40k and battle reenactments?

[Uncle Nutsy]

At work, I had a thought:

what if we used our 40k minis to re-enact the battles of yesterday? from WW1 to the Battle of the alamo, to the civil war? and how would we do it?

would we use the troop strengths of each side, and their approximate numbers? would we need to sub in vehicles to bridge the gap for troop strength?

Personally, I think it would be loads of fun to have say.. the war of 1812 play out again on the tabletop. what do you guys think? and how would you pull it off?

[jifel]

Hm... Guard vs. Guard. US army and a few otherw would be Veterans, most would be infantry squads, and then some countries would be like conscripts. I guess D day could be a bunch of Chimera Vets (amphibeous!) as US forces against a bunch of Heavy Weapon Teams in cover?

[Admiral Kenaris]

I am actually gonna organize an Apocalypse game at my local game store later this summer. The theme of the game is going to be a fortress assault game inspired by the WWI battle of Verdun. Verdun was a fortress city in France protected by a number of forts, one of which being Fort Vaux. I'm gonna combine a bunch of bastion kits into one massive super fort piece of terrain. While not aiming to create a diorama of the actual battle, trench warfare and lots of foot sloggers will be a theme. Should be a good time.

[Panxer]

I'd like to see the Damocles gulf crusade as a campaign. Might be fun. Bleh.

[Uncle Nutsy]

I'd like to see the Damocles gulf crusade as a campaign. Might be fun. Bleh.

no no no, i'm not talking about re-enactments from the fluff in the core book. i'm talking about actual wars that you'd find in the history books.


kenaris: let us know how it goes.

[Psychosplodge]

It's been done, rOrks drift, the stalingrad like campaign, d-day style landings in chimeras, and i'm sure i remember reading am arnheim style campaign too...

[vharing]

I would love to see a D Day beach landing mission. Have a heavy entreached defending force on one side and a no mans land the attackers have to go though. Limit the amount of armour the attackers get as well, but give them more points to buy infantry with. .

[inquisitorsog]

It's been done, rOrks drift, the stalingrad like campaign, d-day style landings in chimeras, and i'm sure i remember reading am arnheim style campaign too...

I was about to say something along those lines myself.

The reality is that 40k draws heavily on reality.

It's actually one of my pet peeves that there's not enough of what I think of as scenario play unless you're in an area that is fortunate enough to have a wargaming club that exists apart from the FLGS and GWS environment. I've all but stopped gaming b/c I got tired of just "come as you are" battles... I'm almost strictly a hobbyist, reader, and forum lurker now.

[Drunkencorgimaster]

Could be fun. Certainly historical battles are good inspiration for 40k campaigns. Historical miniature games (Flames of War, Fire & Fury) are also plenty of fun in and of themselves too.

[Charistoph]

I believe my LGS is doing something like that this Wednesday.

Something to do with a reenactment of some massive invasion or something in the past...

And we already have the FoW terrain already set up. The owner and main operator are ex-military, so they like to do stuff like this.

[Denzark]

I have done 'Ork's Drift'. Basically a fortified location in the centre of the table, and a beleagered force in the middle against greater numbers. As it was a smaller battle (100 vs 3k+) it works well. You can come up with some sort of recycling wave rule a la 4th ed.

Other battles run the risk of being representative because the actual battle was huge.

But you have options - Kursk = tanks, Hougement (Waterloo) = defensive scenario, Ia Drang = almost any drop troops but especially Guard aircav.

Also could do some good SF raids with termies - what about Bin Laden's compound (Deathwing Vs Abaddon and bodyguards) or some such?

[Tepogue]

I've seen several IG (the old british looking ones, whose name escapes me) Versus Orks as Zulu's.

Rules Highlights

The IG were given 1 Heavy Bolter and treated as individuals (Main purpose of this was that only one could die at a time. No killing a whole squad with 1 shot)

Orks only pistols and CCW.

Orks were in small groups so they would not be fearless(10 or less)

IG were given Necromunda/Mordheim like knocked down, stuned, removed from play, instead of just normal 40k, removed from play.

IG immune to morale.

Was 1000 points of orks with recycling vs 1 10 man IG squad and an officer.

[Uncle Nutsy]

I believe my LGS is doing something like that this Wednesday.

Something to do with a reenactment of some massive invasion or something in the past...

And we already have the FoW terrain already set up. The owner and main operator are ex-military, so they like to do stuff like this.

D-Day reenactment? Sounds like fun. Let us know how it goes.

[Charistoph]

D-Day reenactment? Sounds like fun. Let us know how it goes.

I would have loved to see it myself, but circumstances did not allow me to attend. Basically, I think it was a 1000 points tournament at the base ('cause it started at 7pm). But having a newborn around the house often precludes adventures from happening when we want, at least the wargaming kind.

[Denzark]

A good one would be Eben Emael, a German Falschirmjager assault onto Belgian forts at the start of WWII. I can see a jumpack force or possibly airborne IG doing this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Eben-Emael

Also possibly US Rangers attacking Point Du Hoc?