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Sitrep Podcast - Historical  Wargaming A podcast about all things related to historical wargaming.

11/11/2025
๐—ง๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ - ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ - ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒTo cap off our series commemorating the 250th Birthd...
09/11/2025

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ - ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ - ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ
To cap off our series commemorating the 250th Birthday of the US Marine Corps, weโ€™re featuring a wargame run by Pete Panzeri, recreating the Battle of Derna in April, 1805.

Derna stands on the coast of what is today Libya, then the Tripoli province of the Ottoman Empire, for centuries an open haven for high seas piracy. During the First Barbary War of 1801-1805, the US Marines mounted their first overseas expedition and at Derna, theyโ€™d raise the American flag over foreign soil for the first time.

The moment is commemorated in the Marinesโ€™ Hymn to this day, with the opening line, โ€œ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ป๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช.โ€

To cap off our series commemorating the 250th Birthday of the US Marine Corps, weโ€™re featuring a wargame run by Pete Panzeri, recreating the Battle of Derna ...

Finished up some recently acquired BTR-70s.  15mm Battlefront.
07/11/2025

Finished up some recently acquired BTR-70s. 15mm Battlefront.

๐—•๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ - ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ต, ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—พ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฏ - ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐—บ๐—บ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ (๐—ฃ๐Ÿฎ)Weโ€™re back to finish up our 15mm wargame recreating some o...
26/10/2025

๐—•๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ - ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ต, ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—พ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฏ - ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐—บ๐—บ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ (๐—ฃ๐Ÿฎ)
Weโ€™re back to finish up our 15mm wargame recreating some of the opening action in the Battle of Nasiriyah.

John's Marines are doing well leveraging their superior firepower, but he's running out of time to cross the table and reach his objective.
Mark's Iraqis are also cooking up some masty surprises with off-board artillery, and of course he still has his IEDs.
Yes, the Marines WILL win the battle ... but will they break through in time, without losing too many units?

Weโ€™re back to finish up our 15mm wargame recreating some of the opening action in the Battle of Nasiriyah.Link to Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e...

๐—•๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ - ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ต, ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—พ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฏ - ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐—บ๐—บ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ (๐—ฃ๐Ÿญ)Join Oriskany Jim and the South Florida Miniatures Game Cl...
19/10/2025

๐—•๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ - ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ต, ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—พ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฏ - ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐—บ๐—บ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ (๐—ฃ๐Ÿญ)
Join Oriskany Jim and the South Florida Miniatures Game Club for a 15mm recreation of the Battle of Nasiriyah, one of the opening engagements of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March, 2003.

The system on the table is ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜™๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ by Great Escape Games, adapted to include A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, AH-1W Super Cobras, and Improvised Explosive Devices so infamous during the Iraq War.

The scenario features โ€œTask Force Tarawaโ€ - a Marine battlegroup heavily engaged in the early stages of this battle. Thus, this episode adds to our ongoing series commemorating the upcoming 250th Birthday of the US Marine Corps.

Join Oriskany Jim and the South Florida Miniatures Game Club for a 15mm recreation of the Battle of Nasiriyah, one of the opening engagements of Operation Ir...

We had a great game of ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜™๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ yesterday at Das Krieg Haus, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  Presented i...
05/10/2025

We had a great game of ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜™๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ yesterday at Das Krieg Haus, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Presented in 15mm, the scenario was designed to recreate part of the ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ต, an engagement during the opening days of ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—พ๐—ถ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ in March, 2003. In summary, an American Army unit (507th Maintenance Company) had strayed into the AO of the Iraqi 6th Armored Division, Third Corps, where they were pinned down with heavy casualties. Elements of Task Force โ€œTarawa,โ€ 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, were tasked with breaking through Iraqi forces to relieve the 507th.

The game included new house rules for IEDs. American victory conditions were to get one third of their break points off the north edge of the table along the Nasiriyah Highway, while keeping at least a third on the table to hold open a path of reinforcement or possible fall back. This had to be accomplished by the end of Turn 5. Iraqis victory conditions were to prevent the Marine mission.

Upcoming wargame I'll be putting on: ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ตOn 23 March, 2003 - during the opening days of Operation *Iraqi ...
29/09/2025

Upcoming wargame I'll be putting on:
๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ต

On 23 March, 2003 - during the opening days of Operation *Iraqi Freedom*, the US Army's 507th Maintenance Company (Fort Bliss, Texas) made a wrong turn and wound up deep in terrain still held by strong Iraqi forces.

