Koenig Krieg III... Someware in Scotland 1745...

 The Duke of Perth has mobilized some Lowland Scottish regiments and brought with him a Strong Highlander regiment. His force is moving  toward the city of Sterling. Hopefully to catch the Royal forces off guard and overrun the fort there. The munitions and supplies as were as the fort would be a great help for the rising clans!

 However, the Royal forces got wind of the Scottish advance and concentrated all the local militia and volunteer regiments in the area. As well as the British 15th regt of foot stationed at Sterling.

The British army marched north until their pickets came upon the Scottish army deployed on a small hill. There was only one thing to do. Drive those lowly Scottish rebels from the hill and run them down!

As for the Scots, well they had a strong defensive position. Come on and try to drive us from our position....


The game started with a strong British advance. The combined light cavalry regt charged the lowlanders on the hill but were driven back... The British light horse was chased away from the field by Baggots hussars. Next the British main line came up and due to some good initiative rolls was able to blast away the Highland regt.... as well as the lowlanders. The lowlanders shot away at their foes. But they could not stop the British advance. Even a charge to the rear of the British line by Baggot Hussars was driven back. Baggots hussars just did not have the metal to overtake the Edinburgh regt of volunteers!

In the end the British drove the Scots from the hill and from the field as well...

It was a fun little game, using the Koenig Krieg III Highland army list... not official.

Next game, lots of Highlanders.... Bonnie Prince Charlie is moving up with the main Scottish army!

Koenig Krieg III, A Brigade of Elephants...Someware in India...

Yeah, just finished these guys the other day. 15mm Essex figures. Can't wait to get these guys in a game of Koenig Krieg III.

More Pictures of the Turkish Raid...

Turkish Raiding Force...Austrian Border 1740's...Koenig Krieg II.

The Turks have plundered an area on the Austrian border! There Light cavalry are about scouting and plundering... This is the main column heading south loaded with goods etc...

They come upon a small Allied Austrian Brigade made up of Reich Armee troops. They are holding a cross roads and defending the village of Wurtburg. The Reich Armee troops are instilled with hope and confidence by the urgings  of Friar Hochwitz.

The battle goes well for the Reich Armee troops...However, after several advances and assault's the Turks finally get into contact with the Reich soldiers! The Turks overwhelm the untried Reich troops and drive them from the field...But at a heavy cost!

the Turks soon recover and pillage and burn the little town and move on south, back to their infernal lands.

This scenario was played out a few years ago. We used Koenig Krieg II. We had not gotten KK III yet. The figures are 15mm from Old Glory and Essex miniatures. It was a small game but really exciting. The battle went both ways until the very end. That's when the Turks rolled really good and the Reich troops rolled really badly!

Field of Glory Battle...

Saturday evening some kindred spirits got together to play a game of "Field of Glory" ancients battles. It was 450 pts of Mongols against 450 pts of Seljuk Turks from the Crusader Book of the series. the figures were 15mm of various manufactures. Mostly Old Glory, the Mongols were all "Legio Miniature's"

The game started off with a good roll for the Turks. They got to go first. Thus, they gained a good jump on the Mongols and their light cavalry got right into the faces of the Mongol lights.

The heavy forces plodded forward. The light cavalry shot at each other, caused some disruptions then there was some charges... The lights battle was pretty even.

The Mongol Heavy cavalry from their right never got into the fight. However, the Mongol heavies on the left did some good work. The Turk defensive supermen chased off the Mongol heavy cav. And established a good front. The Turk light bowmen had a good day too. They got driven back by a Mongol hvy cav charge , but regrouped and managed to drive off a regiment of Mongol lights.

Everything was starting to mix up well then the store had to close..Rats. 10:00pm comes on fast. It was a draw, and was a really fun game. We have not played the rules for several months. We need to play them more often!! They are truly a great set of rules. Once you get them down they really shine!! Highly recommended, note we used the 1st  edition.

here are some of the action pictures...

Koenig Krieg Game from the Past...

Here are some pictures of a KK II game between the Austrians and Allies against the French. It was played out a few years ago. Was going through some old files and found these pictures. As I remember the French were doing pretty good. However, the Austrians were about to do some major damage to French center. Their artillery was destroyed and the Austrians were concentrated for a mighty blow! Then we had to call the game...Wife and kid stuff as usual...It was a lot of fun.

Mongols and Gauls...

Here are some pictures of some 15mm Mongols I recently painted for a friend. They are from Legio Miniatures. Very nice figures, lots of good detail. I also included some pictures of Chucks Gauls fighting my Late Republican Romans a while back. We use Field of Glory rules. I think they really do a great job at portraying ancient warfare. In spite of its critics. It really is a good set of rules once you really get it down.