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He's a member of the Orkney Wargames Club, which meets in Kirkwall on Thursday evenings.
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The Napoleonic Wars, Black Powder, 28mm This was a rare event these days – an evening when Dougie Trail and I were both in the SESWC in Edinburgh. We celebrated by taking our Peninsular War figures out for a spin. Dougie commanded the French (assisted by Bart Zynda), while I look charge of the Anglo-Portuguese.
The Napoleonic Wars, Black Powder, 28mm With Angus down in London, this review – and game – is brought to you by Bill Gilchrist; This weeks game was the Battle of Perekrjostok, a purely fictional action set somewhere on the northern flank of the Grand Armée during its invasion of Russia in 1812. It was
The American War of Independence, Muskets & Tomahawks, 28mm As two of the regular Orkney wargamers couldn’t make it, I looked around for a small skirmish game – two players and an umpire. I’d just bought Muskets & Tomahawks rules from Caliver Books, and I wanted to try them out. I’ve actually bought French &
The American War of Independence, Black Powder, 28mm It seems strange that such a small engagement could have sealed the fate of a continent. There was less than a division aside at the battle, and it was indecisive, but it ended British hopes of defeating the rebel colonies, and thus saving North America from itself.
The Napoleonic Wars, Black Powder, 28mm Although it sounds a little like a certain Hollywood director, Tarutino (or Vinkovo) was a battle fought in Russia during the French invasion of 1812. In the real scrap, the Russians trounced Marshal Murat’s French, or rather his ad-hoc force which included French and German cavalry, and Polish infantry.
The Napoleonic Wars, Black Powder, 28mm Bill Gilchrist laid on a nice-looking Peninsular game, set in the aftermath of Wellington’s victory over the French at Vittoria (1813). Here’s his game report; It was a Donald Adamson scenario involving his hero Capitaine Gerard (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictitious character) in which a British Force (commanded by
The Napoleonic Wars, Black Powder, 28mm This, the second “Bonaparte in Italy” game played out this month was a straightforward encounter battle, with both sides beginning the game fully deployed and raring to go. The Austrians were penalised with a slightly worse Command Rating (7 rather than 8), but proved crucial when the dice started
The Napoleonic Wars, Black Powder, 28mm In last month’s “Bonaparte in Italy” we used Warfare in the Age of Napoleon, which is quite good, but a little quirky. This time we played the game using the tried and tested Black Powder. Actually, it was only tried and tested by me – Angus – the other
The Napoleonic Wars, Warfare in the Age of Napoleon, 28mm At long last I managed to bring my Austrian army of 1796 up to two brigades, plus horse and guns, and so, after borrowing my pal Chris Henry’s very pretty French, I was finally able to stage a small game. This was a fictitious battle,
The Seven Years War, Black Powder, 28mm There’s been something of a temporary diaspora in the Edinburgh club lately. Angus (that’s me) is currently up in Orkney, trying to sell a house, while Dougie is over in the Wild West of Scotland, working in Helensburgh. Kevan Gunn has also headed west, while other regulars have
