The League of Augsburg
In flight entertainment
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| ironic backdrop location to work on the GNW |
Having managed to clock up 22,000 miles in the last 10 days I am afraid my work on the BLB GNW supplement may include some errors. These are only partly due to the time zone confusion but also my...
The Prussians are coming!
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| Code P1 Prussian musketeers advancing |
Alas, I have not yet had time to paint any of the new Prussian infantry which we will soon release:
P01 Prussian musketeers marching
P02 Prussian Grenadiers marching
P03 Prussian Command marching
P04 Prussian musketeers firing
P05 Prussian musketeers loading
I'll hopefully get to that soon although travel is currently the rate limiting step. In the meantime Mr...
Why wouldn't they?
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| We sent the Huguenots to Jamaica during our Battle for Britain campaign set in 1693 (Colin Napier's brigade) |
It seems to be accepted wisdom that Huguenot regiments in the service of England and Holland did not carry pikes during the period 1688 - 1697.
Before I continue, apart from logic, I have no additional evidence to offer interested parties regarding what is stated in this piece.
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| De la... |
What you can do with the new Swedish cavalry
I'll let the pictures do the talking in this post. I have now had a bit of a chance to play around with the new Swedish cavalry. Although I have not painted all 20 different models, nor put the various arms in the different positions, I did manage to get a bit of variety going.
I really believe these will become the benchmark Swedish cavalry for the Great Northern War. I'll do another couple of...
1,000,000 up Thank you!
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| We are still marching forward and relentless |
Let's start this Saturday with a BIG THANKS to all followers and visitors to our modest blog! We have today exceeded our millionth page view.
At recent events where the League of Augsburg has had representation we've noticed an increasing tendency for people to comment on how much they enjoy the blog. These comments are almost always qualified with detail...
We are doing something right it seems!
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| A ten year, iterative process |
Wargames Illustrated dropped through my letterbox recently and in it there is a positive review of The War of Three Kings with some pretty pictures of Nick Eyre's wonderful 1672 collection being used to illustrate the rules.
Two well produced videos have been uploaded onto YouTube also by WI and the views and likes seems to indicate we might be on to something with the...
The Guns of August 2018
Clarence Harrison - It's official.. I will be running several sessions of Beneath the Lily Banners/The War of Three Kings at the Guns of August show in Newport News, VA...
When the PEL becomes available I'll have more details, including how you can sign up to get in on one of these games...
Synthesizing.. it's what I do
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| We are attempting to collate disparate information sources into a central pool and challenge some dubious 'facts' |
The process of compiling our uniform and unit history guides is one I enjoy very much. I liken it to cold-case detection work or forensic accounting... that doesn't sound hugely exciting but in fact, the activity is absorbing and extremely rewarding.
I do not see myself as an author. In...
Partizan -debrief
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| General view of the League of Augsburg table at Partizan |
We had the full first team on the park for Partizan on a glorious May Sunday. After a great evening, visiting the Queen's Sconce at Devon Park, walking the banks of the Trent Navigation channel, one or two libations and a nice Thai meal we were ready for action!
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| We went wandering around the weirs and bridges to keep us out of the Public Houses |
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Interview with Barry - The War of Three Kings
This interview was recorded right after we had played a game set in 1672 using Nick Eyre's wonderful collection. The game featured a numerically inferior Dutch Army taking on the mighty French during the infamous Rampjaar (Disaster Year).
Dan allows me to ramble on about the rules, why we made certain decisions and future developments from Warfare/WordTwister.
Dan allows me to ramble on about the rules, why we made certain decisions and future developments from Warfare/WordTwister.
Warfare Miniatures - Partizan May 20, 2018
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| Some of Steve Shann's wonderful collection of Warfare Miniatures cavalry |
We are very much looking forward to Partizan on Sunday and we have a full team on the park - Toggy, DOB and myself.
We are demo-ing The War of Three Kings in the setting of Flanders and if anyone wants to come along, throw some dice, ask some questions then please do - We're ready!
Warfare Miniatures products will be on sale...
Rawdon Raises an Army, Part One
Thomas Grove - After playing a game of Beneath the Lily Banners/The War of Three Kings I was hooked. Now to create my own army.
I really enjoyed Arthur Rawdon's force from the scenario we playedso I decided I would stick with the Cock of the North. In reality Arthur's military career didn't last long. But pulling from Clarence's and Barry's alternate history I'm going to soldier on with him and...