The BITCH. Revisions to the SU-76 Sotka
I have recently been doing some reading and I wanted to point out some revisions that need to be made to the ASL version of the SU-76 Sotka.
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Vice News Again Hounds Out Wargamers' Nazi Proclivities
Reporting on the US Army's insensitive use of Joachim Peiper's picture and description on a historical article about the Battle of the Bulge, Vice News found that the colorized photo had been snatched from a SS fanboy gamer's web page. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7qjap/the-us-army-is-sorry-for-posting-a-glamour-shot-of-a-nazi-war-criminal-on-their-facebook-page “The fate of his beloved nation rested on his ability to lead his men through the American lines,” XVIII Airborne Corps wrote of Peiper, who is responsible for slaughtering scores of Americans. While regular cardboard gaming may be poised for a comeback, can it survive brushes with SS fanboys who rewrite and ignore history because SS counters "look cool?"
1944 True Story Of Lili Marlene (full)
The Brits issued this bit of propaganda, but there's more to the story than this. It's one of those stories, like the Christmas Truce or the No Man's Land Soccer Game during WWI, that transcends sides.
Fighting Girlfriend
I found this extraordinary video about one of the Great Patriotic War stories I had never heard: Fighting Girlfriend Maybe the best part is the Germans calling the T34M43 the "Mickey Mouse" because of the front-hinged turret hatches.
Wall.Street Journal...how shall we say...fucks up?
I'm not entirely sure why the Wall Street Journal let Frank Lavin, a pro-free trade insider, write a historical essay about the Battle of the Bulge , but you only need to read the headline and the first paragraph to see that they shouldn't have.
Blackpool: Selecting a Tournament
If you are looking for one of those "I played this and then I played that" tournament reviews, turn the page. In this post I'm going to look at what you need to look for when selecting an ASL tournament you want to attend.