Skirmishing with my old toy soldiers.

 

Taking a breather from some very intense games of "ASL" I got out some of my oldest toys and have been playing some "One Hour Skirmish Wargames".

The soldiers are my Airfix and Britains Deetail 1/32nd which I have had since I was about eight years old. Veterans for sure!.

I have put labels under their stands with names on, I mainly used names from "Combat Commander" leaders. The narrative of the game means more somehow when the wee men have names.

I am having a lot of fun with these rules, I kept all the distances the same but I use a bigger 5 inch grenade template for the larger figures.

I staged a few photos for this post, this isn't actual gameplay.

I have a bunch of Russians to play with as well, I made the signage on the buildings detachable so I can go from the Western Front to the Eastern Front in a jiffy.

I'm planning another game tonight in which a cut off US officer needs rescuing from a village swarming with Germans. It should be fun!.

A nice change of pace, "One Hour Skirmish Wargames" gets a recommendation from me!.

One Hour Skirmish Wargames.

 I was lucky enough to get a copy of One Hour Skirmish Wargames by John Lambshead recently and I have been playing the game all week.

I've been playing WW2 with my 28mm fellas and started with very basic forces to ease myself into the rules.

I was quickly able to add in tanks to my scenarios.

I have been playing with a squad/section or so a side with a few heavier weapons and some special rules.

Each game I have had has been very enjoyable with plenty of tense moments as the cards are drawn.

The game is diceless being run entirely by a deck of standard playing cards for each side. It works like a dream and you can play skirmishes from horse and musket to modern warfare and beyond.

Here's a Hetzer, as everyone likes a Hetzer. It's a 1/48 scale Tamiya model. 

Great stuff!, I plan to play some western gunfights and Napoleonic games with this fine addition to my rules collection.

Happy days.