tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744289562328296882024-03-05T06:20:44.941-06:00Wargaming in MinnesotaHere there be rantings and ravings of a wargaming fanatic from Saint Paul, Minnesota.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-57010794064252161242021-08-16T14:38:00.002-05:002021-08-16T14:38:32.514-05:00Numedian - Allied Contingent <p>Looking at expanding out my collection of 25mm Figures for the Wars of the Triumvirate; Caesar and Pompey. This would give me the basis for conflict in North Africa. </p><p>Planned Numidian Allied Contingent - Caesar</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Field Commander - Bogud of Mauretania</li><li>Light Horse - Numidians - 4 Stands</li><li>Javelinmen - 4 Stands</li><li>Close Fighting Foot - Spanish (Iberians) - 6 Stands</li><li>Close Fighting Foot - Spanish (Iberians) - 6 Stands</li><li>Imitation Legions - 4 Stands</li></ul><p><br /></p><p>Planned Numidian Allied Contingent - Pompey</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Field Commander - Juba I</li><li>Light Horse - Numidians - 4 Stands</li><li>Light Horse - Gallic - 4 Stands</li><li>Light Horse - Spanish - 4 Stands</li><li>Javelinmen - 4 Stands</li><li>Elephants - 2 Stands</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>Required Figures</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Elephants - 2 Figures</li><li>Gallic Cavalry Command - 4 Figures</li><li>Gallic Light Horse - 8 Figures</li><li>Numidian Foot - 16 Figures</li><li>Numidian Horse - 16 Figures</li><li>Spanish Foot - 36 Figures</li><li>Spanish Horse - 8 Figures</li></ul></div><p></p><p> </p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-7127570286279667992021-08-16T14:31:00.004-05:002023-11-06T11:45:21.483-06:00Building a Project - Franco-Prussian War<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQYPErszhEOY1jqkNQNd0G-1azFYj64Sl6WZ4iXFphmO6B8OilyY4NcRga7vAA0pKImnjn4O_V9DzY5lvHkqAPqLVxpLPHYbMsSJ1jQ6Xmh-uaxYuUn8PTJdvZxe0TWZEQ3vz99QnE1N1/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="693" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQYPErszhEOY1jqkNQNd0G-1azFYj64Sl6WZ4iXFphmO6B8OilyY4NcRga7vAA0pKImnjn4O_V9DzY5lvHkqAPqLVxpLPHYbMsSJ1jQ6Xmh-uaxYuUn8PTJdvZxe0TWZEQ3vz99QnE1N1/" width="185" /></a></div>In the spring of 1994 a group of players gathered at the Source, on Rice Street, and formed the Twin Cities Historical Miniatures Gamers club. There were a solid thirty players and after a ruckus first meeting it was decided that our first club project would be the Franco-Prussian War. <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I was at the time a very junior member to the organization, I was fascinated by the discussion. This was my first historical project I was actively involved in. By the second club meeting we had narrowed the choice of games to "They Died for Glory" and "In the Age of Bismarck and Napoleon III". More than 25 years later I don't remember the specifics on why people preferred one game over the other, rather in the end we choose "In the Age of Bismarck and Napoleon III". </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSduhJVtrc2YcI9h5ilM3DVDFR5O3BRGnL8fpSEDvnIUS5goe4fadlfZtyNYNQwVe9CC3lZKZc_UcCtX872faoUGl79j8YPNhsZVHBF3ROcBaUSkJ-6LuVnKp5u9FfDURFaekuVIXISV81/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="694" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSduhJVtrc2YcI9h5ilM3DVDFR5O3BRGnL8fpSEDvnIUS5goe4fadlfZtyNYNQwVe9CC3lZKZc_UcCtX872faoUGl79j8YPNhsZVHBF3ROcBaUSkJ-6LuVnKp5u9FfDURFaekuVIXISV81/" width="185" /></a></div>As a group each individual purchased a copy of the rules and a small allotment of figures. Being my first historical project I jumped in feet first and attempted to learn to swim. My first units were French Foreign Legion for 1870. I received lots of pointers from the more senior members and some of it was actually good information. When directed to by eight times as many figures as I actually needed was not one of those times. <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">As a club we played a number of games, and tell more than a few stories, ask Jim about the line in the sand. I am not going to go into all the details but the club fell apart when the store moved locations. I like so many others were stuck with eight times too many figures for a project that barely got off the painting table.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The figures for the Franco Prussian War have never been fully removed from my painting table. In the past 27 years there has always been some figures for this project on my painting table, sometimes there have been a lot of figures on it. Be it for nostalgia or desire to see the one project through I have regularly circled back and took a new view at this project and tried to envision a popular outcome that would bring it back to the table. This may be the 10th of 15th time I have serious dug into this project since 1996 but a man has got to hope.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzs3muwvolL7TDWHWTZjtQPdX4kE3e28KNeIzMrhyONNJx31vaH6SdJisgWRPa1kfUa7rx1u242Z60JFzjeJE1UBEqKvrGEa9cCha5vgme6l3QZTUmdUfIMazBFmLay9Zo5eH-BtEi80I/s2613/IMG_0986.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="2613" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzs3muwvolL7TDWHWTZjtQPdX4kE3e28KNeIzMrhyONNJx31vaH6SdJisgWRPa1kfUa7rx1u242Z60JFzjeJE1UBEqKvrGEa9cCha5vgme6l3QZTUmdUfIMazBFmLay9Zo5eH-BtEi80I/s320/IMG_0986.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French Provisional Line </td></tr></tbody></table>There just is not any rules that just jump out at players for the period. Arguably we have the same choices today in 2021 as our group had in 1994 to choose rules. "1870" was published in 2001, is probably the only addition to the rules choice. I could argue that none of the choices excite me personally and none of them strike me as truly playable for a group. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The follow on question is what would it take to adapt another set of rules to play this period. How long have you as a reader got? And how much detail do you want me to get into.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first problem is the scale of the game, followed by tactics, and experience of the military. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The American Civil War is often called the first war of the industrial age, but it pails in comparison to scale of the Franco Prussian War. The largest Armies in the ACW were 75,000 men, give or take, in the Franco Prussian War the numbers were 750,000 men. The machine gun, modern artillery, and other industrial weapons of war were in their infancy, the battles at times looked like the Napoleonic Period and at times like the First World War.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have had lengthy discussions with other parties concerning rules adaptations that might work. We always get stuck on the argument does the game look like ACW/WWI played with figures in other uniforms or does it feel like the Wars of the second half of the 19th Century in Europe. Usually it is the former, not the later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_-S7bJxu76o-Sxx0KFJxFhV8jBfL1-9h5fn5zEInblE8pEP-VKbZ5wc_OHBT0lPZPZhGpTULApkZsj0a7K8PfCB_KQ-4bUNmvW850FrNdc0Xb2oUb5VgjqTY9RXFxqFRPC4qVM6bJO4X/s1973/IMG_0987.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="1973" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_-S7bJxu76o-Sxx0KFJxFhV8jBfL1-9h5fn5zEInblE8pEP-VKbZ5wc_OHBT0lPZPZhGpTULApkZsj0a7K8PfCB_KQ-4bUNmvW850FrNdc0Xb2oUb5VgjqTY9RXFxqFRPC4qVM6bJO4X/s320/IMG_0987.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prussian Line Figures</td></tr></tbody></table>To me to have a tactical feel to the game, opposed to a boardgame played on a tabletop, the units must<br /> represent battalions, rather than Brigades or Regiments. I like board games but I don't want my miniatures games to be board games. How big are Battalions? Between 600 and 1000 men depending. If you play games like Regimental Fire and Fury players would need 650 to 800 figures to represent a brigade while "In the Age of Bismarck and Napoleon III" that number shirks to 60. Neither extreme appeals to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the end I think you are going to have to take a game system and scale it to meet you needs. There are two possibilities (cough three depending on how you want to a scale). Both come from the American Civil War genera of rules; "Regimental Fire and Fury" and "Pickett's Charge". Personally I think there is lots of possibility for "Picket's Charge" but one huge draw back. We already know the basis of the rules for "Regimental Fire and Fury" do we really need to learn and understand another set of rules. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To be Continued.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-51318859150458800252021-07-22T09:45:00.001-05:002021-07-22T09:45:22.006-05:00Barbarossa - The Introductionary Battle- AAR<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIdxyazBWqhYg2Klu9Y8cdvIkEkZh4Z2ybsEcgn5cN1kaR1Qk499QR7yfgMSKm2j3pnjQsMReDRiY3kZfjRwjn0jo1hjJ1ePU5TEUp9nt5V1Y3w0WFpisKWi5FaqGk4sHxUAPKN13M6lm/s1200/Barb+Start.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIdxyazBWqhYg2Klu9Y8cdvIkEkZh4Z2ybsEcgn5cN1kaR1Qk499QR7yfgMSKm2j3pnjQsMReDRiY3kZfjRwjn0jo1hjJ1ePU5TEUp9nt5V1Y3w0WFpisKWi5FaqGk4sHxUAPKN13M6lm/s320/Barb+Start.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A Rough Map of our game on Saturday, July 17th at the Source. </div><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">SVT 1 - Soviet Assault Platoon</li><li style="text-align: justify;">SVT 2 - Soviet Rifle Platoon</li><li style="text-align: justify;">SVT 3 - Soviet Rifle Platoon and HMG</li><li style="text-align: justify;">SVT 4 - Soviet Assault Platoon</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Ger 1 - German Infantry Platoon and HMG</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Ger 2 - German Infantry Platoon and ATG</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Ger 3 - German Engineers and Panzer II</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Ger 4 - German Infantry Platoon</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHVThA2KSay4HUixNKRlNTSU06L4jpj1HuN5BBhsMK1YQAGYZrS4idB2AqPk-S-8z2zLpZ0RtGmGk7v8DA0Wwmy35gcbxqStQ-HVoxyDour8N2AYODRamf8A7rpGkgHYIA9F-hWYMzuwW/s1200/Barb+Plan.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHVThA2KSay4HUixNKRlNTSU06L4jpj1HuN5BBhsMK1YQAGYZrS4idB2AqPk-S-8z2zLpZ0RtGmGk7v8DA0Wwmy35gcbxqStQ-HVoxyDour8N2AYODRamf8A7rpGkgHYIA9F-hWYMzuwW/s320/Barb+Plan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The German Plan was to move the 1st two German Infantry Platoons to the left gap and reinforce with the Engineers while the 3rd German Infantry Platoon was aimed at small village controlled by SVT3</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb6McVK6Z5qGX2bfnbk4rc5j1azyKzFuAazRzBoFXyGgzzmC-IwXSZE7dsgyR4T34fwq_1ICCk9sD1l8zyDumcYdQmyLbfUGNcCKLJmPr5ANGMW9CKSLWqnEqUEu6EHcNr13-kPgiG8cF/s2048/IMG_4390.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb6McVK6Z5qGX2bfnbk4rc5j1azyKzFuAazRzBoFXyGgzzmC-IwXSZE7dsgyR4T34fwq_1ICCk9sD1l8zyDumcYdQmyLbfUGNcCKLJmPr5ANGMW9CKSLWqnEqUEu6EHcNr13-kPgiG8cF/s320/IMG_4390.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brad and Jack</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">After running the play test two weeks prior I decided to scale back the scenario. There were practical reasons for this; including I hadn't a single German painted. There was also a play issue about having too many figures in each players control while learning the game. To be honest I was not expecting it to go well at all and on Wednesday prior I was extremely concerned.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div>With eight new players, each controlling about 40 figures I think the game played far better than I had expected. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQ3YMuvnRhPb-s3DjNh8qp-9hnIceFnXtJVsXU67XUOHqtmnwDhpHMCLVYoTGG9mN7I0gnzOnR8NsBjJLWPnnTeQQ339Cgtwxt-Fg0SA6-FontkGbz7fCk-SrXihtP0QB35-MPjQqb_sZ/s2048/IMG_4391.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQ3YMuvnRhPb-s3DjNh8qp-9hnIceFnXtJVsXU67XUOHqtmnwDhpHMCLVYoTGG9mN7I0gnzOnR8NsBjJLWPnnTeQQ339Cgtwxt-Fg0SA6-FontkGbz7fCk-SrXihtP0QB35-MPjQqb_sZ/s320/IMG_4391.