Scenario: Warning Yellow, Weapons Hold

This week the kids are with their mum on Sunday, so Henry and I will have our Saturday free for a bit of gaming. It’s been a while since we’ve played Danger Zone (my rules in development), so I’ve come up with a reasonably small scenario involving a Surface Action Group (SAG) in action off

The ‘Martini’ Navy

Along side the US forces I’ve been painting up, I’ve also slapped some paint on some smaller units which I mentioned last time. As I don’t have permanent labels on my bases I’ll be able to mix-and-match these to represent Iranians, Libyans, Soviets, and any number of smaller navies. Similarly, the MiG-25s are just painted

CVBG

I’ve pretty much got the CVBG finished, though more research has meant that the formation will change – which means another order to Navwar 🙂 The eventual CVBG will consist of: CV-59 USS Forrestal (centre) CG-47 USS Ticonderoga (ahead of the Forrestal) DDG-997 USS Hayler (on the Forrestal’s starboard bow) FF-1059 USS Sims (port bow)

Teeny tiny tomcats

Apologies – it’s been quite a while since I’ve posted. I’d sort of lost my wargaming mojo, but this week I got back on the horse and got some painting done. I ripped my US Navwar 1/3000 ships off their bases and stripped them down using cellulose thinners which worked a treat. I was actually