Battle of Slim River 1942 AAR

[Abwehrschlacht]

Yesterday we played a Rapid Fire game in the Malaya campaign, the Battle of Slim River. There is a full report and pics on the blog:

http://stormofsteelwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/the-battle-of-slim-river-5th-7th.html

Thanks for reading!

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[Mike]

Nice pics, thanks for taking the time to share.
I see you have a use for those red token things from em4!

Quick question… I base my vehicles too, but many people don’t, why is it you do?

[Abwehrschlacht]

Thanks Mike, I am glad you enjoyed the AAR. Thanks for reminding me where those tokens had come from, I had forgotten! Ha ha. We also use the yellow ones for light damage on vehicles. They fit nicely on top of 15mm figures.

I base my reasons for a few reasons, one is storage, the base stops them getting chipped when in a box together. Another reason is that it gives an ‘accurate in game terms’ footprint of the vehicle or unit (Rapid Fire has a vehicle ratio of 1:5). If you take the base as being the vehicle, then there are no arguments about if something is in range or not due to the straight edges. Also, I base all my figures, so an un-based vehicle is somewhat shorter than the figures, who are all standing on 2mm high ‘mounds’. t brings everything up to the same height. I also think that a based vehicle looks more like a ‘gaming piece’ than a ‘toy’, but that is a personal preference.

And cue a discussion about to base or not to base… 😉

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[Rod Robertson]

Abwehrschlacht:

A really interesting AAR which was very engaging to read and view. Good piccies too! When are we going to see more on Stalingrad? Thanks for taking the time to post this.

Cheers and good gaming.

Rod Robertson.

[kyoteblue]

I am stealing this to turn it into a FOW scenario  for next Sundays game.  My 15mm Japanese will attack down the road and I’ll see if Kenneths Brits/Indians can hold them. I’ll try to post Pics on my Facebook page.

[Abwehrschlacht]

Cheers guys,

@rod, we were talking about Stalingrad whilst playing this Saturday. It’s there and waiting. I think it may have to be a weekend game though. Keep an eye out as I am wanting to play it as well! Soon, I promise!

@KB, steal away and post pictures if you can! I’d love to see your take on the game.

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