Friday, 10 July 2020

Back of Beyond Battle Plan

People's Commissar Ivan Tushutalotovu

The lad wants to play another skirmish game and I realised that he hasn't tried a game of Contemptible Little Armies in the Back of Beyond before, so I've been planning a small introductory scenario for the weekend. I have two armies* for the Back of Beyond, one a Bolshevik force and the other a variation on the Dinosaur Hunter list, in the form of a Texaco oil prospecting expedition. I've enjoyed many games with both armies but have never used them against each other, so it should be a very interesting clash. 


The Texans are tooled up with some pretty impressive units but lack firepower and are short on numbers. They usually crumble when faced with tanks or field guns, as the vehicles get knocked out leaving the infantry to slog on with just their bombs against the AFV's. The Bolsheviks in contrast have lots of relatively weak infantry but do have the advantage of armour support and artillery, so tend to do a bit better unless facing similar or better opponents. 

U.R.Kidding and his Good Ol' Boy Texan Roustabouts

To even things out, I've decided that this will be an Alamo style defensive action for the Texaco expedition, who will set up in some lightly fortified buildings at the centre of the table, while the Reds will be in the assault. The points are roughly equal, however, so both sides have a good chance to achieve their objectives. It will be interesting to see how it plays out and whether the Good Ol' Boys can hold out long enough to wear down the Reds.

*I always wanted to have another one, or two...or three, perhaps a Chinese Warlord Army...stop it!

6 comments:

  1. Yee-haw! Looking forward to the AAR on this one. I did start a Chinese Warlord force but it became one of my abandoned projects and I sold off the few figure I had.

    Your post reminded that somewhere I've got a pack of figures representing the Czar, or at least an Arch-Duke, and some of his family. I must dig them out and have a look.

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    1. I have loads of figures for BoB but they've been gathering dust in the pile for years...about time I made the most of them.

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  2. Looking forward to the game report. Maybe you could add more Whites or Mongols to the Texan force until there are enough to make a new stand alone army. Or Chinese, they would be good too.

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    1. I have a couple of units in the Texan Oil explorers force that I can swap into a Chinese Warlord army as allied units...saves having to paint so many figures!

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  3. I like your Texaco force, mine are themed as Tomb Raiders when fighting in Egypt, but I think I will steal your theme when I use them in China.

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    1. Yes, it works well and with a bare minimum of tweaks to the army list. There were foreign oil prospectors out there in the 20's, so it's historically accurate too!

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