Crossfire House Rules

Compatible con Crossfire Regolamento di Wargame by Arty Conliffe

Alternate Status Markers for Crossfire Games

Status markers indicating "entrenched" e "suppressed" squads in a Crossfire game. We used the heads ed upper bodies of standing riflemen to create fanteria in foxholes. The soldatini caduti, too, are damaged o unattractive soldatini cut apart at the joints e reassembled in a relaxed o slightly contorted pose. Cover an irregularly shaped plywood base con household filler e texture it to resemble rough ground. Prudentamente press the figure parts into the wet filler ed align them as desired. Large gaps may be filled con Rai-Ro gray modelling wax o putty prima di dipingere. To save time, expert modellers may want to make a silicon mould e cast many copies of a particular soldatino caduto.

Squad Status Markers

We use squad status markers which make it easier to differentiate between "surpressed" e "pinned". "NO FIRE" status is indicated con existing ammunition box status markers developed for the Fire e Fury ACW game System. Using the same "out of ammunition" o "no fire" status marker in due different games makes it much easier to remember the meaning of a particular marker. We also colour-code our status markers red, yellow, e green, to indicate the severity of a marker.

Soldatino caduto - red - Suppressed
Prone Firing Figure - yellow - Pinned
Crawling Figure - green - Ground-hugging
Ammunition Box - NO FIRE
Half Figure in Foxhole - Entrenched

Using prone firing, e crawling soldatini to indicate pinnend e ground-hugging status makes good economic sense, because it allows us to deploy all the superfluous prone soldatini we do not normally mount on our wargame figure stands.

Elite Units

Elite units are much better articulated than fanteria regolare, they fight in smaller tactical subunits e their individual members tend to take more initiative. To simulate better articulation we deploy fanteria d’élite on half-squad o fire team stands.

Base Sizes

We use different base sizes to indicate the nominal troop strength of a tactical maneuver elements. In close combat, the wider base receives a +1 bonus to account for its greater strength.

Comandante di battaglione (3 soldatini) - 38 x 38 mm
Comandante di compagnia (2 soldatini) - 38 x 38 mm
Comandante di plotone o Hero - 20 x 20 mm
Tiratore scelto - 20 x 20 mm
Sezione o squadra fanteria (4 soldatini) - 60 mm x 38 mm
Gruppo fanteria, half-squad, o fire team (3 soldatini) - 50 mm x 38 mm
Fanteria Support Weapon (2 o 3 soldatini) - 38 x 38 mm

A German fanteria section of WW2 marched together, but fought in due groups: Schützentrupp (rifle group) e l.MG-Trupp. In an attack, i gruppi mitragliatrice leggera del plotone would form una sezione di tiro sotto il comandante di plotone to provide covering fire for the rifle groups who attempted to flank e close con the enemy. If the rifle groups were ordered to attack, each section leader would be con his riflemen, e his assistant section leader remained con the gruppo mitragliatrice leggera. Accordingly, we split a section fanteria regolare tedesca into due groups, each mounted on 50 mm x 40 mm bases. Lower quality German fanteria may be mounted on regular 60 x 40 mm squad/section sized bases, although the 1st section of the platoon might be of better quality, again consisting of due groups.

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