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…
Tag: Historical
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…
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…