Continuing my road trip visits, We headed to the Manassas Battlefield Museum in Manassas Virginia. The museum covers both the first and second Battle of Manassas (aka Bull Run). We had most…
Tag: Historical
FOW – Gallabat-Metemma Campaign, Part 3.
This post reports the third game of our Gallabat-Metemma mini-campaign. Our first game recreated the historical attack by the British and Indian troops of the 10th Indian Infantry Brigade to recapture the…
FOW Gallabat-Metemma Campaign Part 2.
This post reports the second game of our Gallabat-Metemma mini-campaign. Part 1 reported our first game and also provided some historical background and notes about how we organized our campaign. Historically, while…
FOW: Gallabat-Metemma Campaign Part
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…
FOW – WWII Early War Norwegian Army
We have run early war Flames of War scenarios for a long time. Every so often, we turn to the Norway campaign. So many of the fights require some Norwegians forces in…
Jamestown Colony Museums and Parks.
As part of my short trip to the Williamsburg area, I swung by the Jamestown Virginia Museum and Park. One of my buddies had never been and I had not been there…
Yorktown Battlefield Museum and Battlefield Park.
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…
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…