In place of this weekends planned big D Day game we took the opportunity to run a smaller virtual set up that just covered the beach landing part. This was laid out on my 8x4 table and we used Zoom to host the virtual game. I would play the beach defenders and the usual suspects , James (west) and Martin (east) the American forces. Each would have a sector of beach to attack with continuing waves of landing forces of different kinds.
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| Hit the beach! |
This year the defences were more aligned to Omaha beach with tougher bunkers , more difficult sea conditions etc and higher bluffs behind the beach
I played out the advance naval and air bombardments after the guys has done me an "accuracy" roll. They didn't know the results - just where shot had been seen to land.
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| Western end - one platoon and 1 DD make the beach. |
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British Landing Craft on duty
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| Eastern beach - Martins carft all drifted and bunched to the far end of the beach |
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| Lone DD drifts and lands onto the middle of beach. |
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| 88's pick off a DD and the MG's batter the infantry in the surf |
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| Engineering teams and Sherman dozers arrive |
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| More infantry reinforcements |
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| Wave 1 Seek cover in the various obstacles |
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| Eastern side make the sea wall |
The Western beach feel easily with Martin overwhelming the defences that had been initially stunned by the pre bombardment. James stuttered to start with as the defences had not been knocked out and also only half the force landed at wave 1 . That picked up with extra waves and the gradual silencing of the defence elements,
Overall a good game . More learnt. As ever playing these out always give an immense respect for the peopel who went through this.
Spectacular result Dave. Well done!
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Deletecheers for the game mate
ReplyDeleteYour welcome
DeleteIt looks amazing Dave, fabulous set up.
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael. It’s coming together
DeleteAmazing looking game!
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DeleteGreat layout Dave. My dad was 2nd wave on Omaha. Every time I was able to talk him into telling me about it he would have nightmares for several days.
ReplyDeleteThanks . I can only imagine the sights
DeleteFantastic stuff Dave. The effort you have put in is monumental ! And so hard to make a game out of it. Would love to see the full set up soon at a show ?
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt . It’s just a case of chipping away at projects over a few years . We were discussing doing Battleground with a big table this year .. but if not maybe next year!
Deleteplus i think to make a fuller game , its all about the progress made inland , thats where the bigger table really helps
Deletewhat rule use?
ReplyDeleteIt was flames of war
DeleteLooks great, where did the various landing craft come from?
ReplyDeleteThe are Battlefront , apart from the LCT which is a Lindbergh kit
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