We played the Battle of Brienne (29 January 1814) using the Napoleonic rules, Et Sans Resultat (ESR)Version 3. The game required two sessions to complete; this report is Part 1. Our scenario was drawn…
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FOW – Rocking the Kasbah, November 1942
We continued our Morocco-Tunisia theme by playing the final assault on the Kasbah at Mehdia, Morocco. According to Rick Atkinson’s “An Army at Dawn,” the “Kasbah” was a 16th Century fort that…
Micro Armor Test Play – 1943 Armor Clash
It was time for WWII Tuesday and I decided it would be nice to shift back to ground warfare and try out another micro armor test play. This time, I decided to…
LotR – Dale vs Orcs
My first game back from my trip was some LotR. A buddy of mine set up the game, so I jumped in to practice using my dice rolling hand. There were four…
7TV Pulp – Rescue in Dhakar
The el Makitar Rebels have been caught in Dhaka after their daring raid to kidnap ambassadors attending the recent Crescent Society conference. Unfortunately, two of their captives have not been found and…
FOW – Battle of Mehdia, November 1942
We started a new FOW theme set in Morocco and Tunisia, in the November-December 1942 timeframe. Our first scenario saw a large Vichy French force attempting to break through American defenses near…
KK – Battle of Campo Santo, February 1743.
Background The Battle of Campo Santo was fought in Campo Santo, Italy on 8 February 1743 between Spain and Austria, as part of the War of the Austrian Succession. The Spaniards and their Neapolitan allies under General De Gages were fought to a standstill…
FoW – Escape from Berlin, May 1945
An old gaming buddy of mine was in town last week and had some time to play a game. I reached out to some of the old grognards to meet up at…
7TV Pulp – Raid on the Elmusai Shrine.
It was Pulp Tuesday and time for another 7TV Pulp game. I decided to break out by Siam ruins terrain for the set up. I stated with a few shallow hills and…
FoW – Crossing the Calore, September 1943
The final game of our Salerno theme was another scenario from “wargamerabbit” –“Crossing the Calore River.” This scenario pits a reinforced US Rifle Company against a reinforced German Panzer Pioneer company. The…