Today’s TAC II Game

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Allen

Chris and I had a very fun game today. We played 5 turns in about 2 hours time. This was Chris’ first time playing so there was a more than normal amount of explaining rules going in but still we managed to move things along nicely and somehow (beginners luck, I’m sure) Chris managed to beat me. Good times.

(Photos are in no particular order)

: Americans entering the town

: T-90-s and BMP-2s coming into the city. Don’t tell them there is a HMMWV hiding on Baka Laka Daka Street.

: Bradleys got their asses handed to them early in the game.

: Two M-1s in a very sad state

: The Hind is out of the game

: A Russian hilltop barbecue

: Apache down. A sad moment.

: Apache inbound

: It’s not going well for the Bradleys

: Stopped and deploying the portable TOW launcher.

: Winners and losers. The two HMMWVs retreated off the table leaving two T-90s and one BMP2 to claim victory.

Ready for this Thursday’s TAC II game

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Allen

Tomorrow I will be playing TAC II with my friend Chris and we will be filming the game for a tutorial video I’m doing for In The Game Room. The board is all set up and the cameras are in place. I’m looking forward to tomorrow.

: Russian armor ready to be destroyed

: Americans lined up and ready

If all goes well the video demo will be a two camera shoot with the main camera shooting straight across the table at the two players and another camera mounted on the ceiling looking almost straight down on the board. The overhead camera will be the main view with the player view being a “picture in picture” window overlaid over the main video.

: Main camera and monitor

: Overhead camera

: Monitor for overhead camera

Thunder Run 2003 – The Final Big Game

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Allen

Had a great game tonight with 6 players, 3 per side. In the end, the Iraqis made a hell of an effort and eventually lost but they took out a lot of American armor in the mean time. The Americans ended the game with 2 M1A1 Abrams and 3 M2 Bradleys remaining. I think the Republican Guard would probably consider that a pretty good day against the Americans.

Baghdad Parade Grounds Boards – Done For Now

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Allen

I’ve done about all I can before the convention this weekend. There is almost no end of the detail I could keep adding … but this is good enough for now.

Baghdad Parade Grounds Boards Progress

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Allen

This project is going right up to the wire. It’s early Tuesday morning right now and I’ve got to have these boards at a convention in Los Angeles on Friday. It’s going to be close. Honestly, they could go just as they are right now .. but I really want to get a lot more detail added before Friday and if I can somehow manage it I would love to get one more row of boards on the east end of the set.

: The water in the pond is going in one layer at a time. It looks a little white in this photo but it dries clear

: The three boards at this end were added tonight.

: I’d like to add three more boards to this end if there is time before Friday

: I’ll be plating about 60 palm trees tomorrow

Progress Report – Baghdad Parade Grounds

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Allen

Started adding some ground texture tonight. I’ve got a long way to go but I hope to get these boards done in time for the Labor Day weekend convention in Los Angeles.

Back to work…

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Allen

I’m back from Historicon and I’ve done just a little more to my Baghdad Parade Grounds boards. The roads are painted and now it’s time to start with the ground covering. I’m also working on a few of the buildings I’ll be needing for this.

Big Micro Armor game at Historicon 2014

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Allen

Big Micro Armor game run by Chris Stockton (chrisswim on the forums). Fun game.

My Latest Bit Of Madness

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Allen

Here is the beginnings of my latest project, the Baghdad Parade Grounds in 1/285th scale. I’ve been working on the design for this set of game boards for quite a while,,, this is actually why I originally created the “Crossed Swords” miniature that GameCraft sells.

This set of boards will be massive, it’s a total of 12 boards, each one measuring 20″ x 20″. The total size of this will be 60″ x 80″ and that 80″ number is likely to grow as I add additional boards to the east end. If I cheat a little bit in distances I can maybe extend this board to the east far enough to include the Presidential Palace (The Al Sijood Palace).

On April 7th 2003, Task Force 1-64 of the 3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade rolled into the Parade Grounds after fighting their way in from the south west. Once at the Parade Grounds there was little to no resistance left in their way. I’m thinking of running a game where the US forces encounter stiff resistance at the Parade Grounds.

The first two photos show the CAD design of these boards, the second one shows the design laid over a satellite photo of the parade grounds.

Range and Line Of Sight

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Allen

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