"Blenheim on a grand scale" Topic
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| smacdowall | 16 Sep 2013 5:43 a.m. PST |
After months of planing and painting eight of us came together to refight the battle of Blenheim on the weekend.
We had 66 battalions, 180 squadrons and 10 gun models on the Allied side to the Franco-Bavarian 80 battalions, 148 squadrons,15 gun models, and a coach complete with concubines for Marshal Tallard.
The scale was roughly 1:50. Most of our French and Bavarian battalions were 12 figures on 3 bases and most allied battalions were 16 figures on 4 bases. We counted a single base of 2 cavalrymen as a squadron while a gun model represented 6 actual guns. This gave us nearly 3000 figures on the table.
Rules were my Close Fire and European Order (free download from the Rules section of my website link
Full battle report with pics at link
and it will be featured in the December issue of Wargames Illustrated.
Simon |
| laager50 | 16 Sep 2013 7:06 a.m. PST |
Very nice. Went to the web site for the rules and the button for the QRS isn't working, states there is a download problem when clicked. |
| smacdowall | 16 Sep 2013 7:13 a.m. PST |
I will fix. Thanks for letting me know
Simon |
| Sidney Roundwood | 16 Sep 2013 8:04 a.m. PST |
An outstanding game and a great description of the action. I loved the way you related the game back to the historical action on the battlefield. Marvellous!! |
| smacdowall | 16 Sep 2013 10:08 a.m. PST |
Thanks!
There is a rather nice vid on the Wargames Illustrated FB site showing the whole table set up at link
I have fixed the problem with the download. |
| laager50 | 16 Sep 2013 11:28 a.m. PST |
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| scotty08 | 16 Sep 2013 11:50 a.m. PST |
Great looking game. The 2 armies looked superb |
| fred12df | 16 Sep 2013 1:39 p.m. PST |
Thats a game and a half (well probably a game and two!) |
Joes Shop  | 17 Sep 2013 4:51 a.m. PST |
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| mghFond | 17 Sep 2013 2:10 p.m. PST |
Most impressive! Really enjoyed the report. Thanks. |
| Nadir Shah | 18 Sep 2013 3:14 a.m. PST |
Lovely set up, impressive :) |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
