The League of Augsburg

With Talon and Claw released in pdf format

by augsburgeroberst




With Talon and Claw has proven very popular in printed form and now that it has been available for 15 months, I am releasing it in pdf format at Hi-Resolution.



For those unfamiliar with the book - it is a guide to Wargaming the Great Northern War 1700-1721 and the Eastern Wars involving the Ottoman Empire between 1660 and 1730. 




It contains, supplementary rules for Swedes, Ottomans, Poles and Steppe...

Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, History, Ottomans, Scanian Wars, Scenarios, The Great Northern War, Uniforms, Wargaming

GNW Swedes from.. Russia! The work of Alexey Kovshikov

by augsburgeroberst



Thanks Alexey for sending these fine images of GNW Swedes. I am happy to say I now have several customers in Russia and GNW is proving of course, pretty popular. 




I am even more curious abut the other period which seems to be popular with my Russian customers.... King William's War in Ireland!




A mixture of Warfare and I think, Ebor? miniatures.

Posted in Basing, Guest Post, Painting, The Great Northern War, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming

New FREE 4PlayX pack - let me know if you want a copy

by augsburgeroberst

 



4Play has proved to be popular. Visitors to the blog will have noticed the high level of output which has been matched by a lot of inbound emails regarding content. That is just what I need. As an example, requests this week alone have included; more GNW, a pack covering a WTK tutorial game, The Covenanter Rebellions, more on Flanders campaigns, Sedgemoor, more Ireland focused material and,...

Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, Donnybrook, History, News, Nine Years War, Scenarios, The Great Northern War, The War of Three Kings, Wargaming

With Talon and Claw 25 point army lists

by augsburgeroberst

 


A customer asked me to put together some 25 point army lists for  With Talon and Claw. I thought those would be worht sharing as this type of information always comes in useful. 

The three forces in questions are


Cossacks 1650-1720

4 x 18 model infantry All musket,  Drilled (all with wagon defence to the front @ 1pt instead of 0.5 point for chevaux)  8 points
1 x 18 model infantry All musket,...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, History, Ottomans, Scenarios, The Great Northern War, The War of Three Kings, Wargaming

Danish Grenadier Corps, 1710

by quindia
Clarence Harrison - It's been a while since I've painted any Warfare Miniatures. I've been wanting to wander into the tricorn era of the period for some time, but there's always been 'just one more' project in the queue. Well, I finally decided to make a start of it!

While the Russians or Swedes are the obvious choice, the Danish army has always been a favorite of mine. My usual process when...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, Quindia Studios, Scanian Wars, The Great Northern War, Warfare Miniatures

4Play and 4PlayX scenarios available for GNW

by augsburgeroberst
I am delighted to announce the release of the first 12 GNW scenarios including six 4PlayX games. 

All are centred around the Poltava campaign. Two have 17 pages and the other two 27 pages.

Here they are



Scenarios:

1. Man down - Masuria 1708
2. Bloody Baturyn! Ukraine 1708
3. Veprik. Swedish attack on Russian town. 1709



Poltava Part 1

1. Attack! Roos's battalions attack the redoubts
2. Rehnskiold take...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, Donnybrook, History, News, Ottomans, Scenarios, Siege, The Great Northern War, The War of Three Kings, Wargaming

Queensbury or cage fighting?

by augsburgeroberst



The last couple of weeks has been consumed by intensive gaming and writing about the Great Northern War. The 4PlayX format which covers larger games on a 4 x 4 table, requires longer to set up, play, photograph and validate but oh boy, has it been worth it! I have been  utterly consumed by the twelve scenarios completed so far. 




What has struck me is the contrast in the gaming intensity...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, History, News, Scenarios, Siege, The Great Northern War, The War of Three Kings, Wargaming

Redoubt redux

by augsburgeroberst


Set up for Scenario #2 The Guard's passage the lines.

Submerged deep in the man cave with literally a dozen box files of figures open at any one time I have been forensically exploring the wargaming options with redoubts for the Poltava series of pdfs which is now nearly complete. 

Although I have been gaming the Great Northern War for nearly thirty years, it is a long time since I gamed Poltava,...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, History, News, Scenarios, The Great Northern War, The War of Three Kings, Wargaming

Summer cheer.. pick up that Warfare Miniatures book you've been meaning to buy

by augsburgeroberst

17th century rules sets


The lockdown has had a very practical impact on Warfare Miniatures... our casters have stopped working during the self isolation period and consequently, with lots of games stuck at home and ordering figures, we've run out of stock of a huge number of items. This is very frustrating as can be imagined. Of course, the situation will be temporary but it is a king sized pain in...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, Donnybrook, News, Nine Years War, Ottomans, Republic to Empire, The Great Northern War, The War of Three Kings, Wargaming

Working in the man cave...

by augsburgeroberst


It is not the hot weather which has slowed down posting over the last couple of days. I have been hard at work on various separate projects - a long term, large slower burner which will begin to rear its head visually over the summer, writing work on the Naval rules based on play test feedback and an expansion of scope, the Helion title and the second series of PDF scenarios for 4Play and 4PlayX.

R...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, Donnybrook, History, News, Ottomans, Scenarios, The Great Northern War, The War of Three Kings, Wargaming

Warfare Miniatures Cossack Cavalry- a preview

by clibinarium

Zaporozhian Cossack, 17th Century, unknown artist.

Following on from the recent preview of Tatar cavalry, the new mounted cossacks are nearing completion. Though obviously close to the Tatars in space and time Cossacks undoubtedly occupy a more prominent place in Western culture. Though not everyone you could meet would necessarily know who the cossacks are, most would have some vague notion that...
Posted in The Great Northern War, Uniforms, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming

Warfare Miniatures Tatars - a preview

by clibinarium

 Tatars- a preview.

Tatars fighting Swedish cavalry at Warsaw 1656, Lemke

As a follow on from the Ottoman Sipahis recently released, I've been hard at work on some Tatar cavalry. 
Though the idea to add them to the range was originally as a supplement to the Ottoman forces, they certainly can be considered to be an important power in their own right, being a major headache for the fledgeling Russian...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, News, Ottomans, The Great Northern War, The War of Three Kings, Warfare Miniatures, Wargaming