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Warfare Miniatures offers the most comprehensive range of 28mm wargame models available for the period of 1680-1720. Warfare Miniatures USA is the exclusive dealer for these fine models in North America.
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Beneath the Lily Banners
Beneath the Lily Banners is a tabletop wargaming rules system designed to immerse players in the epic and dazzlingly colourful world of 17th century warfare. It can be used with miniatures of most scales with the main focus being 28mm models. Games are played with as few as four and as many as 100 units per side. Action can be set at small scale engagement level by altering the model to man ratio from 1:35 to as low as 1:3. This turns battalions to companies and squadrons to troops. The rules involve simultaneous movement regulated by orders and the skill levels of opposing commanders. Results can be achieved in an hour for a small encounter or over multiple sessions if recreating one of the era’s many massive battles. This is the fourth edition of the system which was first published in 2008.
From the fields of Flanders to the deserts of Iraq, the sweltering heat of the Caribbean to the Ukrainian steppe, the virgin wilderness of North America to the ancient ruins of the Peleponnese. Advance your armies to victory and glory!
hard cover, 184 pages
This is a PRE-ORDER. Books will ship to buyers in November (or as soon as I get them)!
Donnybrook Essentials
Donnybrook is a fast and fun skirmish game which is easy to pick up and full of period flavor. This booklet is 36 pages half A4 sized, cardstock cover and saddle stitched to produce and old school feel and contains all the rules you need to run swashbuckling adventures!
You can download templates to make your own cards for the game on the League of Augsburg blog.
In the tradition of the old school books Donnybrook Essentials is meant to honor, the booklet has been produced in multiple color covers (at least in the US… still working on logistics for the rest of the planet). These will be randomly supplied unless you really want a particular color, in which case you can get in touch when you order! The booklet will also come with a card stock play sheet, folded to fit neatly inside.
When you order the physical copy of Donnybrook Essentials, you will get the PDF for free.
Blog Posts
That thorny old issue... Scales
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| sample page from Rolling Thunder! |
We are developing new products all the time. Right now I am close to finishing and publishing the Mad for War fleet rules which are called Rolling Thunder! The system uses multi-based ships on a 1:1 basis utilizing smaller scale models to facilitate the painting and use of entire fleets in the Anglo-Dutch War period. This can mean upward of 100 ships per side.
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Cruisers!
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| Seven German cruisers search for their opponents |
I painted up a bunch of 1/4800 WWI era armoured cruisers to play a few games at home. This scenario is on a 4 x 2' table. The rules are Majestic 12's Grand Fleet. I have been familiarizing myself with these for a couple of weeks.
The Germans thus far have not done so well. I constructed two equal points orbats which pitted a British armoured cruiser...
Shiver me timbers! Put an ice pack on that!
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| Panorama of the icy ending to the scenario |
Last evening, Colin and I played Fog of War – the 4Play scenario for the Battle of Hudson’s Bay, 1697. It is unusual because the fighting takes place amidst the pack ice and in a thick fog. The mechanisms for contact in the fog produce ship disorientation and repositioning relative to other ships.
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| Initial forces - two ships each |
Bad die throws whilst...