We just had WWII Tuesday last week and decided to play another naval game using Victory at Sea. Our original plan was to do a game around Savo Island, but due to…
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FOW – Battle or Corinth Canal, April 1941.
We finished our Greece 1941 theme with a bang, by playing the Battle of the Corinth Canal using Flames of War V.4 rules. This battle was an airborne attack by German Fallschirmjagers…
FOW – Battle of Proasteion, April 1941
We continued our Greece 1941 theme by playing part of the Battle of Proasteion. This battle was a delaying action by the British 1st Armoured Brigade vs. the German 8.Panzer Division. Background: The…
VAS – River Plate Scenario
Time for another VAS scenario using the later version of Victory at Sea from Warlord games. I had run the Battle of the River Plate scenario a number of times using the…
VAS – Bismarck Chase Scenario
Dusted off my copy of Warlord Victory at Sea for a quick Tuesday night game session. I recently finished updating all my ship cards and QRG, so this would be a chance…
FOW – Battle of Centuripe, August 1943.
We continued our Sicily theme by playing a small scenario based on the Battle for Centuripe, which was a good size for the three players that we had. Some background to the…
FOW – Battle of Troina, August 1943.
We continued our WW2 Sicily theme by playing part of the Battle of Troina (August 1-6, 1943), focusing on the action around the Ponte di Failia (Failia Bridge). The historical background, map,…
FOW – Tactical Challenge Scenario
Issue Number 116 of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy Magazine provides an interesting scenario set during the 1982 Falklands War. The scenario depicts the attack of 42 Commando on Mount Harriet, a key defensive position…
FOW – Battle of Malati Bridge, July 1944
We started a new Sicily/Italy theme month by playing the “Malati Bridge” scenario from the March 2022 issue of Miniature Wargames magazine, which was easily adapted to the Flames of War rules…
Crimean War British Army for BBB
As part my expanding Bloody Big Battles expansion, I thought it would be nice to be able to run scenarios taking place during the Crimean War. No one in my group had…