I was rummaging about in the rules drawers under the workbench today when I found my copy of Nick Jones' campaign system for the Agacher War - Merry Xmas, Mr Sankara - which uses Wings at War Thud Ridge for the actual wargaming. I had forgotten all about this but having had another skim through and a look at the lead pile, I think I have enough Tumbling Dice aircraft for both the sides, save for four Mi-4 Hip helicopters, the ground units and a few more Brigade Models buildings to use as targets.
It looks like a really engaging and well-designed campaign, with lots of clever mechanisms to set up the actual games, so I'm going to have a think about doing it as a project later this year. It might even bump Thud Ridge off the list of things to do, as it requires fewer models to be painted up and has greater potential as a solo project. Anyway, I did a new colour cover for my copy of the rules just in case and you can get your own copy of the campaign rules via Wargame Vault:
https://www.wargamevault.com/product/355908/Merry-Christmas-Mr-Sankara
I can also recommend to grade it at Wargame Vault to help out both buyers and Nick. As of this post, it's only my rating and comment that exist on the product, with a reply from Nick. Since Wargame has so many products, the reviews are quite meaningful (from my own experience).
ReplyDeleteGood idea Jens. I should have thought of that!
ReplyDeleteBest 4 dollars I've spent in the better part of 3 years
ReplyDeleteSo looking forward to seeing how you get on with this Jim - where are you getting the Burkina Faso decals from? Hope you enjoy as much as we did - we're thinking of running the campaign again but switching sides
ReplyDeleteAnd Jens and Gunbird, thank you for your gracious comments guys :)
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