Boltaction - Great war pt:2

 

 Germany counter attacks, playing the Gas team and Night attack card the Germans surge across no mans land to dislodge the off balance French after their failed assault.

Key scenario rules:

- Night fighting

- Siege artillery, French barrages cause a large blast on a 5+ rather than a 6+

Gas teams are a free and special unit that can only be brought on via a card, they have a 1 in 3 chance of dropping a Gas cloud on the enemy or a 1 in 6 chance of dropping it on their own troops, they get forward deployment like an observer.

One of the unique units for BA: Great war is the Trench raider squad, intended as a forward harassment and assault unit it has tough fighters, field craft and forward deployment. Throughout the game we discussed and argued the pros and cons and decided that the unit should instead get the ranger rule allowing them a 12inch head start as well as counted field craft for wire only and a 5-10 man squad size instead of 5 only. 

 

France started the battle with a volley into the dark, trying to hit the Trench raiders and Gas team, however they were unable to see them. 

The Trench raiders then counter attacked, passing through the wire and defeating a rifle squad in Melee, being unable to fire as they spent their action trying to shoot in the turn.

With the skirmishing over, the German gas shells landed and waves of German infantry poured forward to assault the trenchline as the Gas team tried and failed to pour their gas into the French trenchline.

French Riflemen moved forward on the German left to put shots into the Veteran squad but missing in the dark, the Veterans then moved foward in their activating and the following turn charged, wiping out the French Regulars.

I FORGOT to take more photos, the game ended turn 5 as the German Veterans and flamethrower overan the Trenchlines on the Left and Right flanks.

Germany lost 390pts whilst the French lost 720pts.