Outskirts of Calais, France, May 24th, 1940. Late afternoon. German forces of the 10th Panzer Division try to close in with the belaguered defenders of Calais. Mixed forces from 3rd RTR and the 2nd Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps (The 60th) try to stop them. This a Blitzkrieg small platoon-level game (420 points each). I …
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This past weekend I finally got the chance to try early WWII with Victory Decision, before I had mostly done Sci Fi and W-WWII. My friend Adam thought it was a good chance to take some Brits and DAK for spin. So out came the desert table ! The armies were pretty straight forward, …
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Mech Grenadier Platoon “Germany’s success on the Eastern Front coupled with the entry of Spain into the war allow Germany to reorganize its land forces and increase industrial output in certain areas. As a Result, by 1949 Mechanized Grenadier formations make up the bulk of the Wermacht’s land forces.” Secrets of the Third Reich by …
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This is my first attempt at a painting guide. I´m no expert painter nor had ever a great skill at it. I took ages to paint these BEF vehicles. Also keep in mind that my objective is to get 1/72 BEF vehicles for wargaming purposes, not modelling ones. As most of you already know, the …
Read More Powermonger´s BEF G3/G4 scheme painting guide
I want to present the first few models of my BEF 1940 army. They are prepared to take the field with my presently used rules: – Battlegroup (for platoon and larger games) – Chain of Command (for small skirmishes) I will add more as soon as I complete the rest of them. Also, there is …
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I was looking for some roads for my 15mm moderns and sci fi games and a friend of mine recommended play tape. Upon getting a couple of rolls from Amazon was ready to give them a try. From the very beginning I liked the way they look, however it seemed like a waste to be …
Read More Cheap and easy paved roads for moderns/sci-fi
I’m always looking for fun ways to introduce my kids to wargaming. Recently I found that you can get ridiculously cheap deals on Arcane Legions, a game system that apparently came out through KS and over time faded away. It might not be a system for more sophisticated wargamers, but for the wargamer “light” or …
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Mogilyani, Ukraine, June 27th, 1941. German forces of the 11th Panzer Division are part of the advance that attempts to find a safe crossing point of the Horyn River. Scattered soviet forces from Task Force Lukin try to stop them This a Barbarossa squad level game, part of a series of training games to skill-up …
Read More Skirmish at Mogilyani, A Battlegroup Barbarossa squad level game
Let me try to explain in the following lines why little by little Victory Decision has become my favorite set of rules for platoon level actions for 20th century gaming as well as sci fi. Victory Decision is a set of rules by Agis Neugebauer, A.D. Publishing, the rules can purchased through Wargamevault in both …
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Merville, may 27th, 1940. Our Wargames group in Buenos Aires, Argentina, gathers for a Battlegroup game. German forces of the 3rd Panzer Division are part of the advance that attempts to cut off the withdrawal of French and English forces towards the channel and evacuation in Dunkirk. The forces of the British 2nd division, together …
Read More Merville 1940, a Battlegroup Blitzkrieg game