Friday 12 May 2017

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.

1 comment:

  1. Crikey, when will vanilla BBB see it's turn again?!

    Interesting set up - nice to see the basic engine works in such radically different eras and technologies and scales, you're really giving it a work out :D

    Definitely worth Rog posting the mods on the group, I think - how'd it compare to O-AK?

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