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rolf, Odin, Jim, Steve, and Marty</td></tr></tbody></table><div>German TO&E</div><div>Ger 1</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Command (Lieutenant, Messenger, Messenger, Sniper)</li><li>Squad 1 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, LMG)</li><li>Squad 2 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, LMG)</li><li>Squad 3 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, LMG)</li><li>HMG (HMG, HMG)</li><li>Forward Observer</li></ul><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKFiS6yvYP09_J8dYyc2X46kgVjhyphenhyphen69XqCZmSmgxevATJ6Vv8wTXV3TgWRSf9ZOGBVsO33Bbvbq30uOzfJ4x2GaZo-T9tBDnN3edEvVydYIDTbQpoHkMt_ZJ_-tTUutXlFyNxP9tjeX7b/s2048/IMG_4392.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKFiS6yvYP09_J8dYyc2X46kgVjhyphenhyphen69XqCZmSmgxevATJ6Vv8wTXV3TgWRSf9ZOGBVsO33Bbvbq30uOzfJ4x2GaZo-T9tBDnN3edEvVydYIDTbQpoHkMt_ZJ_-tTUutXlFyNxP9tjeX7b/s320/IMG_4392.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First Fire. The Soviets LMG takes on some<br />German Infantry on the Soviet Left.</td></tr></tbody></table>Ger 2 </div></div><div></div><p></p><ul><li>Command (Lieutenant, Messenger, Messenger, Sniper)</li><li>Squad 1 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, LMG)</li><li>Squad 2 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, LMG)</li><li>Squad 3 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, LMG)</li><li>50mm Mortar</li><li>ATG (ATG, ATG)</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2z6Uu9h5nA-AARdbw8kz-8LAXyr_NhincxGOJEyss75M8Ibn-81-d1urXqYCrbRJwY96VleZBWtG3vhJRpys_yct3RtuUSaUb1yueh2k5mkEQWv7b5zFgPJDxX0eHnBwZ9PHepCDOi1I3/s2048/IMG_4393.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2z6Uu9h5nA-AARdbw8kz-8LAXyr_NhincxGOJEyss75M8Ibn-81-d1urXqYCrbRJwY96VleZBWtG3vhJRpys_yct3RtuUSaUb1yueh2k5mkEQWv7b5zFgPJDxX0eHnBwZ9PHepCDOi1I3/s320/IMG_4393.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Ger 3</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Engineers (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, SMG|Rifle, SMG|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, Flame Thrower|Rifle, LMG)<br /></li><li>Engineers (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, SMG|Rifle, SMG|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, Flame Thrower|Rifle, LMG)</li><li>Trucks (Truck, Turck)</li><li>Panzer II (Panzer II, Panzer II, Panzer II)</li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JGpEqI6yXLd2FOHKpEp5UmBIW2cgI1o3MgFEVejVLfwD9Dq3nI0jaQej4CRxs9SawWtoPsbaS3_yRnjbKKXf4MNwADDUXoUQvThVY-VzRdLQeS1fEPw5tuN5Ui364KbSoolZLDSYXoId/s2048/IMG_4394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JGpEqI6yXLd2FOHKpEp5UmBIW2cgI1o3MgFEVejVLfwD9Dq3nI0jaQej4CRxs9SawWtoPsbaS3_yRnjbKKXf4MNwADDUXoUQvThVY-VzRdLQeS1fEPw5tuN5Ui364KbSoolZLDSYXoId/s320/IMG_4394.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Ger 4</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Command (Lieutenant, Messenger, Messenger, Sniper)</li><li>Squad 1 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, LMG)</li><li>Squad 2 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, LMG)</li><li>Squad 3 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, Rifle|Rifle, LMG)</li><li>50mm Mortar</li></ul><div><br /></div></div><div>SVT 1</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHCpt_xfxOBDfz6yrBg-HtPytEY89NOvBX9PiDzkK2LseGU4clomkTfkv4xoOgBR-PvY8k76S-swkPdxrmbBU4pHTul8PjaKvo5qlPv_CfaZMrOvE7Erwdmht5vvAtuNkmywS0vGOMS6M/s2048/IMG_4396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHCpt_xfxOBDfz6yrBg-HtPytEY89NOvBX9PiDzkK2LseGU4clomkTfkv4xoOgBR-PvY8k76S-swkPdxrmbBU4pHTul8PjaKvo5qlPv_CfaZMrOvE7Erwdmht5vvAtuNkmywS0vGOMS6M/s320/IMG_4396.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Command (Lieutenant, Messenger, Messenger, Sniper)<br /></li><li>Squad 1 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, SMG|SMG, SMG|SMG, SMG|SMG, LMG)</li><li>Squad 2 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, SMG|SMG, SMG|SMG, SMG|SMG, LMG)</li><li>Squad 3 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, SMG|SMG, SMG|SMG, LMG, LMG)</li><li>HMG (HMG)</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_n5XAzDPMA5meRx8xTro1yuWiIVdYRMGT9nisjO2OgK1qtIxmXb3hyBvkDlc8o1INxiTheeWdgdOHtvtOU-sxYtwNE_xmHSxmGnI8S4TimdjXLdkk5hTn7p3mLbrVwruol4RwMrxf2V3J/s2048/IMG_4399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_n5XAzDPMA5meRx8xTro1yuWiIVdYRMGT9nisjO2OgK1qtIxmXb3hyBvkDlc8o1INxiTheeWdgdOHtvtOU-sxYtwNE_xmHSxmGnI8S4TimdjXLdkk5hTn7p3mLbrVwruol4RwMrxf2V3J/s320/IMG_4399.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>SVT 4</div></div><div><ul><li>Command (Lieutenant, Messenger, Messenger, Sniper)</li><li>Squad 1 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, SMG|SMG, SMG|SMG, SMG|SMG, LMG)</li><li>Squad 2 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, SMG|SMG, SMG|SMG, SMG|SMG, LMG)</li><li>Squad 3 (Squad Leader, Assistant Squad Leader, SMG|SMG, SMG|SMG, LMG, LMG)</li></ul><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>For those paying attention, my first screw up. I grabbed two Soviet Assault Platoons and 1 Rifle Platoon rather than the other way around 1 Assault Platoon and 2 Rifle Platoons. Its not too out of the ordinary for the Soviets at the time, many of the new battalions and divisions were given PPD-40 SMG or the new PPSH-41 SMG depending on your source. However for Game Balance...</i></div></blockquote></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>My Second Screw up, my printer ran out of toner and I didn't print up the Command Cards. SO players were reading the back of the figures and my notes to determine what they had. </i></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>My third mistake, not enough pictures.</i> </p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLFqAkVFiNgRkXC1hkBl9nO8Ofgck2ypBcunhHKktKyW7k__-FySjB-r19l-ZRmS5zup0Fw3wyIStabVI-KrF0BgSTsVGXEmyqKU9rXz1rL3JRByUEZhCDrDfh0q4g7vo0Ayxsqi2ijoB/s1200/Barb+Actual.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLFqAkVFiNgRkXC1hkBl9nO8Ofgck2ypBcunhHKktKyW7k__-FySjB-r19l-ZRmS5zup0Fw3wyIStabVI-KrF0BgSTsVGXEmyqKU9rXz1rL3JRByUEZhCDrDfh0q4g7vo0Ayxsqi2ijoB/s320/Barb+Actual.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Actual movement map.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVKKHxQzrDugJBw4df7yWI9jtan0eknNz6dgf8Nx7a_v-n7sA-NaMSv4rFKEGxWUM7Ta0_HTkwaPqoGBVpi1eikYqq4Pb4N-u5Nzv6JJ1PVQZGOYtLvZoo34BMUKLi7o_Wg88UedyI-t9/s2048/IMG_4401.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVKKHxQzrDugJBw4df7yWI9jtan0eknNz6dgf8Nx7a_v-n7sA-NaMSv4rFKEGxWUM7Ta0_HTkwaPqoGBVpi1eikYqq4Pb4N-u5Nzv6JJ1PVQZGOYtLvZoo34BMUKLi7o_Wg88UedyI-t9/s320/IMG_4401.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />A few comments<p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Ger 1 got bogged down in the terrain.</li><li>Ger 2 got to the wood line and found Soviets, after a brutal exchange the Germans pushed the Soviets out of the Woods</li><li>Ger 3 got bogged down getting around the stream, including getting a truck stuck in the Russian Mud.</li><li>Ger 4 marched out, got 1 squad destroyed, pushed a few Soviets out of the woods and created there little fort in the clump of trees and started digging in.</li><li>SVT 1 - Marched into the woods, and rolled badly on some morale rolls (all three squads failed right before the Germans engaged in melee) and were pushed out. </li><li>SVT 2 - Thinks they saw something during the game, but the magic eight ball says probably not.</li><li>SVT 3 - Attempted to shoot Ger 4 out of the woods for no effect.</li><li>SVT 4 - Hey these PPD-40 don't have any range, I better move. </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rgD-LkUgLtlrsGhs_gjn2uqSCpm2HEC990MLt7jDbmklJzfMMP8muPMtRCczRpvHd5F79nqwSGeTsbTFC-Bzu2nWeOKQ20l0HNWSwbozQeLzslBLslao2JEZwSZm9-h2zdJgxU826u8h/s2048/IMG_4400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rgD-LkUgLtlrsGhs_gjn2uqSCpm2HEC990MLt7jDbmklJzfMMP8muPMtRCczRpvHd5F79nqwSGeTsbTFC-Bzu2nWeOKQ20l0HNWSwbozQeLzslBLslao2JEZwSZm9-h2zdJgxU826u8h/s320/IMG_4400.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Things that we got wrong in the Rules</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Being in Light woods is not both Light Cover and a Hinderance while shooting. It is a hinderance for spotting. Go figure.</li><li>Heavy Support Weapons cannot move "At the Double" nor "Cautiously".</li></ul><div>Things I am not happy with</div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Observation Rules. </li><li>Players moving their figures as a clumped mob.</li><li>Observation Rules</li><li>Jim is not happy with the AVF Combat Rules</li><li>Observation Rules</li><li>The Quick Reference Sheets are incomplete</li><li>Observation Rules</li></ul><div>The Quick Reference Sheets are incomplete. There are at least four tables that should be on there that are not. It is frustrating for players to not know what they are looking for.</div><div><br /></div><div>Clumped Mob of figures. It just drive me nuts, I realize it is from playing all those Horse and Musket games, but man what Artillery would do.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Jim doesn't like the combat rules for Armored Fighting Vehicles, calls it cumbersome. I got to be honest this is not a Tank game, so I am not sure it matters that you have to roll, to hit, determine where you hit, determine penetration, and determine effect. There is really not much way of simplifying without making it super boring. </div><div><br /></div><div>Observation Rules. To be covered in a separate post.</div><div><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-77978741662721457682021-07-20T14:26:00.004-05:002021-08-16T14:41:57.281-05:00Painting Guide - Austrian Infantry - War of Austrian Succession 10mm<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgcxIdZ-fe2_L5Hdcjp_RWzQDExPzvkTmD-_TE888tkkXooOezwTEprQ-U_kh9ysAU6szClL2HfD9CdGZZ7hgu0zx3UWKfjp29VCMZ63NiEFzdfjIiF4iiQYHyDdB_gZH9oV5WNEItIKZ/s2048/IMG_0934.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgcxIdZ-fe2_L5Hdcjp_RWzQDExPzvkTmD-_TE888tkkXooOezwTEprQ-U_kh9ysAU6szClL2HfD9CdGZZ7hgu0zx3UWKfjp29VCMZ63NiEFzdfjIiF4iiQYHyDdB_gZH9oV5WNEItIKZ/s320/IMG_0934.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Prime Black</li><li>White - Coat - Turnbacks - Pants - Hat Trim</li><li>Red Leather - Leather pouch and strap</li><li>Red|Blue|Green - Cuffs and Lapels</li><li>Beige Brown - Musket Stock</li><li>Flat Brown - Hair</li><li>Buff - Leather Crossbelt, Musket Sling</li><li>Dark Flesh - Hands - Face</li><li>Oily Steel - Bayonet</li><li>Refractive Green - Base</li></ul><div>Yellow Ochre / swirled Black and White - Flag Staff</div><div>Yellow Ochre - Wood Staff</div><div>Gold with Black Loops and White Rope - Drums<br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-31780561642367461172021-07-16T15:00:00.015-05:002021-08-16T14:41:08.590-05:00Rate of Fire - Sample Command Cards<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiool1wa2LrHIBIcs2vcAevEzcIbNePVKLi8JikzqzEfWTAQP-mOqZhegRHZSHP_VDwi5sCiXRcRDmaIiz9rLMOEgq9P9kmKKLXlOO1h19F-wN6NUTY_CPsFGEdFeriAc-SjGjvLgJpolFE/s724/Drawing1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="673" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiool1wa2LrHIBIcs2vcAevEzcIbNePVKLi8JikzqzEfWTAQP-mOqZhegRHZSHP_VDwi5sCiXRcRDmaIiz9rLMOEgq9P9kmKKLXlOO1h19F-wN6NUTY_CPsFGEdFeriAc-SjGjvLgJpolFE/s320/Drawing1.jpg" /></a></div>I have created these information or command cards for our upcoming game of Rate of Fire for the <a href="http://centurionswargaming.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Centurions</a> game day at <a href="https://www.thesourcecomicsandgames.com" target="_blank">the Source</a>.<p></p><p>Each card represents a unit which is typically a squad. for the game. Providing the basic organization of the squad and their morale grade, plus additional notes. The example is a platoon of German Infantry. The Command element, four squads and the attached 50mm Light Mortar.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-78509838971289046922021-07-05T14:08:00.002-05:002021-07-20T14:30:48.327-05:00Painting Guide - Early War German Infantry<p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q6RbwdURAlFXuF6SP06iNuQUBrlyXIS_H8swof5PeTziFZoW0U-SkXw007v3L2hfcHH5NcCtNbGu6IxDpsRUXhD6XH_OTdVPyO63JQS33J7CWmzXjF6zC-V1u5l46jgk8Sll5qUrrvYQ/s3350/IMG_0935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="3350" height="69" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q6RbwdURAlFXuF6SP06iNuQUBrlyXIS_H8swof5PeTziFZoW0U-SkXw007v3L2hfcHH5NcCtNbGu6IxDpsRUXhD6XH_OTdVPyO63JQS33J7CWmzXjF6zC-V1u5l46jgk8Sll5qUrrvYQ/w400-h69/IMG_0935.