"Your favorite "moderns" period?" Topic

- Cold War goes hot?

- Arab Israeli

- Current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?

- Falklands?

- Lebanon?

- Former Yugoslavia?

- Chechnya?

- Afghanistan, the Soviet presence?

- Anything else not mentioned?

In no particular order…

Vietnam, Indo-Pak Wars, Iran-Iraq, Gulf Wars 1 & 2, Afghanistan (both Empires).

It's all bad…

You missed the "Georgia Affair".

Only a couple of those are usefully and repeatably gameable at a tactical level.

Arab Israeli, Air Combat

Cold War goes hot circa 1985

Arab-Israeli, then Indo-Pak

Desert Storm and associated what-ifs (Thunder Run ten years early?) and Twilight 2000 RPG.

Cold war goes hot, Russo-Sino. Africa.

Current wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and soon to be in Horn of Africa area. Add into the "troubles" that pop up from time to time in the world that create interesting near future what ifs.

French in Indo China

Arab-Israeli, Indo-Pak, Vietnam

Current conflicts in Iraq and The Stan. Also keen to take a look at "The Georgia Affair". Things are not finished there and indeed may spill over to the Ukraine. Anything in that part of the world would be interesting. Also maybe a conventional war with North Korea and South Korea/UN. Maybe throw in a little Chinese with NK.

David
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anywhere a russian tank has been, is being or would be used.. =)

Anything now!

Peacekeeping Missions featuring either UN or African Union. (ie: Darfur, Nigeria, Congo, etc.)

Tom Dye
GFI

My favorites are the Russians in Afghanistan, The Balkans, and Chechnya

World War III mostly, with a minor interest in Arab-Israeli ('68 or '72).

Cold war goes hot, circa 1977 or so!

Damon.

Love the Vietnam era. IMHO that is the war that lays the basis for the counterinsurgency type of military we have now here in the US.
Tankalot

mid-1980s NATO v Soviets because we still can get our butts kicked all over the map.

Post-Viet Nam air games.

Chechnya, Arab-Israeli 1973, Falklands

Chechnya, but the modern scenario makers wont listen.

Lebanon civil war and African wars.

I really enjoy 'Nam games and am now getting into Iraq with Ambush Alley. I never thought I'd EVER play current affairs Moderns, but AA is such an incredibly written system that I was forced, FORCED, I say, to buy into it! 8)=

French Indochina

Arab-Israeli Wars, Bosnia/Croatia/Serbia, Chechnya, Rhodesia and the current Iraq and Afghanistan.
All of the other conflicts named before me are also of interest.
And like Nazrat, I want to do them all with Ambush Alley or Force on Force.
Thanks
Joe

Now, Nazrat, the husky, bent-nosed gents that came to ASK you to play AA were very polite about it. Don't make me send them back to ask for an apology.

;)

Glad you like the game, sir!

Please, Boss, not the goon squad!!

The REALLY good news is I just met a guy at the local game store Saturday who is also nuts for the game, so I'm not the only one pushing it on folks around here.

Cold War Hot 1985, Soviet-Afghan War, Vietnam

Vietnam with CWC and AA Force on Force.
Always wanted to do '70s Oman as well.
-Steve

I am lone voice here at great hall games in austin TX for AA and FOF. Im waiting for my 6and 10mm cities in a box and for shawn to finnish the asset cards to go with the awsome FOW cards I have. Also waiting for piers to help shawn finnish the Ambush Valley version GHGs is stuffed with TAG viet figures and FOA vehicles. Then I will luanch my assault on the FOW guys, one by one or in groups I shall convert them to the true GOD of war HAAAAA haaaaaaaaa Mad , Mad or simply er ummmmmm maybe I can get a demo ready for Melenium 11 …………Mikey

I have 15mm armies for PLO/Syrians and IDF for the '82 operations (lots of fun), love gaming those. Have 1/700 aircraft for Falklands that make good games…plenty of unpainted lead in 15mm for Falklands and 20mm for the rest (Iraq, Chechnya, Afghanistan)…just not painted. Would also like to get my '79 Nicaragua and SADF/Angola projects started as well…so much lead.

Would Rhodesia count? Well its my favorite!

Angola & South West Africa in 15mm.

More recently getting into 15mm 'Cold War Hot' circa mid-1980s (re-inspired by 'First Clash').

Late sixties, historical, potentially historical or preferably fictional conflicts, set in in Africa (with a bit of Nam).

Fictional Cold war to cold war moved to now! Basicly any interesting force provided its in Westen Europe. reason I am dammed if I am going to have two lots of terrain. Even with fold flatt buildings and hills at 1/72 you run out of space to store it if you fight on something like representative terrain. Having green and desert woud be unthinkable.

Yep, mid-80s NATO v Warpac.

In no particulare order…

AK47 (Bongolesia games), Vietnam, Nato VS Warpac mid-to late 80's…

Not sure I have a particular favourite, mostly the obvious ones WW3, Gulf War 1 & 2, 67 & 73 AiW, various counter insurgencies from the 1960s to the present, AK47/Modern Africa, Falklands.

Falklands are tops for me. Two modern forces, not too many supports, lots of great skirmishes.

Anything from 1960 until now mostly in the air, 1/600th, but lots in 15 & 20mm, used to do 6mm.

Fatman

#1 for me is Arab-Israeli: air, land. Even on the sea there were some great small craft actions (e.g. Battle of Latakia). Missile boat combat is much easier to game.

VietNam is next, but only for the air combats.

A lot of other areas also attract my interest too: 2nd Korean War, South African border wars and Rhodesian bush war, Desert Storm armor action, urban combat in current Iraq (gotta put those Strykers in use), NATO vs. PACT, Falklands (air & sea only). I might even dabble in some current Afghanistan operations, just as an excuse to use those Canadian Leopard 2A6M tanks.

Novels by Larry Bond, and also Harold Coyle are also great for scenario ideas too.

Me?

Twilight 2000 themed games for my 20mm stuff…and it's leading me into some weird places, like what's good in 20mm for Iranians in the 80s and early 90s (ca. Iran-Iraq), I know Rolf makes the Multipurpose stuff…but does anyone make Iranians with G3s and US webgear/helmets? I use FoF and AA for the rules…cracking fun if you ask me.

My 1/285 is structured to do the traditional "Soviet Sunday drive to the Rhine" game with FFT2 (Please let 3 come out soon!), but yes, I am structuring it to be flexible and also run the above. It lets me do things like Motor Rifle regiments with BMP-3, for example…

I am also considering expanding into Iran-Iraq and possibly a Second Korea idea as well.

Current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan using Brooks Miniatures.

the post 1995 conflicts interest me.
Chechnya, Georgia, Lebanon/Palestine,Irak, Afghanistan

Vietnam in 20mm and 25mm using Disposable Heroes/Long Road South Rules.

The Zombie Wars.

Soviet Afghanistan

Somalia: Mogadishu 1993 operation gothic serpent