Monday, 13 April 2020

Lebanon ‘82 - I play an old-fashioned board game! Part 1 - setup

Over lunch at 2018’s Gnuston Heights game (see here for the first of five posts on that Little Cold Wars game), the conversation turned to other campaigns which might make suitable games. Two of us having spent the previous few weeks churning out Israeli and Syrian kit our thoughts inevitably took in the 1982 ‘Peace For Galilee’ operation in Lebanon.
To add a decent map to my reading I picked up this board game. As the lockdown seems set to continue for some time yet, yesterday I separated the counters and set up the game so I can play it solo over the coming week. It must be at least a decade - possibly two - since I last played a conventional board game like this so it’ll be interesting to see how I get on.

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4 comments:

  1. Duc de Gobin13 April 2020 at 13:12

    Excellent choice.
    That is a great game.

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  2. Neil Patterson13 April 2020 at 13:31

    Interestingly one that I've got to use as the basis for a campaign, for which I have researched Megablitz OoBs.
    The 20mm figures and 1/87th armour/vehicles have yet to be converted and painted, as until recently, 1/87 Merkava I were not easy to find.
    Neil

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  3. Tim Gow13 April 2020 at 17:36

    Duc de Gobin
    That’s good to know!

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  4. Tim Gow13 April 2020 at 18:15

    Neil Patterson
    I’ve had it in mind as a Megablitz game for about 20 years! I already have most of the kit in 6mm.

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