Author Archives: jemima_fawr

The Action at Shiloh Church, 6th April 1862 (Part 2)

Posted on 16th December 2019 by jemima_fawr

In my last post I described the initial stages of our refight of the action at Shiloh Church, which was part of the Battle of Shiloh, fought on 6th April 1862.  The rules used were Brigade Fire & Fury (2nd … Continue reading →

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The Action at Shiloh Church, 6th April 1862 (Part 1)

Posted on 9th December 2019 by jemima_fawr

After something of a break due to the build-up to my recent demo game, I decided to do an American Civil War game in club last week, once again using the superlative Brigade Fire & Fury 2nd Edition rules.  I … Continue reading →

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Some More Napoleonic Reinforcements

Posted on 23rd November 2019 by jemima_fawr

Yes I know, it’s all been a bit Cold War here just lately, so here’s an antidote: some AB Figures 15mm Napoleonics I painted back in the spring and summer… French & Polish Above:  I had a couple of Polish … Continue reading →

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My 2019/2020 Demo Game: The Cassinga Raid, Angola 1978 (Part 4): The Game!

Posted on 21st November 2019 by jemima_fawr

At long last, all that research, scenario-writing, model-making and terrain-building finally paid off last weekend as our Carringa Raid game took the prize for Best Demo Game at Warfare 2019!  As regular readers will know, I only do demo games … Continue reading →

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My 2019/2020 Demo Game: The Cassinga Raid, Angola 1978 (Part 3): Smuggy McSmugface…

Posted on 17th November 2019 by jemima_fawr

I’ll post a proper battle report up later (we actually managed to fully play the game twice, but my phone ran out of photo-storage at the end of the first day…), but the game’s first outing at Warfare 2019 in … Continue reading →

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My 2019/2020 Demo Game: The Cassinga Raid, Angola 1978 (Part 2 – the Playtest)

Posted on 5th November 2019 by jemima_fawr

As discussed last time, I’ve spent the last few months building the terrain and forces for a demo-game of the Cassinga Raid, with the intention of going around a few of the UK wargame shows, starting with Warfare in Reading, … Continue reading →

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My 2019/2020 Demo Game: The Cassinga Raid, Angola 1978 (Part 1)

Posted on 4th November 2019 by jemima_fawr

As mentioned in recent posts, I’ve spent the last few months building terrain-boards, painting troops and sticking together aeroplanes for my forthcoming demo game at Warfare 2019, which will be held on the weekend of 16th/17th November, at the Rivermead … Continue reading →

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The Great Angolan Gecko-Hunt (Operation FOX, December 1983)

Posted on 1st November 2019 by jemima_fawr

This week I actually managed to get down to club (the Carmarthen Old Guard) and get a game! 🙂 As previously mentioned, I’m going to be running a demo game of the Cassinga Raid (Angola 1978) at Warfare 2019, in … Continue reading →

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Angola Air Support (Part 2)

Posted on 25th October 2019 by jemima_fawr

As mentioned last month, in November I’ll be putting on a demo game of the 1978 South African airborne assault on Cassinga, during the Angola ‘Border War’.  This scenario requires rather a lot of South African air power, so I’ve … Continue reading →

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NATO Helicopters of the 1980s

Posted on 20th October 2019 by jemima_fawr

Everyone who wargames with model helicopters knows that the bloody things are too fragile to play wargames with, so I do wonder why I persist with collecting the bloody things… However, they do look damn good on the table, so … Continue reading →

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