A buddy of mine was visiting me a week ago and we decided to do a road trip to West Virginia panhandle to check out the neighborhoods in that area and visit…
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BBB – Battle of Kesselsdorf, December 1745.
Background The Battle of Kesselsdorf was fought on 15 December 1745, between the Kingdom of Prussia and the combined forces of the Archduchy of Austria and the Electorate of Saxony during the part of the War of the Austrian Succession known…
Gajo 15mm Napoleonic Prussians and Portuguese.
I was checking on the Gajo sight and saw they had restocked their 15mm Prussian Grenadier and Portuguese infantry for the Napoleonic Wars. I wanted a unit of Grenadiers to go with…
Little Big Horn Battlefield National Park.
After spending a day and a half in Yellowstone, the next stop on our trip was the Little Big Horn National Park. So, off to Montana! The battlefield is located in the…
Painting War Magazine – French and Indian War
I was waiting at the Brigade Games booth at Historicon for a couple buddies to meet up with me, so we could get some lunch. While waiting, I saw they carried some…
Pimping up some online purchased 17th century dragoon figures.
While doing my new basing test for TYW figures, I remembered that I did not have very many dragoon units (when I checked, I had one). This is rather problematic for most…
15mm Thirty Years basing experiment.
After playing a ECW game earlier in the year, I kind of decided to move in a new direction for rules for the period. I had recently rebased my armies onto large…
Rank and File – Battle of Harlem Heights, September 1776.
Background The Battle of Harlem Heights was fought during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The action took place on September 16, 1776, in what is now the Morningside Heights area and east…
Gajo Napoleonic Cavalry.
I was cruising the Gajo painted mini website to pick up a few Italians to fill out one of my FoW companies. While doing that, I saw they have restocked their Napoleonic…
Napoleon’s Bloody Big Battles Scenario Book Review.
Anyone following this bog knows that our group is a fan of the Bloody Big Battles war-game rules. In addition to their stated 18th century focus, we have been using them for…