We’re focusing on a key battle from the American War of Independence – climb Bunker Hill and help secure Boston Harbour for the Crown! The rebel army surrounding Boston pre-empted General Gage’s plan to seize the Charlestown peninsula. Waking on the 16th of June to the ominous sight of fortifications being constructed atop Breed’s and…
Known fondly as “Old Ironsides,” the USS Constitution was a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate that tangled with Barbary Pirates and the Royal Navy! USS Constitution was one of six Heavy Frigates commissioned by the United States Congress in 1794 to protect American shipping against Barbary Pirates in the Mediterranean. These frigates were designed to outmatch…
Discover the US Navy in all its glory and sail your tall ships into history as the Admiral of your own fleet in Black Seas! The US Navy In 1774, because of growing tensions with Great Britain, 13 British colonies in North America created the first Continental Congress, which would later adopt the Declaration of…
Discover the Spanish Navy in all its glory and sail your tall ships into history as the Almirante of your own fleet in Black Seas! The Spanish Navy The history of the Spanish Navy in the Age of Sail is one of varying fortunes: involving both major successes and massive defeats. At the beginning of…
Discover the Great British Royal Navy in all its glory and sail your tall ships into history as the Admiral of your own fleet in Black Seas! The Royal Navy By the late 1700s, Great Britain had established itself as the most prominent and powerful navy of the time. This was mostly due to the…
Discover the French Navy in all its glory and sail your tall ships into history as the Amiral of your own fleet in Black Seas! The French Navy The French Navy has a history of highs and lows, both in terms of successes in battle and in the number and quality of its ships. In…
We’re always thrilled to see what you can produce with our models. This week we’re looking at Luis Garcia Balaguer’s diorama of one of the American War of Independence’s great battles – Saratoga. This beautiful diorama took a year to construct and paint. Based on the second battle of Saratoga, it chronicles the charge of the…
This week, we’re taking a look at one of the defining moments in American history, a war that would change the face of the continent forever. If you’ve been itching to get into Black Powder, there are few better places to start than the American War of Independence! In 1765, a massive gulf was growing…
“The Black Powder game is a ‘toy soldiers first’ type of game – we have tailored our rules of play to suit our collections of models. The object of the game rules is to allow us to utilise our armies. Let us not imagine for a moment that the armies are mere tokens in a…
Warlord Games presents Rebellion!, a Black Powder supplement, now in PDF format View PDF in Store Rebellion!, chronicles the American War of Independence 1775-1783, and here author Steve Jones explains how he approached this project… Steve: I was approached by John and Paul of Warlord Games (apparently they don’t yet have a George or Ringo…) at…
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