Thoughts from the Balcony… As many readers will have noticed, our group is big on playing Flames of War for our WWII games. Unlike a lot of groups (not all of course),…
Month: March 2018
Battle at Kuestrin, May 1945
Background The Soviet Vistula-Oder offensive was designed to strike west to the Oder River, cross it, and then drive on to Berlin. The lightly-held German defenses initially faltered, but as the Soviets…
Battle of Burkersdorf, 1762
Background By July 18 1762, during the Prussian campaign in Silesia, Frederick II was on the verge of launching an attack on Daun’s position when Tchernichev informed him of the fall of Peter III. The Russian contingent…
Battle of 2nd Lutterberg , 1762
Background During the campaign of 1762 in West Germany, after their defeat at the battle of Wilhelmsthal on June 24, the French generals Soubise and d’Estrées retired behind the Fulda the following night. They left a single division to…
The Cauldron, Gazala, 1942
Background The Battle of Gazala (near the modern town of Ayn al Ghazālah) was fought during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, west of the port of Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 21 June 1942. Axis troops of…
Deep in the Congo, IHMN Pulp Action.
Background Deep in the jungles of the Congo lies an old trading post, that has not been heard from in a number of years. Many rumors have come back from area tribesman…
Esterhazy Castle Forchenstein Visit
Not far outside of Vienna (just a thirty minute drive south), one so included can find the Schloss Forchtenstein. Well, south then up a big hill!. The castle was owned by the…
Where have all the historicals gone?
Some of you may be asking, what the heck with with all this fantasy stuff? What happened to Historicals? Well, not to worry, we have not given up on history as a…