The League of Augsburg
Heidelberg Castle - photo walk through
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| The large tower on the right (Dicker Turm) was mined by Louis XIV's army in 1693 |
It was my good fortune to find myself in Heidelberg for a couple of days and to explore its Thirty Years War and War of the Palatinate history.
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| Many of the defensive works were repeatedly reconstructed after sieges during the TYW and Nine Years War |
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| The view from the castle down into the town and the Alte Bruecke over the... |
Kurpfalz Feldherren Wargame Club, Germany
We meet up with the guys from Kurpfalz Feldherren at Tactica, Hamburg, Crisis, Antwerp and even at Partizan. They do wonderful games at least two of which have been featured on the blog before. Lovely bunch of people, totally into their hobby and it really shows.
This wonderful game was I think Juergen told me, inspired by some of the Donnybrook Dark ideas (well the town at least). I just love the...
A Fascinating detour Part 2 - Brielle
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| Gateway in Brielle's inner defensive ramparts |
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| Panel beyond the outer works explaining Brielle's position and history |
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| The moat between out ramparts and the Molenbolwerk - can you see its cannon? |
Whilst in Den Haag Toggy spotted an article about the fortress town of Brielle and its capture by the Sea Beggars during the Eighty Years War. Do you know anything about this? he asked. Nope was the unhelpful...
Champions of Pike & Shot 1: Mark Shearwood
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| Siege of Athlone 1691 - wonderful solo effort by Mark |
I decided to highlight the work of fellow gamers who I feel make a significant contribution to the popularity of the period 1660-1720. Mark Shearwood's output is both prodigious and high quality.
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| Meanwhile back in Brixham 1688 - Kidnapping King James |
Mark has produced imaginative and inspiring games which have appeared at various shows mostly in...
Book Review - Behind the Walls - Nicola Pierce
Behind the Walls - a novel about the Siege of Derry 1689
I don't normally do book reviews on the blog although I have occasionally written some for the trade press in the past.
I thought I'd make an exception for this book which I picked up in the Visitors Centre at The Boyne last month for a couple of reasons; It is about a subject in which I have a deep and abiding interest and not often written...
Eclectic Holiday post #2 The Siege of Constantinople
Blog Die Hards - stick with this post and think.. 1683! The Turks of that period were not so different from those featured here in the 1453 Siege of Constantinople.
I have visited Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul several times and on one trip managed to spend an...
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| Original and reconstructed walls of Constantinople on the European shore |
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| Reconstructed section - it runs for perhaps a mile or more |
I have visited Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul several times and on one trip managed to spend an...
The Siege of Barcelona 1714
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| Barcelona at the time of the siege 1714 - Born is the district in the bottom right |
On a recent trip to Barcelona I accidentally stumbled across what I initially believed to be a Roman archaeological exhibition in the Born Market. The magnificent excavated ruins of complete buildings, streets and waterways are breathtaking.
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| A small portion of the 1,000 destroyed houses which lie below modern... |
Awakening Derry from hibernation
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| taking shape now but still plenty to do on the ground work |
The nature of this project and too many conflicting priorities over the winter months meant that my Derry- Building went into stasis for a while.
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| Lots of work to be done on the ditch and drawbridge |
With a couple of weeks at home, Tactica behind me and some new ideas in my head I took inspiration from the non hibernating family of squirrels...
Derry's walls - part 4 the Devil is in the detail
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| roof tiles from cheap cardboard found at the back of notepads |
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| this middle board has taken over 40 hours alone so far. |
Derry's walls part 3 - the breach
Now, I know a few of you will be reading this and saying - 'what breach?' but actually there were various points around the walls which had taken a bit of a pounding. There was a serious Jacobite assault during which they attempted to destroy a damaged bastion near Butcher's Gate facing out on to the bog side (west).
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| This is what I originally planned using the Kallistra pieces. |
I intend to use these...
Derry's walls - Part 2 - making the gatehouse
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| Gateway placed on in front of wet ditch under construction |
Having fallen at the first hurdle with the 10mm medieval piece from Kallistra I bit the bullet and decided to make a gate house for myself from scratch.
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| buildings on the inner wall under construction around the gateway |
The original gates of Derry are long gone and have been replaced by semi ornamental arches and bridges. The available...
Derry's walls - building 'em Part 1
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| The original idea - jacked up Kallistra 10mm walls x 4 feet |
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