Ancient treasures on the Yellow River
The famous British archeologist Rupert Veret is returning from a trip in the Gobi Desert with many findings. Some mongolian workers which were working in his camp reported that he found ancient necklaces of...
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Uniformi bianche nella guerra civile russa
Una serie di foto, prese dal Blog Lead Adventures, che illustra l’uso di uniformi bianche nei due eserciti della guerra civile. Reggimenti bianchi Bolscevichi Sembra che la giacca bianca sia stata usata anche dai...
Bloody Bocage
We just played the second scenario from the “White Star” supplement for Spearhead. Quite fun! The scenario The scenario takes place in Normandy, the day right after D-Day. Two British infantry regiments start to...
Battle for Dezful, 8 October 1980
This page contains a skeleton scenario for Modern Spearhead. The basis comes from the book “The Iran-Iraq war”, by Pierre Razoux. I have not found any other details so far. A huge help came...
Museo della Grande Guerra di Meaux.
Una visita a questo museo, a circa 40 chilometri da Parigi, in un paesino bagnato dalla Marna che è stato sulla linea del fronte nel settembre 1914.
Sull’Acrocoro
It is the 10th February 1896, we are on the high plateau between the Abissynian Tigrè and the Italian Eritrea. Italiani, brava gente? see italian columns orders below. From the Miles Gloriosus Un mese...
Battle for Shush, Khuzestan, 1 October 1980
Situation The game lasts one day (24 turns). The Iraqi 1st Mechanised Division aims to capture the city of Shush, eventually by forcing surrender by encircling it. The Iraqi have crossed at the main...
Battaglia di Susa, attacco al Kuzhestan, 1 Ottobre 1980
The Iraqi aim to capture the city of Shush, eventually by forcing surrender by encircling it. The Iranian force screening this region of Khuzestan aims to relieve the city without getting too many material...
Two trains for Samarkand
Two linked games played on the same table, using “Setting the East Ablaze” and 28mm figures. This scenario may be found in the first supplement of these fantastic rules. We are at the Samarkand...
Iran-Iraq War fortifications
I have grabbed contemporary satellite views of the fortifications built during the Iran-Iraq war. Some details of the historical setting may be found on the map below, taken from the excellent book from Pierre...
