"Anyone wargamed Tudela? (Peninsular, 1808)" Topic
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ChrisBBB2  | 14 Feb 2023 4:05 a.m. PST |
Tudela is a pretty substantial battle that I wasn't really aware of until we fought it this week, perhaps not least because it doesn't seem to get wargamed much. I had a search in TMP and only found one AAR:
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(Well done, Bill Slavin.) I suppose the fact that the battlefield is about six miles across makes it difficult to fit on a lot of wargame tables. It provided us with a really entertaining game though (and on our usual 6'x4'):
link Anyone else out there played it? Plans to do so? Comments? |
 miniMo | 14 Feb 2023 8:58 a.m. PST |
Ooh, that does look interesting and would make a good DBN scenario. May well get to that, thanks for posting! |
| Prince of Essling | 14 Feb 2023 12:00 p.m. PST |
Richard Partridge & Michael Oliver "Battle Studies in the Peninsula May 1808-January 1809" pages 184 to 223 inclusive, has a full OoB, suggestions on how to wargame etc. |
| ChrisBBB2 | 14 Feb 2023 2:17 p.m. PST |
@miniMo: yes, the basic set-up (two separated Spanish forces scrambling to fill the gap between them before the French can crush them in detail) pretty much guarantees a fun game. Good luck with your DBN scenario. @Prince of Essling: have you followed the suggestions? Do they include getting the whole battle on a tabletop or do they suggest fighting it as several distinct episodes? I'm curious to know who else has actually wargamed this interesting battle. |
| Prince of Essling | 14 Feb 2023 2:33 p.m. PST |
The whole battle rather than sections & no I haven't fought it. Alfons Canovas website has an extract from a Spanish language magazine on Tudela inc OoB link
Detailed map of Tudela
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| ChrisBBB2 | 15 Feb 2023 12:07 a.m. PST |
It's not as if there's any shortage of information, then. And the Peninsular War generally is a popular theme for wargamers. Why doesn't this one get played, then? No Brits? Too many other even more interesting battles ahead of it in the queue? |
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