Historical Miniature Wargames
I finished Louis XIV’s Regiment Lorraine in 10mm scale. I used 32 figures from the excellent Pendraken League of Augsburg range, my first choice for the army of the Sun King.
Enjoying a murky holiday making fences for the upcoming grand finale of our Longstreet campaign. If you enjoy repetitive but therapeutic tasks like this you might want to check out Magnus Mills’ novel The Restraint of Beasts about men who make fences.
The Union army has so far managed to lose every single encounter. Luckily the two generals are very well connected and have inexhaustible personal funds to boost their career. Report of how Rehoboam Giraud lost against the Rebs Report of General Jennings’ failure
We’ve been playing a Longstreet campaign for a while now. At the moment, around mid-1863, the Union has an unbroken record of defeats. We started with five players, now that we are half way through we still have four eager generals actively playing and enjoying the campaign. We’ll try and put up decent after action reports in the future, so far …
We had a BKC 2 game set in 1941 Ukraine to have a go with the BKC campaign rules and see how the glorious march of the panzers / glorious defense of the motherland would go. Well, the panzers rolled over the obsolete Russian tanks.
We started a new Force of Force campaign yesterday: “Enduring Oppression” The Soviet experience in Afghanistan. We will be fast-forwarding through the long years of the occupation. In the beginning the Afghans will be poorly armed and disorganised, but as the game progresses they will gain experience and equipment. The Soviets will also evolve during the campaign from a strong …
I recently ordered a bunch of 30 mm high trees from a Chinese seller on eBay. 100 trees for 8 quid, delivered post-free in a week and a half. I have to say I am pleased with the product, the price-quality ratio can not be beaten easily (although I am a bit worried about the kind of work-life balance the people …
My latest project is some Afghan opponents to my Cold War Soviets. These figures are from Elhiem and Sandsmodels. Even though they are quite different in style – elhiem is very naturalistic with realistic proportions, sands models are more chunky and stylised – they seem to mix quite well. This is a very early stage in the painting, with most …
W. Baxter’s “Soviet Air Land Battle Tactics” from 1986 is a recommended read for any Cold War enthusiast. It offers an interesting insight into the thinking behind soviet tactics, and a wealth of examples of standard doctrine. The material in the book is gathered from published Soviet sources, military journals and other documents from the other side of the iron …
We’ve been busy re-learning Force on Force after a long stint of Napoleonics. We are preparing for an 1980s Afghanistan campaign, and we felt it might be a good idea to do a few training games before risking any valuable campaign assets. I do declare we were right. It is amazing how much one can forget about the rules if …