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44 BC – Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March. 221 – Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty. 933 – After a ten-year truce, German King Henry I defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river. 1311 – Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Courthouse – Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400. 1864 – American Civil War: The Red River Campaign : U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana. 1874 – France and Viet Nam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina. 1888 – Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888. 1916 – President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa. 1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne. 1939 – World War II: German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist. 1943 – World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov – the Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting. 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia. 1978 – Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethiopian-Somali War. 2011 – Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
It is 2062 years since the assassination of Julius Caesar. A conspiracy of many Roman senators led by Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus stabbed Julius Caesar to death in a location adjacent to the Theatre of Pompey, on the Ides of March (March 15), 44 BCE. Caesar was the dictator of the Roman Republic at the time, having recently been declared dictator perpetuo by the Senate. This declaration made several senators fear that Caesar wanted to overthrow the Senate in favor of tyranny, yet the conspirators never restored the Roman Republic. The ramifications of the assassination led to the Liberators' civil war and, ultimately, to the Principate period of the Roman Empire.
Naturally this particular period of Roman history is hugely popular in wargaming. Miniature gamers are spoiled for choice- DBA, Hail Caesar, WAB, Impetus, etc. S&T did an issue on the Civil Wars but I'm sorry to say we lack that one (#157) although #25, Centurion, is a generic set for gaming through the whole Roman period. There are some other h&c Caesar-themed games that are worth looking at too, particular AH's 'Caesar' titles.
It is 707 years since the Battle of Halmyros; a clash between the forces of the Frankish Duchy of Athens and its vassals under Walter of Brienne, and the mercenaries of the Catalan Company, resulting in a devastating victory for the Catalans.
Engaged in conflict with their original employers, the Byzantine Empire, the Catalan Company had traversed the southern Balkans and arrived in southern Greece in 1309. The new Duke of Athens, Walter of Brienne, hired them to attack the Greek ruler of neighbouring Thessaly. Although the Catalans conquered much of the region for him, Walter refused to pay them the salaries owed, and prepared to forcibly expel them from their gains. The two armies met at Halmyros in southern Thessaly. The Catalans were considerably outnumbered and weakened by the reluctance of their Turkish auxiliaries to fight; but they did have the advantage of selecting the battleground, positioning themselves behind marshy terrain, which they further inundated with water. On the Athenian side, many of the most important lords of Frankish Greece were present and Walter, a prideful man and confident in the prowess of his heavy cavalry, proceeded to charge headlong against the Catalan line. The marsh impeded the Frankish attack and the Catalan infantry stood firm. The Turks, seeing that battle was joined in earnest, re-joined the Company, and the Frankish army was routed; Walter and almost the entire knighthood of his realm fell in the field. As a result of the battle, the leaderless Duchy of Athens was taken over by the Catalans, who ruled that part of Greece until the 1380s.
It is 237 years since the Battle of Guildford Courthouse, a small but significant encounter during the American Revolution. A 2,100-man British force under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis won a Pyrrhic victory over Major General Nathanael Greene's 4,500 Americans.
Despite the relatively small numbers of troops involved, the battle is considered pivotal to the American victory in the Revolution. Before the battle, the British appeared to have had great success in conquering much of Georgia and South Carolina with the aid of strong Loyalist factions, and thought that North Carolina might be within their grasp. In fact, the British were in the process of heavy recruitment in North Carolina when this battle put an end to their recruiting drive. In the wake of the battle, Greene moved into South Carolina, while Cornwallis chose to march into Virginia and attempt to link up with British Major General Phillips and American turncoat Benedict Arnold. These decisions allowed Greene to unravel British control of the South, while leading Cornwallis to Yorktown and eventual surrender to General George Washington and Lieutenant General Comte de Rochambeau.
This is a popular battle for AWI gamers and I thought it was worth a particular mention, because Don Featherstone describes it in his Complete Wargaming as a good introduction to wargaming the AWI. I recommend you check that chapter out if you're interested in refighting the Revolution.
