My New Blog – Jemima Fawr's Wargames Blog

[Jemima Fawr]

Thanks to my daughter showing me which buttons to press and in what order, I’ve finally managed to create my own blog! 🙂

To start with there will be a fair amount of stuff that I’ve posted to various discussion fora over the years, but there will also be plenty of new stuff.  If nothing else, I challenge anyone to find a better cure for insomnia!

My blog can be found at http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Norm S]

Nicely done. I like the header photo, particularly the painting on ‘the pot’ 🙂

 

[Jemima Fawr]

Cheers Norm!

I can confirm that that was an authentic ‘gazunder’ enamel pattern for 18th Century Wales (yes, really).  However, I can’t take the credit for painting it – Martin Small converted and painted all the Welsh ‘ladies’ for our Fishguard 1797 game.  She’s converted from a Perry 19th Century American rioter.

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

Latest stuff on the blog:

VBCW: The order of battle for Royalist Forces in Pembrokeshire: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/04/14/a-very-british-civil-war-1938-royalist-forces/

VBCW: A profile of Lord Kylsant, 1st Marcher-Lord of Narberth and commander of the BUF’s ‘Sir Thomas Picton’ Independent Cohort: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/04/15/a-very-british-civil-war-baron-kylsant/

VBCW: A profile of the Royalist Slebech Castle Cadet Corps: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/04/16/a-very-british-civil-war-the-slebech-castle-cadet-corps/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Guy Farrish]

I don’t know what effect these will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.

(I know Nosey didn’t really say it – but well- you know…)

Enjoying the blog – lovely stuff!

[Jemima Fawr]

Cheers Guy!  I did those about three years ago, but I’ve been painting more today, including the mounted versions.

But if you think those are frightening, you should see the cross-dressing Welsh Nationalists…

 

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

Latest stuff on the blog:

A Very British Civil War 1938: The Battle of Crundale: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/04/17/a-very-british-civil-war-1938-the-battle-of-crundale/

A Very British Civil War 1938: The Army of the Bishopric of St David’s: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/04/18/a-very-british-civil-war-1938-the-army-of-the-bishopric-of-st-davids/

A Very British Civil War 1938: Royalist Units in Pembrokeshire: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/04/19/a-very-british-civil-war-royalist-units-in-pembrokeshire/

‘The Battle That Never Was’ – Fishguard 1797: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/04/22/the-battle-that-never-was-fishguard-1797/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

This week on Jemima Fawr’s blog, we’ve moved onto WW2, specifically Normandy, with the Battle of the Grimbosq Bridgehead:

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/05/02/normandy-1944-the-grimbosq-bridgehead-6-7-aug-1944/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

We’re in Arnhem today:  The Third Lift and the battle for the Dreijenseweg: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/05/03/operation-market-garden-the-dreijenseweg-and-the-third-lift/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

We’re in Normandy again today, with our Operation WINDSOR game that pitted the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division against the 12th SS Panzer Division in a brutal battle of attrition for Carpiquet Airfield:

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/05/07/normandy-1944-operation-windsor/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

My blog is back in the ‘alternate reality’ of 1938 this week, as the Bishop of St David’s army tries to take a Bridge on the River Wye…

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/05/09/a-very-british-civil-war-1938-beating-the-bishop-the-battle-of-three-cocks/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

The war rages on in West Wales, as Royalist forces advance on the city of St David’s: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/05/11/a-very-british-civil-war-in-pembrokeshire-the-battle-of-pelcomb-cross/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Thaddeus Blanchette]

Love your blog’s banner, by the way. He’s bracing for it.

We get slapped around, but we have a good time!

[Jemima Fawr]

Cheers!  Yes, it was one of those ‘afterthought’ photos taken during a game and I’ve loved it ever since.  Martin even looked up 18th Century Welsh porcellain patterns before painting that ‘lady’…

The ‘lady’ is a converted Perry rioter from their ACW range, while the Frenchmen are Eureka French Revolutionary artillerymen.

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

The Royalists continue their assault on the City of St David’s: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/05/15/a-very-british-civil-war-in-pembrokeshire-the-battle-of-camrose/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[McKinstry]

Kudos all around. I find the combination of eye candy and solid prose quite enjoyable.

The tree of Life is self pruning.

[Thaddeus Blanchette]

With all those sheep about, surely the BUFs will get distracted…

We get slapped around, but we have a good time!

[Jemima Fawr]

I’m off to ‘Partizan’ this weekend, to take part in Pete Barfield’s VBCW game there, so Baroness de Loutson’s Slebech Castle Ladies’ College Cadet Corps have received some reinforcements prior to going into action…

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/05/17/baroness-de-loutson-marches-on-newark/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Howard Whitehouse]

Well done!

I do all my own stunts.

