Wargames that Teach Leadership - Extraordinary college

A friend pointed me to this interesting site (see below, it immediately caught my attention with the novel use of egg timers next to the counter bases):  

I suggest you take a look yourself (see link below): 

https://www.extraordinary.college/tin-soldiers-iron-wills/

The scenarios looked appealing:

• The Battle of Luethen
• A Special Forces "smash and grab" from a train behind enemy lines
• A successful Viking raid is confronted with a Saxon Shieldwall between it and its longship home
• A Three Musketeers "look out for your friends" escapade

Interesting, although I cannot afford the price of the games in their commercial "training" use!

Footnote: I did meet "the timers" game in action at Partisan 2026. Chatting to the guy who organised it and he said he was in touch with the designer. Fairly simple game, use a unit and wait until the timer stops before you can use it next while the battle swirls around you! Quick wins can turn out to be long term losses. 

 

Note to Self: Urban Warfare Link

https://groundedcuriosity.com/urban-warfare/

Interesting Wargaming Rules Web Site - Lou Coatney

Lou Coatney's Military and Naval Historical Chess Games/Brettspiller, Writings, and Models

https://www.coatneyhistory.com/

Know your Solar Noon no matter where in the wold you are!

The 12:00 on your digital device is not the same as the Solar Noon (as per a a sun dial), to calculate the digital time for your Solar Noon check out this web-site (see below, thank "gawd" for clever people who can do mathematics that I cannot):

https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/solcalc/

Courtesy of the ESRL Global Monitoring Laboratory, a  big thank you to you!

Note to Self: British Tank Development WWII - Website/Article

 https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/britains-struggle-to-build-effective-tanks-during-the-second-world-war

Wargames Development Website - Revamp

A nice new revamp of the Wargames Development Website:

https://wargamedevelopments.org/

Note to Self: Brian Train's Stuff is ALWAYS Worth a Look! Urban Warfare

Putting this here so I don't mislay this link (see below, link to Brian Train's web-site, but specifically Urban Warfare game):

https://brtrain.wordpress.com/the-quick-page/

Something for me to look at later.

SPI Rules Download Link

Cornucopia of good old stuff from the counter pushing days of yore: 

https://www.spigames.net/rules_downloads.htm

For example try Anzio Beach Head!

Fascinating stuff locked away here!

WWII Desert War Information - Beds Fomm and more

http://www.desertrats.org.uk/battles1941.htm#Beda

The Armchair Dragoons Website - Well Worth a Visit

 https://www.armchairdragoons.com/

I have listened to their podcasts (they helped me through endless stints of DIY painting a large kitchen and for that I am forever grateful) and I am now a hooked and avid fan :) 

Lots of interesting unboxings on their web-site too (Fire Team caught my eye)!

Interesting Website: Table Top History by Pete Pelligrino

Excellent website by a wargaming legend from the US Naval War College!

https://www.tabletophistory.net/

His simplified battle of Trafalgar - Age of Sail Battle rules can be found here: 

https://sites.google.com/view/battle-of-trafalgar/online-game/rules?authuser=0

Note to self: Board Gaming Site/Resource

Interesting Board Game Web-Site:

https://theboardgaminglife.com/about-us/

In particular a game about the Peloponnesian War (Athens v Sparta) from GMT and the same designer who created the Victory Games one I have (and have been meaning to play for teh last decade):

https://theboardgaminglife.com/2017/07/16/pericles-the-peloponnesian-wars/

Not cheap but looks good!

An alternative from the Plastic Soldier Company is:
http://theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=163_164&products_id=1264

There is also always the DBA Campaign ;)

Code Breaking Simulation: Lorenz at Virtual Bletchley Park (Bill Tutte)

Came across this while spending some idle time on the net. Lorenz was the higher/harder level of secret transmission than Enigma that the Germans used (see below):

http://lorenz.virtualcolossus.co.uk/LorenzSZ/#
http://lorenz.virtualcolossus.co.uk/lorenz.html

Need to play with the first one a bit and follow the tutorial ;)