tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45341668323318879692024-03-14T06:06:29.931-07:00The Principality of Fleisch-SpätzlestadtThis is the ongoing story of an 18th century Imagi-Nation. The drums beat a resounding cry to battle as the Principality of Fleisch-Spätzlestadt marches off to war.. Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-83571635244475675012014-06-23T13:55:00.000-07:002014-06-23T19:01:00.660-07:001756 Invasion of Candy Land<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Frederick the Great, with designs on starting a war
with Austria on his own terms, deigned to invade one of Maria Theresa’s allied
minor states. While his planning had initially been for a campaign to take
Saxony, a sweeter target emerged in the form of Candy Land as his first target.</span></div>
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in 3 columns as they invaded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
forces would converge where Candy Land Straße begins and would march on its
capital, Candy Castle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Prussian
Vanguard had two small brigades. The first was grenadiers and jägers with some
artillery. The second was a small cuirassier brigade. The main body of the Prussian army
was 2 brigades of infantry along with the bulk of the artillery and siege guns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The third force was all cavalry comprised
of a brigade each of dragoons and cuirassiers to screen the flank of the advancing
army and converge on the castle with the rest of the army. The remainder of Frederick’s army gathered near the border with Saxony
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This battle was fought </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">using Black
Powder rules o</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">n a 5x24 table at “The
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<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3 Heavy Guns</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">4
Medium Gun</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Brigade
</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Musketeers & Fusiliers (4 units)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Battalion Gun</span></li>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Brigade</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dragoons (4 units)</span></li>
</ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Brigade</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cuirassiers (3 units)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now,
the Austrians and Saxons were not standing idly by as Frederick put his
invasion plans in motion. When the word came out that Candy Land was being set
upon, Maria Theresa sent available forces and even the Saxons marched to the
help of their neighbor. Candy Land itself had a very small military, with only
one regiment of grenadier guard and a very small artillery park. Trained were
several battalions of gingerbread troops who had never tasted battle. The rest
of the citizenry of the land could be mobilized, but was generally under
equipped and not wholly suited to the task.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Army
of Candy Land</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Brigade</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kandie
Guard </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">KG howitzer battalion gun</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gingerbread
Sepoys (2 units)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Partisan
Rabble (4 Tiny Units)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Austrian
Medium Guns (2, in redoubts)</span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Saxony
Relief Force</span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Brigade</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Grenadiers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Musketeers
(2 units)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fusiliers
(2 units)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Battalion
gun</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1<sup>st</sup>
Austrian Relief Force</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Brigade</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Grenadiers (2 units)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pioneers (Tiny Unit)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Austrian Feld Jägers <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(small unit)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Frei-Korps (small unit)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Medium Guns (2, in
redoubts)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Brigade</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Musketeers
(4 units)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Battalion
Gun</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Brigade</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hungarian
Musketeers (2 units)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Grenz
(2 units)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Battalion
Gun</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2<sup>nd</sup>
Austrian Relief Force</span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Brigade</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dragoons (3 Units)</span></li>
</ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Brigade</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cuirassiers (5 units)</span></li>
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<u><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Setup Pictures and Battle Synopsis</span></b></u><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c53/Goldwyrm/SYW/CL%20Game/IMG_0169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c53/Goldwyrm/SYW/CL%20Game/IMG_0169.jpg" height="400" width="353" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Hungarian and Grenz Infantry march from their camp.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c53/Goldwyrm/SYW/CL%20Game/IMG_0171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c53/Goldwyrm/SYW/CL%20Game/IMG_0171.jpg" height="400" width="346" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Austrian line forms as the Prussian Vanguard comes into view.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c53/Goldwyrm/SYW/CL%20Game/IMG_0173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c53/Goldwyrm/SYW/CL%20Game/IMG_0173.jpg" height="355" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
center of the Austrian battle line. Here, grenadiers hold a village and the
Austrian command surveys the unfolding battle from a low rise.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c53/Goldwyrm/SYW/CL%20Game/IMG_0177.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c53/Goldwyrm/SYW/CL%20Game/IMG_0177.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
right flank of the Austrian 1<sup>st</sup> Relief Force.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c53/Goldwyrm/SYW/CL%20Game/IMG_0178.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c53/Goldwyrm/SYW/CL%20Game/IMG_0178.jpg" height="400" width="371" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To
right of the Austrian infantry force, the Saxons would be deploying along the
final road approach to the castle.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Elements
of the Candy Land newly formed 1<sup>st</sup> Army of Molasses out in front of
the castle.</span><br />
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view of the table from the Gum Drop Mountains and Candy Cane Forest side.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pre-game
view of the table from the Molasses Swamp </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and Candy Castle table end.</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Prussians are dealt cards from the classic board game that can act
as command modifiers for brigades on the properly colored road tiles, to allow extra movement, or for
other special game effects if the command roll failed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Allies and Candylanders used the cards the same way. In addition, the cards could be used to place the local rabble bases, and also the pink card with the gingerbread man allowed a unit of gingerbread men to crumble away and reappear somewhere else on the table at any pink road tile. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Prussians
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">B</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">y drawing an orange card on turn 1</span>, the Prussians are able to bypass much of the road with the main body of the army. This will greatly
speed their march to the castle with the artillery train that will follow the
brigade beginning to enter play in the picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On the right, the Prussian
Cuirassiers launched an attack across the field at the Austrian line
already engaged by the Grenadiers. Two of the four cuirassier units remained after the ill-fated attack on the formed Austrian line. Broken, the cavalry brigade is
attacked by the Grenzers and would shortly retire from the battle altogether.
The beleaguered grenadiers suffered from some loss of cohesion in mounting
their own attack and find themselves outnumbered 4 to 1 in this sector of the
battle. </span><br />
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successfully so they play no further part in threatening the Prussian main
attack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
the center, the infantry brigade in advance of the army’s artillery train finds
itself distracted early on by some Austrian Frei-Korps in the Lollipop Woods.
This force however was too small to threaten the Prussian deployment occurring to
launch an attack toward the gun redoubts next to the village. In the foreground
the limbered artillery train makes its way towards the Candy Castle. </span></div>
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the end of the game, the Prussian infantry brigade was attacking the gun
redoubts next to the village.</span></div>
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the Kandie Guard and the Gingerbread Sepoys had their share of fighting. </span></div>
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one of the Gingerbread units tries to get its crumby mitts on the Prussians. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were repulsed, but this did help slow up
the attack in the center a bit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> The
2<sup>nd</sup> Prussian infantry brigade had some earlier command failures, but
was pushing hard at the thin Saxon line in the center. The area currently
occupied by the advancing Prussians in the picture would be where the artillery
train would emerge and unlimber to have guns within range of the castle walls. </span></div>
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the extreme left of the Prussian advance, a massive cavalry battle was fought
from the 2<sup>nd</sup> turn until the end nearly the end of the game. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> The
initial phase of this struggle had the brigade of Prussian Cuirassiers fighting
the brigades of Austrian Dragoons and soon the Austrian Cuirassiers. The
Prussian Dragoons contributed later, but were also thrown at the Candy Land
forces where they were repulsed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cavalry
on both sides of the melee had units shaken and exhausted, but both sides<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>were rolling well on their break tests. Eventually
the Austrian Dragoon Brigade would break, and the Austrian Cuirassiers were
left mostly intact with 4 fresh units. They were however outnumbered 2 to 1 by
the mostly spent but recoverable Prussian Cuirassiers and Dragoons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two brigade commanders were present and
Frederick himself was approaching to begin the cavalry rally and renewed
attack.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Outcome</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Prussians had deployed their
artillery train, with most of the heavy guns in range of the castle walls.
