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…
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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…
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…
BBB, Lace Wars Variant – Battle of Mollwitz, April 1741.
Background The Battle of Mollwitz was fought by Prussia and Austria on 10 April 1741, during the First Silesian War (in the early stages of the War of the Austrian Succession). It was the first battle of the new Prussian King Frederick…
BBB – Battle of Bourny/Colombey, August 1870.
We continued our Franco-Prussian theme by playing the Battle of Bourny/Colombey (14 August 1870). This was a fighting withdrawal action that turned into a general engagement. The French were trying to withdraw…
BBB – Battle of Froeschwiller (Woerth), August 1870
After using Bloody Big Battles (BBB) to play some games set in the Napoleonic era, we decided to return to the era for which BBB was written, namely, the late 19th century,…
BBB – Battle of La Rothiere, France 1814
The Battle of La Rothiere, fought on 1 February 1814, was the sequel to the Battle of Brienne, which was fought on 29 January (see our previous report). After the inconclusive battle…
ESR – Battle of Brienne, January 1814 (Part 1).
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…
KK – Battle of Lobositz, October 1757
The Battle of Lobositz or Lovosice also Lowositz on 1 October 1756 was the opening land battle of the Third Silesian War and the wider Seven Years’ War. Frederick the Great’s 28,000 Prussians were prevented by 33,000 Austrians under Maximilian Ulysses Count von Browne from…
KK – Battle of Chotusitz, May 1742
This their second and last major battle of the 1st Silesian War gave both the Austrians, under Prince Charles, and the Prussians, under Frederick II, a chance to redeem mistakes from the…