Playing with tank rules

This week we used the same scenario as last week with 15mm tanks, but modified the rules a bit:  Basically standard Bolt Action except we used IGoUGo instead of the BA Command Dice.  

The card draw provided a similar scenario to last week with the battle fought lengthwise.  Again the Brits had Crusaders on their left facing the MkIIIs & Valentine/Matildas on their right facing Marders.  Both times the MkIVs were to the rear, but this time behind the Marders rather than the MkIIIs.
Once again Jim got the Matilda/Valentines & Steve the MKIVs.  But now Mark has the Crusaders, Mike the MkIIIs & Mitch the Marders.

On the left, the Crusaders rush for the village while the MkIII's go for the oasis.
On the right the Crusaders advance towards the village as the Germans advance move towards their flank behind the ridge.

On the left the Crusaders & MkIII's slug it out at close range.
On the right, the Germans move onto the to engage the Matilda/Valentines from hull down.

On the left, 9 Crusaders destroyed the 7 MkIII's without loss, then moved thru the oasis to supoprt the Valentine/Matildas.
On the right, the Valentines/Matilda's pop guns managed to take out just one Marder before being almost wiped out before the Crusaders arrived & their 6pdrs saved the day.
2 MkIV's & 1 Marder made a getaway leaving an immobilised Marder.   The Brits had lost 1 Crusader & 8 Valentine/Matilidas.

The IGoUGo certainly sped up the game, tonight's battel took little more than half the time to last week.  Otherwise the progress of the game was pretty similar.  The difference in strategy was that the MkIV's supported the Marders this time rather than the MKIII's.   The Valentine/Matildas were wiped out by the Marders & MkIVs, but without the support of the MKIV's the MkIII's were destroyed by the Crusaders with no loss & were able to go on the take out the rest of the Germans.  Oakie's luck being transferred from the MKIII's to the Crusaders, was cited as another decisive factor, but only by the losers, the winners pointing out that the Valentines/Matilda's couldn't buy a hit.