Team Yankee - WWIII c.1985

These are a few images of some recent Team Yankee games, featuring a classic match-up between Soviet and US armoured formations in Northern Europe in the mid-late 1980s.

In the first game, the Americans were a bit too 'free and easy' with their M1A1s and let themselves be swamped by the more numerous Soviets, who managed to KO all of the American MBTs.

In the second bout, the US player was more cautious, taking up a defensive stance, whilst letting the Apaches with Hellfire missiles go on the offensive. The Soviets were stripped of their T80s and didn't have the necessary armoured support to enable their infantry to take the objectives. Indeed the US only lost 2 M901s and 2 Apaches the entire game.

French Indian Wars - Run for the Safety of the Fort!

In this thrilling scenario, French colonists are under attack from a band of blood thirsty Indians. They are protected by some French militia and a unit of marines.

The civilians managed to escape to the safety fort, under cover of some French regular infantry, despite having a unit of Indians hot on their heels.

The rule set used was the more recent edition of Muskets & Tomahawks.

Boeotian War - Thebans Reproduce their Historical Tactics to Achieve Victory

In this hard fought action, the Thebans opted for their historical tactics of increasing the depth of the phalanx, putting their best troops on the left wing, as opposed to the traditional right, and placing their inferior hoplites and allies in echelon formation.

The Spartans had the best of the battle in the middle of the field, and the Spartiates kept fighting and passing morale checks - proving their elite status. Nevertheless, the Theban Sacred Band eventually broke the Spartaites and killed their commander in Chief. Also, the Theban cavalry and peltasts proved superior to their Spartan counterparts.

This was a good fun game. All figures are by Victrix, with a few Wargames Foundry mixed in.

Theban Hoplites Wargame

Boeotian War Wargame

Stargrave - A Rumble in the (Alien) Jungle

Another Sci fi adventure in which two teams of space adventurers, ne'er-do-wells and scavengers fight over the spoils of a crashed and abandoned spaceship. The setting is an exotic jungle planet with strange flora & fauna and bizarre rock formations.

Rules used are the popular Stargrave, which provide a quick and fun skirmish game. The figures come from two of the excellent, complimentary Stargrave Mercenaries and Troopers sets, produced by North Star.