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I had this idea a few weeks back of having a game of IG cadians (english and american) against IG death korps (germans). Has something like this been done before? Any ideas would be apprecited. (im going to build a board as well)

gaurdsmantom wrote:I had this idea a few weeks back of having a game of IG cadians (english and american) against IG death korps (germans). Has something like this been done before? Any ideas would be apprecited. (im going to build a board as well)

The Scottish and Canadians were there too.

That being said, yeah, I'm sure this has been done. As for ideas? Well, you can play Flames of War... That sounds right up your alley.

The Scottish and Canadians were there too.

In spirit maybe...

I played a game where my Noise Marine's were American GI's and ork's were banzai charger's.

Canonness Rory wrote:

The Scottish and Canadians were there too.

In spirit maybe...

The Canadians had their own beach(s?) to secure independent of ours. The Scottish were part of the British assaults.


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Infact, I believe the Canadians pushed even further onto dry land in the first day than anyone else, did, and they had more resistance than any other beach except Omaha.

I'm going to be the nerdy historically accurate one on this thread. The list of the beaches are as follows. Americans were the most variable. The other three were pretty similar landings + advances

Omaha - USA - Killing ground until afternoon when they pushed out, many tanks lost
Utah - USA - Longshore drift moved them down the coast, very successful almost unopposed landing
Gold - British - Fierce initial opposition, British forces broke through the German defences with relatively few casualties
Juno - Canadians - Made a quick assault, minimal casualties, took a lot of ground
Sword - British - Good landing, ran into Panzer units later on

Don't forget the parachutists of the Brits 1st, US 82nd and US 101st (Elysians?)

Would recommend some sort of sustained assault rule for the attackers. 'Funny' tanks would be interesting (demolishers and eradicators along with 'swimming' Russes). And make sure the defenders get barbed wire, tank traps, trenches, mines etc. Arty support for either side would also be cool

Sounds like an awesome battlefield. Please post pics of any forthcoming battles!

Guard versus Guard doesn't sound terribly interesting. Go for a similar scenario, but for example using Marines of some sort as the ones holding the beachhead. Clone battles are seldom entertaining for any involved.

Use plenty specialized units, like Darby's Rangers (US), and maybe even WWII era SAS. Also, make models of the landing boats.

http://wfarcadia.blogspot.com/2008/04/battle-report-assault-on-morkandy-beach.html

That batrep is epic, Thor.

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:That batrep is epic, Thor.

totally well done fella

Definitely one of the best reports on the site - I like their batreps there quite a bit.