Our Market Garden campaign continued with the Battle for the Road Bridge at Nijmegen. We had five players in this very large game. To fit the table and number of players, we…
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Flames of War – 21st Panzer Division Force Book Review
Being an avid FOW player and being a fan of the 21st Panzer in WWII gaming, I could not wait until the release of the new Battlefront force booklet on the 21st…
Game 7: Market Garden Campaign – The Island
We just finished game seven of our market Garden campaign. Here are the details. Objectives: The brief called for XXX Corps’ spearhead to form up and push north from its bridgehead across…
Game 5 – Market Garden Campaign, September 1944
Today’s post is another one of our ongoing Market Garden campaign battles. According to the brief, the Allies had two parachute rifle battalions of the 82nd Airborne Division defending the open polder…
Game 4, Market Garden Campaign – Battle of Osterbeek, September 1944
Background The Battle of Arnhem was a major battle of the Second World War at the vanguard of the Allied Operation Market Garden. It was fought in and around the Dutch towns of Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Wolfheze, Driel, and the…
Battle of Mook, September 1944
The brief from the campaign manager called for the lead elements of the 107th Panzer Brigade to attack Mook from the SE. Three artillery batteries were in support, and additional support could…
Flames of War – Ro Ho to Ro Ni
Background The Ho-Ni II was an improvement of the previous Ho-Ni I, which was armed with a 75 mm (2.95 in) gun. It was designed to carry out close infantry support using…
Flames of War Battle of Best Playtest.
BLUF: At 1200 hours on 17 September, the Germans made a battalion-sized hasty attack against the US defenses guarding the western approaches to the 101st Airborne’s drop zone near Best. This attack…
Battle of Mortain, August 1944
Background Operation Lüttich was a codename given to a German counter-attack during the Battle of Normandy, which took place around the American positions near Mortain in northwestern France from 7 August to 13 August 1944. (Lüttich is the German…
Battle of Alytus, June 1941
Background The tank battle near Alytus between German tanks and those of (the) Soviet 5th Tank division was probably the hardest combat ever conducted by 7th Panzer Division in the Second World…