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Figure</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Prime Black</li><li>Mahogany Brown - Exposed Flesh</li><li>German Dark Green - Helmet, Tunic</li><li>Green Grey or London Grey - Pants</li><li>German Feldgrey - Tunic</li><li>Khaki - Bread Bag</li><li>Uniform Green - Gas Mask Container</li><li>Beige Brown - Leather Packs</li><li>Flat Brown - Wood Rifle</li><li>Dark Flesh - Highlight Exposed Flesh</li><li>Black - Belting Touch Up</li><li>Bolt Metal or Gun Metal - exposed Metallic Bits</li><li>Castellan Green - Base</li></ul><div>Base</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Prime Dark Forest Green</li><li>Glue - Medium Brown Ballast</li><li>Super Glue - Rocky Bits</li><li>Tuft Tac - 4mm Green Grass</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-6685641575574766402021-05-12T08:54:00.000-05:002021-05-12T08:54:02.190-05:00Kursk to Barbarossa? Creating a Project<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFH4eThHUEJKd_Cs0PHuP1ZIoe6BHuxcaRXlnEaT19_Od9sHuwHUuhkzGbx37cKGA71b0XcEgVHE0FT5EA1ckdYkU2YD8D9lUivIM5t45Nv_jkAui9USreA_ETRbNQEIUyL9SX333V_Eos/" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Osprey Publishing "Operation Barbarossa 1941 (1) Army Group South"" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="268" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFH4eThHUEJKd_Cs0PHuP1ZIoe6BHuxcaRXlnEaT19_Od9sHuwHUuhkzGbx37cKGA71b0XcEgVHE0FT5EA1ckdYkU2YD8D9lUivIM5t45Nv_jkAui9USreA_ETRbNQEIUyL9SX333V_Eos/" width="178" /></a>At 3:15 AM on Sunday morning June 22, 1941 the Axis forces lead by the German Army began the invasion of the Soviet Union. The enormity of this invasion can be measured in one stat, eighty percent of the all the Axis Military forces were committed to battle in one fell swoop. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The numbers are staggering. The Axis forces committed 166 Divisions, 3.8 Million men, 3,400 armored fighting vehicles, and 2,700 aircraft. The Soviet Union countered with 220 Divisions, 2.8 million men, 11,000 armored fighting vehicles, and 7,100 aircraft. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Over the five months of combat during Operation Barbarossa (June 22 - December 5) the Axis forces suffered over 1 million casualties, including 186,000 Killed in Action, 660,000 wounded, 40,000 Missing in Action. 2,735 Armored fighting vehicles destroyed, 2,870 aircraft lost. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The numbers for the Soviet Union were even higher. 567,000 Killed in Action, 1.3 million wounded or injured, 2.8 million Missing in Action, 21,000 Armored Fighting Vehicles destroyed, and 11,000 aircraft lost. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This summer marks the 80th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa. I was reminded of this late last week. After some discussion and some personal reflection it was decided to pivot our project to Operation Barbarossa. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This change is not without issues. Currently I have 0 German armored fighting vehicles for this era of WWII. No Panzer II and Panzer III's that I own are from later in the war. On the Soviet side I do own 3 T-26 Light Tanks 6 KV-1 Heavy Tanks. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">That changed with an order to Old Glory Miniatures over the weekend. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the Soviet side I have 3 platoons of painted infantry (2 SMG, 1 Rifle) plus 2 companies worth of assets (Anti-Tank, Anti-Tank Rifle, Mortar and Heavy Machine Gun) ready. I have 3 platoons of infantry on the painting table (1 SMG and 2 Rifle), 1 company of T-26 Light Tanks and 1 company of KV-1 Heavy tanks. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the Axis Side I have 1 squadron of German Cavalry, 2 platoons of German Infantry and 1 company worth of German Tanks, once my order from Old Glory is received.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-81630718463705444372021-04-15T18:37:00.098-05:002021-04-15T23:59:23.722-05:00Kursk! Creating a Project<h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtI-ywslP9NDwxuH7Q0e30-YWl2XXtuQ3H5qHeMmziykBVcbdVGA5Ptp6wx-6vSHRlOW6kBC-p59Npy2utSc_XnTdwwO6eLMDeTw2YfpSYlYsrN7JEpDLoiUwlMjvI2UOuEFQD1_iU9cZH/s1887/OspreyKurskNF.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1887" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtI-ywslP9NDwxuH7Q0e30-YWl2XXtuQ3H5qHeMmziykBVcbdVGA5Ptp6wx-6vSHRlOW6kBC-p59Npy2utSc_XnTdwwO6eLMDeTw2YfpSYlYsrN7JEpDLoiUwlMjvI2UOuEFQD1_iU9cZH/s320/OspreyKurskNF.jpg" /></a></div> Why it is Interesting to Wargamers</h3><h4 style="text-align: left;">The pure scale of the battle. </h4><div>The Battle of Kursk is one of the largest single battles of WWII involving 2,000,000 troops, 6,000 armored fighting vehicles, and 4,000 aircraft. It is difficult to place that in scale of how large a battle that was especially for those of us who grew up in the west. The fighting on D-Day involved 200,000 men and the height of operations in the North West Europe Theater of Operations was a combined total of 2,750,000 men prior to the push into Germany in 1945.</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">The gamers belief that the German's were close to victory. </h4><div>Often when gamers look at large battles they key into small decision declaring "I would never do that, it cost them victory." The Battle of Kursk, or rather the individual engagements offer plenty of those small decisions. Some large ones as well. </div><div>As an individual with a History Degree and reading five to many books on the topic, the Germans were never in a position to win the battle. Even if they did it wouldn't really change anything. They were grossly out numbered on multiple fronts and the American war machine was now in high gear. <span> </span></div><div>As an scenario designer it appears feasible to build multiple scenarios on both the northern and southern fronts that have opportunity for both sides to succeed and win. </div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Tanks, Tanks and more Thanks. </h4><div>With over 6,000 armored fighting vehicles engaged, Kursk is the largest tank battle in history. A gamers delight as it were. </div><div>On the Western Front to adequately have a historic game you should have roughly 9 to 10 stands of infantry for every single stand of Armor. Gamers "love" tanks and only begrudgingly play infantry, as a general rule of thumb. So you usually see too much armor represented on the western front, from the Western Desert to Northwest Europe. At Kursk depending on the exact engagement it is more of a one to one ratio at the platoon level. . </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-51177019063248035922021-04-13T16:02:00.001-05:002021-04-13T17:29:00.672-05:00Kursk! - Creating a project<h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzL9SrwJSWTn9Td7D4uCZpaWmijhlI4kp7aorG18VMyEtxO4wzU0gtY9zAYCFRTTHYN08roBHkxZ7usjbrvpdZbZnzBKzF7IgOiOv1qWlMKYS96scebb-QclF64BRvmJWnn_fgbOaYdaBP/s361/OspreyKurskSF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzL9SrwJSWTn9Td7D4uCZpaWmijhlI4kp7aorG18VMyEtxO4wzU0gtY9zAYCFRTTHYN08roBHkxZ7usjbrvpdZbZnzBKzF7IgOiOv1qWlMKYS96scebb-QclF64BRvmJWnn_fgbOaYdaBP/s320/OspreyKurskSF.jpg" /></a></div><br />Background</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">Operation Barbarossa began on 22 June 1941 as the German Military and its allies began the invasion of the Soviet Union, creating the Eastern Front. The onslaught of the German Military might continued for nearly 6 months as they pushed the armed forces of the Soviet Union back over 600 miles. In December 1941 the German Offensive stalled and the Soviet Counter offensives began creating a war of attrition the Germans and their allies could not win.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the spring of 1942 the Germans had stabilized the Eastern Front and began a new series of offensive attacks to defeat the Soviet armed forces. The Soviets prepared for the summer offenses of the Germans by planning to defend Moscow at all costs. The German offenses of summer of 1942 practically ignored Moscow as they targeted other strategic locations. One of these German offenses targeted the Soviet city of Stalingrad in the Southwest of Russia. Stalingrad was an essential transportation hub on the Volga river, connecting the greater Soviet Union to resources of the southern Russia, namely oil. The Germans also saw propaganda in taking a city named after the leader of the Soviet Union, Josef Stalin. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The battle of Stalingrad began in August 1942 and quickly turned into a grinding back and forth inch by inch battle. As the calendar neared the end of 1942 the Soviet Army launched two offenses of their own near Stalingrad, Operation Uranus and Operation Little Saturn. The conclusion of Operation Little Saturn saw the German Sixth Army surrounded and in February 1943 the German Sixth Army Surrendered. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The loss of the German Sixth Army nullified much of the gains of the German Army and their allies had achieved in Caucus region of the Soviet Union during the summer of 1942. In early spring 1943 the German Army planned a summer offensive which would isolate and destroy several individual Soviet Armies. The plan was to allow the Soviets to reinforce a salient or outward bulge in the front lines of the Eastern Front near the Soviet City of Kursk. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Germans Wehrmacht (Army) were desperately under strength at this point, the average unit was between 33% and 50% undermanned. This factor pushed the lead from the Wehrmacht's infantry divisions to the German Mechanized Panzer Divisions. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In 1941 and 1942 the Military Intelligence of the Soviet Armed forces were virtually blind to the German Plans. They made guesses based upon what the knew and were wrong more often then they were right. In 1943 it was different story. The British Intelligence agency was sharing decoded high level communications between the German Command in the field and headquarters in Berlin, they had cracked the enigma code. The Soviet military planners planned a war of attrition using a defense in depth strategy. With a defense in depth strategy the Soviet military planners also allowed for floating reserves giving local commanders the ability to commit these forces. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The German offensive started on July 5 and lasts 11 days. The Soviet counter offense begins on July 12 and lasts until August 23rd. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The battle of Kursk, or battles if you'd prefer, took place halfway between the invasion of Soviet Union with Operation Barbarossa and the surrender of the German Armies to the Allies. The result of the battle was a tactical stalemate for both sides, but a strategic victory of the Soviet Union. The Germans for the first time did not break through the Soviet defenses. The Soviet losses were horrific. The cost of men and machine are still debated in academic circles today. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-20183597627884772272019-01-03T14:55:00.000-06:002019-09-08T22:25:04.469-05:00First Crusade - Figure Census<h2>
Franks</h2>
<h4>
Bohemond of Taranto (Norman Crusader)</h4>
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<li><span style="color: red;">Bohemond of Taranto </span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">Tancred Hauptville</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">Richard of Salerno </span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">6 Stands of Armored Knights</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">6 Stands of Armored Knights </span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">8 Stands of Protected Spearmen</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">8 Stands of Protected Spearmen </span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">6 Stands of Unprotected Crossbowmen</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">6 Stands of Protected Crossbowmen</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">8 Stands of Pilgrims</span></li>
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First Crusade - Hugh, Count of Vermandois (French Crusader)</h4>
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<li><span style="color: blue;">Hugh I</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">4 Stands of Armored Knights</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">8 Stands of Protected Spearmen</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">6 Stands of Unprotected Crossbowmen</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">4 Stands of Pilgrims</span></li>
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Byzantine Tatikios </h4>
