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Malaysia Scenario Design: 01 Intro

May 9, 2019Ratso 3 Comments
Party Platoon draws a map

Ed and I…right, this isn’t Ed. Some of you know me as “Ed’s Wife” but I think I’d like to be known here as Ratso. So anyway. Ed and I have been collaborating and butting heads over scenario and table… Continue Reading →

Games, History, Ramblings 1942, Australian, Bukit Bakri, Chain of Command, CoC, Gaming, Japanese, Malaysia, Military History, TFL, Too Fat Lardies, World War 2, World War II, WW2

Bungle in the Jungle: Malaya CoC Campaign, Game 1

January 14, 2018Rat6 4 Comments
Photo of Japanese figures in jungle terrain representing Malaya in 1942

A few weeks ago my friend Caleb came down to test out my new game room and play his first game against Japanese in Chain of Command. Since he had a platoon of Perry Desert Rats that hadn’t seen the… Continue Reading →

Games 1942, Australian, bamboo, Chain of Command, CoC, Common Wealth, Gaming, Japanese, jungle, Malaya, plam, Terrain, TFL, Too Fat Lardies

Historicon 2016: Race for the Corinth Canal 2.0

September 7, 2016Rat6 2 Comments

After running our Chain of Command game at Fall-In last November, Jenny and I kicked around some ideas for how we could improve the game without straying too far from the historical situation. In the initial version, the fight was… Continue Reading →

Games, History Chain of Command, CoC, Corinth, Gaming, Historicon, Scenario

New Year’s Resolutions & 2016 Projects

January 1, 2016Rat6

The New Year is here and it’s time to figure out what I’m focusing my hobby efforts during 2016. So here’s my wish list along with a brief explanation of each bullet: End 2016 with less unpainted lead than I… Continue Reading →

Ramblings Books, CoC, Gaming, German, IABSM, L'Art de Guerre, Military History, Personal, Ramblings, Russian

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