WSS project with paper soldiers and WW2 campaign

Not much wargaming this weekend as the weather was half decent and I have spent a lot more time in the garden weeding. All being well I may get another WW2 Western Desert campaign game in this Sunday late afternoon or evening.

British and French paper soldier units

On the modelling side I have been able to complete another two infantry units for my War of the Spanish Succession project. I now have four infantry units completed for both the French and Dutch/British forces. I will add to these units, but my initial goal is to have sufficient units for some One-Hour Wargaming scenarios. I will be moving on to the cavalry units next.

A couple of months ago a subscribed to Wargames Illustrated prime which gives access to old copies of the magazine. I have been reading through these older copies and searching out various Marlburian rules and articles. The period seemed to be written about reasonably frequently in issues from the 1990's.

A very useful resource for searching out articles has been the blog Tiny Tin Men which has an index of all articles over the years for a number of magazines. http://snv-ttm.blogspot.com/p/wargames-magazine-database.html

The next WW2 campaign game has been determined (campaign turn 4 game 2). After the first Allied armoured assault failed to secure a victory. The next game has the 2nd Armoured division attacking the Italian Ariete armoured division. This should be an interesting game with both divisions fully equipped.

Campaign Map showingteh drawn game and next attack.

As per usual, terrain cards are used to determine the tabletop layout. Both sides can switch two adjacent cards in an attempt to reconfigure the tabletop to their advantage. In this game there will be three objectives.

Terrain cards decide the battlefield features.

Time to setup the tabletop...