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<li><span style="color: blue;">Emeperor Alexis Komnenos</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Tatikios</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">4 Stands Klibanophoros</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">6 Stands Kapaphractos</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">6 Stands Latinkon</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">4 Stands Turcopoles</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">8 Stands Varangians</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">8 Stands Defensive Spearmen</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">6 Stands Protected Archers</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">6 Stands unprotected Archers</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">6 Stands Pechenegs Protected Light Cavalry</span></li>
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Saracen</h2>
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<ul>
</ul>
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<h4>
Sulatanate of Rum - Kilij Asalan</h4>
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<li><span style="color: blue;">Kilij Asalan</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">6 Stands Protected Light Cavalry - Turcoman</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">4 Stands Protected Light Cavalry - Turcoman</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">4 Stands Protected Light Cavalry - Turcoman</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">6 Stands Protected Javelinmen</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">6 Stands Unprotected Spearmen - Ahdath Militia</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: red;">3 Stands Unprotected Bowmen - Ahdath Militia</span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
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<div>
<h4>
Fatimid Caliphate - Al-Afdal Shahansha</h4>
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<ul>
<li><span style="color: red;">Al-Afdal Shahansha | Field Commander</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">Troop Commander</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">6 Stands Arab Lancers</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">4 </span><span style="color: blue;">(+2)</span><span style="color: red;"> Stands Arab Lancers</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">6 Stands Abid al-shira | Protected Spearmen - Sudanese Spearmen</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: red;">3 Stands Unprotected Bowmen - Light Infantry - Sudanese Bowmen</span></li>
</ul>
<li><span style="color: blue;">6 Stands Abid al-shira | Protected Spearmen - Sudanese Spearmen</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: blue;">3 Stands Unprotected Bowmen - Light Infantry - Sudanese Bowmen</span></li>
</ul>
<li><span style="color: red;">6 Stands Armenia Archers </span></li>
<ul>
</ul>
<li><span style="color: red;">6 Stands Sariraya | Protected Defensive Spearmen - </span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: red;">3 Stands Unprotected Bowmen - Light Infantry</span></li>
</ul>
<li><span style="color: red;">6 Stands Unprotected Bowmen - Sudenese Bowmen</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">4 Stands Unprotected Light Cavalry - Bedouin </span></li>
</ul>
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<ul>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-40609206769344053842019-01-03T10:34:00.001-06:002019-01-03T10:34:06.081-06:00A few Clan War Figures recently Painted Up<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isha - Naga Hunter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oni no Sanru</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kyoso no Oni</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naga Shugenja</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naga Warlord</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Troll</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Demon Bride of Fu Leng and Yogo Junzo</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-41630612751165519462019-01-01T22:11:00.002-06:002019-01-02T00:18:38.342-06:001813 Austrian II Corps - Leipzig<h3 style="background-color: white;">
Austrian II Corps</h3>
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17 battalions, 10 squadrons and 7 batteries</div>
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Merveldt, GK Maximilian-Friedrich, [Reichsgraf] Freiherr von</div>
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<b>Light Division</b><br />
Lederer, FML Ignatz</div>
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Brigade Sorenberg, GM<br />
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Grenz Infantry <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Gradiskaner</span>: 1 battalion (8 Stands)<br />
Hussar Regiment Freiherr von Kienmayer Nr. 8: 6 squadrons (6 Stands)<br />
Dragoon Regiment Erzherzog Johann-Baptist Nr. 1: 4 squadrons (6 Stands)<br />
1 Battery: 8 guns <span style="color: red;">(2 Stands)</span></blockquote>
Brigade Longueville, GM<br />
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Infantry Regiment Freiherr von Strauch Nr. 24: 2 battalions (2 x 6 Stands)<br />
Infantry Regiment Graf Bellegarde Nr. 44: 2 battalions <span style="color: red;">(2 x 8 Stands)</span><br />
1 Foot Battery: 8 guns <span style="color: red;">(2 Stands)</span></blockquote>
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<b>Line Division</b>Liechtenstein, FML Alois, Prinz zu</div>
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Brigade Ensbruck, GM<br />
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Infantry Regiment Graf Kaunitz-Rietberg Nr. 20: 3 battalions (2 x 8 Stands and 1 x 6 Stands Landwehr)<br />
Infantry Regiment Wenzel, Graf Colloredo-Waldsee Nr. 56: 3 battalions (3 x 8 Stands)<br />
6-pdr Foot Battery: 8 guns (2 Stands)</blockquote>
Brigade Mecsery, GM Johann-Karl, Freiherr von<br />
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Infantry Regiment Freiherr von Vogelsang Nr. 47: 3 battalions (2 x 8 Stands and 1 x 6 Stands Landwehr)<br />
Infantry Regiment Heinrich XIII, Prinz zu Reuss-Greitz Nr. 18: 3 battalions (2 x 8 Stands and 1 x 6 Stands Landwehr)<br />
1 Foot Battery: 8 guns (2 Stands)</blockquote>
II Corps Reserve Artillery<br />
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1 – 12pdr Foot Battery: 6 guns (2 Stands)<br />
2 – 6pdr Foot Batteries: 12 guns (2 x 2 Stands)</blockquote>
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Source <a href="https://www.napoleon-series.org/military/battles/1813/CentralGermany/leipzig/c_leipzigoob1.html" target="_blank">Napoleon Series</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-80749516847607788272019-01-01T11:32:00.000-06:002019-01-01T11:32:20.066-06:00Battle of Lindenau - AARAt the <a href="http://centurionswargaming.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Centurions</a> extra Saturday event at the <a href="http://sourcecomicsandgames.com/" target="_blank">Source Comics and Games</a> I ran a 25mm Napoleonic Game using <i>Rank and File:Horse and Musket Rules 1740-1900</i>. It has been a while since the 25mm Napoleonic Collection was out of the box and on a tabletop so the extra session was an opportunity to do something different.<br />
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As a group we have long discussed tactical rules for the Napoleonic period, heck I have a box with 56 different rule sets in it as we have hunted for something. Nothing has really caught on. We looked at <i>Rank and File</i> for an American Civil War project in the early 2000's, but <i>Regimental Fire and Fury</i> has become the defacto set of rules for that period. I have written my own set of rules for the Napoleonic Period; however they are too much in depth for a club game. That lead to the decision to give Rank and File a try.<br />
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The scenario was loosely based around the Austrian III Corps attempt to lure the French into battle near Lindenau on the west bank of the Elster River near Leipzig Bavaria.<br />
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<b><u>Austrian Order of Battle</u></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austrian Third Brigade Marching on.</td></tr>
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<i>First Division</i><br />
First Brigade<br />
Grenzer - 24 Figures<br />
Jagers - 20 Figures<br />
Light Artillery<br />
Second Brigade<br />
Landwher - 20 Figures<br />
Landwher - 20 Figures<br />
Light Artillery<br />
<i>Second Division</i><br />
Third Brigade<br />
Line - 32 Figures<br />
Line - 32 Figures<br />
Line - 32 Figures<br />
Line - 32 Figures<br />
Medium Battery<br />
Heavy Battery<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian First Division</td></tr>
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<b><u>Russian Order of Battle</u></b><br />
<i>First Division</i><br />
Line - 16 Figures<br />
Line - 16 Figures<br />
Line - 16 Figures<br />
Line - 16 Figures<br />
Medium Battery<br />
<i>Second Division</i><br />
Line - 16 Figures<br />
Line - 16 Figures<br />
Line - 16 Figures<br />
Line - 16 Figures<br />
Heavy Battery<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French First Brigade</td></tr>
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<u><b>French Order of Battle</b></u><br />
<i>First Division</i><br />
First Brigade<br />
First Regiment<br />
Line - 24 Figures<br />
Line - 24 Figures<br />
Second Regiment<br />
Line - 24 Figures<br />
Line - 24 Figures <br />
Medium Battery<br />
Second Brigade<br />
Fourth Regiment<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French Defensive Position near Lindenau</td></tr>
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Line - 24 Figures<br />
Line - 24 Figures<br />
Fifth Regiment<br />
Line - 24 Figures<br />
Line - 24 Figures <br />
Medium Battery<br />
<i>Second Division</i><br />
First Brigade<br />
Legere - 24 Figures<br />
Line - 24 Figures<br />
Second Brigade<br />
Light Cavalry - 8 figures<br />
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Cavalry Brigade<br />
Heavy Cavalry - 12 Figures<br />
Heavy Cavalry - 12 Figures<br />
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The game opened with the Austrian and Russian forces marching on from three designated points. The Russians from the north road, the main Austrian Force in the center and the Lighter Austrians in the south road. </div>
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The French broke up their batteries prior to thee game and then attempted to form a grand battery to control the center of the table. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noel, Fitz and Steve</td></tr>
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The Russians made a conscious effort to avoid the center of the table and hug the left edge. A battalion of French attempted to take a fence line to have cover against the fire.</div>
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The Austrians began the slow plodding march from the west end of the board towards the center. Did I say slow plodding march, okay just wanted to make sure everyone was aware how slow they moved. </div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Note: I explained Marching (Double movement) a couple of times to the players and emphasized it to the Austrian Players however I didn't force it upon them.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austrian Light Brigade moving through the woods</td></tr>
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The artillery duel began in the center as the French grand battery attempted to break up the Russian Attack.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French First Brigade deployed</td></tr>
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The Russians pushed on the Northern Flank and by turn two had pushed back the French advance elements out of the fenced area.</div>
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For the next several turns the Russians and the French on the North flank traded fire and the Austrians slowly plodded along in the center.</div>
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The Russian heavy battery deployed and began trading fire with the French grand battery.</div>
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The French in a gambit through out a Light Cavalry Regiment in an attack against the Russian flank. The Russians formed square and French whithered under the fire before bouncing.</div>
