Napoleonic Wargames blogs During December 2022 - what you lot did on your holidays?

 

vonpeterhimself has been busy on his blog (which is great news). He wrote about a new scenario book for General d'Armee - my fave rules -  https://vonpeterhimself.wordpress.com/2022/12/11/more-1813-scenarios-gosh-how-wonderful/ and another general scenario book for Leipzig: 

David Brown’s “1813, The Battles for Germany” – “STOP PRESS: “1813, The Battles for Germany” released“.

If you are teeter-tottering on whether to purchase this then that good keen man Ken – the Yorkshire Gamer – has provisioned some information to aid your decision. Firstly he has reviewed the book on YouTube at Leipzig – A Wargamers Guide by Rohan Saravanamuttu – Helion Books – A Yarkshire Gamer Review.


Secondly in one of his recent “Yarkshire Gamers Reet Big Wargames Podcast” episodes he is talking with the author Rohan Saravanamuttu. You can catch it on your favourite podcast provider or at Episode 34 – Rohan Saravanamuttu – Wargaming Leipzig.



The Leipzig book is here. Steve Shann's Let's fight Leipzig can be bought he.

 

https://amzn.to/3GEq4fzThe Leipzig book is here. Steve Shann's Let's fight Leipzig can be bought here.

Dave Brown's 1813 scenarios here.

He also wrote an appreciation of Christopher Duffy - the epic Napoleonic (and other periods) historian.   You can read it here:

Christopher had a way of writing which von Peter himself found to b eminently readable as well as educational. Many happy hours have been spent with his writings and it is anticipated that many more will be spent the same way in the future. Fare thee well Christopher Duffy. You will be missed.

carryingsonupthedale  has also been on books: this time volume three of  Danish army of the Napoleonic Wars 1801-1814 by David Wilson.  (His other books are here:)

The appendices provide supplementary information on  Norwegian cavalry, their horses, and there are also a couple of orders of battle and handy glossary. 

This is an excellent book and the entire three volume series has clearly been a labour of love.

Jemima Fawr wrote up a re-fight of " a scenario for the Second Battle of Caldiero that I fancied having a crack at.  Well we finally played it at the Carmarthen Old Guard during our November Big Game Saturday"  It's a great write up with some fab pics. 

Over on https://blundersonthedanube.blogspot.com/2022/12/hessen-darmstadt-gross-und-erbprinz.html were some beautiful finished units for 1809 Hessen-Darmstadt: 

Still on 1809 Piano Wargames nailed their Alps Aflame Kickstarter.  Bavarians galoire and very beautiful: 

Thanks for looking.