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Darkest Africa, In the Heart of Africa, 28mm I’ve said it before – you can’t expect a sensible game with a set of Chris Peers’ rules, but you can be sure it’ll be fun. This rare foray into “Darkest Africa was no exception. A Belgian expedition (led by Bill Gilchrist) had to cross the table,
Misc., The War of the Spanish Succession, Beneath the Lilly Banners, 28mm By anyone’s reckoning, this was a big battle. The “League of Gentlemen Wargamers’ refight of the Battle of Malplaquet (1709) was held over a weekend, up in Kirriemuir, in Scotland. We used 140 18-man infantry battalions in the game (80 Allied, 60 French),
The Seven Years War, Die Kriegskunst, 28mm Sometimes games don’t go according to plan. This one was one of those, a small encounter battle between the Russians and the Prussians, where an outnumbered detachment of Russian grenadiers and Cossacks tried to hold on to a vital road junction. the aim was to escort through a
A Very British Civil War, The Great War, 28mm This was another of those silly Alternative history games, part of Colin Jack’s Third Civil War campaign, set in 1938. I won’t go into the background, as I’ve explained the premise before. the good thing about it is that you get to use funky inter-war tanks.
