Ian (German), Nigel (French) and myself (British) have been quietly painting some 15mm forces for Early War Rapid Fire. Today was the day to get some of them on the table for the first time. We used the Cassel - The Citadel scenario from the Blitzkrieg Battlegames book but used our own forces that were based on different battlegroups. The larger German force had to try and take a well defended hill town from the British. As Nigel had painted up a few French, we put them out on the British right flank to hold the villages of Zuytpeene and Bavinchove.
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The adventures of a wargames butterfly.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Rapid Fire 15mm Blitzkrieg.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Rapid Fire: Operation Goodwood in 20mm.
Now I am back from my holidays we were back at Nigel's house today for another game of Rapid Fire using his wonderful 20mm collection of figures and vehicles. The scenario was taken from the Rapid Fire website, Operation Goodwood which seems to have been mainly a tank battle between the British and the Germans. Nigel put me and Ian in control of the british and Nigel was in charge of the Germans. The main aim was for each side to get at least one vehicle off the opposite table edge from where they deployed.
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Rapid Fire: Operation Epsom, June 1944
We were at Nigel's house today for a game of Rapid Fire using Nigel's wonderful 20mm collection of models and figures. His terrain looked great too as it was decided that Nigel would play the Germans with Ian and I splitting the British forces between us. Both forces were tasked with capturing and holding the various villages or chateau's spread across the table.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Lion Rampant: 'the Messenger'.
Just Ian and myself again today for another game of Lion Rampant. My Normans were tasked with getting a messenger across the board whilst Ian's Hiberno Norse had to try and capture him. We used the terrain chart on p130 to select the terrain for the game and that gave us 4x marshes, 2x woods and 2x hills. A dice was also used to randomly place the scenery across the board.
The Hiberno Norse light cavalry about to charge the Norman crossbow men. It did not end well for the light cavalry after a couple of rounds of combat. With only half their light cavalry and a unit of skirmishers left whilst the Normans had only lost unit a Norman victory was declared and Friar Edan was escorted safely across the board.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Lion Rampant: 'Sausages with Mustard'
Continuing our run of Lion Rampant games Ian and I played the 'Sausages with Mustard' scenario today. One player has to try and set the buildings in the centre of the table alight, the other player has to defend them. Ian and his Hiberno Norse (Irish) force were the defenders and my Normans were the attackers.
Rapid Fire 15mm Blitzkrieg.
Ian (German), Nigel (French) and myself (British) have been quietly painting some 15mm forces for Early War Rapid Fire. Today was the day ...

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