Last Thursday I ran a game between for two new players at one of my local clubs the "Christchurch Crusaders"
Matthew and Alex both had shown interest in the game so Matthew used his FOW WW2 German's (using Havoc's NTE sheets i had done for him) against my FSE (which are basically French!) so the fun started
Matthew set up his FOW NTE's all to one corner for a compact set up.
Alex went for the other approach and set up across the table with his PA all the way the other side of the table!
Here is the overall set up
No real scenario just a standard meeting engagement
On the first turn Matthew decided to move his command APC right up to the front to spot for his arty but got a shock when the heavy wheeled tank came out and said 'ello in a bad french accent!
Then the German arty had a couple of pot shots at the same Tank and did nearly max damage not a happy Tank!
After a bit more medium grenades from the FSE at the command APC and missing but hitting the infantry behind them! One of the long barreled Panzer IV came out to play and missed twice!
Then another FSE Specialist mortar carrier has a shot at the Panzer and dings it!
At the end of turn two the NTE commander has a go at the Tank and scratches it a bit more!
At the beginning of turn three the center FSE squad had received a push move from the FSE commander and doubled moved on to the downed ship at the space port for cover and had a go at the NTE commander and Command APC doing some damage to both!
The rest of the turn there was a big firefight and grenades going everywhere and i mean everywhere! Did some one shout "That Mulligan he's dropping them everywhere!". In the end the center FSE squad disintegrated into messy bits!
Then to the NTE horror the Heavy tank just turned his turret and blasted at there commander with its main gun, a crit! Oh after the smoke cleared the NTE forces felt slightly unnerved by stood there ground!
The other PZ IV moved up and laid more fire into the Heavy Tank for revenge and it only surviving by the skin of its teeth!
Turn four both forces front line was looking in bad shape as the previous misses from the first PZ IV hit the target and totaled the Heavy Tank before it could do any more damage!
The FSE mortars laid in more fire and everything else on the NTE side pored fire into the last Heavy Tank trying to finish it off but failing!
With a push move the next squad moves in on the messy wreckage there comrades had held earlier!
Next the FSE commander moves up to steady his troops and the PA starts to get to the front line!
The PZ IV that destroyed the Heavy Tank decides to ram the infantry closing round the side of the forces this goes wrong and it completely misses! Then the FSE reform and shoot the back end of the tank cracking its Armour!
The other side of the star port the PA move up again being watched by the Doctor! (don't worry he'll be back!)
In turn five the NTE front line desintegrated with both PZ IV going up in smoke followed by the other APC!
The FSE did loose two of there Specialist Mortar carriers two each of the PZ IV's before they died!
And with just his Arty and single infrtry unit left Matthew put up a white flag and surrendered!
Everyone enjoyed the game
but a few things where discussed like grenades seemed very powerful weapon up close (hadn't used them much before) and everyone including myself recons that the Specialist Mortar Unit for the FSE should be built as a vehicle which will up its points a bit as we all reckoned it was too cheap!