Background In August 1760, Fredrick the Great of Prussia and his army made ready to repel further Austrian incursions into Prussian territory. When the Austrian offensive did come, it came in Prussian-occupied Silesia. However, a…
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Battle Reports on Games
R&P – French and Indian War, Raid on the De Vitter Farm
I still have not rebased any additional French and Indian war figures, so went back to the well to the British and French regulars. This time, I pulled out some of my…
R&P – French and Indian War, Find me some Cabbages!
I did not have time to set up a more set piece game for the week, so just dipped back into some Rebels and Patriots. I had not put away the stuff…
R&P – French and Indian War – Take the Bridge!
Now that I have rebased some of my figures, I needed to play test to see if the new basing would give the stability I was looking for! I pulled a bridge…
BBB – Lace War Variant Play Test, Battle of Mollwitz.
It has been quite some time since we did a little work using Bloody Big Battles rules. However, I have been meaning to try a Lace Wars variant for the game for…
V&F – Battle of Queenston Heights, October 1812.
Background The United States invasion across the Niagara River was originally intended to be part of a four-pronged attack on Upper and Lower Canada. Brigadier General William Hull would attack Amherstburg from Detroit, Major General Van Rensselaer would…
FOW – Battle of Wadi bin Arbor, April 1943.
I ran the game at our FLGS this past Friday and accommodated a request to run a desert game as he had just finished his Brits and wanted to try them out. …
First Warmaster Play Test.
I was slowly working on painting up a Nippon army for Warmaster last year. I still have a way to go, before the army is finished, but I needed a break and…
IHMN2 – Search for the Jade Monkey.
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…
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…