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PM ChrisBBB
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ChrisBBB
22nd Jan 2026 01:14:12

I know BBB has helped to sell a ton of Baccus 6mm figures over the last decade. I hope that making the rules and scenario books available in PDF will open them up to even more players and sell even more 6mm figures! Here's the official announcement of the good news:

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SkirmishCampaigns: Bloody Big Battles now in PDF!

BBB PDF Order Page
https://skirmishcampaigns.com/bbb/

YES, the Bloody Big Battles! rules (BBB) and scenario books for a wide range of 19th-century and Napoleonic wars are now available in PDF

BBB Scenario Books

• Bloody Big European Battles!
• NAPOLEON'S Bloody Big Battles!
• Bloody Big Battles in INDIA!
• Bloody Big Balkan Battles! (1912-1913)
• Bloody Big HUNGARY '48 Battles!
• Bloody Big Peninsular Battles! (1808-1814) (forthcoming)
• Bloody Big Battles in Africa! (1801-1901) (forthcoming)
• Bloody Big Civil War Battles! (1861-1865) (forthcoming)
BBB was published over 10 years ago in 2014. The fact that 1000s of players have joined the BBB io group and Facebook page tells you it's popular. The fact that it hasn't needed a second edition tells you the rules are solid. The universally positive reviews of the game are collected on the BBB Blog:
https://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2016/10/collected-reviews-of-bbb-bloody-big.html

BBB ticks the boxes for all kinds of wargamers. If you love history – it's all about the history. If you want a challenge and a contest – BBB's tightly designed, well balanced scenarios will give you that. If you just want a fast and furious game – BBB's slick and quick mechanisms make the game rock on so that the situation changes every turn, and they inject just enough unpredictability and fog of war to make it surprising and entertaining while staying historically plausible.

Now we are making it easier for more of you to enjoy BBB:

• The rulebook and four scenario books are all now available in PDF.
• We have added two brilliant small 'training scenarios' to the rulebook.
• We have added new bonus scenarios to three of the scenario books.
• We expect to publish two more scenario books in 2026 (Peninsular War and Battles in Africa).
• Scenario books on the American Civil War are also nearly complete.
• Scenario books for other wars are also in preparation.
New BBB players will find they have joined an active, friendly and supportive community. Your fellow players in the BBB io group and on the BBB Facebook page will welcome and help you, as will the very responsive BBB team. The annual BBB 'Bash Day' conventions are great occasions if you can get to them. We hope you will enjoy BBB and we look forward to meeting you!

For more information:
https://skirmishcampaigns.com/bbb/


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dourpuritan
22nd Jan 2026 07:16:33

Well as my 6mm British and French languish in a box, mostly unpainted, the Peninsular War scenario book sounds like a promising addition. However, I notice the prices are in dollars, Canadfian or Australian I hope, otherwise we may be facing trumped up charges.


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ChrisBBB
24th Jan 2026 08:36:16

US. Scott and I are doing our best to hold the special relationship together.


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dourpuritan
24th Jan 2026 11:05:04

Hope that doesn't prove fruitless, but an awful lot of annoyed Europeans currently..  I just can't work out how such a baby country got so up itself before sorting out its own citizens' problems first. I suppose you could say the same of C19th Britain.


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ChrisBBB
25th Jan 2026 08:12:50

I try to avoid politics. I hide in the 19th century.


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dourpuritan
25th Jan 2026 10:33:38

Unavoidable - affects all areas of our lives, including our leisure time.


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peter
26th Jan 2026 06:40:22

May I remind all concerned to keep politics out of the forum.  I agree that, 'things that happen', can be intrusive, but please resist the temptation to comment however difficult that may be.

The only exception to this is me.   But it's my playground, and if I upset folk then it is my fault and I am not acting as a referee and take the full consequences on the chin.

It may not be fair, but that's Life.


I have plans.   I am dangerous when I have plans...

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