SAN THEODOROS CAMPAIGN - Mounted Special Forces

Neil M, one of my fellow Cold War Commanders, for many years has been running a solo CWC Khemed campaign inspired by the Tintin books. You can check out his latest exploits on his blog https://asandboxinsheffield.blogspot.com/ 

For a while now I have been wanting to do something similar and have been working towards a solo campaign set in San Theodoros. Progress has been very slow for one reason or another but now I have ressurected the project and am working on getting all the bits and bobs finished so I can start the campaign. 

At Sunday's Joy of Six the trade stand was positioned next to Rob F and his 2d6 Wargaming stand and he had some of the new Rhodesian Bush Wars range available and one pack that caught my eye was the Grey's Scouts. Now I don't plan on wargaming the Rhodesian Bush War but I thought these figures would be great to represent some Special Forces on horseback in my campaign. 

So as soon as I got back from Sheffield I started working on the first three bases. I actually bought three packs (36 figures), the remaining figures will probably end up being mounted Los Picaros (a group of freedom fighters led by General Alcazar in the Tintin series).

JOY OF SIX 2023 - Photos

On Sunday I headed over the Peak District to Sheffield to attend my favourite show of the year, the fantastic Joy of Six organised by Baccus. The original plan was to take the trade stand and set up a game with the Cold War Commanders but unfortunately family commitments meant that I didn't have enough time to dedicate to a game. So it was just the trade stand however my fellow Cold War Commanders Richard C and Andy T, assisted by Andy C, Neil M and Ian S did put on a pair of games entitled Prague Summer 1948. One using CWC and the other using TacWW2. Check out http://thelandofcounterpane.blogspot.com/2023/07/joy-of-six-report.html?m=1and https://andysboncingblog.blogspot.com/2023/07/joy-of-six-2023-game.html for excellent reports on the two Cold War Commanders games 

As usual at this event it was busy busy busy! I didn't get as much time as I would have liked to have a wander around but it was great to catch up with some of the other traders and gamers. This year there were some spectacular games and it was a great advert for what can be achieved in 6mm.

Swag 👍

Great show as always 👍 Massive thanks to Peter Berry and his Baccus Team plus all the volunteers for making it such a fantastic show. Thoughts turn to Joy of Six 2024 now....