I Have Set Up My Trenton Winter Terrain - Wowzers!

 

The town of Trenton, New Jersey on Christmas Day 1776
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Yesterday I decided that it was time to bring all of my Winter terrain for my Battle of Trenton wargame and see how it all looks out on the table. I was pleased to discover that I probably have all of what I need now and there are only a few pieces that I would want to have when I run the game. The Trenton game will be hosted at this year's Seven Years War Association convention in South Bend, IN at the end of March 2026. I will run the games again at Historicon in July 2026.

Here are some pictures of the table layout. Nearly all of the buildings were made by Herb Gundt. Herb also made the road segments, stands of trees and post and rail fences. The game mat was made by The Terrain Guy (no longer in business).

Looking down King Street on the left and Queen Street on the right. Alexander Hamilton's artillery 
battery is seen in the distance as it is ready to roll round shot down King Street towards the Hessians.

Overhead view of Trenton taken from one of the Montgolfier Brothers' hot air balloons.

Looking along Queen Street in the background we see (left to right) the Post Office and the Printer's Store 
from Williamsburg and one of the taverns from Williamsburg on the right.

The large stone house is actually a model of the Chew House at Germantown, Pennsylvania.
The Williamsburg Courthouse model is on the right.

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A Hessian 6-pound cannon sets up in the middle of Queen Street

Looking down King Street towards Hamilton's Battery

General George Washington watches the Delaware and Maryland regiments on the march.

Hamilton's Battery as Washington looks on approvingly.

I apologize for the poor quality of the pictures of the miniatures, which do not seem to photograph very well on a white background. I am still working on my photography technique for Winter pix and hopefully I can post some better looking pictures in the coming days,

I created a short 4-minute video tour of my Trenton game table and I posted it on my Facebook page. It is also posted on the Facebook group AWI Historical Wargaming FB Group

I will try to upload the video to my YouTube page so that I can provide a link for your viewing.