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classic wargaming pages home charge inspiration blasthof bridge sittangbad demo mollwitz demo spurlash down prinz august 40mm homecasts hyboria the asquith collection classic scrapbook gallery monday 15 november 2021 the constantinov regiment whilst i have for the most part moth balled my classic wargaming collection over the past few years occasionally i get the urge to dip back into it this normally happens when i catch a glimpse of charge on my bookshelf or when i m in email correspondence about the hobby and nostalgic thoughts of simpler times are opened up recently when this happened i decided to finish up a regiment that has been in a work in progress box for quite some time i did the first company of this regiment many years ago i always intended it to be just a 2 company regiment so i have no idea what took me so long coming back to it but anyway such is the life of the wargamer without further ado i present the constantinov regiment comprising two charge style companies a co and standard bearer all from the stadden range of figures the colonel is the poniatowski figure if i remember correctly the flag is hand painted on aluminium sheet these pictures are merely quick snaps on the workbench and in due course i will take proper photos of the regiment in action on the tabletop of course i also have a couple of cavalry regiments that are in the stockpile for the next time i want to dip back to the classic collection which may be sooner than one might imagine until then all the very best posted by phil at 11 03 no comments tuesday 19 may 2020 sittangbad the layout that launched a thousand games last weekend as many of you will know laurence and tricks celebrated the many partizan wargame shows by sharing along with others many photos and other stuff from the past you see it was due to be the partizan show on sunday but of course henry hyde did a mammoth video piece on youtube all about the sittangbad and mollwitz games we created and displayed in 2006 and 2007 at partizan it got me all misty eyed particularly about the sittangbad layout in many ways it was the terrain design that launched a thousand games since then i remember coming up with the design the green boards the place on terrain and so on and wondering what the wargames world would think of it up till that point whilst i had held this vision in my head for quite some time there wasn t really a classic old school look out there i m delighted that this particular vision has been taken on and seems to be the go to look for bloggers in the old school genre the full story of the sittangbad game was on my old warcabinet website where i did regular updates which were the collated into an article for battlegames magazine if you d like the shortened version click on the sittangbad tab above and go to that page enjoy posted by phil at 15 29 7 comments monday 11 november 2019 tribute to stuart asquith whilst it is not news that we have recently lost one of the hobby s best known figures this past week i thought it would be appropriate to add my own tribute to stuart asquith here following the numerous others that have appeared on the various blogs and forums that make up the online wargaming community for many years like so many others i had been aware of stuart always admiring his writings and his take on the hobby and especially his editorship of practical wargaming it wasn t until 2007 that i met him for the first time when we did the refight of the battle of mollwitz see the page set aside on this blog for this event following the demo game of mollwitz stuart and i stayed in touch but it wasn t until 2009 that we met again in person this was a weekend of wargaming that is pretty well unrivalled we began with a refight of the battle of minden on the 250th anniversary of the battle 1st august hosted by charles s grant at his home in perthshire above stuart and charles with minden set up in charles wargames room august 2009 the following day saw us all attend the claymore wargaming show in edinburgh then on the sunday stuart and charles both visited my home for dinner with their respective wives between courses we sneaked off to my wargaming room to peruse the shelves and talk hobby stuart was good enough to sign a few copies of the many books of his on my shelves along with some issues of practical wargamer in the years that followed stuart and i maintained a steady correspondence of letters emails and phone conversations sometimes of quite some length stuart was always ready with a fresh idea or a point of interest from his vast experience in the hobby and it wasn t just hobby stuff we discussed stuart was so proud of his family and they were always foremost in his mind when i began the classic wargamer s journal in 2010 stuart was in the vanguard of support submitting articles and encouragement it was very kind of him to provide material for the fledgling cwj venture and it was support that i really appreciated notably in volume 1 issue 1 he was my castaway for the regular feature desert island wargaming i was delighted that he agreed to do this and the article makes very interesting and revealing reading i wasn t aware until that point of his fixation with the 1066 campaign or warrior miniatures for example i may reproduce the article here in due course for those who haven t seen it of course we all know his primary love in his later years was for the 54mm figure and britains in particular in my cabinets i have a few individual figures from wargaming luminaries and during our years of correspondence stuart kindly gave me one of his own a lovely stadden hussar officer to add to my collection of sundry officers adcs and the like of course now in particular this is a treasured possession stuart often spoke of how he had created a new life for himself and beryl in the cotswolds or leafy gloucestershire as he called it he was immensely proud of this life and of the fact that he had time to contribute to the local community he loved northleach dearly and we often mused when i lived in scotland that one day i would visit and we d enjoy a lunch at one of the tempting hostelries in the village that never happened sadly however ironically i did get to see stuart only a few weeks ago in northleach at the cotswold wargames show hosted by keith flint a good day was had and here stuart is presenting myself and steve gill an award during the prize giving i t was especially important to see stuart and steve s acquaintance thrive again as they had corresponded for many years and had met up a lot over that time i hadn t really been in touch with stuart for a couple of years at that point in fact we had last spoken at length on the telephone about an article he had had published on wargaming the back of beyond amongst other topics but i m so