After Action Report

Dark Sands – Compass Scenario AAR, Part 3

  Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2 of this article. Turn 2 The British have the initiative and need to select their initiative chit. Not an easy decision with the Italians still perched on the coast road east of Helfaya Pass. Only the two 7th Armored Tank Brigades are in range to […]

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After Action Report, Series Replay

Dark Sands – Compass Scenario AAR, Part 2

Click this link to read Part 1 of this article. Chit 6: Axis Half Move/Combat-1 Next Chit is an Axis HalfMove/Combat. The Axis takes it as a move and attempts to cover major crossroads. The Italians in Sidi Baranni attempt to move out of their predicament. At this point they will survive the attrition phase

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After Action Report, Series Replay

Dark Sands – Compass Scenario AAR, Part 1

The following is the beginning of a multi-part After Action Review (AAR) by Tim Wilcox of the Compass Scenario from Ted Raicer’s Dark Sands. Enjoy! Turn 1 It is December 1940 and O’Conner is leading the British attack to push the Italians out of Egypt. The Axis have two VPs, one for holding Benghazi, one

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The Battle of Serafim Farm – a Playtest AAR from Gallipoli, 1915

“The Infantry simply cannot get forward against those guns. They will see them coming from miles away.” Lord Hamilton chewed on his mustache. Then the answer, my good man, is that they must not see us. Let me remind of you of the night attack by the Greeks against the Trojans – Troy is just

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After Action Report, Playtest Reports