The League of Augsburg
King of Buccaneers, 1671
Clarence Harrison - So this was an epic undertaking. When Barry first unveiled the 4Play scenario pack concept, he invited me to join in. While I had a pile of ideas, I quickly realized I didn't have the models to present them in the manner I wished. We were eyeball deep in Mad for the Warat the time. As naval gaming had never been a passion of mine, I set out to read some books on the subject to...
Temperance becomes Mars - The journey from bit part to stardom!
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Temperance stranded on the shoal 6th March |
Too much going on, so unfortunately the blog was a casualty. Everything is good, lots of projects on the go, Warfare Miniatures really busy which is part of the problem! Too much casting keeps me away from many other important things.
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Rupert and his French allies failed to capture Temperance |
As a little place holder I thought I would feature the campaign...
Sweden versus Holland 1658
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Looking across Øresund |
I have finished refighting the Battle of Øresund, 28th October 1658. It was the largest Mad for War game I have played to date so let's get the stats out of the way first:
Table size: 6 x 4 feet
Playing time: 18 turns (6 hours of battle time) played over three days in multiple sessions.
Scale :1/1200
Model to ship ratio: 1: 2
Number of models used: 50
Total Swedish fleet points:...
Jungle jeopardy for the Bishop of Manila
One of the crossing points - hostile locals are present
This one has got to be one of the more unusual scenarios from an unusual campaign. Survivors from the scuttled treasury ship Santiago are attempting to reach civilization in the lower reaches of The Gambia. Crossing a monster infested bolon was not in the plan.
Harassed by native warbands lurking in the shadows just beyond the narrow trails,...
The day has arrived.. Mad for War pre ordering
First, let me thank you all for your patience. We have been promising this book for over eighteen months. Why it took so long does not matter anymore. It will be delivered to Warfare Miniatures HQ before the end of January 2023 for immediate distribution.
A shipment will go on to Warfare USA the day after it arrives on my doorstep. Orders for the USA, Canada and US Territories should be made from...
Release of Gambia #4 Hector!
Prince Rupert captures ships should be the byline here. Three Donnybrook/Donnybrook at Sea scenarios from down on the Gambia. The main man does incredibly well on the whole....
Does behaving counterintuitively count as roleplaying?
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Fortune is grounded and under attack by Moroccan slavers |
Colin has been coming to terms with his role as Prince Rupert in our currently running Gambia 1652 campaign. I believe Colin is coming to know and love the prince and has now taken to making decisions as if he were the man himself. Those of you who know Colin (possibly by his nickname of CKC - Colin Kills Colonels0 will recognize him as a...
English Bottoms - The Navigation Act
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Set up. Ayscue sweeps in on the westerly. |
The Navigation Act was a piece of legislation designed to annoy the Dutch and wrest back some control over the global movement of trade commodities from the commercially adroit GWC/VOC and trade bodies of the Dutch Republic.
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T2. The faster English ships break away from Rainbow. |
It went a considerable distance in starting the 1st Anglo-Dutch War as the...
First Gambia scenario packs released
The first two scenario packs from the Gambia Campaign 1652 are now available in the shop. More will be released before Christmas so keep and eye out if your imagination has been stimulated by this fascinating wargaming opportunity. See the pdfs here: https://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/shop/products-subcat-84.html
Jungle Warfare (see what I did there?)
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Two Arab slavers observe the advance of 'al ainjiliz' through the jungle |
The first 'full scale' land battle of the campaign is about to be fought thirteen days of 40% of the way through. 200 English sailors accompanied by Berber PoWs now incorporated into Royalist ships' crews and some local Christian African villagers have moved inland to raid the Komban Royal enclosure.
Prince Rupert had...
Gambia campaign pdfs in the works
screen grab from #5 All Ashore! which has 38 pages |
Working on five so far and we are just past the one third mark of the campaign. The actions have come thick and fast and have divided into clear groups - naval actions using Mad for War, small naval actions using Donnybrook at Sea and land actions using Donnybrook. Looming up is a small land battle for which we'll use Beneath the Lily Banners.
Th...
Down on the river.. Captain Marshall goes brawling
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waterfront at Albadar |
The Gambian Odyssey continues unabated. Running low on all sorts of supplies Captain Marshall of Honest Seaman has been sent to Albadar, the Couronian trading post to gather intel, supplies and collect Doctor Mautrin, Rupert's personal physician. Things go awry when his shore parties clash with locals, the French privateers and discover Mautrin and eight of the ship's company...
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