Watcha working on /hwg/? I got a box of GBP saxon theigns and a box of GBP viking hirdmen
Levi Adams
Airbrushed the HobbyBoss Merkava I got recently. The AK Sinai Grey color is strange, but really nice.
Also, thanks to the user in the last thread for the tip - those Japanese armor books seem interesting. I'll need to expand my armor park a bit, at the moment it's onyl four Airfix Chi-Has and an IBG Type 89.
David Nelson
How are he IBG kits to assemble? My type 89s (and 95s) are all crude resin ones from Frontline. The SHQ type 94 is cute but expensive so I’ll probably go with IBG if I get a second one.
I have limited experience - only fully finished the Otter, and built a C30 truck. The wheels are a bit of a pain in the ass to make, and there are some fiddly parts, so a steady hand is needed. The tanks have link and length tracks, so be aware of that. I'll try to build the Type 89 next week and come back with my experiences.
I want to get into war gaming, but I don't know where to start. I have enough space, tape rulers, I can make terrain with paper mache and I can temporarily use things like chess pieces as mini's until I decide I like the hobby enough to put in some money
What game should I start out with? How should I sucker someone in to playing with me?
If you want preference of games I prefer either a Ancient or Medieval game, I'm particularly infatuated with the Bronze age and early Iron age
I would PREFER a smaller game (I think it's called a skirmish game), but I'm perfectly fine with large armies too
Something simpler please. A little complexity is alright, but I don't want to read through a 500 page Codex
The only game I've really read through is something called Lords and Servants, and it seems alright. Is that a good place to start?
Dylan Roberts
>Lords&Servants
A good start. You could grab like two Perry plastic boxes (HYW French and English for example) and make two small armies. You can practice assembling models and painting them as the Perry plastics are really good. Also, once the time comes, SAGA 2nd ed will have a HYW expansion too, something your models will be usable for, and it's fun. Also, you could try Chevauchee, made by a kind user from this thread, it's for really small encounters of 5-10 models.
Building tamiya, basing 8th army "rats" in 6mm, maybe painting yanks for BA.
Oliver Walker
This user's beaten me to the punch! Chevauchee's a really great introductory wargame - you could get started with a single box of Perry plastics and have enough variety to keep you going for a while.
The game is written towards playing high to late medieval encounters but you can easily represent the bronze and early iron age with the same rules.
>I can make terrain with paper mache and I can temporarily use things like chess pieces as mini's until I decide I like the hobby enough to put in some money >What game should I start out with? How should I sucker someone in to playing with me? you wont convince someone else by pushing chesspieces over a table. a lot of the appeal is from seeing painted models
thanks again for those late roman links anons, wish there was some more infantry with lorica squamata to better represent Palatini and what not. that and I personally just really like the look of it
We've passed that glorious half-way mark, and the mod is now 52% complete! 143 armies are available out of the total 275, and the number is slowly rising.
We played a shockingly brutal Early Republic Romans vs Dacians skirmish, in which dice were more of an enemy that the romans were, and in which a unit of Triarii survived 16 dice worth of attacks with nothing more than a disorder token and a vague sense of contempt for barbarians.
As always, if you're interested in playing or learning, we hang out here; discord.gg/Z6N47p6
Half rounding up from memory. It says it like one or two paragraphs after it tells you that you have the option. We were perplexed as well out first game.
Elijah Morris
Kriegsmarine odds and ends, and adding water effects to existing bases.
Liam Hall
But it's a perfectly fine place to start while you acquire, build, and paint your models.
European Counter-Terrorist Units 1972–2017 (Osprey Elite 220)
The Munich Olympics massacre in 1972 was a shock awakening to the public. In the decades since, European countries have faced a wide range of threats from Palestinian and home-grown terrorists, to the more recent world-wide jihadists. The threats they pose are widespread from aircraft hi-jacking and political assassinations to urban warfare against security forces, and murderous attacks on civilian crowd targets, forcing governments have had to invest ever-greater efforts in countering these threats. This book traces the evolution of police (and associated military) counter-terrorist forces across Europe over the past 45 years. Using specially commissioned artwork and contemporary photographs, it details their organization, missions, specialist equipment, and their growing cross-border co-operation.
