With the new lines of Crescent Root buildings coming out, I opted to take a pass on most of the offerings, as I did not have a need for them. I did…
Tag: Historical
FOW – 15mm 1940 French Infantry.
I am continuing my basing barrage and trying to finish up so many of my last yard projects! Next on the assault was a company of French WWII Infantry for the 1940…
Even More 15mm Mexican American Troops..
I thought I was down to a single unit of troops to finish for my Mexican and American armies. Well, a buddy of mine disagreed and gave me some of his partially…
V&F – Battle of Queenston Heights, October 1812.
Background The United States invasion across the Niagara River was originally intended to be part of a four-pronged attack on Upper and Lower Canada. Brigadier General William Hull would attack Amherstburg from Detroit, Major General Van Rensselaer would…
FOW – Battle of Wadi bin Arbor, April 1943.
I ran the game at our FLGS this past Friday and accommodated a request to run a desert game as he had just finished his Brits and wanted to try them out. …
FOW – British Blitzkrieg Command and Unit Cards.
It is interesting that the order of release of cards is the opposite on the order of the armies in the Blitzkrieg army book. Not sure how that worked out, but I…
FOW – 15mm Late War US Paratroopers.
So, still clearing out my backlog of basing work… I am working hard to clear everything up! Well, it is somewhat embarrassing to say, but I totally forgot that I had a…
Flames of War Blitzkrieg Army Book Review.
I am a little late on my army book review again, but better late than never. I picked up the Blitzkrieg book when it was released. Looking through the pages, this book…
FOW – 15mm Mediterranean Fallschirmjager AT Support.
While I was working on my Fallshimjager last month, I put aside the 28/20mm ATGs. I was not totally convinced I was going to use the soft plastic guns. I thought I…
Lion Rampant – Battle of Dyrrhachium, October 1081.
Background The Battle of Dyrrhachium took place on October 18, 1081 between the Byzantine Empire, led by the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118), and the Normans of southern Italy under Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria. The battle was fought outside the…