"A good basis for "Space 1745"?" Topic
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abdul666lw  | 20 Sep 2012 9:52 a.m. PST |
1812 – Napoleon on Mars napoleononmars.blogspot.fr
TMP link
'Basically the idea is to take inspiration from the battles between the British and French in India and Egypt and transfer them to a Barsoom-like Mars and have fun doing so. The battles will be normally be standard Napoleonic level brigade-level type games, but have something of a colonial (even VSF – or should that be GSF?) vibe.'
Intriguing, exciting project by itself.
I confess I was slightly worried by the repirator on the (funny) title image, but the reference to Barsoom reassured me: at least any NOT Dejah Thoris
and her bodyguards
will no be decked out in one! Napoleonic tactics -hence wargame rules- are not identical to Lace Wars ones (though 'oversea' with hordes of native allies and auxiliaries the differences would be less blatant?), yet I'm sure some good ideas can be picked up there for a Munchausenian Space 1745 link setting. If tricorne aficionados need a justification (?), there were more and larger battles between the British and French in India during the WAS / SYW than by Napoleonic times  |
| timurilank | 20 Sep 2012 12:41 p.m. PST |
The German film Münchhausen have the Baron and his trusty valet Johann departing Venice in a balloon finally landing on the Moon. Mars should not be that far off. Cheers, |
skippy0001  | 20 Sep 2012 4:16 p.m. PST |
Each Thark could reload a musket and fire one at the same time.
So if each Thark has a 7-barreled volley carbine in each hand… |
| abdul666lw | 22 Sep 2012 12:50 p.m. PST |
For 18th – early 19th C. Martian sepoys, Alternative Armies 'Napoleonic' Elves are humanoid enough to pass for Barsoom-type perfectly humanoid Martians (*almost* perfectly, but the intimate differences due to their Monotreme nature en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotreme are not visible in 28mm ) -Bronze Age / Tin Man / Raging Heroes- but with features compatible with (not?)S1889 Parroom Station (Brigade Games) 'less humanoid' ones.
For the British side, the Dark Elf Light Infantry link in quasi-Tarleton helmet is most appropriate
while for the French the Elves of Armorica Carabiniers link look quite fitting
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| Pyrate Captain | 10 Dec 2012 6:00 p.m. PST |
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| spontoon | 11 Dec 2012 4:50 p.m. PST |
The Elves of Armorica could have lots of possibilities! However when i see 1745, I think Kilts! |
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