This windy Sunday we played with Karol average battle in case of points, as both forces had 1250 points. On one side were brave German Fallschirmjägers (paratroopers) supported by powerful feline – Königstiger – better known as Tiger II. On the other side were advancing Red Army accompanied by famous T-34-85 tank. After ordering some tosts and drink I was ready to start playing. It was great idea to have to include snacks and tosts in hobby shop. We played in Bolter, which has nextSaturday birthday event.
Crossroad with 8.8 cm guns – objective both sides wanted to control.Red Army advance.Most advanced tank of 2nd world war.Left flank with BA-6 – not many were in service till the end of war.Fallschirmjägers advancing to they position.Another Fallschirmjäger squad with support of sniper, flamethrower and panzerschreck.ZiS-3 try to engage Tiger II.Red Army right flank.Russians jumped off they T-34-85 and runned forward firing they pepeszasz submachine guns.Fallschirmjägers in the building pinned by Red Army tankodesantniki.Scouts arrived from the left flank.Huraaa! For Mother Russia!Both tanks shoot at each other and both missed.Red Army took one 8.8 cm gun.
Summary: – thank you Karol for great game! It was great to see Tiger II on the table. – main problem of big cats are points, I had 16 Order dices vs Karols 7. In such disproportion one side should be defender (half of units hidden) with some units in reserves. – I guess I was here for up to five hours, we played maybe 2,5h, then I had some interesting conversations after – thank you Adam, Arek, Karol, Rafał and the others, really great day after playing Witcher 2 until morning. – we had some points with Adam and Arek about updating few things in Black Powder. – some talk related to Wendesday landing in Salerno, Italy.
Today we played a part of Italian campaing which took place beetwen small forces of American Rangers and German patrols and crews of batteries covering a bay near the Salerno itself. Scenario was provided by Karol and I took Germans and Olek took forces of USA. We played it as part of bigger campaing we played last Wendesday in Bolter, Wrocław, PL. So it was a night…
Hilly terrain with acht coma acht (famous flak 8,8 cm) AA guns batteries.On the left Germans patrols, on right USA Rangers.No one see each other.Hans, hast du was gehört (Hans, have you heard something)?Germans do not know that enemies are everywhere.When first patrol dissapeard, another one came to look for them.Single Karl stayed wounded till was too late.Almost Fubar on coming out from bunker.Morale on two sixes, feels like Fubar.German officer started giving orders to his squads to save situation.German medium machine gun tries to take position.Germans advances.Clearing area from Rangers.Finally squad from bunker on left moved out, losing leader at the start.Germans retaken one acht coma acht.Americans took two of them……that will have influence on next game on Wendesday.A down has come.
Summary: – interesting game with objectives and many inexperienced units on German side with all veterans on the other side. – thank you Karol for interesting scenario and Olek for game. – today my strenght of will had been passed and my Confederates still don’t have cannon.
Today (25.05.2022) we played in Bolter first struggle of campaing on Sicyly – when Allies forces raced up to take Messina. This campaing is supported by Institute of Remembrance (IPN). One table were British against Germans and on the other USA against Germans and Italians. Who would be first in Messina general Bernard Montgomery or general George Patton?
Table of USA and Germans&Italians:
Germans and Italian hidden in the town.Italians with Sahariana.Semovente hidden under roof.Shermans on they way.Ready to start fire on incoming Sherman.Shermans crossed a hills and advance forward.One tank immobilised by German Pak 7,5 cm, other stressed and Fubar was rolled by me.
Table of British and Germans:
Summary: – thank you for great game to Karol (and for borrowed to me models), to everyone who participated, to sponsor Institute of Remembrance (IPN) and to place we played – Bolter! – Victory belonged to British, as they were faster than USA – historically general Patton was much better than his British counterpart.
Today we played in Bolter two games with Karol – first was an ambush when Red Army tried to escape from a trap and another one was a typical Tank War.
Soviet troops started from this side of river and they task was to evacuate they troops north.Soviets on 1500 points.German ambushers and never used reinforcments.Germans used hidden setup and American guns.Red Army send scouts and halftruck to see what is going onBA-64 passed by hidden ambusher.M3 White Scout Car – first losed vehicle.Assault Engineers left halftruck.T-34-85 crossed river.First tank lost.German infantry arrived from hidden position.Two vehicles left area succesfully.Many pinned units.First Puma disabled.Crossroad full of destroyed vehicles.Hand to hand combat won by Germans.End of first game – it was German victory.Start of second game, which was Tank War battle.Russian tanks emerged from the forest.First tank losed by Soviet Union.Followed by German cat.Another cat was disabled in the farm.Puma was consumed at the end.
