Freikorps und Spartacist - Westhafen

Having enjoyed the last game of the Freikorps und Spartacist rules, I decided to expand both the table size and player count.  Of course this required the acquisition of a significant greater amount of terrain along with some additional units.

Once I had pulled all of this together I put on a game at the club meeting this weekend which saw a much larger Freikorps force including an A7V tank and a Garford-Putilov armoured car along with some Stormtroopers facing a similarly enhanced rebel force albeit with only some unarmoured transport.  

 The game started well for the rebels with the Freikorps deployment halting after the second round but they really didn't sieze the opportunity created by that advantage.  There were some hard fought street battles with some significant groups of civilians coming under fire from the Freikorp forces - perhaps too much of a concentration on the civilians meant they weren't eliminating the rebel forces.  By the end of the game neither side had reached their overall victory conditions and based on levels of army morale meant I had to call the game a draw.

Here are some photos from the game:

Friekorps und Spartacist

Last weekend I paid a visit to my friend Lenin and we played a number of games. Unfortunately, I stupidly forgot to take photos of some of them but I did remember for this one.

This was the first outing for the Freikorps und Spartacist rules by Stephen Danes using my Empress figures.  The game covers skirmishes during and following the German Revolution which saw the right and left political movements taking up arms across parts of Germany.

One of the key elements of the game is the asymmetric deployment which helps to represent the different nature of the two sides (hence the markers you will see in some of the pictures.  There are also groups of civilians who can become hostile to the Freikorps if roused.

The two factions consisted of Freikorps and armed police facing off against Spartacists and red sailors.  I took command of the Freikorps but was seriously hampered by an unlucky roll during the deployment phase with only my machine gun unit starting on the table whilst the Spartacists managed to deploy their entire force.  Fortunately I did get some reinforcements during the game but I never quite recovered (I am contemplating some house ruling here if I play this with more than two players).

Here are some photos from the game:

The game was a lot of fun and seemed to capture the essence of the period.  So I will be investing in more terrain and fielding a few more figures (and possibly an armoured car or A7V next time!)