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The Great War, In the Heart of Africa / In the Heart of East Africa, 28mm Colin Jack and Bill Gilchrist of the SESWC laid on a great WW1 game, set in East Africa. For this theatre we usually use Chris Peers’ Heart of East Africa amendments to the Heart of Africarules, but because
Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 15mm From the savannah of Africa to the snow-covered hills of the Ardennes. The next game was a 15mm Second World War game between my Americans and my wargaming pal Kevan’s Germans. Although I rarely play with 15mm figures these days, I’ve kept a few just to take part in
Back of Beyond, Contemptible Little Armies / Back of Beyond, 28mm In Edinburgh a group of us have been running a “Back of Beyond” campaign for some years using 25mm figures. Actually I’m something of a latecomer to this, and just about the only army which hadn’t been taken was the Turks. It just so
Modern Wars (Indochina), Battlegroup Panzer Grenadier, 20mm The following Thursday we played a 20mm game set in French Indochina. the idea was that a French parachute company had been dropped as a blocking force, and was now high-tailing it down the road to safety, pursued by hordes of Viet Minh regulars. The game presupposed that
Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 20mm Then came another Second World War game. We’ve been playing an awful lot of WW2 lately, and I apologise to those of you who want to see piccies of other periods! The scenario was based on an attack launched by the 51st Highland Division against the German bridgehead over the
World War 2, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 20mm We played five games this month. The first was a Second World War affair where my BEF took the field against the Nazi hordes. The scenario called for a unit of Divisional Cavalry (all Universal Scout Carriers and Vickers Mk. VIb light tanks to hold off the spearhead of Rommel’s
Back of Beyond, Contemptible Little Armies / Back of Beyond, 28mm The next game was part of the Club’s “Back of Beyond” campaign, which saw my Turks landing on the eastern side of the Caspian Sea – part of their master plan to resurrect a Turkish Muslim empire in Central Asia! The plan was to
World War 2, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 15mm Next was another Second World War fight, this time in 15mm. This scale remains popular in the Club, particularly for late war games. This involved a British attack during the final phase of the Normandy campaign, with the British expanding south from Caen towards Falaise.The advance came up
Gaming the un-gameable… Private Baldrick: I heard that it all started when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostrich ’cause he was Hungry. Captain Blackadder: I think you mean it started when the Archduke of Austro-Hungary got shot. Private Blackadder: Nah, there was definitely an Ostrich involved, Sir… [from Blackadder Goes Forth] Who on
¡No Pasarán! Spanish Civil War in the Journal I’m not going to write much here – not yet. This is just a holding page, waiting for me to get round to filling in some more background. Suffice to say I play the Spanish Civil War as a skirmish period – the same as I do
