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The Battle of Princeton- January 3, 1777
The Battle of Trenton, by Don Troiani.I have admired this print from Don Troani for quite awhile and keep meaning to order a giccle version on canvas and nicely framed as a present to myself....
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The Battle of Trenton Terrain and Scenario
Trenton Overhead ViewLast evening I cleared everything off of the war game table and set up my Winter terrain to depict the Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776. This will be the first of a trio of...
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Trenton Terrain Revisions
Overhead view of Trenton - rotated 90 degrees to the left I spent a fair amount of time today studying the Stryker book on the Battles of Trenton and Princeton (published in 1898) and this has given me...
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Trenton as a Wargame
Opening positions of the American forces. (click to enlarge view)I thought that I would write down some of the elements of my Trenton wargame scenario as a template for anyone else who wants to give...
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Save A Battlefield in 2015
I want to bring it to the attention of my readers that the Civil War Trust has recently established a related organization that will focus on saving and preserving battlefield sites of the American...
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Washington and Rochambeau at Yorktown
I found this painting on Pinterest the other day and I'm posting it here simply because I think it is a good looking painting.I don't know who the artist was or when it was painted, but I like his...
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Napoleon Statue Collection
Today's mail brought a little present that I bought myself on E-Bay: a nice statue of Napoleon Bonaparte (see picture above) standing in his famous pose with hand buried in his waistcoat. The white...
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Heading Into A 3-day Weekend or Oh Be Joyful!
My latest acquisitions from E-Bay.Americans have a national holiday this weekend (MLK Day) so most of us have a three day weekend.Hmm, what can I do to take advantage of the extra time? Â Normally, I...
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Battle of Trenton Game In Progress
I finished seven turns yesterday and through Turn 6, the Hessians were standing tall and holding their own as they attacked up King Street towards Hamilton's battery and the brigades of Sterling,...
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Battle of Trenton Game Report - Part 1
Brigades of Sterling, Stephens and Fermoy advance along the Pennington Rd to TrentonI refought the Battle of Trenton this weekend as a solo game and reached a definitive conclusion by Turn 8. The after...
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Battle of Trenton - Part 2
The situation at the start of Turn 5We left off at the conclusion of Turn 4 and found that Colonel Rall had managed to shake out most of his soldiers into some semblance of a battle line on the east...
View ArticleAustrian & Russian Artillery Equipment Update
I have a couple of pieces of good news to report that is germane to the KIckstarter campaign for the Austrian and Russian artillery equipment:First of all, Griffin Moulds shipped several boxes of...
View ArticleNew Fife & Drum Web Site - Work In Progress
I have started on the layout for the "official" Fife & Drum website that will feature the products from both the Minden SYW figure range and the F&D AWI figure range.The home page will act as...
View ArticleRussian Artillery Has Arrived!
I received a new shipment of castings from Griffin Moulds today and am pleased to report that the four Russian cannon: Shuvalov Howitzer, 12-pound Unicorn, 6-pounder and 12-pounder have arrived. I also...
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Minden Austrian Pictures
Austrian Musketeer Regiment with GMB Designs Flags. (click picture to enlarge)I have been taking a lot of new pictures of the Minden SYW figure range in order to add pictures to the new Fife & Drum...
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Grenadiers de France Greens and Much More
Grenadiers de FranceI received the latest pictures of Richard Ansell's work on the Minden SYW range today including the Grenadiers de France, shown at the top of the page, three SYW Personality figures...
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Philadelphia Campaign of 1777 PDF Posted on Web Site
The British Are Coming!I have downloaded a PDF file article covering the Philadelphia Campaign of 1777 and posted it on the new Fife & Drum Miniatures web site. The article provides some uniform...
View ArticleBattle of Lobositz PDF Available
Now that I can download PDF files into the new Fife & Drum Miniatures website, I think that I will start posting some of the old historical battle accounts that Jim Mitchell and I wrote for the...
View ArticleSeven Years War Association Convention Is Coming
Just a reminder that the SYWA Convention is fast approaching. Dean West has organized a terrific game list. See below for more info on location.Thanks'Paul Petrisywconvention.blogspot.comGame List2015...
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How To Build A Continental Regiment With Fife & Drum Miniatures
1st Pennsylvania Regiment - Fife & Drum MiniaturesI thought that it might be helpful if I focused on one of my Fife & Drum AWI Continental regiments and provided a list of all the different...
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