Time for another VAS scenario using the later version of Victory at Sea from Warlord games. I had run the Battle of the River Plate scenario a number of times using the…
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VAS – Bismarck Chase Scenario
Dusted off my copy of Warlord Victory at Sea for a quick Tuesday night game session. I recently finished updating all my ship cards and QRG, so this would be a chance…
FOW – Battle of Centuripe, August 1943.
We continued our Sicily theme by playing a small scenario based on the Battle for Centuripe, which was a good size for the three players that we had. Some background to the…
FOW – Battle of Troina, August 1943.
We continued our WW2 Sicily theme by playing part of the Battle of Troina (August 1-6, 1943), focusing on the action around the Ponte di Failia (Failia Bridge). The historical background, map,…
FOW – Tactical Challenge Scenario
Issue Number 116 of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy Magazine provides an interesting scenario set during the 1982 Falklands War. The scenario depicts the attack of 42 Commando on Mount Harriet, a key defensive position…
FOW – Battle of Malati Bridge, July 1944
We started a new Sicily/Italy theme month by playing the “Malati Bridge” scenario from the March 2022 issue of Miniature Wargames magazine, which was easily adapted to the Flames of War rules…
Crimean War British Army for BBB
As part my expanding Bloody Big Battles expansion, I thought it would be nice to be able to run scenarios taking place during the Crimean War. No one in my group had…
FOW – British Airborne Artillery Battery
For those of you that have been following this blog, you know that I finished updating my British Paras for V4 last year. However, I somehow misplaced the artillery the guns for…
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…
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…