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Tango0125 Feb 2026 3:54 p.m. PST

"To get my thoughts in order I wrote out the key timeline from the French night march to the battle starting in earnest. In the end I decided to start the game at around 07:00 when the main French batteries opened up in the centre. Historically Broglie did very little on the French right but rather than allow myself complete free reign to change this I diced each turn to see if his wing could advance. A 6 on a D6 on turn 1 would allow it, with successively more chance each subsequent turn. Sackville wouldn't arrive at Hartum towards the right rear of the Allied line until 08:00 – i.e. after 4 turns. Every other command was allowed to move straight away. Another constraint placed on Sackville was to give him a -1 on any attempt to change orders (formation, direction etc.) just to replicate his questioning of orders…"


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