| Gnu2000 | 18 Jul 2009 10:09 a.m. PST |
I recently fought out the first day of Eckmuhl. Report and photos on my blog:
link It was a fun scenario, nicely balanced but the quality of the French told in the end. Davout could absorb a few setbacks due to bad luck, Rosenberg's austrians could not! Happy gaming! |
| 138SquadronRAF | 18 Jul 2009 12:04 p.m. PST |
Nice looking game – gratz |
| Cerdic | 19 Jul 2009 1:40 a.m. PST |
Excellent stuff! I may be blind, but what set of rules are you using? |
| Gnu2000 | 19 Jul 2009 5:33 a.m. PST |
Cerdic, I use my own rules. There is a link on the blog to a yahoogroup where you can download them cheers |
| vojvoda | 19 Jul 2009 8:33 a.m. PST |
How did you to the overlays for movement onto the photos?
VR
James Mattes |
| Gnu2000 | 19 Jul 2009 10:42 a.m. PST |
The photos were edited in photoshop. I added a vector layer with the arrows drawn on and then faded this layer to 50% intensity before merging the layers to get the final effect. cheers |
| Bandit | 21 Jul 2009 3:29 p.m. PST |
What did you use for source material to develop your scenario? Cheers, The Bandit |
| Gnu2000 | 22 Jul 2009 6:15 a.m. PST |
Castle's Osprey book on Eckmuhl
Gill, 1809, volume 1
Petre's history of the 1809 campaign
Bowden |
| napoleon books | 23 Jul 2009 7:57 a.m. PST |
Dear Sir, Thank you for the report. I particularly admire the photos and the tech talk about how you photoshopped them. My newly released scenario booklet, "Battles for Empire", has one scenario devoted to the first part of the second day at Eckmuhl (before Napoleon arrives with overwhelming force). See: napoleonbooks.com If you should ever give it a try I would very much enjoy hearing about yor experience. All best, James Arnold
Napoleon Books |
| Gnu2000 | 24 Jul 2009 5:04 a.m. PST |
Thanks, James I'll look out for your scenario book the next time I want to treat myself. kind regards
Steve |
| vojvoda | 24 Jul 2009 4:41 p.m. PST |
Mr. Arnold,
I have a scenario/rules book by that name, I do not think it is the same however. What rules are the scenarios written for?
VR
James Mattes |
| napoleon books | 26 Jul 2009 10:12 a.m. PST |
Dear James, We (Napoleon Books) just published Battles for Empire two weeks ago. The scenarios are "vanilla", meaning they are not written for any specific rule set or figure scale. We debated this philosophy. Some suggested catering the scenarios to the most popular rule sets, which probably was a good marketing idea, but we doubted our ability to understand other rules well enough to do this. We decided to stick to our (self-perceived!) strengths: historical research, clear writing, and wargaming imagination. As the days pass we will see how well we hit our marks. All best, James |
| Gnu2000 | 26 Jul 2009 10:42 a.m. PST |
I believe there is also a colonial rules/scenario book with the title "Battles for Empire" by Chris Leach. |
| Rob UK | 26 Jul 2009 11:50 a.m. PST |
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