I have run several of these large scale campaigns, originally as ply by telephone and then play by mail games. My main problems were finding the right player...
Kameraden; In constucting any conflict simulation, you have got to ask yourself what would the guy in charge know about, and be able to do something about it. ...
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Update for 7-5-2006 # Title Binding price USD new books first: 326 Small Arms Lexicon and concise encyclopedia (of arms and parts Hb $7.00 327 The civil war: a...
For anyone else using the 1/285 troops, I am hoping somebody can help ID the figure on the left side of the sprue with the HMG and LMG figures. My guess is...
Hi Jim I hadn't seen this post hence the delay in my reply. The type of game you describe is exactly the thing I play, though I've normally done it in 20mm or...
easy model are in the mass market business of making and painting and selling 1/72 models and giving them to us wargamers at very reasonable rates . Today i...
well i have a table that is shaped in a L shape. and it is divided into 6 sections. well i also use the terrian and weather charts to set up each section. one...
well i play 54mm in civilwar alot also i game in 1/72 in vietgaming anyway i use a deck of poker cards to move my other side with. i have a 9d to tell me which...
hello well i design all my rules they work well i think. as in like this. in 54mm keeping your guys alive longer on a fireteam mission. every team needs a...
well each man in my fireteams are numbered 1 thru 6 i being the team commander also 2 being my radio officer 3-4 my riflemen m-16 and pistols . well every...
I'm mainly a 20mm or 28mm guy, but this 54mm Vietnam idea sounds very interesting. What figures do you use? I am hoping there are some 1/32 scale plastics...
Ireggular Large scale wietnam minis are 42mm If I recall correctly and they arent really nice... :P IMHO the best way to go is to use the kits from dragon ...
The Dragon kits are quite nice but they are too much work for me to assemble (I enjoy painting, but I don't enjoy "building"), and I invariably break them when...
I got the GHQ Air Cav set last week and was even more amazed by the details over what I had seen in the NVA sets. The RTOs are very nicely done, the PRC25 on...
... has been posted to the files section of the THW yahoo group. It has a discussion of bunkers, both US and VC, some rules and optional rules for their use...
Good morning all, Has anyone "hands-on" experience of the 28mm scale PBR by Cold Wars? In particular, what size of 28mm figures are supplied and how easy is it...
Hi What was the standard make up of a US weapons company? Or is it dependent on various things such as date or unit type (Army, Marines, CAV etc) From what...
Marines had a Weapons platoon in each company and a support company in each batallion. The weapons platoon used the 60mm mortar. USMC Weapons platoon had a...
... I believe the 60mm mortar was officially no longer US Army standard. I've heard that some infantry units did use them, but ammo supply must have been a...
Don't forget that's the book TO&E, not necessarily what was used. Lack of leg troops usually meant that the bazooka's and RCL's stayed behind as did the...
I'm planning a scenario with a base set up on a couple of hilltops with a saddle in between. I'm trying to determine what would have been airlifted up there -...
Dear Graham, I was with the 1st Air Cav Div from 69 through 71. I was witht he 2/7th Air Cav. It was divided into five companies, A-D being line infantry...
Alex Newman
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Aug 25, 2006 6:37 pm
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Dear Graham, BUilt many a fire base from 69 - 71. They all had the same lay out and weaponry for the most part. part. A perimeter of twelve bunkers with 50 ...
Alex Newman
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Flashpoint Vietnam is due out in September. It sounds neat; they've given some good descriptions of the rules on their forum. Rules and a new 15mm line to go...
narrowed new books down to vietnam only... email for entire list of books on various subjects all books shipped media mail at actual or near actual cost. ...
hello, more books for sale: 629 Classic Aircraft: chapters/articles on the stuka, zero, spitfire, b-17, p-51, b-29 hb oversize photo heavy $20.00 630 German...
Hey guy's today I received some of the Flashpoint miniatures VC and Vietnam hootches. I must say they are really nice. They are a new company with a focus on...