March 29, 2019 by stvitusdancern
Jim wraps up his first incredible OPS Center series on the Arab-Israeli Wars with some great material, especially for the skirmish player.
Get ready and lock and load!
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Thanks for the fix, Gianna. 😀
Another great one. These really add excitement to your already informative articles.
Thanks. 🙂
Nice end to the series @oriskany the Entebbe raid was a stunning success.
Certainly was, @zorg – pretty much the debut of modern counterterrorism / hostage rescue ops and tactics.
I’ll watch it after Adepticon
Thanks @rasmus. Have a great time.
@oriskany an other good one – have to get in a game of 82 Lebanon at some point
Sounds great @rasmus ! The end-of-quarter ordeal is over – and I have a four day weekend coming up!
We’ll be shifting to the Falklands 1982 War shortly. But if you wanted to try Valor & Victory 1982 Lebanon or Arab-Israeli Wars 1982 Lebanon, we can totally to that as well. Just let me know! 😀
Thanks for the comment. Hope you had a great time at Adepticon.
Where do you find the time to turn out such great content @oriskany ?
Well done!
I’ve been thinking that the Raid on Entebbe would make a great ‘Modern Miniatures Wargaming’ scenario for 28mm. (haven’t nailed down the table size that I’d use) Now that you’ve provided background on the event I’ll get started on this project!
What does the future hold for ‘THE OPS CENTER’? Stay tuned and find out!
Thanks, @templar007 – where do we find the time? Home from work at 6:30PM. Eat dinner until 7:00. Get to work on this until 0100, 0200, or 0300 sometimes. Rinse and repeat for five nights, not including research (night one: writing script, night two: recording, night three sound edit and sound mixing, night four and five: images and rendering). Then up to 0230 posting it to YouTube, the morning of go-live.
Not sure what the future holds. Looking at views, comments, and download numbers, the community at large seems to have lost interest.
Great video – I remember when the Entebbe Raid took place. At least a couple good movies were made about this as well. I understand there’s a new one coming out soon?
Thanks very much, @pslemon .
More great stuff as always! Thanks for the reminder about Operation Cast Lead; I almost forgot about that one. Ended almost as well as the first Israeli invasion as I recall. Prime Minister was pushed out then went to jail if I remember correctly… The more recent activity between Israel and Iran and its Qods Force via military strikes in Syria would be an interesting (and as you mentioned in your video – 4 hour) discussion. I think it would also make for an incredibly interesting source book for a game like Spectre. Looking forward to the possible [ 🙂… Read more »
Thanks very much, @stlwarrior – glad you liked the last part. Yeah … as far as Cast Lead, Gaza, Hamas, the Intifada/s (plural late 1980s, 1990s, 2000s) … I realized I kind of buzzed through this in the video. Sorry about that. Three things we’re really trying to do here with these Ops Center videos … 1) Keep them SHORTER 2) Keep away from as much politics as possible 3) Keep a focus on wargaming potential. Honestly, would anyone wargame things like Cast Lead or other conflicts associated with the Intifada / Hamas? Post 1982 Hezbollah MAYBE … they do… Read more »
1.) To your point about the Intifada’s, Cast Lead et all, I would assume that these would be best played out at a 1-1 scale unless a player/players had a strong desire to focus a large portion of their games on politics and advancing one side’s interest over a long period of time and not focusing too much time on small actions. 2.) I like the Pandemic-like approach to a topic like this. How does the IDF and their political masters keep suicide attacks down, stop incoming missiles, keep civilian casualties low, etc. while not resorting to all out war???… Read more »
Thanks, @stlwarrior – To reply to your points: 1) I would agree that the idea of gaming Intifadas, Cast Lead, Hezbollah, Hamas / Gaza War, etc., would be best handled at the skirmish 1:1 level, IF … and here’s a big “if” … we’re dealing with true combatants. IDF vs. actual Hamas insurgents in the south or east, Hezbollah militants in the north, that kind of thing. If we’re in the more publicized / politicized arena of Intifada, i.e., teens throwing rocks, skirmish wargaming or really any kind of wargaming becomes an issue. 2) Pandemic-style “crisis management” solitaire or co-op… Read more »