The League of Augsburg
Crossing the Shannon - July 15, 1690
Clarence Harrison - In the period between the Battle of the Boyne (July 1st, 1690) and The Battle of Aughrim (July 12th, 1691) a variety of smaller engagements took place in central and the south west Ireland.
This scenario is a fictitious encounter placed against the backdrop of small raids, sieges and low level actions which characterized the year following the Battle of the Boyne. Scenario...
This scenario is a fictitious encounter placed against the backdrop of small raids, sieges and low level actions which characterized the year following the Battle of the Boyne. Scenario...
Kurpfalz Feldherren do the '45 at Tactica
Some Summer pictures of a winter time game from Germany.
Those very talented chaps - Jurgen, Sven, Stefan and Mirko aka the Kurpfalz Feldherren have done it again with this wonderful '45 Rebellion Donnybrook game at Tactica.
Their table was beautiful and contained four forces - French, Highlanders,...
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| Awa' in the Heilands - Speed Bonnie Boat and all that stuff.. |
Those very talented chaps - Jurgen, Sven, Stefan and Mirko aka the Kurpfalz Feldherren have done it again with this wonderful '45 Rebellion Donnybrook game at Tactica.
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| This looks suitably grim and Scots |
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...
Amazing stories of Derring Do from Tactica..
Having at the last minute decided not to run this game at Partizan in favour of a Flanders Bash it is nice to give it one last airing here with some 'real life war stories' from the field of battle in Germany..
Our Great German Horse race ran five times during the Tactica show. We entertained German, Danish and English players and ended...
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| Notice the organized progress of these fine Danish Commanders! |
Our Great German Horse race ran five times during the Tactica show. We entertained German, Danish and English players and ended...
The Cock of the North, Part Four
Clarence Harrison- Well, that was fun! Running a game for players who have no experience with a rule set is always tricky. You can spend a lot of time bogged down in tedious explanations of mechanics and the minutia of the charts and discover that no one remembers it all anyway, or you can just dive in. I explained that the troops mostly use d6s or d8s to resolve their actions (a concept they WERE...
The Cock of the North, Part Three
Clarence Harrison - Turns five through seven saw the action heat up as both sides began to make more aggressive moves.
Sir Arthur attempts to dazzle his opponent with a double order deployment in hopes of confusing his foe...
Unfazed, General Hamilton responds by trying to blind his opponent...
In the center of the field, Captain Magill's Dragoons crash into the second squadron of Tyrconnel's Horse....
The Cock of the North, Part Two
Clarence Harrison- For the initial deployment, I placed the Foot of the Protestant Association in the village of Dromore, and left it up to the players to deploy their Horse and Dragoons as they saw fit. With Hamilton not yet on the field, Chris played Colonel Dominic Sheldon who had command of Tyrconnel's three squadrons of Horse, with Jim in command of Sir Neil O'Neill's two squadrons of...
The Cock of the North, Part Two
Clarence Harrison- For the initial deployment, I placed the Foot of the Protestant Association in the village of Dromore, and left it up to the players to deploy their Horse and Dragoons as they saw fit. With Hamilton not yet on the field, Chris played Colonel Dominic Sheldon who had command of Tyrconnel's three squadrons of Horse, with Jim in command of Sir Neil O'Neill's two squadrons of...
The Cock of the North, Part One
Clarence Harrison- I had the opportunity to run a pre-release game of Beneath the Lily Banners/The War of Three Kings for some friends last weekend. They hadn't played any of the previous versions and were unfamiliar with the period, though eager to give it a try - and I was eager to see what they thought. When trying to decide on exactly what game to run, I turned to the pile of scenarios we have...
Practice Race German Grand Prix 1694
Toggy and I ran the race today: 10 Turns, 4 competitors and all to play for!
The objective is to breach the French defences and capture their Marshal in the camp at the far end of the table.The game is played long ways on an 8 x 6. The player forces were as follows:
Imperialists: 4 squadrons of Drilled Cuirassiers
Prussians: 4 squadrons of Veteran Dragoons
Saxons: 4 squadrons of Drilled Cuirassiers
Bav...
The Great German Grand Prix 1694 - LoA TACTICA 2018
During the Nine Years War 1688-1697 many German speaking states fought as part of the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV’s mighty France. Although German troops fought in Flanders they also served in the Rhine lands and elsewhere.
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| Rough shot of how the GREAT RACE will look |
Our game is set near the Rhine. The army of the Grand Alliance wants to capture a heavily protected French camp lying at the end...
Christmas Game - Harrison's Meadow VA June 1861
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| Longstreets's Brigade march to Harrison's Meadow |
I do have other interests apart from 1660-1721 and so for the Christmas game this year I thought I'd surprise Toggy with an ACW encounter from the very beginning of the war.
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| Ewell's Brigade approach from the south west |
In this fictitious pre-1st Bull Run encounter elements of Tyler's 1st US Division attempt to protect the Warrenton Road road adjacent...