Summary: – two good games, first one took us more time and second was much shorter. – we still think how to improve some rules and setups.
In next few weeks we will test this system, so Iwait for a raport.
Today we played in Bolter our first one on one game with Franek. Scenario was invented at place by me – there were two farm building with supplies – holding each of them at the end was counted as three victory points, plus every destroyed enemy unit was worth one dice each. Each of us has reinforced platoon of 1500 points.
It happend somewhere in Finland, during continuation war with Soviet Union.
I was a little bit late, so Franek started with setting up terrains.
Ruins and farm in the middle were objectives.Sisi run forward.Sturmi took position to keep crossroad safe.Another Sisi squad advance from Opel.Artillery ready to start fire.Soviet troops advance.IS-2 emerged from the forest.Last three of Soviet submachine gun squad.Advance toward the ruins of farm.Brave BA-6 in Finnish service.Finnish troops try to take better position.Assault Engineers advance in the center.BA-6 destroyed by heavy mortar.Artillery and mortar destroyed engineers.
Summary: – thank you Franek for a game! – artillery and mortars did many casultaties on both sides. – I charged with sniper team and then panzerschreck and was defeated in close combat, – at the end, when we counted points Franek was winner – his 7 against my 5.
Today with Marian from Maniexite we played alternative history, where Red Army took north of the city of Breslau by fast attack of mechanized troops, took districts Kleczków, Nadodrze, Ołbin – all important bridges in the centre like Bridges: Pomorski, Uniwersytecki, Mieszczańskie, Piaskowe, Pokoju were blown up by brave German defenders – jet for maintain contact with all Grunwaldzki area gorgeus Grunwaldzki Bridge (former Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge) was spared.
Originally Red Army crossed Oder River to the west of Breslau and assaulted from west and south – those areas were heavily destroyed and trace of it is still visible – as Germans were blowing up whole quarters to made they artillery clear field of fire, also Soviet artillery and air bombings did destruction – this was total war.
LMG gun squad took position in ruins.Soviet consripts hide in ruins as well.Zis-3 deployed behind cover.Sniper hidden in the bridge – they stayed in Marian kingdom, I forgot to take them.German Heer advance.Stug arrived to support infantry.Anti tank rifle and T-34.Planszóweczka.pl – we will miss you in Astra – last stationary shop.First shoot of Marian mortar and first kill – veteran ZiS-3 crew lying wounded.Germans advanced to the bridge.Fubar happend and friendly fire on tank desant took place…Run away, Germans shoot at us, we should regroup.Brave Red Army soldiers advance with they medician Marusia behind them.Finally T-34 disabled Stug – who’s crew abandon it.Soviet troops retreat under they T-34 tank.Bridge Grunwaldzki dominates over field of battle.German Fallschirmjägers.Marian got more dices, so Germans held position without blowing up bridge.We will miss you Planszoweczka.
Summary: – it was great game and scenery was part of Wrocław in area of Grunwaldzka (before Wrocław was Wrotizla, Wratislavia, Preslau, Breslau and Wrocław) – we should remember all of people who were living there. – it was alternative story – as Soviets troops took Festung Breslau from west and south – area of Grunwaldzki and few others never saw street fighting. – we cheated each other together – so it’s fair for us 🙂 . – few more games and it will be Marian fully returned to Bolt Action! – farewell to Planszóweczka.pl in Astra, many great games and many great people I meet there – still they will be avaible as internet shop. Thank you for everything and wish you return stationary as a Fenix!
Today we played bigger battle where Germans tried to do last attempt in stopping combined Allied forces from taking Tunisia and gaining good position to further assault on Sicily. In this game all Germans vehicles plus unit transported by trucks were first wave and started game on the table, all the others were 2nd wave. Then Allies started coming off board – units without transports were coming then, also as 2nd wave.
