My good friend, Scott, works shifts and a lot of overtime, so we only manage to get together to play a couple of times a year.
Last night Scott was free and wanted to get out some of the 15mm Cold War Gone Hot kit he got last year with a game of Seven Days to the River Rhine. Available from Great Escape Games.
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Had to take a classic REFORGER Ex pic; Canadian track in front of a gasthaus. "So like, we're having a brew eh, bud? It's beauty." |
I laid out some rolling south German countryside and took the opportunity to get my Faller HO railroad buildings on the table. I've had them since the mid-80s too.
Also using the new grain fields I picked up at Hot Lead.
Scott bought his WarPac and West German troops used on line, but built the Canadians to supplement NATO with Battlefront models. So last night was 4CMBG vs a Soviet Armoured Regiment
You'll notice chits near the units which are Command Activation chits and are the heart of the game as you manage these to activate units, react to enemy moves and maintain pressure without exhausting yourself and leaving yourself chitless to respond to enemy moves. Every chit adds a further negative DRM to a unit's activation roll, so you have to think about where you are pushing things too far and risk loosing the initiative.
Seven Days to the River Rhine is fun and fast (we were done in about two and a half hours), and I felt real tactics were being rewarded. The vehicle lists go back to the 50s with Centurions, T55s and T34s, so this could be a viable rule set for Arab-Israeli Wars or
Mantovia vs Borduria.
This was my third game of the year, so that was rejuvenating on it's own, forcing me to clear off the table and have a chance to roll some dice.
Great looking game, I have yet to try out 7 days myself, but am very curious. Nice looking 4 brigade…awesome reforger pose.
ReplyDeleteLookslike you had fun. we have tried the rules twice, and I really like'em. Like your table my faller/kibri buildings finally get a night out! Not to mention all the 1/87th stuff!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like fun; I like the sound of those rules. It reminds me I have a bunch f 1/285 modern soviet armour I could be painting.
ReplyDeleteDo enough for two sides. Call it "Seven Weeks to Retreat From Kyiv"
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