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10 May 1997page first published

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When I saw them setting up this event, I kept thinking, "I think this is the one I'm playing in. I hope this is the one I signed up for!" Rich Masse (of the Dayton Painting Consortium) did an excellent job of modeling this battlefield, using very simple techniques (some of which he revealed to me). Everyone at the convention was grateful that he took the time to bring his Narva set with him, along with all of the trade goods he brought for the show.

Here's the basics: This is the Battle of Narva, a conflict from the Great Northern War. That grey-ish looking citadel (on the right, by the river) is Narva, where the Swedes are besieged. A line of Russian siege fortifications ring the city, along with two advanced forts closer to Narva. A second line of Russian fortifications faces outward, to repel any Swedish army which might come to raise the siege.

As it turns out, Peter the Great (the Russian potentate) has already gone home, leaving his army here besieging Narva. And, in the middle of a blinding snowstorm, Charles XII of Sweden launches a surprise attack on the encamped Russians! (That's the Swedes, outside the siegelines, on the left.)

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