Category Archives: Games

A Very British Civil War in Pembrokeshire 1938: A Clash in the Landsker

Posted on 17th July 2019 by jemima_fawr

Hello.  This is Huw Puw, reporting from the front line for the Fish Guardian. Yes, that’s right; the Front Line.  It seems that following my numerous near-death experiences in reporting the campaigns of the Army of Cantref Cemaes, I am … Continue reading →

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Our ‘A Very British Civil War 1938’ Game at Partizan 2019

Posted on 2nd June 2019 by jemima_fawr

The last twelve months have certainly shot past since our last Very British Civil War 1938 epic at Partizan 2018 show in Newark! I clearly hadn’t offended everyone last year, as this year I was very kindly invited by Dave … Continue reading →

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A Very British Civil War in Pembrokeshire: The Manor Park Raid

Posted on 6th May 2019 by jemima_fawr

With Lord Tenby’s Royalist Administration forces engaged in the north of the county against increasingly belligerent Anglican League and Welsh Nationalist forces, the south of the county had almost been forgotten by the Royalist Administration. With the south relatively quiet, … Continue reading →

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The Battle of Brandywine, 11th September 1777

Posted on 23rd April 2019 by jemima_fawr

Up until the 2000s, all of my wargaming stuff, aside from a small sci-fi collection, was 15mm or smaller.  In 2005 or thereabouts, my mate Jase Evans had been badgering me for a while to ‘do something in 28mm’, but … Continue reading →

Posted in 28mm Figures, American War of Independence, British Grenadier! Rules (AWI), British Grenadier! Scenarios, Eighteenth Century, Games, Scenarios | 3 Comments

The Battle of Champion Hill, 16th May 1863 (Fire & Fury 10mm ACW)

Posted on 9th April 2019 by jemima_fawr

Following our last ACW game , the Battle of Cedar Mountain, I had some very positive feedback from none other than Rich Hassenauer, author of the Fire & Fury family of rules.  He liked what I’d done with his old … Continue reading →

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Black Cat v White Tiger: The 1st Battle of Bishenpur (Imphal 1944)

Posted on 17th February 2019 by jemima_fawr

This game was our ‘Battlefront Big Bovvy Bash’ game at The Tank Museum, Bovington in 2011.  Most of our Bovvy games have been set firmly in the NW European Campaign, but we have gone ‘off-piste’ a couple of times – … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm Figures, Battlefront: WW2, Bovington Show Games, Games, Scenarios, World War 2, World War 2 - Burma Campaign | 12 Comments

“A Game of Two Halves”: The Battle of Cedar Mountain, 9th August 1862 (Fire & Fury 2nd Edition)

Posted on 14th February 2019 by jemima_fawr

Last weekend we had another all-day gaming session at the Carmarthen Old Guard and Alan, Andy and I once again decided to do an American Civil War historical refight in 10mm with the superb Fire & Fury 2nd Edition rules.  … Continue reading →

Posted in 10mm Figures, American Civil War, Fire & Fury (Brigade), Fire & Fury (Brigade) Scenarios, Games, Scenarios | 15 Comments

“And Sheep May Safely Graze”: The Action at Penclippin Farm – A Very British Civil War in Pembrokeshire 1938

Posted on 6th February 2019 by jemima_fawr

Hello. This is Huw Puw reporting once again from the front line for The Fish Guardian. This week I find myself back in West Carmarthenshire. Having survived the ‘glorious victory’ of Titley Junction, the cross-dressing remnants of the ‘Twm Carnabwth’ … Continue reading →

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Bloody Antietam (The Afternoon Battle), 17th September 1862

Posted on 29th December 2018 by jemima_fawr

Sorry for the slow rate of blog-posts just lately!  My excuses are many and varied, but the main reason is that just lately I’ve been ill with Manthrax (like Man Flu but even worse) and ‘between computers’!  Sorry! Anyway, friends … Continue reading →

Posted in 10mm Figures, American Civil War, Fire & Fury (Brigade), Fire & Fury (Brigade) Scenarios, Games, Scenarios | 7 Comments

LANDJUT 1984: The Defence of Gnissau

Posted on 10th December 2018 by jemima_fawr

The Warsaw Pact’s Northern Front crossed the Inter-German Border two days ago, rapidly breaking through the forward units of the German Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command, annihilating the 81st Heimatschütz Regiment and surrounding the 71st Heimatschütz Regiment in Lübeck.  The Danish Jutland Dragoons … Continue reading →

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