Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Wargames Set In Lebanon
Moderns, Painting, Rules Modern
Given the recent unpleasantness in the Levant, it might be interesting to game a battle between the IDF and Hezbo terrorists—err, militia. Andrew Thompson has a page on gaming battles in Lebanon, including a painting guide, some VERY nice photos and a simple set of rules for playing the conflict.
It would be interesting to know readers’ reaction to this page. While wargamers have no compunction about gaming wars, a good many seem to draw the line at the more modern stuff ... too close to home ... too recent. Others, however, think that this is the most interesting thing to do, precisely because it is so immediate.
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I’m conflicted about this.
On the one hand, it’s distasteful to make an amusement out of other people’s misery, but really, we do that all the time with historical wargaming. It’s just that most of the troops I deploy represent people dead for centuries or more, so I can disassociate myself a bit.
Also, the conflict seems a little one sided, at least as far as the ground forces are concerned. But that’s probably just a skewed perspective I have, given the so-called “coverage” we’re getting of the conflict here in the US.
The “simple rules” are a cute cut-down version of 40k, and would probably be fun.
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