Miniature Spotlight; Brigade Games: War of 1812 This is my second post on 28mm War of 1812 miniatures. Brigade Games has a rapidly growing range of American figures and an extensive range of British, Canadians and Indians.
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Black Seas, the Napoleonic (and War of 1812) naval game. My last plans for 1812 were to play Queenston Heights and New Orleans for land battles (very far on the back burner). I had also printed out paper versions of all the ships I would need for every battle in the War of 1812 from War Artisan.
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Next are another 4 groups of regular infantry, this time in a late war uniform. these are from Brigade Games and represent the “roundabout” jackets which were normally in grey and made famous by Winfield Scott’s brigade during the Niagara campaign. I’ve painted mine in blue as I’ve seen some records to say they were issued in this colour during the later period of the war. plus it.
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War of 1812 As this project is going to generate a fair bit of traffic on the site I think its only fair I give a bit of background on it. The War of 1812 was the last time Britain and America went to war against each other and was mostly fought around the border of America and Canada, now as I’m a good Welsh boy you are probably wondering why I’m so interested in it, well let me explain.
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Knuckleduster Miniatures. Knuckleduster manufactures 28mm War of 1812 wargame miniatures, as well as 28 and 40mm Old West figures. All of our products are cast in lead-free pewter, which costs a bit more to make and sell, but provides our customers with an extremely safe and durable material to work with (and who can put a price on peace of mind?).
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These are games that meet substantially all of the following criteria: (1) focuses on the War of 1812 between America and the British Empire; (2) can be strategic in scale or covering individual battles as the war raged throughout North America; (3) primarily a wargame, but can address elements of the political, diplomatic and economic pressures associated with the War of 1812; (4) addresses.
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War of 1812 Napoleonic The game covers the war between the United States of America and the British Empire in 1812-15.: Each turn represents one season (three months): Each land unit represents.
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A Glorious Chance (War of 1812) Colonial Wars Available for Pre-Order. ETA 2019. A solitaire, operational wargame that puts you in command of the U.S. or British naval squadron on Lake Ontario in 1813.
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King George Commands and We Obey is a set of free wargames rules for American War of Independence, Napoleonic Peninsular and the American War of 1812. The author writes: My key requirements are: I spend a large amount of time and money collecting units. I decided I wanted them to stay on the table long enough for people to see, therefore no casualty removal.
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War of 1812: Virginia militia My plan for 2020, at least initially, is to build up Sharp Practice forces and terrain pieces for a mini-campaign set in the Chesapeake Bay area in 1814. To do this, I'll need to add for the Americans some local militia units from Maryland, Virginia, and perhaps the District of Columbia.
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Brigade Games has quite a lot of new releases to talk about for their War of 1812 and Napoleonic ranges. For the War of 1812, they have a little bit for everyone. They have several new sets of Canadian militia, as well as various U.S. Troops, and even some Native American squads.
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Although it sounds a little like a certain Hollywood director, Tarutino (or Vinkovo) was a battle fought in Russia during the French invasion of 1812. In the real scrap, the Russians trounced Marshal Murat’s French, or rather his ad-hoc force which included French and German cavalry, and Polish infantry.
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