"Battlegroup goes to Burma..." Topic

We have just finished a second round of playtesting on the next book – Battlegroup Pacific. The book focusses on the late war period in the Far East and, space permitting, will cover both US and British & Commonwealth theatres of operations against the Japanese.

With this in mind, our playtests here have so far concentrated on the British and the opposing Japanese formations for the fighting in Burma. Here is one of the early playtests…

Our game featured a single Japanese platoon, with limited support, dug in on a hill overlooking a bridge on the bend of the river. A reinforced and well supported British platoon with tank support was tasked with securing the bridge and then the hill defences.

The British attack started well, destroying the single Japanese tank with ease with the deployed 25 Pounder and made the bridge with few losses except a tank to a mine. However determined resistance from Japanese anti-tank squads stalled the advance, and then as the British attack got disjointed, from terrain, lack of orders and Japanese Spider Holes the assault went in on the hill in a very fragmented way and proved an immensely costly failure. At the end of the game the hill was firmly still in Japanese hands.

That is amazing. Leaves you wanting more and more.

That is extremely impressive. I've always been fascinated by the Burma campaign. Are the figures 20mm? What make are they?

Thank you for the inspiration!

Will you also cover the Chinese units that were present in Burma?

Always 20mm for WW2. Big mix of figures, AB, Eureka, Arsenal, SGMM…

Skeptic… not in the book, not enough room as covering Pacific too. But hope to have some Chinese Burma options out in Dispatches fanzine for free.

Piers, Any chance of some of your pdf painting tutorials for British Jungle Green British & Japanese armour and IJA (for your usual very reasonable charge), please?

A very neglected but interesting theatre of WW2. (I must admit I am still guilty of not having any figures to game that part of the war).

Fantastic looking table! I quite like the Battlegroup rules, perhaps this volume will be enough to force me to paint a few Japanese up. We play Vietnam – modern and ancient – so we've got the terrain. Really no excuse.

Thanks!

Nice to hear from you again

Very nice set up and looking good.

No really my cup of tea if being honest but never say never.

WOW !!!!!