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| Jim's Peninsula War skirmish game set in 1810 Spain |
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| Picture of the two game table set up at Fall In in November 2025 Winner of the "Best Terrain" award |
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Today I submitted three games for this year's Little Wars convention on April 23 to the 2th, 2026 at the Sheraton Hotel Lisle/Naperville. A link to the convention web site is listed below:
I will be running my 40mm Richard Sharpe skirmish games three times at the show:
Thursday evening at 6PM
Friday afternoon at 1PM
Saturday afternoon at 1PM
This is a skirmish level game set in 1810 Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. The custom-built terrain boards and buildings won the Best Terrain award at the 2025 Fall In convention.
Game sign up begins on April 1, 2026 using the Table Top Events system.
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| The Coa River spans the width of two 6ft by 15ft tables. |
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| 40mm French Lancers |
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| Spanish hacienda |
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| Game tables set up at Fall In convention in November 2025. The Spanish monastery was the focal point of several of the games. |
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| The bridge over the Coa River |
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| French and Spanish Guerillas fight to the death in the vineyards of the monastery. |
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Sounds like a fantastic opportunity for your players.
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Magnificent scenery, inspiring scenarios, true to Bernard Cornwell's novels.
ReplyDeleteThere might be a problem with the dates of the "Little Wars" convention.
The 1st Vistula Light Cavalry Lancers only became the 7th French Light Cavalry Lancers on June 18, 1811; until then, they were Polish in the service of France.
While I agree with you about not adorning the lances with their pennants in the field, I would have given them to them as it is more elegant.
Regarding the white plumes visible in the second rank, it seems that they were indeed like that when the regiment was created, similar in that respect to the plumes of the Guard Light polish lancers. Later, they were blue with yellow tips, then black with blue tips. These two last colors correspond to the ribbon of the Order of Virtuti Militari, the highest Polish distinction, reinstated by King Frederick Augustus of Saxony in late 1807.
https://fr.pinterest.com/pin/lanciers-de-la-vistule-polonais--417286721722544342/
Thank you for your kind comments. Yes, the lancers were painted to represent the Vistula Lancers. I didn't have enough time to paint the lance pennons prior to the Fall In convention, but hopefully I will find the time to finish the unit off by adding the pennons.
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