"Peninsular Campaign - 18 turns and still no battle!" Topic

Sorry for the delay in posting this update, I've had a pretty hectic week at work (start of the month is always our busiest time and February is the start of the new reporting year for us so even more pressure).

I've posted an update on the blog with a bit more detail than previously. Let me know if you want more or less, as we progress. The biggest update to the system has been that the problem with Garrisons and Seiges have been solved and we currently have two active seiges running. I do wish that I'd got it running before we started as the "speedbump" effect of having to reduce Zaragoza, Pamplona and San Sebastien would have given the Anglo-Portuguese more time to organise themselves.

Anyway, enough blathering, here's the link:

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PLease let me know what you think either by leaving comments on the blog or posting here.

Hello Peter, your blog would benefit with some pictures of your Napoleonics, the ones of the Vietnam ranges are great.
I am seriously considering producing Napoleonic figures now, I really like WW2 and will be sculpting tons of it, but my friends here are always asking for some Peninsular campaign Portuguese…and they do have a point.
I hear about rules finally considering our Caçadores in the same "light" as your 95th so it might be a good idea to start by doing them, although Cavalary would be also tempting.
Your suggestion will be very much appreciated!
Here is the site so you can see some figures:
gothicline.webs.com

Eh? There's probably more pictures of Napoleonics than anything else? Did you check out the 6mm Nationality pages individually or just the "6mm page". Also, if you select 6mm Napoleonics in the category, you'll get all the Napoleonics posts on the blog.

Thanks for looking though.

Hi Peterborough WGC – would have posted earlier but I've been busy with the York Show this last weekend.

Great write up. I thought the map looks really good. It certainly looks to be developing into an interesting situation. Can the Anglo-Portugese stop the rapid French advance? I like the way you talk about the might have beens. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and you seem to be capturing the 'fog of war' nicely. Re: The rapid fall of the fortresses, didn't some of the Border Fortresses fall quickly to the French due to treachery in the real thing? And everyone knows that Almedia surrendered much sooner than anyone expected when Sharpe blew up the powder magazine. So I'd just put it down to the fortunes of war.

Anyway, keep up the good work.

Regards
Aubrey

Shame I couldn't find you at York on Sunday, could have had a chinwag face to face!

I think the Anglo-Portuguese only need to stop one of the thrusts to make the French extremely wary of spreading out. Once they start to concentrate, there are opportunities for Wellington or Beresford to manouvre against their supply lines and make them backtrack. Somewhere, someone will make a mistake and the French might face some bad odds.

Thanks for your continued interest.

Always the big danger in campaign games in my experience: No battles :)

Good luck!

I was doing 'Front of House' at the Table Top Sale between 10 & 1. I was the guy telling people someone was selling a real live mermaid for £100.00 GBP – well it got a laugh.

Then I had my lunch and did all my shopping. Then I retired to the bar.

Next year we'll arrange to meet in the bar at some point if you come up. I'll be able to see for myself if you're the ogre some people are determined to paint you as.

Cheers
Aubrey

That march on Cuidad Rodrigo is about to become very isolated from the other wings. Movement north-south becomes very difficult west of Madrid. The north column will get caught in Galiza for weeks and if the Madrid forces march to conquer Extramedura and Andalucia, they are also out of the fight.

Victor will be fighting the British alone for a few days.

If the British get distracted by news of the fall of Santiago, Victor is saved because they will fall back all the way to the coast. The British need to look at the communications link that Victor must have with the wing in Santiago and make sure that it is severed. They need to keep those French wings from working in concert.

Vila Real amd Macedo on the Duero become very important to the French advance. That is where the British can keep the French blind to one another's movements.

I hope your player's don't read this post, Gavin!…it does seem the French are committing a bit of strategic folly …from what you have described so far of the campaigners style, however, the British will likely not have the situational awareness and energy to take advantage of it. Of course, they don't have the whole picture, do they!