The League of Augsburg
Change is as good....
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| Lots of prep work. The masts are scratchbuilt. Some additions to the hull were needed. |
I have been working pretty intensively on multiple projects over the past 6 months the largest of which has been the two books due to be published this year. One is finished the other just about to be.
The 4Play scenarios came out of nowhere but have consumed probably 200 hours - nevertheless, that has been fun...
Feature: Scenario pack : Lightning Strike! Marlborough at Cork and Kinsale
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| Marlborough's troops go ashore at Passage West |
This one came together very quickly in terms of content and choosing the actions to include. The games mainly use 4playX table sizes with eight units per side and gaming for eight turns. I have not fought these battles before in all my years of gaming the period nor, have I seen them demoed on the circuit. That is a little surprising when the...
New scenario pack releases- In the shop now!
Scenario pdfs - Lockdown was the spur and now...
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| Kinsale scenario on a 4PlayX table |
Exactly a year ago I was sitting in a very quiet part of Mallorca planning the next book. It'll be quick I told myself. Six months maybe. Well, it is just about ready and it took a year. It would have been sooner but Lockdown affected the layout process. That's all done now. It is a 128 page scenario book for Beneath the Lily Banners and is called 'A taste of...
Anniversary Post: Bloody Aughrim - Remembered as a wargame
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| Jacobite cavarly attack! |
The Battle of Aughrim holds a strangely Cinderella like quality when compared with the Battle of the Boyne but in everyway it is more interesting. It was more evenly matched. more brutal and more decisive.
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| A game I organized at Derby a few years back (terrain by Adrian Howe) |
It occurred almost a year later and by that time, despite their myriad tribulations, the Irish army...
The Battle of the Boyne 1st/12th July 1690. Remembered as a wargame
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| Williamite infantry crossing the river |
A welcome email from my friend Peter A, reminded me of the significance of the date (days and dates now seem to meld in this Covid world, I got up early this morning thinking it was a work day!). How could I have overloooked this anniversary, particularly as I live in the West of Scotland?
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| A version displayed at a Scottish show |
Whether the Old Style or New...
Book Review: Cromwell's Wars at Sea - John Barratt
My interest in Cromwell's naval campaigns came indirectly in that, I was interested in the Anglo Dutch Wars and the first of these was fought by the Commonwealth Navy. I was conscious that my focus appeared to be creeping further and further back into the 17th century and had now started bumping into the latter stages of the English Civil War and Thirty Years War. Not a problem in and of itself...
Great choice for a wargaming force - The Enniskilleners
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| Enniskillen companies forward! |
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| Enniskillen infantry in action against Jacobite chevaliers! |
Over many years of digging, I have read, compared, sifted, interpreted, dismissed and compiled little bits and pieces of information in an...
New PDF release: Protestant forces in Western Ireland 1689-1690
I have drawn on multiple sources to put together the information contained here and Clarence has delivered his usual excellent standard of illustrations.
Of course, we had to use some conjecture for flags in...
4Play quo vadis?
Firstly, a big thank you to those who have bought some 4Play scenarios. They got off to a good start and I am happy with the response. Of course, the rub will be the play feedback but on format and content, they seem to have hit the mark.
With the first releases I wanted to try and avoid the common trap of re-hashing what is already out there in some form or another. By focusing on different...
Gone live - 7 4PLAY scenarios now available in the LoA online store
After some final UAT modifications the first seven scenario packs in the 4PLAY series are noe commercially available in the LoA onlone store. Click on each in the shop to get a description of content. All contain 16-17 full colour pages
All are priced at £3. Use the pdf postage charge which is 1p.
001 1667 Medway campaign (land and sea)
002 1689 Scotland (land and sea)
003 1689 Western Ireland (land...
Snorkel up..
Aha! you say, where is he? Locked up at home and not blogging? Yes but...
I have been using all non-core work time to get these scenario pdfs packs produced from scratch. So far I have created six packs and play tested and photographed 18 scenarios for inclusion. All the games have brief AARs to help players with tips and recommeded rules or adjustments where necessary.
All games are played on...