A Leopards Tail

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Flames of War

A Leopard's Armies

2013/09/04

A few years ago I started playing Flames or War from Battlefront, a 'company' level WW2 game with a focus on game play over historical accuracy. This is a set of rules I have enjoyed through V2 and into V3 and unlike most of the games played is one I have had a measure of success in and can generally hold my own.

I have a number of forces in various states for Flames of War which will slowly gain there own pages, each of which is led by a specific character who gets about a bit and seems to end up running a wide range of force types in my own unique style...

German Forces

Commanded by Haans von Haans, typically until high command find out where is has ended up and he is reassigned somewhere else in the hope of doing less damage. A decorated war hero, most of the Allied powers have given him a medal of some sort for services rendered...

Early War, Africa, Afrika Korps, Haans's time in the desert, his fear of sand comes from this time. Forces include a mechanised infantry company which despite being some 2,500 points has yet to be deployed above about 700 points.

Mid War, the Russian Front. Haan's is assigned to 2. Panzer and discovers his ability to command armour is roughly the same as his ability to knit fog. A force assembled so as to allow me to deploy a mid war force for Campaign 2013, things went as well as can be expected. Crazy Adolf's used tank lot?

Late War, North Western Europe. After his illustrious early career Haans is assigned to Normandy, after all what possible trouble could her cause there? This was the first period collected and as such I have a significant capability in this Theatre able to deploy both Infantry and Armoured companies built to the Earth & Steel book and not yet fully updated to Atlantic Wall.

Late War, the Russian Front, Due to the logistical supply difficulties the German forces faced the Soviets agreed to bring the fighting closer to Berlin to help things along. Forces from Grey Wolf that I can deploy again include Infantry and Armour, mostly utilising the same models but with a very different flavour to them.

Soviet Forces

Still under creation, I have a Soviet Infantry force for the mid war period, assembled so as to be usable in late war also. To date this force in still incomplete and lacking in several key areas, it has however uniquely among my forces a 100% record of victory (it won its only game when the enemy ran out of bullets).

British Forces

Oddly my First army was a British Rifle Company, one I still have yet to actually use for a range of reasons, and one that is still incomplete. Also under assembly are a force of airborne troops and an Armoured company from the Market Garden book.

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