However the next PEF was a bit more serious… One short firefight later with Chris’ squad half the VC are dead or out of the fight the remainder are running for it. One of which turned out to be a squad in a defnesive position. The game started off simply enough when the 2 US squads entered the table under the double canopy to investigate the 2 first PEFs… The numbers of PEFs present ended up at 7. Free World Forces (FWF) support was set at 3. However when rolling for the Enemy Activity Level I rolled very high getting a 4. The arrival of the MFVC that was to be Brian and Chris’ was determined in part by the Poltical status of the region the game was set it: in this case level 3: Pacified. To keep the atmosphere going I put on some Doors and Jimi Hendrix CDs too. The game took a bit of prep work and I needed a lot of stuff brought through out of the shed just in case it was needed from a dice roll.

A Few buildings were dotted about but they were empty of civilians. The terrain featured a patch of double canopy jungle, where all the fighting happened, surrounded by forest and scrub before going into a clear but hill corner. Could be something from a abandoned position to a platoon to a bad case of the nerves), 9 areas seemed a bit crowded so next time I’ll drop it down to 6 2 foot squares. I divided my 6 by 4 foot able into 9 areas and diced for terrain and PEFs (PEFs are a rule mechanic that represent a possible ‘something’ out there. Both squads were detached from the platoon to conduct an evening patrol (only 5 turns of the 14 turn game took place in daylight) fortunately the weather was clear for the mission. I’ll let Brian and Chris add in the comments section a description of their squad and how the game went.Īs for the game the dice decided it was July 1966, somewhere in the interior of III Corps area. All the actions that the VC took were randomly determined, I just kept the game going.

Once the squad were generate I rolled up the mission and terrain I have to point out that I didn’t really take any part in the game. A really nice mix of an RPG and a skirmish game as you have individual attributes for each squad member that can be either an asset or a hindrance. Basically you generate a squad according to the rules and then guide them through a tour of duty.

For this weeks game Brian, Chris and I decided to try out the campaign system from 2 Hour Wargames FNG ruleset.

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