The League of Augsburg

Special discount offer on Leipzig - The Battle of the Nations for LoA Blog followers!

by augsburgeroberst



Blog and FB followers of the League of Augsburg can get a £5 discount on this new release from Helion by quoting this code NAP1813. My sources tell me it is flying out the door faster than me when it's my round at the pub!

I have it already. Lots and lots of the kind of data that is meat and drink to a Nap-Obsessed gamer and... there are a lot of us our there.
Why don't you grab yourself a copy?
Posted in News, Republic to Empire, Scenarios, Wargaming

Auld Lang Syne

by augsburgeroberst

When the League of Gentlemen Wargamers began, it was a fantastic, exciting, grand and much anticipated group activity to which everyone involved made active contribution. One of the most enthusiastic participants, generous of spirit and passionate about his hobby, was Robert 'Bob' Lauder. 



I knew Bob from around 1990, meeting him at Kirriemuir when he lived near Dundee and gamed with Martin Terroni...

Posted in News, Republic to Empire, Scenarios, Wargaming

May Special offer on 4Play scenario packs

by augsburgeroberst


Beneath the Lily Banners


To coincide with May Bank Holiday, there is a special offer on 4Play packs. The original idea is coming up on two years old and has been an unqualified success. There are thirty-seven titles plus five free titles. Each has three scenarios focused on a particular campaign or period. 


Donnybrook

They cover all of our rule systems - Beneath the Lily Banners, Donnybrook, Mad for...

Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, Donnybrook, Horse & Musket, Ireland, Mad for War, Republic to Empire, Restoration and Dutch Wars, Scenarios, The Great Northern War, The War of Three Kings, Wargaming

New direction - 4Play meets Republic to Empire

by augsburgeroberst



It took a little longer than I thought it would but, the first 4Play Napoleonic pack is available. It is 34 pages long and contains three scenarios laid out for both Republicto Empire AND March of Eagles. Orbats are written separately for each rule system. As I have added a lot of gaming detail into this pack the 4Play game reports are not a feature. 





If these are missed I will re introduce them in...
Posted in History, March of Eagles, Republic to Empire, Scenarios, Wargaming, Waterloo 200th Anniversary

Assault on La Haye Sainte

by augsburgeroberst



Republic to Empire has quietly but steadily carved a little niche in the Napoleonic gaming canon over the years. It has continued to sell well both in digital and hard copy. We have neglected it solely due to lack of time capacity to cover and support everything else we produce. This first Republic to Empire video takes a step to redress that support gap.




This video takes a brief tour around...

Posted in News, Republic to Empire, Scenarios, Wargaming, Waterloo 200th Anniversary

One more little digression into Napoleonics - Video 2

by augsburgeroberst



Part Two of the video which is a fast-paced AAR for the scenario explained in part 1 is now ready to view. Unfortuntaely I didn't have time to print and mount any of Clarence's excellent new Napoleonic Armee du Nord flags but it does show our ongoing heavy commitment to period. Here are the links to parts I and II so, grab a cuppa and a biccie and take 15 minutes to visit Belgium.







The game was fun...
Posted in Quindia Studios, Republic to Empire, Wargaming, Waterloo 200th Anniversary

A Few New Flags for 1815...

by quindia


Clarence Harrison - Napoleonics was my first love in wargaming before falling down the rabbit hole that led to the period of floppy hats and tricorns. While I've mostly concentrated on adding flags to the shops that can be carried proudly by Warfare Miniatures, I've had it in mind to expand to other periods. There's been a lull in Mad for Warfor the last few weeks while we've been going over the...
Posted in Quindia Studios, Republic to Empire

Left field but.... there's more!

by augsburgeroberst

In advance of a little announcement Clarence is going to make on the blog in the next day or so I thought I would drop a big hint with this video. I have actually been meaning to do this for a long time but MrH's little project has prompted me to extract the digit and get this produced in a mere 2 days which is somewhat of a record. 



I enjoyed it!





Not the blog's core period of interest by some nice...

Posted in News, Quindia Studios, Republic to Empire, Wargaming, Waterloo 200th Anniversary

An excusable digression.. Waterloo Day

by augsburgeroberst

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Five years ago today I was in the privileged position to have witnessed one of the two mega events at  Waterloo 200. Little memories include watching Charles and Camilla sweeping up with their entourage as UK representatives, literally almost colliding with Mr Farage as he made political capital at




Hougoumont and, hailing a bunch of HLI drilling in a field near the chateau in my very...
Posted in History, Museums, News, Republic to Empire, Terrain, Travel, Wargaming, Waterloo 200th Anniversary

Summer cheer.. pick up that Warfare Miniatures book you've been meaning to buy

by augsburgeroberst

17th century rules sets


The lockdown has had a very practical impact on Warfare Miniatures... our casters have stopped working during the self isolation period and consequently, with lots of games stuck at home and ordering figures, we've run out of stock of a huge number of items. This is very frustrating as can be imagined. Of course, the situation will be temporary but it is a king sized pain in...
Posted in Beneath the Lily Banners, Donnybrook, News, Nine Years War, Ottomans, Republic to Empire, The Great Northern War, The War of Three Kings, Wargaming

White-out at Aspern-Essling - reflections on Claymore

by Barry Hilton
When I faltered, members of the gaming public were there to remind me of what I'd written in the rules - nice!

We do other stuff... a lot of people know that (in my best Maurice Micklewhite parody).

Toggy's nice pontoon bridge is underneath the French transport!

Toggy keeps a painter chained to a radiator somewhere in order to achieve the volumes of Austrians he has amassed over the passed three or...
Posted in Painting, Republic to Empire, Uniforms, Wargaming

Gunter's video of LoA Waterloo 2015 + Blog links

by Barry Hilton
My own 2nd Dragoons

ATTENTION: LOADS OF GOOD LINKS ALL OVER THIS POST!

As a 'non-Facebooker' I often miss bits and pieces of hobby stuff. This particular 2+ minutes of video footage was taken by Germanicus at our 2015 re-fight of Waterloo in Derby.

Adrian made the terrain, Toggy, Gerry, Peter, Barry and several other chaps provided the 8,000 or so figures. The event was a decisive result and the game...
Posted in Guest Post, Republic to Empire, Terrain, Wargaming, Waterloo 200th Anniversary