Iraq 1941 - Wargames Scenarios
The Scenarios all use the same format of a general briefing, player briefings and objectives, special rules and a historical comment. I have not specified any particular rules and you may use any rules that you prefer. When selecting your rules they need to favour infantry, light armour and aircraft of the early period of the war rather than the tank battles of the later period.
This part gives twelve scenarios for wargames.
I have published some of this material in the Journal of the Society of
Twentieth Century Wargamers No 68 go to
SOTCW Website
where you can buy back copies and join this society.
A really worthwhile investment if you are interested in warfare from 1900 to the
present day.These were originally written for our own local set of rules that
appear in Section 4 though they can be used with suitable changes in many other
sets. Our favoured figure size is
20mm, 1/72, 1/76 depending upon what is available with 1/76 preferred as my
collection is based on the Airfix and Matchbox model vehicles in that scale
supported with newer resin models from Frontline Wargaming, David Reasoner and
others. These transport and support
Aitrfix, Revell, HaT, Matchbox, Italeri as well as some other plastic 1/72
figures metal ones from Tumbling Dice, Raventhorpe, B&B and other manufacturers
brought in from their 20mm ranges.
The air forces are from 1/72 scale kits from a variety of manufacturers.
The models I have used to fill the gaps in what is
commercially available are conversions from Airfix and other kit manufacturers.
Also present are diecast toys converted or just repainted to fit in with
the collection. Here I have to
confess that my models go more for the look than accuracy and detail.
Partly this is because many were made under the influence of the Airfix
Magazine Guide, “8th Army in the Desert” by John Sandars and the
Airfix magazine articles that preceded it.
These publications set me off on the hobby and ever since I’ve tried to
maintain that look rather than replace all the models.
The scenarios follow the format used by CS Grant in his “Table Top Teasers” in the old “Battle” magazine and in “Battlegames” magazine and its special "Table Top Teasers".
I have tried to follow the course of the campaign with
representative actions and the scenarios can be played sequentially as a sort of
“campaign” of related battles.
Others can be added as your reading extends or you can add in fictitious actions
as you see fit. Many of the
scenarios will fit other periods or you can change the force levels and
composition to vary the actions.
Many of the scenarios have been altered to make a more balanced wargame so each
has a brief historical note that gives an outline of what happened in 1941.
The scenarios also cover a variety of different sizes of
actions that can be played out using role-play (almost pulp adventure) rules
through skirmishes to brigade level actions.
Many involve land and air forces and, occasionally, water craft.
In some I have changed the terrain and
forces to make a better game rather than be strictly historical.
I have done this to allow the players to have the chance of a decent
game. After all, who wants to play
a game that is set up so that, no matter what you do, your forces surrender or
run away?
Iraqi Counter Attack at Fallujah
River Crossing at Habib Shawi and Qrmat Ali