May 21st, 1940. 1st army tank brigade plus some Durham light Infantry try to blunt the german advance across northern France. First victory for the BEF! After two defeats, the third attempt to break the german defences near Berneville was successful. A defence line scenario. 683 points per side. Company level game. 683 points is …
Read More BEF Counter-attack at Berneville. A BG Blitzkrieg AAR.
I’ve been interested in Blood and Plunder since I saw the kickstarter since I’ve always wanted a game where you can play naval actions, one vs one ship activating different units in the ships. It is not easy to have a set of rules for those kind of games that is still fun and tactically …
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15 days ago we had a new battle of our Barbarossa Campaign. Duel at Rozrazh. a 500 points BGBarbarossa encounter battle. Base scenario is “Flanking Attack” This time i had no time to post a proper AAR at the moment. But want to share some photos anyway. The terrain The fascist vermin Regards, Diego
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It´s 07:59hs on july 2nd, 1941. Task force Lukin had set up a nice pincer attack on the Germans defenders of Ostrog North. A determined Soviet attack combined forces from both Ostrog Centre and Rozrazh. The red sledgehammer would also receive support from partisan forces hidden in the cellars of Ostrog North. However, the Germans …
Read More Red Storm over Ostrog North. A Battlegroup Barbarossa AAR
So after a couple of weeks since getting my book and after getting some painted models bought online I was able to try my first games of Scrappers, the new Osprey rules for squad level games in a Sci Fi post apocalyptic future. The rules use my favorite squad level rules, Brink of Battle as …
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War in Aegyptus !!! I started wargaming back in the 80s with Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd edtion. We built pretty large armies and even continued using 3ed edition with house rules as new editions were coming out. Over tiime I shifter to historical wargaming but my love for fantasy battle wargaming never dimishished, …
Read More First playtest of Sword and Spear Fantasy
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 …
Read More How to lose a Kampfgruppe in 3 turns. A Battlegroup Blitzkrieg AAR
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, …
Read More Early war in Africa with Victory Decision WWII – AAR
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
Back on May 16th 2008 taking advantage of a short trip I took home to Buenos Aires Argentina we decided to organize a multi player macro battle to familiarize players with FOG. Adding this report which has been featured in the FOG online forums before seemed like a good way to get this blog going. …
Read More Magnesia 190BC, super Field of Glory AAR