The League of Augsburg
Ireland - the book is definitely coming!
Many of our members have been patiently waiting for what seems like an age for this mythical book on the Irish Campaigns which I seem to have been promising for years.
The story is simple and up till recently typical of projects which are poorly handled. A 'fuzzy' brief, non specific time frames, confusing allocation of responsibilities, no project manager, scope creep and conflicting priorities...
Poverty in wargaming can be overcome!
The thoughts and ambitions of a poor wargamer aka Mark Shearwood.. a sad tale which we can all relate to!
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| The kind of low budget stuff you can expect from Mark |
New directions for the hobby?
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| Bijlandt's Brigade at the LoA table from Carronade 2015 |
Of rivers, canals, pontoons and bridges
Friend of the Blog Peter A has penned a really nice piece on the importance of rivers in the warfare of our period.
Rivers were crucial in 17th/18th century warfare. They provided the means of transporting supplies, troops, weapons, ammunition, artillery and livestock - the full panoply of war! With the un-metalled roads so poor and often only usable for the brief campaigning season of April to...
Normal service has been resumed
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| Idiots abroad? I remember saying that but 2 other blokes were passing by at the time |
Getting ready to trade at SALUTE was a military operation and occupied pretty much all of my limited spare time in the prior three weeks. From a business perspective I am pleased to report Warfare Miniatures finished comfortably on the right side of the ledger despite not being able to put on a game (again).
The was...
1690s ARTILLERY ACTION!
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| English battery at Walcourt 1689 |
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| French guns being hauled into position at Walcourt... |
1690s INFANTRY ACTION!
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| Swedish infantry of a slightly earlier vintage 1675 - Scanian War |
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| Ramsay's Scots Dutch Regiment at Neerwinden 1693 |
1690s CAVALRY ACTION!
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| Jacobite counterattack at Aughrim 1691 |
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| French and Irish Horse clash with Huguenot and Dutch - Partizan 2013 |
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| French cavalry attack at Neerwinden - Partizan around 2008 |
SALUTE 2015 - PRE SHOW SPECIAL OFFER 10% DISCOUNT!
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| Gardes Francaises WLOA152,153,154 |
We will have the full range of Grand Alliance miniatures, guns and equipment.
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| WLOA57 Enthusiastic cavalry Command |
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| Advancing with pikes and grenadiers in fur caps - Antrim's Regiment |
Some of my favourite things.. the Mackay gene pool
For those of you who read the title and were immediately stricken by the Julie Andrew's ear worm I apologize. To further disappoint, I can promise as none of my favourite things, pictures of naked nuns. These can be found on another site related to wargaming and anger management classes. OK, so that is half of the audience clicking elsewhere... on to the subject at hand.
I work on the assumption...
BLB & Warfare Miniatures at Seven Years War Con, South Bend , IN
Dannie walks us through BLB and WARFARE MINIATURES debut at SYWARCON, IN. Nice pix too!
The Seven Years War Convention has been held for the past 32 years in South Bend, Indiana. Despite its name, it is really dedicated to the period 1700 to 1783, or the "Tricorne" period. This year there were about 100 attendees. The main events were on Friday and Saturday.
This year we decided to run a couple...
Hilton the Pimpernel
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| This man is leading us a merry dance |
I concur with a couple of mails received recently which have observed that my visibility has diminished in the last few months both here on the blog and on the forum. That is factually correct and there are reasons. I will briefly share those but concentrate on the more positive aspects of my hobby contributions as the main course.
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| There has been an awful lot of... |