August 2002 - Spanish Civil War - Birthday Game
John Gee's Birthday Game We fought a large 20mm Spanish Civil War game in honour of John Gee the Great at Game Central on Key Boulevard, El Cerrito, California. The scenario was a meeting engagement with division-sized units just after the Battle of Guadalajara, March 1937. We used my home-grown Hail of Lead rules with movement trays for units. Credit goes to John Gee for extensively researching (and making sound educated guesses about) the full order of battle for both sides. His time in the stacks of the University of California (Berkeley) library was well spent. Unfortunately I neglected my usual duties as a combat photographer for this game. Scroll down past the few photos for the order of battle for both sides, plus the after-action report. "The Great One" does his best to appear royal at his birthday game. Nationalist Players Jon Caudill, overall commander John Gee Dave Suurballe Tom Thomas Brad Gallup Mike Brown, CTV commander Republican Players Richard P...
