I have been playing 18th century war-games for a very long time. Over the years, I have tried different rules that gave different levels of fun and realism. During the last three…
Tag: SYW
Rebasing My SYW Austrian Grenz Skirmishers
I am an avid fan of Seven Years War battles gaming. While not a game that I get to play as much as I like, it is one of my favorites. There…
More Reinforcements for the Reichs Armee.
I was able to order a few more bags of miniatures from Gajo Games. These, along with a few painted SYW Austrians that I had laying around, gave me the bases of…
Reichs Armee Takes the Field.
While going through my SYW Austrians to update them, I looked over to the next shelf at my Palatinate and Bavarian armies for the period. This got me thinking that it would…
SYW Austrian Reinforcements.
One of my favorite periods for gaming is the Seven Years War. There is just something about lines of miniatures in tricornes. I have been going through my SYW miniatures to try…
15mm Seven Years War Bavarian Army
I have had a backlog of figures that I have either painted or had painted for quite some time. Finally working to get them finished, slowly but surely! Here is my new…
Muskets and Tomahawks – Multi-player Skirmish.
Background The French and Indian War (1754–1763) pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies. At the start of…
Battle of Lutterberg, September 1758.
Background In September 1758, during the French offensive in Hesse, when the Prince de Soubise advanced on Einbeck defended only by the small force of Prince Ysenburg (7,500 men), Ferdinand of Brunswick detached General Oberg with 14,000…
French and Indian War Border Skirmish, 1757.
Background The French and Indian War (1754–1763) pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies….
Battle of Kolin, June 1757
Background Frederick II of Prussia won a bloody battle against Austria and was now besieging Prague. Austrian Marshal Daun arrived too late to participate in the battle of Prague, but picked up 16,000 men who escaped…