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Shooting Napoleon era Muskets

Posted on 9 January 20219 January 2021 by GJG

Next to wargaming, I also have another hobby. Target shooting. Just before the Covid-19 period I recorded some black powder shooting. It is one of the greatest disciplines to shoot. Especially flint lock shooting, as it is quite unpredictable, a lot of smoke and a loud bang. So some Napoleonic era shooting with some explanation….

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The Battle of Scherpenzeel

Posted on 10 January 202010 January 2020 by GJG

Last year I have done a lot of reading and searching on the battle of Scherpenzeel and the days leading to this battle. For this moment, I will skip the political landscape, and focus on the scenario I think is most plausible at the moment. The battle of Scherpenzeel was part of the Sticht (Utrecht)…

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Geography of a Battlefield – “The origin of the Dutch landscape”

Posted on 9 January 2020 by GJG

The origin of the Dutch landscape In this post I hope to provide a quick overview of the history of the Dutch landscape. The Netherlands before the Roman occupation was partly sand and partly a marchy, swampy peat landscape. The southeastern parts (in light yellow and ochre) is higher and mostly consist of sands. The…

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Geography of a battlefield – “Modern day Gelderse Vallei”

Posted on 6 November 20196 November 2019 by GJG

In my research on the Battle of Scherpenzeel and the Stichtse oorlog from 1481, I have recently digged into the topic of geography. If you want to wargame this war, you need terrain, and it would be nice to know how it would have looked. Because this already quite long ago more than 500 years,…

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Book Review: Mercenaries and their Masters: Warfare in Renaissance Italy

Posted on 25 September 201925 September 2019 by GJG

A while ago this book was part of an discount of ebooks bij Pen and Sword. I bought and downloaded it, hoping to have some 15th century warfare stories inside. So I would have a better period feel for the 15th century projects. I am not really interested in the Italian wars, but it is…

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Ethiopia Campaigns

Posted on 7 August 2019 by GJG

After reading the books on the Ethiopian history and air force actions, I hope to create multiple campaigns. Trying to simulate the different wars and operations. I think I will play most of these campaigns in solo mode. Testing out the Missle threat Solo rules and the Missle threat mercenary air campaign. I have divided…

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Human rights in wargaming

Posted on 27 May 201927 May 2019 by GJG

In my research for the Ethiopian-Eritrean-Somali conflict, I encountered a lot of stories which are violating human rights. It started with reading the book Ethiopian-Eritrean wars Volume 2. As my interest is mostly on the aerial war, I didn’t bother that much on the ground war. I had already read the first volume and the…

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Mustering a Retinue

Posted on 22 May 201922 May 2019 by GJG

1629, During the siege of ‘s Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, the Spanish and Imperial troops launched a diversion attack on the Veluwe area. This attack was performed to relief the threat of the Siege, and try to create panic under the civilization. It raised to several Siege to several cities, but also sacked a lot…

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Africa@war books arrived

Posted on 10 May 201910 May 2019 by GJG

The books I ordered arrived. I already spotted some nice photos and pictures. Hope to read them coming days. Probably i will write a review when finished.

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Dutch air war 1940

Posted on 29 April 20198 May 2019 by GJG

10 may 1940, Germany invades the Netherlands as part of the second world war. Starting with the bombing of different airfields, the first airborne assault on different bridges and airfields. And a mass bombardement on the city of Rotterdam, which did force the Netherlands to surrender after 5 days. Alltough the Netherlands is quite a…

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