This game took place at COW 2003 when memories of the Russian assaults on Grozny were still fresh. I just hope that a post about an ill-judged Russian military adventure isn't too topical today. Though Putin says he sees 'no immediate need to invade Ukraine'. Well that's all right then...
Anyway, back to the game. During the morning attendees were treated to the sight of the session's designer, Tom Mouat, constructing a fair sized city from cardboard boxes.
Anyway, back to the game. During the morning attendees were treated to the sight of the session's designer, Tom Mouat, constructing a fair sized city from cardboard boxes.
Distant Grozny seen from the Russian lines.
The battalion advances! We'd all read the old Soviet manuals....
The toys looked very impressive...
...although the dynamism of some commanders was questioned.
Tanks approach the city.
Soon the enemy emerged from various hiding places.
The recce platoon comes under fire
I'll conclude this - with plenty more photos - soon.
26 comments:
One eyebrow went up momentarily when I saw several defenders leaning on what looked suspiciously like golf clubs at first glance.
Looks very interesting.
Was there a Western team, standing on the sidelines, saying rude things about the Russians?
Tim
Like, wow, man.
Awesome, simply awesome.
Regards
That looks amazing. I am terribly envious - I don't recall seeing anything about it in "The Nugget".
Are there rules floating about?
Looking good!
This is pretty darn cool. We've used our park for naval gaming so its great to see someone playing something with ground pounders.
That looks really good. Excellent !!!
"Soon the enemy emerged from various hiding places."
How did Tony fit into that little cardboard box?
What a wonderful looking game. The large Russian vehicles do look excellent against the backdrop of the cardboard city.
You can just 'feel' the command problems as you see the tanks and BMPs trying to move in the city streets...waiting for RPG rounds...
Ross Mac
They were measuring sticks. These chaps don't play golf. Or even cricket.
Arthur
Wargame Decelopments - always plumbing new depths of insanity!
Conrad Kinch
As I recall the 'rules' were pretty basic. I'm not sure they ever appeared in Nugget. I'll see what I can track down.
Phil
It was quite a spectacle.
Curt C
And air games too (see my posts on PVO Strany etc). I think we had better weather then you....
Stephen Thomas
Still a few places available for this year's COW.....
Chris Kemp
There may have been a big hole under the box?
Duc de Gobin
There were certainly issues around locating the enemy and controlling the formation in such terrain. A challenge even without my inept leadership.....
Looks great, more, more...
... been a conflict I've been long interested in.
Cheers,
Pete.
Getting close to 1:1 scale gaming Tim.
I like it!
Impressive, very cool game Tim
Pete
And one of at least two Grozny games I played at COW that year!
Paul Foster
They won't let us use real tanks on the lawn....
Al
Cheers Al.
My presence as an unbiased UN observer was compromised by occasional shouts of YE-ES! when the skulking Chechens got a kill.
I guess every army had a version of those 1/32nd scale rubber tanks, ours were black and you used them to teach
armored vehicle i.d. This is a better use....)
Looks like a heck of a lot of fun, and educational too. One thing about towns and villages in wargames, I have found, is often the lack of depth - realistic for hamlets and villages, but a bit wanting for large settlements. The card board box on the lawn goes some distance to obviate that problem.
I'm a bit curiouys about the flattened boxes: park areas, or flattened buildings (and hence rubble)?
Cheers,
Ion
Respect well earned for an interesting game
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