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The Seven Years War, Die Kriegskunst, 28mm I blame Charles S. Grant. He seems like a nice chap, a mild-mannered retired brigadier, but he’s really a sadistic individual, hell-bent on making a wargamer’s life an unpleasant one. Anyone who thinks this a bit harsh obviously hasn’t seen his Scenarios for Wargames (1981). You see, we decided
The Napoleonic Wars, Republic to Empire, 28mm Two or three times a year a group of wargamers who call themselves “The League of Gentlemen Wargamers” get together to play a game – usually up in the Scottish town of Kirriemuir. A year or so ago they kindly included me in their group, and now I
The Seven Years War, Die Kriegskunst, 28mm The aim of this game was to introduce a handful of new players to Die Kriegskunst – part of a greater bid to convert the world into Seven Years War aficionados. I wanted to run a small game, and came across the perfect scenario in Charles S. Grant’s
Queen Victoria’s Little Wars, In the Heart of Africa modified, 28mm This was a period we hadn’t played for a long time, so Colin Jack and I decided to run an Indian Mutiny game. For some reason we didn’t have a suitably dusty table covering, so we made do with a game set in the
Queen Victoria’s Little Wars, Warriors against Bullets, 28mm This week I was given the chance to participate in a colonial game, run by fellow Edinburgh gamer Dave O’Brien. It was set in the Egyptian Campaign of 1882, and revolved around a British attack on an Egyptian outpost and oasis, somewhere on a spur of the
American War of Independence, Loose Files & American Scramble, 15mm Our recent American War of Independence game using “proper” 28mm figures was fought using the British Grenadier rules. Well, for years our club’s “Rebel” sympathisers Jack Glanville and Dave O’Brien used to wargame the period in 15mm, using Loose Files and American Scramble. They’re a
The American War of Independence, British Grenadier, 28mm We played this game mainly because we had a lot of Woodland Indians which rarely get used on the tabletop. This historic battle involved the ambush of a small American column, composed mainly of militia, supported by a few Indians and Scouts. The attacking force was made
The Napoleonic Wars, Republic to Empire, 28mm The weekend was spent up in the little Scottish town of Kirriemuir, some 100 miles north of Edinburgh, where “The League of Gentlemen Wargamers” refought the Battle of Ligny. For years I’ve claimed that this period never really interested me, and that Prussians were one of the dullest-looking
The American War of Independence, British Grenadier, 28mm Well, Dave Imrie has been painting up more of his American War of Independence figures (that’s the “American Revolution” to you Colonials), and he wanted a game. Given the lead at our disposal we decided to try out the Hubbarton scenario in the latest British Grenadier Scenario
Seven Years War , Die Kriegskunst, 28mm I really haven’t been having much luck with my camera lately – a severe case of operator error. My apologies for the washed-out look of some of these pictures. Anyway, this game was all about testing out a scenario Dougie Trail concocted for our forthcoming Die Kriegskunst rules.
