We tried two generic scenarios from Enemy at the Gates. Set up on the table, and played three games…! Both of the scenarios were “The House” from the new Soviet source book…
Tag: Historical
The Wachtmeister goes to Pickett’s Lard
I attended Pickett’s Lard in Gettysburg the first weekend of May. This event was organized by the members of Lard USA a club dedicated to all things Lardy, i.e. the games put…
Battle of Brienne, January 1814.
Background The Battle of Brienne (29 January 1814) saw an Imperial French army led by Emperor Napoleon attack Prussian and Russian forces commanded by Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. Warned…
First Battle of Polotsk, August 1812.
Background In the First Battle of Polotsk, which took place on 17–18 August 1812, Russian troops under the command of Peter Wittgenstein fought French and Bavarian troops led by Nicolas Oudinotnear the…
North Star Mule.
I had a few minutes and some half completed miniatures laying around that I decided to finish (my usual situation….). The first was four mules from the Northstar Congo line of miniatures….
Battle at Sovachos Collective 79, December 1942.
Operation Winter Storm (German: Unternehmen Wintergewitter) was a German offensive in World War II in which the German 4th Panzer Army unsuccessfully attempted to break the Soviet encirclement of the German 6th Army during the Battle of Stalingrad. In late November 1942, the Red Army completed Operation Uranus, encircling…
Operation Cobra, July 1944.
Background Operation Cobra was the codename for an offensive launched by the First United States Army (Lieutenant General Omar Bradley) seven weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy Campaign of World…
Battle of Mars La Tor, August 1870.
Background The Battle of Mars-La-Tour (also known as the Battle of Vionville or Battle of Rezonville) was fought on 16 August 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, near the village of Mars-La-Tour in northeast France. In the evening…
Battle of Oudenarde, July 1708
Background: The Battle of Oudenarde (or Oudenaarde) was a battle in the War of the Spanish Succession fought on 11 July 1708 between the forces of Great Britain, the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire on…
Donner and Blitzen 15mm Playtest II
Background Continuing our playtest games of Donner and Blitzen, I decided to try some west front action. This time around it would be the British attacking the Germans in Italy. The Germans…