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Post by macbeth on Jul 11, 2022 5:35:00 GMT
Just before leaving for the Gold Coast I quickly read 'Italian Colonial Troops 1882-1960' and then dived into the three remaining books in Henry Chang's series - 'Red Jade', 'Death Money' and 'Lucky' all good, but I did find the overall ending a bit of a let down.
I then picked up 'Act of Vengance' by Michael Jecks, a departure from his usual genre, this is a standalone modern day gritty spy novel. Pretty good too.
I have now embarked on the task of reading the Traveller5 rules which I am already finding a bit taxing. But we shall persist.
Cheers
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Post by wyvern on Jul 11, 2022 11:58:13 GMT
I have just read Alexander the Great by Philip Freeman. Was a nice easy read, I can highly recommend it.
Now I'm reading The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell as I'm building dark age armies for a Viking campaign I'm putting together.
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Post by Brian Ború on Aug 2, 2022 5:19:08 GMT
Rereading Wellington in the Peninsula by Jac Weller.
Tempting me to plunge into the world of DBN.
The author describes the topography of each battle as accurate as necessary.
Very interesting and inspiring.
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Post by timurilank on Aug 2, 2022 17:14:15 GMT
Rereading Wellington in the Peninsula by Jac Weller. Tempting me to plunge into the world of DBN. The author describes the topography of each battle as accurate as necessary. Very interesting and inspiring. When you reach that tipping point, there is a musket period (1700 – 1850) variant using DBA3 as its core rule set. The file DBA3-HX should be available at the DBA Fanaticus Wiki. Here is the start of the Portuguese campaign of 1808/09. 18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.com/2018/12/portugal-180809-scenario-tests.html |
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Post by Baldie on Aug 2, 2022 18:03:04 GMT
Rereading Wellington in the Peninsula by Jac Weller. Tempting me to plunge into the world of DBN. The author describes the topography of each battle as accurate as necessary. Very interesting and inspiring. I love me a bit of DBN got a huge Russian force in ickle 6mm to finish. I say finish but I have about 16 stands done and about a hundred or so more in box. Then their French enemy to start |
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Post by Brian Ború on Aug 2, 2022 19:43:41 GMT
Rereading Wellington in the Peninsula by Jac Weller. Tempting me to plunge into the world of DBN. The author describes the topography of each battle as accurate as necessary. Very interesting and inspiring. When you reach that tipping point, there is a musket period (1700 – 1850) variant using DBA3 as its core rule set. The file DBA3-HX should be available at the DBA Fanaticus Wiki. Here is the start of the Portuguese campaign of 1808/09. 18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.com/2018/12/portugal-180809-scenario-tests.htmlGreat! "I'll risk an eye", as we say in Germany. Thank you! |
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Post by Brian Ború on Aug 2, 2022 19:53:06 GMT
I love me a bit of DBN got a huge Russian force in ickle 6mm to finish. I say finish but I have about 16 stands done and about a hundred or so more in box. Then their French enemy to start "Levée en masse"! I've got two complete formidable armies already, french and british by Irregular miniatures, with cavalry and artillery, commanders and even two villages. Tiny 2mm scale: a nice handful of pewter. (But no work of art, not even based yet. I simply sprayed them blue and red for distinction.  ) |
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Post by macbeth on Aug 8, 2022 0:53:17 GMT
After finishing the Traveller 5 rules - lots of good points but something of a heartbreaker, or perhaps I am now past the age where devouring rules is what my brain handles well (especially if I have preconceived notions from Classic Traveller and had never looked at any of the intervening sets).
After that I read Jeremy Black's "European Warfare, 1494 - 1660" which was quite a good read. I am continuing in the Routledge "Warfare and History" series vein with "Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600BC" by William J. Hamblin
Cheers
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Post by gregorius on Aug 12, 2022 8:35:08 GMT
I have returned to the Annals of a Fortress by Violette le Duc. This is probably my 6th re-reading of this classic tome.
Cheers,
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