Defenses of Bermuda 1612–1995 (Osprey Fortress 112)
Due to its location in the western North Atlantic some 600 miles off the Carolinas and halfway between Halifax in Canada and Jamaica in the West Indies, the island of Bermuda was a key naval haven for the Royal Navy over the centuries. It was vital for the Navy first in the development of its American colonies, then during its rivalry with the United States, and finally as allies with the United States. The need to defend its 64 miles of coastline and ports has resulted in the construction of about 50 forts from 1617 to 1945 even though its total land mass is only 20.6 square miles. This led to an incredible concentration of fortifications with 2.5 forts for every square mile. Today, the legacy of these defence efforts remain either as disused structures or parks scattered throughout Bermuda, many of them now popular tourist attractions. Using stunning commissioned artwork and meticulous research, this is the fascinating story of Britain's "Gibraltar of the West”.
World War II Vichy French Security Troops (Osprey Men-at-Arms 516)
After the Fall of France in 1940, a new puppet state was set up in the south. Officially known as the French State, it is better known as Vichy France. This collaborationist Vichy regime's armed forces were more active and usually more numerous than German troops in the task of hunting down and crushing the maquis - the French Resistance guerrilla forces. This book will cover the organization and operations of Vichy French Security Forces, including: the new Vichy Police Nationale, particularly their Groupes Mobiles de Reserve, the Service d'Ordre Légionnaire , and the Milice Francaise, a ruthless anti-Resistance militia armed partly with British weapons captured from SOE airdrops. Fully illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs and commissioned artwork, it tells the story of Occupied France from the perspective of those who sought to keep it in German hands.
I like them, they are an improvement for sure, even though the specificity of the writing (because tourney fags are faggots) can be a bit dense requiring multiple read-throughs... but that may also be because of Francois to Englais. Fatigue has had some big changes so pay attention to those.
Kevin Gray
Someone want to help rate my Bolt Action V2 German list?
I'm working with what models I have here. I just got the Fallschirmjager boxed set so I'm really flexible with that.
I figured to close the gap I'd throw 3 Panzerfausts on one of my assault teams, or maybe drop an assault rifle and have 2 and 2 in each.
We don't appear to have it in the OP. It also looks like Osprey published a game under the same name for the same period as well.
Aiden Thomas
I am a total retard for two reasons (1) I actually meant Dux Britanniarum and (2) I forgot to mention it's in the Medieval (as opposed to Ancient) folder, along with Dux Bellorum too as it happens So yes, check that one out
Thanks I've found them now. Another quality high resolution PDF from TFL I see.
Xavier Richardson
>Basic Impetus
Thanks mate
Owen Bailey
What rules should I be using for my American troops?
I bought a box of Airborne and it came it a sheet of their options and rules that is totally different from both the rulebook and the Armies of the United States book.
The unit from the box is meant to be for Market Garden if I recall correctly. By then the organization changed a bit, and this upgraded unit entry is included in the Market Garden supplement as well.
Matthew Brooks
Rolled 5, 3 = 8 (2d6)
Benjamin Ramirez
Wanted to complete this staff car last December, only got around finishing it now.
ACE did not convince me entirely, but it could have been made better if I wasn't so shit at filling holes.
1:72 lovely car. Also, windows were not included, so I had to cut them from transparent plastic.
I realize, and I'll probably pick up some of the models that reccomended as they seen quite cheap and servicable.
Parker Gutierrez
where are these from?
Ryder Bennett
Victrix I think.
Jayden Kelly
Any good sources on basic military tactics? YouTube etc. Have tanks but need to study how to use them. >not_waveserpentspam.jpg
Nolan Cook
What era? What nation? There are some things that people consider basic throughout history, but maybe we can give you something specific to what you are playing.