glad we had one last chance to chat over the tabletop at northleach he will be missed by many in the hobby myself included my thoughts and prayers are with his family and those who were probably closer to him than i no longer will the emperor and elector be at odds on stuart s wargames table but up there somewhere along with the likes of featherstone grant snr and peter young there will be a terrific game taking place rip stuart asquith posted by phil at 18 16 8 comments tuesday 26 september 2017 blasthof 50th anniversary the immortal words you must destroy the bridge at blasthof failing that you must prevent it s capture by the imperial army until nightfall on 26th september 1767 orders given to soubise charge page 29 now i ve no idea whether the game was played on 26th september 1967 but the little i know and have gleaned of the brigadier s nature suggests to me that it may well have been that date and so today is possibly probably almost certainly the 50th anniversary of the action at blasthof bridge raise a glass posted by phil at 09 43 15 comments thursday 5 september 2013 a treasured letter i never met him but a couple of years ago when i produced the classic wargamer s journal i received a personal hand written letter from him congratulating me and encouraging my efforts and saying how pleased he was to receive the journal it s correspondence i will treasure you know who i m talking about of course all any of us can wish for is to live a life that is significant and the legacy we leave is testimony enough to that do not mourn that don featherstone has passed away do not mourn his death celebrate his life and give thanks for his significant legacy paint a figure read one of his books have a game or simply raise a glass that s what don would have done i m sure of it posted by phil at 20 34 7 comments thursday 8 august 2013 gallery page added in order to put a few pictures of my favourite classic wargaming units into one place for ease of reference for visitors to the blog i have created a gallery page see navigation bar above toy soldiery marching about what s not to like thank you to those who have commented on this flurry of posts and updated pages of late your interest and friendship is most valued best regards phil posted by phil at 20 39 6 comments saturday 3 august 2013 spurlash down here is an action played out as a demo game at claymore in 2010 it was one of the most enjoyable day s wargaming i ve ever had a small simple engaging little scenario in fact i would go as far as to say it is a perfect scenario to aim for if you are starting out building two balanced classic armies of horse foot and guns see navigation bar and click to go to the full report there s still more to come over the days ahead posted by phil at 13 05 1 comment older posts home subscribe to posts atom my warcabinet blog phil s warcabinet followers blog archive 2021 1 november 1 the constantinov regiment 2020 1 may 1 2019 1 november 1 2017 1 september 1 2013 9 september 1 august 4 july 3 january 1 2012 2 may 2 2011 5 july 2 april 1 march 1 january 1 2010 31 december 3 november 1 october 2 september 1 august 2 july 9 june 5 april 1 march 1 january 6 2009 1 december 1 charge the cast of characters the emperor the elector petrus i general soubise commanding electoral forces at blasthof bridge count von kornberg commanding imperial forces at blasthof bridge and later playing a significant role at sittangbad dr j evans mudd noted military historian who commented on conduct of both generals at blasthof heath and subsequently thought it wise to study the natural beauties of neutral switzerland princess catherine of hesse damall kidnapped by the elector thereby igniting the campaign that led up to sittangbad archduke guitar commander of the imperialist field army sent to seize the electoral capital his army was defeated and he relieved of its command returned over the weser before the battle of sittangbad general lentulus replaced guitar and was imperial commander at sittangbad lt col fuchs lentulus chief of staff general sapt commander of the contingent billeted in sittangbad lancers de saxe pandour regt and b battery field artillery the herzog johann commander of electoral army at sittangbad von luckner electoral cavalry commander at sittangbad brigadier lord hyndford lentulus second in command at sittangbad a british volunteer he was left to command the rearguard as the rest of the imperial army retired over the weser general gabler mentioned only in the tail piece notes general krump mentioned only in the tail piece notes graf von grunt mentioned in the tail piece this was brigadier peter young s on table persona units in charge these units are named photographed other units do appear in photographs and their identity can be gleaned from the text but all is not always as it seems to illustrate line infantry organisation and formations erbprinz regt used as example illustrations accompanying the text whether they were simply names devised for that purpose or these units did in fact exist is not made clear 1st fieldboot battalion 2nd sharpshooters 3rd whisky mac regt used for the section illustrating combat with smith and jones as the players the pultava guards appear to be the erbprinz in another guise b battery royal thracian artillery douro grenadiers the unit appears in the photos of sittangbad and must be acting under a different name musselburgh fusiliers ditto on the sample order sheet again perhaps simply named for the purpose of illustrating the sheet although some do appear to have been real on table units appearing in sittangbad kornberg s cuirassiers von bock s dragoons lanciers de saxe 5 jaeger 6 jaeger pandour grenadiers isembourg regt 7th regt 2nd engineers regt and then of course there s the units for the battle of sittangbad imperial forces lancers de saxe light cavalry kornberg s cuirassiers heavy cavalry kleist frei corps light infantry regt isembourg regt a line infantry regt coy waldeck an independent company pandour regt a line infantry regt b battery field artillery 3rd engineer bn electoral forces 1st uhlan regt light cavalry dragoons of montmort heavy cavalry gendarmerie heavy cavalry garde jaeger light infantry regt erbprinz regt line infantry regt steinzeit regt line infantry regt electoral footguards line infantry regt gentlemen pensioners regt line infantry regt 3 batteries of field artillery engineer bn additional units are mentioned in the wargames companion thanks to charles s grant for documenting these in that wonderful accompaniment to his father s work the wargame the chapter dealing with peter young is littered with wonderful stories about the man and lists more of his figures amongst these are such enticing names as the schnurrband infantry theuhlans brittaniques and the montmirail militia simple theme powered by blogger