By the start of November 1941 the glorious freedom-loving volunteer heroes of the People's Red Army are getting into the swing of things, aided by inspired leadership from the rear by their beloved Commissars.

And the VVS has discovered that the funny bulbous things on the wings of their planes will make happy little explosions amongst the Germans if dropped on them from a great height.…

Market Garden 65 was the year long observance of the 65th anniversary of the battle through the game of Flames Of War headed up by the 10th Cavalry game club. Market Garden 65 was made possible by the hard work of dozens of gamers around the world and supported by Battlefront. The Goal: The goal of the Market Garden 65 project was to be able to both hold a large themed tournament as well as permit the club to put on Market Garden…

Today’s history lesson and Panzer Campaigns After Action Report comes from Abbeville France. Below is the scenario debriefing. The scenario is 12 turns long.

Abbeville, France, 28th May 1940: After the failed attack by the British and French combined force on Abbeville the 27th, the French High Command decided to send De Gaulle, promoted to temporary

general four days earlier, to attack. After moving his…

This next AAR is one from John Tiller’s Panzer Campaigns series and the title is France 1940. At the moment it is the only one that I own and it has provided plenty of wargamey goodness. Remember this is a

wargame designed to replace face to face gaming when you cannot find an

opponent so the graphics will not be flashy but its the meat of the game

that matters.

John Tiller has been doing this series of games since he left Talonsoft back in 1999 or so and…

I had a buddy come over from a local suburb gaming club and he taught me how to play and we duked it out in the smallest introductory scenario we could play.…

By the end of October 1941 it was clear that things were starting to go slightly wrong for the Axis.

If memory serves, at one point outside Kharkov and Dnepropetovsk it was only an Axis double-turn that saved a…

Origins Game Fair (http://www.originsgamefair.com/OriginsAwards/tabid/3094/Default.aspx) has announced the following nominees for the 36th Annual Origins Awards

Historical Board Game or Expansion

The Hell of Stalingrad - Clash of Arms Games

Richard III: War of the Roses - Columbia Games

Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel - Academy…

So far the ONE box I bought for around 55 dollars is holding up and providing me with a ton of value for my money. It equals about 900 or so points, but with adding all the upgrades to my Panzer Grenadier company

I can easily go over 1000. I bought one blister of Nebelwerfer rockey

launchers, one blister of trucks and I had two King Tiger 1E’s already.

This total force equals 1465 points and I spent barely 160 dollars. A

really cheap entry cost compared to some other…