By Paul Stevenson Eight stalwart men and true from across the snow fields of Durham converged on the sleepy model village of Mollwitz nestled within the hallowed walls of DWG HQ to assume command of their respective little armies soon to be locked in battle and steered by the fickle fates of Black Powder wargames…
Category: Battle Report
The Mad Minute
LONGCHAMPS, Belgium, 3 January 1945 The scenario is based on an Advanced Squad Leader scenario from the “Yanks” boxed set, though I used an historical map. The scenario is ASL Scenario 24: The Mad Minute, though rather than using the ASL boards, I chose to base the table on an image from Google Earth (see…
Anzio Campaign: Highway 7, West of Cisterna Blitzkrieg Commander 2
This scenario represents 7th Infantry Regiment’s attempt to cross the railway line that forms the main line of German defences in front of Highway 7 west of Cisterna. Historically, the Americans were unable to get their armour across the cutting holding the railway line because the Germans had blown the only bridge. This is an…
Black Powder at Wilson’s Creek
By Paul D. Stevenson The View Across Wilson’s Battlefield Game Preparation The Black Powder rules cover 1700-1900 – a broad period spectrum it is true but the authors have managed to avoid many of the usual minefields and pitfalls by making the rules so very open-ended and adaptable on a strong, yet essentially simple gaming…
Sharp Practice: American War of Independence
Well, a new day, a new set of rules….this time “Sharp Practice” from the “Too Fat Lardies” stable. There are a number of lardies (in both senses of the word) but this was the first time our little sub-group had tried out the rules… The sides were: British: CiC – Colonel Archiebald Andrews on Horse…
Flashman and the Pirates
as presented at Border Reiver 2008 by Durham Wargames Group This game combined into one event two related operations of the Royal Navy in the 1840s against Chinese pirates and those of Borneo. As far as is known, there was never a Sino-Dyak alliance, but as the Chinese diaspora was already very sizeable we felt…