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Yet another Antietam Battle

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After recovering the old SPI American Civil War "Blue & Grey" Quad Game, crafting some wooden counters and framing a few A3-ish cardboard colour-printed maps, we decided to engage in the Battle of Antietam. My dad played for the bad guys and I, once again, fought for the lost cause. Turn 1 A detachment of the Federal army moves southwards, with the intention of either crossing the creek at one of fords south-east of Sharpsburg, or reaching the bridge located further south. Few other units start moving westward towards the Potomac, arguably with the intention of encircling the outnumbered Confederate army. The Southerners send a couple of detachments to the south to protect the crossings, and deploy a defence line along the roads stretching at the north of the town, from the south of Hagerstown Pike and eastward to the creek. Three Federal artillery units opened fire against rebel positions at the other side of the creek. Note: red shards represent artillery activations; p...
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A storm of dice: Nájera revisited

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 On the 22th of September, my dad and I decided that it would be a good idea to revisit the Battle of Nájera (or Navarrete, depending on the sources -please, avoid using Navarette) in 1367. My dad took command of the forces of the bastard usurper (later also fratricidal) Henry of Trastámara (a jewel of a gentleman), and I took charge of the hosts lead by the Black Prince. We used a version of the Great Medieval Battles Ruleset (SPI, 1979) that was published under the title The Black Prince: Crecy and Navarette [sic] in number 260 of the Strategy & Tactics magazine. Nájera (or Navarrete) was an important battle in the Castilian Civil War. The battle was fought between the Castilian nobles supporting the usurper Henry of Trastámara -who counted also with the aid of the French king- and the legitimate heir of the crown of Castilla, Peter I -supported by the Black Prince, who saw this conflict as a mechanism for weakening the position of France in what later would be called the Hun...
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Location: 26370 Navarrete, La Rioja, Spain
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