Post by tonytt on Nov 11, 2015 15:57:04 GMT
Some of you guys might have seen on he Facebook page but I'm thinking of starting a Modern Warfare/ Black Ops campaign at the club. Its an area that a lot of people are getting more into and id like to see if anyone at the club would be interested. Being ex army it fascinates me so id bought id see if i could get it started. here is what i originally posted on Facebook-
Hello legionnaires
Im thinking of starting up a modern 28mm skirmish campaign at the club. Ive bought a decent sized amount of modern spec ops and insurgent types and I'm going to be painting and expanding then soon. There a few companies doing decent models (I've got a mixture of empress and Spectre Minatures. Osprey have just released a Black Ops book and Spectre have a new ruleset coming soon.
I plan to do a few test games to test and see which set of rules we like and get some terrain on the go and then doing a linked campaign series. The missions will all be linked with an over arching story and ill try and make it as "drop in/drop out" as possible so lots of people can play as and when they want.
Im gonna post some scenario ideas on the website so feel free to comment what you think and add bits of your own
See you on sunday for more carnage!!
Now a while back i wrote a thing on Beasts of War with some scenario ideas for Modern warfare. This is the kinda thing I'm thinking of for the campaign. Obviously these would be quite "big games" with a lot of terrain but there would be mostly smaller skirmish based ones in between. Heres what i wrote-
Hello troops
I really like the new Russians that spectre have been previewing recently, both the spec op and plain clothes mercenary types. They are also about to release a brand new set of rules having had rough “beta” set out there for a while now. I have been looking for 28mm modern warfare for ages but it seems like there is no one leading game that has really taken off yet. Which is a shame because its an awesome setting with great potential. Ive been thinking about some potential MW scenarios for a potential campaign. Let me know what you think.
AIRBASE STRIKE
This is based on a combination of real life events and fiction. The Russian army IRL has recently taken over an airbase in Syria, apparently as a bridgehead for a “peace keeping force” They have brought with them, thousand of troops, tanks, jets and anti air missiles. Despite the fact that ISIS and the rebels have no aircraft. In fact the only people who do are the nato planes flying bombing missions….
Well the scenario is that the allied nations decide that its too much of a threat and send in a covert team to take it out. Real life comparisons would be the Pebble Island raid in the Falklands war, the abandoned plans for an assault by a british special forces unit on an Argentinian main land airbase, the Entebbe raid by israeli commandos to rescue hostages or the SAS missions during world war two in the desert to hit german compounds. Also the level in Call of Duty MW2 where the task force team infiltrate the Russian airforce base.
The game would play out as a stealthy infiltration mission at first, with the specs op team attempting to remain covert as long as possible. Night fighting rules in place and using suppressers, NVG etc. The Russian side would consist of the base guard, either Russian regular troops or Syrian locals depending model availability or personal tastes and would have a core of Russian special forces at the centre ready to reply to any base alarms.
The board would obviously be one small part of the base with a perimeter fence, watch tower, maybe some barracks and couple of hangers with the fighter jets in which would be the objective. Board would probably have to be decent size to accommodate the stealth elements.
SUB THREAT
This one is roughly similar to the one above except that the threat that has to be taken out is sub base that has been taken over by the Russians. Would be roughly a similar scenario except a harbour with a moored sub would a cool terrain piece could bring in stuff like infiltration by diving or boat. Similar to the sub level in Modern Warfare 3.
Alternative would be an oil rig but thats beyond my terrain skills lol
BANK JOB!!
The Russian mercenaries have an organised criminal look about them and that made me think of a Bank Robbery type game. The Spectre rules can accommodate swat type units and there is rules for breaching etc. It could play out as Swat storming a bank with hostages or for a bigger game, more of a Heat style game with the crew coming out into the street and being ambushed by the police.
