"A Taiping battle: 2nd Hukou (1860)" Topic
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| Tango01 | 28 Sep 2026 1:28 p.m. PST |
"A mere eight years ago, I invested in a four-volume work in Chinese: a military history of that immense yet unknown conflict, the Taiping Rebellion. (As I recorded at the time here.) Obviously I meant to generate scenarios from it, but competing priorities, lack of time, paucity of other sources, and especially the language obstacle meant this project has lain fallow ever since – until last year, when OWS made a new friend. Jeremy speaks Chinese and has studied this war seriously. He is back in Hong Kong now, has access to good Chinese sources, and has been working on BBB scenarios for it…"
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Frederick  | 28 Sep 2026 2:30 p.m. PST |
I think a lot of historical Chinese battles are under-represented on the games table – for example, the Taiping Rebellion made the ACW (with respect) seem like a bar fight |
| CAPTAIN BEEFHEART | 28 Sep 2026 5:30 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 29 Sep 2026 5:10 p.m. PST |
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finishes his 40mm Norse Gods project.
