New Grenadier unit....

The Wittenberg army receives a new addition - the converged grenadiers of the Saxony regiments Rochow, Graf Bruhul, Zu Fuss and Konigen. 

Infantry regiments Graf Bruhul, Zu Fuss and Konigen are in the painting queue

Looking Back to last year, whats up for next year....

2025 Highlights 

A selection of pictures from blog posts of games, army review and projects from the periods I game. I've done it as a slide show in the format of a PDF...

(file https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hQb9TGqNuPohCTzfyVwLsO1Vx7Aj9gWr/view?usp=sharing )

2026 Upcoming..

The main projects for the coming year (at the moment 😀 ) will be ...

• I'll be continuing with my 40mm 17C Cossack army project.
• There will be more games for the 18C campaign of Munkasse & Saxe-Jarlsberg versus the Duchy of Noverre.
• The 18C 28mm Wittenberg army will have additional infantry and cavalry added (and some older units repurposed via the 'melty pot of doom').
• I'll be tinkering with my 40mm Samurai armies to improve the Hatamoto (commanders mounted & foot).

There will be more game reports shared as they are played (Medieval, Vikings, WW1 East Africa).

Who was that ?

Late afternoon in down-town Wittenberg, the notorious cutpurse and robber Armin Salzer, known as "Mr Snatch" was up to no good. "I say you ! Give me back my purse !" exclaimed a well-to-do man, as Mr Snatch made off with his money...

as Mr Snatch ran round the next corner and was confronted by a strange man - "Get out of my way" he shouted;  the man said "No" very menacingly....

Who do you think you are ? said Mr Snatch

"I'M RATMAN"

Mr Snatch didn't like the look of him at all and took a step back...

Even less so when more very large rats appeared ....

Mr Snatch made a run for it with the Rat man and his rats following...

......... Mr Snatch ran right into the town patrol and was arrested...

One of the patrol tried to catch Ratman, but he disappeared into a side alley....

Who is Ratman ? Will he be seen again ?

Xmas Goodies...

A delightful read for the holiday period... The Wargamers Annual

I'll probably use some the scenarios in this new set of Tabletop Teasers in my current upcoming set of campaign games.

Something for inspiration for my African colonial games; rules plus lots of info including unit types and compositions of native and colonial troops.

Merry Xmas ....

A Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to All

At Dungolfing...

 Prince Michael of Munkasse with cavalry escort has reached the safety of Saxe-Jarlsberg territory and is about to arrive in the small town of Dungolfing....

The small town is a hive of activity; it is the place where the Saxe-Jarlsberg army is mustering to get ready to help Munkasse get rid of the invading army from Noverre.

Some units have arrived and put up their camps; men are busy on the edge of town filling barrels....

Wagons with provisions are arriving...

Men are getting wood from a stand of trees for camp fires and for the bread ovens....

Bread being prepared for baking....

The bread ovens are busy, there will be lots of troops to feed.....

The Battle of Mikkelheim

continued form the previous post....

The Noverre advance guard column approaches....

They don't waste any time; the light infantry move through the woods on their left flank...

while the infantry forms up....

The Munkasse troops stand ready for action.....

The Noverre light infantry move out of the wood and come under fire from the Munkasse infantry in the wood to their front...

The Noverre line infantry advance with their right flank protected by their cavalry....

The Noverre light infantry exchange fire with the opposition....

then attack across the stream....

after exchanging vollies the lead Noverre infantry regiment charged ... the Munkasse regiment held the charge....

the Noverre dragoons rode through the Munkasse land militia and charged on into the Munkasse cavalry..

The Munkasse light infantry were soundly beaten by the Noverre light infantry who ejected what was left of them from the wood

The Munkasse dragoons recovered and put a up fight against the Noverre dragoons...holding them back

The Munkasse line infantry was holding off the Noverre line infantry at the stream; when the Noverre light infantry moved out of the wood unexpectedly round the flank of the land militia who broke and scattered ....

The Noverre infantry exhausted broke of their attack and fell back.....

The Munkasse dragoons eventually lost the melee, the Noverre dragoons pursued them and went after the routing land militia as well.

The Munkasse line infantry regiment managed to withdraw in good order, keeping the Noverre light infantry at bay ....

A victory for the forces of Noverre

---oXo---

The Noverre vanguard would however have to reform and rest after the fight, which they did with alacrity in Mikkelheim drinking all the wine and beer they could find.  

The battle delayed the invaders enough to allow Prince Michael of Munkasse and his court to evacuate the capital and head for safety in neighbouring Saxe-Jarlsberg.

The Munkasse armed forces re-grouped and made their way to join the Saxe-Jarlsberg army who were coming to their aid.