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Heroes against the Red Star: Down Time

Heroes against the Red Star: Down Time

brad March 11, 2020 After Action Report / Heroes of the Gap / Lock ‘n Load / Lock ‘n Load PublishingLeave a comment

Let’s take a quick look at a scenario from Lock ‘n Load Publishing’s Heroes Against the Red Star. One of my favorite scenarios is “Down Time”, which is a quick battle (five turns) of mostly infantry in confined quarters. Here’s the rundown: May 14th, 1985 1500 GMTWell into the afternoon …

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Work Update – 2019 Books

brad September 5, 2019 Writing / Books / Lock ‘n Load / Lock ‘n Load PublishingLeave a comment

This has been one of my busiest years so far with a ton of books completed and coming down the pipeline. Here’s a look at what’s been done so far: First Strike I started working on this one early in the year. This project was a request by David Heath …

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Scenario 4 – World at War: Counterattack

brad October 13, 2014 World at War / Lock ‘n Load / CounterattackLeave a comment

Well, it’s been a little while since I’ve played a game of World at War and I thought I would get back to my roots this weekend and post a playthrough of a scenario from one of my favorite expansions – Counterattack.  This time we’ll be playing the first scenario …

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Dawn’s Early Light – Video Playthrough – Day Four Report

brad May 11, 2014 WW3 / Lock ‘n Load / Corps Command / Dawn's Early Light4 Comments

It’s the final day of the battle as Pact and NATO forces slug it out to see who wins control of the Eisenbach Gap.  The shattered remnants of the 1st Panzer Division and the West German Territorials try desperately to hang on and keep Stahlhammer Air Force Base as an …

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Dawn’s Early Light – Video Playthrough – Day Three Report

brad May 10, 2014 WW3 / Lock ‘n Load / Corps Command / Dawn's Early LightLeave a comment

Corps Command:  Dawn’s Early Light continues on!  The Soviets have made some impressive gains in the last couple of game days.  With the road almost open to Stahlhammer AFB and the West Germans rapidly falling to the onslaught of the 1st Guards Tank Division, it seems that the Soviets have …

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Dawn’s Early Light – Video Playthrough – Day Two Report

brad May 9, 2014 WW3 / Lock ‘n Load / Corps Command / Dawn's Early LightLeave a comment

For those of you following my current video playthrough of Dawn’s Early Light, here’s the report from Day 2.   The first day of the war started with the Soviets pushing towards Eisenbach and Eben and things got very tense as NATO braced itself for the onslaught of the Warsaw …

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Dawn’s Early Light – Video Playthrough – Day One Report

brad May 8, 2014 WW3 / Lock ‘n Load / Corps Command / Dawn's Early LightLeave a comment

Continuing on with my video report of my recent playthrough of Corps Command:  Dawn’s Early Light, here’s the report from Day 1.  During the game, I stopped playing at the end of each impulse and gave a brief overview of what happened.  I’ll be posting the rest of the videos …

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Dawn’s Early Light – Video Playthrough: Setup & Intro

brad May 7, 2014 WW3 / Lock ‘n Load / Corps Command / Dawn's Early Light4 Comments

Sometimes it’s hard to document everything you want through a still camera, especially in games where there’s a heck of a lot happening at once.  At best you can end up with a pretty basic description of what happened on your table while missing out on some interesting details and …

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Anzac Attack: Amgrunts – The Scenario AAR – Part 2

brad April 4, 2014 Vietnam / Forgotten Heroes / Lock ‘n Load / Lock ‘n Load Publishing / Anzac4 Comments

This is part 2 of the ‘Amgrunts’ scenario from Lock ‘n Load Publishing’s Anzac Attack, the expansion for Forgotten Heroes II.  Part 1 is posted here. Last we left off, the Marines were in considerable trouble, with the NVA managing to surround their right flank and threaten to overrun it. …

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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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