Post by armchair general on Apr 26, 2017 19:30:39 GMT
[NOTE: This is part of the continuing effort to migrate as much of the scenario material from the original Forumini (who had migrated material from the original Avalon Hill Forum) to this new Forumini].
[Panzerpainter posted this on February 19, 2010]
"I asked in another forum if the Polish had flamethrowers. I found out that they DID. But not in their regular armies brief life span. A clever Polish underground made plans for a home-made flamethrower that could be easily made by most people, from items that were common enough to be found by most people. The Polish resistance passed these plans around and many were made. Limited success was achieved. As a result of this info, I added flamethrowers to my Polish forces, but only with the underground. In my games, Polish can be used in 2 forms - standard Polish army only, Polish underground only, no mixing of underground or regular forces. The Polish underground makes for great scenarios. I start out with Germans in control of a town, with a few vehicles, and mostly troops. Scattered throughout the town are the underground mixed in with Polish civilians. Only the Polish player knows who is underground and who is citizen. Germans may not fire on any Poles unless one of them gets within a hex of a commander (these guys get trigger fingers and shoot any Poles that get too close - but this does not trigger the full battle yet), or the Polish player opens fire. As soon as the Polish player opens fire, he removes all citizens and the game is on. Polish underground can use normal weapons immediately, but if they are using heavy machine guns or flamethrowers, they are required to spend a turn equipping themselves. Any underground soldier who equips himself with either of these weapons must be out of sight from any Germans if the cat has not yet been let out of the bag. Otherwise, if the Germans see any Pole equip himself with flamethrower or heavy MG, the gig is up and the battle starts. So flamethrowers must slip away slightly just before attacking.
The game uses a bit of the honor system. The Germans have a considerable point advantage, so the Polish player must inflict a lot of damage suddenly. But with flamethrowers, they have a chance of crippling the heavier vehicles. Molotovs will work on trucks and very light armor. The Germans that survive the initial attack will cut through the underground like a hot knife through butter, so that one turn is critical. All the Germans can do, before that first shot, is try to maneuver away from concentrations of Polish. The Poles try to mix in with the Germans as much as they can. While this is going on, the Germans can use their commanders to "thin the heard", firing on any Poles they can get close to. So the Polish player can't take too long to spring the trap, or too many Poles will have been "arrested" between the eyes."
Unfortunately, Panzerpainter never finished the project (hmmm, might be because he's the best painter I've ever seen and was constantly in demand on the old Forumini), but I wanted to post it here for several reasons. One, to proudly show the ingenuity of the Polish people (see pic of flamethrower below); yes, I AM 50% Polish in case you're wondering. Second, I also migrated this thread in case someone would like to run with it and turn it into a scenario. I think this might have the makings of a Warsaw Uprising scenario(?). Come to think of it, Sharpe created some cards that might make this whole thing work. This will have to wait until the school year is over though. In the meantime, if you have any ideas, please feel free to share!!
[Panzerpainter posted this on February 19, 2010]
"I asked in another forum if the Polish had flamethrowers. I found out that they DID. But not in their regular armies brief life span. A clever Polish underground made plans for a home-made flamethrower that could be easily made by most people, from items that were common enough to be found by most people. The Polish resistance passed these plans around and many were made. Limited success was achieved. As a result of this info, I added flamethrowers to my Polish forces, but only with the underground. In my games, Polish can be used in 2 forms - standard Polish army only, Polish underground only, no mixing of underground or regular forces. The Polish underground makes for great scenarios. I start out with Germans in control of a town, with a few vehicles, and mostly troops. Scattered throughout the town are the underground mixed in with Polish civilians. Only the Polish player knows who is underground and who is citizen. Germans may not fire on any Poles unless one of them gets within a hex of a commander (these guys get trigger fingers and shoot any Poles that get too close - but this does not trigger the full battle yet), or the Polish player opens fire. As soon as the Polish player opens fire, he removes all citizens and the game is on. Polish underground can use normal weapons immediately, but if they are using heavy machine guns or flamethrowers, they are required to spend a turn equipping themselves. Any underground soldier who equips himself with either of these weapons must be out of sight from any Germans if the cat has not yet been let out of the bag. Otherwise, if the Germans see any Pole equip himself with flamethrower or heavy MG, the gig is up and the battle starts. So flamethrowers must slip away slightly just before attacking.
The game uses a bit of the honor system. The Germans have a considerable point advantage, so the Polish player must inflict a lot of damage suddenly. But with flamethrowers, they have a chance of crippling the heavier vehicles. Molotovs will work on trucks and very light armor. The Germans that survive the initial attack will cut through the underground like a hot knife through butter, so that one turn is critical. All the Germans can do, before that first shot, is try to maneuver away from concentrations of Polish. The Poles try to mix in with the Germans as much as they can. While this is going on, the Germans can use their commanders to "thin the heard", firing on any Poles they can get close to. So the Polish player can't take too long to spring the trap, or too many Poles will have been "arrested" between the eyes."
Unfortunately, Panzerpainter never finished the project (hmmm, might be because he's the best painter I've ever seen and was constantly in demand on the old Forumini), but I wanted to post it here for several reasons. One, to proudly show the ingenuity of the Polish people (see pic of flamethrower below); yes, I AM 50% Polish in case you're wondering. Second, I also migrated this thread in case someone would like to run with it and turn it into a scenario. I think this might have the makings of a Warsaw Uprising scenario(?). Come to think of it, Sharpe created some cards that might make this whole thing work. This will have to wait until the school year is over though. In the meantime, if you have any ideas, please feel free to share!!