As various forces (US, Iraqi, and otherwise) advanced into Mosul, we felt that a game of Force on Force was in order. This game actually took place in October, I'm just a bit tardy getting it to the blog.
A US SOF element advances into Mosul on a reconnaissance mission, looking to gather intelligence on the location of, and if possible neutralize, an ISIS leader named Mohamed Faisal. They soon find themselves in the midst of many ISIS cells and are forced into a pitched battle.
Mohammed Faisal, has his temporary headquarters in a junkyard. He's the bald-headed fellow in the front center.
Here's an aerial shot. The compromised SOF element is in the background in the ruined house.
The SOF boys prepare for attack on multiple fronts.
SOF reinforcements are en route.
Advancing up the street to reinforce...
Across the street from the recon element, an ISIS team loses one in an exchange of fire...
And another ISIS cell draws a Fog of War that inflicts one of their elements with dehydration...
...and it's applied to the ISIS team advancing through some trees to the SOF recon element's rear.
And the flanking ISIS element is Shaken...
Mohamed Faisal's headquarters group takes cover and exchanges fire with the SOF recon element...
...while a Fog of War card gives the Americans an uparmored HMMWV vehicle as additional reinforcements...
Multiple US reinforcement elements advancing:
As the embattled recon element holds on...
Other ISIS cells activate as the US turn ends, advancing toward the sound of the guns.
Mohamed Faisal's headquarters element takes a number of casualties, even though they have some solid cover...
Turn 2 opens with an exchange of fire between an ISIS cell and US SOF with HMMWV gun-truck support:
And the ISIS team across the street from the US SOF recon element suffers more casualties...
...as does another ISIS team advancing to support their headquarters element:
Turn 3 finds the ISIS cell flanking the US SOF recon element Shaken again, and now the US HMMWV has arrived to ruin their day...
...the ISIS team that was caught in the open by the Americans is no more...
...and the Americans have strong-pointed a building to support the surrounded SOF recon element.
A lucky Fog of War card gives ISIS forces a technical that might just turn the tide...
...and the recon element has its Morale reduced. It's all coming up ISIS right now...
...but the ISIS team across the street is rebuffed and Shaken in an exchange of fire...
...and a volley of fire kills more of the ISIS headquarters, and Mohamed Faisal is down...
...and American firepower blows up the ISIS technical!
Reverse angle of the wrecked ISIS vehicle:
