Background The Battle of Madonna dell’Olmo or Battle of Cuneo was fought on the outskirts of Cuneo on 30 September 1744, in the War of the Austrian Succession. The battle of Cuneo was brought about by a difference in…
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Battle Reports on Games
Oathmark Rules Playtest.
Check out our playlets of the new Oathmark rules here. Manteuffel
Epic Apocalypse Game – Necrons vs Marines.
Got together with a buddy of mine for some socially distanced gaming at my house. We had been discussing playing Epic with our Apocalypse rules for a while and decided that we…
7TV Pulp Playtest
I have been running Pulp games using heavily modified In Her Majesty’s Name rules. While the games work fine, they still lack a little bit of pulp feel and often generate into…
Muskets and Tomahawks Playtest
Well, I finally took the plunge and set up a small game at my house for the first time since February. I got together with a few friends who I know have…
Battle of Vitebsk, 1812.
I ran a game of Bloody Big Battles (BBB) for an experienced boardgamer who is new to wargaming with miniatures. The Battle of Vitebsk (1812) provided a well balanced and relatively simple…
Osipovitchi, October 1941
Overview: Six of us played a scenario taken from the May 1981 issue of “Wargamer’s Digest.” The scenario was large enough that we used the orders of battle verbatim from the magazine….
Flames of War Rear Guard
It was time for another World War II Wednesday and we decided it would be a good time to set up a standard FOW scenario. In this game, I opted for the…
Lord of the Rings Tourney.
A buddy of mine ran a LotR tournament last week at our local hobby shop Huzzah Hobbies. He did a great job in setting up multiple tables with unique terrain. Well worth…
Battle of Auerstadt, October 1806
Background The battles of Auerstädt were fought on 14 October 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale in today’s Germany, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia. The decisive…