So, I’ve kicked off my main project for the year: Raid on the Diomedes
A single multi-purpose fighter
Along with the main pilot’s wingman
Two pairs of the fighters will provide protection for the Diomedes
In case you’re wondering they’re f…
Preparing some articles for the upcoming fifth issue of the ‘all things to all gamers’ e-zine for the UK & Ireland The Gazebo; while you’re waiting here’s my article from #4.
You can view and/or print it from here but if you want to download it in…
Round 2 of Season 7 of the Lead Painters League is underway over on the Lead Adventure Forum.
If you’re not familiar with it get yourself over there to see some fantastic eye candy (as well as people going through their lead mountains at a cracking ra…
Recently, I wrote up a Force on Force scenario based on the rescue mission from Proof of Life for The Guild. Have a look at the scene on YouTube
Terry Thorne, a Kidnapping and Ransom specialist and former member of the Australian Special Air Serv…
With the Sakhan cordon outside WuWei barely holding on, a strike has been planned to overrun the central PRC compound inside the city. A large vehicle-borne IED has been primed and will explode at the inner gate.
Art by UkitaKumuki
A large hand…
With the relief force inbound, the Sakhan Liberation Army has stepped up its efforts to take WuWei, and has already overrun several strongholds on the perimeter.
Art by UkitaKumuki
One PLA officer has courageously decided to make a run for th…
In overrunning Hanhai, the Sakhan Liberation Army captured the garrison’s air defence systems. Emplaced QW-7s have been refitted onto several relatively nimble mining vehicles for the defence of the columns advancing on WuWei. The short-range salvo-fi…
So after kickstarting my first project some 12 months ago, I finally got two deliveries last week!
The first one was the large box of Gunship: First Strike, a tactical space combat game which looks very well put together indeed.
The second…
So with Leprecon over, back to the wharf project we return…
As you can see the main wharf is clad with stone, while the other one (an earthen section) has wooden pilings shoring it up. This kind of earthen wharf was more common than you might th…
A while back I commissioned a wharf from Capability Savage (whose work to make the Airfix Waterloo Farmhouse a true gaming item you may have seen before over on Joy & Forgetfulness).
My brief was simple (or at least simple-minded!):
In bro…
The conclusion…although the Package has been secured, an American contractor has been captured and is being used as an unwilling technical advisor to the rebels.
A small group of elite operators is sent in to rescue him – should the rebels be…
With rebel forces in control of the Package, a SpecOps team has been sent in to put eyes on it, and destroy it along with any threat to the stability of the region.
A two-man hidden sniper team lies conceals, attempting to put ‘eyes on’ the…
At Warpcon a couple of weeks back I ran the Brave New World campaign from the ‘Classified’ book
An arms dealer delivers the package to the rebels by light plane.
A small special forces mission is sent in to arrest the militia leader and confisca…
After the first game a crowd of us sat/stood around the table for some varied chat; until I charged a couple of them to give Contracting Trouble another go, since the terrain was already set up and all.
During the last post I compared this to ‘Su…
On Sunday of Warpcon I ran a couple of games of the classic starter scenario, Contracting Trouble.
An SUV carrying two civilian contractors was hit by gunfire as it moved through a neighbourhood in one of the city’s red zones. UAV footage indicate…
This interview originally appeared in The Gazebo. Warwick Kinrade is the author of BattleGroup Kursk (BGK), reviewed elsewhere in issue #3.
DMC: Can you tell us a little bit about your background as a gamer? What early wargames influenced you or …
The Plastic Soldier Company (in association with Iron Fist Publishing) has released a new games system for re-creating battles around Kursk in 1943 on the Eastern Front. They are written by veteran games designer Warwick Kinrade.
Overview
The bo…
Putting together my Salamanders force for the Istvaan V Dropzone Massacre (I know, who’d sign up for that mission!)
As advertised I’ll be using figures from Alternative Armies range of Retained Knights for Ion Age
I have a good lot of t…
The third issue of the ‘all things to all gamers’ e-zine for the UK & Ireland The Gazebo was published a while back, but I haven’t even gotten a chance to post my articles from it here yet.
You can view and/or print it from here but if you want t…
The Mujahideen evacuated their base as the two ground columns closed on Zhawar. The Mujahideen were unable to evacuate their stores but the Soviet commander knew that he could not destroy the caves in the available time. The combat soldiers were with…
Hopefully you’ll forgive me my recent hiatus – work and home have been hectic and I’ve gotten in just a single game in the last two months. Overall though, it’s been a good year, so as usual here are some highlights:
Gaming Highlights
The Package
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When I was gathering my Top Ten Film Firefights I looked up quite a number of scenes which in the end didn’t really count as firefights as all the gunfire was going one-way
#5 Robocop (The Future of Law Enforcement)
I can’t remember from fi…
Behind Harvey’s escapades are the Outfit basing themselves out of Malobo Port (and with deep connections to the Mafia back in the United States). Lt. Commander Newbolt’s mission is to capture or destroy the Outfit’s gunboat moored in the port. &n…
After the treasure was removed from the Moroccan coast, a storm blew the ship into the Gulf of Guinea. One particularly valuable bale of treasure was thrown overboard with ballast and was seen in the surf on the island of Annobón before the howling …
Erstwhile archaeologist Mr. Stanley Giles has fallen in with some rather dubious vagabonds, and hoping that they might be able to help him out of his serious debts back home he has advised them that a long-lost treasure can be found in a unique tomb in…