tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post589294639652858094..comments2024-03-29T04:55:58.079-04:00Comments on Blunders on the Danube: Winter 1807 Snappy Nappy Campaign: The GM speaks!Gonsalvohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-33003144228770092812017-10-29T16:54:16.402-04:002017-10-29T16:54:16.402-04:00Napoleonic wargaming nirvana !!!!Napoleonic wargaming nirvana !!!!Sgt Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805201299484374889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-36122712358742274002016-05-19T22:14:32.141-04:002016-05-19T22:14:32.141-04:00As you well know, there are plenty of different wa...As you well know, there are plenty of different ways to do this. A sort of "League" approach like the one you've proposed seems like a reasonable place to start!Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-25992226555071296112016-05-18T19:58:13.169-04:002016-05-18T19:58:13.169-04:00Peter.... we need Russian and Prussian conscriptio...Peter.... we need Russian and Prussian conscription practices... 25 years (or life) of wargame playing and service in the group... HaHaa. Still trying to enlist the group mob for Lannes styled campaign. Need more one on one face time. Your campaign scenario posts are helping swing the thought processes.Wargamerabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17163937359135727197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-86550592264250249712016-05-18T13:09:48.577-04:002016-05-18T13:09:48.577-04:00Although I really like (prefer) the early Prussian...Although I really like (prefer) the early Prussian and Russian uniforms to the later ones, neither I nor any of our group has figures in them - we simply used the 1812 era figures without thinking about it for a moment. <br /><br />If you can pull off the "Lannes" style project with your group, that might spur interest in taking the Campaign concept further... or not! :-)Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-62355658579196693822016-05-17T15:44:50.138-04:002016-05-17T15:44:50.138-04:00Superb effort by all. GM and scenario designers mu...Superb effort by all. GM and scenario designers must take the first leading stage bow but all the players added their efforts to a successful group effort. Rabbit cheers for all... The tabletop to maps to zonal movement concepts excellent and well thought out.<br /><br />Maybe chase the local group to more campaign effort. The Group is painting 28mm 1806 Prussians at the moment, but alas, the Russian early years project is a future project collection for this WR. Too much still to be done.<br />Wargamerabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17163937359135727197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-9100747091476317662016-05-17T01:59:52.462-04:002016-05-17T01:59:52.462-04:00I love the 1807 era Russian Uniforms - much more c...I love the 1807 era Russian Uniforms - much more colorful than the 1812 ones. Sadly, no one really made them when I started decades ago, so 1812 it is! Of course, we used 15's this time, where you can hardly tell the difference anyway!<br /><br />Yes, feel free to take this stuff and adapt it further for your own use whenever@!Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-59952272193405695202016-05-17T01:37:21.616-04:002016-05-17T01:37:21.616-04:00I was just thinking the same as Mark above. I can ...I was just thinking the same as Mark above. I can see myself coming back to this, especially as it is one of my favourite campaigns. Now if only I had some Russians in pre-1812 uniforms with those nice thick plumes.Lawrence Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626386564817082992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-89267312254858463382016-05-15T07:47:19.027-04:002016-05-15T07:47:19.027-04:00THanks, Mark! White James absolutely deserves th...THanks, Mark! White James absolutely deserves the lion's share of the credit, like our previous Snappy Nappy "Campaign in a Day" events, it wouldn't have happened without the rest of the team, including Phil who provided the 15mm troops, the guys who helped with the "table dressing", The Portal an its staff, and, of course... the players!Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-85100802449387745092016-05-15T00:53:51.243-04:002016-05-15T00:53:51.243-04:00Magnificent effort, such a great resource to have ...Magnificent effort, such a great resource to have for everyone else too, thanks!Chasseurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919997382932080898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-53753350126372095672016-05-14T22:27:12.117-04:002016-05-14T22:27:12.117-04:00Thanks for the kind words, Carlo.
Yes, you could ...Thanks for the kind words, Carlo. <br />Yes, you could easily play a campaign on a subsection of the map, or change the set ups and victor conditions, or even the names of the locations. Or just play as it is with some what different set up and victory conditions. <br />I really am going to have to spring for some more of James Arnold's excellent books. Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-26546905633290698402016-05-14T20:18:48.233-04:002016-05-14T20:18:48.233-04:00Wow!
Peter this post is a wargamers dream. So mu...Wow!<br /><br />Peter this post is a wargamers dream. So much wonderful detail, maps to play the entire campaign or just several battles and detailed descriptions of a campaign actually fought by wargamers. Your friend James so rightly deserves a fine and resounding pat on the back gif his efforts, as do you. As you know, like yourself and JF I am a massive fan of James Arnold's works as well.Carlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002425294986020268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-73360015400510943992016-05-14T15:59:21.015-04:002016-05-14T15:59:21.015-04:00James, of course, has to take the vast majority of...James, of course, has to take the vast majority of the credit for this event, which was assuredly the best planned and oganized one to date, as well as being a lot of fun. <br /><br />Obviously, I agree re: Arnold's book.<br /><br />James is still recovering from the efforts of the past 6+ months. :-)<br /><br />For my part, just writing up this series of Blog posts has been a lots of work in and of itself. I have to get back to painting and finalizing the scenarios for my 4 Historicon games... in just 2 months. I hope to playtest the Klagenfurt scenario in June. Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-7983710751445061662016-05-14T15:55:04.299-04:002016-05-14T15:55:04.299-04:00Ah yes, the barrels! It was actually a pretty good...Ah yes, the barrels! It was actually a pretty good idea.<br /><br />The supply rules that James ultimately threshed out, after many revisions, really would have been pretty workable. At the same time, I don't think that forgoing them really lost anything, as discussed above. Gonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-5687789054362584832016-05-14T15:06:40.466-04:002016-05-14T15:06:40.466-04:00Peter, first and foremost, this is a brilliant pie...Peter, first and foremost, this is a brilliant piece of work! Worthy of a published hardcopy scenario booklet on its own. The multiple maps laid out in context to the campaign map provide a help and logical gaming aid. Individual maps are clear and concise. Very impressive effort.<br /><br />Second, Arnold's CinS is my favorite treatment of the 1807 campaign.<br /><br />You deserve a break after all of this work but please don't. I enjoy your work too much!Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170582445870210697.post-2944520223972600992016-05-14T14:36:43.622-04:002016-05-14T14:36:43.622-04:00Looks like another successful Snappy Day. I chuck...Looks like another successful Snappy Day. I chuckled at the cancellation of the supply rules. I seem to remember the barrels in our 1809 game? <br />Someway for the orders to allow cavalry screening would be good. pancernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108442113999809459noreply@blogger.com