By Brush and Sword

I imagine it's the cutting and trying to get the transfers to sit right, especially if you don't have any microset or microsol.

Bonny Lads - Tricorn and Bonnet AAR This past weekend I played a game of Tricorn and Bonnet over at Kelly's place (with Rocky GMing). These are period-specific rules for the a...

Bonny Lads - Tricorn and Bonnet AAR

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Beautiful terrain!

I haven't even had a chance to play with my 1940 French and Germans. But British and Italians is super tempting.

The Battle of Guilford Courthouse, 1781 - Live Free or Die AAR

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The Battle of Kutná Hora, 1421- To the Strongest! AAR A not-so-decent night's sleep (it turns out city center is fairly noisy, and my rental was right next to some sort of municipal building tha...

The Battle of Kutná Hora, 1421- To the Strongest! AAR

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Another option would be to make up your own mercenary forces who can drift between employers.

The Battle of Jaffa, 1192 - Lionheart AAR My second game at Historicon was a refight of Jaffa, 1192 . It was run by Chris Grau, who was the GM behind the amazing  Battle of Helm's De...

The Battle of Jaffa, 1192 - Lionheart AAR

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Missing out on the Quar CoC game was my only regret at Historicon.

The Battle of Pavia, 1525 - Pike & Shot AAR This past weekend was Historicon! After several years of not attending, I dropped by last year to check out the Lancaster Convention Center ...

The Battle of Pavia, 1525 - Pike & Shot AAR

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German and Catholic forces approach the formidable Hussite wagon fort.

Despite multiple breaches, the wagon fort stood strong in victory.

General Cornwallis urges his British and German troops forward, while General Greene organizes his three lines of militia and Continentals.

After a bloody fighting retreat by the militia, the Americans managed to gain a victory over the British.

Last two wargames from Saturday at #Historicon:

Jan Žižka and his armored wagons defeated the Germans at Kutná Hora, 1421.

And the Americans managed a victory against the British at Guilford Courthouse, 1781.

Yesterday's second game at #Historicon was refighting Jaffa, 1192.

Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub was much pleased to see Richard Lionheart dragged from his horse and captured. Despite a late-game arrival of some Knights Templars, the Ayyubid forces overwhelmed the Crusader right flank.

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Playing in Martyn Kelly's giant Pavia game at #Historicon. Incredible to see such massive units on 28mm on the table.

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Flight Deck Decals 2400 | decals Flight Deck Decals 1/2400 scale WWII and modern aircraft carrier flight deck decals. 1/3000 scale decals for Navwar ships. 1/600 scale decals. 1/300 scale decals. Scaled to GHQ, Navwar, Superior Alnav...

I ordered them from: www.flightdeckdecals2400.com

Great quality, they've come off nicely and set well with some Microsol.

27 B-17 bombers, 1/600 (3mm) scale.

Well that's all the B-17s done for my Big Week project.

Hopefully the fighters (being 1/4 the size of a bomber) should take less time to paint.

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If you see this, post your blues.
French Legere, Cossacks, Castles in the Skies Americans

The Han army started off outnumbered 2:1 by their Chu opposites.

Most of the fighting occured on the left side of the table. Chu and Han infantry units rout, leaving massive gaps.

The Han managed a minor victory; major losses on both sides force the armies to retreat from the field.

Played another game of Bingfa this past weekend. The States of Chu and Han clashed, with the Han outnumbered 2:1 by Chu infantry.

So I'm currently reading Toby Wilkinson's "The Last Dynasty" (about Egypt under the Ptolemies) and I'm convinced he wrote this whole book just for this one pun:

Great Escape Games' 1914 focuses on brigade-level operations before trenches.

Warring State of Mind - Bingfa AAR This past weekend Kelly hosted another of Rocky's game. We played the currently unpublished "Bingfa" (or "The Art of War"), which are intend...

I recently played a game with a new set of rules, for fighting the large battles of China's Warring States period.

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Musing on Reconnaissance Scenarios for Crossfire - Steven's Balagan Recent focus on my Russian Scouts Crossfire Scenario has prompted me to look again at Reconnaissance Objectives. Generally play testing of this and other recon scenarios is that they encourage the att...

Steven's Balagan has an article on recce scenarios. It's for Crossfire, but the core elements seem like they'd work for other rulesets.

Is that supposed to be www.ageofglory.com for US buyers?

Thank you for posting this! I've recently finished Lyndal Roper's "Summer of Fire and Blood", so more Peasants' War info is welcome.

Hopefully we'll find out when the official LardyBuilder app gets released!

The Welsh Wizzard! I always enjoyed listening to you two on the Meeples & Miniatures podcast.

Return to Osma - General d'Armee AAR This past weekend, Kelly hosted a game of General d'Armee (first edition) at his home. We were refighting Osma, which I have played before ...

Also, forgot to share this from last week:

A new blog post today with a Hundred Years War after action report.

I'm thinking I'll order some myself when the CoC2 pre-order is up. The shipping cost to the US can't be much worse with some dice thrown in.