scrivs | 07 Jan 2016 6:46 a.m. PST |
On Tuesday I had my first wargame of 2016 when I played Lee at Chain of Command WWI pitting my Stosstruppen against his Tommies. Having suffered several beatings at the hand of these chaps over the past few months I was hoping 2016 would bring better fortune.
As usual, more images and commentary on Scrivsland link |
Lascaris | 07 Jan 2016 7:17 a.m. PST |
Really, really beautiful figures and table. Very nice write up too! Well done. |
tberry7403 | 07 Jan 2016 7:46 a.m. PST |
There was a show on last night on "NOVA" on the PBS station about the archaeological dig at Messines site. Very fascinating look into the past. The found links of machine gun bullets, stick grenades (which they had to call EOD in to handle), an old tunnel with the wood roof, sides and floor still intact! They even found the flooded, vertical shaft of a German counter-mine that they explored with an underwater camera. One of the scary bits was there is still a 22-ton "bomb" under an existing, working farm in the one British tunnel that the Germans were able to flood. |
vtsaogames | 07 Jan 2016 7:49 a.m. PST |
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Solzhenitsyn | 07 Jan 2016 8:49 a.m. PST |
What are the trench terrain pieces? They look great. |
FreemanL | 07 Jan 2016 10:52 a.m. PST |
Well done to the game and the terrain! I saw that too tberry and I wanted more in the end. Both Danielle and I cringed when they mentioned the sealed yet still deadly "mine" lurking under the farm – especially when they showed the after crater pictures and the present day pond! I am hoping many more shows like the Nova program come out for the 100th anniversary. One thing they sort of got wrong was the point in the end. The mines were not a waste due to a limited advance. The 10 mile surge forward was huge and with little cost. That was part of the new "bite and hold" strategy by Haig and it was working. Haig knew the breakout was not going to happen but you could use the very German way of war against them – and Messines shows that to a T. It also caps like no other example how much the British Army had learned and adapted from the Somme offensive in 1916. Larry |
Wretched Peasant Scum | 07 Jan 2016 11:16 a.m. PST |
Anyone interested, the NOVA show is available for streaming at this pbs.org/wgbh/nova |
Captain Cook | 07 Jan 2016 12:03 p.m. PST |
This is all very confusing I will go away for while and come back when its sorted I think. Anyway great stuff as usual Paul, you were due a win. |
GamesPoet | 07 Jan 2016 12:45 p.m. PST |
Saw the PBS program, good show! |
scrivs | 08 Jan 2016 6:03 a.m. PST |
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Nottingham Wargames | 09 Jan 2016 3:51 p.m. PST |
Great report, thanks for the pics etc. must get out my old ww1 kit! |
Redcoatphil | 29 Mar 2016 6:46 a.m. PST |
Great table. I really enjoy ww1 chain of command. Just putting the finishing touches on a American army myself |