Staffan's Hobby Corner

We’ve reached the fifth battle of the campaign. So far the Germans have managed to conduct a somewhat organized withdrawal, but their units are gradually falling apart from casualties and the general disorder of the retreat. The Brits on the other hand are chasing a decisive win to rout the elusive Germans, but at the same time have to be cautious not to take casualties that allows the enemy to withdraw and fight again at a new location. This mission is another Delaying Action, this time fought over a mostly open farmland with fields and tall hedges. Dominating terrain features are a large orchard north of the road, and a manor house and a barn surrounded by a low brick wall. The Germans start the game with a FM of 8. British spirits are higher with a FM of 10 and 2 CoC-pips. Patrol Phase After a short patrol phase the Brits have focused their JOPs around the road with one in the orchard, one in the field south of the road and another further back by the road. The Germans have one JOP ...

After beating back the British forces last game, the Germans have taken up new positions around a farm by a crossroad. In the centre of their lines is a tin-roofed abandoned workshop. On both flanks are forests. South of the crossroad is a large manor house and to the north-west is a field enclosed by hedges. The Britts roll an 8 for FM and the Germans start at FM 9. The British player places one objective on the crossroad and a second objective inside the farm complex, by the building in the north-west corner. The British are fielding a fresh platoon after having withdrawn the severely battered first platoon after the debacle last game. Patrol Phase In the patrol phase the Brits manage to flank right and get a JOP in the forest, another JOP along the main road and a third JOP in the field on their left flank. The Germans place one JOP in the forest opposite the field, one JOP behind the workshop and one JOP between the short side of the manor house and a hedge. The britts start the ga...

Since our first battle, the Germans have made an orderly withdrawal and taken upp positions in a small village next to a stream. The main road running east to west bridges the mostly waist-deep stream. Further south along the stream there is a knee-deep ford next to an orchard. The village is dominated by a large hotel building with red brick roof and a bombed out industrial building, both just north of the main road.  (Experienced CoC players may recognise the map from the Scottish Corridor campaign...) Patrol Phase British FM starts at 9, the Germans start at FM 11. After some patrolling the Brits spread their JOPs across the front with one on their extreme right and two in the corn fields next to the road and further left towards the ford. The Germans have one JOP next to a hedge in a courtyard just south of the main road, and another in an orchard next to the hedge lining the hotels back garden. Finally the Germans place at third JOP, that is also the Mission Objective, in the ...