I am putting together a shore battery game for the D Day event at Entoyment.
The main attraction will be the beach landings. They looked great last time and they will look great again this weekend.
The gun battery game will be more general. It does not represent any particular battery.
I have mixed in some Longues sur mer, Pointe Du Hoc, Crisbecq, Maisy and Merville etc.inspirations. I have kept it general so that the game is not a replay of history, but a game with player decided outcomes.
This will allow the defender to lay out the scenery he has to his own choice.
There will be guns, barbed wire, minefields, bunkers.
Visibility to be restricted to proximity only.
The Germans will be average and the British attackers will be veteran.
The game should last a couple of hours. This means it might get done 3 times?
My other option was to do Pegasus bridge as I have the model and gliders.
Maybe that will keep for the 81st anniversary?
martin :)
Sounds like a good idea for a game Martin. Are you going to use full armies or smaller points? Ready built of giving players the freedom to build what they want?
Some pictures would be lovely once the day is done.
Indeed - a lovely idea, Martin. I'm sorry I can't join you all on the day.
Simon
I will bring ore built forces. It will be about 300 points per player.
I have not tested it, but what could go wrong?
I will start to make some scenery tomorrow...
martin :)
You mean you've not checked the weather and tides, Martin?!
Simon
Nothing can go wrong.
We land on June 5th. The US weather people say the weather will be perfect.
martin :)
Can we land at low tide so we can see all those nice obstacles. Don't want to get the bottoms of the landing craft scratched. They are only rentals!
Derek
I am making the batteries today.
Balsa, lego and plastic sheet.
This is helped along by some Easter egg for me.
I will add some tufts as camouflage too.
I will update this as things get done.
martin :)
Good luck on that, Martin - I look forward to seeing your output.
Incidentally, I think that the positive impact of chocolate on work productivity is an under-rated factor in human endeavour.
Simon
I need to see what you do with the Lego. I have a bucket full of it in the loft. Mainly Princess castles and Unicorns, but I'm sure I can find a military use for it!
Here are the rules for the shore battery game.
Anyone see any major problems?
Operation Smash
1. Introduction
A short game of a pre-dawn raid by British paratroops/marines on a German held Normandy gun battery.
2. Germans
Raw
CC
1 officer (SMG)
11 Rifles
2 LMGs
3 MMG
• Single AC arrives if countdown hits a multiple of 5 for either player.
• Assets = Surprise 10, HE 5, Smoke 4
3. British
Veteran
CC
2 platoons
Each of
1 officer (SMG)
2 SMGs
6 Rifles (1 can become PIAT at any point in British turn on 5,6 but cannot change back)
3 LMG
• Assets = Gifted leader 7, Sniper 7, Smoke 6 (counts as anti smoke = visible not hidden).
4. Scenery
2 Bunkers (single square). Count as buildings. Destroyed if assault lost.
3 Guns (single square). Count as buildings. Destroyed if assault lost.
4 minefields 2D6 per base upon entry. No cover.
4 barbed wire Cannot enter and leave in same turn. Counts as marsh.
5. Changes to normal PBI
1. Countdown = 24
2. Proximity vision only.
6. Game setup
1.Choose British or German
2. German lays out scenery. Not in any edge squares. Guns and bunkers must not be in proximity to each other.
3. Germans deploy. Maximum 3 bases per square.
4. British deploy. Apply deviation.
5. British have first turn.
7. Victory Points
British
Per bunker occupied= D6+3
Per gun destroyed 2D6.
Roll all D6 as one big handful.
Dead German CC= D6
German
Each dead British base. Ignore morale loses.= 2 points.
Dead British CC= D6.
End
martin :)
Bunkers and gun batteries all painted.
Barbed wire done.
Looking forward to Saturday.
Every one else got their stuff ready?
martin :)
Any pictures Martin?
Thanks for asking Sean.
I will do a MILL article on it. But here are some shots you might find interesting.
martin :)
(https://i.postimg.cc/qzkzbCZ0/bunker-finsihed-front.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/qzkzbCZ0)
(https://i.postimg.cc/mtwmcqn4/painted-bunker-with-turret.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/mtwmcqn4)
(https://i.postimg.cc/qzkzbCZ0/bunker-finsihed-front.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/qzkzbCZ0)
Very nice, Martin. I think I've spotted some Lego ;)
Simon
Good recce Simon.
