Maybe I am dead?

 Wow – it has been like, forever since the last post.  No lame excuses, I just haven’t felt like posting.  That doesn’t mean that I haven’t been busy.

 

After 3 or so years of actively trying to find a D&D group I’ve managed to find 2.  One is just down the road and very old school playing Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (AD&D) which was the rule set when I was in college and in the Army.  The other is a couple of towns over and plays 5^th edition with the 2024 rules updates. It’s really interesting to see how the game has evolved.  And more importantly, both allow a chance to indulge in fantasy and get away from the real world for a while.  And let’s face it, who doesn’t enjoy taking a sword and hacking up a monster now and then.

 

On the painting front I’ve been busy with micro armor for the Faux Fulda, WWIII project.  And I haven’t forgotten that I owe a post on the construction of the terrain boards.  I’ve also been trying to clean up/organize the gaming room – which is feeling like a lost cause.  But I have stumbled across some odds and ends that needed painting, more on that in a future post.

 

So, onto the photos.  Europe 1985ish, NATO and Soviet forces.

 

First up, a West German Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion.  I’ll be using the ‘Fist Full of Tows III’ rules, which has each stand representing a platoon.  The Battalion has  Two Heavy Recon Companies consisting of 2 Leopard 1A4 tank platoons and one  Luchs recon platoon each, one Light Recon Company consisting of 3 platoons of Luchs, and one Recon Infantry Company consisting of 3 platoons of Infantry mounted on Fuchs.

 

 

Next up, 3 Squadrons of the 11^th Armored Cavalry Regiment. Each Squadron consist of 3 Cavalry Troops each containing 2 M1 Tank Platoons and 3 M2 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle Stands, and 1 Tank Company consisting of 3 M1 Tank Platoons, and 1 self-propelled mortar platoon.  (These are the original M1’s with the same 105mm gun as the M-60 series tanks, it is 1985 after all)

And lastly for this post, a couple of U.S. Tank Battalions.  Each Battalion consist of 4 Companies each with three platoons of M60-A3 tanks, plus a battalion Scout Platoon in M-113 APCs and a self-propelled Mortar platoon.

That's it for now.  Who knows, I may not wait 4 months for the next post.

Take care.

So much lead, so little time.