These were in no danger of being overrun, and would be a big contributor to
degrading the Saxon line for the Prussian infantry attack that was lined up. The
cavalry on this side would likely be reconstituted by the commanders such that
they would stop the Austrian Cuirassiers and possibly be available then to
support the rest of the castle assault. The Prussians did lose the smallest
brigade of cuirassiers and was on its way to lose the small brigade of
grenadiers as well. However, the allies had lost a Dragoon brigade, would
likely lose the Candy Land brigade, the Saxons, and Cuirassiers, along with the
castle beginning to come under artillery fire. The bulk of the Austrian
infantry could effectively be held up long enough for what we determined would
be a Prussian victory based on position of the armies and their status. </span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My
Evaluation of the Scenario & Game</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I was a bit uncertain how such a
crazy Imagi-nation game might be received, but the players enjoyed it and I had
several bystanders offer their positive thoughts as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had used the cards from an old copy of the
actual kid’s board game of the same name, and that helped complete the
parody/homage to a fun game turned into a wargame. Players did enjoy the
tactical elements of the game as well. It was for all intents and purposes a
SYW game just in unusual terrain and with some difficult objectives for the
Prussians. I’m very glad the Prussians pulled the correct color to allow a
shorter travel distance for their artillery and some infantry. In hindsight the
odds would have been otherwise stacked against them on having to maneuver the
winding road nearly its distance if the Austrians gave even a modest defense of
the area. I was surprised by how long the cavalry battle went for.</span></div>
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<u><b> Inspiration and Background </b></u></div>
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In 1756 Frederick kicks off the Seven Years War in Europe by
invading Saxony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Historically the Saxon
army is isolated by the Prussians and surrounded in their camp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Austrian efforts to march to their aid are
thwarted. The battle of Lobositz is an Austrian defeat in this time. Empress
Maria Theresa orders General Browne to relieve the Saxons and he marches with
8,000 picked troops in a wide march around the Prussians. They intended to link
up with the Saxons; however nothing was going well for the Saxons and their
repeated river crossings or other troop movements were thwarted by the
Prussians. So, the Austrians march away and the Saxon army surrendered a few
days later.</div>
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With that in mind, I wanted to change history a bit. I’d
starting collecting the Eureka Seven Years War Saxons and was itching to use
them in a battle with my other troops. Here at Altendorf, I’ve contrived a way
to represent something in the spirit of what may have happened in October of
1756 if the Saxons had a bit more pluck, or the Prussians had a bit less luck.</div>
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The scenario that unfolds starts at the point where Browne
has reached Mittelndorf with his hand picked force. We are going to take some
liberties in the force compositions. How egregious these changes are to history
we will leave to our audience. For one, there were no Cuirassiers in Browne’s
force. Also, a few units that show up later in the war make an earlier
appearance. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having let the Austrians
have some Cuirassiers it would be unfair not to give their worthy opponents the
same. Also, the force mix of my Austrian-Saxon army having 1 more brigade of
infantry, I often give the Prussians an edge in cavalry to compensate and did
so here as well to make a more balanced convention game. When I do have a
better selection of painted troops at my disposal I will align the forces to be
more accurate. Historically, the Saxons had a poor showing and with all types
of calamity operationally surrendered leaving us no big Saxon/Prussian battle
to reflect on in a game. Here though I will allow for a little in excess of a
brigade of some Saxon infantry and guns to have made it through the Prussian
encirclement. I place these just outside of Altendorf, the next village over
from their Austrian friends. </div>
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What follows are the details of the game ran this past
Saturday at <a href="http://www.njcon.org/" target="_blank">NJCON</a>, a great 2 day convention in central NJ. This game had space
for 12, was played with 10 participants (5 per side), and wrapped in 4
hours. The rules were Black Powder with many of the Last Argument of Kings supplemental rules. Figures were mostly Minden, with Eureka, Sash&Saber, RSM, and a few Old Glory.</div>
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<u><b>Deployments </b></u></div>
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Each side was given briefings and allowed with limited
information of the enemy to deploy their forces with limitations. Here’s the
two maps provided to each side and the choices. It's important to note that this was a 4x16. Along the long edges it was essentially thick woods, gullies, and streams. Thus, what the armies were fighting in was a thin stretch of land like a valley. There's an impassable hill near the Saxon camp, and one of the Prussian lines of advance comes down a much larger hill with a gradual slope where the road comes in from Bad Schandau, but flanked on either sides by difficult woods on steeper sides.</div>
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Prussian Map </div>
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The Prussians would be marching on to the table from the Southwest. Here are
their deployment choices and selections.</div>
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</span></span></span>March Road 1 – Any Infantry or Cavalry Brigade,
no Heavy Guns. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Choice- Both Infantry brigades,
Dragoons)</div>
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no artillery, no battalion guns. One unit enters in any formation per turn.
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Furthermore, <u>After</u> they finalized their orders, I had
the Prussians roll for road quality, it being October and historically a bit of rain and
assumed mud. Road 1 was good allowing up to 3 moves on to the board, Road 2 was
very poor allowing only 1 move onto the board, and Road 3 was poor but allowed
2 moves on to the table. Once on the table, movement would be normal.</div>
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Austrian and Saxon Map </div>
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The Austrian and Saxon Players’ Briefing allowed for
deployment as follows and placement of the troops on the table.</div>
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</span></span></span>Deployment Area 2- any Saxons, any cavalry (Choice- the
Cuirassiers. They also made an error and placed the Austrian Grenadiers here,
so I sent them back to the Austrian HQ)</div>
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The far left of the Austrian deployment, going back
practically towards to Mittelndorf, begins to wheel brigades to join the
battle. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here the Dragoon Brigade
maneuvers around the Hungarian & Croat brigade which itself has turned. Not
shown is the small force of Grenadiers that was sluggish moving out of
Mittelndorf, and closer to the action the Austrian Line Brigade in the center
which also turns to face the Prussians entrance onto the field.</div>
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Bottom of Turn 2. The Austrian cuirassiers charge
in on the advancing Prussian cuirassiers who countercharge. The Prussians would have the
better of this, sending most of the Austrian horse back behind their second
