French IndoChina War

One of our members has began painting up a large number of French and Vietnamese for this period. They are in 10mm, but they look nice. This idea just came about after he saw someone else gaming this period. So, his idea is, to have all the French and their various allies be ran by gamers. The Vietcong will be run by a referee. We have done games like this before, and they are very enjoyable. One site that dabbles in this period is: http://www.hksw.org/index.htm

This is the Hong Kong Society of Wargamers. They have some gaming reports on there that are very interesting.

We have done the French Foreign legion vs the Arabs. This was done in either 20mm or 25mm's. The scale escapes me. Each player was assigned a certain number of troops with various victory conditions. Very enjoyable! We even had a fort for the Legionnaires to defend. We have done scenarios where the Legion had to get from one side of the table to another with supplies they needed to protect, make dashes to an oasis to bring water back to the fort.

I have put on a WW2 micro armor game in this same fashion. I had a German counter attack against an allied invasion. Yes, D-Day was what I fashioned the scenario after with some modifications.

We actually find that games like this result in fewer arguments as everyone is on the same team. Yes, I said arguments, but these are usually in the spirit of the game. No one likes to lose(Grin)

As we progress in this era, I will be sure to post!

As for what I have been doing lately, well nothing. I haven't gamed in a couple weeks now. The Little Wars convention was just completed, though I did not attend, a few of our group did. I haven't painted either as my regular homelife activities have kicked in with the nicer weather.

I am sure I will be gaming this coming week and a report of some sort will be filed. Until then....