Spotsylvania Area Gamers: Take the Bridge- Konflikt '47

The Germans and the Allies had already fought over the bridge many times...
today would be no different.

On January 11th SAG's sub-club, YHP Bolt Action Club, supported Your Hobby Place Fredericksburg's Winter Bash event by running "Take the Bridge- Konflikt '47".

This Konflikt '47 scenario was very simple: "Bring a 750 point list for Bolt Action or Konflict '47. Assault through a town to capture the bridge! Players will be assigned to the Axis or Allied teams according to their list. No restrictions, but be aware it is an urban game!"

In the event, we had Japanese, American, and German Bolt Action lists, and Canadian and German Konflikt '47 lists. Since we had three German players, the Japanese became honorary allies for the fight, so we had a 3 vs. 3 game. The board utilized Wayne's gorgeous Arnhem bridge surrounded by more of his beautiful ruined buildings. We divided the board into six zones and rolled randomly to assign starting zones, while the goal was to control each end of the bridge.

The game was a lot of fun, even if my poor Japanese infantry list was overwhelmed after snipers took out my suicide anti-tank teams and leaders before we even got started - ruined buildings are FAR less open then intact buildings, making the terrain less urban then expected. Starting off in the sights of the Waffen-SS (the only German Bolt Action list) as well as suffering the attacks of German werewolves made for a brutal evening for the Emperor's bushi!

On the other hand, Ren's Canadians, despite brutally effective Automatons, found the terrain well suited to German zombie hordes, which eventually overwhelmed them. The American's deployed an ancient M3 Grant tank and did quite well with it against the modern and fantastic walkers and other vehicles deployed by the Germans.

Perhaps most devastating for the allied side was the confusion of the battlefield. Allied fubars abounded, sending American rifle squads running in the wrong direction, while the Canadian artillery barrage landed on the already embattled Japanese force rather then the German foes.

The result, of course, was a devastating and complete German victory. In the Konflikt '47 universe evil has the upper hand!

Few people know that in the Konflikt '47 universe, G.I. Joe's foes, Cobra, began as allies of the Germans! :)

In support of their Puma armored car the Waffen-SS advance on the Allies.

Zombies and werewolves surround an overwhelm the Canadian Churchill Meteor.

The destruction of the Japanese platoon has left the Americans all alone.
Here, the M3 Grant continues to cover the street as American riflemen climb onto the bridge.