line of squadrons. By turn 3 or 4, the Austrian cuirassier brigade finds itself
broken with one unit left of the five.</div>
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Flush with victory over the Austrian cuirassier brigade, the
bold Prussians move on the Saxon camp. This is now the 2<sup>nd</sup> brigade
as the 1<sup>st</sup> brigade is all sitting back in shaken status to rally. But
wait!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two battalion guns and unit of
fusiliers in good order block the way as this second phase of fighting in the
center begins. Closing fire stops the first charge. One unit of Prussian
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The Austrian Dragoons work their way in between the
two brigades of Austrian infantry to get to replace the Austrian cuirassiers
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in to eliminate this second unit and break the 2<sup>nd</sup> Prussian
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move forward to support the now depleted cuirassiers. Not seen here are the heavy guns that arrived slowly on the alternate road from Bad Schandau, and waited the entire game for 3 brigades to move past. (The guns were an extra force and not any player's sole command.)</div>
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When we stopped play, the Austrians had a broken cuirassier
brigade (at 20%), the Prussians had effectively two small cuirassier brigades broken
(1 at 50%, the other 100% shaken at the time). We judged this to be a draw,
perhaps the beginning of an Austrian-Saxon victory based on tactical momentum,
but still a strategic Prussian victory based on position of the armies. It
looked like even with the upper hand that the Allies would not push their way
through what was the mass of the Prussian infantry and heavy guns being brought
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<u><b>My Evaluation of the Scenario & Game</b></u></div>
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This was the first time this had been run. The players were
great. There were some surprises that the deployment options created,
but I think that manner of Fog of War is good to have once in a while. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the troops on the left flanks of each
side struggled to get into play before we finished. This was due in small part
from the overlap of only 2/3 of each army initially, the terrain and limited
frontages, but more so due to some truly dire command rolls on both sides for
those brigades. I will be running this again in the future, but I may change the
force mixes to reduce the cavalry as they became the focal point of this
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Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-19749234744514255192014-05-21T07:07:00.000-07:002014-05-21T07:07:05.797-07:002014 Year of the DragoonThere always seems to be more figures I'd like to paint than is humanly possible to complete. With my SYW and Imagi-nations project this is certainly true. What I've tried to do is strike some balance in playing games and the collecting/painting aspect. When I started this endeavor roughly 5 years ago I didn't know where it would take me and completion of large armies seemed very far off. I did begin with infantry, and then some artillery. Next came cuirassiers and more infantry. Then more infantry again. I'd even branched off to do some purely whimsical items such as the Candyland troops this year. But I've had a growing amount of unfinished cavalry growing in the background. <br />
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What cavalry? Well I took advantage of some sales from Sash & Saber some years back now and had some Prussian hussars put away. These were joined by some Minden hussars such that I have nine 12 figure squadrons primered and waiting. I even have some RSM Austrian hussars. I became interested in Eureka Saxons and picked up a number of that cavalry, including several squadrons in dismounted poses. I'd also purchased Minden dragoons for both Prussia and Austria during this time. More recently for SYW in India I have some Indus Miniatures figures and some additional on order.<br />
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But I digress from the point of this posting- Year of the Dragoon. My plan on completing (if that word can be used) Prussian and Austrian armies is to work from the heaviest cavalry down to light cavalry. With that goal and a decent number of cuirassier completed, I needed to move on to dragoons. I decided to start with the Mindens in my collection since they are a joy to paint and represent the lion's share of my SYW collection.<br />
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So far this year, I began with the Austrian dragoons, with my take on Liechtenstein, Hessen-Darmstadt, and Württemberg squadrons. I have less Austrian dragoons from Minden, as I plan to make up the different with the Saxon Chevauxleger from Eureka in some future painting. Most recently I've painted up Prussian Truchseß, Bayreuth, Langermann, Württemberg, and Oertzen squadrons. I will confess to painting based on uniform appeal, far more than any desire to recreate a specific theatre of the war. <br />
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All writing aside, I know most people come to blogs for the pictures. Here's the Austrians:<br />
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now, and my purposes in games, it matches up close enough with my new ground
cloth. That’s an olive colored 6 foot by 8.5 yard length of felt cloth shown
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On to the Prussians, who were finished up this week.<br />
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All banners for the dragoons were the DPC flags, as their RSM figures very closely match the size of Mindens, and they sold several units worth of flags on one page. That worked for me because at time of purchase I was still deciding what units to paint!! I may yet upgrade to some fancier flags (GMB or Flag Dude) in the future. <br />
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Here's all 8 units: <br />
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I'm gonna need a bigger battlefield! No, I don't game on that. It's just a mock up so I could see how these units would look on the base ground cloth. I think it's close enough.<br />
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Now while we're almost officially half done with 2014, I'm not finished with "Year of the Dragoon". I've got some dismounted RSM Prussian dragoons to paint up as stand ins for the mounted Mindens. I've also got all the Saxon Chevauxleger and other various Saxon cavalry.<br />
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It looks like 2015 will have to be "Year of the Hussar".<br />
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<br />Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-13527767191556320512014-03-29T17:17:00.001-07:002014-03-29T17:17:56.161-07:00This weekend's workThis being an unusually productive weekend for wargame painting, I thought I'd post pictures of several units being worked on for a special game in June.<br />
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See below two battalions of Gingerbread Sepoys, Gingerbread General von Crisp, and a battalion of the Kandie Guards led by Colonel Toffee on his white stallion Marshmallow.<br />
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The gingerbread men are from <a href="http://www.victoryforce.com/" target="_blank">Victory Force Miniatures</a> and the Guards are grenadiers from the SYW Follies range I picked up from <a href="http://eurekaminusa.com/" target="_blank">Eureka Miniatures USA</a> at the <a href="http://www.coldwars.org/" target="_blank">Cold Wars convention</a> earlier this month.<br />
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Here is a better picture of the Kandie Guards and the command stand of General von Crisp in front. I still have some additional work to do on the bases. <br />
