24th of May 1742
Tomorrow we will play the “Action at Sahay” using the excellent Honours of War rules. The scenario is from one of Grant’s book on the War of the Austrian Succession. I made a few...
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The great battle of Hochkirch
This week we had a very enjoyable game, my good friends Arturo, Diego, Leonardo, Riccardo and I. We played a bathtubbed version of this iconic Seven Years War battle, a fighting retreat which the...
Surprise at Lippwittz
Table in preparation for the small scenario described in the Honours of War rulebook. The blue are defending a river crossing while the red make a frontal attack. The suprise is a small outflanking...
Hesse-Kassel Jagers
Just based a small unit of Perry Jagers, from the AWI range. Good also for the SYW, even if only four companies were raised at that time. After taking these photos I have retouched...
Mist over Mitzicken
It is 6:00 in the morning of the 12th of July 1758. A mist is sitting on the valley of Misticken. Over the next hours a great battle will take place, between the Austrian...
Preparing for the Great battle of Mitzicken
Getting ready for a large battle game, to be played with my good friends Fabrizio, Leonardo, Maurizio, Marco, Mauro, Riccardo. Let us hope that the weight of lead and us will not make my...
Honours of War Campaign Rules
I wish to handle the potential change of unit morale and size, after a lost or a won Battle. This will allow to play all the Tabletop Teaser short campaigns from C. Grant, using...
Threat to the flank. The battle
Yesterday night we had a great game with Mauro and Luca. We played this old scenario from C. Grant, as described here. Just added a bastion to show that the attacking prussians are trying...
Tabletop Teaser: Threat to the flank!
I found on the web a Charles Grant scenario adapted for Honours of War. Many thanks to the fellow gamers who set it all up for us! Details will follow, now some photos of...
Honours of War: Kutsdorf (virtual)
Second battle played with Francesco and Marco. It is the second scenario appearing on the Osprey book ruleset. The two armies are from the Marquisat of Frankeski and from the Duchy of Grosse-Horne. All...
