"Siege of Osaka: The Battle Among the Tombs..." Topic
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Tango01  | 04 May 2025 4:18 p.m. PST |
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Well over a month ago, in an earlier posting on this Sengoku project, I foreshadowed an account of a table battle using a very slightly modified Portable Wargames rule set and the set-up of a Samurai Battles scenario for the Siege of Osaka: Battle among the Tombs, 1615. The board you see in the picture is home-made, and has the same dimensions as the Samurai Battles game system. From an historical perspective, this battle followed immediately on from a previous action on the near side of river you see in the picture, over and around a ridge line just off the near edge of the map (see Sengoku Interlude for the historical background, and the battle). Following that action, the army of Tokugawa forced its way across the river to be once more brought to battle by the Osaka Clan…"
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| Woolshed Wargamer | 04 May 2025 7:08 p.m. PST |
Battle among the tombs. Both sides were stupa-fied. |
| Tango01 | 05 May 2025 3:41 p.m. PST |
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goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
