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Sunday, 9 July 2017

I have returned.....

not that I've been anywhere of course!

After a blistering few weeks of work I'm finally getting back into the swing of things. Not easy when my thought processes generally resemble a plate of spaghetti!

 What's new?

Now, I like a bit of Firestorm and it's great to see the Team Yankee folks starting up a Cold War version. Fulda Gap here I come!

 What's next?

 My first task is to complete a longstanding development project which has unfortunately lapsed over the last few weeks. Once this is done and dusted my list is:

  • Ground Zero: Modern squad combat - my latest attempt to finish Desert Eagle.
  • Ground Zero: Modern platoon combat - I have recently become very interested in the Lock n Load Nations at War and World at War system. As I have said before, I'm also very interested in the Tiny Battles Platoon Command game system. First thoughts are to adapt these ideas for the Turkish assault at al-Bab, Syria, in December 2016. 
  • Arras, 1940 - Time to finish the scenario map (it is nearly done!).
  • 5Core Sandbox: Also time to play with some toy soldiers using this squad patrol campaign game system from Nordic Weasel. 
  • Pikeman's Lament: Finally, I'm doing something with the rules as written. However, I have come across this chap (Roll a One) using 6mm figures to play GNW games. Very nice! Even I could paint up enough little chaps to do this!
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5 comments:

  1. Duc de Gobin9 July 2017 at 22:48

    VERY interested in the Platoon level version of Ground Zero!!!

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  2. Weasel10 July 2017 at 02:10

    I've been super curious about Pikemans Lament, particularly the campaign bits, so I'll be eager to read if you do anything with that.

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  3. Norm10 July 2017 at 05:55

    Hi Jay, thanks for the heads up on the Firestorm game. I have 2 games in the series, and we got quite a lot of play out of them. I am going to be looking at Nations at War, with particular interest in the new east front module, which has been along time promised. I am guessing they should be in the UK in around 5 weeks time.

    That chaps 6mm gaming board is amazing and the ultimate space saver!

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  4. Norm12 July 2017 at 06:49

    Came across this post and thought it would interest you.

    LINK - http://thepennywhistle.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/travel-napoleonic-5mm-set.html

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  5. Old Trousers15 July 2017 at 12:06

    Hi everyone,

    Thanks for your comments and your interest. It's nice to hear from you. I have my mojo back so expect to hear some more about the topics in this post soon.

    Thanks for the link Norm, getting a travel game in a pencil case is a real achievement!

    Regards

    Jay

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