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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2023


WURTTEMBERG LEIBJÄGER GARDE







The  Wurttemberg Garderegiment zu Pferd had its origins in 1801, when the
Garde-du-Corps and Leibjäger squadrons of the Württemberg Reiter Regiment was
separated from it and became an independent squadron under the direct command of
Duke Frederick. At this time both were small, less than 50 men each. The
Leibjagers performed the functions of the Gendarmerie for the Army.







Until 1808, the Leibjägers wore dark  green coats with red lapels, collar,
cuffs, and green turnbacks piped yellow. A red cummerbund was worn around the
waist. The pants were white, belts black, and the buttons and contra-epaulettes
were brass.  A black helmet with a black comb and a brass plate on the front.
and a long trailing black horsehair crest was worn. There was a dark green plume
at the front of the comb, which was moved to the left side of the helmet in
1805. By this time, the unit was up to a full squadron (146 men). 





The Leibjäger received a new uniform and headgear in late 1808. The new coat was
grass green with  a black collar and black square cuffs.  The turnbacks were
yellow with a black edging piped yellow at the extreme edge. The front of the
coat was decorated with a wide lace welt approximately 6 inches in width of a
yellow and black ½ inch checked pattern. The contra-epaulettes were brass. A
black cummerbund sash was worn at the waist over the coat. For gala dress a
‘soubreveste’ was worn over the coat of black lacquered cotton faced felt with a
silver star of the order of Militär-Verdienst-Ordens on the breast and back. The
edges were trimmed with a four deep with of black and yellow checked lace. The
cummerbund sash wasn't worn with the soubreveste. This is the uniform depicted
in the Funken plates. 





Also in late 1808 the squadron received new raupenhelm style helmets with black
leather slightly elongated crown and a very low comb which supported a thick,
black wool raupe. The front of the helmet had a brass plate with the Royal coat
of arms flanked by the lion and stag supporters. The base of the helmet was
trimmed with a brass band. The national cockade of yellow and red was worn on
the left side of the raupenhelm. Above the cockade was a dark green plume. This
pattern helmet continued to be worn for gala and parade dress until 1814.





In 1809 a new coat was issued for everyday wear and campaign dress, and the
short tunic was reserved solely for gala dress. This was a single breasted,
grass green long tailed uniform coat, with collar, cuffs and turnbacks faced
black. The front of the coat was piped yellow and closed with nine brass buttons
and the seams on the tails were piped with yellow. Cuffs were of the square cut
pattern with two buttons one on the cuff actual and one above. The collar was
decorated with yellow lace edging to the leading and bottom edges. The cuffs
were trimmed in yellow at the upper and trailing edges and the turnbacks were
also edged yellow. Full fringed yellow epaulettes were worn at the shoulders.
This is the uniform seen above. 





In 1809 the Leibjäger rtecieved black bearskin bonnets, without a front plate
for wear during campaign. The Leibjäger bearskin had a black cloth patch at the
rear with a yellow lace cross and  yellow cords and flounders. A dark green
plume was worn on the left side of the bonnet with a small socket conceal behind
the national cockade which was now yellow, black and red. The chinscales were
brass. Once again, this is as depicted above. 





The shabraque from 1808 on was dark green, with a broad band of yellow and black
checks edging it. The officers had red edging with a zigzag yellow lace running
through it, a glimpse of which can be seen on some of images of the standard
bearer. The flag is speculative at best, the deign being known for only the
Garde du Corps squadron. These lovely figures (and the flag) are from Lucas
Luber and Piano Wargames in Germany. 

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2023


REVOLTING PEASANTS #2



A second unit of Revolting Peasants scurries off the painting table.





They should be useable from the Dark Ages through the TYW/ECW eras. 



They get fancier than they probably deserve with the addition of a spare flag. 





Bread Riot!



I rather enjoyed painting this scruffy lot!