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Colonel Toffee is a veteran of several wars, serving previously in the army of <span>Fleisch-Spätzlestadt. His sweet tooth brought him to Candyland, and he thought he had retired in place as commander of the garrison at </span><span><span>Candy Castle </span>. However, a recent incursion into Candyland has resulted in his assignment to the field once again. </span><br />
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These units will be a small brigade for use in a more whimsical game of Black Powder. I've determined stats for these units as shown in the chart below. <br />
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<br />Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-45110680665593137662012-10-18T20:55:00.001-07:002012-10-18T20:55:22.105-07:00October Black Powder Game- The Battle of Mucklerburg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two weeks ago there was the tumultuous throw of dice and shouting of orders as the Prussians and Austrians clashed in between the fictional towns of Schlopowicz and Mucklerburg. The Prussians were slightly outnumbered and given orders to basically hold the line<span style="font-size: small;"> between the towns</span>. The Austrians and Saxons were to drive North.<br />
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The game I was invited to run locally was a straight up affair of Black Powder using most of the suggested rules changes from the Last Argument of Kings supplement for the SYW. I nominated two army generals from the six players attending, and asked both sides to draw up a plan of battle given the forces at their disposal, a strategic goal, a rough map, and limited knowledge of the enemy. Units had flavor attributes, but we did not play with the commander attributes leaving that up to the personalities of our real players. :)<br />
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And here is the Prussian briefing:</div>
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Note that the Prussians are aware of a swampy area at the southern end of the River Schlop. Also communicated to the Prussians and not in the briefing is a small ford across from Schlopowicz. These details were to provide some fog of war and battlefield friction, but were mostly irrelevant as the Austrians chose to focus much of their effort at Mucklerburg. This was however a much more difficult task than they thought.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Austrian Order of Battle </b></span></div>
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Cavalry Brigade (Dragoon x2, Cuirassier x3, Field Gun x2)</div>
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Saxon Brigade (Musketeers/Fusiliers x4, Battalion Gun, Heavy Gun)</div>
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Hungarian Brigade (Hungarians x2, Grenz x2, Battalion Gun)</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Prussian Order of Battle </span></b></div>
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The miniatures used were primarily <a href="http://mindenminis.blogspot.fr/" target="_blank">Mindens</a>, with one brigade of <a href="http://www.sashandsaber.com/catalogSYW.php4" target="_blank">Sash&Saber Prussians</a>, one brigade of<a href="http://www.eurekaminusa.com/catalog.aspx?c=28mmSYW%20Saxons%20by%20Alan%20Marsh&cid=381&pageIndex=0" target="_blank"> Eureka Saxons</a>, some <a href="http://www.dpcltdcom.org/rsm95_007.htm" target="_blank">RSM</a> gun crews and Austrian light troops, two<a href="http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/products.asp?cat=213" target="_blank"> Old Glory</a> units of Prussian Cuirassiers (the only SYW figures in my collection I did not paint), and some visiting troops lent by one of the players in the form of two of the Austrian gun crews and the two Dragoon units (not sure of maker on those.)</div>
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(These graphics were created by the <a href="http://www.battlechronicler.com/" target="_blank">Battle Chronicler</a> program after the fact and in my best attempt at recreating actual events as they unfolded that evening)</div>
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Here's a picture of the battle in its opening phasing. The table is 6 foot across and about 12 feet or so of width allowing for a nice frontage of 5 brigades per side. Most infantry units were 30 figures, with the cavalry units being 12 figure units.</div>
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The Austrian cavalry while on the table haven't actually arrived due to some order issues. For those familiar with Black Powder, one must order the brigade before rolling dice and in the zeal to get into the battle, our Austrian Cavalry Brigade commander must have left his riding boots in his tent!<br />
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In the above picture's foreground, one can also see the Prussians invested in 2 of the 3 town blocks and the Austrian Grenadiers on the left having emerged from the forest road in march column deploying to either side in a plan to attack the church. Unfortunately, the Austrian Jagers ended up disordered in front of the attack for the remainder of the battle and in such a position that the Grenadiers could not interpenetrate to attack without overlapping the units...We'll be revisiting that with some house rule that allows disordered skirmish formations to be bounced or withdrawn as an initiative move. The effect in this game of the blocking disordered unit was that the Grenadier's assault never went in at the Austrian planned main point of attack. The entire town would never be captured to allow follow up forces to march on the road north..<br />
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While a stalemate was happening on the eastern edge of the battle, the Austrian cavalry was finally making its presence known.<br />
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But let's not get ahead of ourselves. As this force was positioning to strike the weaker Prussian cavalry brigade the rest of the center was being lost!!!<br />
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Here's a few graphics of troop movements. <br />
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And here are some pictures of the troops on the table in the unfolding action. A critical decision that was to prove fatal was the Grenz unit going into skirmish formation. With the combined fire of two battalion guns it repulsed one battalion of Prussians...<br />
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But then the might of the Prussian cavalry came thundering in. No closing fire for skirmishers and they are unsupported on their flanks. They were ridden down. Curiously the two battalion guns won a draw against the Prussian infantry battalion which ended up being forced back soon after. <br />
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As events were starting to transpire, a unit of Austrian Dragoons threatens the smaller Prussian Cuirassier brigade as the Saxons move up in perfect formation. <br />
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However to the right of the Saxon brigade things are rapidly becoming undone. The break through move of the Prussian Cuirassier unit after destroying the skirmishing Grenz brings them right into the second line unit of Hungarians who also do not get closing fire due to the cavalry contacting them in the breakthrough. They soon follow the Croat skirmishers off the table and the cuirassiers turn to face the remainder of the Hungarian/Croat brigade.<br />
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And then it gets worse...as the rest of the cavalry brigade begins to exploit the gaping hole to run down the battalion guns on one side on the way to the Austrian brigade and threaten the Saxon brigade's interior flank on the other side.<br />
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With the rest of the Hungarians gone, and facing the rear of the Saxon Brigade, the Curiassier unit on the left of the picture (the first one into combat) is well on its way to being praised by Frederick himself. The field is most certainly held by the Prussians at this point, or at the very least the Austrian attack is so blunted that they would not be able to continue their march north. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Afterthoughts</u></span><br />
