The OCTOBER WARGAMES ASSOCIATION (OWA) meets every Tuesday at its new location the Mosely All Services Club. This year I have been participating in its Bolt Action escalation league, the basic concept of this is that we each choose a platoon and equipment which is valued between 1939-1943 (just to enable the US to beContinueContinue reading “WW2 – Escalation League – Early War French”
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Peaky Blinders
Now I bought these cos I loved the models, they will probably be used in 02 Hundred hours as hoods either assaulting a guarded place or as Guards protecting a site against German Paratroopers. They may also turn up as a Partisan Team in bolt action, they are meant for use in Great Escape GamesContinueContinue reading “Peaky Blinders”
WW2 -Légion des Volontaires Français Contre le Bolchévisme and the 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division – The Charlemagne Division
I’d like to share with you my finished Pro Nazi French built using the Germans from – WW2 – Band of Brothers – squad Optimisation Part 2 and The Winter Germans. So the 2 units I am representing is the pro Nazi French LVF aka (Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchévisme) which then became theContinueContinue reading “WW2 -Légion des Volontaires Français Contre le Bolchévisme and the 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division – The Charlemagne Division”
WW2 – Winter Germans – Squad EFFECTIVENESS
So I previously looked at what I could build using the Band of Brothers starter set Germans – WW2 – Band of Brothers – squad Optimisation Part 2, now I am going to plan how to build the Winter Germans, these will potentially be used for the pro nazi French LVF which then became the 33rdContinueContinue reading “WW2 – Winter Germans – Squad EFFECTIVENESS”
WW2 – Oops some more Fallschirmjäger
So I have now finished building and painting my Fallschirmjäger, for the rest see WW2 – Squad Optimisation – Late War Fallschirmjäger, WW2 – More Fallschirmjäger, WW2 – Fallschirmjäger recruits and WW2 – The End of My Fallschirmjäger So I visited my Friendly Local Games store and — well here are some more Fallschirmjager’s A couple of Officers https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq9yTJao4Eo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkContinueContinue reading “WW2 – Oops some more Fallschirmjäger”
Statistician Abraham Wald’s Counterintuitive Insight Saved Lives
A wonderful one to keep up the sleeve when people say what use is mathematics and statistics – the truth is it takes an analytical mind to see the obvious that others miss. – nice simple write up. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/abraham-wald.html
WW2 – Fallschirmjäger – First Engagement
A battle report on my first game using the Fallschirmjäger, for images of the figures and discussion on squad builds see WW2 – Squad Optimisation – Late War Fallschirmjäger, WW2 – More Fallschirmjäger, WW2 – Fallschirmjäger recruits, WW2 – The End of My Fallschirmjäger and WW2 – Bolt Action – German Vehicles. This was a 1000 pts – friendly gameContinueContinue reading “WW2 – Fallschirmjäger – First Engagement”
WW2 – The End of My Fallschirmjäger
So I have now finished building and painting my Fallschirmjäger, for the rest see WW2 – Squad Optimisation – Late War Fallschirmjäger, WW2 – More Fallschirmjäger, WW2 – Fallschirmjäger recruits So first up is some early war Rifle and SMGs – https://www.instagram.com/p/CqvDYp8ImSG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Then another 5 LMG teams to meet my requirements from my squad optimisation. https://www.instagram.com/p/CqvDk5oI3s2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/CqvDrt7IRdv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/CqvD1KYofGJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkContinueContinue reading “WW2 – The End of My Fallschirmjäger”
WW2 – Bolt Action – German Vehicles
I have just finished the vehicles from the Band of Brothers and Fallschirmjäger Starter Army, so I thought I’d share them with you. These are the first Warlord Games vehicle kits I’ve built and I have to say they were fun to build and I believe even with my limited painting skills have come upContinueContinue reading “WW2 – Bolt Action – German Vehicles”
WW2 – Band of Brothers – List Optimisation Part 4
My use of mathematics to improve my Bolt Action forces continues, so after my previous posts – the original post WW2 – Band of Brothers – squad Optimisation and the workings for the Germans WW2 – Band of Brothers – squad Optimisation Part 2 and then the rework of the Americans WW2 – Band of Brothers –ContinueContinue reading “WW2 – Band of Brothers – List Optimisation Part 4”
