10mm New Model General

An old friend of mine, who I haven't seen in a while, was able to come over to try his luck with Crossfire. We decided to play the 'Bocage' scenario from the 'Hit the Dirt' booklet for Crossfire. It's a great scenario as it covers hidden deployment, the use of snipers, off board mortars, tanks and anti-tank guns. Brian chose to play the British (I have no American miniatures) so I was the defending Germans. My view looking North towards the British edge of the map. My objective was to hold a line of sight on the road intersection by the time the clock ran out. Start time was 0600hrs game would end at 1100hrs, advancing 30 minutes on every role of 5+ on a D6. I had three advantages, hidden deployment, 2 minefields and 2 stretches of barbed wire.  The British advanced quickly on the West side of the road. Finding an open field (red chip) the Brit commander figured an ambush was imminent. He called up his Forward Observation Officers (FO) to give them a...

There was an old soldier in my town named Peter Wilfred Tomkins, Service#M50680. I remember him telling me that he served with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment. He mentioned Italian towns like Pachino and Campobasso. He told his grandson (my good friend) that he used to climb into knocked out German tanks looking for schnapps and that some Italian girls wanted him to stay in Italy when the war was over. Old Peter's granddaughter thought that he served with the 5th Canadian Armoured Division not the Loyal Eddies (as the Loyal Edmonton Regiment was called). So I have a mystery; with whom did he serve? Fortunately there is the Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum here in Edmonton for me to start with.  Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum I'll begin my search there. I came across some interesting write ups on the LERM Museum website including a Quarterly newsletter that they post to their website. I also found the Canadian Military History Journal. Canadian Military Hi...

Edmonton Wargamer's Group - December 17th - game night Rules: Crossfire Players:   Chen-song (British forces) and myself (German Fallschirmjagers) The game was an introductory game for Chen-song as he said he's heard about Crossfire but hasn't played it. I was thankful to run the game as I have to dust the cobwebs off my brain as I hadn't played Crossfire for a while. British launched an assault from the West upon the destroyed village of Ambreville with the objective to seize two of the three houses at the crossroads. Heavy hedgerows, forests and orchards provided cover for the infantry but were obstacles for the pair of sherman tanks that were to be used as support. First (Red) Company made a push to the south of the village. 1st platoon was immediately caught in some woods where they were pinned/suppressed by German MG42 fire. 2nd platoon was able to flank further to the South and brought some fire upon the entrenched Germans, killing a squad of Germans...