With a very good friend of mine we are setting up a wargames blog. (http://www.thewargamespot.com)
This is my second AAR there: direct link to full report is: thewargamespot.com/skirmish- … evel-game/
Mogilyani, Ukraine, June 27th, 1941.
German forces of the 11th Panzer Division are part of the advance that attempts to find a safe crossing point of the Horyn River.
Scattered soviet forces from Task Force Lukin try to stop them
This a Barbarossa squad level game, part of a series of training games to skill-up players before the start of our new campaign. As in our new campaign each counter would be 250 points, we set up several training squad-level games. I foresee a lot of 1-counter a side battles in the coming campaign.
I´ve never before had played 250 point battles, as I thought they were small and a little boring, preffering to play Chain of Command rules for that size of game, as it gives us much more detail. Nevertheless, all three squad level games we played using BG were extremely fun, quick and rewarding experiences.
The scenario was "the hard road east". Scenario Home rules were the same we use all times:
– Only infantry can control objectives
– We "re-score" objectives every 6 turns (on turns 6 & 12)
– No unit entering the table can give an "open fire" order (I hate units standing dangerously in the edge of the table not advancing for the whole game in an encounter battle)
– There were 3 objectives: The Orthodox church, The Balka and the exit of the road on the long edge (leading north)
– I give each side a light mortar team for free, because i love them and nobody took them for a cost.
We played over a 6×4 table. The terrain is very simple:
The Forces Available were:
GERMAN panzer division: BR total 25. Officers: 3. 250 points.
Forward HQ on a Sdkfz 265
Schutzen Infantry Platoon (on foot)
– HQ squad
– 3x Rifle Squads
– 3x MG teams
– Light Mortar team
– At rifle team
Panzer II platoon
– 1x Pz II F (officer)
– 2 x Pz II C
1 PanzerJaëger I (2HE/7AP)
1 Sdkfz 222
1 sniper + spotter
SOVIET rifle division: BR total 25 + D6 (30 total BR). 250 points.
Forward HQ on a Car
Rifle Platoon (on foot)
– HQ squad
– 4x Rifle Squads
– Light Mortar team
– 45mm AT gun w/loader team and truck tow
T-26 II platoon
– 5x T-26 m1939
1 BA-6
1 infantry foot patrol
The game lasted 6 turns, at which time the germans were soundly defeated.
Some photos & light reporting:
Both sides have the samequantity of scout units. The germans won the roll for going first.
A Sdkfz 222 and a sniper team deploy up to 20 inches into the table. We can see my first attempt at a Balka piece of terrain. I think it´s a decent one. One objective (the destroyed PZII) is in the balka. The sniper deploys beside it. The 222 is pointing akwardly towards the north instead of east…
The Full AAR in: link
