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Blitzkreig Commander IV - a teaching game.

 What is it they say, "See one, do one, teach one!" Mark and Dave asked me to take them through Blizkreig Commander, so I agreed to put out my Western Desert stuff. Forces basically the same, except the Germans had two level 9 commanders and an extra Pak36 for their 1405 points. Mark & Dave took the Brits. The table (you will get bored of this terrain soon, I swear). I put my armour out right, infantry assets left. The idea was to take on the British armour under Dave head-on, while the infantry and anti-tank guns were to delay Mark's advance. A turn later, and a much better shot. Mark swung out to my left, while Dave came down the gap. Six A13s vs 2 Panzer IVDs and IIIHs. Mark and Dave start to hammer my armour, both IVDs were silenced quickly, but I started to get involved with the A13s taking out one. My motorbikes swung right into the centre and regretted it, as they were targeted by everything! They didn't last long! PaK36s deploy out left with ...

6mm Spearhead WW2 British for Andi

Andi is an old, old friend, back from the days of DBM, so 1990s! Thought I would get more done of these before my annual visit to Lichefield and Burton, but life has rather got in teh way the last three weeks... Armoured car regiment for the British. HQ Top view 1st Squadron Each squadron has a Staghound, an infantry platoon, two daimler scout cars, two daimler armoured cars. 2nd Squadron 3rd Squadron Ready to move 4th Squadron Need to swap that humber for the spare Daimler 9and now I have)! Top view They might have gone a bit Busby Berkley on their deployment! Step two three The whole regiment He asked me to paint his airborne division for him, thankfully one brigade had already been done, but there are still plenty to do, and an armoured division, and an infantry division too. First Battalion of infantry support for the armoured regiment Front view, four companies of three platoons and five stands of HQ assets. Top...