Tuesday, 5 February 2013

AAR Skirmish Sangin

Well the first Afghan engagement using Skirmish Sangin is under the belt and I'm impressed. The system is designed for 28mm figures, ultra low level with the ground scale equalling the figure scale so you have to be very careful calling in that support when the average table equates to about 100m x 100m!!!
My Afghan stuff is 20mm so it was easy enough to alter the rule distances. 1" = 2m for 28mm so you could go for 2cm = 2m or to simplefy it further 1cm = 2m, its up to you. Even in 28mm we're only looking at a 3' x 3' table.
The action took place on a 2' x 2' terrain tile with some compounds shoved on. As part of a larger engagement we had a 3PARA fire team engaged by 3 $10 Taliban. I'll apologise for the photos in advance as I haven't bothered to tidy them up. First off is a shot of the table, the Talibs wil be deploying at the small building where Abdul the goat is tethered underneath the Mulberry tree. The Brits are entering at the edge at the bottom of the shot.
The Brits deployed, although you can see the Talibs they're hidden and ain't been spotted yet.
Looking up the alley, possible dicker, is there any ICOM chatter?
The mobile's in use.
Terry kicks off the engagement missing but causing a morale check.
ICOM confirmed, an off table Brit sniper team takes out the dicker, the fire team skirmishes forward and the Tom with the UGL gets off a perfect shot killing one Talib seriously wounding a second.
At this point the fire team extracted off table, ENDEX!

I've purposely not gone in to all the rules but it played out very well, the system is detailed but quite elegant but if you have more than a couple of fireteams you're gonna need multiple players per side.
To reitterate if you're gaming Afghan buy these rules !!!
Later,  Dougie
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11 comments:

  1. Greg Sapara5 February 2013 at 05:38

    I'll definitely be picking these up!! Great photos!

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  2. Reese5 February 2013 at 13:05

    Hi Dougie
    Thanks for your post. Those rules sounds interesting. I have thought of the new Airfix vehicles 1:48 together with Empress minis. But that's probably too much oh shiny.

    Reese

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  3. Papa Sponge5 February 2013 at 15:09

    Great looking game as ever. Really like the sound of a modern rule set with subtlety and the ability to game within a modest terrain size. With forces at the fire-team or section level, a gamer can afford to build any number of different forces. Certainly interested. Aye, Rusty.

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  4. Silver Whistle6 February 2013 at 09:22

    Thanks for sharing Dougie, your terrain is superb and a benchmark for us all to aim for.
    I will probably invest in these rules but I have to confess that I would probably like to have a few more figures on the table, so not sure if they will be right for me.
    Cheers,
    Pat.

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    1. Dougie7 February 2013 at 11:57

      Pat,
      I'll be gaming an engagement with 4 fireteams soon, I think the system will work fine, I'll be posting an AAR. Don't consider not getting them, well worth it.
      Later, Dougie

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    2. Silver Whistle7 February 2013 at 12:51

      Thanks Dougie, looking forward to seeing how you get on with this many figures.

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  5. Pete.6 February 2013 at 19:28

    Great game- the scenery is superb too. Given the level of detail may I ask how long it took to play through this little scenario?

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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    1. Dougie7 February 2013 at 11:59

      Less than an hour, very enjoyable, for the price the pdf is a no brainer, very nicely done and some tip top in theatre photos.
      Later, Dougie

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  6. Barks8 February 2013 at 21:48

    Lovely setup.

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  7. torvic2 March 2013 at 19:07

    wooow,, now we need an eplosion marker tutorial wooow its superb.......

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    1. Dougie5 March 2013 at 01:40

      Should be able to sort that!
      Later, Dougie

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