Background The Battle of Lützen, fought on 16 November 1632, was one of the most important of the Thirty Years’ War. Led by the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus, an Allied army primarily composed of troops from Sweden, Saxony, and Hesse-Kassel,…
Tag: Historical
FOW – Bersagliari Motorcycle Troops
While going through my pile of shame looking for Pacific war stuff, I came across a few trays of other troops that I started, but never finished…. I had a huge basement…
FOW – 15mm Pacific Log Bunkers.
With the release of the Flames of War Pacific book, I have been on a bit of a tear working on forces for the book. With that in mind, I went into…
FOW – British and Commonwealth Pacific Unit Cards.
The last of the Pacific Card sets were finally released and I had to pick them up (of course). This set is interesting, in that it is multiple set in one (kind…
FOW – British and Commonwealth Pacific Command Cards.
I have covered the new unit cards and army book for the British and Commonwealth forces in an earlier post. That means it is time to go over the Command Cards. As…
R&P – The Enemy of my Enemy.
It was war-game Tuesday and I was up to run a game. We had been doing more serious scenarios with Valour and Fortitude for a while and I thought the group needed…
FOW- US Marines for mid to late war.
With the release of the new Pacific book, I have been gung ho to get most of my stuff done for the theater. I long time ago, I had bought some mediocrely…
FOW – Japanese Support Weapons
With the new Pacific book out, I have been focusing on finishing up a lot of my Pacific forces to get ready for our switch to this theater later this summer. I…
FOW – Argonne Offensive, Third Phase, October 1918.
Background The Meuse–Argonne offensive was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice of November 11, 1918, a…
15mm Early World War II US Marines.
This is a project that has moved forward in fits and starts of the course of a few years… It started when I saw the 1941 marines were newly added to the…