Wars of Louis Quatorze

Dear Ralphus,  I am taking the liberty of contacting you with a question, encouraged by you excellent blog, yet understand if this i...

Dear Readers; I know that I am more pedantic about this than my cohorts here at The Wars of Louis Quatorze (my family says anal). We have,...

In a bit of a departure from our usual fare here on "Wars of Louis Quatorze" , I hope our readers will indulge me a slight diversi...

Depending on where you are , may I wish one and all either a Happy Christmas or a Merry one. May your stockings be filled with treats and so...

By now many of our reader's will have heard that noted wargames author, editor and rules writer Terry Wise passed away on August 17th. O...

Dear Readers, On this day in history: 1777 The Americans defeated the British at the Battle of Bennington 1780 The British defeated the Amer...

True to my word, at 1800 hours local time yesterday, midnight GMT, I unearthed a well-aged bottle of Di Serrano’s finest elixir, poured a ge...

Welcome to reader and follower "Donogh" , who joined us today, officially number 100. I hope you will all join me at midnight GMT ...

My apologies to the Gentlemen of the Mess for my recent absence from these pages. I am afraid that I allowed myself to get temporarily overl...

Image borrowed from "Phil's War Cabinet", just a taste of what's behind the curtain. For those that already know of him, P...

I have delayed doing this post, and debated its merit with myself and others before doing so. But "doing so" I finally am. During ...