Tuesday 11 October 2011

15mm Late War WW2 Game, Kostshin, Poland 1945

We gathered on Sunday to help play test some WW2 Warhammer rules with Ian's (hadn't seen him in a while) 15mm late war German and Soviets, there was myself, Postie, Ray and of course Ian (Surjit had been unable to turn up so we were one down).
The action from mine and Posties view was playing the Soviets facing Ray's Germans entrenched in the town while setting charges on a bridge over the river Odra, we had 15 turns to reach the bridge and take out the demolition pillbox and win the game, Ray had to stop us and escape before this.
We had 2 platoons of T34/85s, one platoon of T34/76 and a platoon of ISU-152 plus just over 3 companies of infantry but well outside the town.
Ray was well equipped and will let you know more from his point of view on his blog, he had units hidden and were only deployed when he wanted or they were triggered by discovery.
The game was a nightmare for the Russians as Postie got picked off by accurate 88 fire for a couple of turns (we had gone for triple movement but with no firing just to close with the town and cover). For some reason we had no artillery or air cover attached as Ian had left them at home (git), well after 5 turns we reached the outskirts but this had taken over 3 hours as there was a lot of dice to be thrown and a lot of figure movement but it was a good game and a victory for the Soviets as Ray had thrown a massive tantrum on turn 1 when he found out that the 3 tigers he had placed hull down could not move again for the entire game and was witnessed saying well that's game over then.

Two things of note was the excellent scenery which is a mixture of several companies and that most of these painted figures and vehicles were mine several years ago but due to financial issues were sold to Ian for a fraction of their worth but I'm not bitter:D

Downtown Kostshin.

Beautiful but didn't get this far.

The demolition pillbox.

Nearly reached here.

The majestic forces of the Motherland.

More of Stalin's boys.

Outskirts of Kostschin, troops are hidden until deployed.

A good overview shot showing the bridge and our starting positions.

Another great building.

Ian whose collection we are using and lapsed Reject.


The bridge with unseen German engineers planting demolition charges.

Great terrain piece.

Outskirts of Kostschin, full of German sections with panzerfausts and panzershrecks.

88's in the bloody buildings but not for long.


The orange marker denotes immobilised for the game, there was a sheet which showed the result for rolling a D10 on damage rolls, Ray seemed to just get shaken while the Soviets got immobilised and explodes usually. 

The figures at the back of the tank denote what was riding on the tank.

Another T34 gone and all riding troops as well.

Vengeance as a Tiger brews up.

Troops leaving the tanks to take the buildings.

Postie assaulting the trenches, he did eventually take them but at a heavy price.

My boys clearing another building of Fascists.

The slow but getting there ISU 152mm's

Ray had everything written on a map as to where his units were placed but forgot to mark off when he placed them and got confused the little Fascist git.

Panthers deploying from there hiding places.

Panzer IV's advancing to the bridge.

SDKFZ 251 deploys behind a building.

Panthers and Tiger forming a firing line.

Another building cleared...well nearly!

The Soviets were like Pickfords for clearing an upper and lower floor but it was taking too long and too many casualties.

Stalking in the town.

Stunning piece of kit.

Panzershreck and Panzerfaust alley.

58 comments:

  1. A very nice report my good friend, but you neglected to say that I won????

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  2. This is simply amazing. I've never seen anything like it. This kicks the shit out of computer gaming. More skill and more intelligence is required to do this and it is impressive.

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  3. Brilliant! Great report, awesome buildings and scenery, and super looking bits of kit.

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  4. That looks incredibly awesome. It seems to be a scene taken right out of an Eastern front movie.

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  5. Great report and fantastic terrain – feeling rather inspired!

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  6. That is some crazy sweet scenery.
    Looks like you guys had an awesome time.
    Oh and congrats to the winner!

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  7. Ray won? Without the Tigers?

    Nise set of pictures and damn nice terrain!!!

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  8. Very enjoyable report Lurker and great photos.

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  9. Another excellent game that I have missed... I'm making a habit of this. And it was WWII in 15mm, albeit not FOW. Great AAR by the way.

    So, how much did ray bribe you to let him win?

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  10. Rousell: Because you didn't!!!!!!!