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MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2023


WURTTEMBERG I.R. #5, "PRINZ FRIEDRICH VON WURTTEMBERG"







The Kingdom of Wurttemberg has another infantry regiument marching off the
painting table this week!




The 5th Regiment has sky blue facings and pewter buttons. 




Therse are Piano Wargames figures once again, designed by Lucas Luber. 




The flags were laser printed from free downloads from the Piano Wargames site. 




The Inhaber of this regiment, Prinz Friedrich, was the King's nephew, who was 1
year old in 1809!




Prinz Friedrich later pursued a military career, with involvement in the
Austro-Prussian war on the losing (Austrian) side.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2023


MEDIEVAL WARFARE, BY CHARLES SWEET



 From  Jack Scruby's The Wargames Digest, Book I, Volume IV, published in
December 1957.

Scan courtesy of Mike Taber, from the Tabletop Talk Facebook group. 

The ideas in this article are said to have significantly influenced the original
CHainmail rules by Gary Gaygax and Jeff Perrin, the small Lord of the Rings
fantasy section of which was the precursor to Dungeons and Dragons...

I don't recall every seeing Charlie's Medieval figures in action, but there was
that famous Chainmail based campaign at UConn  in 1974 based upon the contenders
to the French Throne circa ? 1200, featuring a certain gamer of Swedish descent
as the Vikings and yours truly as the Dauphin, along with many others....




































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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2023


REVOLTING PEASANTS 1







Here we have a  mob of Wargamers converging on the home of Ridley Scott, having
just watched "Napoleon".  :-)




They are armed with a variety of pitchforks, scythes, axes and the like.




They are suitable for a wide time span, probably through about 1700. 




I gave mine a few WotR command figures and some spare WotR banners from Pete's
flags. 




I have in mind to use them as "Very Inferior Array" for some games with Test of
Resolve - Wars of the Roses.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2023


EVENTS PAST AND PRESENT



 

Yes, I saw the Napoleon movie last weekend. We'll come back to that in a bit...





We lost ouir Zoe fairly suddenly earlier this year, a victim of the
Hemangiosarcoma that is the plague of Golden Retrievers.  Zoe was the last of
many Golden Retrievers from our long time breeder and freind, Bob. The Empress
has puppy tested Bob's litters for decades, and in September, after testing a
litter, she came back saying how wonderful this one particular boy was. "But
he's spoken for, so it doesn't matter." A few days later, Bob called us to say
that the prospective  owner had backed out, so if we wanted the boy, we could
have him. We all went to check him out a few days later. I knew that once we
went, we would be getting him. My younger daughter lost her beloved Golden,
Rory, a few years back, and has wanted another boy for a while. In fact, we got
Rory in much the same way - an unplanned puppy. 


So, no surprise, a week later, the new boy, whom my daughter named "Rowan", came
home with us. The big girls weren't quite sure what to make of him at first,
hence "making friends with treats"!


Well. it wasn't long before Rowan "Conquered everything". he is seen here seated
upon this throne, LOL!


Everybody love Rowan!


"I am master of all I survey!"


    Back to the Napoleon Movie; I saw it with my wife and our two close, history
buff friends (neither of whom is really very familiar with Napoleon and his
times). The theater was actually full, which surprised me somewhat. As history,
well, not too great. The movie is more told through the lens of  Napoleon's
relationship with Josephine, which isn't unreasonable for the general public.
The earlier part of the movie concerning the siege of Toulon, the "whiff of
grapeshot", Napoleon's encountering Josephine, some brief cameos in Egypt and
then the Coup d' Etat of Brumaire, the consulate and coronation was reasonably
well done; I'd be really interested in what is in the 4+ hour director's cut.
The battle scenes are impressive but pretty grossly fantasy. Overall, I enjoyed
it for what it was. The subject of Napoleon, his life and his times is so
complex that it would really take a muti-part series to cover it in any depth at
all.  I think the director would have been far better off with at least 2 or 3
movies; the first woukld cover his early life, and end with his successful 1st
Italian campaign. The second might have covered Egypt through Austerlitz or
Tilsit, and the last from there until his death. Certainly more development of
the many other characters surrounding him, demonstration of his charisma and
incredible work ethic, and some coverage of  the Concordat and the Code Napoleon
would have given a more nuanced and engaging portrait of the man.  Today is the
119th anniversary of Napoleon's coronation as Emperor of the French, and the
118th anniversary of Austerlitz.  Vive l'Empereur!




