Historical Miniature Wargames
We started a new Force of Force campaign yesterday: “Enduring Oppression” The Soviet experience in Afghanistan. We will be fast-forwarding through the long years of the occupation. In the beginning the Afghans will be poorly armed and disorganised, but as the game progresses they will gain experience and equipment. The Soviets will also evolve during the campaign from a strong …
I recently ordered a bunch of 30 mm high trees from a Chinese seller on eBay. 100 trees for 8 quid, delivered post-free in a week and a half. I have to say I am pleased with the product, the price-quality ratio can not be beaten easily (although I am a bit worried about the kind of work-life balance the people …
My latest project is some Afghan opponents to my Cold War Soviets. These figures are from Elhiem and Sandsmodels. Even though they are quite different in style – elhiem is very naturalistic with realistic proportions, sands models are more chunky and stylised – they seem to mix quite well. This is a very early stage in the painting, with most …
Heroics and Ros Luftwaffe Phantom making a bombing run during an intense game of Cold War Commander.
Heroics and Ros Centurion in the foreground, brewed up Syrian tank brigade in the background.
We wanted to see howForce on Force would work with slightly larger scenario and so we gave it a try with couple of mechanized Sov platoons reinfrced with a tank platoon. Defending against the red onslaught was a platoon or so Germans. More or less in the vein of our Germany 1984 FoF Campaign. We didn’t notice any new problems …
I’ve seen some excellent pictures online of the models people have created for IED and objective markers for Force on Force. This is my first attempt. We play Force on Force with 20 mm figures, so I used some 1/72 diorama accessories I had lying around (perhaps from Fujimi) and HO scale crates, bags and wheelbarrows from a Preiser model …
We got the FoF campaign rolling. The games re actually very quick to run and you can play 2 or even 3 during an evening. To add variety we had charts from which we could purchase assets for each game after rolling how much points we had to spend. Unlike our normal games we also used the fog of war …
Force on Force is our favourite skirmish ruleset for many reasons: it’s fast to play, you don’t need a massive investment to start playing, the core system is elegant, and it is good for a wide range of scenarios. Here is a list of the house rules and clarifications we have used in our games.