Cooper Cruz
Do you have an idea about what scale of miniatures? 6, 10 or 15mm are good for great battles. 20 or 28mm for little battles or skirmish, And, do you have an opponent? He has preference?
Jace Gomez
Broad brushstrokes on WW2. Tank platoons, how supported (or are they support), maybe dip into infantry weapons (AT, boys, AA guns).
How to summarise 20th century military warfare in less than 1024 characters. Joke.
Just point toward sites/vids/books I can maybe start to piece it together.
>green text so green it's only just been handed its conscription papers.
Lucas Brooks
I’m looking for a colonial American skirmish game, French-Indian or AWI would work. I can see there’s a few in the trove, judging by titles, but can someone suggest which is their favourite/the best for less than 10 models per side? Thanks
Jason Stewart
Muskets and Tomahawks gets pretty good press. I think the game is technically dead though, but since we've got the rules (I think) and you can use whatever models it shouldn't matter.
Thomas Edwards
WIP: Fence posts in the desert. Needs barbed wire.
I think you could get away with using any appropriate TYW figures 'Uniforms' at this time were pretty standard across a number of nations and armies, so you're not specifically restricted by a "Dutch" type for example Warlord do a big range for that era in 28mm of course, but there are a number of options so if you search for "28mm TYW" you'll get results A diorama of that painting in 28mm would be pretty fucking awesome, but I'm guessing it would involve tons of conversion and days of finger-numbing work
Thanks user. I will try my hand to do a sort of diorama of that painting. The only thing that I think I am missing would be the regimental mascot (Little girl) miniature, which I will now have to hunt for. Recommendations would be appreciated.
Speaking of which, what is the difference between Warlord's Swedish Infantry and Imperial Infantry box? The plastic contents seem to be the same, but the metal bonuses are apparently different. Are their photos of the exact metal components that come with those boxes so I can see what I am getting with each? I may as well get one of them over the normal infantry box as I get extra figures and bits that I can play with.
Levi Morris
Is there a good game for early bronze age conflict? Say, Sumerians and Akkadians?
Zachary Young
Impetus has stuff for bronze age, though it just plays like...Impetus.
Robert Mitchell
Book of War by Daniel Collins was made for fantasy games, but the first part is a very good basic historical (medieval) game. It's a good intro. Figure scale 1:10. $5 for pdf. Lots of development/playtest/designer's notes on his website--deltasdnd.blogspot.com.
Carson Martinez
Luckily the "Dutch helmet" was widely adopted by Protestant armies including the swedish, so warlord's swedes would probably be appropriate
Afaik the main difference is the swedes have the Dutch helmet and the imperials a Spanish morion; the warlord TYW/ECW plastic figures are "bald" so the metal components are loose hats and helmets rather than entire heads. They used to sell the metal swedish and imperial helmet sprues separately in blister packs, idk if they still do, but if they do you can see pics of the components in the blister packs' store page entry. I think they also sold additional proper wide brimmed hats for TYW musketeers, since the base plastic sprue is ECW and includes some of the odd caps and hats which were pretty much unique to the English. You could also search for an unboxing of each kit, either video or blog post
Colton Bennett
Idk if there's ant ruleset particular to "extra-ancient" battles but most, if not all, ancient-to-medieval rulesets cover Sumerians and Akkadians. You'd have to read through the rules and judge if you feel it aptly represents the era, I don't know enough about the era to give more specific advice
Hudson Martinez
WAB had Chariot Wars.
Liam Davis
Pal and I finally played the last game of our ongoing Operation Cobra campaign.
The German forces played the Counterattack wild card. Forces of the 353th Infantry Division linked up with elements of the SS Division "Das Reich" to counterattack US forces in the outskirts of Maligny. Morale wasn't the best, but still better than the Americans who after loosing almost a whole squad a day earlier thought very badly of their platoon leader (-7 men's opinion). As such they started with a morale of 8 whereas the Germans bolstered by reinforcements went into the fight with morale at 9.
