The League of Augsburg
Paint your Wagon
David O'Brien - It has never ceased to amaze me how few war gamers actually use limbers, caissons, wagons etc; in their war games. Their excuses have usually been:-
1 I don’t have time to paint these models.
I can understand if you are just starting out on a new army. I used to feel like this until I started painting my Napoleonic Russian army and quickly started getting...
FEATURED REGIMENT: Den Kongelige Livgarde til Fods
The Danish Foot Guards regiment was raised...
In the Shadows of History: Battle of Newtown, 31st July 1689. Part Two - A scenario from the Jacobite War in Ireland
Historical Background
Barry Hilton - In March 1689 James II landed in Ireland Derry is by far the most well known of these in modern times. It was laid siege by an enthusiastic but ill equipped Jacobite...
FEATURED REGIMENT: Mackay's Regiment of Foot
My personal need to record the deeds of my little metal men is somewhat inexplicable and to an extent slightly worrying. After all, they are only inanimate pieces of lead alloy dressed up in...
In the Shadows of History: Battle of Newtown, 31st July 1689. Part One
Barry Hilton - This scenario is based around a little known incident which in historical terms has been understandably eclipsed by the concurrent relief of the siege of Derry . In wargaming terms it lurks deep in the shadows beyond the battles at The Boyne and Aughrim.
It is particularly interesting because of its size and the nature of the encounter which could be described as a running battle. I...
Bridge at Tufik
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Following on from the recent attacks on Fort Henrietta and destruction of the...
Everyone Loves a Simple Story - Part Four
Barry Hilton - Standing armies were a relatively new concept and some countries such as France and Holland had by the 1680s, much more practice than others. The British Army’s performance under William III is not particularly noteworthy despite the fact that individual regiments often performed tenaciously. It is also important to recognize that from 1688 to 1697 and again during...
Donnybrook
Clarence Harrison -Donnybrookis a set of skirmish rules for 1660-1760 due out later this summer. The impetus to create the game came from a conversation I had with Barry last year. We were discussing the various projects we had in the works and talking strategy for increasing our market presence (mostly BS-ing actually but didn't that sound professional?), when I mentioned that I thought we really...
Everyone Loves a Simple Story - Part Three
The Armies
Barry Hilton- During the Glorious Revolution period infantry were known as Foot. They were organized into companies varying in strength from 50 to 100 men. Several companies formed a battalion. Some regiments had a single battalion whilst others had several. Early in the period pikemen were still present in some numbers within each battalion in a ratio of around 1:5 with musketeers. Some...
Forthcoming Gardes Françaises Models
Clibinarium - Some preview pictures of two packs of Gardes Françaises that should be released in a few weeks time. These figures have been based on the images found in Giffart's "L'Art Militaire François"of 1696, an illustrated drill book for French infantry, which shows the uniforms of the Gardes Françaises, in detail unusual for the time. Presumably the Gardes were taken as the model for all...
Everyone Loves a Simple Story - Part Two
Not ECW and not WSS
Barry Hilton- Several hugely significant military factors pre date the Glorious Revolution making the period quite distinct from the English Civil War era. Many nations had begun to form large standing armies. The military were turning professional! Of equal significance, flintlock muskets began to replace matchlocks meaning that no longer did the musketeer need to maintain the...
Moors for Tangiers
David O'Brien - Following on from my recent post regarding the Tangiers regiment here are the opposition, the Moors. These have also been based for gaming using Clarence's Donnybrook rules and are a mixture of figures from various manufacturers, mostly Gripping Beast, Hinchliffe and The Assault Group.
By the period of fighting that I'm interested in 1680's, the Moors had been heavily influenced by...
By the period of fighting that I'm interested in 1680's, the Moors had been heavily influenced by...