tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post1765127236668253938..comments2024-03-29T07:14:10.018-04:00Comments on Blunders on the Danube: Historicon #3: Battle of Raab, 1809Gonsalvohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-87639000793714221852017-07-25T22:20:59.411-04:002017-07-25T22:20:59.411-04:00Thanks, Ian! t was a hard fought action on both s...Thanks, Ian! t was a hard fought action on both sides!Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-12251486233014688792017-07-25T06:51:28.019-04:002017-07-25T06:51:28.019-04:00Great looking game, lovely figures and nice rivers...Great looking game, lovely figures and nice rivers, at least it wasn't a pushover for the French. Looks like tons of fun and an awful lot of kit! <br />Best Iain caveadsum1471https://www.blogger.com/profile/02174163740406928172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-1866311322159816572017-07-24T00:28:32.831-04:002017-07-24T00:28:32.831-04:00Thanks, Lawrence; if the Austrians had won the ini...Thanks, Lawrence; if the Austrians had won the initiative at the start of turn 2, they might indeed have been able to pull it off!Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-65060170640974303532017-07-24T00:27:15.318-04:002017-07-24T00:27:15.318-04:00The two level hill is constructed from Geo-Hex (wh...The two level hill is constructed from Geo-Hex (which is available once again after ? 20 years).Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-69814469905632040282017-07-24T00:22:20.878-04:002017-07-24T00:22:20.878-04:00That does look like an epic battle with an impress...That does look like an epic battle with an impressive array of figures. I really thought the Austrians were going to pull it off there for a while.Lawrence Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626386564817082992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-68165258875056589302017-07-23T22:20:11.657-04:002017-07-23T22:20:11.657-04:00Great looking battle! Who makes that interesting m...Great looking battle! Who makes that interesting modular hill? <br />And I have such bad luck attacking strong-points that I refuse to attack them and do anything possible to just maneuver the enemy off of them or die trying. Some day, I will make it to Historicon. Some day...General Nuisancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605487841858103739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-10711945627762828472017-07-23T17:58:13.437-04:002017-07-23T17:58:13.437-04:00Great looking game, and, by your account, an excit...Great looking game, and, by your account, an exciting one. Excellent!Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-65181954148270770452017-07-23T14:44:35.114-04:002017-07-23T14:44:35.114-04:00Thanks, Michael, and indeed we have, along with Jo...Thanks, Michael, and indeed we have, along with Jon on the Palouse Wargaming Journal. Hope the leg gets better soon!!!<br /><br />(I can think of worse meanings for "the aimless appendage", but I'll restrain myself, LOL!)Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-11121007710936631322017-07-23T14:36:01.022-04:002017-07-23T14:36:01.022-04:00Another great 25/28mm napoleonic game for you Pete...Another great 25/28mm napoleonic game for you Peter. We both have played out the full Raab 1809 battle on the tabletop this year.<br /><br /><br />Still have a backlog of reading and comments to post for your recent games. Been sidelined with leg injury (the "aimless appendage" as called by my sons).<br /><br />Michael Wargamerabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17163937359135727197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-38218368551168475902017-07-23T14:33:15.756-04:002017-07-23T14:33:15.756-04:00Indeed it did!Indeed it did!Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-9922438731071813182017-07-23T14:31:19.183-04:002017-07-23T14:31:19.183-04:00You're welcome, Tim!You're welcome, Tim!Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-46723309706754293922017-07-23T13:12:36.567-04:002017-07-23T13:12:36.567-04:00Thank you for the post Peter. By that time of the ...Thank you for the post Peter. By that time of the day the batteries in my camera were on their last legs. It is great to see the battle preserved this way.tyreeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05735161913811643280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-11726904330173284822017-07-23T13:11:08.785-04:002017-07-23T13:11:08.785-04:00Years of training, a determined resolve to hold at...Years of training, a determined resolve to hold at all costs and decent die rolls paid of on that part of the front!<br />tyreeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05735161913811643280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-1200271490063141462017-07-23T12:50:59.794-04:002017-07-23T12:50:59.794-04:00Thank you, James. That is high praise indeed comin...Thank you, James. That is high praise indeed coming from you! :-)Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-30018076091779287402017-07-23T12:39:12.168-04:002017-07-23T12:39:12.168-04:00That looks absolutely superb.
JamesThat looks absolutely superb.<br /><br />JamesJAMES ROACHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04019888286247164276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-53905595837267187232017-07-23T11:49:16.821-04:002017-07-23T11:49:16.821-04:00Thanks, Dean! I do love the 1809 campaign in parti...Thanks, Dean! I do love the 1809 campaign in particular!Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-6063673916154063142017-07-23T10:32:15.028-04:002017-07-23T10:32:15.028-04:00As others have already said, a wonderful report wi...As others have already said, a wonderful report with fabulous images. What a Napoleonic game should be!DeanMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724268555970663130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-62514051041100000212017-07-23T08:07:46.398-04:002017-07-23T08:07:46.398-04:00I took 34 x 8.1 L Really Useful Boxes worth of tro...I took 34 x 8.1 L Really Useful Boxes worth of troops alone with me this time, a new record, I think. There wasn't much spare room in the car, that's for sure! Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-74342237344640576812017-07-23T08:05:28.457-04:002017-07-23T08:05:28.457-04:00Thanks, David. The Farm hel;d out valiantly agains...Thanks, David. The Farm hel;d out valiantly against many (all) attacks. When I set up the game, I put two of the best Austrian units in there!Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-4276293007268696622017-07-23T08:04:18.974-04:002017-07-23T08:04:18.974-04:00Thanks, Mark. Raab makes a good game under almost ...Thanks, Mark. Raab makes a good game under almost any set of rules, and is probably a reasonable size for a multi-player game of GdA. You already have French and Austrians... Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-32041319971347927312017-07-23T06:14:11.305-04:002017-07-23T06:14:11.305-04:00Super AAR and it must be like moving house when yo...Super AAR and it must be like moving house when you go to Historicon !!! Sgt Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805201299484374889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-8505703871552241172017-07-23T05:31:05.421-04:002017-07-23T05:31:05.421-04:00Fantastic looking game and three cheers for the br...Fantastic looking game and three cheers for the brave defenders of the Kismeyer farm! <br />David Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148983897942472092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-80600860212293088612017-07-23T03:30:28.112-04:002017-07-23T03:30:28.112-04:00Excellent report and game Peter, one I must have a...Excellent report and game Peter, one I must have a crack at one day :)Chasseurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919997382932080898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-74914256420042620102017-07-23T00:22:50.286-04:002017-07-23T00:22:50.286-04:00Thanks, Jon. I was pleased with just about everyth...Thanks, Jon. I was pleased with just about everything with this game, and it even finished exactly on time, after 4 hours, at 10 PM.Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-29544058488647221782017-07-22T22:31:06.948-04:002017-07-22T22:31:06.948-04:00Beautiful table, Peter, and a riveting account of ...Beautiful table, Peter, and a riveting account of the battle. Your photos provide a sweeping view of the action and troop dispositions. <br /><br />You certainly brought a lot of gear with you to host your many games. I'm sure the participants were grateful for your generosity and hospitality.<br /><br />Well done!Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.com