Seven Years War Armies ready

I have finished basing the Prussians and the Austrians and now have enough forces for a game.

 The Prussian Army

 

Their Austrian opposition.

They meet in their first battle on Monday.

More rebasing..

 More rebasing of the 25mm Seven Years War collection.

14 units of Austrian Infantry...

 
Up next will be the Prussian and Austrian artillery and some more Prussian cavalry.  I am looking at picking up some more Austrian Cavalry and I also need some Austrian commanders.

I will then have enough to play some games, so will leave the French forces until I have some games of Honours of War played.

Back Home

 I have been away for the whole of May touring Scotland in our (fairly new) small caravan.  We caught up with a few friends (a couple of whom we hadn'tseen for 17 years!) and drove most of the North Coast 500 coming back via Loch Lomond, Edinburgh and Newcastle.

Had a great time and didn't see any rain until May 27th.

Now the lawn has been cut and most stuff put away I am looking at my workbench now and trying to remember what I was working on and why!  I am planning on finishing the couple of items sitting on it and then trying to concentrate on the Marlburian project for a while.

We'll see how long that lasts!
 

It is interesting to see that a lot of people have been trying out the Dominion of... rules over the last month and my regular opponent Anthony has tried them out as well for Jacobite games.

I understand the theory and the fast play ability to run a campaign in and evening, but for me they simply look too abstract without terrain and a battlefield to fight over.  I have similar problems with the 3 x 3 version of Portable Wargame which has never appealed.

If I was going to play this sort of abstract game I would rather use a boardgame than figures on a blank grid.