Deep in the jungles of Siam lies the temple of the Jade Monkey. Stories of the great wealth held at this long lost temple and the demise of varies expeditions have made…
Category: Battle Report
Battle Reports on Games
Lion Rampant – Battle of Dyrrhachium, October 1081.
Background The Battle of Dyrrhachium took place on October 18, 1081 between the Byzantine Empire, led by the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118), and the Normans of southern Italy under Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria. The battle was fought outside the…
Star Wars Legion V2 Play Test.
A buddy of mine was visiting from out of town for a week and it gave us a chance to catch up with some gaming. We tried some different things, but he…
Lion Rampant – Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima, September 1561.
Background The Battles of Kawanakajima were a series of battles fought in the Sengoku period of Japan between Takeda Shingen of Kai Province and Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo Province from 1553 to 1564. Shingen and Kenshin contested each other for control of the plain of Kawanakajima between the Sai…
Lion Rampant – Scouting before Dyrrhachium, October 1081.
Background The Battle of Dyrrhachium took place on October 18, 1081 between the Byzantine Empire, led by the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118), and the Normans of southern Italy under Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria. The battle was fought outside the…
R&P – French and Indian War, Return of the Apple Dumpling Gang
One of the nice things about Rebels and Patriots is that you can set up a short game or a long game. I only had a few players for my first run…
R&P – French and Indian War, Back to Detroit!
The time had finally come! Time for me to actually bring and set up a game for the group. I decided to do a little Rebels and Patriots set in the French…
R&P – War of Austrian Succession, Back to the Fort Boys!
Well, I am still a bit limited, so I was able to talk my buddy in bringing his WAS 28mm skirmish troops and terrain, so we could do a Rebels and Patriots…
28mm First Relief of Lucknow, 1857.
The siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the British Residency within the city of Lucknow from rebel sepoys (Indian soldiers in the British East India Company’s Army) during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. After two successive relief…
Lion Rampant – Battle of Manzikert, August 1071.
Background The Battle of Manzikert or Malazgirt was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire on 26 August 1071 near Manzikert, Iberia (modern Malazgirt in Muş Province, eastern Turkey). The decisive defeat of the Byzantine army and the capture of the emperor Romanos IV Diogenes played an…