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The advance elements of the Austrians finally engaged the French as the main body of Austrians pushed up the center.</div>
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At this point the battle was done, but we played another two turns. The Austrian main body made contact, unscathed, with the French elements outside of Lindenau. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russians preparing to Deploy the Heavy Battery on a Hill</td></tr>
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THOUGHTS ON THE GAME<br />
The scenario was conceived for a tabletop that was 10' x 6', we tried to squeeze it on a 10' x 4' table and it didn't work.<br />
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The French took some liberties with the organization of their command and paid for it as the game wore on.<br />
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The French reinforcements, another Brigade of French Line, never made it to the tabletop. They never were in position to need it until it was too late. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The main body of Austrians</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Russian Medium battery blowing a Battalion of French <br />
from the fence</td></tr>
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The French were static and thought defending the wall the best option. <br />
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The Austrians plodded along. I felt bad they didn't move faster but I was not going to force them to double move. <br />
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The Russians were Battalions of 4 stands, were they fragile. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austrian Lights deployed and moving against the French</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Center of the Battle, the Russians are on the left</td></tr>
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My son has taken an interest in doing some historical gaming, no that is not a tear I have bad allergies. He also decided he should paint up a few figures as well. </div>
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With my collection of French and Indian War and Seven Years' War figures he wants to paint up something as well. In discussion I directed him, and his interest in the Caribbean, to the War of Jenkin's Ear, 1739 to 1742, before it consumed into the wider War of Austrian Succession. </div>
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He has ideas of epic proportions, no clue where that came from, when it comes to his project. He could paint thousands of figures... He has never painted a single figure in his life he has no idea what he is in for. After more discussion I focused him on the conflict between English Georgia and Spanish Florida and the various incursions between the two during the period. Oh and the figures are good up through the American War of Independence. So he should get some use out of the figures.</div>
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To begin with he will be working on two units for <i>Brother Against Brother</i> d6 variant we have been playing.</div>
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The first unit he is going to paint is 14 figures of the Spanish Marines Company which was stationed at Castillo de San Marcos, in Saint Augustine Florida. This is a Command Stand and two squads of Six Figures. </div>
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Once this unit is completed he will be moving onto a unit of 14 Mocama (Timucua Chiefdom) Native America Indians. The Mocama lived in the region near St. Augustine and generally were allied with the Spanish.</div>
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If he gets that complete he can move on to some Georgian and South Carolina forces. There are two Highland Units, some Rangers, a unit in typical British Uniform, and other options. It could be very interesting force indeed.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Croghan's Trading Post</td></tr>
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George Croghan, a British Colonial fur trader in the Ohio Valley, built a series of fortified trading posts throughout the Ohio Valley region. Many of these locations have become major metropolises in later years, including Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Sandusky. He built two additional trading posts one in Pickanwillany and the other is believed to be in Akron, Ohio. </div>
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The furthest fortified trading post was located in what is now Sandusky Ohio. In the late fall of 1748 a combine forced of French Colonial Marines and Canadian Militia out of Fort Detroit and Native Americans Indians from the Ottawa and Ojibwa tribes in Michigan and Lower Canada raided the Fort, killing all of the inhabitants and destroying the fort, The next spring when the agents from George Croghan arrived they found the burned out shell of the trading out post.</div>
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Using a modified version of <i>Brother vs. Brother</i> we loosely played out the raid as the first game in a French and Indian War Campaign.</div>
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<b><u>French Order of Battle</u></b><br />
* French Colonial Marines (6 Figures)<br />
* Canadian Militia (6 Figures)<br />
* Coureur de bois (6 Figures)<br />
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* Coureur de bois (6 Figures)<br />
* Coureur de bois (6 Figures)<br />
* Ojibwa Braves (6 Figures)<br />
* Ottawa Warriors (6 Figures)<br />
* Ottawa Braves (6 Figures)<br />
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<b><u>British Order of Battle</u></b><br />
* Local Militia (6 Figures)<br />
* Local Militia (6 Figures)<br />
* Settlers (6 Figures)<br />
* Settlers (6 Figures)<br />
* "Ohio Rangers" (6 Figures)<br />
* "Ohio Rangers" (6 Figures)<br />
* Miami Warriors (6 Figures)<br />
* Miami Warriors (6 Figures)<br />
* Miami Braves (6 Figures)<br />
* Miami Braves (6 Figures)<br />
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The British had one more command of two squads however their troops were of slightly less quality overall for the average unit.</div>
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The Ohio Rangers were tasked with escorting a Conestoga wagon from the Miami Indian Village on one end of the table to the Fort Sandoske on the other end of the table. The Settlers were tasked with defending their Farmstead and the local Milita (IE the Independent Company hired to protect the fort) had to protect the fort. The Indians allied with British were given the task to collect scalps from the French.</div>
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The French and their Indian Allies were tasked with attack and destroying the Miami Indian Village and the Settlers farmstead before turning their attention to the Fort.</div>
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<i>As a Scenario Designer I made the mistake of not being clear enough with the British Players telling them the first Indian group was to protect the Village and collect their scalps there. Both commands of Miami Indians were a couple of turns away from their village.</i></div>
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In the first turn two squads of French Coureur de Bois sprung from the edge of the board to attack the Miami Village loosely protected by the "Ohio Rangers". Two squads of Miami Indians moved quickly back in support of the "Ohio Rangers". The first round of fire was bloody for both sides.</div>
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The French Colonial Marines and the Canadian Militia attempted to move against the rear of the farmstead while the Ojibwa and a squad of Coureur de Bois came from front side and the Ottawa the other. The settlers quickly moved to defend a fence line and a long drawn out fire fight erupted between the them and the first squad of Ottawa Indians while the second squad of Ottawa moved to take the flaking position.</div>
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As the Ottawa engaged the settlers two squads of Miami Indians erupted out the cornfield and began the slow process of turning the flank of the Ottawa Indians. The deliberate firefight lasted forever.</div>
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After watching the Coureur de Bois charge the "Ohio Rangers" near the Miami village the two squads of Miami Indians prepared to charge into battle. A funny thing happened and the first unit of Miami Indians retired to a more defensible position behind a ridge line. The Coureur de Bois "routed" the "Ohio Rangers" leaving the fully loaded conestoga wagon sitting idly nearby.</div>
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Near the farmstead the Coureur de Bois launch a charge into what they expected to be an unprotected of the settles to discover a squad of Miami Indians standing there ready to take the charge.</div>
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The center turned into a brawl as six seperate squads attempted to enforce their will. Slowly the Miami Indians asserted themselves and pushed first the Coureur de Bois than the Ottawa Indians back.</div>
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Almost undetected the Ojibwa Indians made it to the Miami village and fired the first long-house before moving on to the second long-house.</div>
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The Ojibwa and the remainder of the Colonial Marines and Candian Militia made a desperate attempt to destroy the farmstead. The were repulsed by the local militia from the Fort and Miami Indians. A squad of local militia made it all the way to the Miami Village to recover the Conestoga Wagon and begin escorting it back to the fort.</div>
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A few more pictures from the game. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Ojibwa fire the first of the Miami long-houses</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Scrum in the Center after it was over.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Miami Indians look for another raider.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fur traders gather the Conestoga Wagon from the Miami Village.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Ojibwa fire the second Long-house</td></tr>
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<h3>
Lessons Learned</h3>
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This was our first <i>Brother against Brother</i> game in quite some time. We had tried about five other skirmish games including <i>Songs of Drums and Tomahawks</i>, <i>Smooth and Rifled</i>, and <i>Muskets and Tomahawks</i> since our last game and it was near universal acclaim that <i>Brother against Brother </i>was the best game. The reasoning that several players voiced was the simplicity of the system allowed players to make reasonable choices and their choices had meaning. </div>
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We had two extremes when it came to resolving fire. On the western edge of the board, the Ohio Rangers engaged some Coureur de Bois in a firefight. It was short and brutal, 9 casualties between the four squads in one round. Mathmatically that should have resulted in only 6 casualties, so the dice were hot in that corner. In the middle near the farmstead the fire fight between the Settlers and the Ottawa Indians was a virtual snooze fest, 1 casualty in two turns of firing between the three squads involved. What was the difference, a wooden rail fence. Mathematically it turns out to be a drop in the probability of a successful hit by 11%, but still with 35/36 rounds fired it should have resulted in 6 casualties. Cold dice on the part of both players?</div>
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There was some discussion on adjusting the number of figures in each group, with groups having between 5 and 7 figures. Another suggestion was to not count the squad leader.</div>
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There are some pros and cons to those type of suggestions that will need to be further evaluated. </div>
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For a skirmish game, my trees need to be updated.</div>
