| Mark Strachan | 13 May 2013 1:42 a.m. PST |
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| Shedman | 13 May 2013 2:51 a.m. PST |
Nice looking game I'm intrigued by They advanced swiftly across the open ground, but were suddenly struck by Russian gunfire and cut to pieces. Here the game was suspended. That sounds about right |
| Clays Russians | 13 May 2013 5:38 a.m. PST |
They advanced swiftly across the open ground, but were suddenly struck by Russian gunfire and cut to pieces.
Here the game was suspended.
yeah, I gathered that from accounts too
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| mad monkey 1 | 13 May 2013 6:19 a.m. PST |
What rules did you use , if you don't mind me asking? |
| Shedman | 13 May 2013 9:59 a.m. PST |
I believe it is a much hacked-about version of Fire & fury |
| vtsaogames | 13 May 2013 11:54 a.m. PST |
What scale figures and what manufacturers? |
| Mark Strachan | 13 May 2013 1:01 p.m. PST |
Yes the game was a lot of fun, but it was really a shakedown – a first attempt at the period – so there was a lot to learn.. In our first attempt the Japanese dashed forward across open ground and were struck by the fire of six Russian batteries. The lead regiment lost a third of its strength in the first turn. By turn four the Japanese were in a very bad way. So we stopped, rethought about the way indirect fire was handled and started again. This time the Japanese did not charge forward in the same manner. They used their artillery much better (devastatingly when they caught a Russian regiment crossing the bridge) and were far more successful. The rules, as reported earlier, are a very much re-written derivative of Fire and Fury. This game has driven a few more changes. By the time we get around to our main event in August we will have all of the wrinkles smoothed out. |
| Mark Strachan | 13 May 2013 1:10 p.m. PST |
28mm figures: infantry are all Tsuba, artillery and machine guns are Redoubt. |
John Leahy  | 13 May 2013 5:27 p.m. PST |
Very nice looking game! Your blog is first rate. Lots of good stuff there.
 Thanks, John |
| Cheriton | 14 May 2013 11:46 a.m. PST |
28mm figures: infantry are all Tsuba, artillery and machine guns are Redoubt. Thar range is really enticing. And the trench system presentation was visually attractive, all very inspiring. Sorry, didn't see it in the text, were the trenches, and other field works, home-brewed or commercial? Cheers, 
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| Mark Strachan | 14 May 2013 10:36 p.m. PST |
The trench sections are home made. Also home made are the temporary earthworks shown in the last image. The wire entanglements are commercial products, but not correct – wire enganglements in 1904 were simply strung wire as opposed to coils. The wire is the next project, along with a collection of Manchurian buildings. |
adds an infantry platoon to his WWI Brits.
