Barbarossa 1941 Lists Bundle for Chain of Command

A new interesting addition to the Chain of Command army lists. This time a full bundle covering the main armies fighting the initial Russian Campaign in 1941: Germans, Soviets and Romanians. Remeber the Italian 1941 were already published (see the list below) that covered the organisation for the desert and for this campaign's forces.


Summarising, in addition to the lists published in the Chain of Command book and CoC España materials, we have now the following armies available from TooFatLardies:

• Poland 1939  http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1778
• Germany 1939  http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1791
• Red Army 1939-1940  http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1801
• Finland for the Winter War http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1813
• France 1940 http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1823
• Germany 1940 http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1832
• BEF 1940 http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1840
• Belgium 1940 http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1890
• Italy 1940-1941  http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=2025
• British Early North Africa (1941)  http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=2524
• Deutsche Afrika Korps (1941) http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=2536  

Project Afrika Coc Update # 3

We played a new and likely final test-game, before formally launching the Afrika CoC campaign, our first major club collective project put in motion last December using the Too Fat Lardies Chain of Command rules.

Following a somewhat disappointing game a few weeks ago were we perhaps overstretched the rules introducing three infantry platoons, this time we wanted to test what happens when playing with two infantry platoons and one armoured troop... and it went really well!

Attack at Dawn - A Chain of Command Battle Report

Can't hardly believe the most excellent wargaming weekend I had, playing two different Chain of Command games on Friday (that will continue next week) and the again today Sunday. Today's game was quite small scenario taken from the Skirmish Campaign's book "Normandy '44 Monty's Epson" and was played in less than 2 hours.
 
The scenario takes place at the end of June '44, and involves a strong Scottish armour and infantry mix of the 15th British Division advancing into the German line outposts; this is  defended by a light panzergrenadier force (2 LMG teams) of the 15th Hitlerjugend Division supported by two Pz IVs and a Hanomag with an additional LMG team (entering the game after the sixth activation phase).

We divided both the British and the German forces into two separated platoons (infantry and tanks respectively) in order to accommodate 2 players per side. The Germans were Elite but average experience activating with 6 command dice.

Project Afrika CoC Update # 2

This is the second update of our Afrika Coc campaign report. We are somewhat delayed vs. our initial calendar, as we expected to start in early February, but finally today we have exchanged the first shots (hurrah!) in the North African Desert table.

Today it has been more a test than a full real game and out of a campaign context. The gathering was useful to put together what each of us has already painted over the last two months and also to play with our new desert Warmat from BarrageMiniatures.

The Battlefield

A suggestion was made to try playing with 3 platoons per side and the game was useful to test how Chain of Command can be overstretched, considering that the design is mainly for 1 or 2 platoons maximum. Personally I think it worked just OK but not great, although in general I’m quite reluctant to play games that fundamentally breaks what the designer has tried to achieve.

Australian operated M 13

New Prize Draw

As the winner of the "In the Name of Roma" prize of my 200k Visits Awards has failed to contact me after a week, I have rerolled again among the remaining contenders and the new winner is...

Whisperin 'Al

Congratulations, sir! And please contact me ASAP to send you the copy of the scenario book

Deutsche Afrika Korps List for Chain of Command

On the heels of the British Army list, TooFatLardies has just released the German Afrika Korps list, also for the initial phase of the North African campaign (1941). Information and lists available at the official blog Lard Island.

Note that the base force in the infantry platoon in the Panzer Divisions, comprising three squads with 2 LMGs each, so a tough nut to crack on the table. Also note that according to General Toppe, motorbikes as well as Pz I & IIs were largely replaced by Kubels and the Mark III model respectively after the summer of 1941. On another note, the famous tropical helmet saw little life, quickly discarded by the troops and replaced by the cap (or the steel helmet in combat). 

The TFL Yahoo Group will concentrate this week in discussing the lists for the Barbarossa campaign, so expect some new list releases as early as next week.

Summarising, in addition to the lists published in the Chain of Command book and CoC España materials, we have now the following armies available from TooFatLardies:

• Poland 1939  http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1778
• Germany 1939  http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1791
• Red Army 1939-1940  http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1801
• Finland for the Winter War http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1813
• France 1940 http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1823
• Germany 1940 http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1832
• BEF 1940 http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1840
• Belgium 1940 http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=1890
• Italy 1940-1941  http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=2025
• British Early North Africa (1941)  http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=2524

Early War British 8th Army for Chain of Command

After a long spell, Toofatlardies has just released a new army list for Chain of Command, time now for the Early War British Army in the North African desert. Information and lists available at the official blog Lard Island.

Following a discussion this past week in the TFL Yahoo Group we expect the DAK lists to follow very-very soon. Perfect timing also for the launch of our Afrika CoC Project (slightly delayed due to personal issues with some of the project participants).