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  11. Very impressive town set-up.

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  12. Great pics and excellent scenery. Thanks for posting.

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  13. Thanks for the great pictures. It looks like a fun game with great terrain.

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  14. Great report and what a great table with great looking terrain.

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  15. Ray won? Really? I don't believe it.

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  16. Once again, my mind is blown. Also wanted to let you know that I saw that pumpkins make you feel bad and am real sorry about that. This Thursday, I am linking to you with one pumpkin recipe and one not pumpkin recipe...fair?? And thank you for your support!! =)

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  17. the buildings or the ruins, are very realistic, Lurk!

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  18. Fantastic game! The terrain is so cool. Nice link to visit Ray's view of the same game. Best, Dean

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  19. Amazing work on those buildings. The detail is fantastic.

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  20. Seeing all that amazing terrain setup on the tabletop is really inspirational, thanks for sharing these photos with us. Looks like it was an awesome game!

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  21. Fantastic pictures of a great table. Nice to read your version of the battle. I will be following.

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  22. Not a good day to be a Russian it seems! Super looking table and report!

    Christopher

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  23. Ace looking table and miniatures! Bet it was fun! What was for lunch

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  24. Got to love those ruins! Nice report!

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  25. That's a very impressive looking gaming board you guys had there. Many thanks for sharing.

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  26. Nice looking spread! Thanks for the great pics and report.

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  27. Ahhh...an entertaining blow-by-blow battle for some god forsaken turf in the middle of somewhere. I very much enjoyed the report and pics. Great houses in which to slug it out! I am duly re-inspired to add-to and up grade the bldgs for my games. Thanks.

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  28. Another awesome report and inspiring terrain. WOW!

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  29. The table looks even better in your pics than Rays !! simply superb. What size was the table overall ?

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  30. It's great when you guys post on the same battle from opposite sides. The Rejects seem to be a really fun bunch.

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  31. Oh wow, that set up looks amazing! I wish I could see it in person.

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  32. Great looking terrain and excellent battle report

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  33. Jaw-dropping terrain. very envious: would love to play on that table! What did you think about the rules.. good? I do like the look of individual based 15mm minis- a terrain set up like this shows how useful that is. One of my favorite images of WWII.. a host of T-34s!

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  34. gotta admit, that looks pretty awesome. also is like everyone in the uk named Ian?

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  35. I´d have just taken off and nuked it from orbit..it´s the only way...
    Nice looking game
    Cheers
    paul

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  36. Very nice AAR !!!

    Best regards Dalauppror

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  37. Outstanding looking game, terrain and figures; looks like a great day.

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  38. Those buildings are awesome. Are you trying to say that the pieces you sold didn't accidentely find their way into your stuff when you left?

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  39. Beautiful all around and excellent report. Must be difficult to beat Rays dice rolling when you give him some Tigers and Panthers to play with. I'm sure you had a great day...

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  40. OMG I am truly speechless. That is an extraordinary set up.

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  41. I dont know squat about the game, but the scenery looks incredibly awesome and actually made me intrigued. A strategy based game with WWII theme can't be bad.

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  42. Great looking game love the terrain!

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  43. thats some great terrain, was it scratch built??

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  44. Those destroyed buildings are so detailed!! Amazing!!

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  45. Great looking game and scenery.

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  46. Wow - fantastic looking game and knockout terrain etc. Those destroyed buildings are beautifully made. Great battle report, nicely biased against those Nazi bastards!

    Cheers,
    Doc

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  47. Stunning, just stunning. It is nice to see some Eastern Front action from a period that is so often over looked in the annals of WW 2 history. This period is still somewhat murky and even in my own collection of thousands of WW 2 books I have very few that deal with the fighting in Poland and Eastern Germany.

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  48. Great report. A truly amazing looking table.

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  49. Holy crap, this is the best game setup I've seen yet. Those buildings are incredible.

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  50. SUperb looking Game, scenery, kit etc!!!!

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  51. What can I say that hasn't been said? It looked spectacular, eerily real even by the high standards for the period. Near-historical especially always has that chill suggestion of fresh graves, and this battlefield all the more so. Thanks for showing it.

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