Wednesday 20 October 2010

Wish I had a Grey Cortina!

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Transcript of radio transmissions.......Alpha Two One, SENTA A.O.

"This is Alpha Two One. Westbound on A40.....just cleared Red House over."

"Alpha Two One this is SENTA Control, Red House, copy that over"

"This is Alpha Two One, past Lansadwrn turnoff.....we have two dinkies in the road. Armed men, in DPM. Slowing. Do we have VCP on A40? XXXX cease transmission to this location..."




"Shwmae, Bach? Ble wyt'in mynd, nawrte?"


"Bore da, da iawn diolch. Rydyn ni'n mynd i Lampeter."


"Ie? Llanbedr Pont Stefan?"

"Nag e, Lampeter; mae ffrindiau gen i yn coleg yna"

"Sorry, Sir, Lampeter IS Llanbedr. Out of the car, please. Now. ALLAN NAWR!"

"GUN! GUN!"

"SAES! SASS! TORRI!"


FIRING.....FIRING


A21 Soldier A " I'm hit, I'm hit"

A21 Soldier B "FXXX, AXXX............"

A21 Soldier C "Taffs in treeline, M16, got one"

A21 Soldier D "Target with CAR 15, he's down"


FIRING.....FIRING


A21 Soldier A "Taff with FN. Got him. XXXX hit again"

A21 Soldier B ......static......

A21 Soldier C "Stoppage Stoppage"

A21 Soldier D "Target down, Talk to me lads. Get that guy with the FXXXXXX Sterling!"


FIRING.....FIRING


A21 Soldier A "FXXX FXXX FXXX"

A21 Soldier B .........static........static

A21 Soldier C "Changing to short"

A21 Soldier D "Sorry Baz.....fat XXXX.......OK, I've got the wheel"


FIRING.....FIRING


"Droes! Droes!"

"Yma o hyd, Saes!"



A21 Soldier A ............static........static

A21 Soldier B ......static......static.........

A21 Soldier C "Here they come, move it Harry"

A21 Soldier D "OK reversing fishhook......NOW!"
A21 Soldier C "Bleeeeuuurghh"

FIRING.....FIRING in distance...........


This ambush was played out with 11 figures, 2 model cars and a smattering of terrain. One thing it proved was how versatile the figures we've bought are. In this instance, the SAS were armed civvy figures whilst the Free Taffs came from Stonewall's ex-Hotspur Falklands SAS & SBS.

Rules used were Cold War: 1983 by Steve Blease. The Free Taffs had 'Bottles' of 4 and 5 but nevertheless put rounds down on their targets and did a lot of damage to Alpha Two One before the survivors withdrew.

The game was almost cinematic with plenty of action - Cold War: 1983  gave a crackingly good game and over in just 20 minutes.

Cheers
Maff
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3 comments:

  1. Yes, it was Omer! I have to say again the rules were spot on; when the FreeTaff with the sterling got the SAS driver, I knew the game was on. The Yma o Hyd bit (from a protest song and possible rallying cry) was when the Taffs closed in firing to press the advantage....

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  2. These are the sorts of games that I find myself gravitating toward more and more these days.

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