Germans right flank in the town.Germans middle.Camp was one of achievements and due lack of trucks and fuel, camels could be used to evacuate supplies.We had two similar platoons of Shermans.German left flank with famous Tiger I.Allied left flank were most of Shermans were deployed.German middle from they own lines.British and USA advance losing some tanks…and luckiy destroying German big cat.Brave Scotts crazily drive to supply depot to prevent it from moving it to German lines.Another German Tiger join combat.Desparately fight for water rights.History is history and we cannot change it – it should teach politicians to build better world, to avoid repeating it. We don’t support any totalitarian regimes.More Germans took positions in the building and around.Scotts, British and Americans took right flank with support of two Sherman tanks.Overall view from right flank. Artillery barrage made most German units pinned to the ground.Unfortunately valiant German major rallied his troops and they get new spirit stopping one of the Shermans.
Summary: – thank you all for great time! – This time Allied troops won!
As you maybe know in Wrocław, Poland we play many different games – among them WFB, Middle Earth, 40k, Black Powder, many skirmishes – among those games is great Bolt Action from Warlord Games. While last time I had some serious things on my head, which was moving IT stuff from one office to the other, so I wasn’t playing games for last two weeks, but I’ve been on „last” game of African campaign supported by Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (IPN).
On last Wendesday 6.04.2022 we participated in event connected to history, model making, education and reconstruction.
Event was open by no one than director of Wrocław IPN dr. Paweł Rozdżestwieński and head of the branch (in PL called Naczelnik Oddziału) of the Office of National Education in Wrocław dr. Katarzyna Pawlak-Weiss. Then all fluff about Tunisian campaing were told, especially about battle of Kasserine Pass and fights for Mareth Line. In first part one of us – Maciej Molczyk said words about Polish Independent Carpatian Brigade up to the moment were it was changed to 3rd Division of Carpatians rifles, being part of 2nd Polish Corps. In addition there were ppl in uniforms of this unit.
In meantime IPN got great diorama, painted by Bonapartist Paint Studio.
After prelection Bolt Action games on two tables started, I said that I will be there for minutes, finally I left at the end of event.
Below photos are mix of photos done by Wrocław IPN with logo of IPN and some photos done by me. Text was translated from IPN post.
Today on the Bolt Action evening we played 1,000 games on tournament conditions – there were four of us – me, Jędrzej, Karol and Marek – we played two different games, me on Jędrzej and Karol on Marek – so it was Red Army on Heer and Great Britain on Heer.
Jędrzej and Marek if I’m correct goes to tournament in UK on May and they wanted to play with someone they want play, I agreed and asked Karol if he can too – with Karol we are not tournament players (I was in past in WFB 5-7th editions).
Table for me and Jędrzej.First models I painted after I returned to hobby – thanks for Planszóweczka.pl and Rafał and Patryk!Russian conscripts took position behind solid stone wall.Panzer IV and inexperienced mortar. Karol and Marek table.
Summary: – it was nice to play 1 vs 1 on Jędrzej, we usually play bigger battles in Black Powder, jet we played some WFB game too. – with Karol we manage to build two nice tables from terrain avaible in Bolter. – we played scenario from Fortress Budapest – it was to take control over some important things placed on table, in case of my battle with Jędrzej I lost 10 to 5. – thank you all for game and shop for place to play!
Yesterday we played in Bolter.pl, Wrocław, PL game on 2000 points per side – I with Franek played on Red Army side and Karol played Germans, we were supported by Krisu at some point of the game to the end of it.
On table were four objectives and bridge – each objective was worth one dice – main objective – river crossing was our target – side with most soldiers up to 10″ could take bridge.
Before it started.River crossing in some sleepy village in Lower Silesia.German Heer moving on the Karols left flank.Big cat move forward, securing left flank.To Victory moves behind cover with infantry on it (forgot to take models of tankodesantiki on tank).Zis-6 truck delivered Zis-3 universal gun.German heer took position in the cover. Unfortunately there ceased to exist after meeting lucky mortar shell.Red Army advances on they left flank.Victory took position behind cover.Red Army advances toward bridges, duel of snipers took place on this small area.For Generalissimus, take that bridge comrades!Panzerschreck took position in the cover.Looking for what can I see.Victory eliminated German Panther.Germans took bridgehead.
Summary: – another interesting scenario we played last time and I think it’s the best way to play games, – during game KV-1 and Panther tanks were destroyed, there were many lost soldiers on Soviet side, Germans loses were much smaller. – Franek – next time do your rosteer sheet – it’s easy with Easy Army. – my mortar was really good with hitting Karols infantry – I guess did biggest casultaties. – thank you all for game, wish more – unfortunately next Friday or two of them I will be off as I have some work related duties.
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