Today I played my first game in Chain of Command (CoC) with Kris in Wrocław Bolter. It was nice game in system which is at some points similar to Sharp Practice which is also from Too Fat Lardies, but during Napoleonic/American Civil War era.

We played a battle for bridge in the are of pre-war Polish Wohlyn (Wołyń) – there was objective in the middle – a bridge allowing trucks and wheeled vehicles to move without problems. German Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) had to secure it and Soviet Russia had to blow it up or at least held enemy away on the other side.

Soviet platoon without lsenior officer with messangers, BA-3/6 and engineers with demolition charges. Four squads of 11 men each plus light mortar.
Bridge which should be blowed up by Soviets to slow down German advance.
In this game game starts when patrols of both sides starts from the table edges. Four patrols were on both sides.
Patrols came closer, blocking enemy patrols on they way.
Patrols moved away from enemy view changed into unit’s which were those patrols.
Two Soviet squads, leader with messengers and light mortar – on the other side German FJ squad.
Take a point of view, we will cover you!
German M-34 just waiting for they pray.
Soviet DP-28 section eliminated by enemy fire.
On the other side section of Soviet squad equipped with famous PPSz submachine guns move around, from tree to tree.
They own squad layed fire on enemy with they DP-28 and rifles.
German elite against Soviet number. Mortart moved closer, to be in range.
More Germans paratroopers came from hidden out.
More Soviet troops came to stop more Germans, who came from the field of gold.
Soviet infantry without chance to response, just get down under fire.
BA-3/6 arrived in time and was fired by AT rifle from the window on the opposite side of the brook.
Hidding from enemy fire, PPSz section.
Light mortar scored hit on German squad on left flank.
Soviet squad on the hill losed they morale and fled.
Move and fire, Russian infantry try to destroy enemies on the other side of brook.
Fleeing Russians from the hill over the brook and bridge.
Broken section of PPSz fled as well.
DP-28 opened fire from they window.
BA-36 shooting from laser 😀 . Kidding.
I ordered my engineers with demolition charges to go to the bridge, but Germans were waiting.
Hand to hand combats are brutal, as they should be.
I losed my section during melee combat.
One more team attempt to take bridge.
Germans expelled from my side of brook. To be continued.

Summary:
– similarities to Sharp Practice are well visible, jet only similarities.
– it was my first game, hopefully not last, still learning it.
– it was great game, moving patrols is important to create deployment zone, vehicles starts on the road, soldiers cannot shoot stayin behing they friends and probably some more things I don’t know now. Need to play more games, to know such things.


Compared to Bolt Action:
– it’s just different and I can say that I like both systems.
– big plus is that models from ‚Bolt Action’ can be used in ‚Chain of Command’.
– don’t be affraid to jump from one ruleset to another, I like both – one from Warlord Games and other one from TooFatLardies.