For its Cold War period gaming, my gaming group has shifted from using the Battlefront 'Team Yankee' rules to using the 'Battlegroup NORTHAG' rules published by the Plastic Soldier Company (PSC). On balance we prefer them to Team Yankee as they are more armour focused.
Below is a listing of files, some of which I have created, and some of which I have downloaded off the Battlegroup NorthAG Facebook group. I hope you find them useful/interesting :)
(The relevant authors permission has been obtained).
There are five sections:
- Rules Related (files and links to videos)
- Scenario and Campaigns (files)
- Terrain Generator (file)
- Army Lists & Unit Cards (files)
- After Action Reports (files and links to videos)
I have created a Dropbox Folder (Link) from where the files can be downloaded.
Latest files updated (on 4 Nov 24) are:
04) Unofficial - Northag Index - (now at version 22)
05) Unofficial - Supplemental QR Sheet - (now version 1-4)
06) Unofficial - Battle Quick Starter Sheet - (now at version 2)
07) Unofficial - FAQ & House Rules - (now at version 3-6)
New To Northag or Returning To Northag After A Break ?
If you haven't played your first game yet or are struggling to get your head round the rules I highly recommend starting out with the Introductory Scenarios that Tom Egan an Infantry Officer with the Irish Army has written. This is file No 30.
The first scenario (platoon size) introduces the basic core mechanics and just involves vehicles.
The second (platoon size) brings in Infantry and Artillery.
The third (company size) increases the size of the forces involved and brings in the possibility of Gunship support.
Tom, an active wargamer across multiple periods and scales can be followed on X at https://x.com/tomjmegan
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RULES RELATED
01) Official - Quick Reference Sheet.
01a) Unofficial - Quick Reference Sheet - Printer Friendly (Daniel William Lee)
02) Official - NorthAG Errata - (currently at v8) (by Ian Garbutt)
03) Official - CentAG Errata - (currently at v1) (by Ian Garbutt)
04) Unofficial - Northag Index - (currently at v22) (by Ian Garbutt)
05) Unofficial - Supplemental QR Sheet - (currently at v1-4) (by Ian Garbutt & Ewan Clerk)
06) Unofficial - Battle Quick Starter Sheet (by Ewan Clerk)
07) Unofficial - FAQ & House Rules - (currently at v3-5) (by Ian Garbutt)
07a) Unofficial - Rule Flow Charts (Currently work-in-progress) (by Ian Garbutt).
This file is password protected, see notes below No 74. Password is the same.
08) Unofficial - Artillery Deviation Template - (currently at v2) (by John Elwen)
09) Official - BR Counters.
10) Unofficial - BR Counters made out of mdf that I use - E-Bay. Link
Reaction Tokens made out of mdf that I use - E-Bay Link
11) YouTube - Overview of the rules by 'Cold War Warrior' - Link
12) YouTube - The Future of Battlegroup NorthAG - Link
13) YouTube - Wargames Illustrated interview with Warwick Kinrade the NorthAG author - Link
14) YouTube - OnTableTop interview with Warwick Kinrade the NorthAG author - Link
15) Text Dump - Rules Review - Link
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SCENARIOS AND CAMPAIGNS
30) Unofficial - Introductory Scenarios (three of them) - (currently at v2-0) (by Tom Egan).
31) Unofficial - Mini-Campaign - 'Across The Elbe' (currently at v1) (by Chris Hersey).
32) Unofficial - Mini-Campaign - 'The Guttenburg Crack' (currently work in progress, yet to be uploaded) (by Ian Garbutt)
33) Unofficial - Scenario - 'Exploitation' - (currently at v1-7 and still being refined) (by Ian Garbutt)
34) Unofficial - Scenario - 'Bridgehead Breakout' (currently at v1-1) (by Terry Ollila)
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TERRAIN GENERATOR
40) Unofficial - Terrain Generator - (currently at v2) (by Simon Tyler)
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ARMY LISTS & UNIT CARDS
50) Unofficial - WARPAC Unit Cards - (currently at v6) (by Ian Garbutt)
51) Unofficial - USA Unit Cards - (currently at v12) (by Ian Garbutt)
52) Unofficial - Canadian Unit Cards - (currently at v2-1) (by Ian Garbutt)
53) Unofficial - Swedish Army List - (currently at v2-8) (by Ian Garbutt)
54) Unofficial - Swedish Unit Cards - (currently at v1-7) (by Ian Garbutt)
55) Unofficial - British Unit Cards - (currently at v1-1) (by Ian Garbutt)
56) Unofficial - Arab-Israeli 1967 Supplement by Gord Dyck.
(Waiting on the authors' permission to upload)
57) Unofficial - 1967 Arab Unit Cards by Gord Dyck.
(Waiting on the authors' permission to upload)
58) Unofficial - 1967 Israeli Unit Cards by Gord Dyck.
(Waiting on the authors' permission to upload)
59) Unofficial - NVA (East German) Unit Cards - (currently at v4-1) (by Ian Garbutt)
60) Unofficial - French Army List - (currently at v1-7) (by Ian Garbutt and Mark Pullan)
61) Unofficial - French Unit Cards - (currently at v1-7) (by Ian Garbutt)
62) Unofficial - Listing of WARPAC Armour - (currently at v9-2) (by Ian Garbutt)
63) Unofficial - Dutch Unit Cards - (currently at v1-1) (by Ian Garbutt)
64) Unofficial - Bundeswehr Unit Cards - (currently as v1-1) (by Ian Garbutt)
65) Unofficial - Danish Unit Cards - (currently as v1-1) (by Ian Garbutt) (Note: These match with the CentAG army list)
66) Unofficial - Danish Force List - (Currently work-in-progress at v0.8 although available to download) (by Poul Christian Secherv)
67) Unofficial - VDV Soviet Airborne Unit Cards - (Currently work-in-progress) (by Ian Garbutt).
68) Unofficial - Polish Unit Cards - (next on my 'to-do' list).
69) Unofficial - Hungarian Army List - (on my 'to-do' list).
70) Unofficial - Hungarian Unit Cards - (on my 'to-do' list).
71) Unofficial - Finish Army List - (on my 'to-do' list).
72) Unofficial - Finish Unit Cards - (on my 'to-do' list).
73) Unofficial - Italian Army List - (on my 'to-do' list).
74) Unofficial - Italian Unit Cards - (on my 'to-do' list).
Please note due to copyright issues I have been asked to password protect the Army Listing and Unit Cards I have done. Look on Page 1 of the NorthAG book, the first word in the body of the txt, copy it exactly.
80) Unofficial - Army Builder - (currently at v2-3) by Chriss Pagan
Notes by the author:
The password is the first word from page 2 of Northag + first word from the page 2 of CentAG.
So the password is h.......+t..
Note that the password is all in lower case and has the + symbol between the two words.
The makro is to be able to expand the groups.
If you don't want to allow it you can remove the protection from the work sheet.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS
90) AAR - 'The Crossing' by Roger Kidd.
91) AAR - BadLucken, West Germany, 1983. (YouTube - Video - Link)
92) AAR - 'Counter-Penetration' by Roger Kidd.
93) AAR - A couple of excellent reports are on the 'Sound Officers Call' blog. Link
94) AAR - 'NorthAG, DorfstraBe...' by the author himself, Warwick Kinrade.
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