Summer is OVER!

Flames of War games in the summer months generally indicate an upcoming event. In this case, Canadian Nationals are right around the corner. 05-06 Sep 2015, players from all over the country and the US will be in attendance.

 

Messing around with lists in Mid-War has always been difficult for me to get my head wrapped around. I don't have a ton of Mid-War period armor, so I often find myself going with German Pioneers or Infantry. I chose to go a different direction in playing Dennis' Brits on Wednesday night. My list was a Panzerkompanie out of 'Eastern Front'. Four simple platoons, a little on the expensive side for some of the units as far as the 1710 pts level is concerned.

Confident    Veteran	Panzerkompanie(Heer) Armoured Company	German Mid-War
Tank Company

Platoon	Qty	Unit	Points
Headquarters
Panzerkompanie HQ(Heer)  p.37	2 2	Panzer IV G (late) or H Schürzen sideskirts	340
Combat Platoons
Panzer Platoon(Heer)  p.37	3 3	Panzer IV G (late) or H Schürzen sideskirts	510
Panzer Platoon(Heer)  p.37	2	Panther D	550
Divisional Support
Anti-tank Gun Platoon(Heer)  p.87	1 1 3 3	Cmd SMG team Kfz 15 field car 7.5cm PaK40 gun 3-ton truck	225
Heavy Panzerspäh Platoon(Heer)  p.58	2	Sd Kfz 231 (8-rad)	85
Company Points:			1710

British anti-tank assets and infantry are watching the German objective in this game of Free-For-All.

My 8-Rads were on fire after taking fire immediately after they moved into position. I was hoping to get another turn out of them so I could close into the center field in the middle of the table. I mixed it up with a few of the Grants and managed not to lose any tanks during Dennis' turn. I did however end up having an entire platoon bailed out instead and they were easy pickings during the assault phase.

"There's no roddy pub for miles!" Grant Tank Driver

The Pzr IV burning in the field belongs to the I/C and would later prevent rolling Coy morale. The game would be over shortly after this picture was taken. The Germans managed to get the Brits to half strength, but ran out of supplies before they could regroup.

Unfortunately the CDN Nationals website fails to mention that Ottawa is the Capital of Canada, is home to the Canadian War Museum, Museum of Nature, Canadian Aviation and Space Museum, just to name a few. There are tons of parks and other attractions for the kids! Make it a family trip and bring the little ones before they head back to school! Leave the kids behind? Why not!! There are great restaurants, pubs, breweries all over the place! If you like to get away and are looking for something different, Casino Lac-Leamy is right across the bridge, just minutes from downtown! I hope the guys who made the trip last year relay how well run this event is, and will bring more FoW players from the US and Canada this year! See you there!