Fire In The Bush - Modern Africa using BBB

Rodge has a lovely collection of modern African kit in 15mm. We mainly use RFCM's AK47 v1 which is a great set of rules but can be quite random. Rodge has been tinkering with his own set, Fire in the Bush, for a while but he has taken Bloody Big Battles and tweaked it for modern bush warfare.

The Baako township held by the rebels under Beeko Mumfasa

Shaun played the Government forces led by General President the Right Reverend Jomo Bangbalaonabulu. I played the Rebel forces under Beeko Mumfasa. Our objectives were to destroy the opposing forces and kill or capture their leader.

Government Forces
Unit	Morale	Bases	Attributes
Armoured Car	Trained	1	AC Class 2, Cannon, Load 0, Fragile
Armoured Car	Veteran	1	AC Class 2, HMG, Load 1
APC	Trained	1	APC Class 2, LMG, Load 5, Fragile
APC	Veteran	1	APC Class 2, LMG, Load 5
Lorry	Raw	2	Lorries Class 1, Load 5, Fragile, Tactically Inept
Lorry	Veteran	1	Lorry Class 1, Load 5
Limo	Veteran	1	Armoured Limo Class 2, Load 1
Jeep	Trained	1	Technical Class 1, HMG, Load 1, Fragile
Infantry	Trained	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, Fragile
Infantry	Trained	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, Fragile
Infantry	Trained	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x RPG, Fragile
Infantry	Veteran	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, Aggressive, Infiltrate
Infantry	Veteran	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, Aggressive, Infiltrate
Rebel Forces
Unit	Morale	Bases	Attributes
AA Lorry	Veteran	1	Armoured Lorry Class 2, Wheeled, AA, Load 1
Technical	Veteran	1	Technical Class 1, Wheeled, HMG, Load 1
105mm SPG	Veteran	1	SPG [105mm] Class 2, Tracked, Load 0
Infantry	Raw	5	5 x Rifle, Tactically Inept, Aggressive
Infantry	Raw	5	5 x Rifle, Tactically Inept, Aggressive
Infantry	Raw	5	5 x Rifle, Tactically Inept, Aggressive
Infantry	Trained	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, Fragile
Infantry	Trained	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x RPG, Fragile
Infantry	Veteran	5	3 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, 1 x RPG, Infiltrate
Infantry	Veteran	5	3 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, 1 x AT, Infiltrate
Infantry	Veteran	1	Sniper, Infiltrate, Devastating Volley 0-12”

The battlefield looking west

All vehicles have an Armour Class which certain weapons have no effect against eg a rifle can cause no damage to Armour Class 2 but can disorder it.

Some weapons must fire on their own eg the 105mm SPG can not combine fire with Assault Rifles

Load is the number of bases a vehicle can carry.

Infiltrate is basically the ability to move from one piece of cover to another and is based on Brucie's Play Your Cards Right

Rodge may well post his variant to the BBB Yahoo Group

I deployed the Rebels in the Township and Shaun had the choice of arriving on the Norther East or North West road. He selected the North West road

The approach road taken by the Government forces

Beeko Mumfasa admires his trusty AA truck "Ndege Bunduki"

It's not all work for Mumfasa - he also plays in goal for Baako Rovers

The 105mm SPG "Kunguruma Tembo" spots a Government APC

Government traffic jam on the road to Baako

Government recce scouts the local lock-up

Ambush! A Rebel RPG takes out a Saladin A/C 

Government and Rebel troops get into a fire fight north of the township

General President the Right Reverend Jomo Bangbalaonabulu remembers an urgent appointment in the capital and heads for his limo

With most of their armour destroyed the Government forces fall back

After the battle Mumfasa leads the Victory Parade...

.. and finally The Victory Speech in front of his loyal supporters

A most enjoyable game - it ran very smoothly and quickly as we all know BBB. The Rule tweaks worked well. BBB is a very good rules engine that lends itself to adaption to other periods. I'm looking forward to Mumfasa's march on the capital.

Rodge made all of the buildings and converted the vehicles. The majority, if not all, of the figures are 15mm Peter Pig.