Background In August 1760, Fredrick the Great of Prussia and his army made ready to repel further Austrian incursions into Prussian territory. When the Austrian offensive did come, it came in Prussian-occupied Silesia. However, a…
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28mm F&I Rebasing Project – Virginia Provincial Militia.
Next on the hit parade are my Virginia Militia. These models were purchased from Gajo a while back. I needed some variation from my Pennsylvania troops and figured these would work. I…
28mm F&I Rebasing Project – Native Americans
Well, it is strange to play a number of games of French and India War and have no Indians. So, now that I have locked in on my basing, I am full…
R&P – French and Indian War, Raid on the De Vitter Farm
I still have not rebased any additional French and Indian war figures, so went back to the well to the British and French regulars. This time, I pulled out some of my…
R&P – French and Indian War, Find me some Cabbages!
I did not have time to set up a more set piece game for the week, so just dipped back into some Rebels and Patriots. I had not put away the stuff…
R&P – French and Indian War – Take the Bridge!
Now that I have rebased some of my figures, I needed to play test to see if the new basing would give the stability I was looking for! I pulled a bridge…
BBB – Lace War Variant Play Test, Battle of Mollwitz.
It has been quite some time since we did a little work using Bloody Big Battles rules. However, I have been meaning to try a Lace Wars variant for the game for…
28mm F&I Rebasing Project – French Artillery.
With the play test on the tabletop of my French and British regulars in the rear mirror, time came for me to turn to the rest of my figures and start the…
Even More 15mm Mexican American Troops..
I thought I was down to a single unit of troops to finish for my Mexican and American armies. Well, a buddy of mine disagreed and gave me some of his partially…
V&F – Battle of Queenston Heights, October 1812.
Background The United States invasion across the Niagara River was originally intended to be part of a four-pronged attack on Upper and Lower Canada. Brigadier General William Hull would attack Amherstburg from Detroit, Major General Van Rensselaer would…