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Finally it was an unanticipated result. I honestly didn't consider the British could win a dragged out game. It caught me off guard to say the least. I figured they could win quick or the French in a slog. So I was like this is wow. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-28958822852866387202018-07-19T11:44:00.000-05:002018-09-06T13:32:30.348-05:00Crusader - CensusA listing of figures owned and their painting status.<br />
<h3>
First Crusade - Bohemond of Taranto</h3>
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<ul>
<li>Tancred Hauptville</li>
<li>Richard of Salerno </li>
<li>6 Stands of Armored Knights</li>
<li>6 Stands of Armored Knights </li>
<li>8 Stands of Protected Spearmen</li>
<li>8 Stands of Protected Spearmen (3 stands unpainted)</li>
<li>6 Stands of Unprotected Crossbowmen</li>
<li>6 Stands of Protected Crossbowmen</li>
<li>8 Stands of Pilgrims (unpainted)</li>
</ul>
<h3>
Third Crusade - Principality of Antioch</h3>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>6 Stands of Armored Knights - Livery of Antioch</li>
<li>4 Stands of Armored Knights - Livery of Sanone (Unpainted)</li>
<li>6 Stands of Armored Military Order Knights - Knights Templar</li>
<li>6 Stands of Armored Military Order Spearmen - Knights Templar (unpainted)</li>
<li>6 Stands of Protected Military Order Crossbowmen - Knights Templar (unpainted)</li>
<li>6 Stands of Protected Spearmen - Livery of Antioch (unpainted)</li>
</ul>
<div>
<h3>
First Crusade - Fatimid Caliphate - Al-Afdal Shahansha</h3>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>6 Stands Unprotected Spearmen - Sudanese Spearmen</li>
<ul>
<li>3 Stands Unprotected Bowmen - Light Infantry - Sudanese Bowmen</li>
</ul>
<li>6 Stands Unprotected Bowmen - Sudenese Bowmen</li>
<li>5 Stands Unprotected Light Cavalry - Bedouin </li>
</ul>
<div>
<h3>
Third Crusade - Artuquids of Allepo - Ilghazi of Mardin</h3>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>5 Stands Armored Cavalry - Syrian Lancers</li>
<li>5 Stands Armored Cavalry - Syrian Lancers</li>
<li>6 Stands Protected Light Cavalry - Turcoman</li>
<li>4 Stands Protected Light Cavalry - Turcoman</li>
<li>4 Stands Protected Light Cavalry - Turcoman</li>
<li>6 Stands Unprotected Spearmen - Ahdath Militia</li>
<ul>
<li>3 Stands Unprotected Bowmen - Ahdath Militia</li>
</ul>
</ul>
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<div>
Figures Needed</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>4 Stands Ghilman (Mamluk) - Armored Cavalry - Artuquids of Allepo </li>
<li>6 Stands Armenian Archers - Unprotected Bowmen - Fatimid Caliphate</li>
</ul>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-57009308366465744362018-02-01T12:36:00.003-06:002018-02-01T12:36:38.758-06:00Census - Crusader States<h3>
25mm - Field of Glory - WRG 7 Standard Basing</h3>
<h3>
Saracen</h3>
<h4>
City State of Aleppo </h4>
<div>
Inspired Commander</div>
<div>
Troop Commander - Mounted</div>
<div>
Troop Commander - Foot</div>
<div>
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<div>
10 Ghilman (Heavy Cavalry)</div>
<div>
10 Syrian Lancers</div>
<div>
10 Syrian Lancers</div>
<div>
24 Militia Spearmen | 6 Militia Bowmen</div>
<div>
18 Militia Bowmen</div>
<div>
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<div>
Miscalleneous</div>
<div>
10 Bedouin Light Cavalry</div>
<div>
32 Slave Spearmen</div>
<h3>
Crusader</h3>
<h4>
Principality of Antioch </h4>
<div>
Inspired Commander</div>
<div>
Troop Commander</div>
<div>
Troop Comander</div>
<div>
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<div>
10 Mounted Knights - Antioch </div>
<div>
10 Mounted Knights</div>
<div>
10 Mounted Military Order Knights - Knights Templar</div>
<div>
10 Mounted Military Order Knights - Knights Hospitaller </div>
<div>
32 Protected Spearmen</div>
<div>
24 Armored Spearmen | 6 Crossbowmen</div>
<div>
18 Crossbowmen</div>
<div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>updated 2018 Jan 31</i></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-84934014307570126952018-02-01T12:24:00.002-06:002018-02-01T12:24:24.717-06:00What about your other projects?I can hear the question now what about your other projects?<br />
<br />
I am focusing on three projects to get them to a playable state. I have owned the figures for the Wars of the First Triumvirate since the release of <i>Warhammer Ancient Battles</i> in 1998, the majority of figures for the Crusades since 2000 and I have a massive collection of Colonial American Figures that just need to be properly organized.<br />
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Other projects will still get worked on, probably on somewhat of a regular basis, they just won't be a focus of what I am working on.<br />
<h2>
Projects</h2>
<h3>
Ancients</h3>
15mm - Field of Glory - Successor States Army<br />
25mm - Field of Glory - <a href="http://mnwargamer.blogspot.com/2018/02/census-wars-of-first-triumvirate.html" target="_blank">Wars of the First Triumvirate</a> - Julius Caesar<br />
25mm - Field of Glory - <a href="http://mnwargamer.blogspot.com/2018/02/census-wars-of-first-triumvirate.html" target="_blank">Wars of the First Triumvirate</a> - Pompey<br />
25mm - Field of Glory - <a href="http://mnwargamer.blogspot.com/2018/02/census-wars-of-first-triumvirate.html" target="_blank">Wars of the First Triumvirate</a> - Gaul<br />
25mm - To be determined - Fall of the West - Roman Army<br />
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Medievel<br />
25mm - Field of Glory - Crusader States - Aleppo<br />
25mm - Field of Glory - Crusader States - Antioch<br />
25mm - Field of Glory - Henry Tudor (War of the Roses)<br />
25mm - Killer Katanas - Samurai Army of Tokagawa Ieyasu<br />
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18th Century<br />
25mm - Rank and File - War of Spanish Succession - French<br />
15mm - Konieg Krieg - Seven Years' War - Swedish Army<br />
15mm - Konieg Krieg - Seven Years' War - Prussian Army <br />
15mm - Konieg Krieg - Seven Years' War - Mechlenburg<br />
25mm - Batailles de l'Ancien Régime - Seven Years' War - Swedish<br />
25mm - Batailles de l'Ancien Régime - Seven Years' War - Saxon in French Service<br />
25mm - Batailles de l'Ancien Régime - French and Indian War - British<br />
25mm - Batailles de l'Ancien Régime - French and Indian War - French<br />
25mm - Batailles de l'Ancien Régime - American War of Independence - British<br />
25mm - Batailles de l'Ancien Régime - American War of Independence - British Allied<br />
25mm - Batailles de l'Ancien Régime - American War of Independence - Continental<br />
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Napoloenic<br />
15mm - Regimental Fire and Fury - 1799 Russian Army - Suvorov in the Alps<br />
15mm - Napoleon's Battles - 1809 Austrian Army<br />
15mm - Regimental Napoleon's Battles - 1815 British Army<br />
15mm - Regimental Napoleon's Battles - 1815 French Army<br />
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American Civil War<br />
25mm - Skirmish - 1861 Confederate<br />
25mm - Skirmish - 1861 Union<br />
15mm - Regimental Fire and Fury - Peninsula Campaign - Confederate<br />
15mm - Regimental Fire and Fury - Peninsula Campaign - Union<br />
25mm - Rank and File | Fire and Fury - Gettysburg Campaign - Confederate<br />
25mm - Rank and File | Fire and Fury - Gettysburg Campaign - Union<br />
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19th Century<br />
15mm - Fire and Fury - Franco Prussian - 1871 French<br />
15mm - Fire and Fury - Franco Prussian - 1871 Prussian<br />
25mm - To Be Determined - Scramble for Africa - French<br />
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World War II<br />
15mm - Spearhead- North Africa<br />
15mm - Spearhead - Sicily Campaign<br />
15mm - Spearhead - Northwest Europe (Operation Market Garden)<br />
15mm - Spearhead - Russian Front (Kursk)<br />
15mm - WWII Battlefront - Pacific Island Campaigns - Japanese<br />
15mm - WWII Battlefront - Pacific Island Campaigns - US Marine<br />
1/2400 - Seakreig - Pacific Campaign - American<br />
1/2400 - Seakreig - Pacific Campaign - Japanese<br />
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Modern<br />
Microarmor - Modern Spearhead - Red Storm Rising (1988) - FrenchUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-45573556158540857692018-02-01T11:34:00.000-06:002018-02-01T12:37:08.925-06:00Census - Wars of the First Triumvirate All Figures in 25mm based using Wargames Research Group standards and organized for Fields of Glory.<br />
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<h3>
Julius Caesar</h3>
<h4>
Late Republican Roman</h4>
<br />
1 Field Commander<br />
2 Troop Commanders<br />
<br />
24 Roman Legion - Red Legion<br />
16 Roman Legion - Blue Legion<br />
16 Roman Legion - Light Green Legion<br />
16 Roman Legion - Orange Legion<br />
10 Medium Cavalry<br />
4 Ballista<br />
2 Onagers<br />
2 Elephants<br />
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<h3>
Pompey</h3>
<h4>
Late Republican Roman</h4>
16 Roman Legions - Red Trim<br />
16 Roman Legions - Blue Trim<br />
16 Roman Legions - Orange Trim<br />
<br />
<h3>
Gaul</h3>
<h4>
Post 49 BCE</h4>
1 Inspired Commander<br />
2 Troop Commanders<br />
<br />
10 Heavy Cavalry<br />
32 Heavy Foot<br />
24 Medium Foot<br />
24 Medium Foot<br />
24 Medium Foot<br />
12 Javelin<br />
12 Slingers<br />
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3 Chariots<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>updated 2018 Jan 31</i></span><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-2471469476118869402018-01-30T15:26:00.000-06:002018-01-30T15:26:00.485-06:00Why Ohio? Prelude to the French and Indian WarAuthor's Note: This is the first in a series of posts that I plan on making taking an in-depth look at the Economic, Political, Religious, and Social factors that lead up to the start of the French and Indian War in North America. <br />
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<b><u>Conflict in the
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In the Ohio valley, the Ohio Hopewellian Native American
society and culture was phased out over a period of several centuries as the
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Native American society took hold around 1,000 CE. Growing maize and living in semi-permanent
villages the Fort Ancient Native American society flourished until the mid to
late 17<sup>th</sup> Century. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Further to the east the Monongahela Native American<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/6bc1f9c139e4d9ec/French%20and%20Indian%20War%20Campaign.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
society took root in the late 11th century in what is modern Western
Pennsylvania. An agrarian society based
around Maize the Monongahela culture they built smaller, less organized, temporary
villages and built less permanent structures than their western neighbors. Not as numerous as the Fort Ancient Native
Americans the Monongahela Society thrived until the late 17<sup>th</sup> and
early 18<sup>th</sup> centuries.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Scholars believe both the Fort Ancient and the
Monongahela societies were decimated by waves of infectious diseases brought by
European Settlers and Traders. The
first noted decline for the Fort Ancient society begins in roughly 1625 CE,
most likely through their contact and trade with the Mississippian Hopewell
Native Americans who were trading with both French and Spanish traders alike. The more isolated Monongahela culture did
not start seeing declines until the turn of the 18<sup>th</sup> century after
the arrival of European Traders from Canada and New England.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The agrarian methods of both tribes of clearing fields
and moving villages and clearing more fields created large swaths of unused pristine
farmland in the Ohio Valley. This was
noted by the European traders and explores began mapping the Ohio Valley in the
1730’s and 1740’s.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>The Changing
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With pressure from European Settlers along the Saint
Lawrence Seaway and in New England a few Eastern Woodland Tribes began
migrating west into the Western Pennsylvania and the Ohio Valley. The Wyandots, Erie, Seneca and Delaware
tribes are examples of the tribes or offshoot of tribes that migrated into the
region. The decimated tribes in the
region began to coalesce into new tribes.
The Miami and Shawnee tribes are two such tribes that formed during this
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In comparison to other localized regions in North America
even with the formation of new tribes and the migrations into the Ohio Valley the
region was vastly under populated.
