| Louisbourg Grenadiers | 23 Apr 2011 8:10 a.m. PST |
From the Ken Trotman Web Page J002.GRANT (Charles with Charlie & Natasha) WARGAMING IN HISTORY VOLUME 4: THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR HASTENBECK, ROSSBACH AND LEUTHEN. Slightly advanced information but the book is written, the battles all fought and we wait on Henry's time to put it all together – hopefully available this summer (which may mean Volume 5 is out by the end of the year). All to the same informative. beautiful style & excellence. The only change this time is that Charles has teemed up with his son and daughter to deal with at least two of the most significant of 7 Years War battles. |
 Der Alte Fritz  | 23 Apr 2011 10:05 a.m. PST |
I am looking forward to seeing how CSG makes a decent wargame out of the Rossbach scenario. That has always been a bit of a challenge for me and so it is a battle that I have not attempted to refight. Looking forward to seeing this next volume. |
| waaslandwarrior | 23 Apr 2011 2:20 p.m. PST |
I'm also looking forward to this new book. Vol 1&2 are excellent!
I don't own vol 3, not a ACW fan… |
| battleeditor | 25 Apr 2011 5:21 a.m. PST |
@ Ditto Brigadier (Ret'd) Charles Stewart Grant, son of the late Charles Grant, author of The War Game. C S Grant is famous for the Table Top Teasers, which ran in Battle magazine, Practical Wargamer and then for 24 issues of Battlegames. Henry
Battlegames
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| Prince Lupus | 25 Apr 2011 6:56 a.m. PST |
D.A.F – we had a interesting game of Rossbach (using Volley and Bayonet) which worked well because the French commander did not know the battle. Once his first column had been overrun he made a better fight of it than Soubise et al. The Prussians first two moves were allowed to be "double" which in VnB is a long way. It surprised Soubise anyway who thought he had successfully outflanked the lazy bluecoats. |
| Louisbourg Grenadiers | 22 Jul 2011 8:35 p.m. PST |
Book Cover Picture is out link cheers |
| Stavka | 22 Jul 2011 8:54 p.m. PST |
Just placed an order. I really enjoyed Vol. 1 and 2 in this wonderful series. Having recently gamed a "Rossbach light" scenario, I'm looking forward to seeing the author's take on this battle. |
| Louisbourg Grenadiers | 23 Jul 2011 6:10 p.m. PST |
Hastenbeck is my fav battle of the mid 18th C period. -Both sides could of won
-The loser could of won and the winner thought he lose
-A daring flank attack with grenadiers and famous old regiments of France: Picardie, Navarre and la Marine |
| The Fusilier Brigade | 25 Jul 2011 6:31 a.m. PST |
Do they use the rules from 'The Wargame' in these books? |
| battleeditor | 26 Jul 2011 5:20 a.m. PST |
@ The Fusilier Brigade The rules are actually irrelevant, since Charles is refighting historical encounters and descibing them in a way that will allow anyone to reproduce them, regardless of the ruleset. But yes, Charles himself still uses a variant of the original rules published in "The War Game" by his father, with the updates described in his book "the War Game Companion" published by Ken Trotman a couple of years ago, see link Henry
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| molesworth | 26 Jul 2011 6:45 a.m. PST |
My copy arrived today!!!!!! Gorgeous photos! |
| Regiment de la Marine | 01 Aug 2011 11:57 a.m. PST |
Ordered mine on Friday passed, can't wait. |
paints brigs for the British fleet.