Yes the bunker is built from blue Lego.
Lego is great for making a structure that is straight and solid.
martin :)
Lego is very good. I also use lego to ensure corners are square. Other useful material is jenga blocks.
Best wishes,
Martin from Grimsby
Lovely work in the time.
Thanks
We had a good day.
There were 4 very large D day games. More would have been even better.
Big Mike ran a British beach game.
Stewart ran an American beach game.
Ben ran a British beach game.
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The gun battery game ran 4 times.
We all agreed some modifications to the rules.
I will put them all into a MILL article.
We might play it again some time too.
The day went very well indeed.
martin :)
Operation Smash V2
1. Introduction
A short game of a pre-dawn raid by British paratroops/marines on a German held Normandy gun battery.
2. Germans
Raw
CC
1 officer (SMG)
11 Rifles
2 LMGs
3 MMG
• Single AC arrives if countdown hits a multiple of 5 for either player.
• Assets = Surprise 10, HE 6, Smoke 6
3. British
Veteran
CC
3 platoons
Each of
1 officer (SMG)
2 SMGs
6 Rifles (1 can become PIAT at any point in British turn on 5,6 but cannot change back)
3 LMG
• Assets = Surprise 6, Sniper 7, Smoke 8
4. Smoke
Smoke = illumination.
The term smoke is used so that players who use PBI know how it is deployed, moved and lost.
In this game SMOKE has the opposite effect than in normal PBI.
It has the same pattern as normal smoke.
It has the same D6 rolls for remaining.
When present, a smoke marker makes the square visible to all.
This allows shorting into that square from and across the dark squares.
The smoke square cannot return shoot into dark squares.
5. Scenery
All open squares count as partial.
2 Bunkers (single square). Count as buildings. Destroyed if assault lost.
3 Guns (single square). Count as buildings. Destroyed if assault lost.
4 minefields 2D6 per base upon entry. No cover.
4 barbed wire Cannot enter and leave in same turn. Counts as marsh.
6. Changes to normal PBI
1. Countdown = 21
2. Proximity vision only.
7. Game setup
1.Choose British or German
2. German lays out scenery. Not in any edge squares. Guns and bunkers must not be in proximity to each other.
3. Germans deploy. Maximum 3 bases per square.
4. British deploy. Apply deviation.
5. British have first turn.
8. Victory Points
British
Per bunker cleared= D6+4
Per gun cleared destroyed 3D6.
Roll all D6 as one big handful.
Dead German CC= D6
German
Each dead British base. Ignore morale loses.= 2 points.
Dead British CC= D6.
End
Great day at Entoyment for D day
3 beaches (Omaha, Gold, Juno) and a battery Assult represented
Omaha
(https://i.postimg.cc/yWz6Q31H/IMG-3399.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/yWz6Q31H)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Ff28KSWs/IMG-3400.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Ff28KSWs)
(https://i.postimg.cc/62nS4QgV/IMG-3402.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/62nS4QgV)
(https://i.postimg.cc/sGJNKNVv/IMG-3403.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/sGJNKNVv)
(https://i.postimg.cc/D4hNrT39/IMG-3404.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/D4hNrT39)
Gold
(https://i.postimg.cc/JDMgJ8L9/IMG-3405.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/JDMgJ8L9)
(https://i.postimg.cc/wy2rQrx3/IMG-3406.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/wy2rQrx3)
Juno
(https://i.postimg.cc/kDVNcZgZ/IMG-3401.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/kDVNcZgZ)
(https://i.postimg.cc/BP1xn8zs/IMG-3407.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/BP1xn8zs)
Battery assault
(https://i.postimg.cc/G4ShqM27/IMG-3397.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/G4ShqM27)
Thanks for doing the pictures Stewart. I forgot.
Are you doing a MILL article about how your game went?
martin :)
Well done, chaps - they look like great games!
Simon