We weren't competing as much as we were learning, but the Germans brought home a minor victory in our Battle for Arracourt for "A Fistful of TOWs 3". Biggest story was likely learning just how nasty indirect fire can be and how earnestly one much seek cover. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Audible called: Contrary to plan, we're back to Arracourt for "A Fistful of TOWs 3". I promise, in compensation, there will be 22% more rules fumbling. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao4x... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Session two of "A Fistful of TOWs 3" went much more quickly, but we've still got much to learn. Who's winning our Battle for Arracourt I have no idea, but it's shaping up to be a fun scenario and a sleek system. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

It's time to return to the Battle for Arracourt and our (at best imperfect) learning game of "A Fistful of TOWs 3". www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmjV... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

The Pile -- 10/1/25 Arracourt for AFFoT3 -- WED The Radar Station at Cordonville for IABSM -- THU The 1809 Campaign for Snappy Nappy (!) -- SAT Warmaster -- BotFA Cape St. Vincent for Fighting Sail Trafalgar for FASB TTMATB Star Wars Rules Fight "C&C: Napoleonics" &c.The Pile -- 10/1/25

Capt. Achilles' boys have been trying to push west for weeks now and now they've got to face yet another batch of very intent Germans defending Cardonville in this scenario for "I Ain't Been Shot Mum". Thursday. @toofatlardies.bsky.social @armchairdragoons.bsky.social #IABSMRevolution

Fifteen 4' x 6' boards on which to play and our Spring 1809 campaign for "Snappy Nappy" looks likely to come down to two. Just west of Teugn, no fewer than five corps are preparing to square off with the Corsican on the field. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Is this really the fifth session of our "Snappy Nappy" Spring 1809 campaign?!? It would seem so. Well, let's have at. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ0v... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Musing on a morning of umpiring a kriegsspiel: every historian intending to write of a military campaign should be required to umpire a KS. You'll leave far less quick to judge lost orders or, worse, those missives that pass in the night with very, very bad consequences.

Our 4,000-point battle for "Grimdark Future" that was definitely not Scarif ended in a sanguinary tie. This is a simple if not simplistic, smoothly-playing system that works at scale. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

You all seemed to like it when we played "Grimdark Future" for a Definitely-Not-The-Battle-of-Scarif. So we'll now do it some more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhwP... @armchairobserver.bsky.social

One of our longest rules stumble-throughs left us little time to really see what "A Fistful of TOWs 3" can do, but there were tantalizing prospects as our Battle of Arracourt began. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

It is a mathematical certainty that "A Fistful of TOWs 3" is not going to teach itself. So, well, here we go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFtR... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Half the way through a 4,000 point game of "Grimdark Future" -- one that is definitely NOT the Battle of Scarif -- the Rebels have more victory locations and I'm confident we managed 90% of the rules. Good fun so far. @aiannucci.bsky.social

This is definitely NOT the Battle of Scarif for "Grimdark Future", scabrous accusations to the contrary. It is, however, LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhDn... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

We are ready for Thursday's next iteration of our "I Ain't Been Shot Mum" "29, Let's Go!" pint-sized campaign. This is the Radar Station at Cardonville. There may, or may not, be a stonk incoming. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social @toofatlardies.bsky.social #IABSMRevolution

It might seem that the Austrians are running out of time in our Spring 1809 Campaign for "Snappy Nappy", but a brigade of hussars saw off some cuirassiers and Charles has a surprise in store, no matter how poorly the Battle of Freising wound up. Exciting stuff. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Perhaps tonight we'll discover who emerges victorious in our Spring 1809 campaign for "Snappy Nappy". Or not. Hard to tell, really. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-PH... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Horrid shooting from their armor meant the Germans were driven from St. Germain-du-Pert for "I Ain't Been Shot Mum" and now they're on the back foot a bit in our on-going "29 Let's Go!" campaign. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social @toofatlardies.bsky.social #SpreadtheLard #IABSMRevolution

Our "Flanking St. Germain-du-Pert" for "I Ain't Been Shot Mum" is on a knife's edge. Join us, won't you? www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yno... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Our "Longstreet" campaign ended in 1864 with a grinding Union victory and one of our Blue Belly commanders more than 15 epic points (we say Hazs for, well, reasons) ahead of his opponents. History affirmed. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Surely you didn't think we were done with "Longstreet" in 1864? Time to go LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RW_... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

A quick preview of the first episode of the 15th season of Mentioned in Dispatches, launching on 19 September 2025 with special guests @ardwulf.bsky.social @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social @vonreisswitz.bsky.social #wargames #wargaming #hexesforever #hexandcounter www.youtube.com/shor...#wargames#wargaming

The Pile -- 9/8/25 Longstreet 1864 -- WED (hopefully) Flanking St. Germain-du-Pert for IABSM -- THU The 1809 Campaign for Snappy Nappy -- SAT The Embiggening of Midgard Arracourt for AFFoT3 Cape St. Vincent for Fighting Sail TTMATB Star Wars Rules Fight "C&C: Napoleonics" &c.

