Battles

  For my next club game I think I am going to do some Operation Mars. This was the other Soviet attack that centered on the German army group center in November and December of 1942. It is forgotten because of Operation Uranus which was the cutting off and destroying of the the Sixth army in Stalingrad. Operation Mars was a complete disaster and was kept from the Soviet history books until after the death of Stalin. It is interesting because it was bigger then Uranus with a lot more troops and equipment. The German defense was so good they went on the offense but because of the disaster to the south all the troops needed to do a full counter attack were not available. As a matter of fact the German generals pulled back a little to get a better defensive position. This enraged the man at the top. It would take till the spring of 43 before the Soviets would push the Germans back.    

Panic; Units hit by this weapon must test courage regardless of the # hits inflicted. Boom; ignore target cover, Heavy Cannon have unlimited range in line of sight and my not move  

Our club loves Danial Mersey's rules system.  We have played a lot of Lion Rampant and Dragon Rampant and now we are working on Xenos Rampant and Rebels and Patriots.  The plan was to use my "Lego Style" figures and play Sharpe Practice but then I remembered that I had a Danial Mersey system that might work for Napoleonic games even though it was not set for that.   There were several solo play games to get the feeling of the rules and as expected they were good.  Our first club game was exciting and everyone really liked the rules.  Rebels and Patriots might be easier the Lion Rampant with the only thing you have to remember is 6's and 2's are your target numbers for most things other then combat.   With the addition of both Prussian and Russian figures to our collection we can now do some fun stuff.  Currently, I am working up a 1812 game in the snow.  We will see how things progress.