D-Day at Omaha Beach, published and reprinted recently by Decision Games, is a solitaire offering that lets the player take control of the US 1st and 29th Divisions in a bid to storm Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Designed by John H. Butterfield (of “Ambush!” and “RAF” fame), the …
Last month, I posted a short review of Fire Team, a tactical squad based game set in World War III. I’ve had a bit of time to sit down and play this West End Games offering from 1987 and I’m enjoying it for the most part. There are some holes …
From 10-14 June, 1944, the US 101st Airborne Division fought against the German 6th Parachute Regiment in the small rural town of Carentan in Normandy, France. For the Americans, winning the battle meant consolidating the Normandy landing beach heads. On the other hand, the Germans needed the town to mount …
“Sink the Boomers!” is one of the introductory scenarios from Victory Games’ second release in the Fleet series games, 2nd Fleet. While the first release, 6th Fleet, focused on naval warfare in the Mediterranean, this time around the action takes place in the North Atlantic near the GIUK (Greenland, Iceland, …
Today, I replayed scenario 2 from Avalon Hill’s “Tac Air”. In my previous playthrough, the Soviets had the West Germans on the ropes just outside the town of Bayreuth. However, a little intervention from some Tornadoes on an air interdiction mission ended up saving the day for NATO and shutting …
J.D. Webster’s Air Power series continued to grow after 1987’s “Air Superiority” with several new expansions (“Air Strike”, “Desert Falcons”, etc.), culminating in the 1992 offering “The Speed of Heat”. “The Speed of Heat” focused on early post-WW2 air combat such as Korea and Vietnam. There are a number of …
Having some time off during the holidays has given me the chance to get out Hornet Leader: Carrier Air Operations to run through a nice long campaign. This time, the squadron is playing through 9 days of the 1991 Gulf War. The Squadron First off, choosing pilots wasn’t too hard. …
About a week or so ago, I posted a homebrew scenario I had made using the All Things Zombie maps with the Heroes of the Gap counters. After lots and lots of playtesting, I think I’ve finally gotten it to the point where it’s balanced out a bit. Briefly …
I’ve been playing quite a bit of Firepower lately (and badly, I might add – I still don’t have a great grasp of the advanced rules) and it’s been a lot of fun. After my first few forays into the game with the Soviet-Sino border clashes, I decided to have …
In the last couple of posts, I set up a scenario featuring a Soviet and Chinese squad going toe-to-toe on either side of a river. Just to see what vehicles can do in the game, I threw in a Chinese APC for fun. Here’s the rest of the write-up: In …
