OK, so it was Spain sometime between 1936 and 1939,
not so great as a vacation spot right then
Rich Uncle Pat has been working on a Top Secret Project since last Fall. Today we were given a peek behind the curtain and what a surprise it was! He has managed to assemble and paint both sides of the Spanish Civil War (including the Condor Legion and the Italian Volunteer Corps!) up to Divisional level including vehicle and air assets. All in 15mm, mostly Peter Pig and Minairons, truly beautiful minis all enhanced by his painstaking paint-jobs and carefully constructed terrain.
Housemartin and I were the lucky members to get to play with these troops the very first time. The rules were "For Whom the Dice Rolls" from Wargaming For Grownups Publications. The rules have a very interesting variation of card-driven activation which took me a turn or two to really get the hang of but, once the system had penetrated my foggy old brain, it all made sense and played quite well.
R.U.P.'s usual lovely terrain,
a quiet village in sunny Spain soon to wracked by the terrors of war
of course his models and paint work were delicious eye-candy
the Fascist were on the move,
the turn system allows certain troops to move when their assigned suit of cards is played, better trained troops are allowed to move on more suits than militia, quite elegant
but the Republicans weren't waiting around either
Italian fighters drop low to strafe the column
the models were 3D prints that reflected the intricate inter-plane struts very well
amazing stuff!
the Fascists then tried bombing the Republicans but the Anarchists were undaunted
more excellent minis with great paint-jobs (and so tiny too!)
while calmly ignoring the Fascists attempts at airstrikes
the Republicans advanced to confront the Legionnaires
unable to stop the advancing Republicans
the Fascists began an unrelenting bombardment of the village
this pinned the militia unit leaving the Legionnaires free to deal with the other troops
however brave they were the Republican forces
weren't up to stopping the Legionnaires and their Moroccan allies
they fell back from the steady fire of the professional troops
I certainly look forward to seeing more of this collection in action soon. The rules are innovative and play very well once you understand the activation system. And I always look forward to one of R.U.P's games because of his unrelenting attention to detail, they truly are a sight to enjoy. I hope to convince R.U.P. to l;et me do a photo review of his collection, it is truly comprehensive and painted to a very, very, high level of quality,
Spectacular game!
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