Edinburgh campaign
Club member, Peter Clarke, stumbled across an 18th century military map of Edinburgh and its environs. (Queens Ferry to Prestonpans). As a committed 18th century wargamer, he immediately spotted the potential for a small campaign using a period map, and lo, a French attempt to provoke a Scottish rebellion was launched. You can see a sample of the full campaign map here, the shown area represents the actual battle tabletop, whilst the armies began approximately 3 days march away, two and a half of which were on the full map area
The briefing to both Hannoverian and French commanders established the basis for the campaign - the French had been assigned a large force to raise rebellion in the north, They deceived the British into thinking that the force was heading across the Atlantic, and were thus able to land unopposed in the South West coast of Scotland in early September, mid way through the Seven Years War.
The expected Jacobite rising has not occurred, and it has been determined that only a show of force demonstrating French control of the lowlands will prove the the highlands that liberation is at hand. In short, the French had to take Edinburgh Castle and city, and the English forces mustering in North -East England had to stop them.
The time scale for the campaign was less than a week, including marching onto the map area. Supply trains played a not insignificant part on planning, and the campaign resulted in a fascinating tabletop game (using our favourite 'King of the Battlefield' rules and 6mm figures, and which lasted two club evenings), with neither commander quite sure where or when his troops were actually going to arrive.