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Reply To: Centennial Gaming in the Great War – Returns!

May 31, 2018 at 10:56 pm #1195469

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Awesome aerial photos, @jemmy – yes that is exactly the kind of trench geometry and echeloned depth I was hoping to convey in the interview. Although in all honesty, the point was first and perhaps more ably made by @neves1789 in Part One of our series. 😀 So especially apparent in that top photo are the crenelated patterns to the trenches, the interconnected “maze” of multiple line trenches, typically …

Observation Trench
Forward Trench
Secondary Trench
Reserve Trench
Artillery Trench
Supply Trench
with communication trenches running all over the place connecting these lines with each other and with other sectors of the front.

Build all that into your table (for one side only) and and designate that the attackers already have a platoon / company / battalion IN the trench, and are trying to expand, fortify, and hold their lodgment.

That was just one of the suggestions, anyway. 😀