The League of Augsburg

Terrain and something out of nothing

by augsburgeroberst
A rough mock up of a North African harbour. Stuff just placed on for effect nuthin' fancy.

There is nothing more boring than a plain blue cloth for naval gaming. As many Age of Sail fights took place very close to shore, I wanted to model terrain for coasts from Ireland to the Tropics.

I have made a fair old stab at it over the last week and by accident discovered a very useful purpose for what...
Posted in Ireland, Modeling, Painting, Restoration and Dutch Wars, Scenarios, Tangiers, The High Seas, Wargaming

Campaign Turn 1 complete - Round up

by augsburgeroberst




One turn down and five great games each with interesting results. Apart from the plenary information made available to everyone below, each player received a private breifing of events in their campaign orbit. The table shows the raw points scores after ship repairs but before purchases and upgrades for turn 2. The limit is 200 points spent per turn and players can go into debt and spend the 200...
Posted in Restoration and Dutch Wars, The Glorious Revolution, The High Seas, Wargaming

Naval campaign game 5: All hands to the oars!

by augsburgeroberst
Darkness and fog - ideal for an escape bid from a potentially hostile harbour

November 23rd, 1688: Copenhagen

Chaos reigns supreme in England. The invasion by Willem of Orange less than three weeks previously has caused the army to disintegrate. The naval service is in turmoil, torn between loyalty to its old commander in chief and King, the officers and men weigh the options for their individual...
Posted in 17th century naval campaign, Limerick, Restoration and Dutch Wars, Scenarios, The Glorious Revolution, The High Seas, Wargaming

Lucky connections or coincidence?

by augsburgeroberst



Not only did I get to sail across the very spots that Spragge, De Ruyter et al manouevred  and battled with their fleets in the 17th century, I managed to make several other tangible connections with my periods of interest during the annual sojourn to Antwerp.

Spanish Gate at Breda Castle.. some irony in the title - the Spaniards left a water gap in their defences

The girls wanted a stop off en...
Posted in 17th century naval campaign, News, Restoration and Dutch Wars, The Great Northern War, Travel, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming

Naval campaign game 4: Tocht's raid April 1664

by augsburgeroberst
Set up
Tocht's squadron has sailed down the Channel and is approaching Plymouth. Several English warships are at anchor in the open waters south of the Hoe. Tocht has a mind to destroy as many vessels as possible. He has not spotted any sail in the Channel thus far and nothing significant is moving around the squadron at anchor. It is difficult to tell what size and state of readiness the enemy...
Posted in 17th century naval campaign, Restoration and Dutch Wars, Scenarios, The High Seas, Wargaming

Naval Campaign game 3: Baert's Baptism!

by augsburgeroberst
March 19, 1689
Scenario name: Schomberg's reinforcements
Baert has word of a troop convoy bound for either Hoylake or Belfast. It is carrying English and Dutch soldiers to Ireland to fight King Louis's cousin James II. His ships left Dunkirk three days ago and are approaching the convoy from the north and windward. He is ordered to sink or capture as many of the transports as possible. The convoy is...
Posted in 17th century naval campaign, Ireland, Restoration and Dutch Wars, The High Seas, Wargaming

Naval campaign game 2: Free trade? De Ruyter's first scenario

by augsburgeroberst

Set up


Peter's Dutch squadron under legendary commander Michiel de Ruyter has its first outing.

De Ruyter - September 1664 off the Gold Coast/Ghana
Scenario name: Free trade?


The Dutch East India Company (VOC) has been building trade via Gold Coast ports for several years. The English have become increasingly interested in bolstering their cash strapped economy and its own Royal Africa Company has...
Posted in 17th century naval campaign, Restoration and Dutch Wars, Scenarios, The High Seas, Wargaming

Naval Campaign game 1: Sovereign of the Seas?

by augsburgeroberst
14th February 1665: Off the Isle of Wight
Scenario name: Sovereign of the Seas

His Majesty King Charles II demands that every foreign vessel passing through English waters acknowledges his position as Sovereign of the Seas. In so doing each ship must lower its colours when an English warship is within sight. Although not at war, tension with France is mounting due to its support for the Dutch...
Posted in 17th century naval campaign, Restoration and Dutch Wars, Scenarios, The High Seas, Wargaming

Naval campaign missions - the first five

by augsburgeroberst
Here are the first five missions for the chosen fleets in overview. One has already been fought, I have written orders from another and await the instructions of the remaiing Generals at Sea.

In no particular order:




De Ruyter - September 1664 off the Gold Coast/Ghana
Scenario name: Free trade?


The Dutch East India Company (VOC) has been building trade via Gold Coast ports for several years. The...
Posted in Ireland, Restoration and Dutch Wars, Scenarios, The Glorious Revolution, The High Seas, Wargaming

Meet the Fleets!

by augsburgeroberst
It was with interest, pleasure and gamer's curiosity that I opened the mails from participating blog members concerning the construction of their fleets for the occasional games which will be run and retold here.

The first is chosen by a Dutch gamer who will go under his nom de guerre... Jan Baert or as he is known beyond the Dutch speaking world - Jean Bart. 'Terror of the Dutch' and all round...
Posted in Modeling, News, Restoration and Dutch Wars, The High Seas, Wargaming

Your participation if you wish it....

by augsburgeroberst
English: From left: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 5th galley-frigate

I mentioned previously that it would be fun to get some small fleets together chosen/owned by blog visitors and that I would where possible, fight out randomly generated actions and feed back the results. If lots of people participate then the game load may get onerous and your fleet may not see action too often but, we can only...
Posted in News, Restoration and Dutch Wars, Scenarios, The High Seas, Wargaming

Weather beaten? Part 1 intro : Tangier... but not as we know it Jim!

by augsburgeroberst
A representation of Tangier harbour in 1666. The shape is roughly that of the modern port as seen on various pictures
The English colony in Tangier has always fascinated me. I have gamed it on land and am currently in the process of assembling forces for it again in 28mm.

I have gazumped that project with an extension of my Dutch Wars naval adventure. As I always do, I try and stretch any project...
Posted in Ottomans, Restoration and Dutch Wars, Scenarios, Tangiers, Terrain, The High Seas, Wargaming