Ultramodern Wargaming – Ukraine 2024
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About the Project
Lately, I've been running war games every weekend with members of the community via web conference. Players log on and play wargames with each other in real time, regardless of location, and we usually have at least a couple spectators as well. Many times it’s been Darkstar, but we’re also running wargames in Panzer Leader, Arab-Israeli Wars, and now Valor & Victory.
BoW/OTT community members @brucelea, @damon, @davehawes, and @rasmus have taken the plunge, leading battalions across thousands of meters of desert, starfleets in pitched battles across the heavens, or vicious firefights in the jungles of Vietnam, all without leaving the comfort of their home.
Hard-core, old-school command-tactical wargames can now be run (complete with spectators and recordings) in real time, with BOTH PLAYERS moving pieces across THE SAME virtual game board, thus maintaining player agency, speedy and instant results (no play by e-mail), interwoven turn sequences, any questions / feedback instantly received and addressed, and with the game being virtually recorded as it goes, a ready-made battle report can actually be created as we go.
All of this without the players having to install any new software on their computer, on any platform (PC or Mac). All that's needed is to agree on a time, a handful of dice, and a bellyful of courage!
Every weekend can now be a boot camp! All without costing me thousands of dollars in airfare, too!
Related Game: PanzerBlitz
Related Genre: Historical
This Project is Active
Live Stream - 5PM UK Time - 82nd at Market Garden
Gianna and Jim are sitting down for a recreation of the Waal River by 82nd Airborne Division (3rd Bn / 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment). This was part of Operation Market-Garden in the southern Netherlands, as famously recreated in the movie “A Bridge too Far.”
In order to seize a vital bridge over the Waal River, elements of 3/504 PIR (along with C/307th Airborne Engineers) must cross the river in improvised assault boats under heavy German fire (Kampfgruppe Reinhold, 10th SS Panzer Division) in order to attack the bridge from both ends at once.
We’re a little late for our 75th Anniversary recreation (20 September 1944), but this is a project we both wanted to do.
We’ll be live streaming this game at 12 Noon EST / 5PM UK time on the Sitrep Twitch Channel. We hope you’ll join us!
UK in the Gulf War - 1991
Come join us at Sitrep Podcast LIVE STREAM for a look at ROyal Scots Dragoons Guards vs, Iraqi 52nd Armored Division, February 26 1991 during Gulf War One.
Sunday, September 22
7:00 UK Time
2:00 East US Time
Panzer Leader 1939 Poland - CONCLUSION
Myself and @yavasa CONCLUDE our 80th Anniversary Commemorative Panzer Leader Series of the Polish Campaign of 1939.
This is Part 3 of our third game of the series, where we’re recreating part of the Battle of Jordanów. This is where 2nd Panzer Division tangled with the 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade in one of the first mobile engagements of World War II, fought primarily on 2 September 1939, opening the southern invasion routes toward Kraków.
System: Panzer Leader with Arab-Israeli Wars (3rd Edition) retrofits and minor “house rule” modifications (infantry movement rates, stacking limits, etc).
SITREP LIVE STREAM – PARAS IN FALKLANDS (9PM UK TIME)
Come join us at Sitrep Podcast LIVE STREAM for a look at B Company, 3rd Para on the southern slope of Mount Longdon during the Falklands War. This assault was made on the night of 11-12 June 1982, and today we’ll see if the British can carry the day again (or technically – carry the night).
Sunday, September 15
9:00 UK Time
4:00 East US Time
Poland 1939: Panzer Leader Games
A while ago, my friend @yavasa and I resolved to undertake a project we felt was pretty special. We wanted to “sound the starter gun” on the 80th Anniversary of World War II, with some commemorative publications and wargames centered on the official opening of the conflict, Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939.
September 1, 2019 marks the 80th anniversary of that fateful morning.
Over the next few weeks we’ll be putting up a series of write ups, battle reports, wargames, documents, maps, and photos to put a spotlight on this often overlooked and misunderstood opening chapter of the Second World War.
We wanted to do this as a forum thread instead of a project or an article series so we could invite participation from the community as well. Where have you done Poland on the table top, game board, or even computer screen? What documentaries, books, magazine articles, or wargames have you found insightful on the topic? What stories have you heard, what questions do you have?
USMC at the DMZ - 1967 (PART 2)
Now it’s time for the conclusion of the Valor & Victory Vietnam game between myself and @elessar2590 . Do my US Marines have what it takes to seize the all-important high ground from the NVA, limiting their ability to establish artillery fire on key targets for the upcoming Tet Offensive?
No spoilers, but suffice it to say … this one is CLOSE!
Gulf War Panzer Leader Highlights Video - Part 02
Part one of our playtest highlights reel is up on the Sitrep Podcast YouTube Channel.
This one still has a few bugs in it, the overall system is sound but there is some “edition conflict” in a few of game values on the counters.
Stay tuned for Part Two, and again, if you ever be interested in …
- Darkstar (please let me know what faction you’d prefer – Wave two ships are of course now available)
- Valor & Victory (WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Lebanon, or Falklands).
- Arab-Israeli Wars (1956, 67, 73, or 82 Lebanon)
- Tactical Combat Middle East (Panzer Leader in 1991)
- Panzer Leader WW2 as always, virtually any theater or campaign.
- AirWar C21 (any period 1950-present, Vietnam jet combat?)
- Naval Command (any period 1950-present)
… live on our channel, just drop me a PM and we’ll try to get you sorted out!
