Fire and Fury Games' Battlefront WWII FALL IN 2006

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Fall IN 2006

Fire and Fury was well represented in this year's Fall In convention at Gettysburg. There were several BF:WW2 games and also lots of regimental F&F games as well.

Bunker Hill

Richard H. developed this scenario from the famous AWI battle (which actually took place on Breed's Hill), but unlike the original (and several playtests), the Rebel fire was ineffective and the Redcoats rolled over the position with ease.

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The Redcoats prepare	The Recoat forces mass at the bottom of the hill.
Another angle	Another angle of the battlefield

Chippewa

In this refight of the battle of Chippewa (War of 1812), the British rapidly dispersed an American flanking force, but then became in a straight-up slugfest in the center.

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The British advance	The British column heads up the road, while their light infantry charges and routs some Americans in the woods behind them.
Deployment	The British columns start to deploy, while the American columns occupy a fence line.
Slugging it out	The battle lines engage. The British light infantry force which went through the woods threatens the American flank.

Winter War

Steve Keyer of Two Tin Soldiers came out with a scenario book for the Winter War (one of your webmaster's favorite periods). The Finns were on the attack here, but ran straight into the Russian kill-zone, showing that it IS possible to win with the Russians in the Winter War.

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Dashing through the open	Finnish infantry move across the open ground toward the woods and hills (their objectives). They encounter some Russian tanks and positions on the woodline.
Russian Artillery	Continuing their advance, the Finns come under fire from Soviet artillery. The slow attrition takes its toll of the Finnish forces.
Main line of resistance	After their advance through the open ground, the Finns encounter the main Russian force waiting for them at the top of the hill.

Russia 1941

Pete Landry and Mike Sincavage have been very successful in converting SkirmishCampaigns scenarios into BFWW2. They presented a Russian armored counterattack on a German veteran force set in the early stages of Barbarossa.

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Russia 1941 01	Russian armor advances against the hidden Germans.
Russia 1941 02	Another angle. Some Russian tanks fall victim to surprise fire.

Tunisia

Pete Landry revisited Tunisia with another scenario pitting the U.S. versus the Germans.

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Tunisia 01	U.S. forces start their advance.
Tunisia 02	Another angle.

Infantry at Kiev

Michael Panzer put on an infantry-centric battle set in summer 1941. It is your humble webmaster's biased opinion that BFWW2 is the best system for infantry battles at the battalion level.

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Kiev 01	Backed by Artillery, the Russians counterattack.
Kiev 02	German forces wait for them.
Kiev 03	A longer view of the battlefield.

Nordwind

The inimitable Al Gaspar put on his usual visual spectacular with the battle of Rimling in operation Nordwind (Jan 1945). The Germans had a very powerful force, but showed how to lose a Jagdtiger (move it into range of a hidden M36).

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Left flank	German armor moves up, infantry follows.
You can't hurt me	On the other side, the Germans advance, spearheaded by a Jagdtiger.
Whoops	Opening fire from ambush, the Americans leave the Jagdtiger smoking in the snow.

Oudenarde

Bill Gray has modified the original Fire and Fury rules (with Rich's permission) for both the Napoleonic and Marlburian periods. The Napoleonic rules (Age of Eagles) are available for sale and (at the current time) the Marlburian rules (Age of Honor) are available for download at the Age of Eagles website. Oudenarde was a Marlburian battle where the French were first on the field, but were cursed with atrocious command problems that threatened to split their army. Bill ran this on two days, with the commanders on the second day taking over the final positions from the first. Half of the French command is under decent command, but the other half needs to roll well to move at all. The French moved half of their force forward under their good commander, but, true-to-form, the other half could not keep up. Then the good commander decided to lead a charge personally (only about 1/100 chance of dying). Guess what happened :-)

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French Cavalry Moves out	The French cavalry's initial position is on a road that leads to the allied flank, which naturally lends itself to a flanking maneuver. However, because of the command problems this may not be the best option, as the rest of the army may not be able to catch up. Also, Allied reinforcements usually arrive in time to save the flank.
Continuing the move	The French cavalry continues its move.
Confrontation	The cavalry forces square off, but the long column hasn't deployed yet.
Allied reinforcements move up	The allies move up their reinforcements to counter the French.

Tiger, tiger, burning bright...redux

Greg Lyle has a simple training scenario based on the battle of Sidi Bou Zid that we run at almost every convention. This time the U.S. coordinated their charge and overran the outnumbered Germans.

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U.S. advances	The charge begins.
Melee	The U.S. makes contact, and the resulting close combat leaves flaming wrecks in abundance.

Palo Alto

U.S. versus Mexicans faced off in this regimental F&F battle from the Mexican war. This one featured a Mexican cavalry charge where they broke a U.S. square.

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Mexican Line	The U.S. columns move up toward the lines of waiting Mexicans.
U.S. moves up	The U.S. columns move up. In the upper left, a brave unit of Mexican cavalry prepares to charge.
Charge!	The cavalry goes in, the U.S. forms square.
Charge! 2	Another view - showing the opposing battlelines.

Port Republic

An ACW battle using Regimental F&F. The U.S. force initially outnumbers the Confederates, but Confederate reinforcements arrive quickly.

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Confederates move up	Confederate artillery duels with the U.S. while Confederates move up through the woods.
Union Battle Line	The Union Battle line forms up in the distance.

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