Wednesday, January 23, 2013

1806 Campaign -- Put up them dukes -- and final thoughts

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I don't actually have an awful lot to add to Harvey's analysis of the campaign. I'm not even sure I have any quibbles. What I ...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

1806 Campaign Day Eight -- Decision at the Battle of Altenbourg

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Fighting breaks out along the main front and continues around Jena By the time Napoleon rode back to Soult's headquarters he was a...
Monday, January 21, 2013

1806 campaign Day Seven -- Battle of Jena

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Dawn breaks with Hohenlohe's troops nowhere to be seen, but Brunswick and Ney well engaged. This day saw action occurring in three d...
Sunday, January 20, 2013

1806 Campaign Day Six -- A battle that didn't happen

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The battle line takes shape as the French corps arrive Day Six was shaping up pretty satisfactorily as far as Nappy was concerned. Soul...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

1806 Campaign Day Five -- Missing Blucher

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Blucher advances to find himself nearly surrounded! Meanwhile, despite being outnumberd 2-1, Soult holds his ground in front of Gera. ...
Friday, January 18, 2013

1806 Campaign -- Day Four Approaching a decision Oct 14

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Lannes disengages on the left while the bulk of the French army approaches the final battlefield on the right On the fourth day of the...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

1806 Campaign -- Battle of Gotha

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The Battle of Gotha opens on the left flank, while Hoehnlohe pulls back to Gera on the right. As dawn broke on Oct. 13, the crack of mus...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

1806 Campaign Day Three -- Hesitation?

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On the left, Murat finds Ruchel, while on the right Soult and Berndotte lose contact with Hohenlohe at dawn. The third day of the campai...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

1806 Campaign Day Two -- Confusion and contact

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Bernadotte and Soult encounter the enemy (right) while Lannes and Murat encounter each other (left). Meanwhile the Prussians seem to be sp...
Monday, January 14, 2013

1806 Campaign -- Great Reveal and Day One

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So the "Great Reveal" has occurred. Sadly I was not able to attend the actual event and will have to rely on Harve's great Pow...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

I didn't know that Grant was an artist.

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But so it appears, according to the Grant home page . (Which I also didn't know about.) Indian Trader
Friday, January 4, 2013

Impossible to game out

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USS Gambier Bay under fire from a Japanese cruiser, visible at right Came across, again, the incredible Battle off Samar while doing so...
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Thursday, January 3, 2013

I Am Napoleon

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I am Napoleon! Or at least, I was "Napoleon" for the duration of a fascinating year-long PBeM campaign run by my good friend ...
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Cool doings on New Year's Day in Norwich

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As part of a citywide celebration of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation that also included bell-ringings ...
Monday, December 31, 2012

End of the Year! Monitor lost 150 years ago

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USS Monitor loss The last day of 1862 saw the loss of the USS Monitor and 16 crewmen as the ship sank in rough weather. Seaworthiness wa...
Friday, December 21, 2012

Ancient Kings -- review and comment

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The newest expansion set for Wizard Kings is Ancient Kings, historically themed armies fully compatible with Wizard Kings 2d Edition. Some ...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

The ships of 1914 -- Spee's armored cruisers

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Scharnhorst -- model by Navis The central players in the drama of the 1914 affair were the sister ships KMS Scharnhorst and KMS G...