El Puente Revista

 Having decided the next game here would be a Spanish Civil War action I then thought I would like to see a river on the table again. With impeccable timing Norm ( https://battlefieldswarriors.blogspot.com/ ) came along with a blog post of a scenario he had used for an American Civil War game to try out the Perry's Firepower rules that come with their Battle In a Box set. So I have unashamedly stolen it for this game, because I was playing the game across the length of the table and it was to be an all infantry game with the maximum move of 10" we increased the turns to nine with the die roll deciding an additional turn.

We used the Battlegroup rules mechanisms with the number of orders being decided on a D6 roll plus one for the platoon leader, the result would equal the number of Bolt Action order dice would be put in the bag to decide who acted during the turn.

 

The Nationalist force would enter the table left of the picture and the Republicans the right, although initial units on the table and orders were sparse for both sides they quickly got men on the river bank to thwart any crossing attempts.

Being nearer to the bridge the Nationalists were soon sending troops running down the road to claim the bridge, unfortunately orders were not sufficient to get support up in time and the squad on the bridge immediately fell victim to accurate fire from the Republicans on the opposite side.

 

We broke for lunch on turn four with the game looking to being a draw, the Nationalists unable to take the advantage of being nearer the bridge and the Republicans unable to capitalise on it, however the Nationalists had taken a fair amount of casualties whereas the Republicans had taken none.

By turn eight the situation had not really changed but with the unpredictability of the orders roll and subsequent dice draw things could still turn for either side. It was however not to be, turn nine saw both sides units either pinned or too far away to gain control of the bridge. An honourable draw was declared.

A most enjoyable game and a great scenario, many thanks Norm.

Off to GHQ next week for some revolutionary action in Italy.

TTFN, keep safe and KBO