Posted in Miniature Games, tagged Planetary Empires, review, science fiction, terrain on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Per a few requests I received, here are a few photos (iPhone, so not all that great quality) of my first few Planetary Empires painted tiles.
The tiles were primered gray and then given a sepia wash. When dry, they were drybrused with ivory, then drybrushed again with an ivory/white mix. The crater was washed with [...]
Posted in Miniature Games, tagged Check Your Six!, historical, miniatures, World War II on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday night’s campaign saw the longest dogfight so far as 4 FW190D’s and 2 Me109G’s took on 2 P-47D Thunderbolts, 2 P-38L Lightnings and two P51B Mustangs. From the beginning, it was not a good shooting night for either side. My ace lined up a two hex shot on a green pilot, only to miss completely. [...]
Posted in Miniature Games, tagged Air combat, Check Your Six!, historical, miniatures, World War II on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our Check Your Six! campaign game continues this Friday, August 21 at Unique Gifts and Games. Several new squadron commanders have joined the fray, so the aerial skirmishes are featuring more and more planes. Start time is 7 PM and wheels up at 7:15. Two players are nearing ace status with some of their pilots, [...]
Posted in Miniature Games, tagged armor, historical, miniatures, Western Desert, World War II on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday’s 1942 Western Desert bash at Unique Gifts and Games saw a determined British defence of a town on the Via Balbia outside Tobruk. A mixed force of DAK and Italian armor supported by Panzer Grenadiers and Bersaglieri pushed to take the town. Captain Clayton, the British garrison commander, had other thoughts. His AT gun [...]
Posted in Events, Miniature Games, Uncategorized, tagged armor, historical, miniatures, Western Desert, World War II on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Saturday, August 15, at Unique Gifts and Games (UGG, see link at right) I will be running a 15mm WWII miniatures game set in the Western Desert. I will be using Battlefront WWII rules published by Fire and Fury (www.fireandfury.com). The scenario will feature a mixed Deutsche Afrika Korps battlegroup, supported by elements of [...]
Posted in Miniature Games, tagged Air combat, Check Your Six!, miniatures, World War II on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday night, August 7, saw a large crowd of late war airplanes swarming over Western France. A squadron of P-47s played escort to a lone B-17 limping back to England, accompanied by two P-51Ds flying high cover. The Americans were jumped by a squadron of Me-109Gs and FW-390Ds. Things went badly for the Germans right [...]
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