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About the Project
It's the return of Oriskany's Web Wargames, where we connect with YOU, members of the community, over the web to stage live wargames. This thread will go over the ideas, concept development, design, LIVE PLAYS, and after-action reports for these games, covering all periods and ranges of the historical genre.
For anyone who's ever interested in participating in one of these games, all you need is an internet connection (so software downloads required). Reach out me (Oriskany) on a PM and so we can agree on a time and a system.
Systems so far include multiple iterations of Panzer Leader (1939-2020), Valor & Victory (1918-1993), Naval Command, AirWar C21, Contact Front, and others!
So feel free to toss in ideas, reach out to play, just spectate, or just comment and +1 on the design and after action reports!
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Video Stream - Elessar v Oriskany- Black Powder Historical Madness
Another successful playtest! American riflemen sniping Crown commanders! Iroqouis lurking in the woods! Crown German grenadiers in a charge! German jaegers (riflemen light infantry) pinning down Continental regulars! LOOT THE TAVERN! The end of this battle is a pure madness of command-tactical black powder combat.
Thanks to everyone who came out to our stream!
And thanks to @elessar2590 for a great game, and for working through small rules changes that we’re still writing as we continue our live playtesting of the new Battlefield: Revolution system! 😀
Live stream with Elessar2590 and Oriskany, 10PM UK Time
Today we have the return of @Elessar2590 to our stream, where we’ll be taking another look at BATTLEFIELD: REBELLION, our new command-tactical wargame of the American Revolution. With slightly redesigned counters and tweaked turn sequence, we’ll also be rolling out some new factions for the first time, namely the Crown Germans (“Hessians”) and the Native Americans of the Iroquois Confederacy, which played such a crucial role in the northern campaigns of 1775-1779.
Images from yesterday's game
Just a few screen captures from yesterday’s game with @elessar2590. Big thanks to him for helping us out with this playtest, it was great getting insight form an expert in the French and Indian Wars and Napoleonic Wars! 😀
British force for the game. This was a hypothetical, non-historic game with evenly matched forces and commanders for playtesting purposes. The Crown force includes one line regiment (line infantry +flanking companies of grenadiers and light infantry), and one auxiliary company of Loyalist militia.
American force, with the understrength regments of Continental Regulars, filled out with a mix of veteran and raw militia. Both regiments also have a detachment of the dreaded American riflemen.
The situation on Turn 5 on the American right. Although I was holding well for the moment, I had lost both divisions of American artillery (6 pounders) in some forced withdrawals / stacking violations. So British artillery would be unchallenged from here on, and I'm sure they would eventually help break my hold on the objective hex (ford over that stream).
I was doing better on the American left. I had broken the "Tory" militia with a charge of two companies of New York regulars, and was still holding that objective hex (hunting lodge). Pretty sure I would hold that lodge, and take the objective hex to the northwest. So even if I lost that ford on the eastern port of the field, I would be left with three out of five objectives on the table and thus a narrow American win for this game overall.Successful Playtest
So we had a pretty solid first swing at Battlefield: Rebellion last night. A few rules errors here and there, but not bad for a first live game. @Elessar2590 stood tall for the Crown, while @Oriskany did justice by the Patriots.
The playthrough of the first six turns is on Sitrep Podcast YouTube.
Battlefield: Revolution 1775-81
As part of Sitrep Podcast’s new broader historical focus, we’re hosting a live stream this evening for Battlefield: Revolution, a new game we’re playtesting for the community. The game puts the player in tactical command of small-to mid-sized battles of the American Revolution, putting the destiny of American liberty, or loyalty to the Crown, in their hands.
Live Stream: Sitrep Podcast Channel
The game has been extensively playtested in “pre-alpha” solitaire, tonight will be the first test with a “live” player (@elessar2590).
We hope you’ll join us as a brand-new community wargame comes out of the gate!
Scales: 100 yard hexes, 10-minute turns, company+ counters (60-100 men)
Fast, clear, simple rules for formation, linear tactics, charges, command, and morale
Factions include Patriot (Continental and Militia), British Army, Loyalist Militia, Native Americans, and Crown Germans ("Hessians"). French to come.