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The group playing is a well established experienced group of wargamers<u>,</u> but who were new to Black Powder. Tough lessons learned by the Austrians were the consequences of going into skirmish order opposing cavalry, and not getting the Austrian cavalry on the table due to rolling command initiative prior to stating orders. But the die rolling was hot on the Prussian side of Mucklerburg anyway. The Prussians tied up their best foot and guns on the far side of the
river not knowing where the Austrians would focus, but in the end they wouldn't be needed to hold onto the
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In terms of general game play, conforming the long linear units seemed to have some plausibility sacrificed in terms of playability and one rule, like the case of the disordered jagers being unable to extricate themselves, affected the outcome directly. As the GM, I made a mistake in allowing an extra Prussian unit to fire down the road in between townblocks, which in hindsight is something I would not do in future games.<br />
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Hope you've enjoyed this battle report. I turn my sights now to painting up more Austrian and Prussian Cavalry. I also plan to run this game again before the end of the year at one of the local hobby shops. <br />
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<br />Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-81446605924842977772012-03-14T11:12:00.000-07:002012-03-14T11:12:32.308-07:00Clash at Llamastadt and HobauOn a warm day in 1755, the Prussians (instigated through their alliance with Fleisch-Späzlestadt) invaded the gentle lands of Llamastadt once again. This time their attack would be directed at both Llamastadt and neighboring Hobau, along with a third objective the corral full of Llamastadt's fabled but mysterious black llamas.<br />
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Llamas? Yes, indeed. This particular breed of llama, prized for its thick dark wool, was originally smuggled into continental Europe and auctioned off by Spaniard explorers to the New World and bred by clergy outside of what would later become Llamastadt. The Swede, Carl Linnaeus, first attempted to document these magnificent beasts in his <i><span lang="la"><a href="http://wiki.ask.com/Systema_Naturae?qsrc=3044" title="Systema Naturae">Systema Naturae </a></span></i>. It was whispered in the streets (amongst various agitators against authority,) that Carl had received a visit from local constables who seized his original research. Perhaps he will be able to revisit his work on these animals to be published in a subsequent edition.<br />
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What follows is a battle report of a Black Powder game played on Saturday at the Cold Wars convention in Lancaster, PA this past weekend. Most of the rules suggestions from The Last Argument of Kings were in use.<br />
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<u><b>Background</b></u><br />
Scheduled initially as a "bring a brigade" battle amongst WD3 forum participants, an alignment of real life conflicts conspired to prevent several from making it to the convention. Two gentleman from WD3 were able to attend, and it was great meeting both Patrick, Peter, and Peter's wife as well as a pleasure to have them in the game. Eight players participated in all, including two folks from my local gaming group. I provided the majority of the figures and terrain, an exception being made with a large unit of Austrian infantry taking the field painted and played by one of my local gaming buddies. <br />
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The tabletop battlefield was 6x22 allowing quite a bit of room. Along the central axis of the long table, I had the two towns of Llamastadt and Hobau, along with the llama corral. With the exception of their advance force of Jägers, the Prussians entered on turn 1.<br />
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<u><b>Prussian Order of Battle</b></u><br />
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Prussian Right Flank Cavalry Brigade <br />
<ul><li>4 Cuirassier Units</li>
<li>2 small Jäger Units (started advanced into woods)</li>
<li> 1 Field Gun</li>
</ul>Infantry Brigade <br />
<ul><li>5 Musketeer Units </li>
<li>2 Battalion Guns</li>
<li>1 Field Gun</li>
</ul>Infantry Brigade <ul><li>1 Musketeer Unit</li>
<li>2 Fusilier Units</li>
<li>2 Grenadier Units </li>
<li>1 Battalion Gun</li>
<li>1 Field Gun</li>
</ul>Prussian Left Flank Cavalry Brigade <ul><li>3 Cuirassier Units</li>
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Cavalry Brigade (Austrian Left Flank)<br />
<ul><li>3 Austrian Cuirassier Units</li>
<li>Saxon Grenadier Unit</li>
</ul>Saxon Brigade (South of the Llama pens) <ul><li>2 Musketeer Units</li>
<li>2 Fusilier Units</li>
<li>1 Field Gun (in a redoubt) </li>
<li>1 Battalion Gun</li>
</ul>Austrian Infantry Brigade (South, between Llamastadt and Hobau)<br />
<ul><li>4 Musketeer Units</li>
<li>1 Large Musketeer Unit (in a redoubt) </li>
<li>2 Battalion Guns</li>
<li>1 Field Gun (in a redoubt) </li>
</ul>Anglo Infantry Brigade (Austrian Right Flank - deployed South of Hobau)<br />
<ul><li>1 Musketeer Unit</li>
<li>1 Light Infantry Unit</li>
<li>1 Small Light Infantry Unit </li>
<li>1 Battalion Gun</li>
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The Austrians had set up with their infantry anchored on the rivers on the far side of the towns from the Prussian attack and with the Austrian cavalry in reserve. The Prussians came on slowly due to some unfortunate command rolls. The smaller of the cavalry wings however quickly engaged the small Anglo force guarding a ford South of Hobau. The Anglo Light troops rushed into the town and as the Prussian Cuirassier units crashed into the line and gun defending the ford, these light troops poured a murderous enfilade fire into the Prussian ranks.<br />
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On the Prussian right, the larger cavalry formation initially floundered with two blunder rolls in the early turns. The infantry East of Llamastadt was broken up in its advance by disordering effects of the Austrian field batteries. The Prussians own guns advanced limbered ahead of some of the infantry battalions due to this disorder. One unit occupied Llamastadt unopposed. <br />
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The Prussian infantry brigade with the grenadiers advanced cautiously, but in good order on the other side of Llamastadt, with the river on their left flank. On the other side, the Prussian Cuirassiers had almost won the ford, but the Austrians brought up a fresh unit to reinforce their Anglo allies. Inevitably the volume of fire and shaken status of the cuirassiers led to the small brigade being broken by the 4th or 5th turn.<br />
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In the center, the Jägers and half of the infantry brigade advanced to exchange volleys with the firm Austrian and Saxon line. <br />
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<u><b>End-Game </b></u><br />
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The Prussian left had advanced in good order and this had caused the Allies the most concern. <br />
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However the left flank cavalry brigade had been broken by this time, allowing the Allies the option to reinforce or even flank the Prussian advance with the Anglo light troops. On the other side, the larger Prussian Cuirassier brigade had charged into a narrow frontage and been repulsed by a volley from the Saxon grenadiers. The neighboring Prussian infantry lost a few units in the center to the massed fire of the Austrians and Saxons. Having played 8 turns, it was clear that the Prussians would have to retire from the field having lost a brigade and 5 units, especially with the Austrian line still intact in a strong position. Llamastadt would be liberated, and the llama grounds would be safe. <br />
