July Schedule

July 5th
Regimental Fire & Fury
American Civil War
Western Theater
Jeff Johnson

July 19th
Field of Glory - Punic War
Somewhere in Italy
Jim Fitzgerald

All Games at the Source Comics and Games
Setup begins at 10:30 AM and play soon after.
No Figures or Experience are Required to Play

Seven Years’ War - Koenig Krieg

 Once a quarter during the Centurions gameday at the Source Comics and Games we play Koenig Krieg, version 1.5.

“Koenig Krieg” was originally published by Barry Gray in the mis 1980’s.   In 1996 Tom Dye edited the rules and republished the rules with Outland Games.    Our group refers to this as version 1.5.  The Centurions have been using this version of “Koenig Krieg” since the early 2000’s and have played hundreds of games.   It is one of the clear cut favorites of our group, along with “Field of Glory” and “Regimental Fire & Fury”.

Our latest game had 10 players, seven cavalry brigades and thirteen infantry brigades along with associated artillery and light infantry.   These numbers are typical of the favorite rule sets but by no means the largest game we have played.  

On the left Odin, Bob, Joe, Steve and Rolf were playing the British and Dutch Allies.  On the right Jack, Marty, and Tony made up 3/5ths of the French Side. 

The French were deployed along a fordable stream with two brigades of cavalry on each flank and six brigades of infantry in the center.  The river on the right hand side of the board is not fordable.  

With three brigades of cavalry on the left flank and three brigades of British and Hanoverian infantry on the right, they were supported by four brigades of DUTCH infantry on the extreme left.

The overall British Plan, personally approved by King George, was for the British cavalry on the left to move forward, engage the French cavalry on that flank, while the center British Infantry moved forward to hold the French Infantry in the center and the Hanoverians held off the French right flank while the Dutch slammed headlong into the flank of the French driving towards the center of the board.

Initially the French planned on fighting a delaying action allowing the British and her allies to come to it.   Lt. General Tony on turn one got his dander up and launched an attack towards the intersection of the British and Hanoverian Infantry.   

The aggressiveness of the French caught the British and Dutch players off guard a bit.  As General Bob noted, without the Dutch allies the British and Hanoverians were out numbered 9 Brigades to 6 Brigades.   

On turn two the British cavalry slammed into the French cavalry on the British left flank.  The superior morale of the British cavalry allowed the British to pull out a narrow win, but even in a win it was costly for the small British heavy cavalry regiments as they took winners casualties.  In the aftermath of the melee, during the exploitation phase the British lost control of one Cavalry regiment and the other two regiments ended up in a bad location.

Turn three saw the French cavalry lose an already routed heavy cavalry regiment as it was hit by a British heavy cavalry regiment, but the remaining three regiments of French cavalry stabilized that flank.   The second French cavalry brigade charged the Dutch and were repulsed taking minimal loses.  The effect on two Dutch brigades was telling as their advance slowed to a crawl.   

The British in the center ended up forming a salient, the Cavalry on the left flank was joy as affective as they hoped and the aggressive movements turned their plans from a holding the French to a full out defensive posture.

The small heavy cavalry regiments were under serious fire as they continued to dwindle in size until the were picked up in turn five as they reached four figures each.

The view from the left flank of the Dutch.   One brigade of French cavalry is all that stood in its way of coming down on the French right flank.

Turn six saw the battle of attrition in the center ramp up as the French lost much its artillery but the infantry was in good shape as it tried to press forward.   The Hanoverians on the right flank attempted to reposition it line pf defense as two brigades of infantry and two cavalry bore down on it.

In “Koenig Krieg” starting with the turn after the first casualty the game has an army morale roll, the roll of shame.   In our game the British were down two cavalry brigades and the French down one cavalry brigade.  Both sides needed to roll a d6 and have a result of five or less.   Both sides rolled a five.   If either side rolled a six it would require that side to withdrawal from the battlefield.  