The Americans had time to block the crossroad with a minefield and expecting German tanks chose an additional Bazooka Team as support. The Germans selected a green Waffen SS Squad (with only one LMG) a Sdkfz 250 with a reconnaissance team and an Adjutant.
Looks amazing, lots of subtle details. The plastic glass is nicely done - I assume you cut it to shape before gluing the roof on?
I just finished up some Russians for Cornered Wolf (upcoming Chechen Wars game from Ostfront Publishing). They're 15mm Eureka for the infantry, and 1/100 zvezda for the vehicles (although a QRF BMP is partially visible in one image). Based them on a washer, then used PVA+Baking soda mix to bulk up the bases, painted brown / black rim and added some details like rocks, concrete blocks and bits of rubbish paper (tea stained paper).
Leutnant Görlitz went for a pincer movement this time, deploying one Gruppe in the orchard to the south and one behind the field in the north as well as one gruppe by the gas station to have some meat in the middle of the battlefield. Even though the Gruppe in the orchard couldn't get out of it without crawling though the Bocage since the exit was blocked by the minefield, it pressed towards the US jump of point and threatened it early on. the US Lieutenant had to deploy one squad there to defend the JOP, which is what they did for the remainder of the game. standing on the JOP.
This is where things got... interesting. Getting kinda cocky, the platoon sergeant urged his men to get out the bayonet and charge towards the Germans. So they did, although kinda reluctantly at first, rolling a one not getting into close combat range. The Germans as a response on their turn, deployed their senior leader, rallying some shock of his 4 men and telling them to fall back, which they did with 2 inches... At least they managed to inflict some shock on the US troops in front of them. The sergeant on the US side, tried again to get his men into close combat and this time managed to do so.
Bayonets attached the US Squad ran forward into the hailing stream of German LMG and SMG fire. The US player rolled 15 dice hitting... twice. The Germans retaliated with 12 dice hitting 6 times. They stood their ground, splendidly so. The Amercian soldiers petrified by this display of unimaginable strong resistance fell back, fleeing towards the barn.
At the same time the Sdkf 250 made its appearance advancing up the field. The Americans deployed a bazooka team, taking a shot but missed oh so barely. The 250's Gunner shot back, killing the two American soldiers.
With initiative now almost solely in German hands the Waffen SS squad deployed into the northern fields, laying some heavy fire on the remainder of the US forces to the north and middle of the battlefield.
The Americans went for it one more time, deploying the second bazooka team, taking another shot at the 250 this time landing a hit. Luckely for the Germans the rocket only punched through the front grill of the vehicle blowing out the motor but nothing worse. The men inside disembarked safely, although slightly rattled.
With his northern front giving in and German troops now advancing through the middle as well, almost unopposed, the US threw the towel.
This being turn 5 of the campaign the US now couldn't take Maligny even if they'd win the next game it would only mean that they would have managed taking back the farmstead.
The Germans didn't win but didn't loose either. buying enough time for the rest of the troops to retreat safely from normandy.
I painted the lower and upper part of the car, then when it was done, I cut out the windows from transparent plastic, and glued it in with PVA. I'm slightly less concerned about doing this sort of thing now that I managed to do one nicely - sadly the Airfix Bedford's windows turned out to be crappier.
On an unrelated note, I've made a single unit tray that can hold 5 men, bit bigger than the recommended size, but will try Ostfront with these.
>will try Ostfront with these. nice, good luck. We played it a few weeks ago, Soviets vs. Wehrmacht, I played soviets and lost due to the central objective being mined. I sent waves of infantry through the mines but none made it... then a german Pz.38(t) drove right though and immobilized itself on the objective, winning the game. It was quite amusing.
>Airfix Bedford's windows turned out to be crappier. The windows seem much more exposed so probably not your fault - at least the car has a bit of a lip around the windows to hide the seam.
