6th mini campaign book dealing with the fictitious wars of the Grand Duchy of Lorraine and the Vereinigte Freie Städte (VFS). This campaign is completely different from those described in previous books. The previous books have led the readers and players through number of set piece scenarios. The actions that took place in this campaign were not...
Having covered some relatively small actions in Volume 1 of Refighting History Volume 2 examines some larger battles. The battles in question come from the War of the Austrian Succession and more specifically the First Silesian War. The first battle is something of a wargame classic - Mollwitz. The Grant’s first Mollwitz wargame is coved with an excerpt...
Volume Three of Refighting History follows on from Volume Two continuing to examine and refight the battles of the War of the Austrian Succession. There are two more of Frederick’s big battles. These are Hohenfriedberg and Soor, each divided into two games. There is in addition a rather unusual game featuring the attack on Frederick’s camp by Nádasdy and...
Volume Four returns to the Seven Years War. The battles covered are all from the year 1760. Some are major battles: Liegnitz, Strehla and Torgau. In addition two actions have been selected from the western theatre. While the campaigns in the east involve Prussian, Austria and Russia, those in the west provide an interesting variation. With France as the...
The battles, Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet, are known collectively as Marlbourgh’s Big Four. In this book, after a brief introduction to the War of the Spanish Succession each battle is covered in four sections: The Background - providing the context to the battle. The Battle - provides an account of the historical battle. In this section a...
Refighting History: Volume 6 covers five battles from the Seven Years War. The four-part format for each game is unchanged. The background is briefly described, then a detailed account of the actual action with orders of battle, consideration on how to wargame the battle and finally the wargame itself. The five battles covered range from the relatively...
In Volume 7 of Refighting History, Charles S. Grant examines the Seven Years War battles in the Western Theatre. From 1757 through to 1762 an Allied Coalition army fought against the French in support of Prussia. In August 1758, the first British contingent of troops arrived. The Allied army was a polyglot mix from nations including Britain, Brunswick...
In June 1988, the set of wargames rules for all-arms land warfare from Platoon to Battalion level during the period from 1925-1950, written by Phil Barker were published. They proved very popular and were widely used but have been out-of-print for many years. They were followed by sets, initially for the period from 1950-1975 and later extended to cover...
A comprehensive set of WWII army lists for British, German, American, Italian, Russian, Japanese, French, Hungarian and Czechoslovakian forces. Each nations entry is preceded by a brief overview of that nation's forces, followed by a set of diagrams showing how the various organisations employed by that nation were organized. This is then followed by a...
"Battles and Manoeuvres with Model Soldiers." Said to be the first "modern" book on miniatures wargaming. Describes the nature of war games, the model soldiers used, and how to lay out a battlefield. Other sections include "Organizing a Campaign", "How to Start a War Game", and "Solo War Games." Finally, the book includes rules and demonstration battles...
Description from the rulebook: These rules are the result of some six months discussion and testing, embodying research and experiment covering over two years. We regard them as a step forward in realism and interest, and are confident that the can cover Ancient Wargaming needs in the period, approximately 1,000 B.C. to 500 A.D. We do not regard them as...