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Tuesday 6 March 2018

CoC Espana

Today we had a little extra playing time so I decided to give Chain of Command a try with the Spanish Civil War lists compiled by Jim Hale and Rolf Grein.
I had to use some Falange to bolster the Legion numbers, Spanish platoons are huge, it makes handling them a tad difficult too, well for me anyway.
It was an epic struggle with Comrade Dave's forces finally winning the day, although, had the game been part of a campaign I would probably have withdrawn earlier in proceedings. With hindsight knowing that the Republic could have bought, and did, a T26 to the party I should have left the Panzer 1 back at base, where it appears the anti-tank gun team decided to stay until it had to be deployed in a less than satisfactory way, but needs must and had it hit the T26 things may have been different. The what ifs of war eh.
Too engrossed in the game again to get many pictures, but here in no particular order are the few I took.
The Republicans Begin Their Assault

Where Is The Pak36 When You Want It? 

The Legion Brace Themselves.

He's Behind You!

Its A Bit Late Now, Their Infantry Are Up!
Dave has the decorators in so the next game will be at OHQ again, a Dark Ages set to is in order I think.

TTFN
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27 comments:

  1. Phil6 March 2018 at 11:25

    Wonderful pictures, I am very impressed by your splendid terrain!

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  2. Phil Robinson6 March 2018 at 11:45

    Thank you very much Phil. I enjoy doing terrain has much if not more than figures these days. I am working on some display boards for a customer at the moment and having a fine time doing them.

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  3. Aly Morrison6 March 2018 at 14:00

    Great looking game Phil...

    And as should be the good guys won... ;-)

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Phil Robinson6 March 2018 at 14:32

      Thank you Aly, they always will when I am commanding the black hats I think.

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  4. Arlequín6 March 2018 at 14:27

    Great looking game as usual Phil!

    Spanish sections are huge, c.15-18 men (although German ones in 1939 had 14 men), but the platoons are roughly the same size as WWII ones, due to only having 2 sections per platoon (Brits at 36, U.S. at 40, Germans at 45 etc).

    Jim

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    1. Phil Robinson6 March 2018 at 14:36

      Thank you Jim.

      I had to "conscript" the Falange to man the extra for the mortar squads and the men attached to the HQ, was not sure what to do with these "extras" :~)

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    2. Arlequín7 March 2018 at 01:51

      Blimey I'm slipping! I'd forgotten the mortar section.

      Four years on from España I've naturally become wiser. They were a 'thing' on paper, but in reality a tad more doubtful. The Nationalists fielded them in company sections, as there weren't enough to go round at two per platoon.

      If I'd written it today, I would probably suggest they were 'off-table' like U.S. 60mm mortars, or only included as support table options. CoC works with paper strength units however.

      I've been promising a 'final' revision of España for a while, but Mr Clarke mentioned CoC 'Great War' to me and potentially those might to turn out to be a better fit for SCW.

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    3. Phil Robinson7 March 2018 at 03:30

      I may try that next outing then.

      Yes Richard was trying his initial thoughts out on Great War CoC at Partizan last August, I just assumed it was a TMB demo, else I would have joined in a game.

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    4. Arlequín7 March 2018 at 08:10

      Yes I was chatting about it with him briefly late in the day too. I know there's a few things in the pipe at TFL, so I'm not anticipating them this year tbh, but I've been wrong before.

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  5. Michal DwarfCrypt6 March 2018 at 20:29

    Great looking game sir!

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  6. David6 March 2018 at 22:17

    A fine looking game and as ever a joy to play with your collection of figures and terrain. As to CoC, not to my taste at all, but your choice as I said yesterday. Not my period is it C20th really?

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    1. Phil Robinson6 March 2018 at 23:00

      Glad you enjoyed it despite my choice of rule set. As for 20th C warfare, I think you know more than you let on ;~)

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  7. Matt Crump6 March 2018 at 22:51

    Nice looking game, I would like to try CoC but note mr B’s comments above.

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    1. Phil Robinson6 March 2018 at 23:36

      Thanks Matt, as for CoC, more for the WWII afficinado than the casual player I suppose, though I dare say not all afficinados like them. Ones mans meat and all that.

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  8. George Anderson7 March 2018 at 00:10

    Lovely looking game.

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    1. Phil Robinson7 March 2018 at 00:54

      Thank you George. One of the prettier 20th century periods, though the savagery with which it was fought belies that.

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  9. StuartInsch7 March 2018 at 04:34

    Great looking game, the terrain looks suitable dry and dusty. There's something about the SCW that appeals to me - I think it's the spirit of those standing up to the fascists. We're running a few CoC games locally and the lads seems to like it....I may have to give it a go now I've seen this.

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  10. Phil Robinson7 March 2018 at 06:26

    Thank you Stuart, it was the late Robin Hunts articles in Mil Mod that got me into SCW, why don’t we get articles like that anymore, and then the FAA/Hotspur figure range. You will like CoC, not an easy game to master, but worth the investment, I got them when first released and have only really just settled into them. I enjoy Bolt Action but always coming away feeling there is just that something missing.

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  11. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)7 March 2018 at 06:28

    Wonderful looking game! We are looking to try CoC Espana after I get a couple more terrain pieces painted up for it.

    Christopher

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    1. Phil Robinson7 March 2018 at 08:29

      Thank you Christopher. I am sure you will enjoy the game.

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  12. Moiterei_19847 March 2018 at 11:03

    That‘s a truly wonderful looking game Phil! I‘m eagerly looking forward to my first game of CoC España myself.

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  13. Phil Robinson7 March 2018 at 13:27

    Thank you Nick. Enjoy your first game, I am planning my next one already, may have to paint more figures so it could be a while.

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  14. Matt7 March 2018 at 14:17

    Again, a visual delight!

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  15. caveadsum14718 March 2018 at 13:53

    Lovely looking terrain and great troops and tanks! Nice to see the forces of reaction defeated!
    Best Iain

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    1. Phil Robinson9 March 2018 at 00:29

      Thank you Iain. Doubt they will triumph when I command them.

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