Background The Battle of Belleau Wood (1–26 June 1918) was a major battle that occurred during the German spring offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought by the U.S. 2nd (under the command of Major…
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Battle Reports on Games
R&P – French and Indian War, Raid on Burnsville.
I needed to run a game for our Tuesday group and did not have time to do what I originally planned, so I opted to go to my stable and do a…
R&P – Raft Ride Down the Niagara.
I finally got a chance to try out my river rafts and try out the Great River Chase scenario in the Rebels and Patriots book! The scenario is straight from the book,…
BBB – Moltke’s Tactical Problem Number 6
Our scenario was derived from Problem Number 6 in the book, “Moltke’s Tactical Problems from 1858-1882”. The scenario pits a Prussian corps of two infantry divisions, a cavalry division, and an artillery…
R&P – French and Indian War, Nothing Like Having Friends.
A buddy of mine was in town visiting for a work trip and we decided to get together for some old time gaming. I got a couple of other buddies to join…
IHMN-2 – Naka Valley Gem Heist.
It has been long known that the famed Naka Valley in Burma holds large numbers of the rare blue emeralds. Just one of these stones can set a man up for life….
IHMN-2, Into the Land of the Lost.
Old legends of Spanish conquistadors telling tails of a valley deep in the Andes where large golden eggs can be found throughout an ancient primordial forest have passed through the remote villages…
R&P – French and Indian War, Surprise on the Way Home.
My planned sunken road scenario turned into a bit of a rout and ended quite quickly. So, since we had plenty of time left over, I decided to run a second scenario….
R&P – French and Indian War, Back to the Sunken Road Boys!
Now that I am moving full bore, rebasing all my guys, I can start to vary the troop options for my games again! It was time for some more Rebels and Patriots…
BBB – Lace Wars Play Test, Battle of Pretzsch, October 1759.
Background Since the beginning of October 1759, Field Marshal Daun was trying to gradually drive the Prussian army of Prince Heinrich out of the left bank of the Elbe. Already, by mid-October,…