It was quiet yesterday at the club. I had my first ever game of "Spearhed". I took the US side Peter the Germans and Graham acted as a reff. Set during the Battle of the Bulge, right near the end of the battle as it happens. I had two battalions of Infantry dug in all the way up the other end of the board and my mission was to "Rescue" them. Cutting a long story short we ran out of time before I could get there. It was a shambles from my point of view, my armoured infantry in halftracks against Peters Panthers the result was predictably messy. My Tank Regiment skirted eveything and made no contacts. My independant sherman Battalion halted to engage some German troops in trucks and got bogged down dealing ith them, and my Infanty, the others the ones in trucks slowly trudged through the snow going so slow as to make a sloth seem athletic. Of the two Battalions I was sent to "rescue" one was compleatly wiped out when the germans stormed the village they wer defending, the other battalion did ok but the Germans were concentrating on one thing at a time so they were next. Peter claimed it was a draw, personally I think he was being kind to me it was a definite loss.That's todays post, I'll blog again on Wednesday. Hope to finish a few figres by then. All the best Clint
I can't really tell if you enjoyed it or not ...
ReplyDeleteI've played a Spearhead derivative which can be very frustrating - hope the original isn't like that!
Mixed feelings. The rules were fine and I did enjoy it. But because of the night and the snow viability was down to 6 inches. Which ment that it was a game of hide and seek but all planned out in advance and not being able to react to anthing which did not affect the unit.
DeleteI can see the logic of it all just a long way from the games I usually play.
I've only ever played one game of Spearhead, that was enough for me. It was a late war Russian-German game. I was the Russians and lost every tank I had to the man and caused no casualties on the Germans at all, they were just too good for the Ruskies. Thus ended my Spearhead days!!!
ReplyDeleteI feel for you. It seemed to me the rules were written by a person who thought they should give all the advantages to the Germans, Like some do Napolionic French, or Anchient Romans. Just me 2 peneth.
DeleteSounds abit harsh, not my cup of tea. I don't mind unbalanced games for the sake of a fun scenario though
ReplyDeletePlaying the Russians I think would be like cleaning your teeth with a mop. See my above comment about it being bias.
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