All,

You may have noticed that I've just begun a modern Imagi-nation/alternate history, and it will largely feature various brushes with low-intensity conflict.  The bottom line is that I need scenario fodder/inspiration to keep it fresh and provide new ideas.  What do you recommend I read?

Please note: I am not interested in any of the approximately 8 million memoirs/autobiographies out there.  That is, I'm not interested in any human's background or thoughts, love interests, family, etc...  I am looking purely for a source for scenarios, and lots of them; I accept that a memoir may have what I'm looking for, and I'll gladly take a look so long as it has what I'm looking for, and isn't just (as so many of them are, in my experience) 'the life and times of Colonel So-And-So,' heavy on his hard-lovin', hard fightin', hard drinkin' life, but very thin on actual information on the fighting (ideally with sketches/maps).

So, I beg for your guidance in books to read on 'bush wars' that will give me lots of ideas for company-level scenarios to play out on the tabletop.  I'm looking for anything from the Banana Wars in the 1920s up to present, on any continent, from any perspective (i.e., government, rebel, insurgent, revolutionary, etc...).

Thanks in advance for your help.

V/R,
Jack

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Selous-Scouts-Rhodesian-Counter-Insurgency-Specialists-ebook/dp/B007QXJ17M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1433229627&sr=8-2&keywords=selous+scouts

I read this one and got all fired up about men in tiny, tiny shorts.

Perhaps I should begin again.

I read this one and became quite interested in the work of the Selous Scouts. Quite a few pictures and not too heavy on the personal memoires. It's in a series of books, which I haven't had the opportunity to read.

Maybe this can help you:

https://books.google.be/books?id=NjOkAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=bush+wars+scenario&source=bl&ots=esf3DPMt7y&sig=XEMC0FMBTg8m0Ewu0vGk8XuN8yU&hl=nl&sa=X&ei=zmJtVcvoAafW7AaA5YPACA&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=bush%20wars%20scenario&f=false


it contains scenarios, might be able to transform them to your ruleset! if you like it, you can buy the book on amazon

or:

http://www.lulu.com/shop/bennett-p-lacy/rhodesian-bush-war/paperback/product-22092641.html

Thanks guys, I appreciate it.

I actually have the skirmish scenarios book by Britton publishers, hadn't seen the Osprey one previously.

V/R,
Jack

Quote from: bigjackmac on 02 June 2015, 09:53:21 PM
Thanks guys, I appreciate it.

I actually have the skirmish scenarios book by Britton publishers, hadn't seen the Osprey one previously.

V/R,
Jack

It's part of the force on force series, but thought it could help you out.

On amazon, there's a more lengthy preview:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/books/dp/1849087695

Peter,

Thanks, it looks great, and they've got another one about Special Operations missions I may pick up as well.  Thanks again!

V/R,
Jack

'welcome!

Quote from: bigjackmac on 02 June 2015, 02:12:50 AM
All,

You may have noticed that I've just begun a modern Imagi-nation/alternate history, and it will largely feature various brushes with low-intensity conflict.  The bottom line is that I need scenario fodder/inspiration to keep it fresh and provide new ideas.  What do you recommend I read?

Please note: I am not interested in any of the approximately 8 million memoirs/autobiographies out there.  That is, I'm not interested in any human's background or thoughts, love interests, family, etc...  I am looking purely for a source for scenarios, and lots of them; I accept that a memoir may have what I'm looking for, and I'll gladly take a look so long as it has what I'm looking for, and isn't just (as so many of them are, in my experience) 'the life and times of Colonel So-And-So,' heavy on his hard-lovin', hard fightin', hard drinkin' life, but very thin on actual information on the fighting (ideally with sketches/maps).

So, I beg for your guidance in books to read on 'bush wars' that will give me lots of ideas for company-level scenarios to play out on the tabletop.  I'm looking for anything from the Banana Wars in the 1920s up to present, on any continent, from any perspective (i.e., government, rebel, insurgent, revolutionary, etc...).


Thanks in advance for your help.

V/R,
Jack

Read 'Moon over Malaya', memoir of 2nd battalion Argylls in Malaya 1942 or the Battalion history, same period; dozens of small hard fought actions in which the Argylls were usually victorious until confronted by 30+ Jap light tanks and no AT capability.