If you have been flowing this blog, you will know that I have been amassing armies to play battles of the Mexican American War for a while. I was fortunate enough to…
Tag: Historical
15mm Mexican Cavalry Reinforcements.
I thought I was mostly done with my Mexican Army for Mexican American War, but things change. After pimping up my last line cavalry unit, I thought I might need more line…
FOW – Great War – Battle of Bouresches, June 1918.
Background The Battle of Belleau Wood (1–26 June 1918) was a major battle that occurred during the German spring offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought by the U.S. 2nd (under the command of Major…
R&P – French and Indian War, Raid on Burnsville.
I needed to run a game for our Tuesday group and did not have time to do what I originally planned, so I opted to go to my stable and do a…
Crescent Root 28mm Series 2 Storage Building.
Crescent Root is continuing to fill out their new lines. One of the items I decided to pick up was their small storage building. I have plenty of larger buildings, but not…
R&P – Raft Ride Down the Niagara.
I finally got a chance to try out my river rafts and try out the Great River Chase scenario in the Rebels and Patriots book! The scenario is straight from the book,…
Crescent Root 6mm Series 3 Factory Buidings
Crescent Root has added a new 6mm line to their offerings. The new set is a series of factory buildings, that allow a full complex to be set up in 6mm. The…
BBB – Moltke’s Tactical Problem Number 6
Our scenario was derived from Problem Number 6 in the book, “Moltke’s Tactical Problems from 1858-1882”. The scenario pits a Prussian corps of two infantry divisions, a cavalry division, and an artillery…
15mm Ostrogoth Cavalry from Gajo.
I finished up the infantry, so turned to the cavalry for my Ostrogoth army. All are also from Gajo Miniatures painted catalog. I used figures from the medium and armored cavalry lines,…
Using Moltke’s Tactical Problems for Bloody Big Battles.
Helmuth, Graf von Moltke, was Chief of the Prussian Grand General Staff in the late 19th century. Between 1858 and 1882, he created sixty-six tactical problems as training exercises for his officers. These…