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He's a member of the Orkney Wargames Club, which meets in Kirkwall on Thursday evenings.
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Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 20mm Next it was the turn of my 20mm Russians, fighting their way out of the Pripet Marshes in a 1941 scenario dreamed up by Dougie Trail. As Dougie was playing the Nazi I should have know better. The aim was to get off the table, after negotiating a nasty
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
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
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
