I was waiting at the Brigade Games booth at Historicon for a couple buddies to meet up with me, so we could get some lunch. While waiting, I saw they carried some…
Tag: SYW
R&P – Star Spangled Night Scenario.
I reached out to one of my historical gaming buddies and asked him if he could bring some SYW 28mm miniatures to use in our next Rebels and Patriots game. I am…
R&P – Widau Creek Bridge
I ran one of the fastest games ever and still had plenty of time, so I opted to run a second game using my buddy’s French and Hessian troops. Looking in his…
R&P – Patrol to Machler Field.
While doing my first play test of Rebels and Patriots last month, one of my buddies asked if the rules could be used for Seven Years War. He had painted a whole…
KK – Battle of Liegnitz, August 1760
Background 1759 had seen severe reverses for Frederick; the Battle of Kunersdorf against the Russians on 12th August and the capture of General Fink’s Prussian force of around 12,500 men at Maxen…
Saxon Lace Wars Kuirassiers
While repacking my Saxons, I realized that I needed another unit of heavy cavalry to fill out my OOB (and there was a spot open in the box!). I have recently had…
Finishing some 15mm Guns for Seven Years War…..
While repacking my SYW armies, I was reminded that I still have not done the guns for a number of my armies! I had painted the crews years ago, but just never…
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…
15mm Seven Years War Brunswickers
I was putting some figures away from my display shelves to cycle out some newer models and came across my 15mm Seven Years War Brunswickers. It was at this point I remembered…
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…