This is just a bit of background on the wargames we’re (me & Jim) have played on Tuesday nights. First of all here’s a modern Map of the Ormskirk area http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=ormskirk&rlz=1I7GGLL_en-GB&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Ormskirk,+Lancashire&gl=uk&ei=Q9wdTLTgB9SF4QbWgeGCDg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ8gEwAA We do have a 1924 Map were using for this campaign of Liverpool and the surrounding areas but I’m unsure of the legal ramifications […]

Here’s a few notes on the forces trying to destroy the Liverpool Free State. Again very much a work in progress:

Liverpool forces coem from the left hand side of table and must escape to the side. Government forces can come from any table edge right of the hedgerow lined road. ‘A’ Company IRA advanced on the railway bridge with Colonel Meaney, a late addition bodyguard unit alledgedly supported by ‘D’ Company than spent the entire […]

The Parbold Railway Bridge Raid To interrupt supplies to the Government forces besieging Ormskirk the Free State forces have launched a daring raid to destroy the railway and 2 road bridges at Parbold. In so doing they’ll disrupt supplies to the Government forces to the West including those involved in the Canal offensive and trying […]

These are counter-insurgency forces formed from concentrations of police formed in field forces to perform security functions in the rear of their forces. The police tend to be poorer armed than many militias featuring more shotguns and handguns. They also tend to be green (militia) quality, they may be good police but the majority will […]