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 …
Going through some of my back issues of LnLP’s Line of Fire magazine, I found a little gem that I had missed the first time around and decided to give it a go. “Fiery Baptism” is a scenario that takes place in Algiers in 1943 at the start of Operation …
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 …
The latest issue of Line of Fire 13 has a bunch of pretty cool scenarios. I decided to try out Matt Lohse’s scenario “Come As You Are”, which features an attempt by the US 82nd Airborne to capture the bridge at Nijmegen during Operation Market Garden. The Germans hastily assemble …
I’ve long been a fan of LnL Publishing’s “Line of Fire” magazine. The writing is crisp and the content is always a grab bag of fun. In the words of a fabled Vietnam veteran, “You never know what you’re gonna get.” Another great thing about LoF is that you always …
Welcome back to the ongoing campaign for Arnhem! Over the last two weekends, I’ve been posting my progress on the Nations at War five-scenario campaign that takes place in September 1944 during Operation Market Garden. In the last two scenarios, the British had taken Arnhem and defended the city against …
Last weekend, I started “The Arnhem Campaign”, a five-scenario campaign for Lock ‘n Load’s WW2 Platoon Combat game, “Nations at War”. In my first outing as the British, I’m not sure how well I fared as my HQ had been reduced and my recon jeeps were scrap metal even though …
In Lock ‘n Load’s “Line of Fire” magazine issue 10, there’s a 5-scenario campaign for the WW2 platoon-level combat game, “Nations at War”. The campaign features scenarios based around the unsuccessful Allied attempt to liberate the Netherlands in September 1944 known as Operation Market Garden. The first scenario in the …
About eight years ago, I was lucky enough to tour the Normandy invasion beaches and it was an incredible experience. Remnants from the war dotted the beaches along with various memorials and souvenir shops, etc. After visiting the Omaha landing site, I struck out on my own and decided to …
