The League of Augsburg
And here is how it played out....
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Héros close in during the heat of the action! |
Although co-architect of the attack on the stranded English slaver Temperance, Rupert was prevented from playing anything but the role of spectator on account of a strong north westerly wind. Thomas Darbyshire, master of the grounded vessel, used his long experience at sea to make the best of a difficult position. Lying high and dry in an extremely...
Tales from the river bank.. Rupert in the Gambia
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Off the Bakendik Bolong, Rupert attacks the stranded Temperance. |
Eight days (15 turns) into the campaign, we are at the 25% mark. It has been an eventful journey so far and the Royalists are no further than four miles from the mouth of the Gambia River. They have had two encounters with Berber pirates coming off worst in the first encounter and being mere spectators to a French victory in the...
1652 Prince Rupert in the Gambia campaign
We've recently begun a campaign recreating the adventures of the itinerant Royalist Fleet on the West African coast in 1652. Under Prinz Ruprecht von der Pfalz known more commonly in Engish as Rupert of the Rhine, a small battered squadron 'privateered' between the Islas Cabo Verde and The Gambia for some weeks.
Campaign Map |
I have manipulated a few facts but nothing too outrageous. We have...
By augsburgeroberst on 2022-07-28
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Walking the battlefields..Glenshiel 1719
The bonus ball of a recent few wonderful days on Skye was the chance to visit Glenshiel battlefield on the inbound leg of the trip. I decided to do a little scrambling and ended up grabbing enough footge to make a wargames focused video of the battle.
It falls just within my normal scope of interest with a 1719 date. Regardless of the period, it is a fascinating military encounter and unique in...
May Special offer on 4Play scenario packs
Beneath the Lily Banners |
To coincide with May Bank Holiday, there is a special offer on 4Play packs. The original idea is coming up on two years old and has been an unqualified success. There are thirty-seven titles plus five free titles. Each has three scenarios focused on a particular campaign or period.
Donnybrook |
They cover all of our rule systems - Beneath the Lily Banners, Donnybrook, Mad for...
Kill Herbert! A Donnybrook 1691 production
I had fun making this. It is a Donnybrook scenario built around the mysterious death of Colonel Charles Herbert at the Battle of Aughrim on July 12th 1691. You can see the video here:
Herbert might be described in modern parlance as 'dangerous to know'. His death may have been at the hands of his own side. A chaotic rout provided the perfect cover for Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.
This game called K...
The War in Ireland - A trip through the archives Part 2
Warfare Miniatures - infantry in Ireland mostly from codes V01-V06 |
River crossing scenarios - Barry's Half-men
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Some new and unique pieces which I will be selling off. |
I tinker with stuff. It's an illness and I have had for years. I can't just leave things alone. I have to be chopping up figures, converting them and generally mucking about. Having been fixated with river crossings in Ireland (it all started with the Boyne you see) for quite some time, I have accrued a lot of what was once described by a...
A remarkable life - Prinz Ruprecht von der Pfalz
First release in the series on Prince Rupert's campaigns |
I have enjoyed reading and exploring the exploits of a quite remarkable figure form the 17th century. Not the fairly well trodden but brief path of his adventures in the land campaigns of the War of Three Kingdoms between 1640-1647, but the far more sustained period of his contribution to history. His activities as a naval commander between...
Captain Morgan
Clarence Harrison - Following on the heels of my last command vignette, I present Captain Henry Morgan!
Though Henry Morgan is often thought of as a pirate, he considered himself a patriot and privateer and always fought under the colors of England. His forays outside of letters of marque were often due to the glacial rate that news travelled at the time ("What do you mean we made peace with...
Did you ever wonder.....?
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The hard fighting Danish contingent in action |
.....what happened to those Danish troops from the Dronningens and Oldenburgske regiments that did not make it to Ireland to fight against King James and win glory at The Boyne, Aughrim and Limerick?
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Danes in the Mourne Mountains |
King Christian V of Denmark appeared to be a lot of things. Headstrong, avaricious, possibly not very bright. When he...