| Tango01 | 13 Dec 2014 10:29 p.m. PST |
In August 1901 Anyone has wargame this? link Amicalement
Armand |
| Travellera | 14 Dec 2014 12:38 a.m. PST |
Interesting article! Would be a great What-if scenario |
| John the OFM | 14 Dec 2014 9:13 a.m. PST |
If someone else is willing to paint all the figures and set up scenarios, my basement table will be available.  |
| John the OFM | 14 Dec 2014 9:15 a.m. PST |
BTW, what figures would be suitable for Americans, if someone in your group already has Germans.
Would ACW work in 15mm? I can see a "Not Long Island" scenario cribbed from an AWI scenario as fun. |
 McKinstry   | 14 Dec 2014 11:04 a.m. PST |
The Americans are available in 15mm in the Boxer Rebellion line from the 'other'Old Glory 15 company. Was the German WW1 early war uniform about the same in 1901-05? Between War Times Journal, Viking Forge, GHQ and Panzerschiffe, the naval stuff is certainly possible. |
| Tango01 | 14 Dec 2014 12:56 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed the article boys.
Agree, a very interesting "what if". Amicalement
Armand |
 Bobgnar | 14 Dec 2014 1:53 p.m. PST |
Why not Spanish American War figures for the US troops. Early Great War for the Huns. |
| doug redshirt | 14 Dec 2014 3:22 p.m. PST |
Think the Germans were still in blue. This is about the time they started to switch over. In fact a lot of units at the beginning of WWI had to turn in their blue uniforms to get the new gray ones. |
| epturner | 14 Dec 2014 5:53 p.m. PST |
John;
I have "1901", the novel by Conroy… Let me have a think on this. Eric |
| John Da law | 14 Dec 2014 9:54 p.m. PST |
What an insane plan! Did they not think the Brits and would get involved in some way? Ah well still a very cool scenario to try out! |
| CampyF | 15 Dec 2014 7:18 a.m. PST |
One of the main premises or "1901" is that the British supplied the Americans with weapons, a secure place for the navy, and intelligence. I doubt the US navy would shy away from a navy consisting mostly of coastal defense ships. I could be wrong on that. I also think the book sidestepped the terrain involved. The geology heavily favors the defender. Marching from New York to Boston with a modern army through hostile territory on the end of a very long supply chain would be interesting indeed. |
| Mallen | 15 Dec 2014 1:00 p.m. PST |
I live in the area where the historical plans were supposedly set, namely Plum Island south of Portsmouth. I imagine that they would try to swing around and take Portsmouth NH from the land side to give them a useful port. A friend of mine and I have built up the fleets and have the troops, but we have never quite gotten around to doing it. BTW, the Germans had a stronger fleet than we did in 1901. The US was especially weak in cruisers. It would be until the 1930s, really. |
| John Da law | 16 Dec 2014 12:35 a.m. PST |
I just kinda figured that attacking so close to Canada (The New England area) would lead the Brits to send Canadian reinforcements across the border to assist the Yanks. See now that allows a scenario for the use of Imperial forces :) |
