My trip To Fall In
The brothers Parker aka David and Chris left for Fall In 2026 on Thursday about 9AM and arriving there around 4PM. I had a 7PM game so that was plenty of time.
Thursday night I ran a 40mm Light Bobs game called “The Cowpens”. It was a 5 player game and went quite well. In the end the British right flank consisting of the Light Infantry, Legion Infantry, gun and British cavalry broke and that called the game.
I have a slide show here of the game.
Friday I ran two more Light Bobs games. This time it was “What if The Germans were awake?”. This assumed the Germans had taken the advice of locals that American Militia were in the area. They sent two small forces to guard the two bridges.
Here is a very short video that I took.
Saturday I did something different. Back in 2001 I read an article in Hal Thinglums Mid West Wargamers Newsletter (MWAN) on playing the entire Battle of The Bulge in 3 hours. I was fascinated by this article and download it from MagWeb which was a website that hosted archived magazines. Persons could subscribe and download articles. It was designed and run by Russ Lockwood. I forget his partners name, I think it was Timur.
Unit stands in the game were mostly Divisions and the game table was broken up into 42 zones. I ran this 5 player game twice and it was a hit. I found the rules were easy to learn and by the end of turn 2 all 5 players were running the game.
The authors name was George Knapp. I e-mailed him and low and behold he answered after 25 years and we have been chatting about the game.
Here us a small slide show from the game.
I had a lot of 12mm WWII troops so I labled them up for the game. Then I 3D printed houses, ruins, bridges and trees that were compatable with the big picture look and the 12mm miniatures. I thought the look worked and recieved many compliments.
David assumed the command of the over all US command and he checked each turn to see when Army Artillery battereis were availabe and decided which of the two players, Army group South or North got them.
Her is a list on my YouTube Channel of 5 short videos.
It was a fun convention.
Chris…