Cast and Crew list

Battle in the Tuzkhur Valley

An SOTCW Production

Cast List

Andreivian Armenian Commander

Pete Jones

Andreivian Government Commander

Richard Crawley

Andreivian Turk Blocking Force Commander  

Will McNally

Andreivian Turk Regional Commander  

Rob Connolly

NATO Commander

Richard Baber

Andreivian gunboat Captain

Michael Jones

Jaguar Pilot, US PsyOps Sergeant & SAS Leader  

Nathan Ahern

Task Force Intrepid CO

James Townsend

Gendarmerie Sergeant  

Chris Pickles

A10 pilot and T-72 platoon commander  

Steve White

Andreivian Military Academy Officer  

Mick Ahern

Scenario Design

Richard Crawley

Vice-President in Charge of Cakes  

Rob Connolly 

Terrain

Richard Crawley

Will McNally

Graham Spearing

Forces provided by

Mick Ahern

Pete Smith

Richard Baber

Richard Crawley 

Costume Design

Richard Baber

Rules Used - Tac Skirmish: Arc of Fire by Scott Fisher and Chris Pringle

Rules Consultant

Mike Reese

Game played entirely on location at Gauntlet 2008, Broughton, North Wales. The producers wish to thank the members of the Deeside Defenders Games Club for their assistance.

Copyright in The Battle in the Tuzkhur Valley is protected by the laws of the Republic of Andreivia. No reproduction without express permission of the Minister of Culture, Ministry of Culture, Culture Ministry Building, Ministry of Culture Boulevard, Tcherbevan, Andreivia. The characters and events in this game are fictitious. Any resemblance between them and real events or people is entirely deliberate.

First Reactions!

Well I think that went rather splendidly.  I think the first measure of success has to be that after last year's game we had two SOTCW members keen to "do something next year at Gauntlet". Now we have four or five!

The first shot below shows the table from the south-western end - in the distance are the shores of Lake Khikide and the town of Tuzkhur.  The village in the foreground would prove a tough nut for the Americans to crack.

Here are the initial bunch of reprobates - from left to right: Will McNally (Andreivian Turk blocking force commander), Pete Jones (Andreivian Armenian commander), Rob Connolly (Andreivian Turk regional commander) and Richard Baber (NATO commander).

A NATO Jaguar on a recon flight over the valley.

Engineers

I've found another couple of pictures on my memory stick so I thought I might as well let you see my team of Andreivian Turkish engineers. They are plastics from the Orion Chechen Rebels box. The two on the left were originally stretcher bearers but modified with a little Green Stuff. I've added some tools from the Airfix Command Post and a landmine from the Revell German Engineers set.

Some last minute pics

Just got time to get some pictures of the latest toys uploaded. Here, for starters, is the Jaguar GR.1 I've produced to provide some air support for the NATO forces.


It's the Revell kit made up pretty much out of the box. The nose art is in the form of a scantily clad young lady who rejoices in the name of Debbie. By chance that happens to be the name of Richard Baber's wife and Richard is our NATO Commander! Good hey?

And now a couple of pics of The Important Building. This is a government building in downtown Tuzkhur. At the start of the battle it's in Government hands.




The model is from foamcore on an old cork and melamine place mat. It's basic but functional.

Done!

I finished the Important Building last night and that's the last thing that needed doing. In fact I've been so relaxed for this game that I spent Sunday evening painting some old Airfix Napoleonic British infantry - the first Napoleonics I've done for over 20 years!

Tonight I'll have a look through the boxes and see if anything needs last minute repairs but basically I'm there! Somehow it isn't going to seem right not being up until midnight the day before the big game painting those last few models.

Must get some photos done though.

NATO Air Support Done

I finished the Jaguar last night.  I'm quite please with the effect considering it was a bit of a rush job.  Photos shortly.

Now I only have to: 

1. finish the bigger Shellhole Scenics ruined building
2. build and paint the Important Building for downtown Tuzkhur
3. paint some civilians
4. paint a block of ruined buildings.

No problem!

M1 Abrams

Richard

The early M1s had some deficiencies these weren`t found until the first Gulf War when the M1 served alongside the M60A3. The lack of an "infantry phone" at the rear made it difficult for infantry/tank cooperation (the M60A3 had the phone) - this was corrected after the War.

There are references to T72s being able to damage or even knockout M1s but pretty rare! The tank is also vulnerable to RPG7 hits to the rear and top hull/turret.

If you check the Wikipedia entry for the Abrams, there is a pretty good damage assessment section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abrams