sorry - only verified members can post on the forums.