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"Until next time!", the Prussians yelled, twirling their mustaches as they headed home.Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-8186394150812520602012-02-02T20:31:00.000-08:002012-02-02T20:31:38.537-08:00Assault on Llamastadt<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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Encouraged by various intrigues, the mighty Prussia was convinced to ally itself with the Principality of Fleisch-Späzlestadt and launched an attack on the town of Llamastadt. Austrians and Saxons position themselves to defend against the aggressor. What follows is our first foray into playing a 28mm SYW themed imagi-nation game with the Black Powder rules. <br />
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<u><b>Background</b></u><br />
This was a half size play test of a larger game planned for Cold Wars this coming March. That's a bring a brigade affair, but there will be additional forces available for those pre-registered. If you're reading this and interested, navigate over to the <a href="http://www.coldwars.org/2012PDF/Cold%20Wars%202012%20PEL%20listing.pdf">Cold Wars PEL</a> and you'll see the event listed as S-103 "The Clash at Llamastadt and Hobau 1755". There is more in depth discussion on the planning of the game on the <a href="http://wdlovesme.19.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=9546">WD3 Wargames Forum</a> where the idea was first germinated, and indeed the final product will be the work of several of the WD3 forum members.<br />
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<u><b>The Rules</b></u><br />
One of the local groups I have the pleasure of gaming with has greatly enjoyed Hail Caesar and was very interested in trying Black Powder. In writing up the scenario or them, I also wanted to incorporate much of the rules suggestions in the Black Powder supplement, Last Argument of Kings. In this battle the following was added: artillery move restrictions, single move limit when shooting, Prussian forming on line on head of column vs. others, infantry vs. cavalry rules, no assault columns, and capture the colours. For army stats, the national charts in LAoK was used. What I did for optional unit abilities was allow the brigade commanders to select a unit and roll for them 3+, 4+, 5+ and 6+ for successive unit attributes. Any failure and that brigade was done rolling. I allowed platoon fire as an option and as it was being rolled for, only a few battalions had this upgrade. <br />
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<u><b>Prussian Order of Battle</b></u><br />
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Cavalry Brigade (Orders to enter from Northeast Llamastadt road turn 1)<ul><li>5 Cuirassier Units</li>
</ul>Infantry Brigade (Orders to enter from North center turn 1)<ul><li>2 Grenadier Units</li>
<li>2 small Jäger Units</li>
<li>Battalion Gun</li>
<li>2 Field Guns</li>
</ul>Infantry Brigade (Orders to enter from North center left turn 2)<ul><li>4 Musketeer Units</li>
<li>1 Battalion Gun</li>
<li>1 Field Gun</li>
</ul>Infantry Brigade (Orders to enter from North far left opposite Llamastadt turn 2)<ul><li>2 Musketeer Units</li>
<li>2 Fusilier Units</li>
<li>Battalion Gun</li>
</ul><u><b>Austrian Order of Battle</b></u><br />
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Cavalry Brigade (Orders to enter from Southwest turn 3)<br />
<ul><li>3 Cuirassier Units</li>
<li>1 Dragoon Unit</li>
</ul>Infantry Brigade (deployed center left)<br />
<ul><li>3 Musketeer Units</li>
<li>1 Grenadier Unit</li>
<li>1 Battalion Gun</li>
<li>1 Field Gun</li>
</ul>Infantry Brigade (deployed within and west of Llamastadt)<br />
<ul><li>4 Musketeer Units</li>
<li>1 Battalion Gun</li>
<li>2 Field Guns</li>
</ul>Saxon Brigade (Orders to enter from South Llamastadt road turn 2)<br />
<ul><li>2 Musketeer Units</li>
<li>2 Fusilier Units</li>
<li>1 Grenadier Unit</li>
<li>1 Battalion Gun</li>
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Click on the map here to see the table layout and dispositions of deployed troops and entry points fro the various brigades from turns 1-3. This map and subsequent maps in this battle report were put together with a neat program called Battle Chronicler. Do check it out. http://battlechronicler.com<br />
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<u><b>Turn 1 </b></u><br />
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Here's some early pictures from the Prussian side.<br />
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We were all collectively novice to Black Powder, and had to unlearn some nuances of Hail Caesar a few times. Luckily the mistakes did not favor any one side too heavily... We'll be playing again in the near future, and with one game under our belts, I'm sure the next will be even more fun. <br />
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Thanks for reading!Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-87068997738554687312011-03-30T05:29:00.000-07:002011-03-30T06:30:20.770-07:00The Spring WorkbenchThere's always lots of stuff to paint for my projects. I'm sure I'm not alone in collecting miniatures faster than they can be prepared for battle. I thought I'd take a moment to share what's on my workbench at the moment. Now that Spring is here and my garage is warming up, I hope to spend a bit more time tinkering on the hobby and get re-energized and motivated to return to painting 60 figure mass units for Imagi-Nations and Seven Years War. <br /><br />Here's a picture of the SYW side of my workbench (one of two 8 foot tables in the center of my garage).<br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2yGzjbmjhfyzoFOp6z7UzuO-42AhDSorKgyKyzC-NP0X1lKT2-3gCBmlFJPnLgNpJ18f5b1uI48Gbd96_8J9yVz5hKeY11I002N3O27AyBTru0Ckh1O3ToxrX3DO6sQiGVQtkSskHuU/s1600/Spring2011_SYW+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2yGzjbmjhfyzoFOp6z7UzuO-42AhDSorKgyKyzC-NP0X1lKT2-3gCBmlFJPnLgNpJ18f5b1uI48Gbd96_8J9yVz5hKeY11I002N3O27AyBTru0Ckh1O3ToxrX3DO6sQiGVQtkSskHuU/s320/Spring2011_SYW+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589853071469075042" /></a><br /><br />At the bottom of this picture already primered to paint are four 60 figure infantry battalions of Sash&Saber 28mm Prussians (2 Musketeers, and 1 each of Grenadiers and Fusiliers) and several squadrons of 28mm Minden Prussian Hussars. The Mindens are priority and these Hussars will feel the sting of my paint brush ahead of all the other forces arrayed here. Their horses are not shown and have already been mounted to 1"x2" metal bases from Wargames Accessories, with some acrylic gel medium to transition the integral bases. In the middle of the picture above are two black boxes with additional Hussars from Sash&Saber. Just above are Saxons from Eureka and more Mindens. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAPjKO5ybORg0N1BhFnYhO8n_WEbXpccvoJj7TpClO0NJ8OKAL0Hbk-YdxPr_FEilN_2n6dqSMU_b1K7HsZfhHUZbUYwHEKI81UVt7HGWhOb9TbxlkivlEHq-3Tj_6QylBoPCMJBagQA/s1600/Spring2011_SYW+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAPjKO5ybORg0N1BhFnYhO8n_WEbXpccvoJj7TpClO0NJ8OKAL0Hbk-YdxPr_FEilN_2n6dqSMU_b1K7HsZfhHUZbUYwHEKI81UVt7HGWhOb9TbxlkivlEHq-3Tj_6QylBoPCMJBagQA/s320/Spring2011_SYW+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589854177071844610" /></a><br /><br />In the picture above is a recent order of Saxon Fusiliers I picked up from Rob of Eureka USA. I've attached each figure to a nail with hot glue for primering and subsequent painting. There are so many ways to prep models for painting, but at least for me this method seems to work well for such large units. I paint these perhaps one color or piece of kit at a time, holding them by the nail as I paint and simply cycle through all the models in a unit returning them to the foam holding tray.<br /><br />And below are some Saxon cavalry, also from Eureka. I've got a few 12 figure squadrons of Dragoons, one dismounted squadron, and a new squadron of Cuirassiers represented in this box. