Last Updated
Mon Nov 15 19:48:47 PST 1999
Voters = 17

WWII PLATOON VOTING RESULTS:
Voters, By Period - 1942 Russia


Favorite Rules
rulespercentage
Command Decision47%
Spearhead29%
TAC: WWII18%
Clash of Armor6%

Rules Regularly Played
rules played regularlypercentage
Command Decision53%
Spearhead33%
TAC:WWII13%
Clash of Armor7%

Number of Rules Regularly Played
number of rules played regularlypercentage
1 rules played93%
2 rules played7%

Rules Tried
rules played at least oncepercentage
Command Decision93%
Spearhead87%
Clash of Armor40%
TAC:WWII13%

Number of Rules Tried
number of rules playedpercentage
3 rules played47%
2 rules played40%
1 rules played13%

Voters, By Experience
level of experiencepercentage
Twenty Years or More40%
Up To Twenty Years40%
Up To Ten Years13%
Two to Three Years7%

Voters, By Region
regionpercentage
Europe50%
North America38%
Western Pacific13%

Voters, By Setting
usual game settingpercentage
At the local club50%
With a friend or two44%
At the local game store6%

Number of Armies
number of armies owned or usedpercentage
6 army/armies27%
15 army/armies13%
2 army/armies13%
5 army/armies13%
7 army/armies13%
3 army/armies7%
4 army/armies7%
8 army/armies7%

Armies Owned/Used
armies owned or usedpercentage
Germany87%
Soviet Union73%
Britain60%
United States of America47%
United States of America - Paratroops47%
Britain - Paratroops40%
Germany - Paratroops40%
Germany - S.S.40%
Soviet Union - Guards33%
British Commonwealth27%
Canada27%
Hungary20%
Italy20%
Rumania20%
Axis - Other13%
France13%
Japan13%
Allied - Other7%
Finland7%
Insurgents7%
United States of America - Marines7%

Periods Played
periodpercentage
1942 Russia100%
1941 Russia76%
1943 Russia76%
1944 Eastern Front76%
1944 France65%
1943-45 Italy59%
1943 Mediterranean53%
1944 Sigfried Line53%
1942 North Africa47%
1945 Eastern Front41%
1940 Blitzkrieg35%
1941 North Africa35%
1940 Africa29%
1945 Western Front24%
1939-40 Winter War18%
1939 Polish Campaign12%
1941-44 Continuation War12%
1942 South-West Pacific12%
What-If/Fantasy12%
1937-40 China6%
1940 Balkans6%
1941 Balkans6%
1941-45 Burma6%
1941-45 Insurgency6%
1945 Manchuria6%

Number of Periods Played
number of genres/periods playedpercentage
7 periods24%
6 periods12%
9 periods12%
1 periods6%
11 periods6%
13 periods6%
16 periods6%
18 periods6%
19 periods6%
3 periods6%
4 periods6%
5 periods6%

Scales Used
figure scalepercentage
6mm (including 1:285 and 1:300 scales)47%
20mm41%
15mm12%
2mm12%
10mm6%
1:2006%

Number of Scales
number of figure scale(s) used
(per person)
percentage
1 figure scale(s) used82%
2 figure scale(s) used12%
3 figure scale(s) used6%

RECENT BATTLE REPORTS
Michael Bornstein

Defended with two US Glider Regiments against a reinforced German SS Panzer Grenadier Division. Lost two battalions but repulsed the Germans who lost half the division before withdrawing. [22 Sep 1999]

John Madron

I believe it was a scenario covering the German advance into Belgium. Infantry div elements pushing up densely wooded roads. Elements of Das Reich airlifted into rear areas. Belgians reinforced by French cavalry. Slow German progress up board with resulting "historical" victory. [7 Apr 99]

John Hingley-Hickson

My last battle was the British involvement in the battle for the Ardennes (something which is not well written about).

TAC:WWII as usual gave a thoroughly good feel for the battle, the tactics used and the formations. It allows flexibility, yet accurate historical representation.