Finally, this week saw the death of Dr. Henry Kissinger at age 100. His legacy
is complex, but he was certainly a major force, for both good and bad, in the
evolution of the world order in the 1960's, 1970's, and beyond. . He retired to
Kent, CT, one town Northeast of where I have practiced for almost 40 years. Soon
after we moved to the area, my wife and I were out to dinner. She whispered to
me "Peter, someone is doing a really BAD impression of Henry Kissinger!". I
glanced over, and, knowing that he lived in the area, replied "Oh no, that IS
Henry Kissinger!"  For the most part celebrities bore me to tears, but I must
confess that speaking with Kissinger would have been another matter altogether.
We of course ignored he and his party the rest of the evening. 

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2023


BATTLE FOR ST ARMAND, JUNE 16, 1815, WITH TTS - NAPOLEON!



    Today Thomas and Kevin came over and we played a first game of "To the
Strongest! - Napoleon". These rules are unofficial variant of To the Strongest!
and For King and Parliament both by Simon Miller. As regular readers will know,
I am a big fan of both rules sets, which use a gridded table and cards for
activations and combat. Robert Tison is the author, and it is still a work in
progress. The original is in French, but Robert recently produced a pretty
reasonable translation into English. We used his scenario for St Armand 1815,
part of the battle of Ligny. All of the files for this game are available from
the TTSN facebook group. 



In set up the table, troops, etc. the day before. The Ligny stream meanders
throughout the battlefield. In this sector, there three important villages with
stoutly build houses. From the right, these are St Armand, St Armand La Haye,
and Wagnelee. 


View from the Prussian side; one raw of boxes on the French side and 2 rows on
the Prussian side are not used; the trees simply mark the edge of the table on
that side. 


Another view. I used 25/28 mm troops and 8"/200mm square boxes. 


A final view of the battlefield before the troops are set up. 


French forces under General Vandamme  from left to right: 3rd cavalry Division
Domon, the 2 brigades of Division Berthezene (the leftmost one has an attached
artillery support), the Corps Reserve Heavy Artillery Division is behind them,
and then the 2 brigades of Division Lefol; the rightmost has an artillery
support. For the infantry and Cavalry, I used the number of stands to indicate
the number of VP's (hits) the formation could take. Separate Artillery Divisions
have 3 VP, while attaches support artillery lends no VP's.  The French have some
reinforcements coming; Girad's 4 VP Infantry Brigade will enter the table
opposite the gap between Wagnelee and St Arman La Haye on turn 6, and  Guye's 4
VP Young Guard Division enters opposite the right half of St Armand on Turn  8. 


The Prussians start with all of their troops on the table and can expect no
reinforcements. Opposite St Armand (actually, they should have been *in* St.
Armand at the start - my error!) are the two brigades of von Jagow's 3rd
Brigade, one of 6 VP regulars, and one of 4 VP Landwehr with an attached support
battery. On the hills are 2 Medium Artillery Divisions with the Corps commander,
von Ziethen. In front of them is the weak 2 VP 4th Hussars, and the two units
of  von Steimetz's 1st Brigade share a box opposite St. Armand La Haye; both are
6 VOP with attached support Artillery, but one is composed of Regulars and the
other of Landwehr. Finally, off to the right are the 2 units of von
Doennersmark's 4th brigade, a 6 VP regular unit with attached artillery support,
and a 4 VP Landwehr unit. Finally on the far right there is a weak 2 VV Landwehr
cavalry unit. 


