"The Battle of Corbach, 10th July 1760 (The Refight)" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Jan 2026 12:59 p.m. PST |
"A few weeks ago, our old mate and W.A.S.P. club-deserter Jase Evans was over from New Zealand for a couple of weeks, so of course we had to put on a game. He's a huge fan of 18th Century French history, so a Seven Years War game was the natural choice and I decided to do a test-run of my recently-published Corbach scenario. Jase took the role of French commander and was joined by Andy James and Kirk French, who recognised a winning position when they saw one… That left me with the unenviable task of commanding the Allies and I was ably assisted by Dave Llewellyn, who wasn't quick enough off the draw when picking sides! After considering the options, I decided that the ‘full fat' version of the scenario would require far too much dull advancing to contact, so decided to get straight into the action with the shorter version, as per the map below. This requires the scenario-clock to be ‘fast-forwarded' to start the game on Turn 8. I also decided to include Bischhausen's cavalry division as ‘optional reinforcements' to even the odds for the Allies (arriving no earlier than Turn 15). I also added a small patch of woodland to the Allied left flank that I'd completely forgotten to include in the map…"
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 Dal Gavan  | 09 Jan 2026 3:30 p.m. PST |
RMD does good AAR's and scenarios, doesn't he? |
| Tango01 | 10 Jan 2026 3:51 p.m. PST |
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is a big fan of the Age of Sail, and these ships really speak to him - he loves transitional eras, and the Anglo-Dutch Wars was one of those.
