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7th – 9th April 2017 Battle of Aspern-Essling 1809 Rules Black Powder.
Archduke Charles’s greatest triumph, did he beat Napoleon? Your chance to pit the might of the Hapsburg Empire against that of the upstart Napoleon. This is a fantastic battle of the Napoleonic Wars, a firm favourite here at the WHC.
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17th -19th March 2017 Don Featherstone Tribute Weekend. rules Black-Powder
This weekend will see the roll out of the Battle of Blenheim as tribute to Don Featherstone. There will be a weekend full of Marlburian action, refighting the battle of Blenheim using the popular Black Powder rules. There will be a jacket and tie Dinner with after dinner speakers and the regaling of Gentlemanly deeds
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3rd-5th Mar. 2017 D-Day +2 Rules Rapid Fire
After the landings this is the continued fighting taken on in Normandy! Our ever popular Rapid Fire weekends, with our own slight adjustments.
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17th – 19th Feb. 2017 Battle of Lutzen 1813 (Nap) Rules – In the Grand Manner
Lutzen, a near run thing Marshal Neys Corps caught unawares, Napoleon converging to the sound of the guns. Can you smash the French as they appear at the battle or will you triumph as the French. A very popular re-inforcing battle, utilising the full remit of the Russian and Prussian armies as well as the
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3rd – 5th Feb. Battle of Dresden 1813 (Nap.) In the Grand Manner.
Dresden 1813, Saxony. The Allies have attacked one of the two main supply depots for the French and Napoleon is converging to show them the error of their ways. A firm favourite here at the WHC! The pouring rain sometimes limiting visibility, movement and firing, while the battles for redoubts and the Gross -Garten rages!!
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20-22nd Jan. 2017 Battle of La Rothiere. (Nap) Rules – In the Grand Manner
La Rothiere, 1814, Napoleon is trying to stop the Allies and is fighting on his own soil! The weather could be for him or against him! Can you repeat his success, or take on the role of the Allies and crush the impudent man for good?
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Battle of Austerlitz 1805 Napoleonic “In the Grand Manner” 9th – 11th Dec. 2016
Our ever popular Napoleonic Battle. The Sun of Austerlitz shines. Can you stop Napoleon, or will you outwit the Allied command.
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Warhammer Fantasy Battle Weekend. 8th Edition 2nd – 4th Dec. 2016
Armies of 8,000 points using 8th edition Warhammer Fantasy Battle. Bring an army, has to be fully painted and join one of the biggest linked battles games of the ever popular Fantasy rules. This proves exceptionally popular, so book early.
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Ransdorf 1813 “In the Grand Manner” 25th-27th Nov. 2016
Another of our Napoleonic favourites. This is a “what if” set during 1813, if the Allies had caught the French before the Battle of Dresden. You choose the Corps from a selection available and change history! Go on, give it a go.
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ACW weekend using the Guns of Gettysburg ruleset. 11th – 13th Nov. 2016
Here is a great chance to play out Dave Brown’s ACW rules. This always proves popular, so book early.
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Fuentes d’Onoro Napoleonic Wars. Black Powder. 14th -16th Oct. 2016
This is a great game for the weekend. Fought on 3-5 May 1811. This time around we will be playing it through using the ever popular Black Powder rules. Can you defeat Massena as Wellington, or bring victory for the French.
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Ancients Weekend. To the Strongest 23-25th September 2016
Here is another chance to play out one of our Ancient Weekends. Gabiene/Paraitakene – on successive days on the same table we will refight the two great battles between Alexander’s secretary Eumenes and Antigonus the one-eyed. Ruspina 48 BCE – Caesar’s hungry recruits must fight their way through a vast host of angry Numidians.
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