Hell and Heroism at Hannut, by way of Historicon 2018

Today brought the end of the 2018 Historicon up in Lancaster, PA.  As Lard America was participating with a Lard day, with guest of honor and Lard Meister Richard Clarke himself attending OI though perhaps I had better go.  Glad I did. I decided to put on  Hell and Heroism at Hannut by Ben Fiene.  […]

The British Advance

Due to the various demands of the Holiday season, and a housing emergency, Dave Wilson and I found ourselves as the only members of the Williamsburg Legati meeting a couple of weeks ago.  We took the opportunity to play a game of Chain of Command. I set up a table imagining that the battle was somewhere around […]

Taking the Crossroads

After his success at the church, Lt Ryer was ordered to secure the crossroads to Le Mesnil.  The first two sections slowly worked their way up to the position, finding their enemy holding the position. Cleary visible, the Paras found a German halftrack holding the road, its crewing manning the machine gun. Ryers quickly ordered the mortar […]

On to Victory!

I have decided to play a solo campaign of Chain of Command using Joseph Legan’s wonderful book Platoon Forward available at Too Fat Lardies.  For anyone not aware, this useful supplement generates random scenarios, provides support for them and makes it all a bit more interesting by adding a narrative campaign element. Platoon Forward us designed […]

Christmas Loot!

Well, another Christmas has come and gone and we have done very well here at Cry Havoc! I will begin with the required post.  For the last few years,l I have participated in the Secret Santa program organized by Catherine and Ian over at THE BLOG WITH NO NAME.  this is a lot of fun.  The […]