Virtual Gaming – Chain of Command
Thanks to COVID-19, many of us had not had the chance to play a game face-to-face with an opponent for almost 11 months. Over that time several solutions to this problem have [...]
Chain Of Command
Kenneth’s Heroes – Building the board, Part II
Over the past few weeks, Dave Luff and I have been scratch-building scenery for our “Kenneth’s Heroes” game for Operation Market Larden, which is being held [...]
Review: The Campaign for Kharkov: October 1941
Rating: This 48 page book, available as a PDF or an e-book, is a campaign supplement written by Chris Stoesen for the Chain of Command World War II Platoon level rules from [...]
Chain of Command MOG available for free download
Jason Sendjirdjian, author of Chain of Command DMZ, has released a new supplement for gaming modern conflicts with Chain of Command, this time concentrating on the 1993 [...]
Storming the Citadel – new Pint-sized campaign for Chain of Command
Too Fat Lardies have just released a new Pint-sized campaign book for their Chain of Command World War II rules – Storming The Citadel. Taking a break from post D-Day [...]
Chain of Command: DMZ
Following the publication of Sharpe Practice, Mike Hobbs and I were discussing the possibility of adapting some of the ideas regarding jump-off points from those rules, along [...]
Chain of Command – Too Fat Lardies WWII rules on sale
Too Fat Lardies are currently have their Platoon-Level World War II rules, along with most of their related supplements and accessories, on offer with a somewhat [...]
Too Fat Lardies Summer Special 2016 now available
As well as producing various rules and scenario books throughout the year, Too Fat Lardies produce a bi-annual special in PDF format which contains all sorts of articles [...]
OML#4 – A Tractor full of Lard
Saturday 4th June saw a sizeable group of wargamers and fellow Too Fat Lardies enthusiiasts congregate in the wilds of Worcestershire for the 4th Annual ‘Operation [...]
OLM4 game – setting up the table
Last night saw myself and Dave going through a dry run of our table set-up for the scenario we are running during Operation Market Larden #4 (which is only 8 days away [...]
Scenario planning for Operation Market Larden IV
Saturday 4th June will see the 4th ‘Operation Market Larden’ event in Evesham. Having missed last year, I was very keen to attend this event, and offered to put [...]
The Winged Horse – AAR#4 – Where’s Merville? – Part II
We recently got chance to finish our game of the “Where’s Merville?” scenario from Red Devils in the night. Part I of the battle can be found here… It [...]
The Winged Horse – AAR#4 – Where’s Merville? – Part I
Last night saw the start of our next scenario in “The Winged Horse” campaign. This is the 5th scenario from ‘Red Devils in the Night’, entitled [...]
The Winged Horse -#AAR3 – Robehomme Bridge
The third in our series of linked scenarios following 6th Airborne on D-Day took us south of Varaville to Robehomme. Two of the primary tasks of 1st Canadian Parachute [...]
The Winged Horse – AAR #2 -Varaville Chateau
The second scenario in our Chain of Command campaign The Winged Horse, following the exploits of the Allied 6th Airborne Division on and immediately after D-Day, took us west [...]
The Winged Horse – AAR #1 – Ham & Marmalade
After months of building, painting, and playing a few test games, we were finally ready to kick-off our ‘Winged Horse’ campaign – the British 6th Airborne [...]
The Winged Horse – Campaign Introduction
I’ve always been a fan of World War II gaming, and have collected a large number of resources for this conflict over the years. Since Too Fat Lardies released their [...]
‘Red Devils in the Night’ – Rules adaptions for Chain of Command
The scenario book ‘Red Devils in the Night’ from Easy Eight Enterprises was originally written for the Battleground WWII rules. It contains thirteen scenarios covering [...]
The Scottish Corridor – new ‘Pint-Sized’ campaign for Chain of Command
Today sees the release of the latest ‘Pint-sized’ campaign book from Too Fat Lardies for their Chain of Command World War II platoon-level rules. The Scottish [...]
Too Fat Lardies day – Sunday 18th October 2015
Since my good lady was away for the weekend, I found myself at something of a loose end. Luckily, I’d heard a rumour that a Lardy Games Day was being put on in St. [...]