Pristine farmlands, large swaths of untamed wilderness could easily have
supported four or five times the population of the Native American Tribes that
were living in the Ohio Valley and Western Pennsylvania in the mid-18<sup>th</sup>
Century.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Trading
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In the Ohio Valley, the Native American Indian tribes of
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and the smaller satellite tribes under their protection changed their preference
from supporting and trading with the French to the English over the course of
the several years in the mid 1740’s. In
theory, the Haudenosaunee<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/6bc1f9c139e4d9ec/French%20and%20Indian%20War%20Campaign.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
were neutral coalition of tribes. Prior
to this period of transition, the western Haudenosaunee tribes including the
Seneca and Onondagas, the smaller satellite tribes of the Mingos and Wyandots, along
with independent tribes of the Shawnee and Miami had favored trade with the
French through a series of agreements dating back nearly fifty years. <o:p></o:p></div>
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French participation in the War of Austrian Succession, including
King George’s War (1740-1748) in North America had depleted France’s ability to
provide the necessary trade goods to the Native American Indian Tribes in the
Ohio Valley. This failure can be linked
to the lack of the essential Infrastructure, traders, and manufacturing in New
France (Canada and Louisiana) as well as the supply of finished goods from
Metropolitan France. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The void in the trade between the French and Native North
America tribes provided an opening for the British Colonies, specifically Pennsylvania
and Virginia, to expand their trade with the Native Indian Tribes. Enterprising men like George Croghan and
Peter Tustee became accredited and licensed traders by 1747 with large trading
networks in the Ohio Valley. After beginning
their careers as agents for Edward Shippen’s company out of Philadelphia these
men forged successful trading corporations within the Ohio Valley in the late
1740’s.<o:p></o:p></div>
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George Croghan’s company built six fortified trading
posts in the Ohio Valley in the later stages of the 1740’s. Built along the Miami, Monongahela,
Sandusky, Ohio, Walsh and Cuyahoga rivers these fortified trading posts
represented the largest threat and continued disruption of French Claims in the
Ohio Valley.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>European Policy<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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The push for trade with the Native American tribes in the
Ohio Valley was one small piece of the Mercantilism economic policies of both
Britain and France. The Mercantilism
economic policies placed in ever increasing value upon the Ohio Valley for very
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Mercantilism was a regulated economic system that
promoted the accumulation of monetary reserves by the central government by partnering
with corporations to limit trade and manufacturing in the colonial areas of the
respective empires. Mercantilism goes
beyond taxation and tariffs but makes the Crown a majority partner in many or
most corporations involved in trade throughout the Colonies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mercantilism has many tenants, for the American Colonies
of Britain and France two of the more important tenants include agrarian
centric society and self-sufficiency. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The congregation of potential workers in urban centers
drives down the cost of employment under the auspices of supply and demand of
the work force. In this scenario when
the potential work force is larger than the required or needed positions than
employee salaries decrease. These lower
salaries lead to companies lowering the cost of their finish products. Under Mercantilism, this phenomenon is
addressed two-fold. In the American
Colonies both Britain and France put into place strict manufacturing laws
limiting the ability of the Colonies from manufacturing the finish product as
well as agrarian centric policies that place a premium on numerous smaller
villages and towns over larger urban centers.
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The Governments of England and France expected that their
colonies in North America would be self-sufficient. Under this view the individual colonies
would be required to provide enough food, clothing and shelter to keep the
colonists feed, clothed and housed which are the basic tenants or foundation of
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Higher
levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy would be provided central governments and
corporations in metropolitan Europe. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>The Ohio
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The population of the British Colonies in New England
exploded from 100,000 in 1700 to 300,000 in 1750. This population growth swelled the
populations of the Urban Centers in New England. The stress on the agrarian centric policies
in this colonial world forced the frontier of the Atlantic Coast Colonies
further inland. These policies of
expansion conflicted with the Native American Indian Tribes view of property. In 1744 the Treaty of Lancaster was signed
between the Haudenosaunee and the Colonies of Virginia and Maryland paving the
way for settlement Shenandoah Valley in exchange for protecting the hunting
grounds in the Ohio Valley.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Between 1744 and 1750 the population of New England alone
increased by 50,000 with much of that growth centered on the Region between
Boston, New York and Philadelphia. To
the Governors of Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts Bay it was not about
relocating the new settlers somewhere else in the American Colonies but
somewhere else in their colony.
Massachusetts Bay pushed north into their claims in Maine and Acadia,
New York up the Hudson Valley and Pennsylvania west across the Appalachian
Mountains into the Ohio Valley.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 1749 the Ohio Company of Virginia was granted a land
claim of 200,000 acres of land between the Ohio, Kanawha and the Monongahela
Rivers southwest of modern-day Pittsburg.
This land grant was contingent on the Ohio Company settling 100 Families
in the land grant over the next seven years.
An additional 300,000 acres would be granted upon successful completion
of the first grant. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Ohio Company of Virginia hired Thomas Cresap, a
successful frontier trader to identify locations for settlement. Under his supervision forts were constructed
at Willis Creek (Cumberland Maryland) and Redstone (Brownsville Pennsylvania)
in 1750. Later that year the Ohio
Company of Virginia also hired Christopher Gist, another successful frontier
tradesman to select additional locations.
Christopher Gist would become more widely known as the guide who
accompanied George Washington in 1753. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Loyal Company of Virginia was another land
speculation company also seeking a Land Grant from the Crown in 1749. The company’s expedition in 1750 established
a claim in what is modern Kentucky I Barbourville. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Construction of settlements west of the Allegany
Mountains, specifically at Redstone put the Ohio Company of Virginia in
“violation” of the Lancaster Treaty of 1744.
Tensions between the Native America tribes and the settlers were
extremely high at the time. The
Shawnee Indian Tribe most notably changed it preference back to France as it
sought French aid in driving out the English settlers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>The Breadbasket
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The rugged terrain and climate of Eastern Canada did not
make for easy farming in the early eighteenth century. In this wooded and rocky terrain, it took a
team of four able bodied men one year to clear an acre of land for
farming. This difficultly of clearing
and preparing farmland made the entire process of raising enough food for even
the minimal population of French Settlements in Canada problematic. A single bad year of crops could devastate
the population.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the mid to late 1740’s the Colonial Government of New
France and that of France concluded that methods of preparing land in Canada
for farming would never meet the demands of the growing population. A new location for growing crops, primarily
wheat, would need to be found. By
1747 the Colonial Government in Canada and Imperial Government in Paris had
settled on Pays des Illinois or Upper Louisiana. It was estimated that four able bodied men
would be able to clear four to six acres of usable farmland per year in Pays de
Illinois. The commandant of Fort De
Chartes, Major Jean-Gaspard de Bertet de la Clue, nominally the Military
Governor of Pays des Illinois was ordered to pursue agricultural interests
rather than mining interests that had been central to settlement of Pays des
Illinois<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/6bc1f9c139e4d9ec/French%20and%20Indian%20War%20Campaign.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[i]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>.
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The challenge in 1747 would be moving the grains from
Pays de Illinois to Montreal or other locations in Canada. Much to the irritation of the Government
of Canada it was determined in Metropolitan France the easiest solution was an
“over land” transit of the farm goods from Fort de Chartes to the Shores of
Lake Erie near modern day Buffalo, New York, through the Ohio Valley as opposed
to moving the product over land to Detroit than via ship to ports on the
eastern shores. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Governor of Canada in 1747, Roland-Michel Barrin de
La Galissonière, began the process of planning the route through the Ohio
Valley. As part of the preparations de
La Galissonière ordered Captain Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville to strengthen
France’s claim to the Ohio Valley with a military expedition. The ‘Lead Plate’ Expedition left Montreal
in June 1749 traveling through the Ohio Valley for five months before returning
to Montreal. <o:p></o:p></div>
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During the period of time between 1749 and 1751 the
Governor of Canada, Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, chose the
terminus of Ohio Valley route in modern-day Erie Pennsylvania. The route into the central Ohio Valley from
Erie would coincide with the Venango Path used by the Native American
Indians. Plans were put into place to
begin construction of a series of French Forts from Erie to Pittsburg along the
Venango Trail and down the Ohio River to its conjunction with the Mississippi. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN">Fort Sandoské<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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The exact date of the attack of Fort Sandoske’<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/6bc1f9c139e4d9ec/French%20and%20Indian%20War%20Campaign.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> is not known.
At some point between the Autumn of 1749 and the Spring of 1750 French
Forces including soldiers from the Compagnies Franches de la Marine stationed
in Detroit along with Canadian Militia and Native America Indians from modern
day Michigan attacked and destroyed George Croghan’s trading forton Lake
Erie. The destroyed trading post was
rebuilt by the French Forces and officially named <span lang="EN">Fort Sandoské.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">The attack
marked the beginning of low intensity conflict between the two empires in the
Ohio Valley which escalates into the series of international wars generally
referred to as the Seven Years’ War. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN">Father le Loutre’s War<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN">In Acadia and
Nova Scotia another low intensity conflict was occurring between Britain and
France in 1749. The French Jesuit
Missionary Father le Loutre lead a guerilla war against the British forces in
the region. The French Forces included
Acadian Militia, Mi’Kmaq Indians and a Few French soldiers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Monongahela society is named for archeological sites initially found along
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The Haudenosaunee were known to the English world as the Iroquois
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and New England, particularly the Mohawk, unlike the western tribes, had fought
alongside of the English forces against France in New England and Acadia and
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There is not consensus on the name of George Croghan’s Trading Post it is
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-246785771414077182018-01-30T15:23:00.000-06:002018-01-30T15:23:16.044-06:00Focus of Projects for 2018As January comes to a close, holy cow we are already a month into 2018, it is time to look at the projects I will be working on for the rest of the year.<br />
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Wars of the First Triumvirate</h3>
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The First Triumvirate was composed of Julius Caesar, Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great) and Marcus Licinius Crassus. When Crassus died after the battle of Carrhae civil war broke out between Caesar and Pompey for control of Rome. In 49 the senate, backing Pompey, ordered Caesar to disband his army and give up his province of Gaul. Instead of giving up, Caesar crossed the Rubicon river setting off a civil war. After a five year struggle accross many battlefields, Caesar defeated his enemies and was sole ruler of Rome.<br />
https://ehistory.osu.edu/topics/first-triumvirate-wars</div>
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The Crusader States in the Era of the Third Crusade</h3>
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After the failure of the Second Crusade Zengid dynasty controlled a unified Syria and engaged in a conflict with the Fatimid rulers of Egypt. The Egyptian and Syrian forces were ultimately unified under Saladin, who employed them to reduce the Christian states and recapture Jerusalem in 1187. Spurred by religious zeal, King Henry II of England, King Philip II of France (known as Philip Augustus) ended their conflict with each other to lead a new crusade. The death of Henry in 1189, however, meant the English contingent came under the command of his successor, King Richard I of England (known as Richard the Lionheart, in French;<i>Cœur de Lion</i>). The elderly German Emperor Frederick Barbarossa also responded to the call to arms, leading a massive army across, but he drowned in a river in Asia Minor on 10 June 1190 before reaching the Holy Land. His death caused tremendous grief among the German Crusaders, and most of his troops returned home.</div>
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After the Crusaders had driven the Muslims from Acre, Philip in company with Frederick's successor, Leopold V, Duke of Austria (known as Leopold the Virtuous), left the Holy Land in August 1191. On 2 September 1192, Richard and Saladin finalized a treaty granting Muslim control over Jerusalem but allowing unarmed Christian pilgrims and merchants to visit the city. Richard departed the Holy Land on 9 October. The successes of the Third Crusade allowed the Crusaders to maintain considerable states in Cyprus and on the Syrian coast. However, the failure to recapture Jerusalem would lead to the Fourth Crusade. </div>
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Crusade</div>
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Colonial Conflict in the Ohio Valley - 1750</h3>
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Although struggles for supremacy had been going on for many decades between France and England in the New World, hostilities intensified in the early 1750’s as both English and French settlers had attempted to colonize land in the Ohio River Valley, near present day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The English settlers, who had moved northwest from Virginia, and French settlers, who had moved east from the Great Lakes, or south from Canada, each thought they owned the rights to the land. </div>
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In 1754, English forces under George Washington had begun their march to Fort Duquesne for the purposes of ousting the French from the region by force. On the way, they encountered a French scouting party near present-day Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Washington’s men massacred the party in what came to be known as The Battle of Jumonville Glen. Washington soon took camp at Great Meadows, a large natural clearing, and ordered the construction of Fort Necessity in anticipation of a French response. The French did respond, as 600 soldiers forced Washington to surrender the fort. The French and Indian War had begun.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-5862160065484221282017-11-07T10:31:00.002-06:002017-11-07T10:42:38.608-06:00Where or Where (and when) to start a campaign.<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battle of Signal Hill - September 15, 1762<br />Last Engagement in North America of the Seven Years' War</td></tr>
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Over the years our little
gaming group has talked intermittently on running a campaign for our miniature gaming. These discussions spring up in part because
of the older members fond memories of old campaigns run years (decades) ago and
new members who have never really been a part of a campaign. </div>
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<span style="background: white;">Due to the availability of
figures and my personal interest I am seriously considering running a campaign
based on the French and Indian War in North America. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">The biggest principal of
the campaign is to create realistic scenarios for our games which effect the
course of the war. In looking at
possible solutions for this I have chosen a Tree Campaign system in which each
game has 5 potential outcomes which in turn dictates the scenario for the next
game in the campaign. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">The Result of Each Game
can be French major victory – French minor victory – Draw – British minor victory
– British major victory. These “results”
are regardless of the forces involved, a battle between the Mingo and Chippewa
would still be either French or British victory or a Draw.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Further breaking down the
results each of the Six major blocks are effected by the outcome. Britain, British Colonies, British Native
American Allies, France, French Colonies, French Native American Allies. AN example is a Victory by one side might
strengthen the resolve of the Native American Allies and thus in the next game
more Native American Allies are provided.
