Bolt Action WWI

Chris & I tried out Bolt Action WWI.
The terrain is a bit basic at this stage, just some stuff I threw together for test games to see how we like it before spending too much time on it.
The rules are Bolt Action with a few house rules for entrenchments, tanks, barbed wire & off-table artillery (no artillery pieces on the table).

The Germans are defending 6' of trenchworks with 6 regular infantry of 10 rifles, 2 MGs & 2 off-table batteries.  They have 2 lines of barbed wire out in front.
The Brits are attacking with 9 regular infantry of 10 riflemen, 3 tanks & 3 off-table batteries.  They start at first light in no man's land just over 36" from the German lines.

The Brits have reached the first line of wire , but gaps are appearing in the line already.

The tanks & some of the infantry have gaped the first line of wire.  British artillery have made a gap in the German line on the right, but the British inf are taking  a pounding from MG artillery & rifle fire.

On the German left & centre the British advance has stalled with the tanks getting pins from heavy MG & rifle fire (exceptional damage from small arms fire = pin on armour).  But the Brtts are making better progress on their left.

The Brits have now concentrated all their artillery on the right of the German line & are pressing the attack there while just holding on on the other flank.

The left end of the German line is under big pressure.

On turn 7 the Brits break thru into the German trenches with 2 tanks & an infantry unit.  Getting an infantry unit into the German trenches was the objective, so the after an unpromising start the British by using the very un-WWI tactic of reinforcing success rather than failure, pulled it off.

Our house rules for BA WWI were a first draft on their first trial, but they produced a very interesting & close battle (the Brits only achieving their objective on turn 7).