“Those are Toy Soldiers Bigawd!” some General is supposed to have exclaimed. (or not) Gratuitous close up of my homecast, original, US infantry (apart from the Zinnbrigade drummer.) Yesterday I managed to finish fiddling with the rules (for now) and get a game on the table. Since, at this particular point, I was most interested in how it played as a game, I chose one of Thomas’s One Hour … Continue reading Surprise Attack
In many ways, the War of 1812 makes an ideal setting for Old School wargames. Well, unless you want massed cavalry charges and huge armies that is. However, like a lot of Old School games with single figures, the logistics of setting up and clearing away are considerable and the games themselves can take a full afternoon or evening to reach a conclusion so they … Continue reading The War of 1812 in a Box
The Americans are now rebased and I have a draft of a new set of rules which will allow me to refight historical War of 1812 battles within 1 to 2 hours including set up and take down. Here they come again! I’ll have more to say on this but its late. Continue reading More Than Just Marching.
The British half of the 1812 Reorganize and Refit has completed stage 1 with 5 infantry, 6 skirmisher and 1 artillery units being rebased and I took advantage of the lack of other urgent hobby ‘todo’ things to finally convert one stand of Light Infantry into Voltigeurs, and repainted the facings on 1/2 the 89th Foot from black to green thus rebadging them to the … Continue reading R and R (Reorganize & Refit)
Word reached Brooklyn early on Saturday morning that the Americans had stolen a march and the Bangor Rifles were already across the bridge on the Ste Croix. General MacDonald send messengers to the garrisons at Newport Landing and Poplar Grove to march to the Ste Croix bridge on the Windsor Road and headed out himself with the two battalions he had with him. After peppering … Continue reading The Battle for the Ste Croix
I’m getting closer! Haven’t had enough free time yet to play but I have managed to finally get the table set for a Saturday War of 1812 game. I randomnly chose a One Hour Wargame getting a surprise river crossing from the South by Blue. Wasn’t hard to decide which army was going to be “Blue”. Continue reading Opening Scene
Not much hobby time recently but I decided that I needed a quick game today. A War of 1812 Square Brigadier game seemed about right. About 2 years ago I decided that having done 1812 for 20 years in 54mm and 40mm at various level from skirmish games to refighting historical battles, I didn’t want to continue as I had been doing but neither did … Continue reading Getting A Round Tuit
This is the first half of the “Regular” battalion in my demi-brigade. I was going to do at least a couple in white but decided not to. Instead they’re just going to be a little bit less ragged and more uniform in pose. These Prince August Prussian grenadiers are better match for Meisterzinn size-wise but I only have the one static pose and the uniforms … Continue reading Old Army
Work is finally resuming on my little 40mm French Revolutionary “army”. A little knife and file work then a little putty et voila! These Prince August Prussian Grenadiers have all volunteered to fight for la Republique. Continue reading Revolution is in the air.
For a week the tired Maritime army had marched hard in pursuit of the retreating Rosmark forces. It was almost a relief when they approached Grant’s Pass and saw the enemy guns posted atop the crest of the narrow pass. The army had been marching in two columns along parallel roads which converged to run through the pass. The order went out for the cavalry … Continue reading Hold the Pass!
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