Tgunner | 17 Sep 2014 4:32 a.m. PST |
With all the WWI stuff going on it's easy to forget that it's also the 70th for the Western Front of WWII. Today, it was a Sunday, the Allies launched Operation Market-Garden today. Any gaming going on for this? |
uglyfatbloke | 17 Sep 2014 4:49 a.m. PST |
We play Arnhem/Oosterbeek games fairly regularly; just recently my Paras were (yet again) crushed by my wife's Germans. Despite the fact that Arnhem/Oosterbeek is a life long interest (partly because of a rather fat black Labrador dog…PM me if you want an explanation) the date had escaped me so I think tonight's game at the club will be Arnhem-based rather than the Burma game we'd been planning. |
Bellbottom | 17 Sep 2014 4:54 a.m. PST |
Under the high-heeled jackboot? |
uglyfatbloke | 17 Sep 2014 5:01 a.m. PST |
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ubercommando | 17 Sep 2014 5:13 a.m. PST |
This weekend I'll be playing in a series of Market-Garden themed games at the GWACA club in Cambridgeshire. I've designed scenarios based on the initial crossing of JOE's Bridge to Valkenswald and the action around Neunen which was depicted in "Band of Brothers". Now with isse #74 of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy we can do some 1st AB games as well. |
uglyfatbloke | 17 Sep 2014 5:40 a.m. PST |
What rules are we all using? Not exactly a fan of Bolt Action and felt distinctly underwhelmed by Rate of Fire but each does have some elegant aspects. We're trying Crossfire tonight which is new for us. |
Legion 4 | 17 Sep 2014 6:23 a.m. PST |
I briefed the op at Combined Arms Svcs Staff School, at Levenworth back in '84. A very interesting op, and board wargamed it a numbers of times. DZs at Bragg and Campbell are named after some of the DZs used during the battles, Nijmegen and Sonn … IIRC, the allies lost more during these ops then at Normandy … |
Mserafin | 17 Sep 2014 8:15 a.m. PST |
If you follow the Perry Bros on Facebook, they are participating in a reenactment march up to Arnhem, playing the infantry of the Welsh Guards. They seem to be having a blast. |
Coabeous | 17 Sep 2014 9:35 a.m. PST |
"the Perry Bros on Facebook" |
ubercommando | 17 Sep 2014 1:38 p.m. PST |
We'll be using Flames of War for the JOE's Bridge and Neunen scenarios but I'll try and convince the others to use Chain of Command for the 1st AB one. |