My buddy Blake and I played a Bolt Action game using Scenario 11: Little Saturn from the Case Blue Campaign book. We reskinned it to be where his Americans were attempting to take a pass somewhere in Italy 1943 by occupying two bunkers and a HQ. Continue reading Bolt Action Italy – Defend the Pass
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”
A few weeks back my friend Doug and I played a game of Bolt Action. He had only played a few times a long time ago so we did a refresher/ learning game. We literally spent all day talking and only got through about 3 turns, yes you read that right lol.. oh well… it was a good time and now he’s a pro ready … Continue reading Bolt Action: Cherkassy, Ukraine – December 1943
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
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
In this scenario the commandos have been seen parachuting into enemy territory and the sentries are actively searching for them. The commando goal is to get 3 men off the German side of the table. The Germans are looking to take out 3 commandos. Continue reading Night Missions- First game of 02 Hundred Hours
For my first Battlegroup experience I chose the 116th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion. Zippy Sdkfz 250 halftracks backed up by armor? Yee-haw! Continue reading Windhund Vor! The 116th Panzer Division Project
Once again, I’m setting myself up with a project that’s two sizes too large… Continue reading What is this? A halftrack for ants? – 15mm Panzergrenadier Platoon Pt.1
We played a battle taking place in late October 1941 on the drive to Moscow during Operation Typhoon. The first snows came in October freezing and melting over and over creating an icy, slushy quagmire. The Soviets were defending the outskirts of a small factory community to the northwest on the road to Moscow… Continue reading Somewhere Near Moscow 1941 – A Brief Battle Report
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
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