Hex based wargames, Military Book Reviews, and Modeling
I have 5 kits on the go. I am close to finishing the Kubelwagon Radio Car – which has not been as much fun to make as I hoped. It has some photo-etched parts that I still haven’t mastered, such as the art of bending and gluing together. The Marder III is primed and I was going to try airbrushing for the first time. But I bought a cheap airbrush with a USB compressor and it broke when testing. The PAK 40 is also almost done. So will likely get two kits finished in the next week.
With my recent pick up of books from the UK and now these I have a lot of reading ahead!
During a recent trip to see my parents. I picked up some books I had previously purchased second-hand from someone via the Military Books Marketplace Facebook group. Really looking forward to delving into these when I have time.
It’s been a while since I have updated the website and posted a blog. So today I tidied up the website a little and then used some generative AI (The latest buzz word)to create a new logo for me. What do you think?
I know some players find the AI (and real-life opponents) very hard to beat. I have made a video with some tips on how to win.
I have always been a big fan of the original Avalon Hill Squad Leader and its successor Advanced Squad Leader and I know a lot of players of Valor & Victory are the same.
A lot of the feature requests we get are to make Valor & Victory more like Squad Leader by adding more features and rules. However, one of Barry Doyle’s original concepts for Valor & Victory was to have a fairly simple set of rules so that you could actually play the game rather than spend the evening trying to understand the rules to play the game.
So as a fun idea I thought why not take some Squad Leader scenarios and convert them into a format that would work with Valor & Victory?
With that idea in mind, I took the first three original SL scenarios and map board 1 and redid them so they could work in Valor & Victory.
I was quite surprised at how well the scenarios played out using Valor & Victory rules.
If you would like to try them out for yourself you can download the files from here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e4urhuw0bew09kh/SL.zip?dl=0.
For help on how to install watch the video here:
PLEASE NOTE you will need the Stalingrad DLC to be able to play.
Enjoy!
The latest edition of my magazine The Digital Wargamer is out and covers Valor & Victory.
A double interview with Barry Doyle. My parents think I am a celebrity now.
Had the pleasure of being interviewed together with Barry Doyle, Designer of Valor & Victory, by No Dice No Glory.
Get to hear my wise words on the game and the state of the wargame industry.
http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18944702/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/
