the greatest armies in the world

[hanselthecaretaker]

pwned by the Balkans in two world wars.....

At least Italian and Greek chics are hot, so that softens the blow a little.

 

[Spartacus]

The Conquest of Malaya and Singapore was a major embarrassment for the British army.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JHySVZstIs


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore
"The Battle of Singapore was fought in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II when the Empire of Japan invaded the Allied stronghold of Singapore. The fighting in Singapore lasted from February 7, 1942 to February 15, 1942.

It resulted in the fall of Singapore — the major British military base in South East Asia — to the Japanese and the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. About 80,000 Indian Empire, Australian and British troops became prisoners of war, joining 50,000 taken by the Japanese in the Malayan campaign.

The predominantly ethnic Chinese people of Singapore had long provided material support to China in its war with Japan. This was one of the motivations for the Japanese invasion of Singapore and the later suffering and atrocities inflicted by the Japanese occupation."

I have a mint copy of "malaya and burma" produced by a japanese wargame company in the 80s
very good graphics and 22 pages of "dense english rules"
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/71800

 

[Spartacus]

Two separate games in one box. One a game on the Malaya Campaign in 1941-1942 and the other on the Japanese invasion of Burma. There are "rough" linking rules to join the two scenarios.

Features 4 hard backed maps and 2 paper maps for air combat, 600 counters and 22 pages of dense English rules.

Scale is 2-11 days a turn, 5km-43 km a hex (depending on the scenario played) and units are primarily regiments and brigades.

 

[javaguru]

Two separate games in one box. One a game on the Malaya Campaign in 1941-1942 and the other on the Japanese invasion of Burma. There are "rough" linking rules to join the two scenarios.

Features 4 hard backed maps and 2 paper maps for air combat, 600 counters and 22 pages of dense English rules.

Scale is 2-11 days a turn, 5km-43 km a hex (depending on the scenario played) and units are primarily regiments and brigades.

I've always preferred to the games with detailed rules.

 

[Phaded]

davids mighty men would fuck up anyone

 

[javaguru]

davids mighty men would fuck up anyone

Huh??? Harry Potter and his crew would pwn them...

 

[Spartacus]

I've always preferred to the games with detailed rules.

had a hard time as a teen finding anyone to play these
ended up in college "conscripting" a bunch and turning them on to high level strategy games
even created a club
the conflict simulation society
smoked a lot of pot too

I still remember one normandy game against one of my best friends and a solid opponent
he was western allies and I was krauts of course

I had skillfully organized a late june counterattack against the mulberry hex and my SS armor was going to wipe out the mulberry,and thus the entire allied beachhead(no supplies when I have panzers in the mulberry you know)

only die roll that could save the mulberry was a 1 on a d6
and I fuckin' rolled a one

fuck,fuck fuck
divisional level game and I had 4 ss divisions in on the attack
and panzer lehr too
all the tough boyz(leibstandarte,das reich,hitler jugend and the gotz von berlinchen)

fuckin' 1

 

[javaguru]

had a hard time as a teen finding anyone to play these
ended up in college "conscripting" a bunch and turning them on to high level strategy games
even created a club
the conflict simulation society
smoked a lot of pot too

I still remember one normandy game against one of my best friends and a solid opponent
he was western allies and I was krauts of course

I had skillfully organized a late june counterattack against the mulberry hex and my SS armor was going to wipe out the mulberry,and thus the entire allied beachhead(no supplies when I have panzers in the mulberry you know)

only die roll that could save the mulberry was a 1 on a d6
and I fuckin' rolled a one

fuck,fuck fuck
divisional level game and I had 4 ss divisions in on the attack
and panzer lehr too
all the tough boyz(leibstandarte,das reich,hitler jugend and the gotz von berlinchen)

fuckin' 1

We used to play WIF 5 on every Christmas break in college. Our one friend ALWAYS played Germany, he had worn the Manstein HQ counter down to the cardboard because he liked to pick it up when he thought about his next move/attack.

 

[Spartacus]

bunch guys had gathered around to see that die roll
they wanted me to take the mulberry
no one had done that before

 

[Phaded]

Huh??? Harry Potter and his crew would pwn them...

i believe in the bible.. hence davids mighty men.. i dont believe in harry potter