New toys just out of
the bag, how can you resist? Don't sneer at unpainted, you know you
do it!
Big, bi g thanks to http://www.15mm.co.uk/
for bringing this range over, American postage would have doubled the
cost.
Tony bought the platoon
deal plus a senior officer, special forces and bare-clawed close
assault.
A lazy bank holiday day
trying colours, beading, basing and organising and they're ready to
start.
Getting the TOE right
helps, allows you to pick from a menu. The SOM is doubly so. We
have Raptors, so Jurassic Park comes to mind. Tony tried a squad of
6 with independent attached SAW and anti-vehicle weapon. A small
command group included drone controller*. He used the close assault
troops as individuals without regard for unit integrity.
I wanted to try my new
urban board, use my Vespid buildings. I gave some thought to the
opponents, discarding Daleks (at great personal risk, watch this
space in 2 Rels). Tony's cops still need a little work (including a
Wall.Ee drone). I settled on my PAU as this is their job.
I had 2 Jeeps with crew
of 2 and a SAW team, APC with crew of 3mounting a heavy MG, squad of
4 and a drone specialist.
Tony had set up a
signal station, my job to find it. All Tony's were hidden, some
billeted, others patrolling.
I started up good, one
Jeep nosing ahead (cotton balls represent speed & direction).
One of his SF found
itself able to assault my drone. Fairly inconclusive but my APC's MG
fire put him to ground behind it. More MG shooting, infantry debus,
line up, advance shooting. Nothing!** In comes Jeep 2 on the flank,
MG, drive at it, is this thing indestructible? As the Jeep comes to
a halt, the second SF jumps on the back and attacks the machine
gunner. He makes an undignified exit, commander and driver whip out
pistols and blow the SF's head off. They are rewarded by an AT round
in the side that wipes out the softskin. The crew seek a safer
billet, the MG team go to ground. Infantry follow SF 1, APC
advances, takes an AP shot that's defeated by its glacis plate.
Meanwhile, Jeep 1 does
a strategic withdraw, stops, crew bails out before they are
surrounded.
** I could here the
drone controller yelling “Oi! I signed for that) and trying to find
a way out of all the friendly fire holes in it.