French gov first and mange to seize control of St Armand (again, the Prussians
should have begun garrisoning it, my error). 


Both sides exchange fire to limited effect on the Prussian phase of Turn 1. 


Combat at St. Armand (each rock marker is a VP loss). We promptly had a number
of unanswered questions about the use of "Skirmisher swarms" and thus wound up
conveniently ignoring them (and national differences, etc.), for the rest of the
game. Not unreasonable for the first time out!


The French Heavy Artillery Division has moved to the Front of the box so that it
can commence firing. 


Firing results in slow attrition... until the French Heavy  Artillery Division
gets lucky and manages to inflict 2 VP losses on the opposing Prussian Artillery
Division. In this scenario, any unit dropping to 1 VP is removed. 



The resultant morale ("Cohesion") tests for units in the same and orthogonal
boxes resulted in all the failing and taking a VP loss; this dropped the Hussars
to 1 VP and they ignominiously retired from the filed, triggering 2 MORE
Cohesion tests; this time, Prussian resolve was much better and they were
unmoved by the departure of the Prussian cavalrymen. Thereafter, the  Prussian
Landwehr unit opposite St. Armand was charged and brought to 1 VP remaining and
thus removed, whilst the Regular unit opposite St Armand was brought suffered 4
VP losses total after several attempts to assaults' St Armand failed; they
wisely withdrew to Rally (and avoid being eliminated). By now, Girard's small 4
VP brigade had arrived near Wagnelee, while the Prussian Regular unit occupying
it had moved out to take advantage of their attached Artillery support (fires 2
boxes straight ahead where formed infantry fires 1 box straight ahead). 


The Prussian Artillery Division turns to the left to enable flank shooting at
the victorious French of Lefol's Division. However, this exposes their flank in
turn to fire form the French Heavy Artillery Division! 


Vandamme (Kevin) surveys the battlefield; 3 Prussian units eliminated to no
French - la vie est belle!


Von Ziethen (Thomas) orders one of  Steinmetz's units to move to the left to
support his weak flank.  


The Prussian Artillery Division, over the course of time shrugs off not one but
TWO flank assaults by Lefols's infantry, and many flank shots by the French
Artillery, earning them the nickname of "Die Unsterblichen" (The Immortals)!
Meanwhile, Lefol's other brigade has moved past the flank of some Prussian
regulars. This can be a crapshoot in TTS! style games, because it all who
depends who can turn to the flank and when!

\The Prussian regulars turn to their flank first! They are battered, but managed
to rally off as many VP loses (hits) as allowed; A 6 VP base unit can't regain
losses to a strength over 4 VP, , 3 VP for a 4 VP unit and 2 VP for 3 VP unit. 


Lefol's infantry Brigade also faces to flank. I gave flank fire a bonus card but
I didn't see it in the rules afterwards; seems likely an oversight?   meanwhile,
the Young Guard have arrived (far right). 


The Prussian Artillery Division pulls forward in order to be able to avoid fire
from the French Heavy Artillery, but is now subject to flank fire (and charges)
by the infantry instead. The "Immortals" just continue to shrug it all off!


The fighting continues at St Armand La Haye. 


The area around Wagnelee has been relatively quite... so far! 


The combined efforts of the battered Prussian Regulars and the Prussian
Artillery Division were finally too much for the men of Lefol's brigade, and
they are eliminated; Lefol himself suffers a light wound in the process and
rejoins the remaining brigade of his Division. 


That brigade, with both Lefol and Vabndamme himself encouraging them, charges in
to the flank of the Prussian Artillery!


4 cards played, and NO HITS!  Mon Dieu! 


The French Heavy Artillery Division with its supporting infantry Brigade moves
up to again place Die Unsterblichen in its field of fire once again. 



The Prussian Artillery and infantry face towards the Ligny Stream once again.


