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The South Carolina Campaign Begins (three turns)
I was working on a new campaign map this morning, taking a copy of the Cook map (public domain) and jotting down the movement dots (from my hand-drawn map) on the historical map. I am hoping that it...
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Turn Two of the Campaign was one of force considation by both sides, in anticipation of future battles. There wasn't a lot of action going on during the turn, which is to be expected this early in the...
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South Carolina Campaign - Battle of Winnsboro
Things were starting to heat up on Turn Three as events started with a Partizan Uprising by Andrew Pickens, with 3SPs at Cheraw, SC. There was some lucky die rolling there, as the maximum number of...
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DEFIANCE: Gentlemen in Exile (Exsulem Nobilis)
The Defiant Gentlemen In Exile (click to enlarge, if you dare)One of the gentlemen on the Fife & Drum Miniatures Forum decided that after the Great Purge, all of the outcasts from the Forum That...
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Battle of Winnsboro Terrain Set Up
The battlefield around the town of Winnsboro (top center of the picture). Americans are deployed on the left and the British are deployed on the right side. (Click or double click to enlarge the...
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British Victory at Winnsboro
Battle of Winnsboro - British attack of American right wing. (click or double click all photos to enlarge)The British army commanded by Lord Cornwallis defeated DeKalb's American army at the Battle of...
View ArticleKenilworth War Game Weekend
The third annual wargaming event with purchasers of the Book That Shall Not Be Named (BTSNB?) was held in the Chesford Grange Hotel in Kenilworth, Warwick in the United Kingdom on June 16 and 17,...
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A Visit to Griffin Moulds
On Friday June 16, 2017 I stopped in at the Griffin Moulds factory located in Birminghan, UK to meet with the staff and to get a look see at how things were going. Graham Cummings had picked me up at...
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Command Stand Vignettes: British & Prussian
British (left) and Prussian (right) command stand vignettes. Click to enlarge.The second annual wargamers' meeting at Kenilworth in Warwick, UK met last weekend at the Chesford Grange Hotel....
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South Carolina Campaign Turn 4 - Battle at McDowell
1st Continental Dragoons guard the baggage train as it retires from Winnsboro after the American defeat .The South Carolina campaign has resumed now that I'm back from my trip to the UK. Recall that we...
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Battle of McDowell Preliminaries
A squadron of Tarleton's Legion cavalry (Fife & Drum Miniatures).I will be playing the Battle of McDowell, or McDowell's Camp, over the weekend here at Schloss Seewald.The battle terrain map is...
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87th (Kieth's) Highlanders Regiment
Minden product code MB-008 Highlanders, Marching.The Web-store ProjectMy retirement gives me a lot more time to work on projects that have been on the back burner for some time, and high on the list is...
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Happy Fourth of July - US Independence Day
The American Legion war veterans always lead off the parade with the carrying of the national colors.The Fourth of July holiday is when Americans ostensibly celebrate and honor the founding of our...
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Encounter at McDowell's Camp (AWI Campaign)
The battlefield for McDowell's Camp, with the British approaching from the bottom of the picture, pursuing the Americans who might be anywhere on the table from the town to the back end of the...
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Keith's (87th Regt.) Highlanders
Keith's Highlanders - Minden Miniatures (click to enlarge)I completed Keith's Highlanders over the July 4th holiday and finished the basing and grassing yesterday. I thought that they turned out rather...
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Tarleton Destroys Americans at the Battle of McDowell
British Legion cavalry in among the rebel baggage train. (click to enlarge)I fought the Battle of McDowell as a solo wargame yesterday and the result was a crushing defeat of Sevier's American army of...
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Battle of McDowell - Part 2
British Legion cavalry chase down the American baggage train. (click picture to enlarge)To recap our battle so far, Colonel Sevier's American (rebel) force of 6SPs was taking on Tarleton's British...
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Battle of McDowell - Conclusion
Colonel Sevier's Last Stand on Thickety Ridge (click pix to enlarge)When we last left our heroes, it was the end of Turn 7 and the Americans were consolidating their battle line atop the high ground...
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SC Campaign - Turn 5 Moves
Turn 5 of the Campaign, depicting the positions of American and British troops after the movement phase. Click the picture to enlarge the view.The moves have been turned in for Turn 5 and it appears...
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SC Campaign Siege Rules
Blockhouse at Georgetown, South Carolina which is occuppied by two SPs of British troops. Building is a model of the powder magazine at Colonial Williamsburg, made by Herb Gundt. The figures are Fife...
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