Flames Of War – Villers-Bocage 80th Anniversary Battle [Catch Up Now]
June 12, 2024 by avernos
Join Gerry and John for a re-fight of the World War II clash at Villers-Bocage as part of the 80th Anniversary celebration. Using Flames Of War and two 15mm scale armies, Gerry will be taking on the role of the Germans whilst John is commanding the British. Armour clashes in the tightly packed streets of Villers-Bocage. Who will be the victor?
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If you've not seen our build-up series of videos (above), make sure to see how John and Gerry planned out this game and how the infantry and tanks were painted up quickly for the anniversary. As well as the armies, Gerry had to also come up with a quick and easy solution for the battlefield and we showcase how that came to be as well.
Make sure to follow along with the battle during the livestream and if you miss it live, you'll be able to catch up with the on-demand video right here as well. Do you think that John and Gerry are going to replicate the historical clash blow-for-blow or could things go very differently? We shall have to find out!
Will you be on team John or team Gerry?
Will there be fleeeeeeeeeeegs?
You can wave them in the comments if you really like?
Oh man, I can watch part of the opening sequence before heading off to work. (broadcast time 6AM where I’m located) (maybe if I push some things around, schedule wise, I can pop into the broadcast a couple of times) (my luck there will be some major FUBAR tomorrow)
Hopefully you can join – fingers crossed we don’t have FUBARs ourselves!
…I clearly cursed it. Little bit of a wait…
It’s the Gemlins Ben you need a bigger net!
Actually Ben it’s not you Warren jinxed it posting it on Facebook!
Am sitting waiting to see if they can catch thr Gremlins!
I tuned in for a couple of hours once I got out of work. A fantastic setup, and it really shows how congested and tight it can get with tanks down those streets.
Loved this! I know it’s a long day, but that was awesome. Seeing all the different type of units. Troops, tanks and artillery! Just super fun. You guys did a great job. Thanks for doing this!
Great work guy’s ?
Thoroughly enjoyed this gents, well fought, a couple of house rules may make for a better game but I think this one reflected what would have happened if a road got blocked by tanks. Having recovered armoured vehicles in my past, it ain’t a sure thing to just be able to push one out of the way. So I think it would take two turns to create a gap and each turn it would be a straight fifty fifty to see if it pushes back straight, or if it binds into a building or if the tracks lock up. Same… Read more »
of course I do have a Bergpanther recovery vehicle but I don’t think I can convince the crew of engineers to do that under fire