One of my favorite periods for gaming is the lace wars period, specifically, SYW and WAS. We play these reasonably often, now using my home grown rules again. Well, we have run…
Tag: Historical
FOW – Battle of Chouiga Pass, November 1942.
We continued our Tunisia campaign by playing the Battle of Chouigui Pass, fought during the afternoon of 26 November 1942 (which was Thanksgiving Day). This was the first time that American and…
D&B – Infantry Attach Micro Armor Play Test, June 1944.
It was WWII Tuesday, so I decided to stick with play testing my micro armor rules. The earlier games have been focussed more on armor clashes, so it was time to focus…
Saxon Lace Wars Kuirassiers
While repacking my Saxons, I realized that I needed another unit of heavy cavalry to fill out my OOB (and there was a spot open in the box!). I have recently had…
FOW – Battle of Medjez-el-Bab, November 1942 (Part 2)
This game represented the fighting around the Tunisian town of Medjez-el-Bab on 19-20 November 1942, and would continue our game from the first session (see our previous AAR for the background, description…
FOW – Battle of Medjez-el-Bab, November 1942 (Part 1).
Our Operation TORCH campaign reached Tunisia with the battle of Medjez-el-Bab, which was fought on 19-20 November 1942. This game represented the opening phases of the battle; a second game would cover…
Finishing some 15mm Guns for Seven Years War…..
While repacking my SYW armies, I was reminded that I still have not done the guns for a number of my armies! I had painted the crews years ago, but just never…
ESR – Battle of Brienne, January 1814 (Part 2)
We continued playing the Battle of Brienne (France 1814) using the “Et Sans Resultat” rules and scenario. See our earlier report for details on the first part of this game. When we finished the…
ESR – Battle of Brienne, January 1814 (Part 1).
We played the Battle of Brienne (29 January 1814) using the Napoleonic rules, Et Sans Resultat (ESR)Version 3. The game required two sessions to complete; this report is Part 1. Our scenario was drawn…
Gajo Cossacks in 15mm
I have slowly been going though my miniature collection to streamline my storage. I am also trying to fill in holes in each collection and doing minor corrections to paint jobs where…