Off on the Prussian right, the French Chasseur Division moved forwards and
charged the Prussian infantry in the flank, but to little effect. I believe the
infantry should have mad e a cohesion test to form square here, but I forgot
that. I also presumed that units charged in the flank don't get to play a hit
card even if they survive the attack, same as in TTS/FK&P, but couldn't find
that stated anywhere. The light cavalry played one of their 2 Elan markers for
an extra hit card, for all the good it did them! 


The Young Guard (top right) have passed through St Armand and are facing a
battered unit of Prusian Regulars. 


On the far Prussian right, the Landwher cavalry have moved up, with the French
Chassuers turning to avoid being taken in flank themselves. So much for their
moment of glory! 


"The Immortals" have finally succumbed to the repeated fire by the French
Artillery and Lefol's infantry. "En avant, mon enfants!" Vandamme himself leads
the Young Guard in its charge upon the battered Prussian regulars. 


The Prussians took a hit from the charge which they failed to save; that brought
their losses to 5 VP, and they were removed from play. The Prussian Victory
Medal count dropped to zero, and von Ziethen's men must quit the field! Perhaps
the Emperor will yet bestow a baton on the skilled but famously disagreeable
General Vandamme?!





I had also set up the terrain for the Quatre Bras scenario; as an "encounter
battle, almost no troops start the battle on the table. 


Jared was unable to make it at the last moment, so that scenario went unplayed;
I might just play it out myself solo in the next month or so. 



LOTS of difficult terrain for this one! Units that are all comprised of Light
Infantry ignore the terrain penalties for Activations (only). 



Once again the River and the Woods are merely used to establish the table
boundaries. 

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MY BLOG LIST

 * Battle Game of the Month
   
   There They Are! - After a long and difficult passage, the pursuers have
   sighted land, an endless land full of trees and rocks and rivers, but little
   else it seemed, until ...
   1 day ago
   
 * Wargaming Miscellany
   
   The MF&FMLR model railway project: Making the marsh (Part 1) - I assumed –
   wrongly as it turned out – that there would be a large number of 'how to
   model a marsh' articles on the Internet or videos on YouTube, but wh...
   1 day ago
   
 * Palouse Wargaming Journal
   
   Computational Combat Statistics - Well, if there ever was a post title that
   would cause readers' eyes to gloss over and tempt them to skip a post,
   today's post might fit the bill. Had I me...
   1 day ago
   
 * Fish Tales
   
   Burrows and Badgers game one - Finally on the table. Dogs, mice,cats,rats and
   a chicken. Site of this week's encounter, lots of brush with no vertical
   detail. Lichen, pot toppers, ...
   1 day ago
   
 * Dartfrog's Adventures in 6mm
   
   TYW- Scottish Experiment - Scottish pike & shotte regiment in Swedish Service
   I picked a few copies of the November issue of Wargames Illustrated for the
   sole purpose of getting thre...
   3 days ago
   
 * Light Bobs and Paint Blobs
   
   28mm - Napoleonic Portuguese - 9th Cazadores Battalion - The latest work from
   my painting table. This is the 9th Cazadore Battalion, one of the very fine
   Portuguese light infantry battalions raised during the...
   4 days ago
   
 * Sgt Steiner's Wargaming Blog
   
   Spearhead - 'Summer Fury' scenario played - Our Christmas game today at Johns
   using Spearhead with his and Stephens excellent 6mm kit. Scenario was from
   published East Front booklet entitled 'Summe...
   5 days ago
   
 * With Pyjamas through a whiff of grapeshot!
   
