Understanding 'O' Group Combat Patrols | Storm of Steel Wargaming

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@milesreidy7864 Жыл бұрын

We’ve been playing a lot of O’Group up at the club and really like it. There’s a lot of nuance in the game that becomes apparent after 3 or so plays and your tutorial videos are really helpful - thanks

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

Cheers Miles, yeah, it takes a little while to tease out the nuances, but it is definitely worthwhile doing.

@cearapeter Жыл бұрын

Well done. A very clear description of an important aspect of the O Group rules.

@FlimsyWargamer Жыл бұрын

These videos are brilliant, Alex. It's not always easy to get everything from just reading the rules alone.

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

Cheers, glad it was useful.

@get_the_lead_out Жыл бұрын

Another awesome instructional video Alex - thanks! I purchased O-Group after I had played several games of General d’Armee; and, after reading the rules on CP’s my first reaction was “Those act just like skirmishers in Napoleonic warfare!”. Mr, Brown did an excellent job in GdA with skirmishers. They aren’t overpowered, but you still have to deal with them. He most definitely used that same philosophy in OG!

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

Cheers, glad you enjoyed it!

@sirrathersplendid4825 Жыл бұрын

It’s Dave Brown’s Napoleonic skirmishers and O Group Combat Patrols that really make his rules stand out head and shoulders above other systems. They may seem to be trivialities to some players but to my mind are essential to capture the spirit of war in the respective periods.

@get_the_lead_out Жыл бұрын

@@sirrathersplendid4825 Agreed. I never even thought about command friction until I started playing TFL/RP games.

@sirrathersplendid4825 Жыл бұрын

@@get_the_lead_out - Exactly. It was TFL’s ‘Shock’ system that brought me back into gaming after a 25-year hiatus. Such a neat way of recording disorder/fatigue/cumulative fear while keeping it separate from casualties.

@schwabrichard9829 Жыл бұрын

A great report Alex. The combat patrols really make O Group a great set of rules. I have recently reread Charles B McDonalds Company Commander. A great book to appreciate O Group.

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

Cheers, glad you enjoyed the video. I'll check the book out.

@schwabrichard9829 Жыл бұрын

@@StormofSteelWargaming Another good read is Clay Pigeons of Saint-Lo.

@leonleese4919 Жыл бұрын

Great video !! I’m replaying your o group videos and reading the rules, so that I can get a good grasp of the rules before I’ve painted the 2 battalion’s I need to play solo games or find a way of map playing a game to play by eMail. Perhaps a Battle mat with section wide (across flat) hexes with the same measurement drawn on roads or just inches so that placing miniatures will be easy to reference with an eMail Moves could be quite fast with a table occupied if you have the space at home. If not a sheet of 1cm hex paper would convert it to a board game set up in spare space or a dog house ;-)

@DarrenPenney-sn7hz Жыл бұрын

Great video. I agree with your thoughts on the use of combat patrols. We recently played 2 WW1 Middle East games using O-Group. Moving combat patrols then deploying a unit onto the combat helped move across open ground. In the same 2 games having combat patrols on flanks restricted the movement of opposition combat patrols.

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

Cheers, glad you enjoyed it

@oldschoolfrp2326 Жыл бұрын

Interesting stuff, and I haven’t read or played these rules yet. Seems like O Group’s combat patrol rules expand on CoC’s more abstract patrol phase, in a way that elegantly models operations at this level of command.

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

Cheers, glad you enjoyed the video.

@Quensi130 Жыл бұрын

Loving these O Group rules explanations and examples. I picked up a physical copy of the rules and working on making forces ready to play. Nice work!

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

Cheers, yes, it takes a bit to tease out the nuances of the rules.

@Quensi130 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate pointing out the further uses of the CPs after standard deployment. Flank protection and screening advances. Normally you'd have to dedicate whole units in other games and then you end up with two lines advancing towards each other. This feels more dynamic

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

@Quensi130 yeah, that's exactly what sets O Group apart from the other games out there.

@andyshaw5378 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

Cheers Andy!

@JohnSyrain-uz8ow Жыл бұрын

Echoing brilliant videos. Well done!

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MrElliptific 8 ай бұрын

Everything is great in this video: the explanation of the patrols, the figures and the scenery. I had not understood that you can send patrols after deploying a platoon. Very good point to indeed threaten a flank and force a reaction. Where did you buy the roads?

@StormofSteelWargaming 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! The roads are from Geek Villain.

@smooth_sundaes5172 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@gilliessim5379 Жыл бұрын

Great video and very useful! Cheers Alex!

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@ruckandmaul5018 Жыл бұрын

Excellent! DCRB

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

Cheers David! Glad you enjoyed it!

@shazaris7330 Жыл бұрын

what happens if a combat patrol is on top of an ambushing unit (and hasn't scouted and is used to deploy). This is a handy video for a bit of the game I found quite hard to get my head around hahah

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

Cheers, the CP would be removed if it comes in contact with an enemy unit.

@shazaris7330 Жыл бұрын

@@StormofSteelWargaming but what happens if the ambush is still invisible and the patrol token is used to deploy?

@StormofSteelWargaming Жыл бұрын

It's up to the ambushing player to remember to spring the ambush with an order or it is lost.