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Piotr Stolarski
Dec 16, 20246 min read
Battle of Lützen: Napoleon's 1813 Campaign @ The Cabin
Richard's engaging Napoleonic campaign using General D’Armée II rules and 15mm figures reached its next stage last Sunday at his garden...
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Alex Pritchard
Mar 19, 20242 min read
Battle of Raszyn (1809) - Grand Manner Rules
Okay so Grand Manner isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, but Rob's table was too good an opportunity to miss so we hosted this minor engagement...
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Piotr Stolarski
Feb 11, 20244 min read
Escape the Blockade: Napoleonic Naval Action at the Community Centre
Rob hosted a first-rate Napoleonic naval game at the club on Friday, using 18 of his delectably constructed 1:1200 scale model ships from...
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Piotr Stolarski
Jan 20, 20243 min read
Intrigue and Bayonets: Sharp Practice @ the War Room
On Wednesday night Alex umpired a 28mm Napoleonic skirmish - set in the Spanish Peninsula, with Craig assisting - using his own scenario,...
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Juan Amador
Jul 5, 20234 min read
Waterloo, 1815 at ValkyRX (18 June 2023)
Heston & Ealing club members Juan and Theo recently attended a multiplayer Waterloo refight at ValkyRX Birmingham. This is an Intelligent...
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Piotr Stolarski
Jun 5, 20236 min read
Borodino at The Barn!
Last weekend, 3-4 June 2023, witnessed the annual big Napoleonic wargame at Francis' barn outside Reading. This year it was Borodino,...
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Piotr Stolarski
Feb 4, 20232 min read
Battle of Corunna (1809)
I staged a refight of the Battle of Corunna at the club yesterday using 6mm figures and my own rules, ‘Coup de Grace: Generalissimo’. The...
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Piotr Stolarski
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Clash of Eagles: 6mm Napoleonics at the War Room
Trevor put on a 6mm Napoleonic battle between the French (Rob, Mal, Brian), Austrians (Theo, Jonathan, me) and Russians (Peter, Alex,...
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Piotr Stolarski
Aug 12, 20222 min read
Ligny: Return of the Emperor
Last Friday’s club night saw the return of Napoleon from Elba, as I put on a refight of the Battle of Ligny (1815 - Napoleon’s last...
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Piotr Stolarski
Jan 24, 20224 min read
Eylau Refought!
Last weekend, Rob kindly gave me a lift to Devon for a three-day Napoleonic wargame ably hosted by Philip (10-12 December). We stayed at...
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Piotr Stolarski
Nov 20, 20212 min read
Austerlitz in 6mm
I put on a 6mm refight of the Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805) at the club last night, using my 'Coup de Grace v. 5' rules. Theo...
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Piotr Stolarski
Jul 30, 20212 min read
Age of Bonaparte: Battle of Leipzig (1813) with Cards
Last night saw the first trial club game of my Napoleonic card wargame, Age of Bonaparte, which I designed and wrote during the first...
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Piotr Stolarski
Oct 4, 20202 min read
Armies on Parade IV: 6mm Napoleonic Inventory
This pandemic has been a double-edged sword when it comes to wargaming. On the one hand, I was unemployed between March and mid-August,...
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Jonathan Hobbs
May 9, 20205 min read
Battle of Quatre Bras Part Two
The Battle continues 1630 Hours Marshal Ney joins 1st Brigade of the 5th Division to encourage them in their firefight with the...
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Jonathan Hobbs
May 9, 20206 min read
The Battle of Quatre Bras - Part One
Having played a couple of board games by phone it was time to play a Napoleonic miniatures game. To do this I needed a small battle which...
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Piotr Stolarski
Dec 30, 20191 min read
Battle of Eylau 1807 - Christmas Game 2019
Below are some pictures of a refight of the Battle of Eylau, which I put on at my house on Sunday 29 December 2019. Tim played Napoleon's...
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Piotr Stolarski
Sep 29, 20194 min read
The Siege of San Sebastian (1813)
Sunday 29 September 2019 witnessed our refight of the Siege of San Sebastian (1813) at Rob's War Room. Phil was umpiring, and by...
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Jonathan Hobbs
Aug 14, 20193 min read
Napoleon 250th Birthday
Napoleon Bonaparte was born 250 years ago on 15.8.1769. One version says On Assumption Day his mother gave birth on a threadbare rug on...
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Piotr Stolarski
May 21, 20182 min read
Borodino Refought in 6mm
On Friday 18th May, I mustered my 6mm Heroics and Ros Napoleonic French and Russians and put on a refight of the battle of Borodino...
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Jonathan Hobbs
Mar 23, 20181 min read
Battle of Wagram 1809
From Friday 16,3,18 to Sunday 18.3.18 Rob hosted the Napoleonic Battle of Wagram at his War Room. Rules used Napoleons Battles. Noel...
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