Looks like I need to work on the lighting in my game room. Or maybe actually learn to use the white balance setting in my camera, as it is obvious to even me that the automatic setting is not cutting the proverbial mustard. Some of the pictures are ok, while others have a clear yellow-orange tint. Oh well...

In any case, we had another game of jungle action. An American patrol had been ambushed and was trying to get out of the bush with VC hot on their heels. Some reinforcements were on their way.

I reorganized my VC forces for this match, splitting each infantry company in two and actually taking four companies each with a single platoon only. I also left the LMGs home, which was better but possibly not optimal.

This way the VC forces are much easier to move around and quite frankly I didn't see much reduction in their firepower -- it is virtually impossible to get everyone to shoot with the larger formations anyway. They do get blasted to bits easier, but then you just recycle them back to use.

One downside is that it takes quite a while to get all your resources to the table. This game my mortar batteries didn't fire a single shot because it took so long to get their FOs deployed on the table. I really have to work on that.

And I still haven't learned how to use the HQ elements...

In other news, I've been reading the Men Of Company B rules from Peter Pig. The booklet has typical PP production values, which may seem a bit out of place with today's slick publications but the rules themselves seem to be fun enough. I just need to paint a bunch of peasants and make a bunch of counters and templates to actually get to play them. More news to follow...

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