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| WW2 Japanese with recently completed jungle terrain |
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| All figures are Airfix |
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| Progress on WW2 Commonwealth forces |
While waiting for paint to dry I am flicking through "Battle - Practical Wargaming" by Charles Grant.
Sunday, 15 October 2017
WW2 Burma project second part
No wargaming this weekend, although I may be able to get a quick game later tonight. Most of my time this weekend has been on making inroads into the Commonwealth WW2 Burma forces to line up against the small but completed Japanese.
Good book - I remember getting it from the library.
ReplyDeleteThe book was a Birthday present when I was in my early teens. I played many games using these rules back then (mid-1970).
DeleteYour Burma project is coming together quickly. Never read Grant’s Battle. Can you share your thoughts on the book?
ReplyDeleteIt is one of those wonderful early wargaming books which takes you through in steps the thinking behind the rules - old school rules. Lots of lovely black and white pictures which were a source of inspiration at the time, and all easily affordable on my pocket money at the time. It is available free as a pdf as it was originally a series of articles in Meccano Magazine. Link to the PDF can be found here: https://miniaturewargaming.com/blog/2017/09/charles-grants-battle-rules/
DeleteThe first photo is a delight, the sort of thing you can look into for ages - I think it is helped by the officer in the centre with his sword aloft, it makes the picture and perhaps plugs into the nostalgia of a certain generation, who have seen this officer charge across their carpets and tables a hundred times and more.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how you remember the poses of the figures once you open the box of figures. Especially the figures which always tended to fall over when playing on the carpet.
DeleteGreat old school stuff Airfix figs and Grants book!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteIt's coming along nicely. I look forward to the first battle report soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I recon another week and they will be ready for the two sets of rules I am going to try: Crossfire and 5Core Company Command. Both seem well suited to this theatre of WW2.
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