[From the back of the Manual] Take control of the great battles of the 18th and 19th centuries with Volley & Bayonet. Created by the people who brought you Command Decision, Volley & Bayonet gives you the ability to recreate the full scope of the epic battles of the black powder era. Each turn represents one hour on the battlefield but can be played in...
This first volume details the history and background colour of the ’45. Included is a section on gaming the ’45 using Volley & Bayonet as well as the Government and Jacobite armies in an historical context. There are then three historical scenarios including maps and orders of battle. First up is Prestonpans, followed by Falkirk and finally Culloden....
The second volume continues the the revolt with no less than eight Volley & Bayonet scenarios. Starting with the small historical battles at Clifton and Inverurie and followed by six hypothetical battles including: * Corieyairack Pass; Hexham; Stone; Finchley Common; Second Battle of Killiecrankie Pass & Fochabers. Finally the campaign rules for the ’45...
In any Campaign conducted in the Age of Reason, there will come a time when the effect of naval actions becomes important to the outcome of a carefully planned strategy. Most wargamers would prefer to use a set of rules that would give them the flavour of naval combat without getting bogged down in the intricacies and minutiae of combat in the Age of Sail....
Volley & Bayonet Road to Glory is an updated version of the Volley & Bayonet black powder miniatures rules. As with the previous version, the emphasis is on gaming entire battles of the black powder era. While the emphasis of this edition is the Napoleonic period, rules are given for gaming the entire black powder era (approximately 1700-1890). Each stand...
Pitched battles were the essence of the Seven Years War. Who hasn't been stirred by Frederick's extraordinary victory over the Austrian host at Leuthen, or his shattering defeat at Kolin? You cannot understand the Seven Tears War without battles, and so we offer this first of two studies of the essential actions of Frederick the Great's most important war....
The lack of a clear successor to the Spanish throne resulted in a 14 year war between the great Houses of Bourbon (France) and Hapsburg (Holy Roman Empire) the result of which spread war and carnage across much of Western Europe, Italy, and the Iberian Peninsula.... The War of Spanish Succession played out in some of the largest and bloodiest battles of...
The Great Northern War (GNW) has seen a resurgence in recent years within the wargames community, however, there has not been a general (non-rules specific) guide to the conflict until know. This book gives the reader a general understanding of the historical background to the conflict and to the main combatants. In addition to Russia and Sweden, the...
It is the summer of 1814, and the British Navy controls the Chesapeake Bay. With that navy is a small professional army, fresh from the battlefields of Europe and Napoleonic warfare, ready to land on the shores along the bay and bring this war to an end. Their targets are Norfolk, Washington and Baltimore, the heart of American ship building and maritime...