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Bismarck’s Wars, Brigade Fire & Fury, 10mm Having just written an Osprey Campaign on the Battle of Königgrätz 1866, I thought I’d let off steam by refighting part of the battle. The Swiepwald – the large wood at the bend in the dog-legged Austrian line, was a big sponge, sucking in over a quarter of
Second World War, Chain of Command, 28mm Wow! So good to be back at the keyboard, without actually having to write something for work! Anyway, this was the first of a new Chain of Command (CoC) ‘pint-sized campaign’, played a few weeks ago now between Sean and I. It was set in Normandy, around the
The Second World War, Rapid Fire Reloaded, 12mm After a hiatus of a week, as I had an AGM to go to, we resumed our ‘Battling through Grangemello’ game this week, which was set in Sicily in July 1943. We’d stopped it at the start of Move 8 – a convenient point, as that’s when
The Second World War, Rapid Fire Reloaded, 12mm A few months ago a scenario appeared in Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy magazine which looked interesting. It was set in Normandy, but it was simple enough to rejig it for Sicily instead. In this one, as a Yorkshireman, Sean took the British 15th Brigade, part of the
Bismarck’s Wars, Fire & Fury, 10mm Okay, Bismarck wasn’t responsible for this one, but it still fits into the same historical period. As I’d recently painted up some Italian buildings, we decided to take the fight to Northern Italy this week, and fight part of the Battle of Magenta – the big scrap outside Milan
The Second World War, Chain of Command, 28mm With just Nick and I available this time, we decided to play a CoC game, set in 1940. that seemed the perfect excuse to stary a new ‘pint-sized campaign. I opted for Attack on Caesar’s Camp, which follows the fortunes of the 51st (Highland) Division of the
The Second World War, Rapid Fire Reloaded, 10mm We were off to Sicily this week, trying out a scenario devised by Kevin Calder in the latest Wargamers’ Annual. It wasn’t the usual fare – deployment was pretty random, to reflect scattered units, and instead of morale worked out at battalion level, as usual, we did
The Back of Beyond, The Men Who Would Be Kings (adapted), 28mm It’s been quite a while since we last ventured into the ‘Back of Beyond’. As Nick pointed out, we usually run it as a pre-Christmas game, but this time ACW river rams got played instead. We made up for it this week, with
The Second World War, Rapid Fire Reloaded, 10mm Its very unusual that we play two similar games back to back. Still, as I said last week we’re trying out different rules sets for our 10mm WW2 kit. Last week it was Iron Cross, while this time it’s Rapid Fire Reloaded. Now, I haven’t played Rapid
The Second World War, Iron Cross, 10mm It’s been a while. Damn you, Christmas and New Year, for your enforced jollity and closed venues – like the hall we game in! This week though, we were back, or at least Sean and I were. The plan was to try out two rules sets for this
