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Digging some pieces out of my lead pile while in quarantine has me thinking of playing a couple skirmish games at 6mm scale using the Rogue Planet rules, which are terrific by the way. As always, I need a scenario. The minis I found this afternoon were the “Stahlritters” from Microworld, who are appropriately clad in gas masks, and seem loaded for bear to fight a war in a world at about the level of World War I. I only have one “side,” which suggested to me a civil war.
So here we are in an unnamed country in an indeterminate time in the far future, where the Republican and Parliamentary factions, Green and Blue respectively, are finally coming to blows. The initial center of the conflict will be the city of Coulondre, capital of the eponymous province, where Parliamentary forces are assaulting a Republican stronghold. The civilian population has long since been driven out by artillery and “guerre miasmatique,” which has left the once celebrated city a twisted maze of rubble-choked streets, crumbling ruins and crystallized toxic residues. Still the factions fight on.
The Parliamentary assault is beginning from the South in the Quai de Marcelin district of the city. The initial goal will be to secure the two districts on the Rive Sud of the Dôane River. From there, heavy mortars will cover a river crossing to assault the Rive Nord and drive the Republicans back to Fort Ste. Jeanne. From there the Parliamentarians hope to simply gas the remaining defenders into submission with Agent Bleu, a deadly paralytic and corrosive.
The Republican strategy involves defense in depth. They know the Parliamentarians have access to Agent Bleu, and have greased their guns with petroleum gum and hidden heavy artillery all along the Rive Nord. They have built blockhouses at key intersections of the city, to cut important streets and allow artillery to be ranged in. They have also moved heavy armored forces into the Quartier Marin from river boats, and are treating the city like a bocage, with tanks defending key access points while infantry counterattack through the rubble. Their hope is to cause enough damage to the attacking force that they cannot make headway before winter, as the first snows are only about a month away. If the Parliamentary forces cannot take Coulondre by the end of the year, the Republicans will have time to organize a counterattack to surround their positions and cut off their supply routes, forcing a surrender, possibly seizing the whole province.
Rules, as stated above, are Rogue Planet, including the expansions with the campaign system. With a few modifications, a single campaign of linked, escalating scenarios will represent the fight for each district of the city. I’m looking forward to giving this a shot. Will I follow through? Who knows. But it’s diverting for a little while.
The first Parliamentary forces. I like how these figures take on such character based on the color scheme, especially since both of these sides are “good” as well as “bad.” There’s no preconception of who “should” win.
The campaign rules are all part of the same package when you get Rogue Planet on Wargame Vault. There’s a “house rules” supplement that expands on the basic “linked scenario” rules somewhat.
No Stahlritter force would be complete without armored support. Here comes a Parliamentarian heavy tank.
A little progress. Heavy armor for the Parliamentarians. The Imperialists came out a little strange, I’m rethinking their style a bit.
The first squad of Imperialists, after some color rejiggering. Originally they had red helmets but it wasn’t working, so I went with black – much more serious.
I’m batch-painting Republican troops now, including some Grenadiers and an artillery piece.
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