Introduction: We played the Battle of Raab 1809 using Bloody Big Battles. The Austrian Archdukes Johann and Joseph offered battle with their combined army outside the fortress city of Raab. Eugene attacked…
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Battle Reports on Games
In Her Majesty’s Name, The Tsunami off Morocco – Pulp Game.
While off the coast of Morocco, the crew of the passenger ship Athena had been warned about strange underwater earthquakes. Due to fear of Tsunamis, the Capitan decided immediately land his passengers…
D-Day Air Assault, June 1944
Background The American airborne landings in Normandy were the first American combat operations during Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Western Allies on June 6, 1944, during World War II. Around 13,100 American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions made night parachute drops early on D-Day, June 6,…
Battle of Turin, September 1706
Background Our game depicted the battle to relieve the siege of Turin, fought on 7 September 1706. This was one of Eugene of Savoy’s greatest victories in the War of Spanish Succession….
Seelowe Heights, April 1945
Background The Battle of the Seelow Heights (German: Schlacht um die Seelower Höhen) was part of the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation (16 April–2 May 1945). A pitched battle, it was one of the last assaults on large entrenched defensive…
Omaha Beach, June 1944
Background Omaha, commonly known as Omaha Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, during World War II. Landings here were necessary…
Battle of Malplaquet, September 1709
Background The Battle of Malplaquet, one of the bloodiest of modern times, was fought near the border of France on 11 September 1709, by the forces of Louis XIV of France commanded by Marshal Villars against a…
Battle of Problus, July 1866
Background The Battle of Königgrätz was the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War in which the Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire. Taking place near Königgrätz (Czech: Hradec Králové) and Sadowa (Sadová) in Bohemia on 3 July 1866, it was an example of battlefield concentration, a convergence…
Battle of Orsha (June 1944)
Background Operation Bagration (/bʌɡrʌtiˈɒn/; Russian: Oперация Багратио́н, Operatsiya Bagration) was the codename for the Soviet 1944 Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation, (Russian: Белорусская наступательная операция «Багратион», Belorusskaya nastupatelnaya Operatsiya Bagration) a military campaign…
In Her Majesty’s Name, The rescue of Lord Ashcroft – Pulp Game.
The British Crown is in a bit of a pickle. Lord Ashcroft, the British envoy to the Tzar of Russia, was on his way to Vancouver Canada, when he was seized by…