"Cuba Libre - Cronistria Fight #1" Topic

All,

This is the first fight in my next campaign, following the Cuba Libre saga. The short story is, Cuban exiles evicted the dictator, and now have created an expeditionary force available for worldwide deployment in the defense of freedom and democracy. You can see the full story here:
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So a Special Operations task force is heading to the Balkans to help a fledgling democracy, Cronistria, break away from Yugoslavia. I will be playing this campaign in 20mm with Elhiem figures, using Ivan (Weasel's) rules, "Five Men in Normandy."

It's 0645 on 5 April 1990, and Task Force Trojas has conducted an administrative move (clandestinely) into northern Italy or Austria (sorry, OPSEC rules prevent us from sharing the exact location ;) ), staged its gear, and is infiltrating by team into Cronistria. Each team is crossing at a different location, with a different objective rally point and different partisan contact on the other side. All teams successfully crossed the frontier without incident, until it was GySgt Dos Santos' Team 6-3's turn (if you're wondering why he's a Gunnery Sergeant, it's because in the CLEF, Special Operations come from any of the four branches of service).

Team 6-3 moved to the border, and had just crossed when things started to go wrong, which is why we're here, right?

The opposing forces: at top are the five shooters from Team 6-3, while at bottom are the seven men and one armored personnel carrier of the Cronistrian National Guard.

Overview of the table, north is up. The table is about 3' x 3', with the frontier wire running north-south) at left. Team 6-3 will enter at left and must destroy the enemy patrol and/or exit ALL men off the right board edge. There's a burned out house in the northwest, a small residence in the southeast, several patches of rough, rocky ground, several haystacks (concealment, not cover!), and a couple rocky outcroppings.

The enemy is trying to cut swathes in our line using its APC-mounted MMG.

Just for old time's sake: wouldn't be one of my batreps if I didn't have somebody firing a rocket, would it? To see how the fight turned out, please check the blog at:
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Wow, what a fight! And what a way to start off the campaign in Cronistria. The fight was fun, quick, plenty of drama and decision making, and things never go as you planned. One more fight to write up and post, stay tuned!

V/R,
Jack

good looking forces

Kyoteblue:
Jack is just sucking up to Panda so he can do better in the WWII PBEM wargame they are playing. It will be your turn soon!
Cheers and good gaming.
Rod Robertson.

Commented on the blog as well, but a nice, dramatic opening to the campaign.

Were you using the stealth rules in the beginning or just free-styling it?

Thanks, Redroom, hope you liked the fight.

Kyote and Rod – I already told you knuckleheads it's not Panda-John, no one from the forums is on the roster for this one, I just needed nicknames to make it easier to write the batreps.

Ivan – thanks man. In this one I was free styling, but in the next fight I was using stealth, spotting, and blinds.

V/R,
Jack

I've also responded on the blog – great stuff!

Thanks, Bish, I hit you up over there.

V/R,
Jack

Jack…where'd you get the APC? The rocky outcrop is also way cool. ben

Ben,

Thanks man! Whaddaya think, another book? ;) If so, I know my tables are ugly, but can I just use pics of them as the map, as opposed to drawing up stuff in Microsoft Paint? The time is killing me! Matter of fact, that goes for the previous stuff, too.

The APC is a plastic, Revell 1/72 Fuchs, got from my FLGS, the outcrops I bought off Ebay. Both are serving their purpose.

V/R,
Jack

Jack…I have used terrain tables in several books. It's a cool way to give players an idea of how to arrange their gaming space. I think your campaigns would be of interest to modern gamers. Just think, you can reinvest the proceeds back into your hobby. Your wife might appreciate that! :) Hey…here's a new company. I bought a 1:72 scale T-90 and it is very detailed.

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Ben

Ben,

"I have used terrain tables in several books."
Indeed, I have quite a few books where you did that, but your tables look much better than mine, so I don't know if it's okay to put ugly pics in a book ;)

Essentially you're talking about pic #2 above, and that's one of my better looking tables! Cuba Libre saw extensive use of carpet at hills, for goodness sake!

Nice T-90; I need like a Land Rover, or a Jeep, for my 20mm stuff. Mind you, this (20mm) is a side project and I don't aim for it to take over my life!

V/R,
Jack

Oooh…rockets!

Great AAR as always. I'll be looking forward to more updates!

Hey Jim, how are ya?

Thanks man, I'm working on the next one!

V/R,
Jack

Jack – link
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