British Paratroopers on the go ...

British Paratroopers - HQ and heavy weapons get prepared for painting

These are a mixture of Italeri british commandos/infantry/paratroopers. The commandos/infantry have either had their helmet remodelled or heads swapped from 'odd pose' paratroopers.

A box of goodies ...

My friend and regular wargames opponent, turned up for a game evening with a box of stuff he'd cleared out of his attic, amongst the goodies were some useful kits and a nice house.

Also there were some part made SuperQuick card kits houses and some un-made Metcalfe card kits. 

Some more new buildings ..

I hoovered up these madeup card buildings (I think they arell Metcalfe ones) off the stalls at my local Toy&Train collectors fair on Sunday; these will go towards my home guard town - still need a few more shops.

On the workbench at the moment are some additions to for my British Paratroopers - HQ company and heavy weapons company.

Across the fields to safety ...

A small game to try out the Hit the Dirt ruleset ..

Scenario: Resistance to get two downed key air personnel to safe house in nearby town.

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At german HQ, local patrol is starting on its rounds ...

The resistance on the move ...

Hurry up chaps ! ..

Resistance duck down behind a hedge to avoid detection by a motorbike & sidecar ...

The german patrol works its way to the high ground ...

They see nothing, resistance fighters are well hidden ...

Resistance fighter fires on the sentry at the german HQ ...

More resistance close in and firing hots up

The resistance knockout an armoured car and also the motorbike & sidecar ...

The fighting continues by the german HQ ..

The sound of the gunfire has drawn the patrol back as well as second patrol that was out nearer the town; the resistance fall back ...

Airmen and their escort move across the fields now the german patrol has been distracted ...

They arrive at the safe house - Here we are chaps; get inside quick ...

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A nice little game and we found the Hit the Dirt ruleset suited us better - (as it is for 1:1 scale small actions).

Some more work to do: scenics - some better roads; troops - probably add extra british paratroopers and more germans before we have another game.

Some additional buildings and vehicles ..

Some items picked up at a locall Toy&Train fair today; more buildings - and a couple of vehicles for home guard use.

Resistance Fighters

Resistance fighters are now ready for action (all from Caeser) ...

Attack on supply depot ...

Getting it together, having enough painted troops for a trial game using Rapid Fire rules

An overview of the setup, target is German supply depot in middle of table. British commandos enter along railway line at front of table; British paratroopers as the back of the table in the middle ..

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All is quiet at the supply depot ...

Meanwhile at German HQ in the nearby village they are preparing to send out patrols (they have received vague intel on a possible paratroop landing)

The paratroops assemble (not quite where they should have been dropped) ..

The commandos move up the railway line ...

Recce patrol asks if they have seen anything at the supply depot ...

As the recce patrol move off to check down the road, the commandos open fire ..

Meanwhile the paratroops approach the railway line ....

Commandos attack the supply depot ...

The paratroops ccross the railway line to attack the German local HQ ....

Exchange of fire near the local HQ ...

The commandos fall back after taking heavy casualties ( the paratroopers also fall back ...)

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Game over - British troops retire back towards their lines ...

Nice little game, we found the Rapid Fire rules not quite suitable for the small numbers on each side.  Will try another ruleset which are more 1:1 skirmish based - which is closer to the sort of games we'll be playing.