X Platoon


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For three decades one of the most secretive units in the British military has been a mystery force known as X Platoon. Officially there was no X Platoon. The forty men in its elite number were specially selected from across the Armed Forces, at which point they simply ceased to exist. X Platoon had no budget, no weaponry, no vehicles and no kit - apart from what its men could beg, borrow or steal from other military units. For the first time a highly decorated veteran of this specialised force - otherwise known as the Pathfinders - reveals its unique story. Steve Heaney became one of the youngest ever to pass Selection, the gruelling trial of elite forces, and was at the cutting edge of X Platoon operations - serving on anti-narcotics operations in the Central American jungles, on missions hunting war criminals in the Balkans, and being sent to spy on and wage war against the Russians. The first non-officer in the unit's history to be award the Military Cross, Steve Heaney reveals the extraordinary work undertaken by this secret band of brothers.




Infantry


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The Boardgamer Volume 7


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The Boardgamer magazine was a quarterly magazine devoted primarily, but not exclusively, to the coverage of Avalon Hill / Victory Games titles and to other aspects of the boardgaming hobby. Initially, The Boardgamer’s publication ran concurrently with Avalon Hill’s house magazine, The General, but instead of focusing on new releases, it devoted coverage to those classic, Avalon Hill games which no longer graced the pages of The General. Following the cessation of The General in June 1998, The Boardgamer was the primary periodical dedicated to the titles from AH/VG, until its final issue in 2004. The contents of this volume consists of: Color War In Gangsters - Strategies of Tournament Champions New Optional Rules For Gangsters - Bombs, Shootouts & Cops BOARDGAMER’s Special Panzerblitz Issue - Errata Blackbeard PBeM Series Replay - High Adventure on the Cyber Seas Sailing The Cyber-Seas - Blackbeard PBeM Dreams Of Empire - Freedom In The Galaxy Revisited Poland On A Budget - An Alternate Opening In 4th Edition Third Reich Saratoga Campaign - A Revised 1776 Scenario A New “Young Kid” Is On The Horizon - Conquest 2001 Victory In The Pacific Report War And Peace - Question Box Yom Kipper - A Scenario For Flashpoint: Golan Solving The Polish Problem - Alternative Opening Attacks For Third Reich 4th Ed Common Errors In The Play Of Gunslinger - A Schizophrenic Look The Showdowns Of Gunslinger - Analysis Of Showdown #5: The Ambush What Are Those Indians Doing In My Backyard? - An Analysis Of Gunslinger Showdown #6: The Raid The Australian Strategy - Another Path To IJN Dominance In Victory In The Pacific Atlantic Fleet - Variant For Victory In The Pacific Great Thoroughbreds Of The Past - More Races For Win Place & Show Rules Clarifications For Dune Tokyo Express Clarifications - Question Box A Gunnery Facing Device - For Jutland Insert: Countersheet for Flashpoint: Golan Variant Scenario New Scenarios For Israeli Defense Force - Also Errata For IDF Italy On A Budget - Early Italian Play In 4th Edition Third Reich Third Reich Workshop - A Little Quiz I Joins dah Mob. Whattah I Do Now? - Strategies For Gangsters In The King's Service - An Addition To Down With The King Handicapping The 2002-2003 Caesar Awards - Who Will Wear The Laurels? 2002 Masters - Augusta Course Updated Inserts: Pro Golf Course Booklets for Arrowhead Park, Augusta National, Blackhawk, Eagle Sticks, Jamaica Run, and Muirfield Village Panzerblitz and Panzer Leader - Random Design Your Own Scenario Methodology A Bomber's Moon - And Other Sundry Items, A B-17 Variant 2002 March Madness Sweet Sixteen - Men's and Women's Teams The Quick And The Dead - Six-Player Replay of Gunslinger New Optional Rules - For Fortress Europa Winter War 29 - A Weekend At The Races The Last Campaign - Yorktown - 1781 (An Updated 1776 Scenario) Midwest Open 2002 - Victory In The Pacific Tournament




Armor


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The X-Mas War


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The undeniable history of mankind clearly shows us that human conflict has far from passed. In places like Kuwait, Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo, the 20th Century ended brutally. Given the trends of modern conflict, the economic separation of peoples, the rise in religious affiliated terrorism, and the social hatreds that remain between races, tomorrow's wars can only be more violent than those of the past. The X-MAS War is really an anthology of four books: Black Rain For Christmas, The Secret War In South Asia, Sixth Fleet Under, and The Sugar-Sweet Smell of Fear. All four have overlapping storylines. They're tales are all told through the use of news reports, traditional narratives, diary entries, and letters home. Each book is a complete story by itself, but together they give a brand new perspective to the unique aspects of 21st Century warfare!




Enduring Freedom


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This latest expansion for Force on Force provides players with everything they need to recreate battles in the deserts of modern Afghanistan. Beginning with a detailed background section, the book presents extensive orders of battle for all of the combatants, including the Coalition, Northern Alliance, Taliban and Al-Qaeda. It also presents numerous new scenarios, new mission objectives and guidelines for constructing your own scenarios. This book is an indispensable guide for depicting the complex and intense pressures of combat in Afghanistan on the tabletop.




Outlaw Platoon


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A riveting story of American fighting men, Outlaw Platoon is Lieutenant Sean Parnell’s stunning personal account of the legendary U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division’s heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan. Acclaimed for its vivid, poignant, and honest recreation of sixteen brutal months of nearly continuous battle in the deadly Hindu Kesh, Outlaw Platoon is a Band of Brothers or We Were Soldiers Once and Young for the early 21st century—an action-packed, highly emotional true story of enormous sacrifice and bravery. A magnificent account of heroes, renegades, infidels, and brothers, it stands with Sebastian Junger’s War as one of the most important books to yet emerge from the heat, smoke, and fire of America’s War in Afghanistan.




Tactics


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