We started a new mini-theme for Flames of War, focused on the battles around Salerno in 1943. Our first game was the American amphibious landing at Paestum — a beach to the…
Tag: Historical
VaS – Breakout of the Admiral Scheer.
We just had WWII Tuesday last week and decided to play another naval game using Victory at Sea. Our original plan was to do a game around Savo Island, but due to…
ToDR – Battle of Cropredy Bridge, May 1644
n the early part of 1644, the Royalists suffered several setbacks. Two field armies were defeated at Nantwich and Cheriton, and a Scottish Covenanter army invaded the north of England, driving the Royalists to York, where they were besieged. King…
FOW – Battle or Corinth Canal, April 1941.
We finished our Greece 1941 theme with a bang, by playing the Battle of the Corinth Canal using Flames of War V.4 rules. This battle was an airborne attack by German Fallschirmjagers…
FOW – Battle of Proasteion, April 1941
We continued our Greece 1941 theme by playing part of the Battle of Proasteion. This battle was a delaying action by the British 1st Armoured Brigade vs. the German 8.Panzer Division. Background: The…
FOW – Battle of Vevi Pass, April 1941.
We continued our Greece 1940-41 theme by playing the Battle of Vevi Pass, using Flames of War V.4 rules. In the portion of the battle that we played, elements of the…
Battlefield3D 15mm Semovente 90/53
I was so happy with my completed Fiat armored cards, I decided to paint the other Italian models that I bought. Namely, four Semovente 90/53 kits. I had given up trying to…
FOW – Battle of Pindus, October 1940
Background After the Italian invasion of Albania in 1939, the Greek General Staff became alerted to a potential Italian attack from Albanian territory, which eventually started on 28 October 1940. The Italian command deployed…
Battlefield3D 15mm Fiat 611 Armored Cars
Some months ago, I posted some pictures of my Neubaufahrzeug models that I finished painting. Well, I was impressed with the quality of the vehicles and went back onto eBay to the…
FOW – San Fratello Line, August 1943.
The grand finale of our WW2 Sicily theme was this Flames of War scenario from the “wargamerabbit” web page:https://wargamerabbit.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/breaking-the-san-fratello-line.pdf The scenario provides the historical background, orders of battle, terrain, and objectives. In…