Mentioned in Dispatches Season 6 Episode 1
Season 6 Premiere! - Game Mods
Hello and welcome to your listener’s guide for Season Six! I’m looking forward to all the interesting topics and learning more about the hobby we enjoy.
My knowledge about wargaming is limited. I knew this before I started creating these guides and at the end of season 5, I was reminded how little I knew, yet how much I learned along the way. My knowledge and experience with modding games is even more limited, so there might be more mistakes in this listener’s guide than usual. Please let me know when I linked to an incorrect game, company, or website.
I discovered trying to find many of these mods was difficult, (I’m looking at you Full Canvas Jacket for Red Barron). I decided not to link to all the mods that are discussed. Instead, I will provide links to the games discussed and you can then search for those mods if you are interested. If you find cool mods, please add them to the forum.
I don’t use Facebook, so I didn’t think it was worth it to post a link to Gary Krockover’s Wargame Artwork Group that leads to a page stating, “This is a private group”. If you are interested, you can Google it.
I didn’t find the Red Barron Full Canvas Jack Mod Set. I found people discussing it in forums, but nothing concrete about the mod itself. If you know where it might be, please share.
Unlike other wargame magazines from the past, finding copies of Fire and Movement online is difficult. I didn’t find the article that Brant mentioned by John Compton.
Please note, the link to the Flashpoint: Central Front variant, leads to the file section of Flashpoint: Golan – The Fifth Arab-Israeli War game. Brant provided that link on the podcast page, thank you!
With that, here’s the guide!
Books and ArticlesZones of Control: Perspectives on WargamingThe Complete Wargames Handbook How to Play, Design, and Find Them by James F. Dunnigan
RPGThursday – Searching for My Personal/Tactical TravellerRPG WargameGrognard Gaming – WW2 Deluxe: European Theater (Canvas Temple Publishing, 2018) - the article about WW2 Deluxe: European Theater by RockyMountainNavy
WebsitesAir Combat WargamesThe Portfolio of Mark MahaffyHere's the map of Crusader Rex that Brant talked about:
Source:
Crusader Rex - Personal Redux ProjectGary Krockover's webapge with examples of his artworkImage of Third Reich map by Gary KrockoverImage of Carrier map by Gary KrockoveriSimulacrum - Archived image of site from June 24th, 2016.
Pacific Rim Publishing - (Just Plain Wargames)The Game CrafterLITKO Game AccessoriesThe Broken TokenWeather Dice - This Kickstarter is over; however they look very cool.
Lone Canuck PublishingRommel in the Desert Enhanced - Rommel in the Desert Enhanced - Kickstarter Brant talks about
PicoArmorCanvas Temple Publishing - Old Codgers Trying to Retire!
Fort Circle GamesGamesDon't Tread on Me: The American Revolution Solitaire Board GameVictory in the Pacific (1977)Squad Leader (1977)Panzer: The Game of Small Unit Actions and Combined Arms Operations on the Eastern Front 1943-45 (2012)MBT (Second Edition) (2016)Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 (Second Edition) (2019)Wing Leader: Supremacy 1943-1945 (2016)The Game of France, 1940: German Blitzkrieg in the West (1972)1776: The Game of the American Revolutionary War (1974)Downtown: Air War Over Hanoi, 1965-1972 (2004)Elusive Victory: The Air War over the Suez Canal, 1967-1973 (2009)Red Storm: The Air War Over Central Germany, 1987 (2019)Root (2018)Warfighter 101: Movement to Contact (2005)Warfighter 101: The Guards (2006)Warfighter 101: Asian Thunder (2008)Squad Battles Games - Jhon Tiller Software Flashpoint CampaignsPanzer Leader: Game of Tactical Warfare on the Western Front (1974)PanzerBlitz (1970)Fulda Gap scenario for Flashpoint: Central Front variant - This leads to the files section for Flashpoint: Golan - The Fifth Arab-Israeli War.
Modern Battles: Four Contemporary Conflicts (1975)Series: Standard Combat Series (MMP)Panzer Battles: 11th Panzer on the Chir River (2016)Iron Curtain: Central Europe, 1945-1989 (2020)Series: Tactical (Lock 'n Load Publishing)Striker (1981)Command Decision (1986)Series: First Battle (GDW)Series: Assault (GDW)Striker II (1994)Over the Top: Command Decision Series Game (1990)Snapshot (1979)Azhanti High Lightning (1980)High Guard (Second Edition) (1980)BattleTech (1985)MechWarrior (1986)Brant mentions SPI games dealing with the Arab-Israeli Wars - Updated!
Commando (1979)The Shores of Tripoli (2020)Rommel in the Desert (1982)1775: Rebellion (2013)878 Vikings: Invasions of England (2017)Series: Tank on Tank (Lock 'n Load Publishing)Axis & Allies Miniatures (2005)Atlantic Wolves (2020)Admirals' War: World War II at Sea (2019)Stalingrad Solitaire (2021)WW2 Deluxe: The War in Europe (2018)Star Fleet Battles (1979)Cataclysm: A Second World War (2018)Commands & Colors - A list of most of them
Horse & Musket: Dawn of an Era (2017)Warfighter: The WWII Tactical Combat Card Game (2016)Finally, in my humble opinion, pineapple on pizza is good.