Tuesday, October 30, 2012

"Crisis on the Danube, 1809" with Snappy Nappy (part 2)


    Well, the 1809 campaign opened with lots of Donner und Blitzen, as spring thunderstorms drenched the troops and more than once, put a stop to battles. I had been procrastinating a bit finalizing my plans for this "Campaign in a Day" using the Snappy Nappy rules by Russ Lockwood; see Part One earlier on this blog for more background  information on the rules and the Campaign in a day concept. I got confirmation of the game for Ellis Con last week at last, and so I started working on the maps for the game. I decided to use "Battle Chronicler" for the final map(s). The advent of Frankensturm (Hurricane Sandy) closed the office early yesterday, and I used some of the time for mapping!  Here is the map with the rivers, roads,towns and villages; I'm already working on adding the forests and ridges now, but that will take a while to complete. Click on the map to zoom in for a closer view:




In order to so this, first I created a sketch map, using the grid from the Campaign Cartographer program (free, as is Battle Chronicler) The total area of the tables will be 22 feet x 34 feet (-), so I made 1 quare equal to 2 feet for this purpose:




I then used MS Paint to sketch in the major and minor rivers, altering their courses somewhat to accommodate the planned division of the theater into a number of much smaller tables:



Here's the sketch map with the proposed table divisions marked on it:



I am really looking forward to this project, which should be a lot of fun! I'm be depending heavily on my friends from the Hartford Area Historical Gaming Society for help with terrain and setting up the many tables.  The game will be run at Ellis Con, on  Saturday, November 17 , 2012 at Ellis Technical School in Danielson, CT.  Planned time is 11 AM to 5 PM. More updates later.

Peter

12 comments:

  1. Looking forward to seeing more of this Peter.

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    1. Should be another post or two about the set up, and then a report after the game, later in November, Steve.

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  2. Looking good Peter, wish I could make the game.

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    1. I wish you could as well, Barry. Still, as you know, this is also part of gearing up for the 1813 project for April next year!

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  3. I'll have 2 tables worth of stuff, let me know the layout so I can put them together.

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    1. Well work out the details once I finish the rest of the map, Joe! Thanks in advance for the help.

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  4. That certainly is a Snappy Mappy! I'd say!
    Excellent work Peter, as usual. Looking forward to that event.
    Thomas

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  5. This is an exciting project. Thanks for the tutorial. Look forward to seeing how it works out.

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    1. We are too! Hopefully we will have enough players, as best if each commands a Corps.

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  6. I had not picked up that you were trying out Snappy Nappy. I'll be interested to read how it goes. Good luck!

    James

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    1. My interest in Snappy Nappy is almost entirely for exactly this kind of "Campaign in a Day" project. We did a playtest of the rules a few years ago for a tactcial battle, and they worked quiet well for that, without any undue "wackiness".

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