Balagan Crossfire 

Thoughts and ideas about the Crossfire Rule set by Arty Conliffe.  Includes a FAQ, House Rules (including Terrain Types), Musings, Scenarios, and Datasheets.  If you're completely new to the Crossfire then Lloyd Nikolas has a good Description and Review and some Advice on Play, and also check out Rob Wolsky Tactical Advice .   

What's New 

14 May 2008: After Action Report for Andalusian Motorcade

I played my Andalusian Motorcade Scenario with Chris Harrod and wrote an After Action Report.   It is a bit embarrassing, but this is the first outing of my Spanish Civil War figures.   

12 Apr 2008: Converting Ansar to Riffi 

I've already got the Spanish Foreign Legion and 2^nd Tabor of Regulares of Tetuán for the Rif War but I've been struggling to find actual Riffi figures.  So I decided to make my own and Convert Ansar Figures into Riffi. 

09 Apr 2008: Unit Pages

After doing a page on my Russian Naval Infantry Battalion I thought I'd do something similar for other Crossfire battalions.  So far this means:

• Russian Rifle Battalion 
• Blue Division Grenadiers
• 2^nd Tabor of Regulares of Tetuán

14 Mar 2008: Andalusian Motorcade 

Updated my thinking on my draft Spanish Civil War scenario Andalusian Motorcade. 

13 Mar 2008: Crossfire Basing 

 I wrote up how I Base figures for Crossfire, including variations for FO and Commissars.  

12 Mar 2008: Flags as Terrain Objective Markers 

I use flags for my Terrain Objective Markers. 

10 Mar 2008: 45 Pesetas 

In the Spanish Civil War the Nationalists paid a bounty of 45 Pesetas for each  Republican T-26 tank captured.  The Moroccans were keen on this offer and through their endeavours the Nationalists built up their own T-26 units.  I have put together a draft scenario called 45 Pesetas to simulate this.  

10 Mar 2008: Steven's Naval Infantry Battalion 

To celebrate finally flocking my Russian Naval Infantry Battalion I cobbled together a page on how they are organised.  

09 Mar 2008: Unit IDs

Wrote up my current thinking about Unit IDs in Crossfire. 

16 Mar 2007: 92nd Naval Infantry in Stalingrad

We played a multi-player version of my scenario 92nd Naval Infantry - The Sea Devils and I wrote up an After Action Report.

03 Mar 2007: SU-152s Up Close and Personal

Rich Wilcox and I played out SU-152s up close and personal from the Tarnopol 3 Round Campaign and I wrote up an After Action Report.  

28 Feb 2007: Planned Operational Zones 

I made the Planned Operational Zones house rule slightly more lenient.   You can now move in another operation zone, but risk losing the initiative.  

27 Feb 2007: 92nd Naval Infantry - The Sea Devils

A scenario featuring the 92nd Naval Infantry in their first encounter in Stalingrad.  

21 Dec 2006: Astrang Crossings Scenario 

I converted a the Astrang Crossings scenario I saw in the SOTCW Journal.  The 5th Seaforths fight off German attacks from both sides  

19 Dec 2006: Analysis of the Moving Clock 

I've found the Moving Clock from HTD very useful so I thought I'd analyse how it is used in the various scenarios.  

16 Dec 2006: Kodorov Battle Report 

Chris Harrod and I played the Kodorov scenario and I wrote up the Battle Report    

10 Dec 2006: How to make Wooden Buildings 

Wrote up my instructions for Making Soviet/Russian style Wooden Buildings in 15 mm, although still lacking enough photos 

08 Dec 2006: 'Old Chapel' Scenario 

I finally got around to tweaking the victory conditions for the 'Old Chapel' Scenario for the Blue Division.  I'm hoping to try it out soon.  It is novel because the defender really wants to escape rather than fight it out 

07 Dec 2006: Zerstorer Scenario for Russians

Changed the Zerstorer scenario so there is a Russian option (rather than British).  Seems fair enough to me given I've got Russian figures and not British 

26 Nov 2006: 3rd Battle of Kharkov 

I played  the 3rd Battle of Kharkov scenario with Chris Harrod, and wrote up a Battle Report  

26 Oct 2006: Stalingrad 

Finished my write up of the Stalingrad campaign through to 18 Nov, i.e. just before the Soviet offensive.  

21 Oct 2006: Zerstorer: A Crossfire Scenario

Converted Matt Hingely's Zerstorer scenario into Crossfire.  This is not your average run of the mill attack-defence scenario.  The Germans are trying to evacuate a top secret war winning weapon, and the Allies are trying to prevent this 

16 Oct 2006: Korean War 

Cut and pasted some excerpts on the Korean War from the Crossfire Discussion Forum 

02 Sep 2006: Unit Identification

Added photos of several variations of Unit Identification that I've tried 

30 Aug 2006: Northern Pocket 

Made a CC2 map for the northern table of my Pocket split-table game  

23 Jul 2006: Trench Warfare  

Wrote up my current thinking of Trench Warfare using Crossfire 

08 Jul 2006: Tarnopol: Russian Recce

Rich Wilcox and tried out the first scenario - Tarnopol: Russian Recce - from my Tarnopol 3 Round Campaign and I wrote up a After Action Report  

06 Jun 2006: Revealing hidden stands on a one

Moved CF6.7 Revealing hidden squads on a One [Optional Rule] to the House Rules.  Although optional it is starting to appear a lot in scenarios  

30 May 2006: Squad Leader Scenarios 

Inspired by some suggestions of Steve Burt I wrote up Converting (Advanced) Squad Leader Scenarios to Crossfire  

29 May 2006: More FAQ 

Added two items to the FAQ: 

• What do the states Pinned, Suppressed, and Killed represent? 
• Why can't suppressed stands ground hug? 

