The League of Augsburg
Guest post: Battle of Malatitze 1708 - Dannie Fogleman
Friend of the blog and GNW enthusiast Dannie Fogleman undertook some evangelical work on behalf of Beneath the Lily Banners at South Bend, Indiana recently.
Here is the tale of his adventures with some BLB novices.....
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| The Battle of Malatitze 1708 - Ready to rol in South Bend, IN @SYWA |
We did a BLB3 GNW game at the Seven Years War Association in South Bend, Indiana recently. It was based on the...
A wee taster.. With Talon and Claw.. news
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| Neil Roberts outstanding cover with some of Clarence's internal illos |
The new Great Northern War supplement for Beneath the Lily Banners 3rd edition is called
With Talon and Claw
The reason? Eagles and lions with their talons and claws appear in almost all of the arms of the combatant nations of the Great Northern and Eastern Wars - Swedes, Danes, Saxons, Prussians, Poles, Imperialists and...
Let's make a wagon fort
Well, it was a thought that had been floating around my head for a while. I had some vague ideas about how I might scratch build a defend-able 'wagon barrier' but had never gone practical with it.
No time like the present - about a month or so till Partizan so nothing like a little pressure to focus the mind.
How many? (it was a question to self).. four? six?... how about twelve? OK. That's settled,...
Battle of Skull Mound Part 2 - Battle report photos
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| The Ottoman attack on Skull Mound builds cautiously but steadily. |
With very little cavalry available the Ottomans were relying on firepower in this battle. We upgraded the Janissary units to Veteran with two small units rated with the rare Guard level and all ortas with flintlock muskets. The three field guns forming a baseline would hopefully provide plenty of support fire. 152 infantry, 18...
Breaking the surface.. news on the GNW supplement
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| Mass charge by Polish cavalry 1683 |
My snorkel has just broken the surface as I come up for air before submerging again into SALUTE 19 on Friday and Saturday.
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| Brunswick-Celle infantry 1690s |
I have not been blogging with regularity over the last three weeks simply because I have snatched every waking hour to finish off the last photos for the new GNW supplement for Beneath the Lily Banners.
The shot...
Swedish Force from the new BLB3 GNW supplement
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| Onwards to Vlasivka 1709 |
The Swedes are...
A most remarkable army.. Kuruc 1703-1711
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| An Osprey style compilation of Kuruc forces on the march mixing phases of its existence |
The by ways of the late 17th century and early 18th provide magnificently juicy brain food for wargamers. Although I had in passing, read about the Kuruc Rebellion in Hungary during the first decade of the 18th century I had gone no further than a quick skim of what it was all about.
During the compilation of...
Salute 2019 Pre-order discount
No, I can't believe it either. SALUTE 2019 is in about four weeks. Somewhere in my head I could hear a voice saying, you'd better start planning for SALUTE which is in a couple of months.
Anyway, enough of this already. Here is a special offer for any products pre-ordered for SALUTE.
Pre-order any quantity of the following products from our range ; Figures, Books, Flags and get them at a 10%...
As it should be. Swedish GNW Cavalry
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| Charge! The Swedish Liv Dragoon Regiment thunders down upon its quaking enemies |
It's a legitimate question. Why has it taken you so long to produce a unit of your own cavalry, based in your own 'chevron' style?
Time and conflicting priorities is the answer. I don't have enough of the former and an abundance of the latter.
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| Squadron 1 full charge in chevron |
I did paint about eighteen riders but only...
Probably the best army in the world?
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| Danish infantry brigade takes position 1693-1700 |
Forgive the paraphrasing of Carlsberg's strap-line of the last decades but....
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| Danish infantry attack the French |
If you know any Danes you'll also know they are quite distinct from other Scandinavians. I always find the Danish approach engaging. Direct, curious, straight and no nonsense. They usually like to have some fun too. You know where you are in...
A little more?...
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| Didn't make it into the book but, a nice shot anyway - Saxons defend part of a village. |
The book project is now in full swing and I am getting updated layout drafts sent to me every few days which give a very encouraging progress check simply because the suggested additions and changes are visible when it comes back!
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| From a Kliszow re fight about five years ago. Will the remnant of the Livgardet... |
Deep in it.... some of the collateral
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| Russian Force #1 details below in the text |
Where have I been then? Up to my armpits in getting the GNW/Eastern Wars supplement for Beneath the Lily Banners 3rd edition moved forward.
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| Russian field gun in a log redoubt |
The book is being laid out right now and the early views are very encouraging. Despite a pretty extensive archive of shots, I knew I didn't have enough of the right kind. I have thus...