The Sharp End Gaming

This is a fictional mission I created for John Tiller's Squad Battles Modern War. Since the JTS title "Modern War" has a Mosul map and detailed OOBs I am using it as the basis for some fictional gaming against ISIS.

This is a fictional mission I created for John Tiller's Squad Battles Modern War. I had wanted to create a Mosul scenario using Command Ops and actually completed the map for it, but I don't have the time to invest in creating a modern warfare estab for the game. Since the JTS title "Modern War" has a Mosul map I am using it as the basis for some fictional gaming against ISIS. Briefing :  A Doctors Without Borders team including a French national and two Spanish nationals was seized by ISIS militants and subsequently imprisoned in Mosul. SIGINT provided to Coalition commanders has helped pinpoint their location to an abandoned amusement park on the Tigris inside Mosul.  Captured by ISIS's Sinai Brigade, they are watched around the clock, though overnight this force is dramatically reduced.  Fearing their imminent execution, two US Special Forces teams have been sent in to free the prisoners in a daring nighttime raid. The basis for this OOB is the Deb...

My gaming last night consisted of an attempt to seize the As Samawah Cement Plant from insurgents.  I've lost 4 men so far including a sniper and a Platoon leader.  I've also had a Kiowa Warrior shot out of the sky.  The enemy is embedded within these industrial areas and I find myself trying to isolate them and then assault their positions in order to destroy them.  The smoke indicates where I have an assault underway.  This kind of methodical pin, move to contact and then assault fighting is tedious and I am learning on the fly.  Unfortunately my learning curve has cost me 4 good men.