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The Second World War, Bolt Action, 28mm Like last week’s encounter, this little skirmish game was played out using the Bolt Action rules. When I first came across them I wasn’t too keen on them, as they had a lot of quirks in them. However, on re-reading them and after playing a few games I’ve
The Second World War, Bolt Action, 20mm found myself in Edinburgh on Thursday evening, with no game planned, and no lead with me. Fortunately, Bill Gilchrist invited me to take part in a Second World War skirmish, using his 20mm figures, and Bolt Action rules. I’m still not convinced by Bolt Action, so I was
The Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 10mm This wasn’t the prettiest game I’ve ever played. The Italian player forgot to bring the terrain mat, and so we were reduced to playing on a bare wooden table, with green hills covered in muslin bags we found in a store cupboard, by way of terrain,. Still, this
The Second World War, Bolt Action, 28mm The aim of this small Second World War skirmish game was to try out the new Bolt Action rules. Somewhere on the Polish-Ukranian border in mid 1944 a small German kamfgruppe was trying to break out of a pocket. A scratch force of Soviet infantry and Polish-crewed T34/85s were
The Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 12mm Its been a long time since I had my 12mm tanks out, hence this small game set in the Western Desert in April 1941, played on a 7×5 foot table. The premise is that the British are being chased out of Libya by Rommel, and the road you
The Second World War, Disposable Heroes, 28mm This was another “League of Gentleman Wargamers” gig, played out over a weekend in Kirriemuir, in the north-east corner of Scotland. We meet up two or three times a year, and we all have far too much “kit” for our own good. That means games tend to be
The Second World War, Rules of Engagement, 28mm This game was laid on up in Orkney, as a form of initiation of the local wargaming group into Second World War skirmish games. It was also a chance to try out a new set of rules – well, new to me in that I just bought
The Second World War, Rapid Fire, 20mm This week, for the want of something better to do, the chaps decided to invade Russia. The game was set in October 1941, during Operation Barbarossa. Army Group North was approaching Leningrad, and had already encircled the landward side of the city. General Zhukov, commanding the Leningrad Front
The Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 12mm This small game was played out in Orkney, between Angus and his oppo Mark. This was Mark’s first post-Napoleonic game, so I let him have the good guys, while I commanded the Nazis. The scenario was set at the time of Operation Brevity, in mid-May 1941. “D Company”
The Second World War, Battlegroup Panzergrenadier, 12mm While we’ve played a lot of Second World War battles before, this was the inaugural game of a new theatre and a new scale. The scenario (available as a free download at the end of the article) is based on an uncharacteristically hasty German dawn attack on the
