"Landing on the Brittany Coast, 1794" Topic

Folks:

A buddy and I are designing a mini-campaign to cover the Quiberon landing in 1795, spanning naval battles (Cornwallis' Retreat, Groix) and then the land actions. I haven't gotten all the figures painted yet, so we ran a more limited scenario last night: a landing to deliver some supplies to the Chouan Rebels. It did not go as planned:

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This is great period. Eureka has some really nice 28mm figures, and I just discovered Emperor Toad's Emporium also has some great stuff – Chouans in British uniforms, and some of the really obscure stuff – I see some new minis in the near future!

Cheers,

A.G.

It is a fascinating period. I've gotten into heavily in 15mm with Blue Moon and AB minis. There is quite a lot of good background material on the Chouans and the Vendeans.

Out of curiosity, what do you use for rules? The ones I use are pretty generic, but they do have troop types which match the rebels well enough. Most Napoleonic rules don't really cover the irregulars all that well.

I don't think any rules are perfect for the conflict. I use One Hour Skirmish, The Portable Napoleonic Wargame and With MacDuff to the Frontier. Even tinkered with The Sword and the Flame.

I play "With MacDuff" but I use glossy 40mm semi-rounds, painted for the War of the Polish Succcession. (As you can guess, Ross is responsible for my corruption!) That game is a blast.

Yep, I talk with Ross regularly on Facebook. I definitely hold him responsible. :)

Jon Mollinson, who runs The Joy of Wargaming YouTube page, has done quite a few games set during the Vendee uprising with different sets of rules. He seems to be pretty well versed on the period.