It had been a while since I was able to run or play in a game. It has been a bot of a rough patch for my hobby life, as I broke…
Category: Battle Report
Battle Reports on Games
V&F – Battle of Crysler’s Farm, November 1813.
Background The Battle of Crysler’s Farm, also known as the Battle of Crysler’s Field, or the Battle of Williamsburg, was fought on 11 November 1813, during the War of 1812, in the British province of Upper Canada. A British and…
V&F – Battle of Bithoor, August 1857.
Background Official Despatch of Brig-Gen. H. Havelock C.B., to the Deputy-Adjutant-General of the Army, Calcutta, dated Bivouac, Bithoor, 17 Aug 1857. Sir, I have to request the favour of your informing the…
R&P – Clash of the Cabbages.
Due to some personal obligations, I have been slacking in my game running activities. I am also getting ready to go on a road trip and would be away from the gaming…
V&F – Battle of Cawnpore, July 1867.
Background The siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The besieged East India Company forces and civilians in Cawnpore (now Kanpur) were duped into a false assurance of a safe passage to Allahabad by…
Epic Scale 40k Apocalypse – Marines vs Imperial Guard.
A couple of buddies of mine have been lamenting for some time that we have not played an Epic 40k game in a very long time. I keep planning on running the…
V&F – Battle of Villeré Plantation, December 1814.
Background The British army for the invasion of Louisiana in 1814 were landed on the shore of Lake Borgne, after the fleet had destroyed the American flotilla on that sheet of water, and pushed on in barges…
R&P – F&I, First Clash at Lambeau’s Bridge.
I was up again for the Tuesday scenario. Unfortunately, I had a very busy weekend and did not have time to develop a detailed battle scenario, so it would be time for…
V&F – Battle of Maipú, April 1818.
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…
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,…