The final game of our Salerno theme was another scenario from “wargamerabbit” –“Crossing the Calore River.” This scenario pits a reinforced US Rifle Company against a reinforced German Panzer Pioneer company. The…
Tag: Historical
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…
VaS – Pacific Clash, Sometime in 1942
It was time for WWII and we opted to play another VaS scenario before we switched to the next genre for a while. We did not have the ships for any of…
FOW – Second Battle of the Tobacco Factory, September 1943
We continued our Salerno theme by playing the Second Battle of the Tobacco Factory. This scenario represents the German counterattack to regain control of the factory. In our first battle (see previous…
St Louis Soldiers and Sailors Museum
The last historical stop on my St. Louis road trip was the St. Louis Soldiers and Sailors Museum. I had driven past in a number of times in the past, but it…
Kansas City World War One Museum
The last time I was in St Louis, one of my buddies told me about a WWI museum in Kansas City. I had never heard of it, so looked online and it…
US Air Force Museum, Dayton Ohio
After my trip to Lancaster Pa for Historicon, I decided it was time to go on a road trip. I have a number of friends that live in the St Louis area…
Historicon 2022
Another year and another Historicon. With Covid restrictions now out of vogue, HMGS has their convention docket back in full swing. With the previous decision to cancel Cold Wars, I expect this…
VaS – Battle of Cape Esperance, October 1942
On the night of 11 October, the Japanese dispatched an extensive supply and reinforcement convoy to their ground forces engaged on Guadalcanal. At the same time, but in a separate operation, three Japanese heavy…
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…