When the battle resumed, I decided it was time for the Maritime army to press the attack. A bridgehead has been established. With the bridgehead finally secured, Maritime reinforcements poured into it…..until they ran out of room. The Rosmark forces had fallen back, brought up reserves and established a line on the heights. The attention shifted again to the flank. The flanking forces on both … Continue reading The Battle of the Boinne (2/2)
Time has passed, the Maritime Alliance has landed on the Mainland, established a base camp and set out to drive the Rosmark forces back into the Mountains. Rosmark has had time to regroup and reinforce and General Eh has picked a good defensive position behind the Boinne River. Rosmark is ready! After studying the enemy position and sending out patrols to reconnoitre the surrounding countryside, … Continue reading There’s Going To Be a Fight
Kell Island was the opening engagement of the First Rosmark-Maritime Alliance War, a war whose outbreak was triggered by the 10 Year Readers’ Commemeration Poll. The capture of the island allowed the Alliance to land their army on the mainland and consolidate their position before the King’s army could complete its passage over the Hye Mountains. The armies would soon clash again at the River … Continue reading Kell Island Technical Discussion. 5/5
The fierce defence put up by the militia and Scouts came as a shock to the Alliance troops. The Marine Light Infantry was cut to pieces but stubbornly held on and soon the second and third waves were ashore. A long range firefight soon broke out between the opposing regulars with the Rosmark Provincials taking a steady trickle of hits while seemingly firing over their … Continue reading Kell Island: Lost and Won 4/5
A little bit of progress at last. Revolutionary French skirmishers.Yeah I know, the grenadier pompom should be a horsehair plume or a carrot but …….might add the falling plumes yet if I get inspired. Early stages of painting. This will be unit 3 out of 6 for my French. Then maybe Highlanders will deserve reinforcements. Continue reading Recalled to the Table
This is the first shot of yesterday’s A Gentleman’s War game. Unfortunately it was also the last because I was too busy GMing the 4 players to remember. Oops. Old 25mm Minifig ECW later today. Continue reading Day One
September is almost upon us and with it is our 3rd annual get-together with some old longtime wargaming friends. This year I’m going to give the lads a chance to try ‘A Gentleman’s War’ using a ‘proper’ gentleman’s army of glossy old toy soldiers. Having reviewed the troops on hand, I’ve decided to go with smaller than usual for AGW but acceptable units of 8 infantry … Continue reading Mustering for A Gentleman’s War
Nothing like a casual game to wind down after a good but busy convention. Since Rob already had an actual copy of A Gentleman’s Wargame and Vicky volunteered to play, Rob was able to GM which was a big help in learning on the go. Ready to Roll. There is a long series of sharp photographs detailing the action which no one took so this … Continue reading Huzzah2019 Another AGW Game ( and Booty)
Not quite home yet but there’s time for a blog post. Rob and I RV’d nicely, arriving at our destination about an hour apart after each making an approach march of about 1,000 km. How’s that for converging columns? Rosmark’s forces deploy. To keep things simple I set out a few terrain pieces and we deployed symmetrical forces. Rob had grabbed a free table and … Continue reading Huzzah 2019 Game 1
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