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Slammers Big Bust Up

Many hands make light work... Tony Francis of Brigade Games put on a Slammers game in Summer 2018 at the Maidstone Wargames club. This game took place on a 15 foot long table covering a clash between the Stewarts and the Hirosekis on the planet Kalan (mentioned in the essay Backdrop to Chaos). Nine players ran a detachment, plus there was an air defence unit as a shared asset for each side (UDB and Fosters) The conflict would provide an interesting comparison between the Hirosekis, a Commissar force with average quality troops but commanded by officers with high leadership ratings, and the fanatic Stewart Highlanders who were rated as elite, but with poor leadership. In game terms this meant that the Hirosekis had lots of leadership points with which to order their troops around, but the troops in action couldn’t hit the floor. On the other hand, the Stewarts were excellent quality troops but the poor leadership values of their officers meant surrendering the initiative and having very few leadership points. Optional rules in use on the day included Thunder Runs, Follow Me, Charge, Getting the Range and Anti-ATGW Data Link. The objective was a TV transitter aerial, which the Hirosekis needed in order to broadcast propaganda to the Scots. The Stewarts had been told that they needed to hold on as long as possible so that reinforcements who were currently on the way could reach the battlefield. The Stewarts and Lightnings made it... but only just... John Treadaway extracted from Tony’s full game report on the Maidstone Blog)

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