The Russians used 45mm anti-tank guns throughout WW2. In most wargaming rules, like Crossfire, they are rubbish. What kept them in use?
Crossfire Musing
I’ve collected together some interesting Crossfireideas from other people. I’ve reproduced them here mainly so I don’t have to go hunting for them again. Most rule variations are untried. Some items – Base Sizes for example – are there because people ask about them a lot, so in some ways this section is a FAQ, but not quite. See also my real FAQ.
In particular I’ve musings on: Command Control, Troop Types, Vehicles, Shooting, Terrain, Converting from other Game Systems, v2 wish list. Plus a whole bunch of other stuff.
Revised Random Tank Table for Crossfire
Standard Crossfire uses a random roll to determine the type of tank that you get for your 9 points. The tables given in the rules seem a bit naff, so I’ve built my own based on production information I could find on the net (see What Weapons When). I feel these gives more representative results than the tables in the standard rules.
Direct Fire Mortars in Crossfire
Some musing on Direct Fire Mortars in Crossfire. Special Rule 6 in Hit the Dirt (HTD) is Direct Fire Mortars. I queried Bill Rutherford – the author of HTD – on some aspects of this rule. See also my own house rule for Direct Fire Mortars – similar to the HTD version, but some key differences.
Hidden Deployment in Crossfire
Some musing on hidden deployment in Crossfire. Standard The Fog of War is hard to represent on a wargaming table – the only attempt Crossfire makes in this area is to allow the defender to use Hidden Placement. A Crossfire table has masses of terrain features and depending on the scenario the defender has the option of hidden deployment within those features. Crossfire proposes a particular method for hidden deployment – Numbered Terrain Markers – but some people use Maps or Hidden Placement Cards, and the method I use most often is Hidden Unit Markers.
Moral and Training of WWII Paratroopers in Crossfire
Tim Marshall gives paratroopers “German” Command and Control and good officers. But the troop quality can be Veteran, Regular or even Green.
Political Commissar Rule for Crossfire
The Political Commissar Special Rule for Crossfire. Standard Crossfire doesn’t cover this but it is described in Hit the Dirt (p. 8). The rule is optional but is applicable to Soviets in WWII – in particular between July 1941 and November 1942 – and communists in any number of civil wars and insurgencies, e.g. the Spanish Civil War and the Portuguese Colonial War.
Alternative Morale and Training Rules for Crossfire
Alternative Morale and Training Rules for Crossfire first proposed by Rolf Grein in the Crossfire-WWII discussion forum.