I think I have just about recovered from Partizan and am now counting down to my summer holiday, including a trip to Rhodes.While at the show I was pretty busy with the game but did dive into Dave Thomas's stand to pick up a couple of blist…
(For those interested, I have updated the Bloodybacks! rules to v9.3 on the Pages section of the blog)Another Partizan show has been and gone. I had a fantastic time and found it one of the most sociable of all the Partizan's I have had the…
// Preparations continue.. //It is only a week to go until Partizan and my demo game. As I type, the playsheets are being printed out and I have finished the posters and markers for the game.It has taken me a while to adjust to using my Mac…
// A different approach to the 1st New York Regiment //There is a huge value to getting figures out of their boxes when organising forces for a demonstration game. Certainly with my AWI collection as it is quite large and I can't always rem…
// Forces in Miniature //It is now only a couple of weeks until Partizan MMXXVI in Newark, UK and I am assembling all the bits and bobs I need for my demonstration game. The battle I have decided to focus on is Chatterton's Hill which was t…
This is a final blog post concerning the campaing, to wrap up with a few thoughts before I move on to Partizan preparation, with a return to the American War of Independence.Photo from the recent game, put through a couple of filters on Vis…
// The Battle of Vierecksbrucke //// Turns 5, 6 and 7 //Picking up from where we left off, turn 5 was yet another "ordinary" turn with no extra actions for units. As events transpired the entire battle would feature no "long" turns at all,
// The Battle of Vierecksbrucke //// Turn 4 //Another turn concludes and I can report on the progress of each army.A number of melees characterised events, with none prioving decisive but each advancing the narrative of the battle in its ow…
// The Battle of Vierecksbrucke //// Turn 3 //Just the one turn completed today, but the situation across the Ecksfeld and around the town's defences is developing in some interesting ways.As with the previous turn, the point of major jeopa…
// The Battle of Vierecksbrucke //The mini-campaign has reached something of a climax as the two armies meet at Vierecksbrucke, the major town in the Viereckstal valley. However this turns out I'll make it the final battle of this phase of
// Photographing miniature battles //Thank you for the kind comments about the photos I have used to illustrate the units and battles of the campaign. While there is a lot of advice online about photographing individual models, I've not fou…
// The Battle of Marschfurt //// Turns 6 //A slower pace of action as work and commuting exert their effects on my time and energy, however I have continued to squeeze in the game turns and push the battle towards a conclusion. An interesti…