Dave hosted another Force on Force game set in our imagi-nation of Tangerine circa 2010.
Scenario
'Replace the bridge over the river Kiora'
The UN recognised government forces are sending out an armed force with a bridge layer to replace the destroyed bridge on a key trade route. This route is vital for keeping the official government controlled areas supplied.The popular 'rebel' government forces that control most of the country have set an ambush led by Mr Big.
The Forces
DAFT (Defensive Armed Forces of Tangerine) (D8s)
3 x BTR60 each with 2 x 3 man fire teams, 1 x RPG or LMG
2 x T62 tank
2 x truck
1 x bridge layer
Republic of Tangerine (ROT) militia (D6s)
6 hot spots
On board:
3 x 8 man squads including a LMG and 2 have an RPG
2 x pick ups with HMG
1 x pick with 106mm recoiless rifle
1 x Secret surprise
The Game
Dave umpired and Chris commanded the DAFT and myself and Ian commanded Mr Big ROTers.
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| The DAFT advance guard |
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| Nothing to see in Kioraford |
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| Highway to hell |
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| The rest of the DAFT convoy arrives |
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| Chris decides to ignore concerns about harming civilians and begins to shoot up Kioraford for no reason. |
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| The first building is destroyed. Civilian casualties not known |
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| Enraged by this atrocity and the fact the criminal government forces had come in to optimum range both Ian and I's forces opened up. 2 x BTR60s are quickly taken out and the majority of their fire squads made ineffective. |
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| You can just see Ian sitting down contemplating his next move after losing a group of militia. I had militia in the village who were mostly destoyed but did tie up government return fire. My recoiless rifle bottom right is pinned. |
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| More militia appear |
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| Carnage in Kioraford. A militiaman nicknamed Rambo single handedley chews up a government squad who tried to seek cover in his hut. |
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| Pictures of the rebel success were quickly posted on social media |
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| ... rebel news channels |
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| ... Reuters |
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| ... radio. Erm maybe not radio |
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| More militia |
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| Even better more RPGs |
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| These courageous chaps under my command fire on the dismounted government troops that were still effectively returning fire |
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| Mr Big's tank rocks up and open's up down the road |
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| Ian's pick up is knocked over by government tank fire |
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| Aerial footage of the stalled convoy. The day was ending and they were clearly not getting through to the bridge so the DAFT began to retreat. The true government of ROT wins the day. |
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| I'd not seen these inserts before for Really Useful boxes. They're ideal for 20mm figures allowing 2 tiers per box. I shall investigate how to get hold of some. |
Great game. All of us had fun and it wasn't all one sided as my biased write up makes it seem. Dave felt we had too many vehicles to manage, and we all agreed the rules probably would not cope with a game larger than this.