In this battle, the guards division advanced, to help our American cousins who were in the doo doo, YET AGAIN. The British advanced with the armour taking on the King Tigers, while the infantry took the Panzer Grenadiers. This action was a delaying action until the rest of the division was able to arrive and halt the German advance. Very thrilling action with the armour almost being destroyed, while the infantary held their own. The whole flavour of the game could only be experianced through Tac. [6 Apr 99]

Michael Blom

Actually I´m in middle of an game (Spearhead) where I´m functioning as an umpire. The scenario is from "Where the Ironcrosses grow" (eastern front supplements and scenarios for Spearhead rule. The 11 German pz div. is attacking russian infantery suported by two hvy tank reg. I´m playing the tactical situations (all the moves and cobats e.t.c.) while the players give their units orders by contact me by phone or e-mail. [6 Apr 99]

David Chappell

Skirmanovo (November 1941) - A Soviet counterattack East of Moscow to halt the German onslaught. Game was fought with double blind movement using a system similar to Bill Owen's. The Soviet 50th Cavalry division arrived late, but the Germans were very extended by then, counterattacking the Soviet tank Brigade and Rifle division. They left too few reserves and Pliev's cavalry had an easy task destroying the undefended German rear area troops, transport assets and headquarters units. Clear Soviet victory. [2 Apr 99]

chris Mikucki

Ran an early entry scenario of the German assault on the island of Leros, November 1943. The game was run using Command Decision, and was run for 8 players.

The Germans failed to affect an effective assault and the falschirmjagers took very heavy casualties. [31 Mar 99]

Ingolfur Bjorgvinsson

Spearhead set in Russia '41. Non historical-non competition game A Motorized Inf Reg (two Battalions) and a Motorcycle Battalion with Stuka support force a river crossing against a Russian Infantry Reg (three Battalions with support) who have to defend three different possible crossing sites. The Russans bring up a Tank Brigade to reduce the bridgehead before the Germans can bring over their Recon and Panzer Battalion. They manage to prevent this but the Germans held the bridgehead. [29 Mar 99]

Euan Caldwell

1944 1:200 British Armoured Division against German Kampfgruppe [29 Mar 99]

Neal Howes

The last game I played was part of a Hube's Pocket campaign that I am currently running at the Ottawa Miniature Gamers (OMG). I use a second edition version on Clash of Armor that has yet to be published. A vast improvement over the first edition. PS. The better part of German panzer division did very well against a mechanized Soviet brigade. The breakout failed when they ran into a heavy tank reg of JSIIs fresh from the factory! Neal Howes [29 Mar 99]

lee garnett

Two German tank battalions, two infantry batalions and a motorcycle battalion attacked a Soviet force of two infantry battalions, one cav regiment and a tank regiment. Important lessons learned - Pz111 can't afford to trade blows with T34 and KV1s. [28 Mar 99]

Alex Kirk

Last night we played a real hum-dinger. Rommels attack at the 1st battle of El Alamein. Except that this time Rommel got enough gas to do the wide swing he wanted. Mass death & destruction never before seen by man. A good time was had by all! ;-) [28 Mar 99]

Mark Serafin

A couple of British infantry battalions and a tank regiment trying to take a hill from a regiment of Falschirmjagers and a pair of King Tigers. German Kampfgruppe coming up in support after a couple of turns.

One battalion of German paras came out of woods to take the crest line of a ridge, and were promptly chewed to pieces in the open by the Shermans. On the other flank, the British infantry played hide and seek through the woods with the Germans. The King Tigers held back, waiting for the Shermans to come to them.

When the German KG arrived, the Panthers fell victim to Fireflies, and the panzergrenadiers tried close assaulting the British tanks. They suffered the same fate at the paras that tried to engage armor in the open.

The Germans finally threw in the towl just as the British artillery was beginning to work over the positions of the second para battalion. Which is good, because as the British infantry commander I was not looking forward to trying to advance in the face of King Tigers. [26 Mar 99]

John W. Holtz

A convention game version of Arracourt, 1944. As German CO I watched, helplessly, as the fog lifted just as my subordinates executed a series of advances that found them flank on or at point blank range to a couple of Sherman and Stuart companies. Something like 5 platoons of Panthers and a company of PzGrens were eliminated in one turn. Needless to say, we reverted to a defensive posture for the rest of the game. [26 Mar 99]

Derek Clements

Campaign normandy the first 24 hrs [26 Mar 99]

MONMARCHE

koursk, was great [17 Mar 99]

Chris Pringle

"Kampfgruppe Friebe", a scenario from Tac Publications's latest supplement, Eastern Front 1944. I umpired for two other players. Two German Panzer Bns with two PzGren Bns trying to break through a Soviet rifle regiment with AT support, to relieve Tarnopol. 22 game turns (7 hours in the game, played in 3.5 hrs real time). Absolutely historical outcome: Germans almost got there but ground to a halt with all thei tanks stuck in the mud or KO.

As the author of Tac I am biased! But although I haven't played CD or CoA, from talking to those who have I think I will stick to Tac, as I prefer its limitations to theirs. [11 Feb 99]