The Austrians ran from the fight at Siegenburg like their casques were on fire and their backpacks were catching, but the most interesting fight in this middle phase of our "Snappy Nappy" 1809 game may well be the fight at Freising which has become a pounding match. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

It occurs to me that our Spring 1809 Campaign for "Snappy Nappy" has much the same appeal as watching toy trains smash into each other. What more could you want on a Saturday afternoon. LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ryw... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

The Amis are coming in their hundreds, but the Marders will be heard. Our "Flanking St. Germain-du-Pert" for "I Ain't Been Shot Mum" is on a knife's edge. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social @toofatlardies.bsky.social #SpreadtheLard #IABSMRevolution

Time to see if the Allies can, at last, outflank St. German-du-Pert in our latest game of "I Ain't Been Shot Mum". Part of the "29 Let's Go!" Pint-Sized Campaign. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfsU... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social @toofatlardies.bsky.social #SpreadtheLard #IASMRevolution

The Rebels are up on points in our 1864 game of "Longstreet" but, if you know anything about the system, you know that running desperately short on cards -- which the Rebs are -- is a very bad thing. This will be close. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Well, let's see what 1864 brings as our "Longstreet" campaign continues: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_aB... @armchairclassicist.bsky.social

So, we shall soon stumble -- and I do mean stumble -- through "A Fistful of TOWs 3". This is the Battle for Arracourt designed by Little Wars TV. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

And we're ready for Cape St. Vincent for @ospreygames.bsky.social "Fighting Sail". @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Our 15 "Snappy Nappy" tables were alive as seven players squared off in the Spring 1809 campaign. An Austrian corps is in a bad spot and Regensburg seems safely in French hands, but the Archduke is somewhere out there marching! @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

The first installment was mad, silly, and just a bit exciting. Let's see what happens as we go back to the Spring 1809 campaign for "Snappy Nappy". www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxRr... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Something I've been mulling for a while. Next... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

I've posted this image already, but, upon reflection, it really amuses me. Note how the Allied blinds (the green ovals) are all but cowering into the lower left corner of the map trying to avoid German fields of fire. Game is "I Ain't Been Shot Mum". #IABSMRevolution @toofatlardies.bsky.social

The Allies are definitely flanking St. Gemain-du-Pert for "I Ain't Been Shot Mum", if for no other reason than approaching it directly seems a madness. Blood drawn on both sides, and a long way to go. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social @toofatlardies.bsky.social #SpreadtheLard #IABSMRevolution

It's time to return to Normandy with "Flanking St. Germain-du-Pert" for "I Ain't Been Shot Mum!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bxq... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social @toofatlardies.bsky.social #SpreadtheLard #IABSMRevolution

Prompted by my reading of Anthony Beevor's "The Battle of Arnhem": Other than "Sharp Practice", I can think of no rule set that accounts for friendly fire. And I don't mean artillery or CAS. I mean, for reasons of misidentification, panic, &c., troops fire on their own side.

This is St. Germain-du-Pert. It's 1944. German defenders have been pelting advancing Americans from its confines. They've decided to put an end to it. On Thursday, we'll see how they do. For "I Ain't Been Shot Mum". @armchairdragoons.bsky.social @toofatlardies.bsky.social #IABSMRevolution

Cape St. Vincent for "Kiss Me, Hardy!" What in heaven's name were the Spanish thinking? Nelson's ship is the wee one sandwiched between two First Rates in the last image. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

I say without complaint that my head feels like it's just spent three hours in a blender. It was actually the first turns of our 1809 campaign for "Snappy Nappy". We've already had our share of confusion, nasty surprises, and ugly routs. As it should be. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Let us begin, then? It's the Spring 1809 campaign for "Snappy Nappy". www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzG... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Fifteen 4' x 6' double-blind tables. Seven players. Two armies. One 1809 campaign for "Snappy Nappy". Should be an hoot. 1800 today. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

The Allies cannily out-flanked the German defenders of Arthenay in tonight's game for "I Ain't Been Shot Mum" and the latter has scurried off to find safer accommodations. Good fight from "29 Let's Go!" @armchairdragoons.bsky.social @toofatlardies.bsky.social #SpreadtheLard #IABSMRevolution

We're headed back into Arthenay for "I Ain't Been Shot Mum". I suspect the Germans will be no more willing to let the Americans by... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVc... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social @toofatlardies.bsky.social #SpreadtheLard #IABSMRevolution

The boys in blue are advancing in their ranks in our 1864 "Longstreet" campaign game. The Rebels have opened a slight lead in points, but there are an awful lot of those Union fellows still to come. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

"Longstreet" knows that after 1863, comes 1864! Time to see if the Rebels can sneak out another victory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmdH... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Arthenay may be ablaze -- and otherwise damaged -- but that hasn't stopped our Americans from wanting it as they return for the next scenario in our "29, Let's Go!" campaign for "I Ain't Been Shot Mum!" Thursday. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social @toofatlardies.bsky.social #SpreadtheLard

The Pile -- 8/19/25 Longstreet 1864 -- WED Return to Arthenay for IABSM -- THU SOMETHING -- FRI The 1809 Campaign for Snappy Nappy -- SAT Midgard TTMATB Star Wars Rules Fight "C&C: Napoleonics" &c. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social