The final pages of Col. Henricks diary were found in the Zanzibar Museum of Antiquities. The old curator did not give it up easily, but nothing a few pounds sterling could not…
Tag: Africa
In Her Magisty’s Name – On the streets of Zanzibar Pulp Game.
Zanzibar, lyrical beauty in the name,” Col. Henricks wrote in his diary, in a typical outburst of romantic enthusiasm that all adventures had for all things foreign, exotic, dangerous. “The first time…
The Cauldron, Gazala, 1942
Background The Battle of Gazala (near the modern town of Ayn al Ghazālah) was fought during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, west of the port of Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 21 June 1942. Axis troops of…
Where have all the historicals gone?
Some of you may be asking, what the heck with with all this fantasy stuff? What happened to Historicals? Well, not to worry, we have not given up on history as a…
Battle for Longstop Hill, (Dec 1942)
Background The Run for Tunis was part of the Tunisia Campaign which took place during November and December 1942 during the Second World War. Once French opposition to the Allied Operation Torch…
Operation Supercharge, (Nov 1942)
Background: The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October–11 November 1942) was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. With the…
Battle of Nibeiwa, (Dec 1940)
Background On July 1st, we restarted the clock again to fight battles from each year of World War II. We played a scenario based on the initial set of battles in North…