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A Dark and Stormy Flight- Very British Civil War – Miniature Wargame Scenario (part 2, After Action Report)

 GERMANS, FASCISTS, & LOCAL AGITATORS BATTLE WITH POLICE AND CHURCH!!!

     The Dorset Police and Fire Squadron engaged in a battle today after a plane crashed in the River Otter Valley.  Defenders of the Anglican Church - led by the Princess Elizabeth - secured the crash site, gathering intelligence on BUF plans to attack the nearby town of Exeter.

     Emergency Services Chief Nolan O’Coakel heroically directed officers to arrest the head of the River Otter Local Fascist Brigade — an armed, local militia & temperance movement.  Dorset Police also detained a suspected BUF officer, who is now being held under armed guard for questioning.  Chief O’Coakel declined to comment on what police have learned thus far.

    Local Firefighters valiantly defended the crash sight beside the Princess Elizabeth and her retinue.  The defenders encountered armed men - speaking German.  It is suspected that this rabble were members of the dog-killing German Advisor Korps, encouraging and advising the illegitimate British Union of Fascists.

     Overall, the decisive and inspirational actions of the Dorset Police and Fire Squadron mitigated a great catastrophe, alongside the Princess Elizabeth’s guard and members of the local River Otter community.

     Leaders of the British Union of Fascists and of the Royal Army fervently denied any violent clashes in the River Otter Valley, and maintain that local communist agitators have not shaken the stability of the legitimate Monarchy — despite the still-smoking wreckage of the BUF plane in the valley.

Fog on the hill with the old Roman Ruins

The Bereton farm

Advances begin

The plane crash in the center

River Otter Valley Local Defense Brigade troops inspect the farm

BUF thugs under the watchful eye of German advisors advance...the Germans jump in the boat

Anglican League sets up a base of fire at the crash site

ROVLDB troops jump in a truck

Riverine Huns

Red Kat's communists battle it out with the Royal Army on the hill

Princess Elizabeth's honor guard in action

Colonel Smythe is discovered in the barn

He fears that the BUF may execute him so he jumps out the window to escape...into the arms of the ROVLDB

BUF transport crash in

Kriegsmarine wannabees get cut down

Crash site secure, but the Germans have found the plans!

Communists escape with Miss Christe

A Dark and Stormy Flight- Very British Civil War – Miniature Wargame Scenario (part 1, background)

 

Scenario Background

It was, quite literally, a dark and stormy night.

Colonel Giles Smythe of the British Union of Fascists General Staff—ignoring the explicit advice of his long-suffering S2—decided that discretion was vastly overrated. Determined to impress his mistress, the enchanting Miss Agatha Christe, by flying her to her hometown of Taunton for her birthday, Smythe ordered up a transport aircraft from a discreet airstrip west of London.

In a further triumph of poor judgment, Smythe instructed his harried aide-de-camp, Captain Willy Liv, to “pack up the office.” This included champagne, personal effects, and—fatally—the only working draft of the BUF operational plans for the upcoming assault on Exeter.

The aircraft clawed into worsening weather.

Somewhere south of Taunton, something went terribly wrong.

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The Situation

At first light, reports flooded in from the River Otter Valley:

• A plane down
  
  

• Explosions heard
  
  

• Conflicting sightings of survivors
  
  

Radio traffic—sent disastrously in the clear—mentions activity at three locations:

• The crash site
  
  

• Berenton Farm
  
  

• The old Roman ruins overlooking the valley
  
  

Was it the storm?
Anti-aircraft fire?
Sabotage?
Or sheer BUF incompetence?

No one knows—and no one can afford to wait.

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Forces in the Valley

There are two sides, each made up of four factions. Alliances are fragile, and every group has its own agenda.

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Anti-Government Forces

Anglican League:

“God, King, and Proper Order”
Religious traditionalists opposed to both fascism and atheistic revolution.

River Otter Valley Local Defense Brigade:

“This is our valley.”
Farmers, veterans, and locals defending their homes against everyone.

Red Kate’s Communist Front:

“No masters, no officers.”
Radical revolutionaries eager to expose fascist plans and spark unrest.

Dorset Police and Fire Squadron:

“Just trying to keep the peace.”
Overstretched civil authorities attempting to impose order in a collapsing state.

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Pro-Government Forces

British Union of Fascists – IX Legion:

“Order through strength.
Elite BUF troops tasked with erasing this embarrassment.

BUF Local Chapter:

“We’ve been waiting for this.”
Eager but reckless party loyalists hoping to prove themselves.

German Advisor Korps:

“Observation is participation.”
Foreign “advisors” quietly judging BUF competence—and taking notes.

Royal Army – 3rd Dorsetshire Regiment:

“For King and Country.”
Professionals loyal to the Crown, uneasy allies of the BUF.

Secret Objectives (GM Only)

Each faction receives one secret objective. These may directly conflict with allies.

[I removed these from the post, but they played a major role in the game]

Pre-Battle Rumors (d10)

1. The Colonel survived the crash and was seen heading toward a farm.

2. There were two aircraft overhead that night.

3. The documents were scattered by the impact.

4. Tunnels exist beneath the Roman ruins.
   
   

5. Police have already arrested a “foreign officer.”
   
   

6. The locals are armed and ready to rise.
   
   

7. The crash was deliberate sabotage.
   
   

8. The Germans want the documents more than the BUF do.
   
   

9. The storm will worsen again before nightfall.
   
   

10. Red Kate is already in the valley.

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Random Events Table (d20)

Roll once per turn, per side, or when entering a key location.

d20	Event
1	Storm worsens – visibility reduced
2	Weather clears briefly
3	False intelligence shifts an objective
4	Locals block a road
5	Unexploded ordnance detonates
6	Radio transmission in the clear
7	Heroic NCO rallies a unit
8	Hidden supply cache found
9	Units misidentify friend or foe
10	Building catches fire
11	Political officer interferes
12	Local guide aids movement
13	Equipment failure
14	Sniper in the hedgerows
15	Police challenge authority
16	German advisors take notes
17	Conflicting Royal Army orders
18	Documents briefly revealed
19	Exhaustion and nerves
20	A Very British Moment (automatic morale success)

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GM Notes

• Victory is not binary. Public control, secret objectives, and political fallout all matter.
  
  

• Allies may block, delay, or betray each other without formally breaking sides.
  
  

• Someone will escape. Something will leak. Someone will be blamed.
  
  

In the Very British Civil War, disasters are merely opportunities—handled badly.