"Great Dalton Snowball Fight" Topic
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| KSmyth | 02 Jan 2019 8:45 a.m. PST |
Has anybody ever tried to game the Great Dalton Snowball Fight of 1864? I think it would be fun. If so, rules? |
| arthur1815 | 02 Jan 2019 9:58 a.m. PST |
I wonder if the rules I once wrote for the famous incident in Napoleon's time at Brienne – Snowballs at Brienne – for Miniature Wargames many years ago would offer a useful starting point?
I regret I don't have an electronic copy any more after a computer failure.. |
DisasterWargamer  | 02 Jan 2019 10:32 a.m. PST |
Looks like the rules were also printed in Battlegames Issue 5 link |
| arthur1815 | 02 Jan 2019 11:55 a.m. PST |
My mistake, Disaster Wargamer. Thanks for the correction and reference. |
| DisasterWargamer | 02 Jan 2019 12:07 p.m. PST |
Glad it is still out there for you |
| Thresher01 | 02 Jan 2019 7:01 p.m. PST |
Putting rocks inside your snowballs "is right out", so verboten? |
| KSmyth | 02 Jan 2019 7:53 p.m. PST |
I think there should be a penalty for rocks in snowballs, sort of liking "pushing the button." I think there was one unit that became notorious for their iceballs too, but they would take longer to form. Thanks Disaster, I'll check it out. |
| Winston Smith | 03 Jan 2019 12:39 p.m. PST |
I was unfamiliar with this important battle, so I Googled it.
link What struck me the most was how quickly enemies became allies, once interlopers tried to come into a private fight. And that escalated up to all levels of command.
I've never seen rules to cover that. Easy to rig.
I think I would Game it with TSATF. Of course.  With the proviso that "casualties" count for that turn only, and purely for Glory. All casualties would come back next turn, save for the dreaded Red Joker. Sorry, Johnnie. You broke your arm.
It also seems that officers were preferred targets. |
| donlowry | 05 Jan 2019 10:02 a.m. PST |
Didn't know about that one, but knew of one in Virginia around the same time in the ANV. |
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bases them up.