BOLT ACTION: 20mm GAMES

I have been trying out the Bolt Action rules with my 20mm collection.   I set up a quick game at the SESWC and this is fully reported in Bart Zynda’s blog at

http://asienieboje.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/market-garden.html  

I then setup a 6ft by 6ft table at home and played 2 games with different players.   In these games we used the hidden rules in Bolt Action for the first time which worked well. 



VIEW FROM RELIEF COLUMN END



VIEW FROM THE TOWN END

All the 3 games involved at one end of the table a British parachute battalion holding a town under attack awaiting a relief force which had to come on at the other end of the table.  A German force of 2 battalions was deployed in the centre of the table with the task of attempting to take the town and delaying the relief force.  Any German vehicles which arrived came on at either side of the table. The arrival of the British and German AFVs was diced for each turn and they were selected by chance from a variety of models.  

All the games worked well but it was a hard or near impossible task for the Germans to take the town.

The final order of battle for the games is given below

BRITISH PARA PLATOON  - VETERAN

HQ:  2nd LT (SMG), SMG, RIFLE

SECTION: NCO (SMG),  2 SMG, 6 RIFLES, LMG

SECTION: NCO (SMG),  2 SMG, 6 RIFLES, LMG

SECTION: NCO (SMG),  2 SMG, 6 RIFLES, LMG

MMG TEAM
2”  MORTAR TEAM
6 PDR AT GUN
 

BRITISH INFANTRY PLATOON - REGULAR

HQ:  2nd LT (PISTOL), SMG,  RIFLE
SECTION: NCO (SMG),  6 RIFLES, LMG
SECTION: NCO (SMG),  6 RIFLES, LMG
SECTION: NCO (SMG),  6 RIFLES, LMG
MMG TEAM
3” MORTAR TEAM
6 PDR AT GUN

TRANSPORT AS REQUIRED  - 3 M3 HALFTRACKS (UNARMED) AND 2 LT TRUCKS

SCOUT CAR,  HUMBER ARMOURED CAR

AFVs  –  PICKED BY CHANCE.  In the last game a Firefly, 75mm Sherman, Cromwell and Churchill VII arrived.

GERMAN INFANTRY PLATOON A  - REGULAR

HQ:  2ND LT (PISTOL), PISTOL, SMG, RIFLE (PF)
SQUAD: NCO (SMG),  6 RIFLES, LMG
SQUAD: NCO (SMG),   6 RIFLES, LMG
SQUAD: NCO (SMG),   6 RIFLES, LMG

GERMAN INFANTRY PLATOON B  - REGULAR

HQ:  2nd LT (PISTOL), SMG, RIFLE (PF)
SQUAD: NCO (SMG),  SMG, 6 RIFLES, LMG
SQUAD: NCO (SMG),  SMG, 6 RIFLES, LMG
SQUAD: NCO (SMG),  SMG, 6 RIFLES, LMG

TO BE ALLOCATED TO EITHER PLATOON AS DESIRED

75MM PAK 40 HVY AT GUN
MMG TEAM
80MM MORTAR TEAM
VOLKSTURM SQUAD – NCO(SMG), 9 RIFLES (WITH 4 PF)  INEXPERIENCED & SHIRKERS

AFVS  - PICKED BY CHANCE  - up to 4 vehicles.  In the last game a Panzer IV and a softskin 20mm AA arrived.