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Re: ¡®Strawberries for Elephants¡¯ Campaign
Tom, I¡¯m grateful for the response. Does the campaign pre date the arrival of At the Sharp End? Would we track the men's opinion, the CO's opinion? We assumed not the platoon leader's as he changes every game. Can a platoon that fought recover some of its casualties, as per AtSE, and become available later in the campaign? I thought not but we were not sure. Strawberries for Elephants is a intriguing looking campaign that should allow more players to participate. Allan. On Friday, 17 January 2020, 00:29:15 GMT, Tom McKinney <tgmckinney@...> wrote: Ah.? Just seeing your second message above.? I'm not up on all the CoC ammendments so probably can't help there, but glad to take a shot. Tom |
Re: ¡®Strawberries for Elephants¡¯ Campaign
Hi Allan -- I wrote and have played the campaign.? It is intended for CoC.? There's never more than 1 or 2 (if that) platoons in a given scenario.? The basic gist is that results or earlier campaigns have some impact on later ones...so that if the Germans gain ground in the Recce and Infiltration phases they can better set up for the later assaults.? If you have any questions, I'm glad to answer or clarify.
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Re: ¡®Strawberries for Elephants¡¯ Campaign
John, No the campaign is certainly for Chain of Command. First it says so and then it includes the early versions of the platoon lists for both the BEF and the Germans. It may well have been written before At the Sharp End. What we were after were other peoples suggestions as to the sorts of amendments the campaign requires so that it can be played more in line with current practice in CoC. In Strawberries for Elephants¡¯ it appears to be eight fresh platoons for each side fighting on various battlefields selected by the British defenders. Morale differences at the end make 'victory points' that can be spent to gain the initiative or ultimately to obtain an extra platoon. Gaining particular battlefields changes the dynamic and allows for flank attacks, better pre game bombardments etc. It does look both interesting and challenging as well as different. Allan. On Thursday, 16 January 2020, 20:28:57 GMT, john Briggs <jphbriggs@...> wrote: I think that one predates CoC, so would have been written for IABSM, which is played at company plus level rather than splatoon. |
Re: ¡®Strawberries for Elephants¡¯ Campaign
¿ªÔÆÌåÓý¡®Splatoon¡¯?? If your platoons go ¡®Splat¡¯ - You¡¯re doing it wrong..? ? ? ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of john Briggs
Sent: Thursday, 16 January 2020 8:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TooFatLardies] ¡®Strawberries for Elephants¡¯ Campaign ? I think that one predates CoC, so would have been written for IABSM, which is played at company plus level rather than splatoon. ? |
Re: ¡®Strawberries for Elephants¡¯ Campaign
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I think that one predates CoC, so would have been written for IABSM, which is played at company plus level rather than splatoon.
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Re: 2019 Apparently Annual (but belated) SP Holiday game
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Mark Luther via Groups.Io <mluthermanda@...>
Sent: 14 January 2020 17:19 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [TooFatLardies] 2019 Apparently Annual (but belated) SP Holiday game ?
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something I try to do each year is run a Sharp Practice game set in a winter setting with a seasonal theme. To get the right festive spirit going I ask a multiple choice question between phases. The winner(s) get a Command Chip that they can use in the next
phase. Questions this year related to Hogmanay and French Canadian Holiday traditions since it was a game set in Canada in the winter of 1759-60 after the forces of Montcalm took Quebec.
We had an out of town quest, Garrett, who brought his well behaved 6 year old son. He and William were the Highlanders and Peter and John the Canadians and Hurons. The sheep were played by the spirit of Christmas past Link to flickr set with AAR: ... 2532950546 Mark |
¡®Strawberries for Elephants¡¯ Campaign
I am asking if anyone has played the CoC campaign ¡®Strawberries for Elephants¡¯ which appeared in the 2014 Summer Special. It is set in 1940 with a BEF force versus the attacking Germans. It does not match the format of the later Pint Sized Campaigns and is much larger in scope having eight, and potentially nine, platoons on each side. It would seem to be ideal for a multi player effort. Any advice or suggestions would be most welcome. |
Re: New Lardie game
¿ªÔÆÌåÓý¡®O¡¯ Group is a battalion level game being written by Dave Browne, author of Battlegroup Panzergrenadiers. They are not written by the Lardies but will be published by TFL through Reisswitz Press. You can find more details in Dave¡¯s General de Brigade forum here:John? |
Re: New Lardie game
I think you¡¯ve got the feel of it, as far has been discussed publicly. I¡¯m probably going to 15mm it, except where I already have 6mm. My guess is that knowing TFL the figure scale will be unimportant, but it will feel better with smaller scales. On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 21:31, Bruce Ross via Groups.Io <acctingman69=[email protected]> wrote: O Group --
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Re: New Lardie game
IABSM work well in 6mm On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 4:31 PM Bruce Ross via Groups.Io <acctingman69=[email protected]> wrote: O Group --
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Re: 2019 Apparently Annual (but belated) SP Holiday game
Superb!
On Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 12:39:08 PM EST, Mark Luther via Groups.Io <mluthermanda@...> wrote:
So something I try to do each year is run a Sharp Practice game set in a winter setting with a seasonal theme. To get the right festive spirit going I ask a multiple choice question between phases. The winner(s) get a Command Chip that they can use in the next phase. Questions this year related to Hogmanay and French Canadian Holiday traditions since it was a game set in Canada in the winter of 1759-60 after the forces of Montcalm took Quebec. We had an out of town quest, Garrett, who brought his well behaved 6 year old son. He and William were the Highlanders and Peter and John the Canadians and Hurons. The sheep were played by the spirit of Christmas past Link to flickr set with AAR: ... 2532950546 Mark |
New Lardie game
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I've read a little about it, but for the people in the "know" is this a engagement set of rules one size up from IABSM? I'm about to get ready to paint up some Afrika Korp and US Army mini's in 6mm using IABSM (rules play well solo) but now these rules intrigue me as I like larger battles. |
2019 Apparently Annual (but belated) SP Holiday game
So something I try to do each year is run a Sharp Practice game set in a winter setting with a seasonal theme. To get the right festive spirit going I ask a multiple choice question between phases. The winner(s) get a Command Chip that they can use in the next phase. Questions this year related to Hogmanay and French Canadian Holiday traditions since it was a game set in Canada in the winter of 1759-60 after the forces of Montcalm took Quebec.
We had an out of town quest, Garrett, who brought his well behaved 6 year old son. He and William were the Highlanders and Peter and John the Canadians and Hurons. The sheep were played by the spirit of Christmas past Link to flickr set with AAR: ... 2532950546 Mark |
Re: Big WaT Games & Initiative
I have run games with up to 12 players and tanks. Everyone rolls dice. I call out 12. Everyone with a 12 gets to go. If they are on?differing sides they dice off. If they are?all on the same side they all?go simultaneously. I then call out 11 and?so on. I also check to see if sequences of numbers are on the same side. For example if all 12s are German I call out 11, if all 11s?are Germans then they go as well.?Moves things along pretty quickly and everyone gets used to it fast.?
Obviously those who reserved a 6 receive a plus 1 and go before everyone with the adjusted roll.? I don¡¯t use chips as it requires me to hand them out and collect them. Seems unnecessary to me. However, as I say all the time, find what¡¯s best for you and your friends and run with that.?
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Re: Big WaT Games & Initiative
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI use chips from a bag. I put an extra one in for the 6. Player can then choose to activate on either chip - not both!On 13 Jan 2020, at 11:45, Steve Burt <steve.and.mary.burt@...> wrote:
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