20-28mm Wargames

 The Jadotville project continues with  3 D printed buildings.  They were created by David Freemantle in Australia, and the first two are partially built dwellings.  The first one is a single story villa that is based on reports from those who where at Jadotville.  The second building, is a two story house, that is also sandbagged.                                                                                                     Single story villa sandbagged for defense.                                                 ...

The  Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle , by Declan Power A Company's position and defenses: Page 132-133 A Company were located in offices and villas surrounding the Purfina garage on the outskirts of Jadotville.  Lt. Joe Leech, commander of the first platoon described the area: "A single story villa and out offices.  Civilians occupied the houses on both sides of these buildings and directly across the road was a vacant space, one unoccupied villa with an overgrown garden.  Behind the billets was a mixed bush and elephant grass area; slog on for some 500 meters to a dry stream bed at the bottom of the valley." A company attempted to burn the grass to provide no cover to an advancing enemy, but failed to do so. Commandant Quinlan's company's position was not of his choosing and was ordered by his UN superiors.  The officers of A Company would assert that they were ordered to take up those positions (the same positions that the previous UN ...

   The Soviet Airborne Invasion of Ireland June 1982 I worked for over a year and a half on this 28mm scale project.  Over a decade ago, I did a similar scenario in 20mm based on research about the Irish military completed by Adrian J. English. His book,  Irish Army Orders of Battle: 1923-2004, provides  a breakdown of unit organization, weapons, and the location of forces. (Unfortunately, the book needs to be edited for typos).  I play tested the scenario with friends (and the Irish didn't do well) before running the scenario at a wargaming convention this May.  The rule set used was "Force on Force, Modern Wargaming Rules " (Cold War Goes Hot).   In the summer of 1982, Soviet Airborne troops (or VDV: Vozdushno-Desantnye Voyska) land in large numbers north and south of Dublin, at Cobh in County Cork, and at Shannon Airport.    One force of Soviet Paratroopers is to cut the Dublin to Belfast Road (the N1) north of Drogheda.    ...

Update to Games So, a change in plans to the games.  I'm running The "Cold War Gone Hot" scenario next month at Huzzah.  The game will be played twice using Force On Force rules, and last Thursday I had some friends play test the scenario.                                                                                                                                    The Belfast to Dublin road (June 1982).                                              ...

My plan is to host two games this year (depending on the pandemic) at the Huzzah Convention in Portland, Maine.  I have not completely decided on what two. I have three games in mind using 28mm figures. Two of the games are "What if" scenarios.   The first game is Operation Grun, the German airborne invasion of Eire in 1940 where Baldonnel Aerodrome (outside Dublin) is attacked by glider borne Fallschimijager. I'm leaning towards trying Bolt Action rules.   The second "What if" scenario is a "Cold War Gone Hot" using Force on Force rules.  The Republic of Ireland is invaded by Soviet airborne forces in 1980, and the Irish Defense Forces are attempting to defend the Belfast-Dublin main road and railroad line.   The third game is set in the Belgian Congo at Jadotville where Irish forces are under siege from European mercenaries and Kataganese (rules TBD).  So I am hoping to put on two of these three games this May.