Well, I returned from my one month sabbatical and had a big stack of special order items waiting for me at my FLGS. Included in the stack, was the new German minor…
Tag: WWII
FOW: Battle of San Martino, September 1944.
We played the Canadian attack on San Martino, 17 September 1944, adapting a scenario written for Battlefront WW2 to our preferred Flames of War rules. The original scenario with historical background is…
FOW Battle Report: Operation Fischfang, February 1944
For historical background you can refer to the scenario, plus this article provides some campaign background:https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/last-ride-anzio-german-counterattacks-february-1944 We used the scenario for Operation Fischfang that was published on the FOW website. Here is…
FOW Battle Report: La Storta — Holding the Road to Rome
Background The “Huzzah” Friday Afternoon Gamers met officially for the first time since the easing of COVID restrictions on 21 May ’21. As the cadre pursued their vaccinations early, they were able…
Flames of War British Airborne Heavy Weapons
Back to some Flames of War miniatures. I thought I had finished my British Airborne company last year, but after some contemplation (insert fiddling with army lists), I decided I really needed…
Gajo Free French for FOW
Part of my Christmas present to myself was to buy some painted troops from Gajo minis online. I have been slowly but surely working on a French force for Flames of War….
FOW Commandos Re-Done.
As part of my project to redo my British infantry for V4 FOW, I needed to fix my Commando forces. These would take the most work, as they had a rather substantial…
Warlord Victory at Sea Rules Review
History About a decade ago, Mongoose Publishing released a set of new fast play WWII rules named Victory at Sea. Mongoose followed that release with supplemental fleet list and WWI rules in…
My FOW Late War Polish Infantry Update.
With last year’s release of British D-Day British lists, I decided to go through my British infantry collection and get it up to date with version four. I had painted them as…
WWII French Helmet and Canteen.
Well, we cannot say that we had a normal Christmas this year… Many of us stayed home and had little or no contact with friends and family. I was not alone in…