Words by Alistair The Berezina crossing is often portrayed as the end of Napoleon’s army in Russia. This is only half-correct. It is true that an estimated thirty thousand stragglers and non-combatants failed to cross to the western side, but the actions of the rearguard formed by Victor’s IX Corps and the army’s vanguard saved […]
Folks, Just a quick note to remind folks that Alistair & Mike will be setting up to run the “Bantry Bay” 1:1200 Napoleonic Naval Scenario this Sunday. The room is booked for 10am to 4pm. If you can make it along then please drop us a line. Hope to see you all there. OWG
Folks, Mike, Mike and Alistair will be meeting up again this Sunday to run the clubs Bantry Bay scenario. This is a Napoleonic Naval “what if?…….” demonstration game that the club ran last year at SKELP and will be running again this May at Carronade in Falkirk. They guys are looking for a few more […]
Folks, Looks like most folks will be participating in the “Kingmaker” campaign this week. We started with 4 factions last week (Alistair, Roger, Ross Mike T & Mike R) but this week will see Mike R breaking away to form his own faction – after learning the basics on Sunday he’s looking to make a name […]
Folks, Just a wee heads up to say that we’ll be holding a meeting tomorrow from around 12pm to 4pm at the British Legion in Oldmeldrum. Alistair has offered to run a Kingmaker tutorial session for those unfamiliar with the game to allow them to join in the campaign. Hope to see you there. OWG
Folks, This weekend would be out normal day for gaming; however a coupe of regular members will be unavailable. Before we make a decision to run or cancel can you please get in touch as soon as possible with your availablity. Can you let us know: Can make it this week? (Sunday 7th […]
Folks, Plans for this week are as follows: Table 1: 10mm Wars of the Roses Forces: Lancaster v York Scenario: To Be decided on the night Rule Set: Hordes & Heroes by Kallistra Ross, Alistair & Mike will be running a decent sized game based on forces as determined by playing a few rounds of “Kingmaker”. […]
Folks, Just a quick note to say that we’re planning to conclude the “Battle of Berezina” Rearguard action that the club set-up and played on the Monthly Sunday & last Tuesday. Those of you joining us will find the French are in dire straights with the Russians on the verge of completely enveloping the remaining Polish brigade. […]
Folks, Just a quick note to say that we’re planning to continue the “Battle of Berezina” Rearguard action that the club set-up and played on Sunday – thanks to Mike & Alistair for going around on Saturday to get things ready for Sunday. The Legion have kindly allowed us to leave everything set-up so that we […]
Folks, Another enjoyable night at the club……… THE EMPEROR RETURNS IN A BLOCK ‘Napoléon’ is a classic boardgame of the Hundred Days Campaign. It was first published by Gamma 2 Games in 1974 and the second edition was published by Avalon Hill under license in 1977. The version that we played on Tuesday was a […]
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