"6mm Ponyri game AAR" Topic

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Microbiggie	31 Oct 2016 11:52 a.m. PST
I'll try this again. We played our annual Kursk I Ain't Been Shot Mum game recently. This one was based on action east of Ponyri station on July 8. The Germans have captured the former Soviet positions on 226.5 and are just about to be assaulted by the 3rd Tank Corps. We had several new players to IABSM with the usual issues. The biggest seems to be the inability to get their heads around a 1/300 ground scale. Link to flickr site: link A chance to use my Ferdinands at least. ‌The Russian get into their old entrenchments by Mark Luther, on Flickr ‌Here comes trouble by Mark Luther, on Flickr ‌German infantry hunkering down by Mark Luther, on Flickr ‌Another view of the action at the SE corner by Mark Luther, on Flickr ‌And too many Ferdinands end the game by Mark Luther, on Flickr Mark
McKinstry	31 Oct 2016 12:01 p.m. PST
As always, such great looking games! Thank you.
BattlerBritain	31 Oct 2016 1:21 p.m. PST
I love your games Mark. And your terrain is fantastic.
John Secker	31 Oct 2016 2:53 p.m. PST
Very nice indeed. You certainly got some heavy metal on the table. I assume from your comment that you adjust the IABSM groundscale for the 1/300 models? I play it at 1/300 but keep the 15mm distances – it looks much better to me that way, indeed that's how I play most WW2 rules, other than the ones written explicitly for micro-scale.
Dale Hurtt	31 Oct 2016 3:06 p.m. PST
The terrain is absolutely astounding.
Microbiggie	31 Oct 2016 4:06 p.m. PST
I do not adjust groundscale. Rules are pretty perfect for 1/300 .
Ben Lacy	31 Oct 2016 6:28 p.m. PST
Mark… tell me about the railroad track! Great looking game. ben
Microbiggie	31 Oct 2016 6:37 p.m. PST
The RR is from Paperterrain. I used it it for this game because the tracks here are not raised and my ones with berms would just look wrong. Thanks
ACWBill	01 Nov 2016 3:05 a.m. PST
Great looking game.
6mmACW	01 Nov 2016 7:14 a.m. PST
Love it. Great terrain. Question regarding the paper RR tracks--how do you get yours to lay flat on the contours of the tabletop? I find that when I use paper tracks, they don't always lay correctly and can't be used for hills or valleys.
Microbiggie	01 Nov 2016 7:40 a.m. PST
Like most things you want to lay flat, spray glue works wonders. Paper RR tracks are cheap and disposable so if they can be reused, so much the better.
Frederick	01 Nov 2016 11:39 a.m. PST
Great minis!
Greg G1	01 Nov 2016 1:09 p.m. PST
As ever great looking battlefield,for your game. Always enjoy looking at your games.
Rod I Robertson	01 Nov 2016 9:10 p.m. PST
Microbiggie: Bravo, sir! Lovely terrain and models. A visual feast? Thank you for sharing this here. Cheers and good gaming. Rod Robertson.