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Lock ‘n Load: Forgotten Heroes – River of Perfume

brad February 2, 2014 Vietnam / Forgotten Heroes / Lock ‘n Load / Lock ‘n Load Publishing8 Comments

River of Perfume is a small 7-turn scenario that takes place during the battle for Hue in 1968 just after the Tet Offensive.  It pits the United States Marine Corps versus the Viet Cong in a pitched battle.  This differs significantly from the usual hit and run scenarios that feature …

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My Lock ‘n Load Tactics

brad January 27, 2014 Lock ‘n Load / Lock ‘n Load Publishing / tactics9 Comments

Lock ‘n Load is easily one of my favorite game systems and I find it just gets better the more I try out and learn different tactics. Lately, I’ve been going back and replaying scenarios that I haven’t touched for a long time and I’ve noticed that things were much …

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Heroes of the Gap – Back to Basics AAR

brad January 19, 2014 WW3 / Heroes of the Gap / Lock ‘n Load / Lock ‘n Load PublishingLeave a comment

“Back to Basics” is one of my favorite scenarios from Lock ‘n Load Publishing’s squad-based tactical combat game “Heroes of the Gap”.  Set in the beginning days of World War III in a fictional 1985, this scenario consists solely of infantry fighting it out in confined spaces, up close and …

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Forgotten Heroes – Assault on Ben Suc

brad December 19, 2013 Vietnam / Forgotten Heroes / Lock ‘n Load Publishing9 Comments

So I got down to playing LnLP’s Forgotten Heroes during the past week and out came the great scenario, “Assault at Ben Suc”.  The background here is the US Army and South Vietnamese troops were conducting search and destroy missions in the Iron Triangle as part of Operation Cedar Falls …

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Band of Heroes – Carentan

brad November 24, 2013 After Action Report / WW2 / Lock ‘n Load Publishing6 Comments

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 …

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Forgotten Heroes: Vietnam – The Reverse Slope Defense for “Serious Firepower”

brad July 23, 2013 Lock ‘n Load Publishing / tactics8 Comments

Despite owning several of the titles in the Lock ‘n Load system, I’m not very good at it.  As a result, I’ve been reading up on real squad tactics and trying to understand how they can be applied to the game and its varied scenarios.  I’ve been especially interested in …

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Lock ‘n Load Melee – 4 Examples

brad July 11, 2013 rules / Lock ‘n Load Publishing / melee6 Comments

I’d like to write up a short article describing how the melee rules in the Lock ‘n Load system works.  Just to be clear, this is just my own take on the rules.  Others may play melee differently and that’s fine if it works better for them.  This article is …

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Two New Games

brad June 9, 2013 WW3 / Avalon Hill / Lock ‘n Load Publishing3 Comments

This week, my copies of Tac Air (1987 – Avalon Hill) and Honneur et Patrie (2012 – Lock ‘n Load) arrived in the mail. Tac Air and Honneur et Patrie Tac Air is an old school AH game about the coordination of tactical airpower and ground forces.  It is very …

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Heroes of the Gap Scenario: Texas Hold ‘Em

brad December 22, 2012 Lock ‘n Load Publishing / America Conquered / HomebrewLeave a comment

Below is an LnL scenario based on the upcoming World at War module, “America Conquered“, coming at some point in 2013.  I’ve tweaked and play tested this one countless times over the past while and I think it’s ready for consumption at this point so here goes.  As always, any …

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Line of Fire 13 Has Arrived!

brad December 2, 2012 Lock ‘n Load Publishing / Line of Fire2 Comments

The latest issue of Line of Fire landed in my mailbox yesterday so I thought I would open it up and check out what this thing looks like in its paper form. First off, the issue arrived in Japan without a bend, fold or scratch.  I have the plastic baggie …

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