The game begins- The German mission was to secure the crossroads.
German paratroopers dropped from aircraft or in this case 1inch square pieces of paper dropped on to the battlefield from a moving box.Each piece of paper dropped had written on it which section and which figures it represented. Those landing on a wood diced for survival successfully. The figures have been carefully placed on their respective pice of paper.
The game begins and the German paratroopers find their respective NCO’s and equipment.
One German Section hid in a wood only to have a section of Norwegians move straight into them as the Norwegians entered the table. Firefight ensued.
Advancing Norwegians in their attempt to reclaim the cross roads help by the opposition.
German paratroopers take cover behind fences.
Messy table at end of game. The Norwegians had failed to take the crossroads in the allotted time.
The para landings by way of a paper drop is a clever mechanic! Did any troops miss the landing zone?
ReplyDeleteIt's a classic Donald Featherstone mechanism :)
DeleteWell spotted, it’s a great mechanism that I have used since childhood / teenage games since the 1980s after discovering Featherstone's Wargaming Airborne Operations in the branch library.
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A few missed but were accounted for”safe” after a dice throw to see what happened to them.
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Classic Featherstone indeed. I first used in in the WRG infantry action rules l think.
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Fantastic old school paratroop drop!
ReplyDeleteIs there any other way of deploying such troops on the table, surely not.
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That para drop has worked really well for a good short straight into action mechanic / game. One that you could rerun several times …
ReplyDeleteWorked really and fun too.
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Excellent stuff...I too have used the pieces of paper method to simulate the potential confusion of a Para drop.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear others still do this…
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I love your set up and scenario for this game!!
ReplyDeleteAre those 'Norwegain' miniatures, or converted others??
Thank you for sharing!
Most of the Norwegians are these-
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With a few extra converted figures to bring them up to a platoon . Conversions are head swops of greatcoat wearing figures.
Alan Tradgardland