Historical Wargame Rules & Miniatures | Day of Battle Games
I am excited to share a first look at the new top-down illustrations commissioned for the upcoming edition of our ruleset. We would love to hear your thoughts on these—please let us know what you think in the comments!
Chris
The official title of the upcoming project is Light Bobs 25th Anniversary Edition, though for the sake of simplicity, I will refer to it here as Light Bobs 250.
I wanted to provide a quick update on the progress of the new rules; from a writing and development standpoint, they are nearly complete. I am excited to announce that I will be running five events at Carnage 29 in Killington, VT, over the weekend of October 16th, 2026. Additionally, I will be attending Fall In in Lancaster, PA, on the weekend of November 6th, 2026.
Our tentative publication date is set for December 2026.
I have settled on the new cover. it is quite similar to the original. Though I am wondering with the name if I should use an image of Light infantry?
What do you think? Leave me your thoughts in the comments section.
The latest addition to the rules is finally adding flowcharts. You can find most of them in a watermarked version on the Light Bobs 250 page here on the site. These flowcharts will really speed things up and will keep the gamer from forgetting some important parts of the rules. It will also save you from from having to refer back to the rules quite a bit.
Lastly for this post is I want to announce that we will be starting a Kickstarter program to help with advertising funds and raise sales ahead of the release.
There will be a hardcover version as well as soft cover and pdf available. The flowharts will be in the rules but also sold as a laminated accesory set along with 2 copies of the QRS and 2 pages of Staff cards.
We will have a number of different tiers with the intent to get to increase interest in the rules. See more information soon.
Thank you
Chris
p.s. your comments are welcome 🙂
The Cowpens 5/22/1781
The battle of The Cowpens was possibly the turning point of the American War of Independence. It pitted the seasoned American general Daniel Morgan against the British commander Banastre Tarleton. This battle saw Morgan handle the Militia in layers that allowed them to fight, fall back and fight again. These tactics would be adopted and used by general Nathaniel Greene at Guilford Courthouse later in the war.
I have been intrigued by this battle and have run it many times at conventions. I recall decades ago running it in 54mm scale use Charge at Fall In at the Eisenhower Hotel in Gettysburg. Now I figured given the scale, the game title and the nostalgia for old school rules it would be a hit. Sadly, no, as I recall I had a hard time even getting players. Ok move ahead in our Tardis to 2026. This year (spring) ran it at Havoc, Mayhem and Huzzah and you know what, little interest. I even canceled one at Huzzah due to only one player.
From a game master point of view, it is tricky. The width of the field is only around 500 yards, not very big and the depth isn’t that much deeper. Even though my Light Bobs ground scale (1″ = 10 to 12 yards) it was hard to get the troops on the table. Well enough of this part. I did have a few games and I even played in one as well. I present here more of a collage of pictures from two different games. I have placed them in chronological order and then added comments on each picture. The comments are mainly to help people understand the playing bits like cards and beads understand what they mean. Furthermore, it gives me another reason to show off my 40mm troops.
National Park Site >>>
Video on the event >>>
I hope yiou enjoy them and will reach out to me to help play test the edition.
Cheers…Chris
