Age of Eagles, Europe at War 1700 -1914

07/22/2025

OK, on a more visual note, yes both Historicon 10 mm playtest games of Cassel 1677 went off, the morning session having 9 players for 8 slots. One prereg emailed me that he couldn't make it due to a personal medical emergency. No problem and I'll be mailing his goody filled giveaway thumb drive as a result. Two more did not show up, no contact so I have no clue why, but sometimes I swear we need to post names of shame about these folks. But I had a walkup and two who registered onsite so all was well. The afternoon session was light with only 4 of 8 slots filled, so we played on one half the table and that worked fine, all gaming objectives achieved, everyone had a great time and hopefully there will be a WI article on this experience coming soon. UNTIL THEN - PICTURES!!!

07/21/2025

I made it home alive (depending on definition) from Historicon sponsored by HMGS - Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, Lancaster Convention Center - Marriot Penn Square, Wednesday - Sunday. Five days WITHOUT spouses (who cheered), religion and politics. But, FULL of 8000 step days, hosting two games, Amish buffet, Shoefly Pie and other grub I shouldn't be looking at much less eating, bedtime at 3 am and rising at 7 am, friends, shopping, flea markets (still no fleas for sale), back pain, one-way streets, Starbucks and walking two blocks to my parking garage. It's like my body never remembered it was 70 years old.

Monday morning, and my body got its memory back. Now I feel like a svelte gazelle. An old one. With arthritis. Run over by a Land Rover. And my smart-ass coffee has been less than supportive. ☕

07/13/2025

OK gang, last call Fire & Fury Pike and Shot at Historicon 25. The morning game on Saturday is completely filled up, but I still need players for the afternoon game starting at 5pm. I have only 3 out of 8 signups and I really need 6 players minimum to make this work right. Tell your friends or sign up at the link below. Remember PreReg for games closes down this Tuesday at 6pm:

https://tabletop.events/conventions/historicon-2025/schedule/302

AND NOW FOR BREAKING NEWS!!! Thanks to a very generous donation from a firm called Skynet, all miniatures now have imbedded nanobots that will allow players to control their forces - movement, fire, combat, everything - via psychlink earbuds provided to each player to keep! You don't even need to touch the table, even for measuring! Seem like really good blokes, so what could possibly go wrong? See demo below:

07/04/2025

"Treason is a charge invented by the winners as an excuse for hanging the losers." Dr Benjamin Franklin (Howard de Silva) to John Adams (William Daniels) from the 1969 Broadway musical "1776."

"But did we really lose after all?" Britain.

"You're welcome," France.

06/25/2025

05/26/2025

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. " (George S Patton, General, United States Army)

05/22/2025

OK folks it's time. Fire & Fury does Pike & Shot at Historicon 25, 2d playtest, the battle of Cassell 1677. Heritage Ballroom Table HR 73, Events 301 and 302, both Saturday, one at 10am the other at 5pm same table. New rules, new charts and all registered players who finish the game get a copy of the scenario PLUS a FREE digital copy of the Age of Eagles II (Napoleonic Fire & Fury) base rules PLUS a FREE hardcopy of the Age of Honor rules. Now here are the two links for these events on Tabletop Events:

https://tabletop.events/conventions/historicon-2025/schedule/301

https://tabletop.events/conventions/historicon-2025/schedule/302

And here is a picture album from our first playtest at Cold Wars!

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12/26/2024

For all you lads and lasses from Britain and the Commonwealth . . .

12/25/2024

Regardless of your tradition of faith, soldiers understand. Christmas is for sharing.

11/04/2024

Images from Fall In 2024, AOV Before the Leaves Fall games, Thunder in Flanders, Battle for the Yser 1914.

10/25/2024

Time is getting short for all you aspiring Jaeger and Poilu, so peruse previous message below and sign up post haste for a seat at the table!

And may the die be forever in your favor!

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OK Pickelhaubers und Grognards, Game Registration should open today, so I expect to see a LOT of enlistments. Just remember I have TWO games hosted on Saturday, back to back, same table . . .
Back by popular demand from Hcon 24, its WWI Fire & Fury! One game starts at 10 AM Saturday in the Marrietta, the other 5 PM same day, same table. See image below for details on both games, and oh yeah, the non-working, truncated link below with all the nifty "restricted intel" mentioned is at
https://tinyurl.com/Hcon24Images

See you there, en avant!

07/14/2024

OK MINIONS, LISTEN UP! I've received some distressed emails about my two games on Saturday Fire & Fury does World War I (again) on the 1914 Yser Campaign, pitting French Cuirassiers against German machineguns. They all reference that (and God knows why, but I have included a link to this clearly poor attempt at Allied propaganda below) British cavalry charge at the beginning of the movie Warhorse.

Do not be deterred! This is a movie, fiction, Hollywood History, but most of all it involves BRITISH CAVALRY and British cavalry DOES NOT HAVE ELAN!!! So drop by, we'll try to find you a spot to play, and marvel at the clanking breastplates and thundering hooves of the 4th and 7th Cavalry Divisions explode this disreputable myth forever! En avant!😤😤😤

War Horse 2011Albert (Jeremy Irvine) and his beloved horse, Joey, live on a farm in the British countryside. At the outbreak of World War I, Albert and Joey ...