Originally posted on American Partisan on May 25, 2022 In TDG 12: Rock and a Hard Place, you were faced with a pretty messy situation. An intimidating foe appearing where you weren’t expecting them, orders that restrict your options, and communications went down when you needed them most. Today I will analyze the situation in depthContinue reading “TDG 12 Recap and Analysis”
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TDG 12: Rock and a Hard Place
Originally posted on American Partisan on May 24, 2022 I started this series called TDG (Tactical Decision Game) Tuesdays, to get you more in the mindset of how you could potentially handle a given tactical scenario with a limited amount of resources and manpower. I have decided to resurrect this series and write a coupleContinue reading “TDG 12: Rock and a Hard Place”
TDG Tuesday: Troop Leading Steps Part III: Complete the Plan & Issue the Order
I started this series, TDG (Tactical Decision Game) Tuesdays, to get you more in the mindset of how you could potentially handle a given tactical scenario with a limited amount of resources and manpower. My goal is to get you to read these scenarios and think about what resources you have available, what sort of scenarios youContinue reading “TDG Tuesday: Troop Leading Steps Part III: Complete the Plan & Issue the Order”
TDG 10 Recon Results Featuring Badlands Rifleman
In last week’s Tactical Decision Game, you were assigned to plan your reconnaissance of your objective based on the Requests for Information (RFIs) that you came up with in TDG 9. Badlands Rifleman (who has a pretty cool blog and training company of his own) submitted a very detailed reconnaissance plan which he posted onContinue reading “TDG 10 Recon Results Featuring Badlands Rifleman”
TDG 10: Troop Leading Steps Part II: Arrange & Make Reconnaissance
Originally posted on American Partisan on April 18, 2021 I started this series, TDG (Tactical Decision Game) Tuesdays, to get you more in the mindset of how you could potentially handle a given tactical scenario with a limited amount of resources and manpower. My goal is to get you to read these scenarios and thinkContinue reading “TDG 10: Troop Leading Steps Part II: Arrange & Make Reconnaissance”
Minuteman vs. Jäger: A Tale of Two Paradigms
In a previous article, I wrote about training paradigms. Basically, everybody has that one scenario in their mind that they are preparing themselves for with their gear and training. That paradigm is the lens through which we view all our tactical inputs, and shapes everything we do in training and preparation. In my experience talkingContinue reading “Minuteman vs. Jäger: A Tale of Two Paradigms”
TDG 9: Troop Leading Steps Part I: Begin the Plan
Originally posted on American Partisan on May 11, 2021 I started this series, TDG (Tactical Decision Game) Tuesdays, to get you more in the mindset of how you could potentially handle a given tactical scenario with a limited amount of resources and manpower. My goal is to get you to read these scenarios and thinkContinue reading “TDG 9: Troop Leading Steps Part I: Begin the Plan”
TDG 8 Recap and Analysis
TDG 8: Retrans Raid presents us with a classic guerrilla warfare scenario. We have a rear echelon enemy position, isolated and lightly defended, that we can attack at our discretion. At the same time we are under-equipped, short on ammunition, and likely outnumbered. We can still accomplish our mission as long as we play ourContinue reading “TDG 8 Recap and Analysis”
TDG 8: Retrans Raid
Originally posted on American Partisan on April 27, 2021 I started this series, TDG (Tactical Decision Game) Tuesdays, to get you more in the mindset of how you could potentially handle a given tactical scenario with a limited amount of resources and manpower. My goal is to get you to read these scenarios and thinkContinue reading “TDG 8: Retrans Raid”
TDG 7 Recap and Analysis
In the previous Tactical Decision Game, we looked at the battlefield from the perspective of the enemy commander. In TDG 7: The Other Side of the COIN, we return to our own perspective; the guerrillas. I ran the TDGs in this order to show how considering the enemy’s perspective can help you defeat him. Again,Continue reading “TDG 7 Recap and Analysis”
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