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.

A year of living dangerously - Montrose’s Scottish Campaign of 1644-1645

I picked this up recently following an always dangerous recommendation from a friend (thanks Matthew!). It’s a campaign I’ve long been interested in, not least because a fair bit of the action is ‘local’ to where I grew up. 

It costs about £15 and the first (solo) play took just over an hour.

Lovely map and counters. 

Montrose nearly did it!

The game set up to play. 

Detail of the map. My part of the world!

I’ll no doubt have more to say when I’ve played it more.  In this first outing, Montrose came close to victory but basically ran out of troops. He did, however, manage the all-important sack of Dundee!