Continuing my tidewater visit, next up was the federal Yorktown Battlefield Park and Museum. This is different than the state museum, which is close by. This is actually on the main Yorktown…
Tag: Historical
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…
FOW – WWI US Cavalry.
With the completion of the ground pounders, I decided I wanted a unit of cavalry to go with my force. This would be I support of more mobile breakthrough and exploitation fights…
FOW – WWI US Marines Support Weapons.
I got all my Marine Infantry out of the way, so I needed some support weapons. Some Machine guns and AT guns were a no brainer and I figured I should have…
FOW – WWI US Marines Infantry.
I somewhat recently went to the US Marine Museum in Quantico Virginia. I got a chance to take my time going through the WWI section (along with all the other sections). It…
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…
(Not) Lend Lease Armor Project, M-3 Halftracks.
I finally arrived at the last of the Americans (but not the last of my project vehicles). I finished up everything but the M-3 Halftracks. The reason I saved these for last…
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…
(Not) Lend Lease Armor Project, Ordinance.
Next on the list was various AA, AT and artillery units in the collection. I had finished up the crew and bases for some 3″ guns, but did not have any guns!…