Category Archives: Games

The Battle of Eggmühl, 22nd April 1809: The Refight

Posted on 17th September 2025 by jemima_fawr

As promised, here’s the game report from our recent Eggmühl refight.  If you missed it, I posted the scenario last time. However, I should admit that the orbat for our game was very slightly different to the one posted; firstly, … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Games, Napoleon's Battles (Rules), Napoleonic Wars | 17 Comments

The Battle of Teugn-Hausen 19th April 1809: The Game

Posted on 10th August 2025 by jemima_fawr

As discussed last time, instead of playing our planned continuation of the Battle of Neumarkt at the Wargames Association of South Pembrokeshire (W.A.S.P.), we instead played through a refight of the Battle of Teugn-Hausen.  I posted the scenario last time, … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Games, Napoleon's Battles (Rules), Napoleonic Wars | 16 Comments

The Battle of Neumarkt 24th April 1809, Refought Again (Part 1)

Posted on 19th June 2025 by jemima_fawr

Following our resurrection of my old Battle of Raab scenario, the lads were keen to do some more Napoleon’s Battles games, so last week I dug out my old Battle of Neumarkt scenario.  I’d played this with the Carmarthen Old … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Games, Napoleon's Battles (Rules), Napoleonic Wars | 11 Comments

The Battle of the Brandywine 1777 Refight (Again!)

Posted on 5th June 2025 by jemima_fawr

In late 2022 and early 2023, I dug out my old 28mm American War of Independence collection, played a few games with the lads at the Carmarthen Old Guard, painted a few new units and even bought some more troops … Continue reading →

Posted in 28mm Figures, American War of Independence, British Grenadier! Rules (AWI), Eighteenth Century, Games | 6 Comments

The Battle of Raab 14th June 1809 (The Game)

Posted on 28th May 2025 by jemima_fawr

Following on from my revised scenario for the Battle of Raab, here’s my after-action report from our recent play-through of the scenario at W.A.S.P. Andy James took the role of Archduke John, commanding the Army of Inner Austria, while I … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Games, Napoleon's Battles (Rules), Napoleonic Wars | 13 Comments

The First Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas) 21st July 1861 (Fire & Fury Refight)

Posted on 5th March 2025 by jemima_fawr

It’s been a somewhat slow start to my wargaming year, but I finally got down to the Wargames Association of South Pembrokeshire (W.A.S.P.) recently for a game.  I’ve been promising my my mate Al for the last year that we’d … Continue reading →

Posted in 10mm Figures, American Civil War, Fire & Fury (Brigade), Games | 10 Comments

The Battle of ‘Wanneminden’ 1759 (Our 2024 Christmas Game)

Posted on 26th January 2025 by jemima_fawr

As mentioned in the last few articles, our 2024 Christmas Game at W.A.S.P. was a ‘bath-tubbed’, half-scale version of the Battle of Minden, 1st August 1759.  I’m not normally a fan of ‘bath-tubbed’ scenarios.  I like to see the actual … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Eighteenth Century, Games, Seven Years War & War of Austrian Succession, Shako Rules, Tricorn (18th Century Shako Rules) | 20 Comments

Merry Christmas!

Posted on 25th December 2024 by jemima_fawr

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

The Battle of Corbach, 10th July 1760 (The Refight)

Posted on 7th November 2024 by jemima_fawr

A few weeks ago, our old mate and W.A.S.P. club-deserter Jase Evans was over from New Zealand for a couple of weeks, so of course we had to put on a game.  He’s a huge fan of 18th Century French … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Eighteenth Century, Games, Seven Years War & War of Austrian Succession, Shako Rules, Tricorn (18th Century Shako Rules) | 12 Comments

Sanderhausen Revisited (Another Refight of Sanderhausen 1758)

Posted on 13th October 2024 by jemima_fawr

A couple of weeks ago Andy, Kirk and I wandered down to the Haverfordwest Gaming Club’s annual open day.  Last year we put on a small historical SYW refight, the Battle of Clostercamp and this year we decided to do … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Eighteenth Century, Games, Seven Years War & War of Austrian Succession, Shako Rules, Tricorn (18th Century Shako Rules) | 26 Comments