Historical map for the Battle of Trenton, 26 December 1776
Replay of Trenton in progress. Balancing complete Hessian surprise vs. extreme American victory requirements (not a single unit lost historically) has been tough with this one. "Yankee Squadron" - US v. USSR - AirWar C21 in the World of Team Yankee
August, 1985. As described in the novels by General Sir John Hackett and later Harold Coyle, the Cold War is about to go hot in Europe.
With games like Team Yankee and NORTHAG giving us a great look at what ground combat might have looked like in a potential European World War III, we’re using AirWar C21 by Wessex Games to take such conflict into the skies.
Had such a war ever occurred, the first (and probably most vital) phase would have been a clash of air power over the prospective battlefield. Only the side that won air superiority would be able to commit ground attack assets like A-10s, Su-25s, Hinds, Cobras, Apaches, etc.
This is Part Two – walking through a beginning game of AirWar C21 set in 1985. We’ll be pitting a pair of American F-16 Falcons against a pair of MiG-29 Fulcrums, meeting over West Germany, part of a vast air battle to determine control of the skies over the Fulda Gap.
x2 F-16C Fighting Falcons
512th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 86th TFW
Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany
x2 of MiG-29A “Fulcrums”
773rd Fighter Aviation Regiment, 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Div
GSFG, Merseburg
IMPROVED AUDIO, I’m happy to say.
YouTube channel and Twitch.
Preparations complete for today's game
Good afternoon all,
The Iwo Jima Valor & Victory game is running today at 1PM EST / 6PM GMT.
We’ll be looking at “E” Company, 2/28th Marines, trying to scale the eastern slope of Mount Suribachi against elements of 312th Independent Infantry Battalion, 2nd Mixed Brigade, 109th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Check out the Sitrep Podcast Channel on YouTube or Twitch:
Here is the map. Obviously we have some very jagged elevation here, sloping up from low ground in the east to high ground in the west. Objectives are marked, the Marines must take at least three of them within six turns. Crater markers are the same ones I created for World War I Valor & Victory. There are also "dead trees" hexes new for this game, I'll be counting them as +1 HINDRANCE rather than a +2 OBSTRUCTION. 
The Marine Force, showing 105 officers and men. Constructed per F-Series TOE / OB FM-1 dated May 1944, nothing above battalion level, accounting for several days of casualties (a full Marine rifle company would actually be a lot bigger than this). Included are flamethrowers issued from Battalion S-4, but everything else is right out of standard company OOB, including M1919A4 .30 cal machine guns, Bazookas, and 60mm mortars. Support missions include three light barrages (81mm mortars) from battalion, two heavy barrages from regiment (28th Marines), and two fighter-bomber strikes (F-4U Corsairs from USS Bunker Hill).
Japanese force, showing an understrength company from 312th Independent Infantry Battalion, 2nd Mixed Arms Brigade, 109th Infantry Division of the Imperial Japanese Army. The 312th were the troops assigned to defend Mount Suribachi. Note the new bunker and cave entrance counters created for this game. Japanese infantry will be able to travel UNDERGROUND between cave entrances so long as the entrances are within four hexes, very handy when the Marines are sweeping the ground above with .30 cal, flamethrowers, and mortar fire.
Initial set up. The Marines are all out of sight or at least out ofr range of Japanese weapons. We'll kick off with the American "command phase" at the beginning of Turn 01.
Here's what some of the action might look like. Tune in today to see how it goes down! Live Stream - Iwo Jima 75th Anniversary - Valor & Victory
Hello, everyone. This Sunday at 1PM EST / 6PM UK Time, we’ll be featuring a live stream wargame commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima.
The initial landings took place on Feb 19, 1945 (see our 75th Anniversary Commemorative Ops Center episode here). But the battle continued through five more weeks, including battles at places like Mount Suribachi, the Quarry, the Meatgrinder, Hill 362, Motoyama, and Kitano Gorge.
So we’ll be running a series of games to mark some of these events, pitting US Marines of 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Division (V Amphibious Corps) against Kuribayashi’s hardened 109th Imperial Japanese Army Division.
You can tune in on Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook. I hope to see some of you there!
YouTube channel and Twitch.
