Bolt Action Battle Report: Campaign Stalingrad Game 4 – Factory Assault

At long last Drew and I were able to get together for game four of our Bolt Action Stalingrad campaign. Drew and I are fluffy bunny historical players, so a little background flavor is non-negotiable. I was excited to play this game as it had been some time since we worked on our Stalingrad campaign. We landed on Scenario 13: Factory Assault out of the Warlord Games Stalingrad campaign book. Continue reading Bolt Action Battle Report: Campaign Stalingrad Game 4 – Factory Assault

Green Pilots and Blue Seas- A Bag the Hun Pacific Campaign Interlude

The South Pacific is warm and sunny, and the pilots of VF-2 are working hard preparing for their next combat mission: the support of the Operation Watchtower landings at Guadalcanal. On a clear day near Fiji the USS Lake Erie prepares to take on four new aircraft as a flight of F4F-4 Wildcats arrive as reinforcements for VF-2. As the four planes touch down on … Continue reading Green Pilots and Blue Seas- A Bag the Hun Pacific Campaign Interlude

Battle of Midway Part 4 – Chapter 4 (BtH Pacific Campaign)

Continued from Chapter 3 Preface and Scenario Welcome back to another installment of my Bag the Hun campaign. If this is the first time you’re reading about it, I recommend going back and catching up here if you want the full story. Today we see our protagonists of the fictional VF-2 mount a defense of their carrier (the fictional USS Lake Erie). This scenario was … Continue reading Battle of Midway Part 4 – Chapter 4 (BtH Pacific Campaign)

Battle of Midway Part 3– Chapter 3 (BtH Pacific Campaign)

Continued from Chapter 2 Their morale rekindled by the sight of the burning Japanese ships, the pilots of the Devastators continue their attack. However they are not all able to make it to the target. One Devastator succumbs to its damage as control surfaces fail and it wings over into the ocean. Nearby another Devastator pilot decides to drop his torpedo early, judging that his … Continue reading Battle of Midway Part 3– Chapter 3 (BtH Pacific Campaign)

Battle of Midway Part 1- Chapter 1 (BtH Pacific Campaign)

After much prep work, I recently kicked off the campaign. Without further ado: June 4, 1942 – Somewhere in the waters off Midway Atoll Ensign Paul Paulson flies wingman for Dick “Bastard” Blanchard. He lost a bet, it happens, and no one likes flying with Bastard. They cruise some distance from their carrier: USS Lake Erie (CV-2)*. They fly what is known as a Combat … Continue reading Battle of Midway Part 1- Chapter 1 (BtH Pacific Campaign)

Bag The Hun Pacific Campaign: Materials Prep

The campaign has included a lot of (self-inflicted) preparations. In this article we’ll briefly walk through those different items and what I did to prepare them. If you’ve gotten this far and you’re wondering what campaign I’m rambling on about, you can check out the previous article covering the setting here. Continue reading Bag The Hun Pacific Campaign: Materials Prep

Bag the Hun Pacific Campaign: The Setting

Welcome back, or just plain welcome if you didn’t catch the first article. If not I recommend going back and giving it a read here: The Pilots In that article I laid out the cast of characters for this campaign. In this article I’m going to lay out the background, how the campaign works, and what kind of historical tweaks I’ll be making along the … Continue reading Bag the Hun Pacific Campaign: The Setting

Bag the Hun Pacific Campaign: The Pilots

For those of you who didn’t read my earlier post on aerial wargaming, I am embarking on a solo play narrative campaign of Too Fat Lardies’ Bag the Hun ruleset accompanied by the campaign rules found in Squadron Forward. Today we are going to set up the basic cast of characters, this may expand over the campaign but at the outset we will follow eight … Continue reading Bag the Hun Pacific Campaign: The Pilots