Issues 433 and 434 of Wargames Illustrated magazine ran two articles titled, “The Battle of Gallabat” and “The Attack on Fort Gallabat.” The articles provide background, orders of battle, a map of the operational…
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Battle Reports on Games
Battles for Empire II, Battle of Nyezane, January 1879
Having been introduced to Battles for Empire II (BFE2) at the Williamsburg Muster convention, we were keen to try these rules with our regular gaming group. We decided that our first game would be…
Ad Hoc Fantasy Skirmish Game.
Tuesday night came along and I headed to my FLGS for our normal game night. One of my old gaming buddies was in town and planned to join. I had a busy…
7TV Pulp – Something Goes Bump in the Night.
“I once met a man from an old land, who told me of the creatures of the night please understand,he was a hunter by trade, before me a bloody wooden stake he…
FOW – Nehring’s Roving Kessel
Our game was inspired by a scenario written by Charles Grant which was published in Military Modeling magazine almost forty years ago, and which was created long before then. The scenario was…
BBB – The Battle of Castiglione, August 1796.
For our Napoleonic game, we decided to play the Battle of Castiglione (1796), using Bloody Big Battles (BBB) as the rules. The battle in 1796 was one of several battles that were fought at…
FOW – Operation Epsom, June 1944
For our final game set in Normandy, we dusted off a scenario that we created over ten years ago (how time flies!). None of our new guys had ever played it, so…
Home Brew – Battle of Resaca de la Palma, May 1846.
The Battle of Resaca de la Palma was one of the early engagements of the Mexican–American War, where the United States Army under General Zachary Taylor engaged the retreating forces of the Mexican Ejército del Norte (“Army of the North”) under General Mariano…
BBB – Battle of Caldiero, November 1796
We needed a scenario for our Tuesday horse-and-musket game, and the current issue (No.128) of “Wargames Soldiers and Strategy” magazine had one that was just right. To quote the magazine: “The Battle…
R&P – Star Spangled Night Scenario.
I reached out to one of my historical gaming buddies and asked him if he could bring some SYW 28mm miniatures to use in our next Rebels and Patriots game. I am…