I had great fun playing in Operation Sealion last year. Starting on June 16th and running for 6 weeks the guys at WWPD (in cooperation with Battlefront) will be running a global Flames of War campaign based on Operation Overlord. … Continue reading
The title looks like a typo, but it’s not. The subtitle for War of Flames (PDF rules) is “The Flames of War Third-Person First-Person-Shooter Miniatures Wargame”! Quite a mouthful, but basically it’s a set of variant rules for Flames of … Continue reading
Well… lots is probably not the right word. I used the Totenkopf Panzer Kompanie list from Grey Wolf as I wanted to field all of the armour I own for the Germans. I have a reasonably eclectic mix of things, … Continue reading
After my last post I got some good advice from Pádraic, a local player who, along with the Warheads, has gotten into Flames of War in a big way over the last couple of years. The advice was to not … Continue reading
I was in Israel for work earlier this week and took the opportunity to visit some local sights – Jerusalem and the Dead Sea to be specific. On the journey back to Haifa through the West Bank (along the Jordan … Continue reading
A while ago I wrote a series of posts on learning to play Hordes. The idea wasn’t so much about learning the basic rules of the game as it was about learning to effectively use my Legion of Everblight army. … Continue reading
On the 16th December 1944 the Panzer Lehr Division were participating in the early stages of the Battle of the Bulge. This scenario represents their advance towards the town of Drauffelt in northern Luxembourg and their attempt to establish a … Continue reading
I picked these up a while ago and was instantly impressed by their quality (and price). They are easy to paint up and I’m looking forward to adding them to my slowly growing US force. I have a ton of … Continue reading
It’s interesting that Flames of War is the second game in this year’s audit (the word interesting and audit in the same sentence – weird!). I played much more of this excellent game in the last year than I would … Continue reading
I guess the title pretty much says it all. Here are the international prices – UK₤ Price £50.00 Euro€ Price €60.00 US$ Price $70.00 Aus$ Price $80.00 NZ$ Price $95.00 That’s a great price for two starter armies, the rulebook … Continue reading
Check out the VFOW blog for some beautiful screenshots of the VASSAL module they’re developing. Looks very promising. It hasn’t been released yet and I don’t know what their release schedule is, but it looks cool so far. Until next … Continue reading
Tonight Peter and I played a game as part of Operation Sealion, a world wide ‘what if’ campaign being run by the WWPD guys focussing on the seaborne invasion of the United Kingdom. This fictitious fight is taking place between … Continue reading
After Action Report This game is set just before dawn on the 21st December 1944, just on the northern edge of Bizory, near Bastogne. The German’s are pressing their attack which started the night before. Dog company from 2nd Battalion … Continue reading
I’m looking forward to game two of this mini campaign. The last game was somewhat of a stalemate with the Germans slowly pushing the American paratroopers back towards Bizory. That game was set on the evening of the 20th December … Continue reading
Some games revolve around a single dice role. This was one of those games. After writing this scenario I stumbled upon an excellent blog post about the fighting of the Second Battalion 501st PIR at Bizory, Belgium in December 1944 … Continue reading