The Millenium Conflict? Right now you are thinking, "did I read over that". Well, you didn't. I did not provide a description of The Millenium Conflict. I did provide you with a detailed description of the country, a historical/political/military context, and a current force structure (all of which is fictitious of course) that will allow you create your own scenario. So, drag out your favorite rules set. I'm partial to CDIII but you may prefer AK-47 or some other set. Develop a detailed TO&E for your adversaries, give them some morale factors, and assign some objectives. Decide what you need to model in terms of terrain, work up some new buildings, and start painting the figures and vehicles you need to fill out your forces. Finding some reference material on Desert Shield/Desert Storm would probably be helpful at this point. If you want to game The Coastal War then you probably want to get some info on the Arab-Israeli conflicts of the 1970's, British operations in Oman and Malaya in the 1960's, the Vietnam War, and some of the African wars for liberation. If you want to develop a scenario for the 1969 War of Independence then you will need to look at the 1967 Arab-Israeli war too. What about figures and vehicles? This is a 20mm gamer's dream. Not to big. Not to small. You can go man-to-man or use small unit representations. For figures you should check out FatCat (the old Hotspur/Combat Miniatures line), Liberation Miniatures by Rolf Hedges, SHQ, FAA (the Chindits in particular), and the Vietnam ranges by Qualiticast (formerly FAA) and Charlie Company. Vehicles and equipment can be had in 1/87, 1/76 (20mm) or 1/72, resin, plastic, and white metal. Yes, you can do this in 15mm if you choose but you are on your own with that because I am a 20mm kinda guy. Actually, I do know that Peter Pig has a Modem African Wars range of figures and vehicles that would work well here. If all of this is too complex for you, then you may want to pickup some 25mm Foundry Darkest Africa and British Colonial figures (or Old Glory Colonial figures if they are your preference), to recreate the exploration and settlement of Khali. You might even find a way to work in some of the US Marines from Old Glory's Boxer Rebellion range of figures. Good luck and good gaming. Bill Krieg is a HMGS Midwest member and coordinator for the Lost Command Historical Gamers. Khali: An Historical Perspective Back to MWAN #103 Table of Contents Back to MWAN List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2000 Hal Thinglum This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com