[Jemima Fawr]

The King’s forces and the Bishop of St David’s this week both receive armoured reinforcements (to a given value of ‘armoured’)…

A Very British Civil War in Pembrokeshire: Armoured Reinforcements

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

My first dabblings with ‘Saga’: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/05/30/the-saga-begins/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

My first game of ‘Saga’:

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/06/02/as-long-as-we-beat-the-aenglish-my-first-game-of-saga/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

The guys from the Very British Civil Forum got together for a game at Partizan ’18.  Entitled “This Seat of Mars”, Royalist forces attack a Socialist-held Leicestershire town, with the intention of capturing the hidden Crown Jewels:

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/06/04/this-seat-of-mars-our-very-british-civil-war-game-at-partizan-18/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

Six months ago I ‘put my foot down with a firm hand’ and mentally banned myself for starting any new wargames projects…

OK, maybe only a small skirmishy-type project.  Absolutely no mass armies…

Yeah…

So here’s my new ACW project… 

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/06/08/absolutely-no-more-new-wargame-projects-6-months-later-my-new-10mm-acw-project/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

Here’s a game we did a little while back, pitting a Soviet armoured thrust against some West German defenders:

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/06/15/a-clash-in-schleswig-holstein-1984/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Shahbahraz]

Very nice. I have not yet succumbed to the lure of a VBCW, but you’re figures and games are very impressive. (I must not start a new project.. I must not start a new project.. I must not start a new project.. I must not start a new project.. )

--An occasional wargames blog: http://aleadodyssey.blogspot.co.uk/ --

[Jemima Fawr]

Look into my eyes, into my eyes, not around the eyes and you’re under… You will make a very large purchase with Footsore and Empress Miniatures.  Oh and probably Hinterland, Sloppy Jalopy and Warlord as well.  You will embrace the silliness.  And you’re back in the room.

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

Another game report: This time I refight Quatre-Bras 1815 with the Minions using ‘Napoleon’s Battles’ rules:

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/06/17/refight-of-quatre-bras-16th-june-1815/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

As it’s Waterloo Day, I thought I’d recall out Waterloo Bicentennial Game from 2015.  We actually did two Waterloo games that week – this first game was a single-day demo game in a local museum.  We then packed up the game for a ‘proper’ two-day refight at the wargames club over the following weekend (the report of which will follow):

Waterloo 200th Anniversary Game 1815-2015

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

As mentioned in my previous thread, our bicentennial Waterloo game in 18th June 2015 was mainly for ‘public consumption’.  We set the game up again during the following weekend to give it a ‘proper’ go over two days:

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/06/20/waterloo-bicentennial-refight-ii-the-history-book-on-the-shelf-is-always-repeating-itself/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

The 10mm ACW project is progressing nicely and I’ve now got Buford’s cavalry on the table.  All I need now is some ‘Good Ground’…

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/06/23/glory-glory-hallelujah-part-2-bufords-1st-cavalry-division-in-10mm/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

Let us not go to Camelot… Tis a silly place…

Saga: The Great British Boar-Off

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

The Minions and I recently had a go at refighting the Battle of Raab 1809 (fought between the Austrians under Archduke John and the Franco-Italian army of Prince Eugene:

Refighting the Battle of Raab, 14th June 1809

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

I’ve finally finished my first major Confederate formation in 10mm – Harry Heth’s Division for Gettysburg: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/07/03/in-dixie-land-ill-make-my-stand-building-a-10mm-confederate-army-part-1/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

Another Cold War game that I did with the Minions.  This was meant to have been the first run-out with my British armour, but I brought the wrong box…  😕

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/07/06/somewhere-in-germany-1984/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

After a few weeks painting (or not painting, thanks to the heat and an eye infection), we finally got a small ACW game done with Fire & Fury 2nd Edition: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/07/27/theres-the-devil-to-pay-first-clash-at-gettysburg-our-first-acw-game/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

Today we’re refighting the Battle of Salamanca in 15mm, with AB Figures and Napoleon’s Battles 4th Edition rules: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/08/01/by-god-thatll-do-the-battle-of-salamanca-22nd-july-1812/

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

We were in Angola this week, where I suffered possibly the most comprehensive spanking I have ever received in a wargame…  😮

Operation Colosseum: Angola 1986

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[Jemima Fawr]

Another friend wanted to have a try of F&F 2nd Edition, so we had a second crack at the Gettysburg scenario… Perhaps I could win playing the other side…?

Gettysburg Revisited

My wargames blog: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/

[zippyfusenet]

Hi Jemima. I’ve been enjoying your AAR blog posts, please keep them coming. Your 10mm ACW collection is coming along beautifully. I mistook your figures for 15mm until I was reminded that they are a smaller scale.

You'll shoot your eye out, kid!

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