(Best on screen shoot out for my money) posted below for those who haven’t seen it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQNBg6I29gI
This would be a smaller, urban board and the idea is that the robbers are pressed for time as every turn they are on the board, more and better armed police are turning up. Starting with patrol cops and ending in swat teams with all the kit The cops have to take them down before they escape, taking into account minimising civilian casualties or rescuing any hostages they have taken.
let me know what you guys thnk. Im going to get cracking on those models
Hello legionnaires
Im thinking of starting up a modern 28mm skirmish campaign at the club. Ive bought a decent sized amount of modern spec ops and insurgent types and I'm going to be painting and expanding then soon. There a few companies doing decent models (I've got a mixture of empress and Spectre Minatures. Osprey have just released a Black Ops book and Spectre have a new ruleset coming soon.
I plan to do a few test games to test and see which set of rules we like and get some terrain on the go and then doing a linked campaign series. The missions will all be linked with an over arching story and ill try and make it as "drop in/drop out" as possible so lots of people can play as and when they want.
Im gonna post some scenario ideas on the website so feel free to comment what you think and add bits of your own
See you on sunday for more carnage!!
Now a while back i wrote a thing on Beasts of War with some scenario ideas for Modern warfare. This is the kinda thing I'm thinking of for the campaign. Obviously these would be quite "big games" with a lot of terrain but there would be mostly smaller skirmish based ones in between. Heres what i wrote-
Hello troops
I really like the new Russians that spectre have been previewing recently, both the spec op and plain clothes mercenary types. They are also about to release a brand new set of rules having had rough “beta” set out there for a while now. I have been looking for 28mm modern warfare for ages but it seems like there is no one leading game that has really taken off yet. Which is a shame because its an awesome setting with great potential. Ive been thinking about some potential MW scenarios for a potential campaign. Let me know what you think.
AIRBASE STRIKE
This is based on a combination of real life events and fiction. The Russian army IRL has recently taken over an airbase in Syria, apparently as a bridgehead for a “peace keeping force” They have brought with them, thousand of troops, tanks, jets and anti air missiles. Despite the fact that ISIS and the rebels have no aircraft. In fact the only people who do are the nato planes flying bombing missions….
Well the scenario is that the allied nations decide that its too much of a threat and send in a covert team to take it out. Real life comparisons would be the Pebble Island raid in the Falklands war, the abandoned plans for an assault by a british special forces unit on an Argentinian main land airbase, the Entebbe raid by israeli commandos to rescue hostages or the SAS missions during world war two in the desert to hit german compounds. Also the level in Call of Duty MW2 where the task force team infiltrate the Russian airforce base.
The game would play out as a stealthy infiltration mission at first, with the specs op team attempting to remain covert as long as possible. Night fighting rules in place and using suppressers, NVG etc. The Russian side would consist of the base guard, either Russian regular troops or Syrian locals depending model availability or personal tastes and would have a core of Russian special forces at the centre ready to reply to any base alarms.
The board would obviously be one small part of the base with a perimeter fence, watch tower, maybe some barracks and couple of hangers with the fighter jets in which would be the objective. Board would probably have to be decent size to accommodate the stealth elements.
SUB THREAT
This one is roughly similar to the one above except that the threat that has to be taken out is sub base that has been taken over by the Russians. Would be roughly a similar scenario except a harbour with a moored sub would a cool terrain piece
could bring in stuff like infiltration by diving or boat. Similar to the sub level in Modern Warfare 3.Alternative would be an oil rig but thats beyond my terrain skills lol
BANK JOB!!
The Russian mercenaries have an organised criminal look about them and that made me think of a Bank Robbery type game. The Spectre rules can accommodate swat type units and there is rules for breaching etc. It could play out as Swat storming a bank with hostages or for a bigger game, more of a Heat style game with the crew coming out into the street and being ambushed by the police.
(Best on screen shoot out for my money) posted below for those who haven’t seen it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQNBg6I29gI
This would be a smaller, urban board and the idea is that the robbers are pressed for time as every turn they are on the board, more and better armed police are turning up. Starting with patrol cops and ending in swat teams with all the kit
The cops have to take them down before they escape, taking into account minimising civilian casualties or rescuing any hostages they have taken.let me know what you guys thnk. Im going to get cracking on those models