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEife_PXwX0Z1-KtO-NaB1ez64zdnLcXVF51WUZVr3nwCzdnraB7n3rqrKcISmFd18j_RomTfcTNhYikjo-2t4NN4Bfis7BHpEoxbe-xULY2txWbWKST33PeD1TDssolV3SA-1Kk3cmzz8Q/s1600/Spring2011_SYW+004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEife_PXwX0Z1-KtO-NaB1ez64zdnLcXVF51WUZVr3nwCzdnraB7n3rqrKcISmFd18j_RomTfcTNhYikjo-2t4NN4Bfis7BHpEoxbe-xULY2txWbWKST33PeD1TDssolV3SA-1Kk3cmzz8Q/s320/Spring2011_SYW+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589855964469926338" /></a><br /><br />And last, but certainly not least, more from Frank Hammond's <a href="http://mindenminis.blogspot.com/">Minden Miniatures</a> collection. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZXSUfcU6gwF3P6DF6yacS4ToQx6As2-vBHgMPi9f4jQ6Wq9166IzSSfOK7UTh-Bn6Lru32oQAWhVVOaVWJ3YUY7FRj0jyrwuJWTbwpe2bKtew9M1fLD7dqYb1mRRX5TtYS0mYmgHhuc/s1600/Spring2011_SYW+003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZXSUfcU6gwF3P6DF6yacS4ToQx6As2-vBHgMPi9f4jQ6Wq9166IzSSfOK7UTh-Bn6Lru32oQAWhVVOaVWJ3YUY7FRj0jyrwuJWTbwpe2bKtew9M1fLD7dqYb1mRRX5TtYS0mYmgHhuc/s320/Spring2011_SYW+003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589856439722182530" /></a><br /><br />The figures here are Austrian infantry and represent two 60 figure battalions, 2 gun crews, and 2 mounted colonels. These were prepped this past weekend by drilling out hands for the spontoon armed NCOs and standard bearers, and then mounting to nails. Once the Saxons are primered, I'll be switching foam blocks as these are not sealed. I haven't yet decided what color to use for primering these. I use black for the Prussian styled figures, and used gray for the first battalion of Saxons I've almost completed. I'm leaning towards gray again given the white uniforms I plan for the Austrian figures and the green uniforms I plan for the Saxon Fusiliers.<br /><br />Of course as I sit back and contemplate the tasks before me, I must also mention that the Post Office missed me yesterday and today I fully expect to be in receipt of another two 60 figure battalions plus worth of Minden figures. In this order, more ranks to swell the Austrian army in the form of Grenz and Hungarians. I've fallen quite behind in keeping up with all the items Frank is having commissioned. I still lack French, Hanoverians, British, and some of the cavalry for the Prussians and Austrians. I'd love to have to have a 60 figure unit of everything he's had produced, but we'll see if I have enough time to paint it all!! <br /><br />In terms of Imagi-Nations, what I typically do is purchase twice the needed standard bearers and also a few extra infantry for when I split up a 60 figure battalion into smaller units. The extra standard bearers are flagged with my Imagi-Nations flags. The finished Prussians become troops in the army of Fleisch-Spätzlestadt, and their Austrians and Saxon adversaries are destined to be in the Grand Duchy of Erdbeerefelder. I'm still considering what figures will represent the <a href="http://hefeweizenbach.blogspot.com/">Duchy of Hefeweizenbach</a>. It could be that I separate out the Sash&Saber figures from the Minden figures for that purpose, although the S&S range is incomplete and I'd have to still include figures from another range. I've got plenty of time to think about it, since I have so much else to do...Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-4872591892806169222011-03-16T13:34:00.000-07:002011-03-16T13:56:01.649-07:00How could I forget to post my Cuirassiers?I've been busy with so many projects, gaming, home, and work. Somehow, I'd posted pictures of my cuirassiers elsewhere, but neglected to add them here, in the very place where they will be serving. These figures are from the beautiful Minden figure range. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuzCUqdnoUjS_F7S16BMHO8a1JzI74dJuA0bRuKNUJd7RQvPyINEFtfSw8j192p-EKCx0PRLWJN0ZMqmVwsHE1B9ssE402Sik2lXyEaf_YWgDf0SbRVJVvECJBYLkviwmMYJmIhCwd2k/s1600/MindenPrussianCuirassiers+023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuzCUqdnoUjS_F7S16BMHO8a1JzI74dJuA0bRuKNUJd7RQvPyINEFtfSw8j192p-EKCx0PRLWJN0ZMqmVwsHE1B9ssE402Sik2lXyEaf_YWgDf0SbRVJVvECJBYLkviwmMYJmIhCwd2k/s320/MindenPrussianCuirassiers+023.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584781647326369010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0m4qaBR_PJ6ZakVZmxgNensj2_qkjdOcm5El2Qo1vIqyQsmiE1PZynhkfVv70loBz9M-t1omvxVlDJrXjrk5AkZgcBNlnTxD46DVw91tcAauUPBxmuOUt1_HXN3XerP2WMH4af3q7-8s/s1600/MindenPrussianCuirassiers+022.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0m4qaBR_PJ6ZakVZmxgNensj2_qkjdOcm5El2Qo1vIqyQsmiE1PZynhkfVv70loBz9M-t1omvxVlDJrXjrk5AkZgcBNlnTxD46DVw91tcAauUPBxmuOUt1_HXN3XerP2WMH4af3q7-8s/s320/MindenPrussianCuirassiers+022.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584781641892262402" /></a><br /><br />Together flagged as the 8th Cuirassier Regiment, the five 12 figure squadrons debuted last July in a game of OGABAS as 5 regiments. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZATIU5ssLCPTijacLgJPKQtv8_SrBYa2GGM_zhK0RcZvNUbcAGD8a_tmrDH7JkC0pJewaP7QLaaIAgxakN05ZR-JT8Qn-37IZlPAMy3zHC3m950ZP_K32QZHgywUMbRzVpSQHF05id3Q/s1600/TheWeekend2010+013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZATIU5ssLCPTijacLgJPKQtv8_SrBYa2GGM_zhK0RcZvNUbcAGD8a_tmrDH7JkC0pJewaP7QLaaIAgxakN05ZR-JT8Qn-37IZlPAMy3zHC3m950ZP_K32QZHgywUMbRzVpSQHF05id3Q/s320/TheWeekend2010+013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584782474192210946" /></a><br /><br />Next up on the workbench are some 100+ Hussars...Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-42881323457575959982010-03-31T18:16:00.000-07:002010-03-31T18:48:32.482-07:00A year's work.The army of Fleisch-Spätzlestadt has been growing slowly but steadily. Regiments Fleisch and Kohler from last season had spent the past year in quarters, joined by converged grenadier battalion Knochenhauer. <br /><br />Recent additions for the Spring muster are the Jäger Corps zu Minze, Fusilier regiment Halb-Durch, and Musketeer regiment Der Salz.<br /><br />Here they are marching across the barren lands of Tisch:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoq1p_ZGXK8gF5ikGDDTMvo4Fqyr9jnnmxsWfvldYdgdxHdS06rWa7vvnXn4ar04MZhkDI70RG9aj9fYD_S-1n1Ik-AMCSuGUycN3ff0d1UrXM8uu_CNNUvua9G9wtrJp1zlvIpcmD0XY/s1600/PrussiansMarch2010+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoq1p_ZGXK8gF5ikGDDTMvo4Fqyr9jnnmxsWfvldYdgdxHdS06rWa7vvnXn4ar04MZhkDI70RG9aj9fYD_S-1n1Ik-AMCSuGUycN3ff0d1UrXM8uu_CNNUvua9G9wtrJp1zlvIpcmD0XY/s320/PrussiansMarch2010+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454977867180398114" /></a><br /><br />Regiment Halb-Durch was painted up in the spirit of IR40 and Der Salz as IR3. Some basing work and flags for IR3 are still being worked. <br /><br />And where to from here? <br /><br />Prinz Kelson has challenged the great stables of Fleisch to furnish his army with the finest steeds. Look forward to some Cuirassier unit pictures in the coming weeks (self-edit:months).Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-78591515742483952012009-10-28T20:44:00.000-07:002009-10-29T04:06:21.154-07:00Grenadier Battalion Complete!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0CrSl9LgHOHNwPBq5J9ESADP-_0dhU1XxDw7sa_oMhTQDK-cIkhMKRpHfTcl0FJwKp4Q5EKUQK-mPzmRgURBWOQxeWMNkNwOMNCJTl6TAyJcmCMosNIYnHF8DE6nA1wDj1A5i2-h1JU/s1600-h/Grenadiers19_25+007.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0CrSl9LgHOHNwPBq5J9ESADP-_0dhU1XxDw7sa_oMhTQDK-cIkhMKRpHfTcl0FJwKp4Q5EKUQK-mPzmRgURBWOQxeWMNkNwOMNCJTl6TAyJcmCMosNIYnHF8DE6nA1wDj1A5i2-h1JU/s400/Grenadiers19_25+007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397975843555844402" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGQD_tjIqCEghmB6RCQmjPdr6PnqOJsQm3-bBonlV0lhOkLmdDJfMMM1Iy73GRTYn32AT-aV9iHmtTC19v0zP5G-SZcGul_vR8N9ludeQp44TJ__TAcS94RP1uBz7EE24mdHm7WQV9hI/s1600-h/Grenadiers19_25+002.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGQD_tjIqCEghmB6RCQmjPdr6PnqOJsQm3-bBonlV0lhOkLmdDJfMMM1Iy73GRTYn32AT-aV9iHmtTC19v0zP5G-SZcGul_vR8N9ludeQp44TJ__TAcS94RP1uBz7EE24mdHm7WQV9hI/s400/Grenadiers19_25+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397975843107675778" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Knochenhauer grenadier battalion has finally completed its march to join the Fleisch-Spätzlestadt army. This battalion is freshly outfitted for battle and is of course being assigned to the first line of the army in Metzler's Brigade. The Knochenhauer grenadiers cut an imposing image, but the expectations of the Prinz will be set high.Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-15374698702856721572009-10-09T19:35:00.000-07:002009-10-09T20:04:50.098-07:00A second big battalion completeThanks to those who commented on my first battalion. <br /><br />This past week another big battalion was mustered. Painted in the spirit of Prussian IR25 it will perform double duty as one of the first line regiments of Prinz Kelson von Tisch, and will be known as Regiment Kohler, currently commanded by colonel von Sink. Von Sink's career almost went down the drain due to gambling debt, but he's washed that from his past and is now in favor with the Prinz. When Fleisch-Spätzlestadt goes to war, von Sink and Regiment Kohler will be prepared.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiptz5g5gEQ9sb5LkvDTAYhC0INFQopwjgOwPzrc0VLZ818bIOoEM3AN6IcyMNUwwaLz9uibAbfkuPhOMwv6eoaIdnetX3AFv3WXjUQB1UjMxSvNQoE0wyMUKRu1CYOd8TzVSxlj22wg/s1600-h/MindenPrussians_October09+015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiptz5g5gEQ9sb5LkvDTAYhC0INFQopwjgOwPzrc0VLZ818bIOoEM3AN6IcyMNUwwaLz9uibAbfkuPhOMwv6eoaIdnetX3AFv3WXjUQB1UjMxSvNQoE0wyMUKRu1CYOd8TzVSxlj22wg/s400/MindenPrussians_October09+015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390798168967728770" /></a><br /><br />And here is Regiment Kohler behind Regiment Fleisch.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkskcjuCPc7ZJcDuUW6T1cpVbP3CzaaiBUMI5Z_kZpjuVQjwSLm59jtlt8d5AuuMETK-2f9Z-jpr6QbAmS_4zVF6zpGk8PPMYmOfqUJEVIimzww_tcPVpHV8elfOVBXur-NpxpJbIw1I/s1600-h/MindenPrussians_October09+014.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkskcjuCPc7ZJcDuUW6T1cpVbP3CzaaiBUMI5Z_kZpjuVQjwSLm59jtlt8d5AuuMETK-2f9Z-jpr6QbAmS_4zVF6zpGk8PPMYmOfqUJEVIimzww_tcPVpHV8elfOVBXur-NpxpJbIw1I/s400/MindenPrussians_October09+014.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390798178133794498" /></a><br /><br />And here Colonel von Sink and Colonel Brauthammer leaving the headquarters to rejoin their men after discussing exciting developments<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlpTvquoTriGke-ZK8HKga1YDU-D57hySwKDdyNX215n6O4vlS7VcZSOGOv1-jDKFEjzakarwT25aLMcGyMhU9OqRm8WPNQwXxm_W1TRAgtzcp1h-rLb9k4IeDGDTDdGs6XlM2OUP8kM/s1600-h/MindenPrussians_October09+018.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlpTvquoTriGke-ZK8HKga1YDU-D57hySwKDdyNX215n6O4vlS7VcZSOGOv1-jDKFEjzakarwT25aLMcGyMhU9OqRm8WPNQwXxm_W1TRAgtzcp1h-rLb9k4IeDGDTDdGs6XlM2OUP8kM/s400/MindenPrussians_October09+018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390801349483146450" /></a><br /><br />They've learned that Prinz Kelson will soon be issuing all his regiments with new flags to better display the glory of Fleisch-Spätzlestadt. It is anticipated that when the Knochenhauer Grenadiers arrive in the army camp in the coming weeks that they will also be in possession of new standards for the army.Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-38947350853237860642009-09-25T11:41:00.000-07:002009-09-25T12:02:40.909-07:00Regiment FleischWow...It took me from February to get something substantial done. What follows are pictures of my first 60 figure battalion for Fleisch-Spätzlestadt.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6NcqNAE8liN_6S7Xp-dMozCUDtB4JxHhr9nglar5diBxvdvL-A3lBaxdsg98ySqHh-CoOuLQQhF7VgzGLukTi6r0mFCIReEEVrocnIxmQ-T_O0fBOaxvADTH5dZqjUR5MFNPjsvYea4/s1600-h/MindenPrussians_IR19+016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6NcqNAE8liN_6S7Xp-dMozCUDtB4JxHhr9nglar5diBxvdvL-A3lBaxdsg98ySqHh-CoOuLQQhF7VgzGLukTi6r0mFCIReEEVrocnIxmQ-T_O0fBOaxvADTH5dZqjUR5MFNPjsvYea4/s400/MindenPrussians_IR19+016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385481196367298498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Vb_OW7pIas-CCuj9zJ68ISu8gvMl1h0KQQcle80P3AR2LRNbJf45QnoTpo9nfw-Pwu0ZYesNMGtrB7A76DaReQDX6FFGXO28QR8YLrvGieGPX2yJN2uck9iL8yUHSPF6JSDGGAcLN9o/s1600-h/MindenPrussians_IR19+013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Vb_OW7pIas-CCuj9zJ68ISu8gvMl1h0KQQcle80P3AR2LRNbJf45QnoTpo9nfw-Pwu0ZYesNMGtrB7A76DaReQDX6FFGXO28QR8YLrvGieGPX2yJN2uck9iL8yUHSPF6JSDGGAcLN9o/s400/MindenPrussians_IR19+013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385481187153041362" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The battalion was made up to be close to the Prussian IR19. I have yet to make a nice flag for Fleisch-Spätzlestadt, but I have extra standard bearers for that to replace the ones with the IR19 flags.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The large battalion saw its first fight this past Historicon split up for a game of OGABAS as regiment Kohler, led by Colonel von Sink, and regiment Fleisch led by colonel Brauthammer.<br /><br />Reports will read that regiments Kohler and Fleisch accounted themselves well in anchoring the right flank of the army of Princess Trixie at the Battle of Lagersteinplatzendorff. In truth they failed to activate a few times, but generally looked threatening holding the wooded area on the flank as part of the right wing that repulsed several impressive cavalry attacks and enemy probes.Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-28523065850963022522009-02-25T18:04:00.000-08:002009-02-25T18:23:44.532-08:00Spring MusterWith the approach of Spring, the troops of Fleisch-Spätzlestadt are finally gathering. Here are the beginnings of 3 separate battalions, two of musketeers and a converged grenadier battalion. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmUT9ApsRtVXwM4SauZY7k_OY7732PsAt2EqL8BbpYa-KTboDVFKNNfDTP9dOtw-KguZz36GXY8_vHd5ielPUIXsISUWhUcgqWeXzdDIF6-BWTMCwV7R6bAJq1wRbOEVjrZ3ZidJaZE8/s1600-h/MindenPrussians+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmUT9ApsRtVXwM4SauZY7k_OY7732PsAt2EqL8BbpYa-KTboDVFKNNfDTP9dOtw-KguZz36GXY8_vHd5ielPUIXsISUWhUcgqWeXzdDIF6-BWTMCwV7R6bAJq1wRbOEVjrZ3ZidJaZE8/s400/MindenPrussians+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306923564311401810" /></a><br /><br />I've decided on 60 figures as the basis for my battalions. Starting with a maximum size for the BAR rules gives the flexibility of using fewer figures for battalions in other rules, such as OGABAS and M&R.<br /><br />These figures in the 3 battalions are all <a href="http://mindenminis.blogspot.com/">Minden Miniatures</a>. The battalion gun crews however are still in need of some fine battalion guns..the search will continue at Cold Wars.Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534166832331887969.post-45673435031239345432009-02-05T17:41:00.000-08:002009-02-05T18:16:18.634-08:00The Origins of Fleisch-SpätzlestadtThe House of Fleisch was originally a dynasty descended from intermarriages of both Catholic and Protestant. Landgraves Stephan I and Heinreich III married descendants of King Jorge of Bovenia. However, from Heinrich IV onwards,the family became adherents of Calvinism.<br /><br />The Landgraviate of Fleisch-Spätzlestadt expanded in 1606 to Principality when Heinrich IV, Landgrave of Fleisch-Spätzlestadt, inherited the Landgraviate of Fleisch-Hamburg from his childless brother, Lucius, the Landgrave of Fleisch-Hamburg (1536-1605).<br /><br />During the Thirty Years' War, Calvinist Fleisch-Spätzlestadt itself was occupied by Imperial troops. It is most likely that during this conflict the long lasting seeds of tension were sown with its eastern neighbor,the emerging Duchy of <a href="http://hefeweizenbach.blogspot.com/">Hefeweizenbach</a>.<br /><br />Heinrich IV was succeeded by Heinrich V and Heinrich VI. In successive years the rulers of Fleisch-Spätzlestadt would be most known for their mercenary attitude and the wholesale bartering out of their regiments for land and wealth. Their steel nerved musketeers and impressive artillery was world renowned. For the ambitious powers in Europe, victory could be won for the cost of 12 pounders served by Fleisch-Spätzlestadt.Goldwyrmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046872804671039589noreply@blogger.com7