What's on your table right now?

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Crossroads

Quote from: Crossroads on April 17, 2018, 12:10:23 PM


:)

Putin's Northern War, the (step) sister game to Putin Strikes, almost ready to rumble!



I was really looking towards this one, as it would add the Northern Europe theatre of war to Putin Strikes, which has the map from Black Sea to Baltic Sea.

As advertised in their site too (so not that this was a surprise), Putin's Northern War only has one map sheet though, so it does not have full of Finland even in it, let alone the Arctic Sea region with Murmansk in Russian side and Norway, of course, in the west.

Would have been great to have a combined map like that, but, alas, not going to happen. So,  step sister, at most.

I will put a post out how it played.
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Boardgame AARs: AH D-Day | MMP PanzerBlitz2 Carentan | OSS Putin's Northern War | GMT Next War: Poland | LnL Against the Odds DIY

Crossroads

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Quote from: Crossroads on April 21, 2018, 05:46:52 AM


Putin's Northern War, the (step) sister game to Putin Strikes, almost ready to rumble!



I was really looking towards this one, as it would add the Northern Europe theatre of war to Putin Strikes, which has the map from Black Sea to Baltic Sea.

As advertised in their site too (so not that this was a surprise), Putin's Northern War only has one map sheet though, so it does not have full of Finland even in it, let alone the Arctic Sea region with Murmansk in Russian side and Norway, of course, in the west.

Would have been great to have a combined map like that, but, alas, not going to happen. So,  step sister, at most.

I will put a post out how it played.

Why they decided to go with this minimap, that does not feature even whole of Finland, let alone a map same size that would reach to the Arctic Sea, with Murmansk and Norway too, I have no idea. Opportunity missed for sure.  :(

Putin Strikes map, bottom, and Northern War map, top.

Campaign Series Legion | CS: Vietnam 1948-1967 | CS: Middle East 1948-1985

CS: Vietnam DAR: LZ Albany as NVA (South Vietnam 11/17/65)  
CS: Middle East AARs: High Water Mark (Syria 10/12/73) Me vs Berto | Riptide (Libya 8/6/85) Me vs Berto | The Crossroads (West Bank 6/5/67)  Me vs Berto

Boardgame AARs: AH D-Day | MMP PanzerBlitz2 Carentan | OSS Putin's Northern War | GMT Next War: Poland | LnL Against the Odds DIY

Bison

What sort of maneuver would you expect to occur that far north?

Crossroads

Quote from: Bison on April 21, 2018, 10:28:47 AM
What sort of maneuver would you expect to occur that far north?

Well, as Putin Strikes covers the land mass from Black Sea to Baltic Sea, so Northern Struggle not covering the Nordics up to Arctic Sea is a missed opportunity in itself. I haven't done any analysis as what Russian Western Military District formations are possibly left out, but they are responsible for protecting their Northern fleet at Murmansk / Arkangel oblasts, so if that area is not included in the map, and yet those units would be available, that's lazy design.

This is what the game marketing material says:

QuoteThe Finns and Swedes have their entire combined ground force in the Allied side's OB. The Russians would be looking to wage and win this campaign as quickly as possible, but without logistically and administratively disrupting their entire ground force. Accordingly, they are given everything normally available in their Western Military District reinforced with all the new offensive-oriented units they've lately been creating. That includes almost all of their special operations branch, the expanding list of new heavy divisions, and the ultra-elite Order of Suvorov & Kutuzov Heavy Sapper Brigade.

Finnish formations also include the Jaeger Brigade, which is specialised for arctic conditions and for operations in Lapland, but here they are operating elsewehere.

So at minimum there should be some formations and air assets there to protect the key strategic assets there, and on the other hand it should be an interesting area for operations too, especially if Norway would be added to the game, too. The game maps can be put togehter, and the rules allow for map combinations.

Not good, extending that map would not have been much of an effort.
Campaign Series Legion | CS: Vietnam 1948-1967 | CS: Middle East 1948-1985

CS: Vietnam DAR: LZ Albany as NVA (South Vietnam 11/17/65)  
CS: Middle East AARs: High Water Mark (Syria 10/12/73) Me vs Berto | Riptide (Libya 8/6/85) Me vs Berto | The Crossroads (West Bank 6/5/67)  Me vs Berto

Boardgame AARs: AH D-Day | MMP PanzerBlitz2 Carentan | OSS Putin's Northern War | GMT Next War: Poland | LnL Against the Odds DIY

Bison

Game group meetup day today.  We played a team game of Triumph and Tragedy but we only got to 1939 when the war was about to begin.  :(  Kids played several games of Santorini and King of Tokoyo.  Good time had by all.

BanzaiCat

Quote from: Bison on April 21, 2018, 06:24:36 PM
Game group meetup day today.  We played a team game of Triumph and Tragedy but we only got to 1939 when the war was about to begin.  :(  Kids played several games of Santorini and King of Tokoyo.  Good time had by all.

Pretty sure King of Tokyo has a player limit!  :D

Bison


BanzaiCat

smh

You said "the kids" played King of Tokyo. You have what, a battalion's worth? How do you fit them all around the table let alone to play King of Tokyo?

It was funnier in my head. Like most things.

Bison

Oh right.  Technically the player count would accommodate them all but the majority are too young to play.  We did play some Animal Upon Animal this morning for an hour or so with the rules.  Next stop?  ASL! 

BanzaiCat

That's a helluva long step to take. But if you get them into board games and wargaming now, they sure won't have money for drugs or booze later! ;D

Bison

No one willingly chooses ASL.  ASL chooses you.

BanzaiCat

I played Squad Leader a lot back in the late 80s. Solo. Had a buddy or three that played wargames but nobody wanted to try SL.

I got severely burned out on it.

Bison

I love block games.  I don't so much love putting the stickers on them.   Currently working on Triumph and Tragedy...soon my precious...soon you'll be ready to hit the table.

mirth

Quote from: Bison on April 25, 2018, 08:04:08 PM
I love block games.  I don't so much love putting the stickers on them.

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