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, …
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” …
This scenario from Lock ‘n Load’s Heroes of the Blitzkrieg features the 1st Panzer Division’s attempt to cross the border from Luxembourg to Belgium on May 10th, 1940. The German player has to try and get as many units as possible across a river while the Belgian player has to stop them. …
As tank fire and .50 caliber machine gun bullets ripped out chunks of the upper floor room he crouched in, all Captain Weiss could do was wish that he had finished his cup of coffee this morning before heading out on patrol. It was June 7, 1944 and earlier that …
In the third scenario of Lock ‘n Load’s World at War: The Untold Stories, there’s a classic match-up consisting of the Canadians versus the East Germans. This scenario is a tough one for both sides since there are multiple objectives and lots of different forces to contend with. The NATO …
This is (probably) my final article dealing with strategy in LnL’s Corps Command: Dawn’s Early Light. As I mentioned in my previous post, the key to Soviet victory is finding a NATO weak spot while maneuvering your other units around the other defenders to either prevent NATO reinforcement or to …
In scenario 7 of Lock ‘n Load’s WWII platoon-level combat game, Nations at War: White Star Rising, the Americans are trying to take Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 7, 1944. The US objective is to get off the beach, get behind those Germans and take the town of Saarbourg. The …
Today’s game is Lock ‘n Load’s Corps Command: Dawn’s Early Light, a fun brigade/regimental level game that features the Warsaw Pact invading West Germany in 1985! In this scenario, the Soviets push some divisions down south to crush the Canadian 4th Mechanized brigade and the US 5th Armored Division and take …
Let’s face it: Some people just have all the luck. The converse is also true. There are some people or some games or some days when you do everything right but fate deals you a crappy hand. This article highlights three circumstances in Lock ‘n Load games when you’ve got …
I’m a big Lock ‘n Load fan and I especially enjoy their squad-based games that always do a good job of giving a movie-like feel to historical skirmishes from World War II up to modern conflicts. Today I’m going to talk about my three favorite scenarios from the LnL games …
