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Hello friends,  not many of you know that I am a huge Indochina War buff. I recently got back to some hex and counters games thanks to Jim better known as Oriskany  at the Beasts of War (or OnTableTop as it is called now - thanks political correctness) or The SitrepPodcast. So we were playing some Valor & Victory games concentrating on the Dien Bien Phu siege that took place in the northern part of modern Vietnam known at that time as Tonkin. So far we have played one game which simulated a French patrol trying to gather some intel and locate Viet Minh positions around the base. Second game concentrated on the Viet Minh assault on Strongpoint Beatrice-1 that was held by the 9th company of the13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion. Historically Strongpoint Beatrice was the one that got overrun first on the night of 13/14th of March 1954. Here are some links if you would like to catch up: Dien Bien Phu Bonus Stream part 1 Dien Bien Phu Bonus Stream Conclusion  Die...

Hello friends, so lately I picked up a copy of Decision Games' Khe Sahn 1968 solitaire game using the rules of the Cold War Blitz system . It's a small, simple yet entertaining game. The game's specific rules can be found here . If you want to know more about the battle itself you can for example watch this video: So, the game is set. I need to hold Khe Sahn Fire Base until the end of the game. Here we go... First turn I decide to play Fire Support card which costs me one turn but strengthens the firepower of my units in or adjacent to allied fire bases. The plan is to take out the Communist entrenchments around Khe Sahn. Entrenchments 689 and 471 our primary targets this turn. Well, it's my second play and I already see that the air strikes can be too powerful against OPFOR units. After the first round of air strikes I have managed to wipe out 4 enemy units while losing one step on one of the air strikes. Entrenchment 471 secured. After the gr...

Hello friends, today something totally different. A few years back I have bought a solitaire board game published by Consim Press The Hunters: German U-Boats at War 1939-1943. As the title suggests it's about U-boats. Long story short, you pick a U-boat type and conduct patrols during which you sink allied shipping, sometimes lay mines or drop off an Abwehr agent. You can get promoted, your crew may become better or you can even earn a newer type of U-boat. Of course, as the war progresses it's really hard to stay alive when detected by escort ships. The box! This time I am going to play the basic rules. Without the more historically accurate optional rules.  So, let's get started. For the game I chose to begin with a Type VIIA U-Boat. Only 10 of these type were produced and 2 survived the war. The crew status is trained meaning no bonus or negative values apply with different rolls. My starting rank is Kapitänleutnant which allows me to choose a specific patro...