….about to start gaming anything related to Flames of War and it’s Cold War Gone Hot offshoot, Team Yankee. Why not? To be frank, I just can’t get my head around a 1/100th scale Chieftain with a maximum effective range of 100cm…eh? What?

Bonkers.

No tank to tank car parks for me! Lovely models though and spot on for 15mm ‚What if?‘ Cold War skirmish wargaming, with my eye firmly fixed on recce kit like Scorpions and Scimitars or even French AFV’s, if and when they get added to the release schedule?

Anyway, there was a copy of the BAOR supplement, Iron Maiden, on eBay as a ‚Make An Offer‘ auction, so I duly took a punt and, much to my surprise, actually won it.  This was a bonus as I was really after the Mechanised Company pack of squaddies that it was bundled with. I’m guessing it’s an unwanted present or one of those spur of the moment impulse buys, not that I know anything about those (oh no!).

In the end, I paid about half the normal ticket price for the lot. The book will be good for organisational information if I ever get into micro-armour again, while the infantry will do for another 15mm platoon level force to use with No End in Sight or similar. It’s a good deal whichever way you look at it even if I’ve now blown my pocket money for the week on a Monday rather than the usual Friday!