Evan is on a quest to get a French DLM force on the table. Naturally this will involve a rework of the Chain of Command support lists to tailor them to the specific unit because he can’t leave well enough alone!
Continue reading The 3e Division Légère Mécanique in Chain of Command – The Support Choices
Evan is on a quest to get a French DLM force on the table. Take a look at the history of the 3e DLM and what the Dragon Portés platoon looks like in Chain of Command. Continue reading The 3e Division Légère Mécanique in Chain of Command – The Core Platoon
Continued from Chapter 10 Preface Welcome back to another installment of my first 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. In this article I’ll be playing through a scenario meant to be representative of a “typical” encounter for the joint US service branch “Cactus … Continue reading The Cactus Air Force – Chapter 11 (BtH Pacific Campaign)
As promised this year’s big Battle of Bastogne table. Part 1 of 2- “Staged pictures”. Before we get to the “action” shots from the actual day of the game, I played around with a bunch of staged shots of the board before and after the game. Continue reading Battle of Bastogne Table – Part 1 of 2 “Staged Pictures”
Evan came to Wisconsin to visit me in early June this past summer. Early war Chain of Command and indulgence in some general tomfoolery were on the docket.
In town we have the local branch of a chain liquor store (maybe liquor paradise) called Total Wine and Liquor. We decided some libations were in order and promptly made a run to stock the drink refrigerator. Continue reading The World War II Beer Sampler
Evan and Ben are back and much to no one’s surprise the IDG gears have shifted from late war to early war. The crew uses the episode to do a shakedown of the new recording software while musing on the French and German conflict in 1940. The origins of the new plan are revealed and prattle about early war armor abounds. Continue reading History to Hobby Episode 5: Pivot like Rommel – Iron Dice Eyes the Dyle
In Episode 4 Evan and Ben recount the “rigorous” playtesting of the “A Stand at Senonchamps” Chain of Command scenario and the effect of the streamlined forces. They also reflect on the startling lack of memory surrounding their convention games players’ names. Apparently tank and airplane statistics take up a lot of brain space. All jokes aside the boys divulge the excellent time they had … Continue reading History to Hobby Episode 4: A Squabble at Senonchamps – Adepticon 2025
Evan’s first History to Hobby post covers the M26 Pershing and his quest to replicate the Eagle VII on the tabletop. Continue reading History to Hobby: The M26 Pershing
Evan is in for the BLKOUT project with the tough as nails Manticor Borz Group.
To be fair he was already in deep, everyone else is just playing catchup. Continue reading Evan’s Manticor Borz Group (Operation Bone Scraper)
I have to throw a little plug for our podcast, History to Hobby. History to Hobby is a podcast where we chat about bringing historical actions to the tabletop primarily via Too Fat Lardies’ World War II game Chain of Command. As nerds we talk about historical context, unit involvement, TO & Es, as well as hobby related stuff like sourcing miniatures and paint schemes. … Continue reading History to Hobby Episode 3
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