19 May 2006: Perano Scenario ideas 

Wrote up the Kiwi and Indian attack on Perano,18 Nov 1943.  This was the first time New Zealand tanks saw combat.  I've included thoughts for a Crossfire scenario 

05 May 2006: Scenario Guidelines 

Revamped the Scenario Guidelines page to give it a structure matching the Scenario Template.  Lots of suggestions for Missions, Objectives, Maps, Balanced Forces, etc  

04 May 2006: SU152s up close and personal 

Added Victory Conditions to the Tarnopol scenario SU152s up close and personal.  It is a urban scenario on a 3'x2' table and introduces SU152s - surprise, surprise - and Anti-tank Barricades 

14 Apr 2006: No-mans Land - A Crossfire Mini-Campaign 

Tweaked No-mans Land - A Crossfire Mini-Campaign to make it more playable, including using Ghosts  

9 Apr 2006: Kiwis in WW2

Not Crossfire directly, but related.  I started work on a chronology of New Zealand involvement in WW2.  It will be a long time before it is finished  

8 Apr 2006: Time scale 

Added What is the time scale? to the FAQ based on discussion on the Crossfire discussion forum, and supplemented this with further musings  on my Time page 

1 Apr 2006: Telescoping Ground Scale 

Added some of Lloyd Nikolas's and Ian Hayward's thoughts on Telescoping Ground Scales to my Ground Scales page 

28 Mar 2006: Crossfire Datasheets 

Converted the Crossfire Datasheets into PDF format to make it easier to download 

27 Mar 2006: Historical Tactics 

Moved the facts about Military History, and tactics in particular, into its own section.  This includes the existing material on Unit Frontages and Formations, plus a new section on Artillery and Mortar Tactics  

26 Mar 2006: Ranges 

Added some musing on Ranges in Crossfire but without rulers   

05 Mar 2006: Massive rearrangement 

Rearranged my entire wargaming section, and moved Crossfire one level up in the folder hierarchy, thus effectively breaking all links from outside (sorry).  This included moving all Crossfire related pages into the same area, including Spanish Civil War, Blue Division, New Zealand Wars, and Arab-Israeli Wars - such as they are.  

Also added a page on Making Wooden Buildings for Crossfire on the Eastern Front  

26 Feb 2006: Tarnopol Scenarios 

Added five scenarios to flesh out my Tarnopol 3 Round Campaign: 

• Russian Recce, 25 Mar 1944  
• Push to the City, 28 Mar, 1944  
• SU-152s up close and personal, 31 Mar 1944 
• Battle Group Friebe, 14 Apr 1944 
• Breakout, 16 Apr 1944

22 Feb 2006: 2d6 Armour Rules 

Some musings on Armour uses using 2d6 rather than ACC + PEN 

19 Feb 2006: Restructure Site (a bit)

Restructured the Crossfire pages to split House Rules from this Index, and added What's New section.  

18 Feb 2006: Russian Scouts Scenario 

Added Scouts scenario - a probe by a Russian Recon Company in 1943   

15 Feb 2006: Ghosts 

Wrote up ideas on using Hidden Movement Markers ("Ghosts") in Crossfire  

12 Feb 2006

Started writing up Field of Fire (Swaab, 2005) about a British Gunner Officer who fought in North Africa, Italy and NW Europe. 

Added a new Russian Brigade Orbat covering Oct 1941 - Jun 1942.  This  is the one the early Naval Infantry Brigades would have used 

7 Feb 2006: Tarnopol Campaign 

Wrote up ideas for scenarios bound together by a campaign based on the siege of Tarnopol, including Matrix Game and 3 Round options 

5 Feb 2006: Wooden Buildings 

Added rough notes on how I painted my wooden buildings  - hopefully to be added to later   

30 Jan 2006: Rimini Airfield Campaign 

Wrote up ideas for scenarios bound together by a campaign based on the Greek/Kiwi attack on the Rimini Airfield in Italy (Sep 1944) 

28 Jan 2006: Armour Fest Scenario

Added Armour Fest Scenario - something like 28 tanks on the table - and Battle Report of the game I had with Rich Wilcox 

11 Dec 2005: 2 Foot City Scenario 

Added 2 Foot City Scenario - an entire Crossfire game on a 2' x 2' table - and the Battle Report on the game I had with John Mclennan 

Main Sections

Sources for Crossfire 

If you're looking for other Crossfire websites then try out: 

Official Crossfire Website 

Yahoo Discussion Forum

A great source of Crossfire ideas.  This feeds both my own house rules and my musings.  

Tim Marshall 

Tim offers some well thought out house rules, many scenarios, and some official rule clarifications.   

Lloyd Nikolas

Lloyd has lots of great content on wargaming although the highlights for me are his Crossfire section including his adaptation for 1:1 scale and his suggestions for modeling scenery. 

Ian Hayward

This is the place to go if you're interested in Crossfire in 6 mm and true 1:1 scale.

Association Maquetisme Modélisme GRENOBLE [French and English]

Some very interesting stuff on Crossfire including a on-line dynamic tutorial and some scenarios concentrating on the Pacific theatre. 

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