   Too good not to post - Who doesn’t love everyone’s favourite frog I saw this
   on the ether somewhere and grabbed it to prove that the blog name wasn’t
   completely bonkers. If it...
   1 week ago
   
 * wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller
   
   New Troops for GdA2 - About a year ago I decided to add to my Napoleonic
   collection of AB figures. Some of us in the Montreal Historical Wargaming
   Club became interested in t...
   2 weeks ago
   
 * Camisado
   
   German Peasants' War Command and Scouts - Today's post shows a couple of
   bases newly completed to compliment the units of peasants I have recently
   painted. Whilst I've tried to make the bulk of t...
   2 weeks ago
   
 * This Life in Lead
   
   Last Four Parliamentarian Regiments of Foot Completed - I put on a bit of a
   push over the last couple of weeks and have completed the last four
   Parliamentarian Regiments, to make eight in total. The first of t...
   3 weeks ago
   
 * Kingdom of Katzenstein
   
   November 2023 - I have now been in the hobby as an adult for 15 years. Figure
   I have another 30 good years in me :) Alost done the two additional units for
   my Slaughter...
   3 weeks ago
   
 * Barry's Redoubt
   
   WPBC Reports: Soviet's Escalate Tensions -
   5 weeks ago
   
 * Olicanalad's Games
   
   Campaign Report: The Allies go on the rampage - In the campaign moves that
   followed the French scrambled to respond to Wellington's surprise moves and
   victory at Madrid. Wellington and his Allies were ...
   5 weeks ago
   
 * Toy Soldiers Studio
   
   II/42d Sinhalese 301AD - 1515AD - 15mm Museum Miniatures DBA 2.2 Army
   Composition: 1xEl(Gen) 1xEl, 2x3Bd, 6x3Bw, 2x2Ps This is the 2nd Sinhalese
   army, also spelled Singhalese or Cingales...
   1 month ago
   
 * Lace Wars in Tin
   
   Prince August Catalogue & Progress - Prince August have recently released
   their updated catalogue, with the 40mm SYW range being featured on the front
   cover.. The pdf can be downloaded from ...
   3 months ago
   
 * Super Galactic Dreadnought
   
   A different kind of convention (for me anyway) - Earlier this month, my wife
   and I went to our first ever science fiction convention: ArmadilloCon here in
   the Austin area. My wife did confess that at f...
   3 months ago
   
 * Chasseur
   
   Battlereport: Jakubowo 1812 Refight - Another refight today at the local
   club, Jakubowo/Klyastitsy, from the northern front in 1812 campaign. Paul and
   I took the defending French, while Ion a...
   3 months ago
   
 * Din of Battle
   
   WW2 North Africa Campaign - Battle of Point 205 - Hi folks, Long time no blog
   posts! Sorry about that. Mainly playing board games (lots of them) which
   doesn't really work for blog posts. Our North Afri...
   4 months ago
   
 * Wargames and Stuff
   
   An Update! - Wow - it has been a long time since I updated my blog! I don't
   know how that happened, other than, well, one gets busy and time goes by
   before you kno...
   7 months ago
   
 * 28mm Review
   
   Christian Miniatures... - No, don't worry, nothing religious going on!
   Christian Miniatures has been added to the Directory. Based in Italy, the
   company is named after the guy wh...
   2 years ago
   
 * NAPOLEONICS IN MINIATURE
   
   Prussian Horse Artillery WIP1 - Just started the last of my Prussian
   artillery, this time AB horse artillery loading crew. These are some of my
   favourite Prussian figures, I'm guessing...
   2 years ago
   
 * Avon Napoleonic Fellowship
   
   Great Wargaming Survey - It is on again! Karwansaray publishers are running
   the seventh edition of their Great Wargaming Survey, under the banner of
   Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy m...
   3 years ago
   
 * Operation: Wargaming!
   
   Working on United Empire Miniature's 1/6 Scale bust of Plato - I've started
   work on a 1/6 scale bust of Plato by United Empire Miniatures. I've been
   using acrylics for this project. I think the eyes and skin tones tu...
   3 years ago
   
 * Beware The Beast Of ....
   
