Another LJdPB Draft Scenario done! Gisikon 1847: A almost bloodless victory during the last Swiss civil war

 The next draft scenario in the Le Journal De Pettite Battailes framework, powered by Bloody Big Battles is now ready! Fight the Battle of Gisikon 1847, when decisive action following a brilliant campaign ended the Sonderbund War in Switzerland with miniscule losses. A campaign that justifies putting Federal commander Guillaume Henri Dufour among the greats of military history, and one of the few to come the closet to living up to Sun Tzu's call to win a war without fighting.

You can find the Scenario though this link LJdPB Gisikon 1847 , which is also posted in the Wargaming Materials page of this blog. It is also uploaded to the BBB Groups.io website. 

Thanksgiving 2023 Update!

I wish a happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. Here is an update on hobby activity since the last update.

1) Another game of Age of Sigmar Underworlds: Arena Mortis at XP Games.  Another fast and furious game, though I once more game 3rd and last in the game. My orc was pathetic as despite many weapons I only got one kill in in nine rounds! I failed Gork and Mork. 

2) Finished the Barony of Araswell contingent for my Artesia Known World Inspired Late Midieval 28mm Force. They show up in Mark Smylie's "Black Heart" novel. 

3) Progress in gluing my Tau and Poxwalkers. I really hate the multi-part Tau.

4) Finished Peter Cozzen's "The Shipwreck of their Hopes" on the Battles of Chattanooga. I very much enjoyed it. I did fell that if there is one civil war battle that fits the supposed european description of the Civil War as a "scrum between two armed mobs" it is the Battle of Chattanooga. I was surprised by the levels of incompetence exhibited by most senior officers above division and brigade level in both armies. A battle won by the soldiers and the lower level officers, no doubt about it.

Updates: Brave Little Belgium, Rebasing, Book printing.

 Here is an update of what I am doing

1) Printed and played Brave Little Belgium 

This Hollandspiele game is a fast playing introductory board-wargaming concerning the German invasion of Belgium in 1914. I very much like it, and worked on printing my Print and Play version (though I think it is worth just getting a physical copy). We played at XP Games with Darren, who enjoyed it. One of my ambitions has been to create a small collection of fast play wargames (both for my use and class use). This is a start. 

2) Rebasing! When in lack of action or money, a wargamer can always keep themselves active with rebasing. (Or perhaps it is the curse of the idle minds). Since I decided to focus on smaller table scenarios and actions, I wanted to rebase my Greek and Ottoman 1897 forces from there 20x20 mm square bases to 40x20mm bases, as the second are more accommodating to spectacle. I have rebased most of my Greek infantry and need to do the Ottomans. I will need to purchase some more figures to bring the armies to a look I want (including 1) limbers or mule trains for guns 2) dismounted cavalry 3) more irregular infantry).

Comparison of new (left) vs. old (right) basing.

All the Greek units needed for LJdPB Gribomvo 1897

3) Altar of Freedom book collection complete. Finally got printed all of the pdf books I had purchased for Altar of Freedom. This includes the rule book, and the two scenario volumes in one book. I also have printed Gibraltar of the West. My 10mm ACW forces were based in my usual 20mmx20mm schema and are located with Nacho in Turkey. At first chance I will bring them back and re-base them to 60x30mm. That should permit me to enjoy some of the smaller scenarios, plus the campaign system. 

4) Reading and Writing: I have not been able to do much work on the scenarios. Gilikson 1847 has maps, and oobs done, but I have not had the chance to re-read on the battle to set up description, special rules etc. I am reading Peter Cozzen's book on Chatanooga. I did read this useful summary of the events o the Turkish Great Offensive of 1922. (In Greek).

That is the news. 

Another LJdPB Scenario is ready for your playtesting: 2nd Inonu March/April 1921

 The Le Journal De Petite Battailes scenario for part of the Battle of 2nd Inonu/Avgin-Kovalica is now ready. This was the scenario I had almost finished when my depression hit hard and put a stop at all my hobby activity. I am glad to present it to you all. As usual you can either get it form the Material for Wargaming Page of this blog or by clicking this link LJdPB 2nd Inonu. Next up should be Olustee and Gisikon. 

Old Material Found again: 1866-1869 France-USA War

 In the old Leadhead PhD I had made a number of posts on a fictional US-France war over Mexico in  1865-1868. I now saw that the wayback machine on the internet archive had saved part of it. I quickly made it into a pdf and uploaded it to my google drive. You can get it by going to the Material for Wargaming Page of this blog or directly at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b6dbx2leqtkxh6Ij-Gg-IxcJwQJdx2EZ/view?usp=sharing .

Touched a brush after three or four months.

 Nothing fancy. Just finishing some of Perry 15th Century Men at Arms in livery from Mark Smylie's setting of Artesia. 

Update: Slowly Healing

 My bad move is done. The new place is much better, if much more expensive. Most of the unpacking is done. So I am slowly getting better. This Tuesday I even had the energy to go and play at XP Games. We played a three player Arena Mortis, a mode for Age of Sigmar, Underworlds, which is something like a computer game free for all. Quite fun, light on rules but not gameplay, and played in two hours. 

I also treated myself to theater, for the first time after four years. The play was Macbeth, but a one hour version organized and directed by one of my colleagues. It was quite good. 

Let us see, I might even get the energy to paint something. Would that not be grand!