1214 A.D. somewhere near Bouvines in the County of Flanders in 15mm

 

French top of photo, King John's allies at bottom

A victory for the allies (left side of board) over King Philip Augustus of France

Victory conditions met by the allies led by HRE Otto IV: 1 knight and 3 others destroyed

OoB:  each side balanced with 3 Knights (elite), 2 Spears (average) and 2 Bows (average)

This is what happens when a general can only roll 1s   8-)

No battle is complete without trees from Battlefield Terrain Concepts

Fulford Gate with Granny Grate, Portable WARG

 

   The Vikings sailed up the River Ouse, disembarked and headed towards York  

looking towards the British defenders

  Earl Morcar and Earl Edwin's British forces

                                                The Viking invaders

The Vikings attack on their left flank (top left) 

 The Vikings capture the hilltops and force the British forces to retreat into the city and giving the Norsemen a slight victory, but a victory all the same.   

For Order of Battle and to view a post of the same battle with 15mm miniatures click on this link.

Granny Grate prep

                                                   Definitely Portable

NoteQuest-Expanded World, a solitaire RPG on a hot summer's day

 NoteQuest-Expanded World from Green Little Things is a simple, inexpensive solitaire RPG by Brazilian designer Tiago Junges and available for download from DrivethruRPG for $2.00. There is also a NoteQuest group on Facebook.

Who knows ? a solitaire version of Bloody 20s/Public Enemy may be in the works.

Granny Grate on "the YouTubes"

YT Granny Grate armies 

Battle of Fulford Gate, 1066

     The Vikings sailed up the River Ouse, disembarked and headed towards York  

     Earl Morcar and Earl Edwin's British forces

The Viking invaders

   British on left side of photo, Vikings on the right

Vikings on top of board, British defending the town

                Pitched hand to hand fighting along the banks of the River Ouse 

The British regain the heights

A stalemate 

           The victors successfully defend their town from the Viking invaders

Order of Battle:            6 Viking Warriors

                                     4 British Warriors, 1 Archer (crossbowmen)

          

What a glorious afternoon spent over the gaming board with painted 15mm miniatures, experimental rules and a good friend. "Old school wargaming". 

Future plans are to fight the same battle, switching sides and using Granny Grate armies. Comparing scales.

       Marian Romans: hair curler 2 mm, Granny Grate 6 mm, Essex 15 mm 

 

The Road to Kyiv (1240)

H-V bows above the village on the left. Mongols on right side of board.

Cossacks hold down the Halych-Volhynia flanks on the left.

Bows taking heavy damage but manage to drive off the Mongols

The Mongols are temporarily slowed, but the Siege of Kyiv awaits.

Testing out some new experimental WARG rules, using a playing card activation system. The board has 2 inch squares and consisted of a 9 by 9 playing area (allowing division of the battlefield of left, right flanks and Center for the activation system) The battle was balanced for gaming purposes and provided a challenging afternoon. Used my 2mm painted granny grate armies which used DBA basing. 

Order of Battle:

 Mongols: 6 cavalry (w bows)

2 heavy cavalry (1 leader, Batu Khan)

Halych-Volhynia: 4 light infantry (bows)

1 Cavalry (leader, Danylo of Halych)

2 light horse (elites, Cossacks)

1 Infantry (Spears)

The Borg, Carthaginians, Syracusans and the Dorf

                Syracusans on top of board and Carthaginians on the bottom.      

     

Syracusans with a come from behind victory over the Carthaginians

    A WARG learning session with Richard Borg's Command & Colors Ancients using the Battle of Akragis scenario.

    Special thanks to Frank, who hand placed all those dang stickers on the counters.  Who has time for that ? when you could be playing  DORFROMANTIK