Bristol Big'Uns / Tanker last night and a campaign

**Posted by Dread Lord** 07/5/2018 8:49 AM

I enjoyed our game last night and I'd be interested in a campaign. I'm going to order the rules (do you want a set Lurkus?) and I wanted to ask if anyone had any relevant miniatures they wanted to sell before I order new stuff?

Dreads

**Posted by Lurkus Spleen** 07/5/2018 10:16 AM

Nigel posted this on a different thread.

Hetzer, it gets small which means it +1 to hit ever time. If it had low profile as well would make it a bit to hard.

We are starting a campaign in June (date to be decided), well as the campaign rules aren’t out yet, we are doing the progression system. The theatre is North Afrika 1942, then onto Tunisia, then Italy, then western front to end. The scale is 15mm.

Tweaks, we’ve binned the extra acquires as that was probably an on the day decision. But we are keeping the +1 to hit idea.

Nige

**Posted by AndyT** 08/5/2018 6:58 PM

Sounds good

I have an M14/41 and Semovente 75 on order (new releases for GF9's "Tanks" game)

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**Posted by MikeW** 09/5/2018 9:10 AM

Snap! Great Italian minds think alike. The GF9 Tanks are a quick and easy way to add a 15mm tank for What a Tanker at a reasonable cost and look quite straightforward to assemble.

We should capture Cairo on the first day with such splendid iron behemoths.

Have just been reading 'Take These Men' by Cyril Joly, a fictionalised account of the tank war in the desert by a serving officer. He refers to the British using a lot of captured Italian M13 tanks in the period after Beda Fomm and on the retreat from Benghazi when they faced the newly arrived Germans.

Mike

**Posted by AndyT** 09/5/2018 10:33 AM

The Australians used captured M13s painted with a white kangaroo on the turret sides

**Posted by AndyT** 09/5/2018 3:14 PM

The GF9 'Tanks' kits are repackaged Flames of War vehicles so good detail and easy to assemble.

**Posted by Lurkus Spleen** 10/5/2018 6:49 AM

So seeing I haven’t got the rules what’s my tank choices for the British 1942 desert theatre?

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**Posted by Alan Pag** 10/5/2018 8:44 AM

Level 2 tanks (no level 1s left!)
Valentine 2/3
M3 Honey
Crusader 2
Level 3
Churchill 1/2
MS Lee
Level 4
Churchill 3

I am also happy to play British.

Alan

**Posted by Magwr** 10/5/2018 8:45 AM

Morris CS9 Armoured Car

we need you to attract the enemies fire.

heres the real choices:

Valentine II/III
M3 Honey
Crusader Mk II

stats:
Name/          Armour/ Strike / Features.
Valentine II/III    5          4       Slow
Crusader Mk II 4          4       Fast
M3 Honey        4          4       Fast

nige

**Posted by Magwr** 10/5/2018 8:59 AM

Looking at the german charts, as i would suggest that we all start at level 2 the Pz IIF is a tad of a non starter [they were religated to HQ's by 41 anyway] and the PzIII jumps from the PzIII G with 3.7cm gun to the uparmoured H with short 50mm gun. So it's easy enough to take out the Pz IIF and replace it with the Pz IIIG L/42 50mm [short] as DAK had these rather than the 37mm's. Only thing needs changing is a strike vale of 5 instead of 4. Keeping the armour of 4. This would bring the availablity of tanks at level 2 more in line with what you would actually had.in the forefront of the panzer wedgel

This is going to be my starting tank.

nige

**Posted by Lurkus Spleen** 10/5/2018 9:50 AM

Well i’ll be starting off in a Crusader II , then hopefully working my way up to a Grant/Lee.
Which workers out really well as there my favourite 2 tanks :0).

**Posted by Lurkus Spleen** 10/5/2018 9:53 AM

Maybe worth starting a new thread on here, so people can sign out if there interested in taking part and post up which side and tank they want to join/take?

**Posted by AndyT** 10/5/2018 6:53 PM

I suppose the Italian line is rather hampered by lack of options if this campaign moves into 1944

**Posted by Lurkus Spleen** 10/5/2018 7:10 PM

I don’t know Andy, your tank crew could be fascists so could stick with the Germans or on the other had they could just be standard Italian army with relations in New York so might switch to the Yanks......just something to think about ;0).

**Posted by robb** 10/5/2018 7:57 PM

Anyone need a set of the rules do let me know, discount applies (15%)

I would be interested in the campaign and again can get the tanks at a discount from North Star so check their website for details of what they have.

I will order my own tank although would probably fancy the Matilda as I always did like the Airfix model!

But anyway will look and see

**Posted by AndyT** 10/5/2018 8:41 PM

I think only Zvezda do a single plastic 15mm Matilda at the moment (assuming that FoW ones come in unit packs)

**Posted by Lurkus Spleen** 10/5/2018 9:11 PM

Yes they do Andy, i’ve got 3 in my Scots Greys Desert Rat tank platoon and very nice models they are ;0).

**Posted by Ujkakevin** 12/5/2018 11:55 AM

I'm in - probably British (Crusader) as mid-war German kit doesn't really appeal

**Posted by Magwr** 12/5/2018 12:07 PM

Great Kevin.

I’ve started a campaign topic in arranging games to centralise all posts into that topic.

Nige

**Posted by robb** 12/5/2018 2:42 PM

Good stuff so is the scale 15mm?

I will play British or German - just have to buy some models!

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