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The Second World War, Rapid Fire Reloaded, 12mm A few months ago a scenario appeared in Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy magazine which looked interesting. It was set in Normandy, but it was simple enough to rejig it for Sicily instead. In this one, as a Yorkshireman, Sean took the British 15th Brigade, part of the
The Seven Years War, Honours of War, 28mm The decision to make this an all-cavalry battle was all down to laziness. I hadn’t planned the game, and so rather than looking out a mixed force for both sides, I just grabbed the cavalry boxes. Actually, they weren’t all cavalry – one of the boxes had
Bismarck’s Wars, Fire & Fury, 10mm Okay, Bismarck wasn’t responsible for this one, but it still fits into the same historical period. As I’d recently painted up some Italian buildings, we decided to take the fight to Northern Italy this week, and fight part of the Battle of Magenta – the big scrap outside Milan
The Second World War, Chain of Command, 28mm With just Nick and I available this time, we decided to play a CoC game, set in 1940. that seemed the perfect excuse to stary a new ‘pint-sized campaign. I opted for Attack on Caesar’s Camp, which follows the fortunes of the 51st (Highland) Division of the
