Recent Modern Game

Here are some photos from a recent modern micro armour game played at Paul’s place. The table was 6' x 4'. The figures were 6 mm, mainly from GHQ. The rules used were our usual for modern games, a Fist Full of TOWs. We mainly fight fictional battles from WW3, set in the Central Front in 1989. NATO forces used include US, German Dutch or British. This was the 1st game for my United States Marine Corps and I was playing against Paul's Soviets. 

Paul had created the battlefield by using Google Earth to locate a suitable area in modern-day Germany and then taking a photo on his iPad 2, and then recreating it on his wargame’s table. You will probably note two really interesting terrain features on the table. The 1st is Paul's autobahn overpass complete with armco railing and the 2nd is the quarry on one flank.

The quarry was actually in the photo that Paul took using Google Earth and so he decided to recreate it. This was interesting tactical challenge as it was basically a hill in reverse. The quarry was made of painted cardboard with hand drawn contours and consisted of a series of layers going down instead of up. Several of the contours were close together creating cliff faces. A road ran its way through the quarry, but even this was slow going.

A you Tube review of the rules can be found here

East West View of Table

West East

Close-up of Quarry.Outside lightest is at ground level, road entrance at bottom of picture. The greenish areas at top are water hazards.

Close up of one of Paul's towns. Resin buildings which can be removed, but underneath each building is painted their unique "footprint".

The overpass.