On Martin Rapier's blog "Fred" was asking about the Barbarossa games at Hammerhead:
https://tgamesweplay.blogspot.com/2026/03/hammerhead-2026.html
After a bit of a false start, I managed to get the rules out of Pete. They are designed for a participation game with the whole campaign of 1941 on one table with players taking the part of the Germans.
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The rules:
Pete created the terrain from a painted cloth with stick on Scrabble letters for the locations! In addition he also created the 10mm figures and tanks...
The idea was to replicate one of those command tables seen in movies complete with long sticks to move units. These can be seen in some more photos from Pete of the game ay Claymore - bit on the small side but I have not been able to enlarge them unfortunately.
Pete has designed figures for Outpost, Warrior, Old Glory UK and QRF and some of his 10mm are commercially available here:
https://www.foggofwarminiatures.com/
The Tyneside Wargames club meet weekly:
https://tynesidewargames.co.uk/
Other large games are the 1914 Schlieffen Plan in 10mm like Barbarossa.
What a fascinating participation game. The scale looks impressive.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter. It's certainty ambitious!
ReplyDeleteIn addition to the Schlieffen plan covering Belgium and France(!) they have also done the more limited Bautzen. All figures (10mm) sculpted and cast by Pete as well as the terrain cloth.
Neil
Wow! That just looks AMAZING!! I've taken to map games myself recently, but what you have shown here takes up a whole new level!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Ion
Thanks Ion. Probably more impressive given Pete created everything from scratch bar the aircraft and houses.
DeleteNeil
Fascinating stuff indeed. Looks really awesome.
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
Thanks Alan. I rather like the "croupier" rakes myself; it reminds me of all those planning tables in war films! From the size of the table a necessity though.
DeleteNeil
Don't do WW2 but always interested to see how others do it and this looks like a really interesting game, a bit different and looked really good, certainly go me intrigued.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie. It's at a level way above most WW2 games and usually the subject of boardgames.
DeleteNeil
Great! Thanks for chasing this up Neil, I was interested in looking at a copy of the rules.
ReplyDeleteNo problem Martin. Pete initially sent me the first photo by mistake! I'd keep in mind that they were written very much for the purpose of a simple fast moving participation game with players taking the role of Germans, and with clearly defined victory conditions. The Soviets are mostly passive and any losses recycled to come on again at the Soviet board edge, from what I can gather.
ReplyDeleteNeil
Looks fantastic. What a concept.
ReplyDeleteIn my head, I am working out how to do ww3 1985 in this vein...
Just remembered Pete is rebasing various Cold War micro armour with multiple models per base. Perhaps I should suggest a "Cold War gone hot" megagame like this? ☺
DeleteNeil
Thanks Darren. The units / elements were corps so it would be feasible - a bit like Red Storm Rising but on a bigger scale?
ReplyDeletehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3707/red-storm-rising
Neil