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At Any Cost: Metz 1870: An After-Action-Report – Part III – Early Morning Action
Part III By Josef Tham Situation At Set-Up As can be seen, the only Prussian formation starting on the map is Rheinbaben’s 5th Cavalry Division, although Wilhelm’s 6th Cavalry Division and most of Alvensleben’s
Read More »At Any Cost: Metz 1870: An After-Action-Report – Part IV – The French Close In
Part IV By Josef Tham Yet again the Bazaine’s Malaise chit was drawn early (put on Frossard’s battered corps to keep him from rallying or assaulting Flavigny again), yet again the activation chit for
Read More »At Any Cost: An After-Action-Report – Part V – Heavy Action in the Center
Part V By Josef Tham The Prussian Aggressive Tactics chit appeared late this turn as well, to no effect against a loaded Prussian Aggressiveness track. DuBarail’s 1st Reserve Cavalry Division (light green) began moving
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Tiny Battles: “The Devil’s to Pay: The First Day at Gettysburg” – Alpha testing
By Fred Manzo End of Turn 1 of the “Ewell be comin’ Round the Moutain” scenario for Hermann Luttmann’s “The Devil’s to Pay: the First Day at Gettysburg” using his new “Blind Swords Lite”
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At Any Cost: An After-Action-Report – Part VI – Evening Action
Part VI By Josef Tham Ladmirault (green) had continued to march his IV Corps toward the sound of the guns, now actually reaching the Fond de la Cuve ravine, but Lorencez’s division (green) dawdled
Read More »At Any Cost: An After-Action-Report – Part VII – Verdun Road
Part VII By Josef Tham Verdun Road Forton’s 3rd Reserve Cavalry Division (light blue), two cavalry units at cadre-strength and a battleworn horse artillery unit, raced south but wouldn’t reach the action before the
Read More »At Any Cost: An After-Action-Report – Part VIII – Blame the Guard!
Part VIII By Josef Tham Verdun Road – Blame The Guard! Neither Forton’s 3rd nor Wilhelm’s 6th Cav could reach the road in the dark. The OOC Prussian Guard horse artillery promptly withdrew off
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Revolution Games Pre-Order Opens for Kernstown, a new “Blind Swords” Game
By Revolution Games Staff: On March 23, 1862, and then again on July 24, 1864, the area around Kernstown, Virginia witnessed clashes between Union and Confederate forces. The Pritchard House and Pritchard’s Hill were
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Tiny Battle Publishing to release “The Devil’s to Pay: the First day at Gettysburg” by Hermann Luttmann
Hi, all. Well, it looks like the old band is getting back together for a run at a new “Blind Swords Lite” game called “The Devil’s to Pay: the First Day at Gettysburg.” Hermann
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