Interlude

I decided to watch the 75th Anniversary commemoration broadcast from Juno Beach this morning. Quite well done. It still fascinates me that when I was a kid, WWII seemed like history long past but in fact when I joined the Black Watch Cadets in 1967, DDAY was only 23 years past. Today, 9/11 is only 18 years in the past. Makes you think. Midway through … Continue reading Interlude

Well, I did have my doubts BUT…..

It had to be tried. The Grand Experiment grinds to a halt as the list of unresolved rules questions begins to grow exponentially. I had previously  tried a similar approach using the Square Brigadier but this was going to be less abstract and enable me to fight reasonable recreations of small historical actions like the Battles of Ridgeway and Cut Knife Creek. It took nearly … Continue reading Well, I did have my doubts BUT…..