tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post2765967675147115189..comments2024-03-27T21:17:25.335+11:00Comments on The Stronghold Rebuilt: In The Style Of El AlameinKaptain Koboldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-60872231870933841502013-10-25T14:54:40.990+11:002013-10-25T14:54:40.990+11:00It's a prototype Jawa Sand-Crawler. With a lif...It's a prototype Jawa Sand-Crawler. With a lifebelt.Kaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-28283706403585296302013-10-25T13:09:10.052+11:002013-10-25T13:09:10.052+11:00We were reliably informed by Lt-Col Bryan 'Bus...We were reliably informed by Lt-Col Bryan 'Bushy' Sallans, late 41st Foot and Mouth, who kindly supplied most of the models, that amphibious thingys were considered very 'a la mode' amongst DAK artillery forward observers...<br /><br />Mind you the good Colonel had a few pink gins under his belt by then...Sparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-78426880106307843432013-10-25T12:18:46.395+11:002013-10-25T12:18:46.395+11:00While you in the East were playing this game of Bl...While you in the East were playing this game of Blitzkrieg Commander in the Western Desert, over in the West we were playing an Eastern Front game.<br /><br />Only halfway through our game, but some telling command blunders and failures along with some devastating artillery barrages.<br /><br />http://onesidedminiaturewargamingdiscourse.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/kursk-style-game-using-blitzkrieg.html<br />Sun of Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315805432481558574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-8049207642915709992013-10-25T10:46:07.176+11:002013-10-25T10:46:07.176+11:00Just one question: unless you are planning to cros...Just one question: unless you are planning to cross the Nile, what in the name of all that is holy is that "amphibious thingy" doing in the middle of the Sahara? The whole world wonders....<br />Jerry<br />A/K/A The Celtic CurmudgeonCelticCurmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687177512999052331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-4227979212115287182013-10-25T08:50:39.612+11:002013-10-25T08:50:39.612+11:00Another thought on the scenario design - if both s...Another thought on the scenario design - if both sides think it's unwinnable from their point of view, you've probably got the design right. The trick is then encouraging them to try and win anyway :)Kaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-22508998510434887512013-10-25T08:35:34.202+11:002013-10-25T08:35:34.202+11:00For the record, the scenario was very loosely base...For the record, the scenario was very loosely based around the operations by the 9th(Australian) Division to secure the coast road and railway at the tail end of Operation LIGHTFOOT in late October 1942, as a preliminary to SUPERCHARGE. These actions were characterised by the greatest single concentration of artillery fire in support of a single Brigade so far seen in modern warfare. However historically it was used on the Barrell Hill position, rather than on the troops it was meant to support...Sparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-65190686171792056652013-10-25T08:32:08.059+11:002013-10-25T08:32:08.059+11:00Actually it wasn't the Commonwealth I was conc...Actually it wasn't the Commonwealth I was concerned about in terms of the extensive, unblocked lines of sight; it was us :) I think we were lucky not to get the troops we didn't have dug in hammered by artillery for most of the game; we were saved by the poor Commonwealth command rolls.<br /><br />Mind you, having us hit hard by artillery would have meant us defending with fewer assets, and possibly evened things up for the Commonwealth attack. So maybe it did all pan out OK in the end.Kaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-4824215808236914122013-10-25T08:24:21.636+11:002013-10-25T08:24:21.636+11:00Thanks Alan. I'm sorry if I seem overly defens...Thanks Alan. I'm sorry if I seem overly defensive about numerous comments about the flatness of the desert, but:<br /><br />1. It was generally fairly flat, compared to,say, the Himalayas or Northern Italy,<br />2. Actually there were 2 official hills in this scenario, Point 29 and Barrell hill, both represented, as well as numerous low sand bluffs.<br /><br />Whilst of course players get frustrated in being asked to play 'unwinnable' scenarios, thats what you get if you play a historical scenario, and if nothing else, it should leave one with a sense of what those Commonwealth troops achieved!Sparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.com