The French commander an Irish import named Fitzgerald and British Commander Bob survey the tabletop from the vantage point beyond the river.   

The British commander cried out for the Dutch forces on his left flank, "without them we are lost".   The meat grinder in the center continued as the glacial advance of the Dutch slowly migrated toward the battlefield.   

At the conclusion of turn 10, the British conceded, a hard fought victory for the French.

June 2025 Schedule

June 7th
Koenig Krieg
15mm Seven Years' War
Western Theater
Jeff Johnson

June 21th
Field of Glory - Reinassance
Sengoku Period
Jim Fitzgerald

All Games at the Source Comics and Games
Setup begins at 10:30 AM and play soon after.
No Figures or Experience are Required to Play

Perry Miniatures - Plastics Restock

The Source Comics and Games has restocked several Perry Miniatures plastics recently. This includes for boxes each of War of the Roses, Dismounted Men-at-Arms, Mounted Men-at-Arms, and Light Cavalry.

May 2025 Schedule

May 17th
Glory is Fleeting
10mm Napoleonics
Joe Knight and Jim Fitzgerald

May 31st
Star Trek - Attack Wing
Dominion War
Terry Ollilia

All Games at the Source Comics and Games
Setup begins at 10:30 AM and play soon after.
No Figures or Experience are Required to Play

Just a reminder there is no game on the first Saturday of May due to Free Comic Book Day.

War of the Roses - Update

Battle of First St. Albans

On May 22nd, 1455 the forces of the House of Lancaster and York collided at the sleepy town of Saint Albans.   Traditionally the First Battle of Saint Albans marks the beginning of the War of The Roses, the dynastic struggle to control the English Throne between the House of Lancaster and House of York.

Richard, the 3rd Duke of York led 3,000 men towards London and were confronted by 2,000 men loyal to King Henry V at Saint Albans north of London.  The first battle of Saint Albans was a decisive Yorkist Victory even though the Total Casualties were only 160 combined.

The Centurions are planning to add the War of The Roses to our rotation of games begging on Saturday November 1st, 2025, utilizing Field of Glory Ancients 3rd Edition.  There may not be additional forces available to play for our first game.   Detailed information on Force Construction and Allegiance system may be found here.

On August 16th, before the FOG-Ancients game, we will be hosting a show and tell to display the figures painted so far in preparation for future games.

Initial Command

One unit of six stands longbowmen and one unit of four stands billmen and a dismounted Troop Commander.

Note: The Centurions are adding a new class of dismounted billmen or spearmen with an "armor type" of protected as opposed to Armored or Heavily Armored as required by the list.   This should give better representation of the different categories or class of men who filled these roles on the Battlefield during the period.

Basing

• All Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery bases have a 60mm frontage; 
• Infantry 30 mm deep
• Light Infantry - 2 Figures 
• Medium Infantry - 3 Figures
• Heavy Infantry  - 4 Figures 
• Cavalry 50 mm deep
• Light Cavalry - 2 Figures
• Heavy Cavalry - 3 Figures
• Dismounted Troop Commander - 1 dismounted knight figure on 30mm round base.
• Dismounted Field Commander - 2 dismounted figures, including 1 knight and 1 banner of some sort 50mm round base.
• Dismounted Inspired Commander -3 dismounted figures, including 1 knight and 2 retainers on a 60mm round base.
• Mounted Troop Commander - 1 Mounted Knight on 50mm round base.
• Mounted Field Commander - 2 mounted figures, 1 mounted Knight and 1 retainer on 60mm round base
• Mounted Inspired Commander - 3 mounted figures, 1 leader or Knight and 2 retainers on a 60mm round base.  

April 2025 Schedule

April 5th
Wings of Glory (modified)
Air War of Malta - WWII
Terry Ollila

April 19th
Regimental Fire & Fury
Mexican American War
Jim Fitzgerald

All Games at the Source Comics and Games
Setup begins at 10:30 AM and play soon after.
No Figures or Experience are Required to Play