WW2 German Siege Guns And Medieval Battering Ram Sunday market Acquisitions.
I am not a big tank and vehicle collector but these were so unusual I decided to buy them. I generally don't like putting kits together so I was glad to get them already assembled and painted. These are probably 1/35 and I include 1/32 scale figures next to them.
Nice battering ram. Do you conduct any sieges?
ReplyDeleteI have done. In the campaign game Mat and I played we had some sieges. We didn't have castles that were impossible to attack but moats certainly made things difficult. In one game I pushed wagons into the moat to make it crossable!
ReplyDeleteFor fighting on the walls we changed melee style to rolling dice for one figure on one figure. When a figure won a combat he moved into the space of the defeated. This way there was an exciting steady projection of forces. However a figure might then also come under attack from the sides. Heroes come into their own here as their bonuses and multiple attacks cleave away through the enemy. However, those defending a wall get a bonus until the enemy are actually on the ramparts.
Also in the ladder placing part of the game defenders can try to push the ladders down. We haven't really tried it but boiling water could be lobbed from caldrons. I read in The Book of Wargaming how Frank Perry used acorn actually full of water which was dropped on the attackers. Where it splashed the attackers were hit. This could also be done with glitter.
Also those in the castles have a given amount of supplies that might or might not last out the siege.
ReplyDeleteFantastic new kit - love the tracked cannon!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it is adaptable for WW1.
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