I've been thinking about Black Ops a lot recently. The games are small, suitable for solo play and, apparently, the rules are simple to learn. What stopped me was that it would involve quite an investment in scenery, troops and time to build up a sufficient collection in 20mm or 28mm.
My solution was to swap all distances in the rules from inches to centimetres and play in 6mm. That way, any scenery could also be used for CWC games, so I would get some of my unpainted scenery actually done. Also even with my glacial painting speed it would not take that long to get some forces together for a game. The only question then was what era and theatre of war to choose.
My mucker Neil solved that dilemma by sending me some Middle Eastern buildings that he had knocked together one evening:
He has constructed them by applying sticky envelope labels over chunks of foam. They wouldn't win any modelling competitions, but they only took him about an hour to complete. Cheap, quick scenery made basically out of leftovers, cracking.
So, a Middle East setting then. All that was left was to get some troops ready:
A section of German infantry, patrolling in the Kunduz region of Afghanistan as part of ISAF. Figures are GHQ modern German infantry.
A small Taliban force, led by the self-styled "Lion of Kunduz", a local militia leader who has proved to be a thorn in the side of ISAF. Figures are H&R Mujahadeen/Taliban.
The stage is set then. German forces have been tasked with hunting the Lion of Kunduz down. I had hoped to play the game before Christmas, but work, shopping and general malaise have combined to scupper that plan. First game of the new year is planned and ready then!
Game on!
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