   And Now There's This ... - ... over at my new blog.
   4 years ago
   
 * David's Wargame Retreat
   
   The first two Brigades almost complete. - Brigadier General Bielke. Commander
   of the 1st Struddlhiem Brigade. The Cabernet Regiment. Fighting for the honor
   of Alsace. Struddlhiem's Liv Garde.
   4 years ago
   
 * Anonima Wargame Romagna
   
   AWR CUP KNOCKOUT GREENSKINS vs AUTOPSY TABLE - L'ultima partita di questa
   prima AWR CUP vede confrontarsi gli Orchi della KNOCKOUT GREENSKINS contro
   gli umani di AUTOPSY TABLE. Gli Orchi già arit...
   5 years ago
   
 * Par la bouche de mes canons
   
   Cobra High Speed Sentry (H.I.S.S.) (80s Pulp) - Today we have the iconic
   Cobra High Speed Sentry (H.I.S.S.) tank. It was quite possibly my favourite
   vehicle in my youth, it looked super cool and looked f...
   6 years ago
   
 * Steve's Wargaming Blog
   
   All Change! - Well it's been a while and much has happened both in my
   personal and gaming life over the past few months! In February my wife and I
   packed up home, sold ou...
   7 years ago
   
 * Mike's Wargame Blog
   Checking In... - Friends I have lost my focus. Since my last post my Mother
   became ill and passed away. I guess I am the proof that regardless of how old
   you are, losing a p...
   8 years ago
   
 * 15mm Madness
   
   Battle of the Day - Lodz to Poznan mini campaign, 1813 - Mini Campaign - From
   Lodz to Poznan - 1813 Area of Operations - Objectives This map shows the
   layout of the critical objective locations (shown with the r...
   8 years ago
   
 * My Ever-Growing Fleets
   Changes to the Blog! - This Blog has changed to My Ever-Growing Armies
   8 years ago
   
 * ROLL FOR RESERVES
   
   Dresden style. - Hi all, It's been a while since my last post. Time has been
   against me since starting my new job. I've still managed to play a lot, just
   not had the time f...
   9 years ago
   
 * Bellulula: Teensy Weensy Wars
   
   Euron Grejoy and a Braavosi bravo - Just a quick post to drop pictures of a
   couple figures I have semi-finished (i.e. basing time has not come around
   yet: I usually wait until I have a signi...
   9 years ago
   
 * Patrick766's 'Dolls'
   
   Blue Moon 18mm / 15mm Hussars from Old Glory, 4th Regiment - Here are some
   18mm blue moon hussars, painted to represent the 4th Regiment. I used the
   later uniform, with the rouleau shako but still had elites in col...
   9 years ago
   
 * Little Lead Heroes
   The History of England Podcast - [image: King John] King John I have been
   fairly busy the last month-- more so than even usual with three kids all in
   extracurricular activities-- and one o...
   10 years ago
   
 * Ploughshares to Swords
   
   Not miniatures! - Greetings, I just wanted to share with you some pictures
   from my visit to museum Musée des canonniers from my recent trip to France.
   If you want to see pi...
   10 years ago
   
 * Santa Clarita Wargamer
   
   Solo Piquet Tutorial Part 7: The Battle of Cross Keys - The battle continues.
   12:00 p.m. turn. Confederates have 16 morale chips. Union have 3 morale
   chips. Initiative Roll (d20) Union 11 / Confederates 7; Unio...
   10 years ago
   
 * The Lead Cotillion
   
   more more infinity - Just a quick one this time: Britt and I played another
   refresher game of Infinity. For some reason about halfway through the game we
   started handling orde...
   10 years ago
   
 * Sword and Sandal Gaming
   
   Alfred the Great - 1969 Film - Its very disappointing when one gets a chance
   to relive a cherished childhood memory, and it doesn't live up to one's
   recollections. That is the case for ...
   11 years ago
   
 * Kriegsspielzeug
   
   Napoleonic Prussian Corps from Calpe - About 2 years ago a mutual friend and
   gamer moved to Washington state, and pretty much gave up his entire gaming
   collection. At the time I purchased a fair...
   11 years ago
   






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