George

Hello,

Well I got two armies now. One is Dutch (under a British COC) and the the other is Bavarian (under a French COC). Each army has a 3 regiment brigade of cavalry, a 3 battalion brigade of infantry, and a battery of 8lb smoothbore artillery.

So, I played a solitaire first game with Black Powder rules. I enjoyed testing the rules but came up…[Read more]

Here is a new blog post with video:

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-oranje-friesland-cavalry-regiment.html

Here is a blog post with pictures of buildings I got from Paperterrain. I really like them.

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/02/great-buildings-from-paperterrain.html

This time I wrote an article. It is about my faith and being a historical wargamer.

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/02/on-being-christian-and-historical.html

Here is the link.

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/01/unboxing-warlord-games-cavalry-of-grand.html

Also, I’m moving my videos off of YouTube and onto Rumble.

Hello again,

Developing my first battlefield for Elixheim. I went cheap for starters. Bought a 6′ x 4′ green felt fabric to be my battle mat and some other felt fabrics to be my rivers, roads, and fields.

The fields turn out be be very small if I go exactly with images from the map on the battlefield. I’ll probably fudge this to make the…[Read more]

Hello,

Question, I’m looking at the rules in Last Argument of Kings for plug bayonets. I understand that in the War of the Spanish Succession (which I’m building my army for) used socket bayonets? Were they introduced before or during this war? Would the plug bayonet rules work for this conflict or for earlier wars of the late 17th century? Please advise

Here is my blog post on where I show how I file my soldiers and attach their heads/bodies.

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2020/12/filing-and-assembling-model-soldiers.html

Hello,

I’m reflecting on the Hand-to-Hand rules in Black Powder. I’m looking at the more complex examples of where more than one unit is involved in a HTH fight as a single engagement. So, Let’s say I have a large infantry unit. it is being charged by 2 small unit so it’s front and a cavalry is charging in on the flank. So.

Large Unit: Gets 6…[Read more]

Hello and God bless,

This is my next Dutch unit. It is the Van Goor Battalion. Feel free to comment (Politely, of course)

Van Goor Battalion

I checked out the new American Civil War series for Epic Battles. I hope that Warlord Games will do the same for other eras (American Revolution, Seven Years War, War of Spanish Succession, etc…) Also, is there a new set of rules for the Epic battles? Or are Black Powder rules being used just at smaller scales so that larger campaigns can be fought?