Tango01 | 04 Nov 2015 11:37 a.m. PST |
Eagle Figures released several miniatures of artillerymen and Prussians guns 28 mm for the Napoleonic Wars.
See here Prussian Artillery Officer
linkPrussian Crewman with ram
linkPrussian Crewman with ball
link Prussian Crewman Firing
linkPrussian Crewman Levelling
linkPrussian 6lb Piece
link Prussian 7" Howitzer
linkHope you enjoy! Amicalement Armand |
alan L | 04 Nov 2015 11:42 a.m. PST |
Anyone still using these rules? I would welcome any suggestions for sources for scenarios, particularly the early part of the Great War. Alan |
alan L | 04 Nov 2015 11:44 a.m. PST |
Looks like there are some ghosts in the TMP machinery! |
Saber6 | 04 Nov 2015 11:58 a.m. PST |
I do when I run WW-1 games. Still a good source for OOB and scenarios |
alan L | 04 Nov 2015 12:01 p.m. PST |
Any online scenarios, specifically for OTT? |
Ponder | 04 Nov 2015 12:27 p.m. PST |
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Wombling Free | 04 Nov 2015 2:12 p.m. PST |
Ponder got there first with the recommendations. I have bought both of these books and played a couple of scenarios from them. My gaming buddy and I really enjoyed the scenarios we played and the adaptations to CD:ToB work really well. |
yankincan | 04 Nov 2015 6:47 p.m. PST |
Maybe he meant to refer Volley and Bayonet? |
Tango01 | 04 Nov 2015 10:45 p.m. PST |
Over the Top???????? this was not the tittle!… (smile) Well… some bugs still work today… (smile) Amicalement Armand |
von Winterfeldt | 05 Nov 2015 12:49 a.m. PST |
very nice sculpts and casts, but I wonder about the poses, one gunner is firing the gun – the other is holding a ball shot as high as craddling a baby – before the shot is delivered, it would stay in his ammountion bag carried with a strap at his side – or in case is should be a granade for a howitzer. |
alan L | 05 Nov 2015 3:30 a.m. PST |
Ponder/Berserker, Thanks for the recommendations. I don't have Test of Battle: is it the same level of game as OTT? I am looking at gaming smaller actions such as the defence of Nimy Bridge in the Mons battle. What size of forces are used in the Marne scenario book? Alan |
summerfield | 05 Nov 2015 5:04 a.m. PST |
Ammunition was fixed rather than ball and gunpowder charge. Even howitzer was invariably fixed charge. Even if it is not then the ball would be attached to a sabot. When firing a gun no gunpowder charges would be exposed. Either in box or satchel for fear of a spark setting them off. Stephen |
Wombling Free | 05 Nov 2015 10:47 a.m. PST |
Alan, The scenarios in the Marne booklet are roughly one or two regiments per side. I've been looking at reducing the size of the forces and playing over only part of the battlefield, because it takes weeks for my gaming partner and I to play through a whole scenario. We only have a couple of hours per week to play, but fortunately we can leave games up for ages because I have a cat-proof table. One of the best scenarios is a river crossing at Pisdane. Two enemy cavalry squadrons occupy towns on either side of a river. Each side gets one reinforcing squadron per turn until you have a whole regiment on each side. There was a lot of action and manoeuvre in our play through of this one. I managed to get around to writing up one of the battles we fought from the scenario book. You can see it here: link |
Ponder | 06 Nov 2015 8:15 a.m. PST |
Howdy, My favorite scenarios from the France 1914 book were: (1) Jager Snitzel – Bavarian cavalry seeks to delay the advance of a French infantry regiment. (2) Attack at the Ourcq – A German battalion must hold outnumbered against the French attack. A real nail biter. Ponder on, JAS
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alan L | 06 Nov 2015 10:04 a.m. PST |
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deadhead | 06 Nov 2015 10:29 a.m. PST |
Only von W and Dr Summerfield made any sense to me. The headline indeed suggests this is about a bunch of Prussian gunners. Really good points made about what such crew actually would have carried, but probably lost here. I fear we will continue to see individual crew scattered at random, carrying cannon balls without a charge (perhaps he is firing it back?) and even using the match to fire, whilst some poor idiot is using a hand spike to train the piece! |
Tango01 | 06 Nov 2015 1:52 p.m. PST |
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Wombling Free | 06 Nov 2015 10:35 p.m. PST |
I don't see the connection between Napoleonic Prussian gunners and 'Over the Top' which is a phrase I wholly associate with WW1 in my head, deadhead. Only alan lockhart and Ponder made sense to me. When I read the headline and saw the post in the Command Decision board, the automatic connection in my mind was to GDW's Over the Top rules. I think that the TMP bug has intruded here and mixed a Napoleonic and a WW1 thread. Edit: Aha, now I understand. This post appears under one title in the Napoleonic board and a different one in the Command Decision board. I have absolutely no interest in Napoleonics and thus do not read those boards, and only now thought to check how the post appeared there. |
deadhead | 07 Nov 2015 3:52 a.m. PST |
Well you did better than me in working this out……had me baffled! Thanks |
Wombling Free | 07 Nov 2015 4:30 a.m. PST |
That's why they pay me the big bucks … oh … wait … they don't. Oh well, that's why they should pay me the big bucks. :) |