Operation Sealion 1940 - endex

Last night the six players and one umpire met again on Zoom to discuss the results of the game.  

As Mark J wants to run the game again, I will not be posting detailed maps or pictures - sorry!

What I can tell you:

1) There was a lot of "fog of war".  It was an interesting contrast to the table top, where the players can usually see the opponents forces.  All participants reported hesitations due to scary terrain features that may/may not, have contained enemy (or friendlies).

2) One player had been in the army (and the RAF!), the rest of us were civilians in the real world.  He framed clear, concise orders....  the others of us did not always achieve this level of professionalism.

3) The Canadians - Mark S, Crispin, Me - won.  The Germans - John M, Chris P & Dave W......  claim that the results were a win...  of sorts!

4) It was fun!  As one participant commented "Rarely can continuous frustration have been so much fun." It was really good, seemed realistic to me.

My thanks go to "Team Canada", "Team Germany" and our hard pressed & hassled host - Mark J.  

Skalitz Turn 9 A - Last orders!

The final turn of the Skalitz game.  Chris' BBB Blog has a summary on his  BBB Blog here.

Skalitz Turn 9 P

The final Prussian turn - and we take an objective!

Skalitz Turn 8 A

The Dice Gods smile on the Prussians....  or may be that is a "wry smile"...

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Skalitz Turn 8 P

The end is nigh (for the Prussians....  again)

To summarise, it is still not going well for the Prussian steamroller.....

Skalitz Turn 7 A

Skalitz Turn 7 P

Skalitz Turn 6 A

Skalitz Turn 6 A

Skalitz Turn 6 P

Skalitz Turn 5 A

Skalitz Turn 5 P

Skalitz Turn 4 A

The Austrians respond...

Skalitz Turn 4 P

Skalitz Turn 3 A

Skalitz Turn 3 P

Prussian Turn 3 - the results

Skalitz Turn 2 A

The Austrian turn 2.  Chris' excellent notes describe the action....

Skalitz Turn 2 P

The Prussians move...

Skalitz - Turn 1

Turn 1 is now complete.  The Prussians went first.  Chris's photo commentary comprehensively describes the action, so I'll gladly let him carry on...

The Austrians responded...

Skalitz - opposing forces & objectives

Here are the OOBs & victory conditions for the Skalitz 1866 game:

Austrians

Archduke Leopold VIII Corps, CinC

Brigade Fragnern
15 Regt (4 bases Trained ML)
77 Regt (4 bases Trained ML)
5 Jaeger (2 skirmisher bases Trained ML)

Brigade Kreyssern
21 Regt (4 bases Trained ML)
32 Regt (4 bases Trained ML)
24 Jaeger (2 skirmisher bases Trained ML)

Brigade Schulz
8 Regt (5 bases Trained ML)
74 Regt (4 bases Trained ML)

2 x Rifled Artillery Bases

Right Wing Cav
2 x Cav Bases

From VI Corps

Jaegers (2 skirmisher bases Trained ML) (a reward for victory at Nachod !)

Brigade Schindlocker
2 x Cav Bases

Prussians

Gen Steinmetz 5th Corps CinC

MajGen Von Lowenfeld
37 Regt (3 Trained Needle Gun Bases + 1 Trained Skirmisher NG Base)
58 Regt (3 Trained Needle Gun Bases + 1 Trained Skirmisher NG Base)
1 x Rifled Artillery Base

From 6th Corps
38 Regt (3 Trained Needle Gun Bases + 1 Trained Skirmisher NG Base)

Col Von Voights-Rhetz
7 Regt (3 Trained Needle Gun Bases + 1 Trained Skirmisher NG Base)
0.5 x Rifled Artillery Base

Corps Artillery
1.5 x Rifled Artillery Bases

LtGen Von Kirchbach
1 x Rifled Artillery Base
6 Regt (3 Trained Needle Gun Bases + 1 Trained Skirmisher NG Base)
47 Regt (3 Trained Needle Gun Bases + 1 Trained Skirmisher NG Base)
52 Regt (3 Trained Needle Gun Bases + 1 Trained Skirmisher NG Base)

Objectives & Victory
The game is a delaying action by the Austrians, so speed is essential for the Prussians.

The Prussians have 5 physical objectives, plus gain an objective if they destroy both Austrian Cavalry units.

The Prussians will win if they hold:

Any 3 objectives at the end of Turn 6,
Any 4 objectives at the end of Turn 8,
Any 5+ objectives at the end of turn 9

A draw is if the Prussians hold 4 objectives at the end of turn 9

Austrians win if the Prussians have 3, or fewer, objectives at the end of turn 9

Thanks to Chris Pringle for allowing me to reproduce this part of his scenario (and the map in the last post).

If you want to see the full scenario, please visit the BBB Group https://groups.io/g/bloodybigbattles  "files" for this and many other exciting BBB battles.

Lockdown BBB war-game II - Skalitz

Ladies & Gentlemen

We have started Skalitz - the second BBB refight of the Austro-Prussian War.  As with Nachod, I'll give at least one update per turn and we'll see if the dice gods like the Prussians more than they did at Nachod!

Here's the Map

Here's Chris P's set up at BBB HQ....

The view from the West - the Austrian side:

 The South:

The East (Prussian) view: