Battle of Coronel 1914
We fought out the Battle of Coronel using 1/3000 ships from Navwar and the Stations Manned and Ready 2 rules. In true wargaming fashion both admirals were aggressive.
Battle reports
Battle reports
FoF campaign start: Enduring Oppression
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 …
Chef de Bataillon game
We had a blast from the past in our latest game night. Petri demonstrated the semi-skirmish Napolenic ruleset Chef de Bataillon, published in 1995. We pitted one Austrian battalion (144 figures) against two French battalions (72 figs each). The rules are trying to simulate the role of the battalion commander. Which they do fairly well in my personal opinion. Unfortunately …
Russo-Swedish scenarios
On these pages we describe the battles that we have re-created in miniature.
Albuera 1811 – the refight
The battle Anglo-Portuguese were initially deployed so that the Hamilton’s Portuguese guarded the ridge north of Albuera with Otway’s Portuguese cavalry securing their northern flank. Von Alten’s small KGL contingent was positioned in Albuera itself. Stewart’s 2nd division was in reserve roughly northwest of Albuera as were Cole’s 4th division with Lumley’s cavalry brigade but even further from the town. …
Albuera 1811
On May 13th 1811, while beginning to lay siege to Badajoz, Beresford received news that a French relief force of some 25,000 men, led by Marshal Soult, were on their way from Seville. Beresford marched south with 32,000 British, Portuguese and Spanish troops, and on May 15th reached the small town of Albuera. The forces would clash in a bitter, …
Refight of Koljonvirta, 27th of October 2008
General de Brigade scenario details are here. Setup for the game. The ceasefire is about to end and on the eastern side of Koljonvirta Russian are advancing from Iisalmi almost just off the board. While Captain Brusin goes to negotiate the continuation of the ceasefire with the Russians, on the western side IV Savo jaegers and a section of 3 …
Refight of Oravais, part 1, 29th of September 2008
General de Brigade scenario details are here. The battle consists of two parts: the preliminary action between the Swedish rearguard and the Russian avantgarde, and the main battle. Preliminary action against the Swedish rearguard Before battle of Oravainen the Russian troops were quite dispersed. The vanguard was commanded by Colonel Kulnev and was located some 500 meters from the Finnish …
Refight of Oravais, part 2, 29th of September 2008
General de Brigade scenario details are here. Finns and Swedes occupy the forest north of the field. There are quite a few brigades but some of them are extremely small, especially the Finnish 2nd and 6th which only have one battalion present each. In 4th (Savo-brigade) the Savo battalions have been strengthened by combining them. Before Russians managed launch the …
Refight of Juutas, 13th of September 2008
General de Brigade scenario details are here. Setup for the game. The Russian are advancing having driven the Finnish vanguard of some jaegers of Pori battalions from the crown’s distillery just off the map to south. Russian 26th jaegers are in pursuit of the retreating vanguard while their guns have taken a position near the small field. The Russian commander …