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Category: A Day of Heroes

Scenario Review: Line of Fire 13 – “Hot in the City”

brad October 27, 2012 Heroes of the Gap / Lock ‘n Load Publishing / Line of Fire / A Day of Heroes2 Comments

I’ve just played Mark Mitchell’s scenario, “Hot in the City” from the new Line of Fire 13 and it was pretty great.  The scenario uses the Day of Heroes map and the Heroes of the Gap counters to showcase a battle between the Americans and Soviets in a small Libyan …

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LnL: A Day of Heroes: Technical Difficulty

brad May 12, 2012 After Action Report / Lock ‘n Load Publishing / A Day of Heroes4 Comments

“Technical Difficulty” is a scenario from LnL’s “A Day of Heroes“, which is based on the events of the October 3rd, 1993 “Black Hawk Down” battle in Mogadishu, Somalia.  This scenario focuses on Chalk One’s attempt to rescue the crew of a downed Black Hawk helicopter.  Luckily for the crew, …

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LnL A Day of Heroes: Ambush

brad May 8, 2012 After Action Report / Lock ‘n Load Publishing / A Day of HeroesLeave a comment

There’s a great little scenario in LnL’s A Day of Heroes which is based on the June 5. 1993 ambush of Pakistani peacekeepers by the Somalis in Mogadishu.  In Mark Bowden’s book, “Black Hawk Down”, he uses the event to highlight the extreme danger faced by foreign military forces in …

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LnL: A Day of Heroes – Chalk 2’s Run

brad May 5, 2012 After Action Report / Lock ‘n Load Publishing / A Day of HeroesLeave a comment

I finally got a chance to break out my new copy of LnL’s “A Day of Heroes”, a tactical game based around the events of October 3rd, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia and I played a scenario called “Chalk 2’s Run”.  This is kind of a learning scenario for the game, …

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LnL: A Day of Heroes – Unboxing

brad May 2, 2012 Lock ‘n Load Publishing / A Day of HeroesLeave a comment

I recently ran across an article about “The Battle of Mogadishu” in October of 1993 and suddenly realized that next year will mark its 20th anniversary (just in case you weren’t feeling old enough).  For whatever reason, that’s all it took to make me choose LnL’s “A Day of Heroes” …

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