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Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 20mm This was a scenario listed in Dave’ Brown Battles for the East scenario book for the Battlegroup Panzer-Grenadier rules. It was aptly subtitled “Meeting the Dreadnought”, as it featured the monster show above – a KV-2. The scenario (fought out on an 8×6 foot table) involved the drive by
Second World War, Disposable Heroes, 28mm Occasionally, Sunday is “big game day”, where we have the use of the Royal Navy Club for as long as we want. This month Jack Glanville staged a large Second World War skirmish game, using Disposable Heroes. It was all loosely set during Operation Market Garden, and pitted two
Second World War, Disposable Heroes, 28mm Well, we were due to play a Second World War skirmish game, but I never expected it to be quite as silly -and enjoyable – as this one. the basic premise was simple. Somewhere on the far right flank of the Normandy landings a bunch of scattered American paratroops
Second World War, Disposable Heroes, 28mm Inspired by the big Normandy game last month, we decided to try out Disposable Heroes for ourselves. We decided on a platoon-sized action, with Polish Paratroops occupying a village, while the Germans – all Fallschirmjagers – attacked it from two sides- the south-east and south-west corners. In other words we
Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergenadier, 20mm Last week we saw a Colonial Italian army fighting amid the jungles of Africa. This week it was the turn of their grandchildren, who were busy fighting a rearguard action against a British “reconnaissance in force”. The game was laid on by my pal Chris Henry, who supplied all
Second World War, Disposable Heroes & Flames of War, 28mm & 15mm The weekend was spent in Kirriemuir, Angus with the “League of Gentlemen Wargamers”. These fellows laid on a Normandy weekend which consisted of two games – an impressive D-Day landing fought out in 15mm, followed by an even more spectacular 28mm game set
The Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 20mm We hadn’t played a WW2 game for a while, so we thought it was time to get the tankie toys out again. The idea was that a small French force was launching a counter-attack against a German-held village. However, after a few turns of shelling the French player
Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 15mm This summer I finally sold off the last of my 15mm WW2 collection – a large American army. All I kept was a small force which I’d based in snow and mud – ideal for the Battle of the Bulge. Well, my wargame buddy Kevan Gunn has Germans done
Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 15mm I’ve been talked into playing quite a few 15mm games lately. While I usually try to avoid the scale, its still very popular in the Edinburgh Club, and sometimes you just have to go with the flow. This one was based on Operation Bluecoat – the British punch in
Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 20mm This is where Dougie Trail had his revenge for his Back of Beyond drubbing. He supplied all of the figures, and against my better judgement I played one of the German commanders, along with drouthy cronies Bob n’ Jim. Actually I let them do most of the gaming, while
