Background:

February 28, 1997
North Hollywood shootout was an armed confrontation between two heavily-armed and armored bank robbers Larry Eugene Phillips Jr & Emil Dechebal Matasareanu and patrol and SWAT officers of the LAPD on February 28 1997 at a Bank of America teler-office

Two suspects were killed and 15 people were injured, including 10 policemen. None of the injuries incurred during the hour-long shootout was "life threatening,"

Los Angeles Police Chief Willie Williams said.
Although only the suspects were killed,
the sheer number of injuries made this one of the bloodiest single cases of violent crime in the 1990's and one of the most significant single bank robberies of the 20th century

TV Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm1PEY8F4xE


Area of Operations:


Numbers 1-6 represent hot spots for the LAPD. Exit is where the Robbers must go to leave the table.

The start point for the robbers is the left side of the Bank of America building. They mush start adjacent to it.

Table Size:
6mm-20mm 2'x2'
20mm and up 4'x4'

Troop Quality/Morale, and equipment:

Bank Robbers
1x Larry Philips w/AK-47 (Lt. AP:1 AT:0) and Pistol
1x Emil Mătăsăreanu w/AK-47 (Lt. AP:1 AT:0) and Pistol


Initiative Level: D10
Confidence Level: High
Supply Level: Abundant
Body Armor: 2D
TQ/Morale: D8/D10

Objective:
1 or both Robber(s) off the board at the exit point: Win

LAPD

Insurgency level Automatic

Reinforcements Table

1:1D3 Cops w/ Pistols
2:1D6Cops w/ Pistols
3:2D6 Cops w/ Pistols
4:1D6 Cops w/Pistols,and 1D6 Cops w/ shotguns
5:1D6 Cops w/ Pistols, and 1D3 SWAT w/AR15s
6:1D6 Cops w/ Pistols, and 1D6 SWAT w/AR15s
7:1D6 SWAT W/AR15s
8: 2D6 SWAT w/ AR15s

**Note that cops and swat act as separate fire teams**

Objective:
Prevent both Robbers from leaving the board: Victory

Cop

Initiative level: D6
Confidence Level: Low
Supply level: Normal
Body Armor:1D
TQ/Morale: D6/D8

SWAT

Confidence Level: Normal
Supply level: Normal
Body Armor:1D
TQ/Morale: D8/D10


Special Notes

Strong Stimulants
Both Larry Philips and Emil Mătăsăreanu would often take muscle relaxants before a heist. Thus they gain the Strong Stimulant rules.

Armed and Dangerous
Both Larry Philips and Emil Mătăsăreanu had illegally converted several rifles to Fully Automatic. They were also both equipped with several fully automatic weapons, and pistols.While the LAPD has only pistols and shotguns. Both Philips and Mătăsăreanu count as having Lt. Support weapons (AP:1), and when shooting at Cops count as out gunning them (i.e. 1 extra FP die)

Encumbered
Both Larry Philips and Emil Mătăsăreanu had made custom made body armor that covered their entire bodies. This gives the Heavy Body armor rule, and it also prevents both of them from preforming rapid movement.

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Armies:
Tomrrow's War: Imperial Guard 1,000
Force on Force: Russians/Soviet Marines
Flames of War: Late war Germans: 2,500 points, Late war Polish Insurgents: 1250 points

Very interesting - thanks for posting it.
Tom Konczal

Unusual.I like too much.

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When firing a shell from North to South over 7 miles, the effect that causes the shell to miss the aimpoint is called:
Coriolis effect
Damn privates
Damn officers
What target? We were just doing a functional check. Was that live ammo?

Just saw this on a recent history channel piece (or was it Mysteries at the Museum?) last week. Great scenario.

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Tom Oxley
OD Green Old Fart
FoF: RtB, EF, AV, CWGH, DotR, BW, DMA, Fal, C-SOM, SOG

A very interesting and well thought out scenario- nice one. Just need a load of police car diecasts now.

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I will surprise my player with this scenario.
Few questions:

1. I assumed that the hotspot #6 is a typo and it should actually be #5.

2. Is the starting point for the two robbers as indicated on the map? If that is the case then the robber closest to the right edge should be able to escape easily and thus win the game. Perhaps having them start at the bank entrance would be more challenging.

3. Just curious, how did your game go with this scenario?

Tim

1. You are right it was a typo. I will upload a correct picture.

2. The start point for the robbers is the left side of the Bank of America building. They mush start adjacent to it. The spots with the robbers name is where they died.

3. I have never played a real game of Force on Force. I am currently trying to convert some players at my local game store.

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Armies:
Tomrrow's War: Imperial Guard 1,000
Force on Force: Russians/Soviet Marines
Flames of War: Late war Germans: 2,500 points, Late war Polish Insurgents: 1250 points

Here are a few ideas for miniature figures:

Wargames Foundry police


Westwind

From experience I would probably need a minimum of 30 police since they are acting as irregulars.

SWAT team (Assault Group)




For the bad guys:

Assault group





For terrains:

Copplestone Casting


For police cars:

policecarmodels.com

This is expensive at about $25 but the best looking.

This is more affordable at $4 only.

This one is at $10 but it's an actual LAPD car.

The most affordable option is from worldworks.com. With this you can have all of the police cars shown on the map and only pay around $12.

Yes I like to post pictures .

More to come but if you have any suggestion please chime in.

Tim

As a side note, I noticed that the movie 44 Minutes which is based on this incident is rented out on Netflix ever since this post came out. Coincident ?

Tim