Skirmish Campaigns is proud to announce the release its newest line of scenario books called Great Captains Campaigns. These books will focus on warfare in the gunpowder age.
The first book, authored by veteran scenario book author Tim Tilson, covers the fighting in western Germany in the Seven Years War. Entitled Ferdinand of Brunswick, it has 10 action packed scenarios. The book is available only on line as a pdf from Wargames Vault for $15. USD Tim has authored other scenario books including: Colonial Campaigns Maximillian in Mexico, Colonial Campaigns The Sikh Wars and Skirmish Elite Falaise Firestorm.
The scenarios are designed to be played in an evening, i.e. three or less hours with a limited number of figures. For example, sixteen is the maximum number of French battalions needed. Victory is determined by Victory Points, as each commander strives to accomplish what his historical predecessor did with the unit available. There is no "point system" or generic Army morale"'.
The scenarios fall into one of three types:
-Small entire battles such as Sandershausen and Mehr where all the units can be represented. .
-Portions of large battles such as the dawn flank attack at Hastenback or the late afternoon attack at Vellinghausen, where a discrete attack can be separated from a larger battle.
-A selectively reduced portion of a larger battle. For example the Crown Prince's attack at Krefleld with 12 battalions in lieu of the 18 actually present.
The scenarios are:
-Hastenback, July 26, 1757; The dawn attack on the Allied left flank.
-Krefeld June 23, 1758; The Crown Prince's attack on the Allied left flank.
-Sanderhausen July 23, 1758; The complete battle.
-Mehr August 5, 1758; The complete battle.
-Lutterberg October 10, 1758; The Franco-Saxon attack on the Allied left flank.
-Bergen April 13, 1759; The Allied 10:00 O'clock attack.
-Warburg July 31, 1760; The French counter attack on the Crown Prince's flanking force.
-Kloster Kamp October 16, 1760; The Crown Prince's dawn attack.
-Vellinghausen July 16, 1761; The French late afternoon attack on the Allied camp.
-Wilhelmsthal, June 24, 1762; The Allied attack on left wing of the French army.
Each scenario was play tested four times by a variety of gaming groups. The games can be played using any battalion level 18th Century set of rules. The scenarios were designed for 15mm figures but can be played with 25mm figures by expanding the board.
Tim is at work on Volume II which will feature scenarios from the War of the Polish Succession, the War of the Austrian Succession and the Jacobite rebellion.
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