Squarebashing 2023 - Kaiserschlacht

[Colonel Kilgore]

Presumably we will be playing the Trench game as written in the main rule book?

Simon

Are you able to confirm this point please, Simon C?

Simon

Correct - RAW as much as possible

"RAW" meaning - "Rules As Written", I'm guessing?

Can you clarify what then might differ, please?

Simon

[SimonC]

Hi

RAW - rules as written.

the only difference will be 5th, 7th & 8th bullet regarding terrain. Basically, it will be a preset terrain.

Bullet 15 will apply, in that you can get scenery move attempts.

apart from that all rules apply , including bunkers & the mine!   

[Colonel Kilgore]

Thanks Simon. I knew about the bunker, but will clearly need to read up again about the mine!

Simon

[Colonel Kilgore]

Can I clarify the second army list for the day?

I had understood from the discussion here that we should create a balanced list for the afternoon game that we would have to use whether we end up attacking or defending.

However, the event instructions on the Battlefield Hobbies website says that we should bring an attacking list and a defending list.

Which is it, please?

Simon

[SimonC]

The second list should be a balanced list. The BH event details haven't been updated from my original plan .. which has since been much simplified

I will do an update via email this week in preparation

[Colonel Kilgore]

Thank you for clarifying, Simon.

Simon

[Smiley Miley 66]

Got my Dashboard and Markers from Warbases, just in the nick of time !
I ve added some "Stand" markers for the game tokens as well.
I ve even managed to paint a few figures for once !
Roll on Saturday.
I assume the British player who hasn't got an opponent wins by default ?
Miles

[SimonC]

Many thanks to all who attended this year's Square-bashing day. Hope you all enjoyed it. Here is the final debrief -

The morning game reflected the German 1918 spring offensive. So it was a trench game, with the Allies defending. Draw and results being



The aggregated result of all scores was an Allied Definite victory rebuffing the German assault. This meant that the afternoon game would see the Allies counter-offensive.



The aggregated result of all scores was an Allied Minor victory. However, two large German victories somewhat tempered the result.

The overall aggregated score for the day ended up as a DRAW. The allies edged it by 4 points, 2 points shy of getting an overall minor victory.

Much ammunition, shells and gas were expended for not much gain in the end ! Which seems reasonable!

Some shots of the day

[Bobtheviking]

Simon,
Thanks for organising a great day. Also, thanks for my two opponents. The afternoon game was a classic example of the ability of the Americans to call friendly fire on themselves which changed the game completely around. I was on the point of resigning until the American's called in the artillery deviated onto their own units them fail all the morale tests and three units rout off table, with other units withdrawing. My smashed German force held on to win.

Bob

[SimonC]

It seems that after a bit of VAR one of the score sheets has the scores transposed.





BUT it was just a 6 point difference, so the overall result is the same... even more a draw in reality !

[SimonC]

MPV players (highest score)

Allies - Pete G
German - Ray and Bob (tie on 167)

Note that the German scores were much more polarised than the allies. The Allied score deviation was just 26, and the German 82....  So Ray and Bob did all the heavy lifting!

[Colonel Kilgore]

With apologies for the delay, I've finally got around to posting my photos from this year's SB Day.

My first game was against Ray's newly-painted Germans. I rolled very poorly on depletions, resulting in around half of my force starting off-table.

Luckily the mine (in the trench scenario) did not go off, but Ray's Stormtroopers captured a key section of trench in their pre-game move. And it didn't really get much better from then on!

The start of the game, with the stormtroopers well on their way to the right-hand objective:




A lonely British battalion manning the left end of the line:


And those pesky Stormtroopers:


Ray's nice-looking MGs and artillery:


The Germans on the advance, now with both tanks and a plane:


A suppression barrage gave the Boche some pause for thought:


By the time that the British reserves started to arrive, there wasn't much trench left to defend:


The Brits gamely rallying:


While the Germans finally close in on the bunker, which held out right up until the final turn:


And even a last-ditch barrage of gas failed to stop the onslaught:


Simon

[Colonel Kilgore]

Game 2 saw the Brits attacking Martin's Germans:







As always, I forgot to take as many photos in the second game, but this one was much more evenly balanced.

Simon

[Anatoli]

Wow ! Excellent pictures of these two games... I like them very much (German troops assaulting the bunker, and the last one of the first game are terrific !).

Thank you for this debriefing...


Cheers,

Xavier

[Colonel Kilgore]

Thanks Xavier - I'm trying to remember to take pictures low-down, as per instructions from France

Simon