On the day after Thanksgiving, we always play a big tank battle, which we call “Tanksgiving”! Our game this year was based on an attack by elements of the Soviet V Guards…
Tag: Historical
FOW – Carnage in the Caucuses, September 1942.
Forward Our Friday battle took place in September of 1942 shortly after the Nazis has crossed the Terek River from Mozdok in the Caucasus as part of the drive to Grozny and…
The Mariner’s Museum – Williamsburg, Virginia.
I had spent some time at the Virginia Military Museum in the morning and still have some time to kill. I had originally planned to get some lunch before hitting Busch Gardens,…
Virginia War Museum – Williamsburg, Virginia.
The plan was to hit Busch Gardens at two for the Christmas event. With that, we had the morning to kill and I opted for a stop at the Virginia War Museum….
Military Aviation Museum – Virginia Beach, Virginia.
I was in Williamsburg post Thanksgiving and took some time to hit a few more museums. I have been to Norfolk area a number of time and always try to check out…
Rebels & Patriots – Recruit the Huguenots!
Horse and Musket Tuesday time had come and I am back from my various traveling. Now that my basement repairs a finally done, I can finally get back to my collection and…
Valour and Fortitude II, Rules Review.
We recently played an Indian Mutiny game using the Perry Brothers Valour & Fortitude rules. The rules came out last year as an insert in the October 23 Wargames Illustrated magazine. I…
Rebasing My Thirty Years War Troops
Some time ago, I picked up some TYW dragoons and pimped them up to fill out my TYW/ECW troop selection. I decided to experiment with a new basing model for the army…
V&F – Battle of Mudki, December, 1845.
Background The Battle of Mudki was fought on 18 December 1845, between the forces of the East India Company and part of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of then declining Sikh Empire of the Punjab. The Sikh Empire of the Punjab had been held…
FOW – 15mm Terrapins and Pontoons!
Being a bit of a tread head, I have a soft spot for odd looking military vehicles. This extends into soft skin vehicles. Well, I came across some British Terrapin amphibian transports…