The Seven Years War

When I purchased it I was a bit intrigued about this game. After a few hours of playing it, I am still intrigued about this game.

The Seven Years War (1756-1763)
By Oliver Keppelmüller
Published by Steam

DCS Black Shark 2: Republic Campaign

DCS Black Shark 2: Republic Campaign
Published by: Eagle Dynamics
US $9.99 Download

A DCS World 1.5-only campaign DLC with 20 missions for DCS Black Shark 2.

Command: Northern Inferno, Review

Command: Northern Inferno
by: Warfare Sims
Published by: Slitherine/Matrix Games
US $19.99 Download
US $ 27.99 Boxed Version

Dust off your Oily Qs For All Out Naval Warfare during the 1970s.

Arma 3 - Sniper Positions May Require Some Work and Nerves

The Province of Corrientes, Argentina. A couple of clicks from the Uruguay River (which marks the Brazil-Argentina border) and in a remote area of the forest, troops from the Mechanized Infantry Regiment 25 (Argentine Army) have seized intelligence that indicates that subversive militias protecting a drug cartel are expanding their footprint towards the many logging villages in the area.

Steel Armor: Basra 86

Finally I got an opening in my time to install and play some of the newest Steel Armor's DLC Basra 86.

The DLC comes with a new map (a portion of the Shatt al-Arab river) with a campaign to go tanking as Iraq or Iran.

DCS Mig-21bis - No Mercy for Traitors, Part 3

This is a narrative/debrief of a custom single player mission in which I am flying a Mig-21bis in DCS. DCS Mig-21bis is a high fidelity simulator of the famous interceptor/multirole supersonic jet. Equipment, airbases and weapons may be a bit off their real life time frame (i.e. mixed from modern and the 80's) due to DCS World's limitations in installations, arsenal and inventory. Be patient on that and do not throw the book on me on that matter. This debrief contains some language.

Note: this mission flow in DCS World 1.2. Prettier visuals will come in future debriefs.

Mud spike, 12 o' clock ... Engaging bandit! Knowing that my wing man was a tad behind my Mig (his climbing made him loose some considerable airspeed), I assume he is in for a heads-on (mud spike 12 o' clock). But when I look over my shoulders I see a bandit (a Turkish F-5) closing in towards me.

Continues from here.

Holystone-ing in Command Modern Air and Naval Operations

A great game and a fantastic book sail together in a fine Sunday afternoon.

New Contact! An intelligence gathering mission by a us Sturgeon class SSN, 130 nm off the coast of the Kola peninsula.

Command Ops 2 - Westwall Module

On the charges of dropping the ball on a module from one of my favorite games, guilty as charged your honor.

Panzer Battles Normandy - AAR: Epilogue

“Keep going, don’t stop,”
Lieutenant Colonel Murray Scott
Zuehlke, Mark (2011-11-08). Breakout from Juno: First Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign, July 4–August 21, 1944 (Canadian Battle) (p. 321). D & M Publishers. Kindle Edition.

The scenario has ended to a draw.

The end game screen showing how elusive victory can be.

Panzer Battles Normandy - AAR, Part 5: Violence of Battle

The fight has been heavy and we can only hope to hold the gains we achieved. The slaughter is extreme, I can't point to any important terrain feature where friend or foe have not died at murderous rates. An early culmination point arrives after the last convulsions of the front line.

0900

The Cavalry Highlanders, right at the  west flank objective, hold the line in various states of disarray. Note their morale and casualty levels.