Background The Battle of Campo Santo was fought in Campo Santo, Italy on 8 February 1743 between Spain and Austria, as part of the War of the Austrian Succession. The Spaniards and their Neapolitan allies under General De Gages were fought to a standstill…
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KK – Battle of Lobositz, October 1757
The Battle of Lobositz or Lovosice also Lowositz on 1 October 1756 was the opening land battle of the Third Silesian War and the wider Seven Years’ War. Frederick the Great’s 28,000 Prussians were prevented by 33,000 Austrians under Maximilian Ulysses Count von Browne from…
KK – Battle of Chotusitz, May 1742
This their second and last major battle of the 1st Silesian War gave both the Austrians, under Prince Charles, and the Prussians, under Frederick II, a chance to redeem mistakes from the…
ESR – Battle of Laichling, April 1809
We played our third game of Et Sans Resultant Version 3 (ESR). The scenario was The Battle of Laichling (21 April 1809), which we took from the ESR Version 2 Campaign Guide titled, “The First…
ESR – Battle of Gorodechno, August 1812.
We played our second game of Et Sans Resultant (ESR) using the new rules. We played the “Gorodechno” scenario from the ESR book “Master of the World — 1812 in Russia” which…
Twilight of the Soldier King – Battle of Mollwitz.
With things coming back to normal now, our group decided it was time to start back up with our monthly Horse and Musket gaming. We decided to start with a playtest of…
Bloody Big Battles – SYW Playtest, Kolin 1757.
Frederick II of Prussia had won a bloody battle against Austria and was now besieging Prague. Austrian Marshal Daun arrived too late to participate in the Battle of Prague, but picked up 16,000 men who escaped from…
Battle of Madonna dell’Olmo, September 1744
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…
Rebasing My SYW Austrian Grenz Skirmishers
I am an avid fan of Seven Years War battles gaming. While not a game that I get to play as much as I like, it is one of my favorites. There…
SYW Austrian Reinforcements.
One of my favorite periods for gaming is the Seven Years War. There is just something about lines of miniatures in tricornes. I have been going through my SYW miniatures to try…