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The Battle of Kawanakijima 1561 Part II

Misc. (Samurai), Black Powder (modified), 28mm We survived the night, and returned to the game on Sunday morning. For once, rather surprisingly, I wasn’t nursing a hangover, and I had a reasonably early night. Essentially, we resumed the game where we’d left it. I was still holding off Charles (uesugi Kinshin) and Donald (AKA Kagemochi

Misc

The Battle of Kawanakajima 1561 Part I

Misc. (Samurai), Black Powder (modified), 28mm  I don’t really get Samurai. I mean, in 1561, men should be dressed in tights, with big ruffs around their necks, and rapiers at their side. I don’t understand this whole dressing up like Darth Vader business which was supposedly going on it Japan at the same time. Still,

Ironclads

The Battle off Peenemünde, 1864

Ironclads, Dawn of Iron, 1/600 scale  We haven’t played much of Dawn of Iron yet, but I’m impressed by the rules – just the right balance of playability and detail to make for a fast-paced game. They’re designed for naval actions of the American Civil War, but this week we took them out for a

Bismarck's Wars

The Fight for the Swiepwald, 1866

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

The Second World War

L’Abbaye Blanche, 1944

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

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Bismarck's Wars

The Battle of Magenta, 1859

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

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The Second World War

The Fight for Masterbianco 1943

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

WWII Naval

The Second Battle of Sirte, 1942

World War II Naval, General Quarters 3, 1/2400 scale Nick from the club has just bought loads of 1/6000 scale WWII ship models. He wanted to try out General Quarters v3, as he’d last used the set back when it was v.1. So, I l staged this by way of an introduction to the rules.

The Back of Beyond

Dustup at Dusti, 1920

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 English Civil War

The High Melton Rout 1643

The English Civil War, For King & Parliament, 28m After a couple of weeks fighting with tanks in Russia, we hankered for something less modern and closer to home for this week’s game. We settled on the English Civil War, and a small game set amid our fictional struggle for control of South Yorkshire between

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