Monthly Archives: December 2024

Jemima Fawr’s Review of 2024

Well, that was shit… I hope that my remaining reader had a better year, but here at Fawr Towers, 2024 was pretty diabolical, primarily down to major health issues in the family, my ongoing eye trouble being the very least … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Nadolig Llawen to the remaining reader of this blog, from all here at Fawr Towers! My thanks to Gareth Beamish for the suitably-seasonal ‘snowy’ Battle of Mollwitz photos (OK, so Mollwitz was actually fought in April, but … Continue reading

Posted in 15mm Figures, Eighteenth Century, Games, Seven Years War & War of Austrian Succession, Tricorn (18th Century Shako Rules) | 8 Comments

‘Hannover Siegt, Der Franzmann Liegt’ (Part 11: Hanoverian Reinforcements)

And now, in this thrilling instalment, I add yet more units to my Seven Years War Hanoverian Army!  Please try to control your excitement. These were mostly added for our recent Battle of Corbach game, but will also come in … Continue reading

Posted in 15mm Figures, Eighteenth Century, Painted Units, Seven Years War & War of Austrian Succession, Seven Years War British & Hanoverian Armies, Seven Years War Minor German States, Tricorn (18th Century Shako Rules) | 4 Comments

The Military Museum of the Canary Islands (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

I decided to do something a bit different with this post.  I’ve been to many, many museums over the years and have walked many battlefields.  I even used to run battlefield tours to Normandy for cadets and regular military personnel.  … Continue reading

Posted in Battlefield Visits, Cold War, Cold War - NATO Armies, Eighteenth Century, Museums, Napoleonic Wars, Spanish Civil War | 7 Comments