I recently did some Italian demolishers. I was happy with the look of the figures that I got from Gajo, so I decided to add a few more units to my force….
Tag: Africa
FOW – Italian Demolisher Platoon.
I have gone back into factory mode to try to clear out some of my many mostly finished FOW infantry units. Some of these I have purchased and others I have painted….
FOW – Battle of Longstop Hill (Part II), December 1942.
The final game of our Tunisia theme (which should have been titled, “The Race to Tunis” since all of our battles were from the opening stages of the campaign) was another battle…
FOW – Battle pf Longstop Hill (Part I), December 1942.
It is necessary to provide the dates when discussing the fighting at Longstop Hill, because the hill was contested in a series of actions from 22-25 December 1942, and in the spring…
FOW – Battle of Bordj Toum, December 1942.
“Bordj Toum Station, Tunisia, December 10, 1942: As the Allies paused to gather their breath and resources for their attack on Tunis, the Germans struck first. The Fifth Panzer Army, in an…
FOW – Battle of Medjez-el-Bab, November 1942 (Part 1).
Our Operation TORCH campaign reached Tunisia with the battle of Medjez-el-Bab, which was fought on 19-20 November 1942. This game represented the opening phases of the battle; a second game would cover…
FOW – Rocking the Kasbah, November 1942
We continued our Morocco-Tunisia theme by playing the final assault on the Kasbah at Mehdia, Morocco. According to Rick Atkinson’s “An Army at Dawn,” the “Kasbah” was a 16th Century fort that…
FOW – Battle of Mehdia, November 1942
We started a new FOW theme set in Morocco and Tunisia, in the November-December 1942 timeframe. Our first scenario saw a large Vichy French force attempting to break through American defenses near…
28mm Colonial Volunteers
While shopping online on eBay, I came across a sale from DPS on some African Colonial Volunteers. Looking at the set, I thought the figures would work well in my pulp gaming…
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…