The final game of our Tunisia theme (which should have been titled, “The Race to Tunis” since all of our battles were from the opening stages of the campaign) was another battle…
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FOW – Battle pf Longstop Hill (Part I), December 1942.
It is necessary to provide the dates when discussing the fighting at Longstop Hill, because the hill was contested in a series of actions from 22-25 December 1942, and in the spring…
FOW – Battle of Bordj Toum, December 1942.
“Bordj Toum Station, Tunisia, December 10, 1942: As the Allies paused to gather their breath and resources for their attack on Tunis, the Germans struck first. The Fifth Panzer Army, in an…
FOW – Battle of Chouiga Pass, November 1942.
We continued our Tunisia campaign by playing the Battle of Chouigui Pass, fought during the afternoon of 26 November 1942 (which was Thanksgiving Day). This was the first time that American and…
D&B – Infantry Attach Micro Armor Play Test, June 1944.
It was WWII Tuesday, so I decided to stick with play testing my micro armor rules. The earlier games have been focussed more on armor clashes, so it was time to focus…
FOW – Battle of Medjez-el-Bab, November 1942 (Part 2)
This game represented the fighting around the Tunisian town of Medjez-el-Bab on 19-20 November 1942, and would continue our game from the first session (see our previous AAR for the background, description…
FOW – Battle of Medjez-el-Bab, November 1942 (Part 1).
Our Operation TORCH campaign reached Tunisia with the battle of Medjez-el-Bab, which was fought on 19-20 November 1942. This game represented the opening phases of the battle; a second game would cover…
Micro Armor Test Play – 1943 Armor Clash
It was time for WWII Tuesday and I decided it would be nice to shift back to ground warfare and try out another micro armor test play. This time, I decided to…
SHQ 20mm Luchs and Grille
One of the things sitting on my painting table was a couple of 20mm scale German AFVs from SHQ. I picked these up a long time ago. They had a basic paint…
FoW – Escape from Berlin, May 1945
An old gaming buddy of mine was in town last week and had some time to play a game. I reached out to some of the old grognards to meet up at…