| Tango01 | 19 Aug 2015 11:40 a.m. PST |
- Initial Deployments. "With a number of players expressing an interest and others pressed ganged in to taking part.
Sunday night saw the opening moves of the Wyvern Wargamers – War of the Worlds campaign kick off, a full AAR of the opening salvo will follow shortly but first a short posting detailing the initial deployments. First up the The Times early edition – 1st August 1880…"
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Armand |
Frederick  | 19 Aug 2015 11:45 a.m. PST |
Interesting initial deployment |
| tkdguy | 19 Aug 2015 8:32 p.m. PST |
The chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one, they said.
The chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one… but still they come! |
| Bunkermeister | 19 Aug 2015 8:55 p.m. PST |
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| ChargeSir | 19 Aug 2015 10:33 p.m. PST |
Hi Mike, There was a militia in 1880 called the volunteer forces, in 1881 these are linked to regular army regiments, but in 1880 are under the secretary of wars control rather than The Lord lieutenant of each county as they had been a decade before ( with the right to choose their own uniforms). It looks like an interesting campaign, and I like the map, but I wondered why only part of Ireland used? |
| TheBeast | 20 Aug 2015 8:17 a.m. PST |
ChargeSir, could you attempt to untangle LDV, Home Service, and Home Guard? Google and Wiki have only let me more confused. I mean, the BBC entry for Dad's War gives the impression it all started in 1940! I know I've seen several posts with 'yes, crimson was still used by the Home Service, but khaki elsewhere.' Thanks! …but I wondered why only part of Ireland used? Assuming 'blue' for our brave lads, it appears to show a concentration to stop the hideous interlopers from crossing to the Emerald Isle! If reversed, haven't a clue; do you have a feel for where the Crown deployments WOULD be? Doug |
| Tommy20 | 20 Aug 2015 10:40 a.m. PST |
Being on "home service" refers to British regular army units when stationed at their depots in Great Britain. I believe LDV and Home Guard are interchangeable, and date from WW2. The Territorial Army was similar, but existed prior to WW1 (I'm not sure how far back, though). |
| Tango01 | 20 Aug 2015 11:07 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it boys. Amicalement
Armand |
| Tango01 | 20 Aug 2015 11:02 p.m. PST |
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| ChargeSir | 20 Aug 2015 11:25 p.m. PST |
The LDV became the home guard and are both WW2 forces. Calling them militia sounds perfect to me, and the game looks brilliant. If you are fighting in Britian then go with redcoats as it looks right and is expected. |
| Tango01 | 20 Aug 2015 11:33 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
