Ayton 2018 Modernesque Skirmish

[grizzlymc]

I think it's the coolant from the radiator.

[Etranger]

Friction power for the win!

Approach the table....

Place your vehicle....

GRAB IT AND RUB IT FURIOUSLY BACK AND FORTH ON THE TABLETOP DRAGGING THE CLOTH UP AND KNOCKING EVERYBODYS FIGURES OVER!

Then release your vehicle, and witness the almost magical sight of it trundling forward for, ooh, maybe a foot or so, UNDER ITS OWN POWER!

Truly we live in an age of wonders.

I'm desperately hoping vehicle isn't a euphemism...

[Norman D. Landings]

Under certain circumstances, the term ‘friction powered’ is not entirely inaccurate...

[tim.w]

Sorry I've been off grid, had a lot of kendo to do. Had the top guy from Japan staying over at our house all last week.

Back on it now, received some of the forces so will start to write up the lists etc.

Annoyingly my order from Under Fire Miniatures is taking its time?

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Sorry I've been off grid, had a lot of kendo to do. Had the top guy from Japan staying over at our house all last week.

Annoyingly my order from Under Fire Miniatures is taking its time?

Well, you have the top Kendo guy in Japan staying with you - send him round.

[tim.w]

My Under Fire order turned up today, no kendo needed. I think some of the new 28mm figures are having to be re-done so there might be a backlog, some of the Russians I ordered are 'to follow' but that's ok, I can start on my Bongolese.

Buff, can you send me your army lists? I've got Tim H's more or less so I think I'm nearly there, they can be tweaked/added to of course but I really need to know what factions are likely to be turning up so as to start making the narrative and building the scenarios around that.

Also, can people pm me what buildings/scenery they can bring? Generally I think we'll be ok for most buildings but it will help to have plenty of extra bits, barricades etc. Civilian vehicles too!

I'll soon start a separate thread that will begin introducing the story/factions.

[tim.w]

Subject to change here are the current force lists:

Ayton 2019

Tim.W - Bongo, Kumbahya State Police and Soviet 'involvement'
Tim. H - Zumba, Mercenaries on the Albion payroll
Buff - Albion 'peacekeepers' as long as the peace is paying off!
Paul - South Eastern Colonial Force, Kumbahya Peoples Front
General Phillipe N'dahwehlahweh - Himself with whomever he can muster to do his dirty work.

Norm
General Phillipe N’Dahwehlahweh:
People’s Liberation Force detachment “Panga”:
2x M37 82mm mortars (4 men)
With HE, and smoke if you have rules for it.
2x ‘Dushka’ 12.7mm anti-aircraft HMGs (4 men)
2x snipers w. scoped Moisin-Nagants or K98’s or whatever.
1x spotter (for the mortars)
2x four-man fire teams, each comprising 1x RPG7 & 3x assorted assault weapons.
TOTAL: 19 men

Tim W.
President M'Timbo Utummbi:
Kumbahyanian Gendarmarie - 12 men, well tooled up!
Bongolese (PDRB) Regulars - 12 men
USSR Diplomatic Security - 12 men
TOTAL: 36 men will also hopefully have some APC vehicles

Buff
Colonel Hugo B. Orpington-Smythe
16 Marines, veteran elites:
1 GPMG
1 Carl Gustav
1 51mm mortar (smoke, flare, HE)
1 sniper
Rifles & SMGs for the rest
1 Panhard VBL with 20mm autocannon
2 M113 APCs with 50 cal MGs
2 Westland Wirral helicopters

Tim H.
Colonel Dick Nixon Jnr
Veteran Americans of Nix-Co Security Sevices - "Let Nix-Co take care of all y'all combat situations! Nix-Co always rootin' to do your shootin' so you don't have to! Got a war? Call Nix-Co!"
Addition local "staff members"
Some CIA

Paul
Colonel Paulus van der Groot
8 x Rhodeleland SAS
16 x Royal Rhodeleland Rifles (RRR)
Possibly 8 x Randalls Rangers?
2-3 Landrovers
1 x Armoured truck
2 x ferret Armoured Cars (1 Mk1, 1 Mk3)
Possible additional Peoples Liberation Front reinforcements.

[Count Belisarius]

You haven't listed Paul's tank company...

[tim.w]

No, nor any of the Nix-Co Phantoms.

[Jeremy]

I can’t wait for Paul to tell me how Paulos van der Groot is pronounced!