The Maidstone Wargames Society presented Fallujah 2004 at this year’s Salute. Using the Force on Force ruleset in 20mm scale, this participation game saw US Marines in (fully scratch built) house to house fighting against insurgents.
Going back further in time, The Friends of General Haig staged Operation Desert Shield 1991, depicting an attack of Iraqi forces on US Airborne and Marines in 15mm scale.
The Korean War was the setting for two of the games I captured. The first made use of the ruleset All Hell Let Loose to bring a defence by the Gloucestershire Regiment against the Chinese army across the Imjin River to the table.
The Inchon Landing 1950 depicted the daring amphibious invasion by UN forces that was a major turning point in the war. Unfortunately I couldn’t find information on who presented this game in the list of exhibitors.
The Vietnam War was the topic of Gringo40s, who staged the Assault on the American Embassy 1968 with a fully realised model of the embassy building and surrounds. There was a break in the action when I passed by, but a full overview of the table can be found here, courtesy of Wargames Illustrated’s YouTube channel.
Rubicon Models meanwhile had built a range of platoon level skirmish boards in the more typically associated rural jungle setting of this conflict.
