by Colonel Scipio | Aug 18, 2016
No matter how much you rub your chin, we won't win this... Sad news from the front! The Siege of Port Arthur, Supercampaign V, is finally at an end! Last night, Ollie, Kieran, Mike and I got together to enact Paul's final campaign order. 1st Division was ordered to...
by Colonel Scipio | Jul 31, 2016
Senior officers of the 3rd Guards Brigade - (l. - r.) Col. Hartmann, Maj. Gen. Maximov, and Col. Voronov. Things are going very ACW-heavy at the moment, despite the fact we actually have a very enjoyable Supercampaign in progress. This pits Ollie and KB against the...
by Colonel Scipio | Jul 27, 2016
After last week's look at the Two Splendid Lines rules, we re-fought another of the 4th Texas' battles last night. We attacked the infamous Viniard Farm, held by the Federals under Brig. Gen. Carlin. This battle was the first after the reeorganisation, with Ollie...
by Colonel Scipio | Jul 15, 2016
Eons ago, I wrote a post about a wargameI was writing called Two Splendid Lines. It was an ACW game whose aims were: To recreate regimental level combat at roughly 1:1 scale, in 6mm or 2mm To be highly realistic, capturing the realities and challenges of line warfare...
by Colonel Scipio | Jul 4, 2016
Today, I thought I'd share another epic battle report from our Russo-Japanese War campaign, which is being fought between Kieran and Ollie on the Russian side, and Paul on the Japanese side. I'm a (almost) completely unbiased umpire doubling as the Russian strategic...
