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Naval campaign game 5: All hands to the oars!
Darkness and fog - ideal for an escape bid from a potentially hostile harbourNovember 23rd, 1688: CopenhagenChaos reigns supreme in England. The invasion by Willem of Orange less than three weeks...
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8 battlefields.... and a wedding!
Is that possible?In Scotland it is! Between leaving home in East Kilbride and arriving at the Craigellachie Hotel near Dufftown we passed through or within one mile of eight battlefields.Craigellachie...
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Campaign Turn 1 complete - Round up
One turn down and five great games each with interesting results. Apart from the plenary information made available to everyone below, each player received a private breifing of events in their...
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Airborne Museum Oosterbeek
Memorial to the Airborne Forces at OosterbeekThis trip happened in November 2018 and for some reason I didn't get around to posting some of the lovely photos.British Sherman in the museum forecourtI am...
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Terrain and something out of nothing
A rough mock up of a North African harbour. Stuff just placed on for effect nuthin' fancy.There is nothing more boring than a plain blue cloth for naval gaming. As many Age of Sail fights took place...
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Bit of a clean up.. Ottoman cavalry go for production
It took a long time to clean and inspect this lot!This fantastic range has been dogged by little challenges along the way. Some related to design, some to production, others to me actually having...
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BLB Head to Head #1: Gardes Francaises v Garden til Fods
The epitome of a XVII Guard unit for Beneath the Lily BannersI thought it might be an idea to explain some of the BLB mechanisms by directly comparing opposing troops types in a gaming context both...
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It's that time of year again.. Warfare Christmas give away!
Where did 2019 go? My daughter recently told me a school in Glasgow was in the papers because it had renamed Christmas so as not to offend anyone.... It is now called Sparkle Day...... yes, well...At...
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Ottoman mounted archers OTC02
A closer look at the pack OTC02. These split waist archers can be positioned in a variety of poses and with a random selection of three different lower bodies plus the seven different horse types...
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Ottoman cavalry available to pre order
mixed codesI have loaded up the 10 different pack options available to order in the shop for shipping before January 6 2020. With a tail wind I may even get the stock before Christmas.The variants...
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Just like the Elves....
OTC01 Ottoman cavalry officersNo! Don't turn away, I am NOT blogging about Fantasy models!Just like Santa's elves I have been hidden away in my man cave working away on painting projects which required...
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Nest of Vipers: Tripoli, July 2nd 1666
Visitors to the blog may remember Sir Jeremy Smith's failed attempt to convoy merchantmen into Tangier past Berber Corsairs:Weather beaten? Smith at TangierHere, Smith attempts to root them out in...
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The Big One... Part 1 Getting organized
Cruising off the Dutch coast - d'Estrees White Squadron with the English Red and Blue behind.I have been motivating myself with the thought of a large-scale fleet type battle for a while. As I have...
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The Big One - Part 2 The Fleets
For the game I matched the fleets at around 2575 points give or take. The number of line of battle ships was twelve apiece with the Dutch using one frigate and the Allies two. In addition the Dutch...
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The Big One - The Texel AAR Part 1
Into battle! Admiral de Ruyter's Centre squadron at the Battle of The Texel August 21st 1673It was with great anticipation that I got ready to throw the first dice in this scenario. It was in the...
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The Big One - The Texel AAR Part 2 and conclusion
Back with the climactic conclusion to the Battle of the Texel...Tonnant (far left) stern rakes Vrijheid (far right) igniting a magazine. Royal Therese is already on fire(right foreground).Turn 9 A...
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Happy New Year from Quindia Studios!
Clarence Harrison - I hope the turn of the calendar finds everyone well! Looking across my various blogs, 2019 was a very poor year for posting, even though I was quite productive. I painted loads of...
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I bet you thought I'd abandoned this..
On the contrary my friends, or should that be Integendeel, mijn vrienden! It takes focus to get a substantial project finished and I had run out of gas with changing short term priorities after...
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Walking through 17th century naval rules Part 1
Let me start by saying thanks to Neil Fox for helping me get onto this path in the first instance. He sent his Solebay Fast play sheets to me and I played many games with them to get a feel for the...
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Walking through 17th century naval rules Part 2 - Hail Mary!
What will happen to the unlucky Eendraght?The walk through of my evolving naval rules for the 1640-1700 period continues where we pick the action up at the beginning of Turn 4 with the Allies once more...
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