The Twelfth Battle - Caporetto 1917

 

Santa brought me this. Great news, as you can never have too many battles of the Isonzo.  It's a solo game taking in the entire Italian Front over the weeks of the campaign.

Having sorted out the very nice components,  I set up the introductory scenario to try.

After the initial bombardment, in go the stormtroopers!

And the Italian 3 Armata starts to crumble

End of GT1. The defence has been breached in several places.

Meanwhile back on the Piave, there’s a lot of frantic digging.

Managed a draw (the historical result). Did I mention the counters are really nice?

I'm hoping to play through the full game in the next week or so.  Like many other solo games, I think it may adapt well to being played by a group over a Zoom link.

Dominion of...Patriots and Redcoats

 

Yet another Dominion of... variant!  Again, for such a simple system this has a nice 'feel' to it.

Lexington & Concord, 1775. 2mm toys.

British victory!

Second game. The wicked colonials even the score.

Third attempt: another triumph for the Brits.

Trenton. Pretty much the only battle of the war I know anything about!

A very hard fought battle but the King was let down by his Hessian mercenaries

Trenton 2. A victory for the Hessians. Er, I mean Brits!

Look carefully and you can see the Hessians grinning.

The decider. I hope the King gets his money back from the Prince of Hesse.

The toys are 2mm Irregular. Originally painted and used in Franco-Prussian War games, they've also been used for ACW and the AWI version of Command & Colours.  Very versatile, these chaps!

Dominion of...Marlborough and Peter the Great

 

We've tried out several versions of the 'Dominion of...' rules.  A few months ago I built a 'travel' version on a 9x12cm board and painted wooden blocks.  Despite the title, the games I have played so far involved neither Marlborough nor Peter...

A few days ago I tried out the above book starting with the Boyne.

Williamites in grey.  The yellow blocks denote 'unreliable' units, the green matches 'defended' units.

A Williamite victory!  Each game takes only a few minutes.

Second attempt.  All the unreliable units legged it!

A terrible day to be a Jacobite!

Fleurus 1690.  Marshal Luxembourg's French in white vs the Dutch/Spanish alliance. I forget who won as I forgot to take a photo!  It's a very elegant little game and ideal for resolving campaign battles and the like.  Recommended.

1914 Belgians - part 4

 

The rest of my Belgian Line Infantry and Carabiniers involved more head swaps.  The base figures were a few more Deetail FFL and Call To Arms Iron Brigade.  The latter's coats aren't really long enough but to my eyes they convey the right 'look'.  

I also made up two MG crews.  The gunners are both old lead hollowcasts.