I wanted to test two small tank scenarios for possible use in an upcoming open gaming weekend. The first scenario was the action at the Alytus Bridgehead in June 1941, in which…
Tag: German
FOW – Heiligenbeil Pocket, February 1945
We played a day during the Siege of the Heiligenbeil Pocket, 8 February 1945. The Pocket was formed when the Soviets cut off Konigsberg in East Prussia from the rest of Germany….
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 Afrika Korps Project
I have been playing flames of war since version two was released, so many years ago. I had hesitated buying into the game, as I was heavily invested into micro armor and…
Battle of Radzymin (July 1944)
Background The Battle of Radzymin was one of a series of engagements between the Red Army’s 1st Byelorussian Front and the German Army’s XXXIXth Panzer Corps that occurred as part of the Lublin-Brest Offensive between 1 and 10 August 1944 at the…
Reichs Armee Takes the Field.
While going through my SYW Austrians to update them, I looked over to the next shelf at my Palatinate and Bavarian armies for the period. This got me thinking that it would…
Flames of War V4 Waffen SS Unit Card Release.
Somewhat recently Battlefront released the new Waffen SS Unit Cards and Book. I picked up the cards (I normally pass on the books) to add to my ever growing V4 rules collection….
Flames of War V4 Waffen SS Command Cards
Along with the Wafen SSUnit Card release, we also got the Waffen SS Command Card release. These are produced in the usual high gloss cards in a card board box. The set…
Osipovitchi, October 1941
Overview: Six of us played a scenario taken from the May 1981 issue of “Wargamer’s Digest.” The scenario was large enough that we used the orders of battle verbatim from the magazine….