Final Turn

We called it a night before capturing any of the bridges. The end was near for the Germans.

The American tank battery took out 2 of the Tigers and pinned another. Gary's Shermans took out one of the StuGs. Gary's guns made quick work of Pete's guns across the river. You can see American infantry coming up the road. There are also 2 other groups of Shermans at the FAR end of the table. These are reinforcements that came in late. They are running to the two, undefended, bridges.

The red puffies indicate morale fails. 3 puffies and you break. (I think. We never got that far.)

All in all, I am very thankful these guys invited me to join them. I hope they have me back. I really liked the rule set. Simple. I like simple. Here is a link to the AK-47 Republic rules we used.

The Tigers Decided to Play

Pete's Tigers finally made it out of the town! Mark is seen measuring move distances for the Mark IVs and StuGs. My Destroyers and Shermans have sat in that spot for a turn or two at this point. They blasted away at some infantry in the town. I pinned and then killed a heavy machine gun.

Behind the tanks, my co-commander, Gary, has deployed his AT guns to stop Pete's guns across the river. Gary also has gotten his armored cars up the board.

Closer View of the Pending Tank Battle

This is a slightly closer look at the pending tank battle. There is another unit of Shermans coming up the right flank, on the other side of the tree-line.

15mm WWII Using AK-47 Rules

I got together with a group of guys last night to play a 15mm WWII game. We used a modified version of the AK-47 rules. I really liked the rule set. Very simple. Move, shoot, morale check. I snapped a couple of photos. It was teams of two, Americans as the aggressor. Germans defending. It was objective based. As the attacker, the Americans could pick the objectives. My partner and I chose the 3 bridges.

One bridge was in the middle of the town. I liked that you could pick what table corner you came in on. In the picture, you can see the Americans chose to come in on one side of the river. This proved decisive. If you double-click the picture, you will see 3 German Tigers stuck in the village. Several really bad die rolls had them visiting the bier tent in the town. They refused to come out!

This let the American forces advance. You can see my line of tank destroyers and Shermans advancing to position themselves to take on the Tigers when they decided to pop out and/or the Mark IVs and StuGs.