WW2 6mm game on 3×4 A4 square grid

[Shaun Travers]

This is mission 6, and the last, in a campaign following a British company through 1944 France.  I am using 6mm forces and playing on a 3×4 grid on an A4 page.

It is 1944 and a UK infantry force is attacking a German infantry force. The UK mission is a screen. The force is tasked to provide a screen to protect engineers working nearby (just off table from entry point).  The British win if they can prevent the Germans from breaking through in a certain timeframe.

A full battle report is on the blog here:

https://shaun-wargaming-minis.blogspot.com/2022/04/ww2-west-front-1944-campaign-game-06.html

A picture from early in the games as units are cautious advancing:

[Deleted User]

That farm square is really night. I like the fence and the trees a lot.

I like your rules but always tempted to play it on a larger area like 10×10 grid and see how maneuver would work.

[Andrew Beasley]

Sad to see this is the last in the series 🙁 but looking forward to the set 🙂

Interesting note about your table size – 6×4 seems to have become the ‘default’ but like your, our table does not meet the gaming requirement. Other than the 1×1 games, I’ve been using a 2×2 for 15mm and that gives enough ‘shuffle’ room but may give you issues with range.

I did stumble across these 54mm WW2 rules using the 3×3 rule set (here using squares) that may interest you and fit on the 3 foot table.

Thank you for putting up the games and your notes / thoughts – they’ve been pleasant reading even though I do not know the rules or play the period.

 

[DaveH303]

I’ve got to liking grid based games so I’ll have to give your rules a try, currently I am using Bob Cordery’s Portable Wargame rules quite a lot as they cover a number of periods I like to game in like WW2.

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[Shaun Travers]

@Thomaston. I actually did some 12×12 games but with only one base per square.  Different rules though.

https://shaun-wargaming-minis.blogspot.com/2019/01/ww2-6mm-gaming-on-24cmx24cm-gridded.html

Larger grids definitely allow for more manoeuvre and has a very different feel to the 3×4 games.  I started doing the 3×4 due as it was me trying to get an old collectable card game – Tank Commander – to work.  It also uses a 3×4 grid made up of cards.  I went minis and then changed the rules entirely!

@Andrew.  Yes, 20mm on 2’x2′ is a challenge.  I am going to start out with some scenarios that are all urban and see how it goes.  Not sure if it will look believable to me with more open terrain.  While I have been following the recent Portable wargames 3×3 rules  on various blogs, I had not seen those 54mm WW2 rules before and will be pouring over that post with interest today! Thanks.

 

@Dave. If you like Bob’s 3×3 rule I would possibly stick with them.  They are more attritional than mine , the latter more “bang and you are dead” 🙂

[Andrew Beasley]

Shaun Travers wrote:

…I started doing the 3×4 due as it was me trying to get an old collectable card game – Tank Commander – to work. It also uses a 3×4 grid made up of cards. I went minis and then changed the rules entirely!…

Now that’s a rare thing in wargaming NOT…

On a positive though – you did keep the same period 🙂 🙂 🙂

 

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