Or a defeat results in the loss of resolve and enough losses and the
Native American Allies are lessened in an upcoming game.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Certain events also have
outcome changing dynamics. The first
time a Provincial Forces is defeated in a battle the British Army will send to
North America. An example of this is
battle of Great Meadows (Fort Necessity); the colonial government in Virginia
thought this was no big deal, the British Government sent Braddock on an
Expedition to Fort Duquesne. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Where would you start such
a campaign? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<ul>
<li>French destruction of
George Croghan’s trading post in modern day Erie PN, 1750</li>
<li>French Raid on Pickawillany,
1752</li>
<li>Jumonville Glen 1754</li>
<li>Fort Necessity 1754</li>
<li>Braddock’s Expedition 1755</li>
<li>or some other point?<span style="background-color: white;"> </span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">There are pros and cons to
each of these potential starting points.
To me the answer resides in where does a result “change” history.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">I personally like the Raid
on Pickawillany as a good starting point, even though it kind of violates the tenant
of most results will not change the course of the war, unless I get a little “unrealistic”
in what scenario’s it generates. It was
debated if Major British Victory would result in an Expedition against Fort
Vincennes in Indiana. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">What do other people
think?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-19919644177671868982017-10-25T14:08:00.001-05:002017-10-25T14:48:39.205-05:00French and Indian War Map<style>.embed-container {position: relative; padding-bottom: 80%; height: 0; max-width: 100%;} .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container iframe{position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;} small{position: absolute; z-index: 40; bottom: 0; margin-bottom: -15px;}</style><div class="embed-container"><iframe width="500" height="400" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" title="French and Indian War" src="//umn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Embed/index.html?webmap=4532a8c3791642aaa46b2b1c381be32d&extent=-117.9791,24.2524,-53.0719,53.9078&zoom=true&previewImage=false&scale=true&legendlayers=true&disable_scroll=true&theme=light"></iframe></div>
Work in ProgressUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-73215084539769473312014-07-03T13:03:00.000-05:002014-07-03T13:03:16.065-05:00What's on my Painting TableOkay, It's summer and my son is at his mother's and it is time for me to get some serious painting done.<br />
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25mm Gauls<br />
I have owned these figures forever, okay since 1997/98, but that's 17 plus years ago. The figures were originally purchased to play test <em>Warhammer Ancient Battles</em> before its release in 1998. The figures for years were mounted on 25mm square bases (infantry), primed black and had a splash of color added to them.<br />
I pulled out the box and began organizing for <em>Field of Glory</em> - AKA Fog and slapping some paint on the figures.<br />
16 Figures (one battle group) Javelin<br />
16 Figures (one battle group) Slingers<br />
3 Stands (not quite one battle group) Chariots<br />
32 Figures (one battle group) Geseti Warriors<br />
48 Figures (two battle groups) Hill Tribe Warriors<br />
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I have unpainted<br />
16 Figures (one battle group) Slingers - Which I will paint up and sell<br />
10 Figures - Mounted Command <br />
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What I need<br />
12 Figures (one battle group) Gesetti Javelin<br />
48 Figures (one battle group) Gesseti Warriors<br />
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48 Figures (one battle group) Hill Tribe Soldurii<br />
48 Figures (two battle groups) Hill Tribe Warriors<br />
10 - 20 Figures Cavalry<br />
1 Stand Chariot<br />
1 Stand Chariot Command<br />
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I have enough figures painted that I could play a non-legal game but it could be fun.<br />
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25mm Caesarian Romans<br />
Again purchased in later parts of 1997 or early 1998 for 'WAB' I have decent number of figures painted up.<br />
64 Figures (four battle groups) Legionnaires<br />
10 Figures (one battle group) Heavy Cavalry<br />
4 Stands Bolt Shooters<br />
2 Stands (one battle group) Elephants<br />
2 Stands Stone Throwers (not legal)<br />
4 Stands Command<br />
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Unpainted<br />
64 Figures (four battle groups) Legionnaires<br />
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What I need<br />
Slingers/Archers<br />
Light Cavalry<br />
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Other Projects currently gracing my table<br />
15mm - 52nd Lowland Infantry Division - WWII - Roer Triangle<br />
Modern Micro Armor - French Armored Division - 1988<br />
25mm Seven Years War - Saxon Prinz Friedrich August Infantry<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274428956232829688.post-72437530999902862472014-06-15T20:12:00.001-05:002014-06-16T13:07:47.869-05:00French and Grenzer War - A New Beginning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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ReCon! was held at <a href="http://geekpartnership.org/" target="_blank">Geek Partnership Society</a> this past weekend and the War of the Jumbo Alliances got its name, <strong><em>The French and Grenzer War</em></strong>. Offered up by the <a href="http://www.warartisan.com/home" target="_blank">Jeff Knudsen</a> Earl of Garfield (at least that is his title in the War of the Jumbled Alliances), the name has taken hold and I assume will last. <br />
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This was the first ReCon! (roughly a quarterly gameday that has been on hiatus for the past year) at the Geek Partnership Society, for much of the past decade ReCon! has been held in Coon Rapids at the VFW hall. The Building had ample lighting and considering I brought in four tables it had enough tables for the people who attended. I am not going to beat around the bush when I say the rooms use provided enough space for the games that were played, but increasing the number of attendees is going to make the space tight.<br />
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After Action Report – French and Grenzer War</h2>
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ReCon! – June 14, 2014</h2>
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Forces</h3>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">French Left (Fort St. Jimmy)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">10 French Piquets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">12 Canadian Militia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">10 Ottawa Indians</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 6Lbs Canons</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">French Center</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">36 - Bearn Infantry Regiment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">36 – Languedoc Infantry Regiment</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">30 – Croat Grenzers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">36 - Colonial Compagnies Franches de la Marine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">24 - Colonial Compagnies Franches de la Marine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">16 – Canadian Militia</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">30 – Highland Infantry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">24 – Provincial Regiment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">10 – Gorham’s Rangers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">British Center</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">48 – Von Mansbach Infantry Regiment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">36 – Erb Prinz Fusilier Regiment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">12 – Hessian Jaegers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">British Center Left</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">24 – Colonial Militia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">16 – Mohawk Indians</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">British Left</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">36 – Dunbar’s 48<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Infantry Regiment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">24 – Amherst’s 15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Infantry Regiment</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">British Far Left</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">24 – Colonial Militia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">10 – Hazen’s Rangers</span><br />
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Orders</h3>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">French Left – Hold Fort St. Jimmy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">French Center – Drive the Hessians from the Field</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">French Right – Take the Blockhouse</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">British Right – Take Fort St. Jimmy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">British Center – Hold against the French Center and
assist in taking Fort St. Jimmy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">British Center Left – Hold Farmstead</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">British Left – Drive the French from the Field</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">British Far Left – Hold the Block House</span><br />
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The Action</h3>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">British Right moved against Fort St. Jimmy, quickly
driving off the Ottawa Indian Allies, had some minor difficulty getting through
the Chevel-De-Frise but by late in the game made it to the wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Rangers finally cleared a section of the
wall and storm the fort at the end of the game.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq56/the_goldy_gopher/2014%20Jun%2014/DSC01073_zpsfef5441e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq56/the_goldy_gopher/2014%20Jun%2014/DSC01073_zpsfef5441e.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hessian Brigade moves on the French Center.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">British Center moved directly against the French Center
which moved forward to meet them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was quick and bloody as the French Center pummeled the Erb Prinz Regiment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Von Mansbach attempted to setup a defense
against onslaught of the French Center and was defeated two turns before the
Rangers stormed the fort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The French
Center was unable to move British Right fast enough to save Ft. St. Jimmy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Colonial Militia held the farmstead, as no one cared
they were there.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq56/the_goldy_gopher/2014%20Jun%2014/DSC01078_zps34cc0b4f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq56/the_goldy_gopher/2014%20Jun%2014/DSC01078_zps34cc0b4f.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karlstädter-Szluiner Grenzer</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On the French Right one composite battalion of Colonial
Compagnies Franches de la Marine moved against the block house with Canadian
Militia Support, while the second composite battalion of Colonial Compagnies
Franches de la Marine held the link between the forests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Zolton’s Grenzers (named after the
famous Grenzer Zolton who held an Austrian village by his lonesome for a turn
and half against insurmountable odds) moved through the woods and fired on the
Dunbar Infantry Regiment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After most of
the day the French and British forces were exhausted and for all practical
purposes routed from the board simultaneously, leaving the Amherst’s 15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
Infantry Regiment on the field alone.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq56/the_goldy_gopher/2014%20Jun%2014/DSC01079_zps9a7bbfc9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq56/the_goldy_gopher/2014%20Jun%2014/DSC01079_zps9a7bbfc9.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strategic Redeployment of the Erb Prinz Regiment to the Rear!</td></tr>
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View from above</h3>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The game was laid out for 8 players, with an option to expand to 10 players; however only 6 players
participated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While everyone had fun
and was challenged by the scenario it would have been nice to have a couple
more players.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Units are for the most part full strength, or fairly close. The game is getting to
the point of needing setup tables which I think will be a requirement upon completing the last view under-strengthed
units.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq56/the_goldy_gopher/2014%20Jun%2014/DSC01081_zps31e8031e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq56/the_goldy_gopher/2014%20Jun%2014/DSC01081_zps31e8031e.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Erb Prinz Fusiliers in full retreat</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong>Batailles de l'Ancien Régime</strong> aka BAR one of the unique aspects is awarding battle honors to units that performed beyond the level of expectation on the Table Top. On this day n</span>o unit earned a Battle Honor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Provincial Regiment held strong but could
not take Fort St. Jimmy was the closest unit to earn a Battle Honor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On the other end of the spectrum the Erb Prinz Fusilier Regiment unit is halfway to receiving a
downgrade however.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was a hard fought game, a minor British Victory that
was extremely costly as 2/3 of the Regulars were pushed from the table or
removed as casualties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British Forces storm Fort St. Jimmy</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rules Questions</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Can a unit move full and Shoot?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What’s the penalty for crossing a Chevel-de-Frise?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Who can fight and how can they fight in a wall assault</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rules we got wrong</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fire Modifier for shooting at Chargers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Who and when can a light unit shoot.</span><br />
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