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The Waterloo 'Experiment'
I recently picked up this post of a game of Waterloo played in 28 mm involving 20 people and played over three, large contiguous tables.Lovely looking stuff!
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Leipzig Day Three
This wonderful game of the southern part of the Battle of Leipzig on the 'decision' day; 18th October 1813 was recently played out by Caliban and his fellow Glaswegians.See his report of the game here,...
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Some Canadian Gems!
We are getting an impressive list of links to 'bicentennial' games on this blog. Click on any of the tabs above to see what I mean. Yet, what astounds me is how regularly I become aware of another...
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Leipzig in the Attic: links to links
A fine spectacle is presented by this brigade-level game of the Battle of Leipzig laid out in Lawrence's attic.His "Pousard’s Leipzig Project" involves over 3 500 figures, based for Empire IV, but...
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Games of the 'big battalions' of '13 and earlier
Before we embark on links to re-fights of the battles of 1814, I think we need to catch up on some bicentennial (and not quite bicentennial) games from 1813 (and earlier).1813 BicentennialNever have...
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Champaubert 200
First reporting of a game for 1814 : 2014 goes to the fellas from, usually, the Hall of Heroes in Campbelltown NSW, Australia. Lead by our man on the spot, Marshal Ralph 'Sparker', they have staged...
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La Rothière 200
A second bicentennial battle from the 1814 campaign was recently completed by the Avon Napoleonic Fellowship.They commenced the game, a refight of the Battle of La Rothière, 1st February 1814, around...
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Fère-Champenoise 200
Fère-Champenoise, 25th March 1814 Almost 200 years to the day, the lads (usually) of the Hall of Heroes Campbelltown, NSW, lead by Maréchal Sparker, gathered at 'the Uni' for a re-fight of the fighting...
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Montmirail 200: an Historicon playtest
Plenty of Guard!Those gents at the Hartford Area Historical Gaming Society (HAHGS), who have been regularly staging massive, magnificent games of key battles of the bicentennial, recently completed a...
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A Quatre Bras Play-test and another Montmirail
Getting in early for the bicentennial of the Hundred Days, Ian and Lee played out another playtest of their game of Quatre Bras (see previous link here). Using 6 mm figures, they are planning to run it...
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Toulouse Two Hundred and Some Pre-Bicentennial Hundred Days
Maréchal Sparker has done it again. True to his word, he gathered his Wollongong Uni wargamers for another bicentennial bash.This time they played out the two hundredth of the Battle of Toulouse,...
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Two more 2014 : 1814 bicentennial games
Dear reader, I'm a bit late in drawing your attention to these games, so you may already have found them yourself. If not, make sure that you do yourself a favour and click on the links...
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Brienne 200 and some Hundred Days 199
Ken the Napoleonic Adventurer and his son recently played out a bicentennial game of the Battle of Brienne. Completed using the Grande Armée rules it was all over in 2 1/2 hours and featured some close...
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2014: A year when too many Montmirails are barely enough
It's time to catch up on some of the marvellous bicentennial games that have been reported recently. This time it's all about the Battle of Montmirail, arguably the best-known of Napoleon's string of...
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Bicentennial Updates
My intermittent posting this year means that there are, once again, numerous bicentennial games and other updates to bring to your attention. Below is a summary listing.I've grouped them under Games of...
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Liphook 1814 Bicentennial Beauties
The Liphook Historical Wargames group have continued with their aim of "... to wargame the major Napoleonic battles on or close to their 200th anniversary" with splendid games of La Rothiere and...
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Four bicentennial forays
I'd like to draw your attention to four more games of the bicentennial years that have been reported recently. As usual, this post is designed to merely whet your appetite and so send you to the...
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Marauders' Lützen
The lads at the Mortimer Street Marauders recently completed a grand game of the Battle of Lützen in 28 mm; using their split tables to good effect.Chief MSM writer, Jeremy, has posted a colourful...
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Leipzig in the Garden and War of 1812
Leipzig in the GardenDavid "MurdocK" has continued his series of 'garden wars', large-scale games in terms of both terrain and figures.This time he took on the big one: the Battle of Leipzig.Click here...
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Waterloo 200 Play-test: Attack on Hougoumont
An update from fellas at the Service Ration Distribution of their practice games for Waterloo 200.This time it is the attack of II Corps on Hougoumont, played out in grand fashion.The link above is to...
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