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Desert Hazards (BB125)

Battlefield in a Box Desert Hazards (BB125)
The desert is full of unseen hazards. The fighting men would often run into terrain that held hidden features, difficulties or advantages undetected when viewed from a distance.

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Solid ground became soft sand or salt marshes, rocky ground could hide a wadi or a seemingly impenetrable escarpment could conceal easy passage. The variable terrain rules add this element of uncertainty and colour of these hazards to your games.
"See page 160 of Hellfire and Back for more details regarding the rules on deploying the Desert Hazards on the battlefield."

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Desert Hazards (BB125)
Box contains:

2x Desert Bases; 2x Rocky Ground Markers; 1x Wrecked Panzer III; 1x Wrecked M13/40; 1x Wrecked/Bogged Crusader; 1x Bogged Truck.

Sculpted by Jason Buyaki
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The Desert Bases
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The Rocky Ground Markers
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The Desert Hazards
Below: The Wrecked M13/40. Below: The Wrecked Panzer III.
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Below: The Wrecked M13/40 and the Wrecked Panzer III on the battlefield.
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Below: The Bogged Truck. Below: The Wrecked / Bogged Crusader.
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Below: The Bogged truck and the Wrecked / Bogged Crusader on the battlefield.
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The Desert Hazards on the Battlefield
Below: The LRDG avoid a potential hazard.
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Below: A pair of DAK Panzer IIIs pay the price for crossing the Rocky ground.
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Working on Desert Hazards
The Desert Hazards box set (BB125) has everything you will need to use the desert hazards special rules found in the Flames Of War book, Hellfire and Back! These rules reflect the dangers that lurked in desert navigation, ranging from hidden minefields to soft sand and salt marshes, which swallowed up vehicles as they tried to pass by.

The Desert Hazards box set comes with two bases, like the ones you will find in the Desert Palms set. In the game you place these bases on the table, but no player really knows what is inside until someone tries to cross it!


Right: The Desert Hazards (BB125) box set.

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Desert Hazards (BB125)
When this happens the player crossing the base rolls a dice, consults the Desert Hazards special rules, and places the appropriate markers on the base to define what’s inside. The Desert Hazards box set includes six of these markers to use.
The Lost Oasis: Pimping Your Desert Battlefield in a Box Sets There were not a lot of wrecked tanks in southern Libya, however as the war in the Sahara overflowed north, the wrecks from previous battles became certain navigational hazards.

For my pieces I wanted to embrace as much of the mystery of the hazards as possible. Since the large bases are an unknown quantity, I have kept them unaltered, blank, and empty. However, I spent some time with a few of the markers to add some more detail to the models.
Below: The Desert Hazards before alteration.
The Lost Oasis: Pimping Your Desert Battlefield in a Box Sets
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I wanted to have my markers fit in with
the rest of my desert-themed armies, so I repainted this Panzer III in early colours, and blackened it to show that it has burnt-out.
One easy thing you can do to dress up your markers is to add some appropriate decals. I added some markings to this Crusader III tanks. I left the rocky outcropping markers alone. They look great as-is and represent uneven ground quite well. I also left the large bases untouched to preserve the mysterious nature of the pieces.
Below: The Desert Hazards after alteration.
The Lost Oasis: Pimping Your Desert Battlefield in a Box Sets
Note: There were plenty of broken down and abandoned wrecks of other varieties in the Sahara, such as aircraft, trucks, and more. Feel free to model additional hazard bases using the types of trucks and debris found in the region your troops will be fighting.


Last Updated On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 by Chris at Battlefront