Lutter am Barenberge (1626): 6mm Thirty Years War
The Count of Tilly's Imperial army (Doug and Richard) took on King Christian IV of Denmark's forces (Rob) yesterday, in the Battle of...
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Piotr Stolarski
- Feb 25
- 2 min
Storming Selby: Urban Warfare in the ECW @ War Room
Below are some photos of Rob's entertaining refight of the Battle of Selby (11 April 1644) played earlier today. The Parliamentarians...
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Piotr Stolarski
- Nov 29, 2023
- 3 min
Polish Civil War: Battle of Mątwy (13 July 1666)
On Friday 17 November, I put on a 28mm Eastern Renaissance game, which pitted rebellious Polish nobles (the republican Confederates -...
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Piotr Stolarski
- Sep 23, 2023
- 3 min
Bohemians Unbowed: Refighting White Mountain (1620) in 6mm
On 23 May 1618 Bohemian rebels ejected two of the Holy Roman Emperor's regents - Vilem Slavata and Jaroslav Martinice - from a tower...
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Piotr Stolarski
- Aug 28, 2023
- 4 min
Waller Mullered! Refighting Cheriton (1644) at the War Room
Rob staged an English Civil War refight of the battle of Cheriton (29 March 1644) at the War Room on Sunday, using his splendid 28mm...
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Rob Wingrave
- Feb 4, 2023
- 2 min
Battle of Dunsmore Heath – 25th August 1642
I got out my ECW figures for another airing and used one of the scenarios from Robert Giglio’s English Civil War Scenario books (volume...
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Piotr Stolarski
- Dec 17, 2022
- 2 min
Horde vs. Hetman: A Raid on the Crown Lands
A large horde of marauding Cossacks, Tartars, and Turks, undertook a raid on the Polish borderlands last night, in a game inspired by...
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Piotr Stolarski
- Oct 15, 2022
- 1 min
Dastardly Daimyos
Phil put on a Samurai game last night at the community centre using part of his beautifully painted and extensive 15mm collection. The...
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Piotr Stolarski
- May 28, 2022
- 2 min
6mm French Wars of Religion
French Catholics and Huguenots (Calvinists) fought it out at the club last night… on the tabletop. Thankfully it was just a wargame: a...
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Piotr Stolarski
- Feb 21, 2022
- 2 min
Gangs of Ruś: Last Stand of the Devil of Łańcut
Last night’s club game saw the first trial of my new eastern Renaissance rules, Gangs of Ruś: a multiplayer skirmish-roleplaying wargame...
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Rob Wingrave
- Sep 27, 2021
- 1 min
Eastern Renaissance - Polish vs Turks
Phil was keen to get out his 28mm Eastern Renaissance figures (which are stunning) and give his new home made rules another workout. We...
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Rob Wingrave
- Jun 15, 2021
- 1 min
Renaissance - Second Italian Wars
Wargaming under the rule of 6 continued with Renaissance game. Chris kindly brought over his magnificent collection of Renaissance...
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Piotr Stolarski
- Jun 29, 2020
- 2 min
Armies on Parade III: Eastern Renaissance
Well, this series is getting a head of steam! The thunder of hooves resounds as the Husaria charges home! As someone once said of the...
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Piotr Stolarski
- Sep 24, 2019
- 5 min
Relieving Vienna 1683/2018
On Sunday 23 September 2018, we gathered at Rob's War Room to refight the relief of Vienna in 1683. Historically, the Ottoman Turkish...
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Piotr Stolarski
- Sep 7, 2019
- 3 min
Breitenfeld (1631): A Universal Block Wargame
Last night's club game saw the first trial of my new Thirty Years War rules, 'Tercio Viejo!' I have been fascinated by this period for a...
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Piotr Stolarski
- May 26, 2019
- 2 min
Age of Taras Bulba: Battle for Zaporozhian Sich
Sunday 26 May 2019 saw five armies fight it out on the Ukrainian steppes at Rob's war room. The game simulated the strategic situation on...
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Tim Wilson
- Jul 1, 2018
- 1 min
Cutting Edge-Newark Civil War Museum
I recently was able to call in on the Newark Civil War Centre which is a must see for any ECW buff. My main focus though was on one of...
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Piotr Stolarski
- Jun 30, 2018
- 2 min
Ottoman invasion of Poland
Phil and I brought down our 28mm Eastern Renaissance figures for a club night game on Friday 29 June 2018. The scenario I devised was...
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Tim Wilson
- Nov 20, 2017
- 2 min
Pikeman's Lament
The Pikeman’s Lament is a Pike and Shot skirmish game and the third in the series of expansions to Daniel Mersey’s popular Lion Rampant...
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