Battlegroup Panzergrenadier

The Second World War,  Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 15mm It usually takes a lot to talk me into playing a 15mm game – to me these little figures lack the visual appeal of 20mm Second World War, or even 28mm. However, when my wargaming chum Kevan Gunn offers to take along his snow terrain its well worth

Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 15mm This was one of those rare Sunday afternoon games, a small Second World War fight where we weren’t constrained by time. it involved French armour punching its way through a German defensive belt somewhere to the north-west of Metz, in the Lorraine countryside during the autumn of 1944. As usual

Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 20mm This is more a story of blundering ineptitude than anything else. the British commander (er .. me) was ordered to press an attack through a French hamlet, in an attempt to re-open supply lines between Calais and Dunkirk.He had a fair amount of resources – a Reconnaissance Squadron (Scout

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, 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

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

Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 15mm Next came a couple of Second World War games back to back – first being a 15mm one (lead by Kevan Gunn, Jim Louttit & Derek Hodge) where the British tried to force their way through a heavily-defended sector of the Reichswald in early 1945. While it wasn’t the prettiest