Short Primer Before D+20 Starts Up

It has been a little over two-weeks since the final D+19 entry was posted. I think it will be helpful to provide a bit of a primer before we head into D+20. Just to give readers a refresher on where we’re at, major events and other important information. Beats having to dig back into the …

2021 Holiday Tournament: Championship

Championship Round All good things must come to an end. But before this tournament concludes, there is a smidge of business left to handle. That would be selecting a champion between the two remaining wargames. 😊 So, without further ado, let’s get to it. Author’s Note: Category scoring will be presented a bit differently. Each …

2021 Holiday Tournament: Final Four Part II

Final Four Part II Tactical Games #2 MBT vs Central Front Operational #1 Third World War:Battle for Germany Here we go again. Two superstar titles fighting to advance. Rules- With the difference in scales between these titles, you’d expect BfG rules to be vastly more complex and the rulebook rivaling War and Peace in size …

2021 Holiday Tournament Semifinals: Central Europe Operational

Semifinals Central Front Operational #1 Third World War: Battle for Germany vs #2 NATO: The Next War in Europe As was the case in the Tactical semifinal, both of these titles are already established classics. It’s only proper that they square off here. The victor takes the Central Front Operational region and moves on to …

2021 Holiday Tournament: Round 2 Central Front Operational

Central Front Operational #1 Third World War: Battle for Germany vs #3 1985: Under an Iron Sky Monster wargames are not for the faint of heart. Monster NATO-Warsaw Pact Central Front wargames are especially not for casual gamers. Both of these titles qualify as monsters from different eras and this is apparent in their design, …

2021 Holiday Tournament Round 1: Central Front Operational

#1 Third World War: Battle for Germany vs #8 The Next War: Modern Conflict in Europe NATO vs Warsaw Pact in Central Europe in the 1980s captures the imagination like no other hypothetical conflict ever has and probably ever will. Both of these titles were released at times when this conflict appeared quite possible. The …

The Central Front D+19 (28 July, 1987) Part III

1300- President Reagan places a call to SACEUR and gives the American general the green light to prepare and launch the anticipated counter-offensive. He warns SACEUR that NATO forces are not to cross the Inner-German or Czech border under any circumstances unless Reagan orders otherwise. “Your mission is to push the Russians out of West …

The Central Front D+19 (28 July, 1987) Part II

Author’s Note: CENTAG is coming first because my laptop went south on Friday and it took over 36 hours to get it reset and all my files recovered. Need some extra time to gather my CENTAG and NORTHAG timelines and notes up from the wreckage. As a result, this entry will be short, unfortunately. 😊 …

The Central Front D+19 (28 July, 1987) Part I

The opening hours of D+19 in Germany were marked by a series of small unit engagements along the length of the front. As the morning went on, the size and scope of the battles rose. Contact and engagements of company and battalion size broke out in sectors where the lines had been rather stationary, such …

Politics of Armageddon: Alliance Politics

While US generals and admirals went to work planning the next phase of military operations in Central Europe, other European theaters and beyond, The leaders of the United States, Great Britain, France and the Federal Republic of Germany discussed what was to come next. Each leader had his or her own concepts and goals. In …