This one's for Anatoli. Scott had a board setup featuring the Strelkovy in Wargames Illustrated attacking some Polish Lancers in a Fighting Withdrawal. The Soviets were insane! And confident Conscripts! Can the Poles hold out against the Crimson Tide? Tom made a deal with the Dice Gods that if he won he'd buy a Polish army.
Some fun rules of note: The Soviet tanks have to roll for "sabotage" at the beginning. I forgot to do that for the T-26s at first, so when you see 3 suddenly jump back out of the pack, you'll know why!
The Soviet Command teams are Command Komissar teams! That means if I roll the one after Komissarring someone (yes, I made that a verb), they shoot their own command team! Yowza! |
Steven's Soviet Strelkovy
- Huge Strelkovy Blob (37 stands)
- Huge Strelkovy Blob (37 stands)
- 13 T-26s
- 5 T-28s
| Tom's Polish Lancers
- Lancer Platoon
- Lancer Platoon
- 75mm Gun Battery
- 3.7cm AT Guns (in Ambush)
- Tank Hunters with Hero (in Ambush)
- Armored Train with 2 Artillery cars
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| The setup. Sorry for the shadow- there was a pipe overhead! |
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| So. Many. Soviets. |
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| So. Many. T-26s. |
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| So. Many. Turrets. |
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| The T-26s roll out hub cap to hub cap. |
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| Advance! |
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| The T-28s wait for the train. |
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| WAAAAAAAGGGHHH! Oops, wrong game. |
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| The Train rolls on and nabs a T-28. |
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| The T-26 parking lot |
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| The Red tide keeps surging |
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| The Soviet Left. |
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| The Poles counter attack! |
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| Chaaaaarge! |
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| On the right, the 3.7cm AT Guns tear into the T-26s, killing the platoon commander! D'oh! |
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| The Soviet counter attack. In the end, the Soviets lose the assault, but they can absorb the casualties. |
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| The first car goes down to the T-28s. Meanwhile, tank MGs chew into the strelkovy. |
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| But the Strelkovy move to assault the 75mm guns. |
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| The T-26 gun line is now a permanent fixture with no Company Commander. |
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| The T-28s force the other train cars to quit the field. |
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| Strelkovy assault the 75mm guns |
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| The Guns fight valiantly, but their end is nigh. |
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| Soviets grab an objective. |
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| The final Polish charge to dislodge the Soviets. |
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| Tom must make his cavalry move in lieu of shooting! |
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| He does, and charges in! |
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| But after losing several teams in defensive fire, the charge is ill fated |
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| High point |
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| The Strelkovy surge over the cavalry |
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| The Soviets begin turn 4 with an objective in their posession. |
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