Saturday, February 14, 2026

Walcourt, and then DBF... two extremes of our wargames hobby

 A few phot3os form a selection of games. A Volley and Bayonet refight of the battle of Walcourt, 1689, play testing one of Adrian and Jon's scenarios for the upcoming book of scenarios for the Nine Years War. I loved the look of the table.







And then for something completely different, a couple of 80 point games using the DBF rules.. Murray and Andy, Jim and me. The armies were 'rocks vs dwarves';, and Lost Worlds vs Alexandrian Macedonian.

















1 comment:

  1. VERY MUCH looking forward to the Nine Years War book . My favourite all time period, even in history - such potted drama amidst family, combined with world spanning events...some of which remain in both tradition, and even law, to this day.

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