They were quickly ambushed, took heavy losses, and found themselves pinned down.

Nearby Marines of Task Force "Tarawa," 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, were tasked to drive into Iraqi positions (6th Armored Division, 3rd Corps) and rescue the 507th.

๐—”๐—บ ๐—œ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ? ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐—บ๐—บ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎOriskany Jim might be the slowest painter in the ho...
28/09/2025

๐—”๐—บ ๐—œ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ? ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐—บ๐—บ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ

Oriskany Jim might be the slowest painter in the hobby today, given that itโ€™s taken him since last Christmas to finally finish 66 20mm Middle East Militia figures from Caesar Miniatures.

Hey, if I didnโ€™t make it part of the channelโ€™s production, Iโ€™d have NEVER gotten these guys done.

What projects do you have hung up in painting limbo?

Oriskany Jim might be the slowest painter in the hobby today, given that itโ€™s taken him since last Christmas to finally finish sixty-six 20mm Middle East Mil...

๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ & ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ (๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ)Oriskany Jim and Mark Ritchie finish up their discussion on warga...
24/09/2025

๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ & ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ (๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ)

Oriskany Jim and Mark Ritchie finish up their discussion on wargame design and the "Tactical Combat" system designed by Mark Ritchie (featured many times on the Sitrep Podcast).

We also review our ongoing 2025 project / series commemorating the upcoming 250th Birthday of the United States Marine Corps - what games we've run so far, and what we have in the pipeline for the rest of the year.

Link to Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfuG0LAmK0AOriskany Jim and Mark Ritchie finish up their discussion on wargame design and the "Tactical Co...

๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ & ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ (๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ)We have some updates to share with the community about the Sitrep...
21/09/2025

๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ & ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ (๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ)
We have some updates to share with the community about the Sitrep Podcast channel and also a great interview with Mark Ritchie โ€“ designer of the โ€œTactical Combatโ€ 15mm wargame system weโ€™ve featured on the channel many times.

Markโ€™s been neck-deep in our hobby since 1971, a true veteran of the gaming table, the hobby bench, and the convention circuit. He and I have a great conversation about wargame design and how different systems choose to approach certain battlefield situations.

We have some updates to share with the community about the Sitrep Podcast channel and also a great interview with Mark Ritchie โ€“ designer of the โ€œTactical Co...

๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ - ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ (๐—ฃ๐Ÿฎ)Weโ€™re back to finish up our speculative wargame, taking ...
31/08/2025

๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ - ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ (๐—ฃ๐Ÿฎ)

Weโ€™re back to finish up our speculative wargame, taking some guesses at how British armored forces might perform in a potential future conflict in Estonia.

In Part 1, we saw the British seize key terrain early on, forcing the Russians to assault entrenched defensive positions. But rather than attack the British head-on, the Russians flanked them to the north -- and when the British responded, the Russians also struck in the south and center, forcing the British into some very tough decisions.

Can the British hold against the onslaught? Or will Russian numbers pry them off their objectives?

Weโ€™re back to finish up our speculative wargame, taking some guesses at how British armored forces might perform in a potential future conflict in Estonia. ...

๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ - ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ (๐—ฃ๐Ÿญ)Once again we take our wargames into the near future, wi...
24/08/2025

๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ - ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ (๐—ฃ๐Ÿญ)
Once again we take our wargames into the near future, with a look at what Britainโ€™s armored forces could possibly look like on tomorrowโ€™s battlefield.

The scenario is Estonia in 2028-2030. Having closed the Ukraine War and taken a pause to recover, the Russians now push into the Baltic States. Here, Britainโ€™s โ€œOperation Cabritโ€ force finds itself amidst an Article V NATO response, deployed to check one of the spearheads of the 1st Guards Tank Army.

Using unclassified technical data, Iโ€™ve put together a โ€œguestimatedโ€ Panzer Leader force including Britainโ€™s upcoming armored vehicle programs like the Ares, Ajax, Boxer, and Challenger 3. Heavily outnumbered by older Russian equipment, will the Kings Royal Hussars and Yorkshire Regiment hold out against the 27th Motor Rifle Brigade?

Once again we take our wargames into the near future, with a look at what Britainโ€™s armored forces could possibly look like on tomorrowโ€™s battlefield. The s...

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