"2nd Pleven once more at PhD Leadhead. " Topic
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| KTravlos | 07 Feb 2016 3:06 a.m. PST |
Onur, Emir, and me ran a game of 2nd Pleven once more at my place. Full illustrated report at link We are going to follow it up with a BBB Campaign of the RTW. With Respect
KTravlos |
ChrisBBB2  | 07 Feb 2016 3:46 a.m. PST |
Very nice, Konstantinos. The Russo-Turkish War is a conflict that deserves to be wargamed more. (OK, I admit it, I just like wearing a fez.) Tomorrow we will be fighting the 'prequel' to Plevna: the battles around Alexinatz, from the Serbo-Turkish War of 1876. The fez is ready. Chris
Bloody Big BATTLES!
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| KTravlos | 07 Feb 2016 4:52 a.m. PST |
May Allah crown your weapons in glory! or May the Theotokos and Saint Sava shine their glory unto you! |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 07 Feb 2016 9:34 a.m. PST |
How do you like the Pendraken figures? Any gaps in the line? Have you compared them with the Battle Honors 15mm line? These are the only two lines I know of covering this war. I'd be interested to hear if there are others. |
| Grelber | 07 Feb 2016 9:44 a.m. PST |
O Konstantinos,
I was "born and bred in the heart of the western wilderness." My corner of it was settled in 1877, when the siege of Plevna was big news. So, we have a little farming town there, thousands of miles/kilometers from Bulgaria also called Plevna. It gives me a little bit of personal interest in the battle. Hafen--Askari makes 28mm figures suitable for the war: link Grelber |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 07 Feb 2016 11:21 a.m. PST |
Thanks,Greiber, they look interesting,suitable for some TSATF treatment,but I was thinking in terms of smaller scale figures. I believe Irregular make some of their 42mm figures for this period. However,when I become King of the World, I will certainly consider doing Plevna in 25mm :) |
| NickinRI | 07 Feb 2016 11:46 a.m. PST |
Excellent. Thank you. The battlefield is well worth a visit. Still many trenches there in 2002, and the main redoubtable captured by Skobeleff in Third Plevna are well preserved right next to the museum of the battle. The museum of the liberation, in town, is also well worth a visit. |
| KTravlos | 07 Feb 2016 12:29 p.m. PST |
Hafen The main missing elements in the Pendraken range are 1) Bulgarian volunteers 2) Ottomans in the western style uniform (you can use Egyptians as a good proxy) 3) Russian Dragoons (US ACW dragoons are a good proxy) 4) Russians and Ottoman infantry in greatcoats. 5) No Romanians at all (regular line can be proxied by Russians in kepi, but no way to proxy the levy) |
| Durando | 31 Mar 2016 11:33 p.m. PST |
Hafen, look at Outpost Wargames Service |
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