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Expanding Valor & Victory into 1993

January 24, 2020

Tutoring 4

Skill 8

Idea 9

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This Sunday afternoon / evening we’re hoping to stream a playtest of new counters, units, and scenarios for Barry S. Doyle’s Valor & Victory, pushing this great WW2 system further into the modern age. We’ve done 1967-68 Vietnam, 1982 Lebanon, and 1982 Falklands.

So the next step seems to be the 1990s. Accordingly I’m building US Army Rangers and Somali militia / insurgents for a partial recreation of Operation Gothic Serpent, and the fateful firefight of October 3-4, 1993 made famous by the book and film: Black Hawk Down.

So here are my US Army Rangers so far. Note there are no M249 SAWs or M203 grenade launchers among the support weapons. This is because they are backed into the squads and half squads (fire teams) - as each fire team had these weapons integral to their "load out." I'm also not 100% sure of the GPMG options, so I have M60E3 and M240s to cover my bases. Tomorrow I'll start the Somalis. I honestly don't know if I'll include vehicles like US HMMWVs and Somali technicals ... at least not for the first run-through of this new expansion.