Seven Days To The River Rhine game played

Game today at Mr Ps using 7 Days To The River Rhine rules and some excellent 10mm (12mm actually) kit.

Mr P and John fielded a Nato defence force of FRG (Mr P) and French (John) against attacking Pact forces led by Mr B, Le Duc and Steiner(ski).

FRG had a Leopard 1A5 several Milan and Infantry teams whilst French had 2 AMX30B with several Infantry and some Light Afvs including an nimble Panhard Recce A/C all of which set up hidden (numbered counters plus dummies used)

Pact shared a force of 10 T64B several BTRs and BRDMs along with a Company of Infantry although 12 units started off-table.
We also had a Hind gunship

Mr P had set up an excellent table with some superb Timecast and other buildings and with a nice 1980s vibe.

After an almost disaster (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) with Mr Bs figures we commenced the game which was an exciting fun affair.

I do not own the rules although I do have the Iron Cross WW2 set (which I also greatly enjoyed much to my surprise if honest), but did have a copy of QRS which once you get flow of game is essentially all you need along with relevant unit stats.

Le Duc has a nice AAR on his Blog:-
https://warfareintheageofcynicsandamateurs.blogspot.com/2019/12/its-not-just-about-resource-management.html
so no real need for me to regurgitate here but will echo the enjoyment of the game and rules.

As I said during game a nice straight forward rule set covering a complex game period that generated a fun plausible experience for 5 players in reasonable amount of time (roughly 4 hours) with an acceptable amount of abstraction.



Pre-game overview of table from Pact entry edge.

 


















Nato left flank (note hidden markers on wooded hill

And in wood adjacent to industrial complex I attacked through

The central built up area objective (Mr B and Le Duc fought around this) this included a newly painted and impressive apartment block

Nice amount of terrain which is essential for these types of games IMHO

Pact left along which Le Duc advanced with excellent garage complex

My right flank force (2 T64 and an Infantry Platoon) occupy the industrial area

Mr B covers center with T64s

Pact CinC in village

The industrial area cleared (note containers another nice modern touch)

My MBTs provide cover

Pact Infantry scouting ahead in cornfield

Poor shot of brewed Leopard

And an AMX30 taken out by the Hind (Note Nato supplies we were really after !)

Wood now cleared as well but Infantry taking fire

Mr B's T64s engage enemy

As Le Duc pushes up on our left

Battle in full flow with French Light Afvs deploying and some Pact losses visible