Author Archives: jemima_fawr

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 →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Napoleon's Battles (Rules), Napoleonic French Army, Napoleonic Minor States, Napoleonic Wars, Painted Units | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Battlefront: First Echelon, Battlefront: WW2, Cold War, Cold War - Angolan Border War, Games, Partizan (Show), Scenarios, Scenery, Warfare (Show) | 7 Comments

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 →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Battlefront: First Echelon, Battlefront: WW2, Battlefront: WWII Scenarios, Cold War, Cold War - Angolan Border War, Games | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Battlefront: First Echelon, Cold War, Cold War - NATO Armies, Painted Units | 13 Comments

American War of Independence Action

Posted on 22nd September 2019 by jemima_fawr

As previously mentioned, in 2005 we suddenly decided to do ‘something in 28mm’.  By fate, a couple of random packs of Foundry AWI figures fell into my possession and my mate Eclaireur released his excellent British Grenadier! rules for the … Continue reading →

Posted in 28mm Figures, American War of Independence, British Grenadier! Rules (AWI), Eighteenth Century, Games | 2 Comments