Author Archives: jemima_fawr

See You At Crusade! (unless you spot me first, obviously…)

Posted on 24th January 2020 by jemima_fawr

The car’s all packed and we’ll be heading off in the morning at oh-f@£&-hundred-hours to the Crusade 2020 show in Penarth.  So I hope to see a few of you there! 🙂 And the offer still stands: if anyone wants … Continue reading →

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“In Dixie Land I’ll Make My Stand”: Building a 10mm Confederate Army (Part 3)

Posted on 18th January 2020 by jemima_fawr

Rodes’ Division at Gettysburg As discussed in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, I’ve been building 10mm Confederate and Union armies for the American Civil War, using the orders of battle for the first day of the iconic … Continue reading →

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My 2019/2020 Demo Game: The Cassinga Raid, Angola 1978 (Part 5: The Scenario)

Posted on 12th January 2020 by jemima_fawr

As discussed in the previous articles here, here and here, I decided last year to do a demo game based on the controversial 1978 Cassinga Raid, which was an early engagement in South Africa’s ‘Border War’ in Angola.  I took … Continue reading →

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Masséna’s Counter-Attack at Wagram, 6th July 1809 (A Scenario for ‘Napoleon’s Battles’)

Posted on 29th December 2019 by jemima_fawr

Yesterday was going to be my annual Christmas Game Day at the Carmarthen Old Guard, which this year was to be a Napoleonic game focusing on Marshal Masséna’s counter-attack at the Battle of Wagram, during Napoleon’s Danube Campaign of 1809.  … Continue reading →

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The Action at Shiloh Church, 6th April 1862 (Part 2)

Posted on 16th December 2019 by jemima_fawr

In my last post I described the initial stages of our refight of the action at Shiloh Church, which was part of the Battle of Shiloh, fought on 6th April 1862.  The rules used were Brigade Fire & Fury (2nd … Continue reading →

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The Action at Shiloh Church, 6th April 1862 (Part 1)

Posted on 9th December 2019 by jemima_fawr

After something of a break due to the build-up to my recent demo game, I decided to do an American Civil War game in club last week, once again using the superlative Brigade Fire & Fury 2nd Edition rules.  I … Continue reading →

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Some More Napoleonic Reinforcements

Posted on 23rd November 2019 by jemima_fawr

Yes I know, it’s all been a bit Cold War here just lately, so here’s an antidote: some AB Figures 15mm Napoleonics I painted back in the spring and summer… French & Polish Above:  I had a couple of Polish … Continue reading →

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My 2019/2020 Demo Game: The Cassinga Raid, Angola 1978 (Part 4): The Game!

Posted on 21st November 2019 by jemima_fawr

At long last, all that research, scenario-writing, model-making and terrain-building finally paid off last weekend as our Carringa Raid game took the prize for Best Demo Game at Warfare 2019!  As regular readers will know, I only do demo games … Continue reading →

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My 2019/2020 Demo Game: The Cassinga Raid, Angola 1978 (Part 3): Smuggy McSmugface…

Posted on 17th November 2019 by jemima_fawr

I’ll post a proper battle report up later (we actually managed to fully play the game twice, but my phone ran out of photo-storage at the end of the first day…), but the game’s first outing at Warfare 2019 in … Continue reading →

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My 2019/2020 Demo Game: The Cassinga Raid, Angola 1978 (Part 2 – the Playtest)

Posted on 5th November 2019 by jemima_fawr

As discussed last time, I’ve spent the last few months building the terrain and forces for a demo-game of the Cassinga Raid, with the intention of going around a few of the UK wargame shows, starting with Warfare in Reading, … Continue reading →

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