Found this spirited sketch of W.B.Yeats while helping Clifton Arts Club sort through their 

Chain of Command - List for 1939 and 1940 Soviets

Another Soviet list is no longer available on the Two Fat Lardies sites that I have placed it there for reference as well. This covers the invasion of Poland in 1939 and the invasion of Finland in 1940.

Chain of Command - List for 1941 Soviets

Again found out this week that this list is no longer available on the Two Fat Lardies sites. So I have placed it there for reference as well.

Chain of Command - List for 1941 Germans

 Found out this week that this list was no longer available on the Two Fat Lardies site. So I have placed it here for reference.

Sharp Light: The Capture of Lieutenant Pelous

The poor leadership of Captain D'Estille 

results in the capture of the experienced ex-ranker Pelous by the scoundrel Molesworth.

A game of Sharp Practice involving just skirmishers using David Hunter’s Cerro Manteca campaign rules and lists.  A small game: 55 points of skirmish groups and leaders. Both sides had 4 groups and 4 leaders.

Two groups of chasseurs from the 26e Legere, commanded by Captain D’Estille and a sergeant, and two groups of voltigeurs, commanded by Lieutenant Pelous and a sergeant, were ordered to scout around the road junction at St Juan in the Baldio. Morale was high [11].

Pelous deployed from the main deployment point in the centre of the southern edge of the board and headed east through the woods towards the chapel. 

D’Estille deployed immediately from the moveable deployment point to the west. The French sensed that the British were close and there was no time to delay deployment. 

Pelous ordered his sergeant to cross the lane and and take a look at the chapel. Pelous then heard the shooting to the west and recognised that a firefight had begin. He had been concerned that D’Estille, like other chasseur officers, would find a secure position and surrender the initative rather than advance. Pelous ordered his sergeant to return, ignoring the group of British Light Infantry that had appeared in the road and were heading for the chapel. He turned and set off to Captain D’Estille and his men. 

The British, after breaking into the back of the hacienda, begin the work of breaking into the chapel

When Pelous emerged from the woods he saw that the Captain had been distracted by a good firing position but that firefight had gone badly for the inexperienced chasseurs. Both groups had lost two men and Captain D’Estille was lying wouded on the ground unable to lead his men. Pelous ordered his voltigeurs to open fire on the British Lights near the hacienda. He then moved and took command of the chasseurs, removing their shock and getting them to resume their firing. The voltigeurs came under fire from the hacienda and their unexpectedly rapid and accurate shooting [a second activation using four flags] saw the group lose three figures.

The firing from the British Lights had stopped and there was no sign of them. [They had been driven off with casualties]. The voltigeur sergeant arrived and was given orders to move to the west, cross the road and scout the other side of the road. He looked at the chaotic French defence in frot of him with indifference and continued to head west as ordered.

One group of chasseurs began shouting that there were British troops on the road by the hacienda and opened fire, Pelous turned his voltigeurs to prevent the French from being attacked from the rear. D’Estille, stung by the calm and effective way that his Lieutenant had restored control, decided to lead both groups of chasseurs in a sudden advance across the road. 

A charge by the notorious British commander Molesworth with a group of Light Infantry was received by Pelouse but his voltigeurs were wiped out and he was knocked down and captured. 

The French had lost the game.

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Dux Britanniarum

“Rise and Rise Again, until Lambs become Lions”: adapting Dux Britannarum to Robin Hood

“Trouble Brewing in Lardingham” - scenarios and story hooks

Strength & Honour

‘what if’ scenarios: “Before the Walls of Confirnium” 

tactical tips

Sharp Practice

“A Cruel Necessity Reloaded”: updating adapting Sharp Practice to the English Civil War

Alternative Force Roster for Woodland Indians 

scenario: “La Barriere de Chlichy” - French v Russians in Paris 1814

scenarios: “Hapsburg, Bonaparte and Juarez” - the Maximillian Adventure in Mexico 1864-7

+ “Yes We Have No Tamales!”:  random event tables for the Maximillian Adventure

“Age of Rifles”: adapting Sharp Practice for the late 19th Century

“The Eagle Rises”: Force Rosters for the Austro-Prussian War, 1866

random events tables for “Go Sharp into the Sudan” [2021 Magazine]

“Perfidious Albion!”: Force Rosters for the fictional Battle of Dorking - Germans v British 1875

+ scenario: “The Affair at Lardingham Point” - Germans v British 1875

Pickett’s Charge

scenario: “Hood’s Attack” - Confederates v Federals at Gettysburg 1863

Through the Mud and the Blood

scenario: The Battle for High Wood - British Cavalry v Germans on the Somme 1916

Chain of Command

preview of The Far East and Pacific supplement

scenario: “The General is Dead!” - British v Germans in Crete 1941

multi-table scenario: Belov: Escape to Victory! - Gemans v Soviets cavalry on the Ostfront 1942

scenario: “Battle at Melville” - British v Germans on D-Day 1944

scenario: “Head Inland” - Americans v Germans on D-Day 1944

scenario: “Charge the Bastards” - British v Germans at Arnheim 1944

O Group

scenario: “Action at Beda Fomm” - British v Italans in the Western Desert 1941

Bag the Hun

scenario: “The Death of Werner Voss” - British v Germans on the Western Front 1917                                                                        

scenaro: “Torpedo Leader Malta” - British v Italians in the Mediterranean 1942

Midgard - introduction to the rules

What a Cowboy - introduction to the rules

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Infamy, Infamy!

mini-campaign: “Hell Hath No Fury” - Boudicca’s Rebellion AD 60

Dux Britanniarum

narrative campaign: “Von Normannorum” - a Viking Saga

Sharp Practice

Force Rosters for Hatian Revolutionary Armies 

mulit-table scenario: “La Heye Sante” - 1815 French v Allies at Waterloo

“War Among the Ferns”: adapting Sharp Pratice to the New Zealand Wars 1843-72

scenario: “An Incident at the Bay of Islands “ - British v Maoris

“Go Sharp into the Desert”: adapting Sharp Practice to the Sudan Campaigns

campaign: “The Sands of Shah Wadi Wadi” - 1884 British v Madhists in the Sudan

General d’Armee

scenario: “Return to the Raevsky Redoubt” - French v Russians in Russia 1812

Kiss Me Hardy

4-player scenario: “Desperate Measures” - British v French in the Mediterranean 1794

Through the Mud and the Blood

scenario: “The Australians at Pozieres” - Australians v Germsns on the Western Front 1916

What a Tanker!

scenario: “What a Great War Tanker” - British v Germans at Villers Bretonneux 1918

Chain of Command

”Micro-CoC”: playing Chain of Command using 6mm models

scenario: “Sour Grapes” - Germans v British in Crete 1941

campaign: “Ruckzug” - British v German fighting withdrawal in NW Europe 1944

pint-sized campaign: “Bazooka Town” - Americans v Germans in Ruhr Pocket 1945

 Ain’t Been Shot Mum

scenario: “Assault on Esperia!” - French v Germans in Italy 1944

O Group

scenario: “Highway to Hell - 1941 Germans v Soviets on the Ostfront

Bag the Hun

seven scenarios: “Red Star Rising” - Soviets v Japanese in Manchuria 1939

Strength and Honour - introduction to the rules

General

“Lets Get This Party Started”: running a game at a Lardy Day