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Operation Jupiter – Part 1 — Gavin's Wargaming Blog
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Gavin's Wargaming Blog. Building Armies in Miniature. Operation Jupiter – Part 1. April 14, 2010. Operation Jupiter was launched on 10th July 1944 by elements of the British Second Army’s VIII Corps, principally the 43rd Wessex Division. The objectives of this. Offensive were to recapture the heights of Hill 112, a dominant ridge of land between the Odon and Orne river valleys, and to capture the villages of Baron-sur-Odon, Chateau de Fontaine, Eterville and Maltot. 12 Infantry Unit (Regular Troops).
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Malta Campaign Game 15 — Gavin's Wargaming Blog
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Gavin's Wargaming Blog. Building Armies in Miniature. Malta Campaign Game 15. June 10, 2010. On Monday I was unable to make the club to run the next installment of the Malta Campaign. Fortunately, Kit said he’d do the honours. And below is the write-up he has provided me as well as some photo’s of the action. Unfortunately they had been spotted so the forward pair of Hurricanes (Paul and Dan) have intercepted them, knowing that the rest of the Squadron has been scrambled to support them. The Italians see...
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6mm Napoleonics — Gavin's Wargaming Blog
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Gavin's Wargaming Blog. Building Armies in Miniature. This project started a few years ago when I bought a Baccus Polemos boxed set with British and French armies inside. We’ve since discarded the rules as unworkable, and are working on our own set which is a meld between the tempo and movement rules of Polemos, with the shooting, combat and morale system of Principles of War. American War of Independence. Lord of the Rings. I Ain’t Been Shot Mum. LOTR – War of the Ring. AWI Project almost finished.
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Operation Mitten BKC Scenario — Gavin's Wargaming Blog
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Gavin's Wargaming Blog. Building Armies in Miniature. Operation Mitten BKC Scenario. November 19, 2011. I was reading Monty’s Iron Sides by Patrick Delaforce on holiday this year when I came across the. Description of Operation Mitten. In the book this only takes a couple of pages with no maps or real detail, but it prompted me to do a bit more digging on the internet and on TMP which gained me enough information to put together a scenario for Blitzkrieg Commander. 1 CO (CV 9 ). 2 FAO (CV 8 ). 21st Panze...
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10mm German — Gavin's Wargaming Blog
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Gavin's Wargaming Blog. Building Armies in Miniature. I opted out of all the ubermenschen super SS army crap that seems to fixate wargamers, and have several battalions of Infantry, a Recce Battalion and assorted armour including StuG’s, PzIV’s, Panthers and Tigers. They also have a sizeable Nebelwerfer force to support from afar as well as one of the dreaded 88mm AA guns. American War of Independence. Lord of the Rings. I Ain’t Been Shot Mum. LOTR – War of the Ring. AWI Project almost finished.
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Malta Campaign Game 26 — Gavin's Wargaming Blog
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Gavin's Wargaming Blog. Building Armies in Miniature. Malta Campaign Game 26. January 25, 2011. Two incoming raids close together have been detected forming up over Pantelleria and the RAF have mustered what forces they can,. To counter the incoming planes3 Hurricanes (Adrian, Dave & Steven) and 4 Spitfires (Paul, Andy, Dan and Richard). All the players gathered round the table at the start. The lone Italian bomber. First Spitfire is hit. Spitfire cornered by 3 Macchi's. In the furball developing around ...
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Somewhere in Spain – PoW AAR Pt1 — Gavin's Wargaming Blog
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Gavin's Wargaming Blog. Building Armies in Miniature. Somewhere in Spain – PoW AAR Pt1. January 11, 2013. Having had a cracking game with Goat Major and Matt on Saturday and having the house to myself for the next few weeks during the day, I decided to leave the tables up and play a Napoleonic game solo, spacing the turns out while working on the Campaign System. As ever, click on the pictures to make them bigger! You can see that Wellington has his forces on the right hand side of the table, with Beresf...
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10mm British — Gavin's Wargaming Blog
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Gavin's Wargaming Blog. Building Armies in Miniature. My British forces now amount to around a full infantry brigade of 3 battalions, although theres a few missing support weapon stands still. There’s also a Sherman armoured regiment for heavier assistance, as well as artillery and air power. The pictures below only show one of the infantry units since they’re all much the same. American War of Independence. Lord of the Rings. I Ain’t Been Shot Mum. LOTR – War of the Ring. AWI Project almost finished.
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15mm — Gavin's Wargaming Blog
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Gavin's Wargaming Blog. Building Armies in Miniature. My first ever metal figures were 15mm Marian Romans. You can see them below and true to wargamers form, the army still isn’t finished 13 years on! I’ve also got a limited collection of 15mm Napoleonics which I picked up while at University and at home in Leeds. The latest additions are some Peter Pig modern US Army figures for Ambush Alley or other skirmish games which I’ve painted, and some African militia types I got from eBay. Lord of the Rings.
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Campaign System – The Rebirth! — Gavin's Wargaming Blog
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Gavin's Wargaming Blog. Building Armies in Miniature. Campaign System – The Rebirth! January 1, 2013. Well folks it seems like forever since the Peninsular campaign I ran using my online system earlier this year ended. Since then I’ve not been idle, and have gutted. The following screenshots are from a partly set up campaign, so some things are not displaying correctly, for example the weather and the date. Please click on the screenshots to make them legible! Here the admin can set what type of roads ar...
