"Operation Dragon Forge, Fight #7" Topic

All,

It's 1025 on 14 Jul 1990, and Unit 101 is heading into action outside Langkawi, Malaysia. Following the successful raid in Lebanon which captured "The Mayor," intelligence information was discovered leading the team to its next target: "The Persian" is a Shiite Muslim born of Iranian parents in Lebanon in the mid-1960s, true name Ali bin-Schwammy-Roksamshammy (we'll stick with "The Persian"), and he's rumored to have details regarding the brokers of the ambush in Algeria. The Israelis were very helpful in assisting with logistics for the Unit to get to Langkawi in a speedy and clandestine manner.

The Cubans are working bilaterally with the Malaysians (this was actually Ivan's suggestion, so if it doesn't work…), and the troops are crossing the line of departure.

Overview of the battlefield, north is up. The southern end of The Persian's compound is at top center and top left (his house is off camera to top left about another 250m); the Malaysians and Cubans will enter the table in the southeast (bottom right). They are mounted, so they will move west (left) to the bridge, cross, then fan out and clear this portion of the compound before re-mounting and moving on the north end of the compound (which will be the next batrep).

The table is 4' x 4' on a new mat I bought, played out solo in 15mm using Ivan's "5Core Company Command" rules, though with "Five Men at Kursk"-style activation (each team and vehicle gets an activation dice, each team and vehicle can act and react once per turn).

The opposing forces, resplendent in 15mm. The M-113s are Old Glory, the Land Rover and Technical are Peter Pig, the bad guy infantry is Peter Pig, and the good guy infantry is Flashpoint Minis.

"Contact, RPG at 3 o'clock!!!" To see how the fight went, please check the blog at:
link

I played a total of three games this past weekend, I'm working on getting the other two written up.

V/R,
Jack

Jack you really put your heart into these things and I love reading them. The new terrain looks great. I like the new hero "Captain Bok Choy", lol you kill me. A hard day for the good guys. Has the Persian escaped? Tune in next time.

Very nice jack. Surely he bad guys are not all bad? They love their vehicles and guns.

martin

Looks like a great little scrap!

Thanks for sharing your detailed battle report and pics. Looks like a lot of fun.

Defender – Thanks man, glad you like the batreps, working on the next one. As we move through different countries we're picking up different characters; so far there's this guy, Victoria Scallapeni, and a dude in Cronistria (can't remember his name off the top of my head). I've been considering the Cuban Expeditionary Force standing up a 'Foreign Legion' where guys like the Cronistrian officer and Captain Choy decide to come over.

Martin – What the heck are you talking about? They might be good models, but they're still bad guys ;)
Did you see this?
TMP link

Mako – Thanks man, it was a lot of fun. I want to playtest the rules a couple more times, then it's going to be a whole new ballgame (details coming soon). No sweat on playing and posting; it's quite a bit of work, and I really appreciate you folks taking the time to comment, it helps keep morale/motivation up ;)

V/R,
Jack

"Jack you really put your heart into these things and I love reading them."

Couldn't say to better. Jack IMO is the most tireless generous contributor to the hobby. Just don't let him know; it goes straight to his head

Oh, stop it!

Keep heaping praise upon me and I'll make sure the next batrep is posted tomorrow ;)

V/R,
Jack