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WCFD Game 9

German Kompanie 2 Commander assesses his deployment.
German Kompanie 2 Commander assesses his deployment

Date Played: 04 April 2009 11.00am BST (04 April 10.00am GMT); 1230 WCFD Game Time.

Game Report by Martin Groat.

Each side has released their respective propaganda, published with this report (see below), and provided here is also the third “neutral” report, and a discussion of the terrain and scenario.

The Germans were given the task of defending 2 pillboxes sitting on a hill in the North West corner of the board. They commanded a road to the West, off board. This road was of some significance to the games that followed and the Allied forces were ordered to seize the Pill Boxes so as to secure the road.

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WCFD Campaign Summary

Skytrex Lorraine Schlepper Marder I with AB Figures Crew
Skytrex Lorraine Schlepper Marder I with AB Figures Crew

The following are summarised Game Situation Reports taken from those actually posted to the Crossfire Group during the course of World Crossfire Day on 04 April 2009.

The Allies today launched an operation designed to cut off retreating Germans in the central salient. Reports coming in are mixed:

Game 1 (New Zealand – 0600 Game Time)

A German force was able to inflict substantial casualties on a small British force holding the front in a surprise counter-attack, during which the Germans managed to recover a Tiger tank that had broken down in a depression. Though other Allied forces were within call, no reinforcements were summoned by the local British commander.

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The Russians Are Coming!

The Russians Are Coming! CanCon 2009.
The Russians Are Coming! The RINS Vladimir Monomakh at CanCon 2009

Colonial participation game at CanCon (Canberra, Australia) wins ‘best participation game’ of convention. Depicting the feared Russian invasion of Australia, and generously supported by Askari Miniatures who donated figures to promote the game, the guys involved have done a fantastic job! You can see the photos and read more at the Defence of Melbourne blog.

Valuable Assets

Ivan!Somewhere near Kursk, during one of the Soviet counter-offensives, Summer 1943…

Historical Situation

This scenario is set in the Central-Northern Russian countryside at the time of the great Kursk battles, in 1943. A German attack has been cut in two by the brave Russian defenders of the motherland, and some German forces remain isolated from their main force. A German Heavy Panzer platoon is desperately trying to salvage some equipment and get back behind German lines to lick their wounds.

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