We started a new mini-theme for Flames of War, focused on the battles around Salerno in 1943. Our first game was the American amphibious landing at Paestum — a beach to the…
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VaS – Breakout of the Admiral Scheer.
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…
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…
FOW – Battle of Vevi Pass, April 1941.
We continued our Greece 1940-41 theme by playing the Battle of Vevi Pass, using Flames of War V.4 rules. In the portion of the battle that we played, elements of the…
FOW – San Fratello Line, August 1943.
The grand finale of our WW2 Sicily theme was this Flames of War scenario from the “wargamerabbit” web page:https://wargamerabbit.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/breaking-the-san-fratello-line.pdf The scenario provides the historical background, orders of battle, terrain, and objectives. In…
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…
FOW – Battle of Ponte Drillo, August 1943
We continued our WW2 Sicily theme by playing the Battle of Ponte Dirillo. Historically, elements of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division held off elements of the Herman Goring Panzer Division, and thereby…
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…