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For the love of ….

I played in a 3-round FoW MidWar tournament at Legions last weekend and had a great time! The games were all fought to the end with fortunes up and down on each turn. The last game was very dramatic…. I … Continue reading

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Brit Guard Infantry vs. German Panzerpionier Infantry. (FoW MidWar 1710pts)

Friday, April 25…somewhere in Italy. Fitzi arrived with his Germans to challenge the British Guards. The Bletchley Park wizards discovered that the German force was gathered under the direct supervision of the notorious commander known only to the allies as … Continue reading

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Johnny Gurkha meets the Panther Parade: MidWar 1710pts

I met up with Mark Magnuson last week for a MidWar match at Legions Hobbies. I used a Rifle Company (Indian-Tunisia) from the North Africa book: Mark’s “Panther Parade” featured SEVEN Panthers!! We rolled up No Retreat for the scenario … Continue reading

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Pgh Late War FoW Tournament

I had a great time at Legions playing in the Late War tournament March 28…even though I finished LAST (AGAIN!) Pictures can be found here. I played Brit Commandos: Is this list crap?? I though it was decent…my opponents all … Continue reading

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Commando attack vs 21st Panzer

I met with Steve Parillo at Legions Hobbies for a 1695 pts FoW game with my Late War Commando (Beaches with C3rd) forces taking on a 21st Panzer Division tank army. Steve’s version of events can be found here on … Continue reading

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Photos from Cold Wars

My photos from Cold Wars are here… The picture quality isn’t the best as the room we played in was a cold cavern with inadequate lighting. In team play, Howard and I (Team Russian Bear) went 4-3, 4-3, and 3-5. … Continue reading

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Ram Kangaroos

No, don’t ram the kangaroos. mate!!!….Ram Kangaroos , as in Kangaroo Armored Personnel Carriers built on a Canadian Ram tank chassis. The Ram ranks were Canadian-made vehicles which never went into wide scale production after the Canadians adopted the US … Continue reading

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Dare-dare looks puzzled

Conversation with Daren…… Why are you painting upstairs?   Because it’s TOO DAMN COLD in the basement, that’s why. Got any food???  

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Breaching Group

In preparing for Cold Wars’ FoW tournament, I needed to finish a ‘Breaching Group’ platoon. This would feature a command Sherman tank, 2 Churchill AVREs, and 3 Sherman flail tanks. I needed the third flail because the AVRE’s can be … Continue reading

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Midwar Mayhem: Gurkhas versus Gepanzerte Panzergrenadiers 1710 points

Last week Steve brought his Germans over to meet my Gurkhas at Legions Hobbies.

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