Father & Son gaming

Saturday Thomas and I spent some quality time together and I took him to his first wargaming tournament. We played three games of the WW2 game Bolt Action. I let him make all the decisions and roll the dice while I made suggestions and kept everything within the rules. We both had a great time and he won an army pack for being the youngest player. 

 

Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118

For the upcoming 750pt Combat Patrol, Bolt Action Tournament I have painted up a force of using the German Anti-Partisan Eastern Front list. They will represent a platoon from the Schuzmannschaft Battalion 118 which was a Schutzmannschaft auxiliary police battalion (Schuma). The core of the Schutzmannschaft battalion 118 consisted of Ukrainian nationalists from Bukovina in Western Ukraine. While an auxiliary police force would most likely never be equipped with SdKfz 222 armored cars or 251/1 half-tracks, I figured for the purposes of a propaganda film they might temporarily be. As such I have included a videographer to film Battalion 118 in action to show how well equipped even the auxiliary police are and that the Communists Partisans have no chance. 

Additionally I build a 2x2 display board specifically for this Tournament and modeled it to look like it could be anywhere in the Ukraine countryside.

Platoon Roster:

Command

   -Second Lieutenant + 1 infantry

1st Infantry Squad

   -NCO w/ submachine gun

   -6 infantry w/ rifles

   -1 infantry w/ light machine gun

2nd Infantry Squad

   -NCO w/ submachine gun

   -5 infantry w/ rifles

   -1 infantry w/ light machine gun

3rd Infantry Squad

   -NCO w/ submachine gun

   -5 infantry w/ rifles

   -1 infantry w/ light machine gun

1 SdKfz 222 Light Armroured Car

3x SdKfz 251/1 half-tracks

1 Kubelwagen