Background The Battle of Maipú (Spanish: Batalla de Maipú) was fought near Santiago, Chile on 5 April 1818, between South American rebels and Spanish royalists, during the Chilean War of Independence. The Patriot rebels led by Argentine general José…
Category: Battle Report
Battle Reports on Games
V&F – Battle of Luetzen, November 1632.
Background The Battle of Lützen, fought on 16 November 1632, was one of the most important of the Thirty Years’ War. Led by the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus, an Allied army primarily composed of troops from Sweden, Saxony, and Hesse-Kassel,…
R&P – The Enemy of my Enemy.
It was war-game Tuesday and I was up to run a game. We had been doing more serious scenarios with Valour and Fortitude for a while and I thought the group needed…
FOW – Argonne Offensive, Third Phase, October 1918.
Background The Meuse–Argonne offensive was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice of November 11, 1918, a…
V&F – Battle of Chippawa, July 1814.
Background The Battle of Chippawa, also known as the Battle of Chippewa, was a victory for the United States Army in the War of 1812, during its invasion on July 5, 1814, of the British Empire’s colony…
V&F – Battle of Seneffe, August 1674.
Background The Battle of Seneffe took place on 11 August 1674 during the Franco-Dutch War, near Seneffe in Belgium, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. A French army commanded by Condé and a combined Dutch, Imperial, and Spanish force under William of Orange. One of the bloodiest…
V&F – Battle of Konzer Bridge, July 1675.
Background The Battle of the Konzer Bridge was an episode of the Dutch War. On the 11th In August 1675, troops allied with Emperor Leopold I fought a victory over an army of the French Sun King Louis XIV. The triumph thwarted…
Airfix Battles – Armor on Armor Play Test.
This was a follow up game I have been meaning to run for quite a long time. I tried out Airfix Battles for an all infantry fight and liked how it flowed…
V&F – Battle of Lundy’s Lane, July 1814.
Background The Battle of Lundy’s Lane, also known as the Battle of Niagara or contemporarily as the Battle of Bridgewater, was fought on 25 July 1814, during the War of 1812, between an invading American army and a…
V&F – Battle of Lund, December 1676.
Background The Battle of Lund, part of the Scanian War, was fought on December 4, 1676, in an area north of the city of Lund in Scania in southern Sweden, between the invading Danish army and the army of Charles XI of…