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I staged a refight of the battle of Austerlitz in 6mm scale at the War Room last Sunday. The battle had inspired me to get into wargaming...

Richard's engaging Napoleonic campaign using General D’Armée II rules and 15mm figures reached its next stage last Sunday at his garden...

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...

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...

On Wednesday night Alex umpired a 28mm Napoleonic skirmish - set in the Spanish Peninsula, with Craig assisting - using his own scenario,...

Heston & Ealing club members Juan and Theo recently attended a multiplayer Waterloo refight at ValkyRX Birmingham. This is an Intelligent...

Last weekend, 3-4 June 2023, witnessed the annual big Napoleonic wargame at Francis' barn outside Reading. This year it was Borodino,...

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...

Trevor put on a 6mm Napoleonic battle between the French (Rob, Mal, Brian), Austrians (Theo, Jonathan, me) and Russians (Peter, Alex,...

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...

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...

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...

Last night saw the first trial club game of my Napoleonic card wargame, Age of Bonaparte, which I designed and wrote during the first...

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,...

The Battle continues 1630 Hours Marshal Ney joins 1st Brigade of the 5th Division to encourage them in their firefight with the...

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...

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...

Sunday 29 September 2019 witnessed our refight of the Siege of San Sebastian (1813) at Rob's War Room. Phil was umpiring, and by...

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...

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...