I ran this game a couple of weeks ago, with (mostly)
A Fistful of Lead rules and a scenario I found on the internet. John led the US forces and Diego the Germans (sometimes aided by me). The terrain was an assortment of bits and pieces with the old Airfix 1/32 Strongpoint building as a centrepiece.
All photos by Diego and used here with his kind permission.
The first Germans arrive - mostly Deetail figures. There was thick fog at the start of the game, with visibility a mere 12 inches. See that wee wood across the road from the house?
It contained an infestation of Deetail Americans. The US forces consisted of a rifle squad with a mortar in support.
More Germans. There was eventually a total of 2 sections (1 yet to appear), a mortar (to the left of the rear truck) and an MMG (in the field). The trucks are diecast and plastic Citroens.
By now the German section was engaged in a costly firefight with the Yanks in the wood.
John - wearing suitable hat - fires his mortar. It's not poor photography - he really does look this blurred.
The second German section had by now arrived in their (Opel) lorry and deployed into the field.
Having dashed across the ploughed field, as they deployed the MG team came under fire from a US BAR in the house. The rotter! The dice tell the whole sad tale. Dead gunner, dead NCO and a loader keeping his head down.
A grown man playing with toy soldiers. His identity remains a mystery....
Diego clearly having a nice time. His smile may be related to the red (wound) markers on the Yanks in the wood.
Endgame. By now the fog was lifting a bit and the broken down Sherman near the house became visible. It turned out that the senior US NCO spent the whole game hiding behind it's diecast armour.
6 comments:
Sorry I missed that one. I'd been wondering about the usefulness of Fistful of Lead for WW2 skirmish.
Presumably another period variant?
Martin Rapier
Fear not - we’ll be back to WW2 in a couple of weeks.
Looks like a fun game. I am fond of the Strongpoint as well. The one on your table looks much better than mine. As I play 1898 and WW2 54mm ish games, Fist full of Lead looks very appealing. Have yet to pull the trigger on the purchase. Any advice? Buy the core rules only? The Mexican Revolution expansion looks good too.
Reese Crawford
It was rather a good game. I started with the Horse & Musket version of AFOL but the pdfs are cheap enough that whichever you go for it’s not much of a commitment.
Great game Tim. I've bought AFOL as a pdf but haven't tried it yet. Looks good though.
Maudlin Jack Tar
It’s a great basic system and easy to graft on other stuff as required.
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