| JonFreitag | 13 Apr 2013 8:31 p.m. PST |
The first installment of a battle report for the Battle of San Martino (Franco-Austrian War 1859) has been posted on my blog. link |
Perris0707  | 13 Apr 2013 8:41 p.m. PST |
Awesome! Nice job Jon! I look forward to the next installment. |
| Rudi the german | 14 Apr 2013 4:18 a.m. PST |
Nice, which manufactures are you using?
Greetings and nicely done! |
| JonFreitag | 14 Apr 2013 5:23 a.m. PST |
Rudi, most of the foot figures are Old Glory with some foot from Mirliton and Freikorps. Artillery predominately Mirliton. |
| Ben Waterhouse | 14 Apr 2013 6:23 a.m. PST |
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| Gonsalvo | 14 Apr 2013 7:38 a.m. PST |
Great looking game and excellent report so far! |
| Decebalus | 15 Apr 2013 1:47 a.m. PST |
Interesting, seldom played camapaign. Wonderful miniatures. Nice terrain. Interesting scenario. I like it. If you only could avoid the clutter of markers. Couldnt you use markers with stones or casualities? |
| Marcus Maximus | 15 Apr 2013 12:01 p.m. PST |
Great AAR, and something that is piqued my interest in a period that I have a number of boardgames on but never thought about wargaming. Inspiring and please do share more with us all on TMP! |
| JonFreitag | 15 Apr 2013 6:49 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the encouragement, guys. Much appreciated! @Decebalus. Yes, the markers add clutter to the table but for my purposes, the markers aid in both speeding play (since the unit's Combat Effectiveness is clearly displayed) and in recounting the battle as I browse through the pictures after the fact. Of course, I could use a roster system or some mechanism for displaying a unit's combat strength unobtrusively (I'll consider how to incorporate your stones idea) but that would require identifying each unit quickly on the table. Thanks for the feedback.
Jon |
| brunet | 16 Apr 2013 4:32 a.m. PST |
Looks very good, thanks for sharing.
Did you paint the French with the red epaulettes for all line infantry or the mixed epaulettes (yellow- voltigeurs, green-line and red-grenadiers)? |
| JonFreitag | 16 Apr 2013 11:27 a.m. PST |
Brunet, I only have a few units of French at present. Those I do have, I painted with the company distinctions. |
| Holdfast | 16 Apr 2013 12:00 p.m. PST |
I walked this battlefield only last week so am interested.
How do you represent the reluctance of the Piedmontese to cooperate? It seems to me that if they are allowed to cooperate it becomes a different game.
Best,
Holdfast |
| brunet | 16 Apr 2013 1:22 p.m. PST |
thanks.
I'm still in doubt as I want to use them also for the FPW |
| JonFreitag | 17 Apr 2013 7:00 a.m. PST |
@Holdfast
I walked the San Martino battlefield in 2009. Much of the battlefield today is as it was in 1859. I have photos of my walk on my blog: link As for the lack of Piedmontese cooperation, my readings suggest that the piecemeal attacks were due not to reluctance to cooperate but to the practice of sending out many, large recon columns. This effectively dispersed the Piedmontese forces and prevented a concentration of the army. Mollard and Cucchiari cooperated in their attack on San Martino. As for game play, each division activates on its own thus making coordinated attacks more difficult but not impossible. |
| JonFreitag | 06 May 2013 7:36 p.m. PST |
The next installment of the San Martino BatRep has been posted. link |
