I posted my almost completed Finnish army some time back. This included my infantry and support weapons for two companies of troops. The one missing piece for the leg mounted force was…
Tag: Historical
FOW – Battle of Schoenfliess, April 1945
We adapted a scenario published in a recent edition of Wargames, Soldiers, and Strategy to play the Battle of Schoenfliess (1945) using Flames of War rules. We also used Google Earth for…
Twilight of Devine Right Rules Playtest – Battle of Saint Gothard (1664)
The Battle of Saint Gotthard (Turkish: Saint Gotthard Muharebesi; German: Schlacht bei St. Gotthard; Hungarian: Szentgotthárdi csata), of the Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664), took place on 1 August 1664 on the Raab between Mogersdorf and the Cistercian monastery St. Gotthard in German West Hungary (today Hungary). It was fought between Imperial…
FOW- Bagration Hungarian Unit Card Review
I’m a little late on this one, but honestly forgot that I did not write up the review, after taking the pictures. This is funny, as I was the most excited about…
Crimean War British Army for BBB
As part my expanding Bloody Big Battles expansion, I thought it would be nice to be able to run scenarios taking place during the Crimean War. No one in my group had…
FOW – Action by Kampfgruppe Stachwitz, July 1944.
The second small scenario I tested was an action by Kampfgruppe Stachwitz during the Kursk offensive in 1943. The rules used were Flames of War Version 4, with the unit reference cards…
FOW – Action at Alytus Bridgehead, June 1941.
I wanted to test two small tank scenarios for possible use in an upcoming open gaming weekend. The first scenario was the action at the Alytus Bridgehead in June 1941, in which…
FOW – Hungarian Bagration Unit Cards Review.
Next on the new Battlefront releases are the Hungarian Bagration Command cards. If you are into Hungarians, this is a must buy in my opinion. Like most command sets, this one gives…
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…
FOW- Finnish Bagration Command Cards
With the purchase of the new Bagration Finnish unit cards, I also picked up the Finnish Bagration command cards. With the current set up from Battlefront, you can play your forces with…